WoW: Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich

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Blurb:

Catch a professional assassin: top priority. Find a failure-to-appear and collect big bucks: top score. How she’ll pull it all off: top secret.

Trenton, New Jersey’s favorite used-car dealer, Jimmy Poletti, was caught selling a lot more than used cars out of his dealerships. Now he’s out on bail and has missed his date in court, and bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is looking to bring him in. Leads are quickly turning into dead ends, and all too frequently into dead bodies. Even Joe Morelli, the city’s hottest cop, is struggling to find a clue to the suspected killer’s whereabouts. These are desperate times, and they call for desperate measures. So Stephanie is going to have to do something she really doesn’t want to do: protect former hospital security guard and general pain in her behind Randy Briggs. Briggs was picking up quick cash as Poletti’s bookkeeper and knows all his boss’s dirty secrets. Now Briggs is next on Poletti’s list of people to put six feet under.

To top things off, Ranger—resident security expert and Stephanie’s greatest temptation—has been the target of an assassination plot. He’s dodged the bullet this time, but if Ranger wants to survive the next attempt on his life, he’ll have to enlist Stephanie’s help and reveal a bit more of his mysterious past.

Death threats, highly trained assassins, highly untrained assassins, and Stark Street being overrun by a pack of feral Chihuahuas are all in a day’s work for Stephanie Plum. The real challenge is dealing with her Grandma Mazur’s wild bucket list. A boob job and getting revenge on Joe Morelli’s Grandma Bella can barely hold a candle to what’s number one on the list—but that’s top secret.

Product Details

Series: Stephanie Plum

Hardcover: 352 pages

Publisher: Bantam (June 17, 2014)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0345542924

ISBN-13: 978-0345542922

WoW: Night Terrors by Tim Waggoner

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Book Blurb:

When you dream, you visit the Maelstrom. Dream long enough and hard enough, and your dreams can break through into the living world.

So can your nightmares.

And who's there to catch the dreams and nightmares as they fall into reality?

Meet the Shadow Watch. Pray you never need them...

File Under: Urban Fantasy [ Lords of Misrule | Living the Dream | Breaking In | I Make These Look Good ]

Product Details

Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages

Publisher: Angry Robot (May 27, 2014)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0857663690

ISBN-13: 978-0857663696

WoW: The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison

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Supernatural superhero Rachel Morgan must counter a strange magic that could spell civil war for the Hollows in this sexy and bewitching urban fantasy adventure in acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison's Hollows series.

Witch and day-walking demon Rachel Morgan has managed to save the demonic ever after from shrinking, but at a high cost. Now, strange magic is attacking Cincinnati and the Hollows, causing spells to backfire or go horribly wrong, and the truce between the races, between Inderlander and human, is shattering. Rachel must stop this dark necromancy before the undead vampire masters who keep the rest of the undead under control are lost and all-out supernatural war breaks out.

Rachel knows of only weapon to ensure the peace: ancient elven wild magic, which carries its own perils. And no one knows better than Rachel that no good deed goes unpunished . . .

Product Details

Hardcover: 432 pages

Publisher: Harper Voyager (February 25, 2014)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0061957933

ISBN-13: 978-0061957932

WoW: Dirty Magic by Jaye Wells

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The first in an all-new urban fantasy series by USA Today bestseller Jaye Wells.

The last thing patrol cop Kate Prospero expected to find on her nightly rounds was a werewolf covered in the blood of his latest victim. But then, she also didn't expect that shooting him would land her in the crosshairs of a Magic Enforcement Agency task force, who wants to know why she killed their lead snitch.

The more Prospero learns about the dangerous new potion the MEA is investigating, the more she's convinced that earning a spot on their task force is the career break she's been wanting. But getting the assignment proves much easier than solving the case. Especially once the investigation reveals their lead suspect is the man she walked away from ten years earlier-on the same day she swore she'd never use dirty magic again.

Kate Prospero's about to learn the hard way that crossing a wizard will always get you burned, and that when it comes to magic, you should be never say never.

Product Details

Series: Prospero's War

Paperback: 416 pages

Publisher: Orbit (January 21, 2014)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0316228435

ISBN-13: 978-0316228435

WoW: Iron Skin by Tina Connolly

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Jane Eliot wears an iron mask.

It's the only way to contain the fey curse that scars her cheek. The Great War is five years gone, but its scattered victims remain - the ironskin.

When a carefully worded listing appears for a governess to assist with a "delicate situation" - a child born during the Great War - Jane is certain the child is fey-cursed, and that she can help.

Teaching the unruly Dorie to suppress her curse is hard enough; she certainly didn't expect to fall for the girl's father, the enigmatic artist Edward Rochart. But her blossoming crush is stifled by her scars and by his parade of women. Ugly women, who enter his closed studio...and come out as beautiful as the fey.

Jane knows Rochart cannot love her, just as she knows that she must wear iron for the rest of her life. But what if neither of these things are true? Step by step Jane unlocks the secrets of a new life - and discovers just how far she will go to become whole again.

Product Details

Series: Ironskin (Book 1)

Paperback: 304 pages

Publisher: Tor Books (August 13, 2013)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 076533061X

ISBN-13: 978-0765330611

WoW: Plague Nation by Dana Fredsti

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Having stopped the wave of the undead that swarmed their facility, Ashley Parker and the other wild cards (those immune to the zombie virus) are assaulted by an unknown enemy and forced to travel to a secret laboratory in San Francisco.

En route some are killed, while others are kidnapped by their shadowy foe, who seems to use the zombies as a weapon. But the worst is yet to come, as the plague begins to manifest in key locations nationwide. And the truth begins to emerge about the paramilitary society, the Dolof noi tou Zontano s Nekro s (DZN).

Product Details

Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages

Publisher: Titan Books (April 9, 2013)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0857686364

ISBN-13: 978-0857686367

WoW: Night Resurrected by Joss Ware

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Welcome to Joss Ware’s dark and sexy post-apocalyptic world in the sixth installment of the Envy Chronicles, Night Resurrected.

With his family gone and the world nothing more than ash, thanks to The Change, Wyatt is ready to give up—until he meets Remington Truth. Faced with zombies, the Strangers, and the desolation of the crumbled world around them, Wyatt and Remy find something more than comfort in one another...something that may be worth fighting for.

Adult fans of The Hunger Games books won’t be able to resist Ware’s compelling vision of the future—a dystopian society filled with sensual, enchanting characters, including a feisty heroine and a brooding hero.

Product Details

Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages

Publisher: Avon (2-26-13)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0062018671

ISBN-13: 978-0062018670

WoW: Immortally Embraced by Angie Fox

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Even during a truce, Dr. Petra Robichaud has her hands full as the M*A*S*H surgeon to an army of warring gods - especially when Medusa herself turns up pregnant. Petra has no idea what to expect when a gorgon's expecting, but she won't let it turn her to stone. As the healer-hero of an ancient prophecy, it's Petra's job to keep the peace. But as the lover to a warrior demi-god, she knows how impossible some jobs can be...

Commander Galen is sexy, strong, and sworn to lead his team to hell and back. But when he announces to Petra that he can no longer risk her life for his love, the doctor is on her own...Until a mysterious new entity - in the form of a hot-blooded male - enters the picture. Can he be trusted? Can he be resisted? Meanwhile, an oracle delivers another prophesy that places Petra back on the frontlines with the man she may be bound to for eternity - in love, or in war...

Product Details

Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (2-26-13)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 031254667X

ISBN-13: 978-0312546670

WoW: Soulbound by Tessa Adams

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As the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter - and a member of Ipswitch's Royal family - Xandra Morgan should be a witch of incredible power. But things don't always turn out like you expect...

While she hasn't lived up to her family's expectations, Xandra has come to terms with her latent magic and made a life for herself in Austin, Texas, running a coffee shop where she makes potions of a non-magical nature. While things aren't perfect, Xandra is happy - until she runs into powerful warlock Declan Chumomisto.

Xandra hasn't seen Declan in years, and though she's still overwhelmed by his power, she doesn't trust him. And when her own powers awaken one night and lead her to the body of a woman in the woods bearing the symbol of Isis - the same one that has marked Xandra since the day she met Declan - she's filled with a terrible suspicion, soon confirmed: the woman is connected to him.

Xandra doesn't want to believe that Declan is capable of murder, but as the body count mounts, and Xandra's own powers spiral out of control, she's not sure she can trust her own instincts...

Product Details

Reading level: Ages 18 and up

Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages

Publisher: Signet (February 5, 2013)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0451415043

ISBN-13: 978-0451415042

WoW: Ever After by Kim Harrison

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Witch-turned-daywalking-demon Rachel Morgan needs to save the demonic realm of the Ever After in the eleventh entry in the New York Times bestselling Hollows series from supernatural adventure master Kim Harrison.

When Rachel sets off a chain of events that could lead to the end of the world - demonic and human - she must use her gifts to save those closest to her while preventing an apocalypse.

Satisfying and sexy, a visit to the Hollows will take readers on a wild journey that will capture their imagination. Fans of Charlaine Harris and Stephenie Meyer won't be able to resist Kim Harrison's alternative universe - urban fantasy Cincinnati complete with vampires, witches, and other enchanting creatures - where spine-tingling adventures and fast-paced action are the norm.

Product Details

Hardcover: 448 pages

Publisher: Harper Voyager (1- 22-13)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0061957917

ISBN-13: 978-0061957918

WoW: Blessed By A Demon's Mark by E S Moore

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Kat Redding's life is dangerous enough when she's hunting the rogue vampires who prey on Pureblood humans. But now that Kat is thinking of getting out of the killing business, she's faced with a slew of new problems. Like the demon Beligral, who offers help at an escalating cost, and the werewolf cult with whom she's entwined professionally and personally. 

And then there's Countess Baset - the terrifying vampire who wants Kat to become her personal assassin. It's no wonder that Kat has been seeking refuge in the mysterious town known as Delai, a place where she can shed her Lady Death persona and live a life that's as close to normal as she's ever known. 

But even in this haven, something feels askew. Delai is a little too serene. And the more she discovers, the more Kat realizes that the only choice left to her is not whether to do battle, but which side she'll risk her life to defend.

Product Details

Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages

Publisher: Kensington (December 31, 2012)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0758268742

ISBN-13: 978-0758268747

WoW: Last Kiss Goodnight by Gena Showalter

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The sizzling first novel in New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter's new paranormal romance series, Otherworld Assassins - featuring a black ops agent who is captured and enslaved, and the beautiful deaf girl who holds the key to his salvation.

A twisted menagerie exists, and otherworlders are the main attraction. Any time this zoo is about to be shut down, it vanishes and reappears somewhere else. When Solo's latest mission is compromised, he wakes up in a cage, the newest 'animal' on display. Vika is his new handler as well as the zoo owner's daughter, and she's been tasked with Solo's care and feeding. They are supposed to be enemies, but they become lovers - until his feelings for her are used against him, and he's put to the ultimate test.

Product Details

Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages

Publisher: Pocket Books (December 26, 2012)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1451671598

ISBN-13: 978-1451671599

WoW: Black Moon by J D Tyler

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A group of former Navy SEALS, the Alpha Pack is a top-secret team of wolf shifters with Psy powers combating the greatest dangers in the world. But sometime those dangers are more intimate than they bargained for...

Ever since he saved Dr. Mackenzie Grant's life, panther shifter and sorcerer Kalen Black has had trouble keeping the beautiful doctor out of his thoughts, and his heart. The brush with death awakened an intense passion between them--one that for the first time had the notorious loner letting down his guard.

With the Alpha Pack battling an evil Fae who is slowly gaining control over Kalen's mind, Kalen can no longer trust his own actions, and he breaks off his affair with Mackenzie in order to keep her safe. But when Mackenzie learns that she is carrying Kalen's child, no amount of danger will keep her away from the man she loves. To be with his mate and unborn child, Kalen will have to unleash the full fury of his power, and risk destroying them all...

Product Details

Reading level: Ages 18 and up

Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages

Publisher: Signet (December 4, 2012)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0451238834

ISBN-13: 978-0451238832

WoW: Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich

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New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is certain of three truths: People don't just vanish into thin air. Never anger old people. And don't do what Tiki tells you to do. 

After a slow summer of chasing low-level skips for her cousin Vinnie's bail bonds agency, Stephanie Plum finally lands an assignment that could put her checkbook back in the black. Geoffrey Cubbin, facing trial for embezzling millions from Trenton's premier assisted-living facility, has mysteriously vanished from the hospital after an emergency appendectomy. Now it's on Stephanie to track down the con man. The problem is, Cubbin has disappeared without a trace, a witness, or his money-hungry wife. Rumors are stirring that he must have had help with the daring escape . . . or that maybe he never made it out of his room alive. Since the hospital staff's lips seem to be tighter than the security, and it's hard for Stephanie to blend in to assisted living, Stephanie's Grandma Mazur goes in undercover. But when a second felon goes missing from the same hospital, Plum is forced into working side by side with Trenton's hottest cop, Joe Morelli, in order to crack the case.

 

The real problem is, no Cubbin also means no way to pay the rent. Desperate for money - or maybe just desperate - Plum accepts a secondary job guarding her secretive and mouthwatering mentor Ranger from a deadly special-forces adversary. While Stephanie is notorious for finding trouble, she may have found a little more than she bargained for this time around. Then again - a little food poisoning, some threatening notes, and a bridesmaid's dress with an excess of taffeta never killed anyone . . . or did it? If Stephanie Plum wants to bring in a paycheck , she'll have to remember: no guts, no glory. . . .

Product Details

Hardcover: 320 pages

Publisher: Bantam (11-20-12)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0345527747

ISBN-13: 978-0345527745

WoW: Rogue Rider by Larissa Ione

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They're here.

They ride.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Born of a match between good and evil, four siblings stand between hell's minions and everything they want to destroy. They are the Lords of Deliverance, and they have the power to ward off Doomsday . . . or let it ride . . .

ROGUE RIDER

Jillian Cardiff came to this remote mountain town to forget the demon attack that almost killed her. Instead, she rescues-and falls for-a gorgeous stranger who has no memory of anything other than his name. Handsome, charming, and protective, Reseph seems like the kind of man whom Jillian can trust. But with hints of a troubling history of his own, he's also the kind of man who can be very dangerous . . .

Reseph may not know why he mysteriously appeared in Jillian's life, but he knows he wants to stay. Yet when Jillian's neighbors are killed, and demon hunters arrive on the scene, Reseph fears that he's putting Jillian in danger. And once it's revealed that Reseph is also Pestilence, the Horseman responsible for ravaging the world, he and Jillian must face the greatest challenge of all: Can they forget the horrors of a chilling past to save the future they both desire?


Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (11-20-12)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446574481
ISBN-13: 978-0446574488