STORM SIREN

Storm Siren by Mary Weber
Series: Book 1 in The Storm Siren Trilogy
Genre: fantasy

About Storm Siren:

“I raise my chin as the buyers stare. Yes. Look. You don’t want me. Because, eventually, accidentally, I will destroy you.”

In a world at war, a slave girl’s lethal curse could become one kingdom’s weapon of salvation. If the curse — and the girl — can be controlled.

As a slave in the war-weary kingdom of Faelen, seventeen-year-old Nym isn’t merely devoid of rights, her Elemental kind are only born male and always killed at birth — meaning, she shouldn’t even exist.

Standing on the auction block beneath smoke-drenched mountains, Nym faces her fifteenth sell. But when her hood is removed and her storm-summoning killing curse revealed, Nym is snatched up by a court advisor and given a choice: be trained as the weapon Faelen needs to win the war, or be killed.

Choosing the former, Nym is unleashed into a world of politics, bizarre parties, and rumors of an evil more sinister than she’s being prepared to fight . . . not to mention the handsome trainer whose dark secrets lie behind a mysterious ability to calm every lightning strike she summons.

But what if she doesn’t want to be the weapon they’ve all been waiting for?

Set in a beautifully eclectic world of suspicion, super abilities, and monsters, Storm Siren is a story of power. And whoever controls that power will win.

Source: Info in the About Storm Siren was taken from GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18806259-storm-siren on 05/04/2016.

*Post amended: 5 April 2016

FIRE RISING

Fire Rising by Donna Grant
Series: (N/A)
Genre: urban fantasy
Expected publication: June 3rd 2014 by St. Martin's Paperbacks

About Fire Rising:

Tristan, the newest Dragon King, is having a tough time fitting in. Despite his ability to transform into a proud, strong dragon at will, no one knows where he came from or how he became a Dragon King, including himself. When trouble arises in the form of the mob, Tristan is going to have to put aside his questions and band with the other Dragon Kings to protect Dreagan. As if things weren’t complicated enough, he is about to find something worth fighting for more important than the Dragon Kings…

Sammie Miller, pub owner in Oban, has been scorned by her business partner—and former lover. Used as a front for money laundering with the mob, Sammie is in great danger once she realizes what has happened. Barely escaping, she plans to rest at Dreagan for only a day before going back on the run. When Tristan swears to protect her, Sammie thinks his efforts will be in vain—the mob is too powerful, and it will take more than the average man’s devotion to keep her safe. But the closer she gets to Tristan, and the more he learns his secrets, Sammie can’t deny that having a Dragon King who worships you, body and soul, isn’t such a bad thing…

Source: Info in the About Fire Rising was taken from at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18404115-fire-rising on 14/11/2013.

CHARRED HEART

Charred Heart by Lizzy Ford
Book 1 of the Heart Of Fire series
Genre: urban fantasy
Expected publication: December 8th 2013 by Guerrilla Wordfare

About Charred Heart:

For a thousand years, Chace has searched for a way to break the curse placed on him by a jilted lover. He’s a dragon shifter, one who can’t control when the magic will force him into a different form. He’s already lost everyone he ever cared about a few times over and doesn’t know how much longer he’s meant to suffer.

At his wit’s end, he makes a deal with a mysterious figure that offers him what he wants most – an end to his misery – in exchange for everything that’s his: His life, his power. His heart.

The next day, he meets Skylar, a modern day dragon slayer whose mission is to cage him – or kill him. Sexy, witty and brave, she is the yin to his yang, the woman destined to break the curse, balance his magic and make his broken heart whole.

Except it’s too late. Not only has he sealed his fate, but an innocent one-night-stand with Skylar has dragged her into the middle of a deal with the devil, one she won’t escape, if he can’t convince her that dragon shifters aren’t her enemies.

Source: Info in the About Charred Heart was taken from GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18716456-charred-heart on 14/11/2013.

Falling Kingdoms series

Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes
Book 1 of the Falling Kingdoms series
Genre: fantasy

About Falling Kingdoms:

The gripping New York Times bestseller that is Game of Thrones for teens

In a land where magic has been forgotten but peace has reigned for centuries, a deadly unrest is simmering. Three kingdoms grapple for power—brutally transforming their subjects' lives in the process. Amidst betrayals, bargains, and battles, four young people find their fates forever intertwined:

Cleo: A princess raised in luxury must embark on a rough and treacherous journey into enemy territory in search of a magic long thought extinct.

Jonas: Enraged at injustice, a rebel lashes out against the forces of oppression that have kept his country impoverished—and finds himself the leader of a people's revolution centuries in the making.

Lucia: A girl adopted at birth into a royal family discovers the truth about her past—and the supernatural legacy she is destined to wield.

Magnus: Bred for aggression and trained to conquer, a firstborn son begins to realize that the heart can be more lethal than the sword. . . .

The only outcome that's certain is that kingdoms will fall. Who will emerge triumphant when all they know has collapsed?

Source: Info in the About Falling Kingdoms was taken from GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12954620-falling-kingdoms on 02/11/2013.

Rebel Spring by Morgan Rhodes
Book 2 of the Falling Kingdoms series
Genre: fantasy

About Rebel Spring:

Love, power, and magic collide with war in the second book of the Falling Kingdoms series

Auranos has fallen and the three kingdoms—Auranos, Limeros, and Paelsia—are now united as one country called Mytica. But still, magic beckons, and with it the chance to rule not just Mytica, but the world...

When the evil King Gaius announces that a road is to be built into the Forbidden Mountains, formally linking all of Mytica together, he sets off a chain of events that will forever change the face of this land, forcing Cleo the dethroned princess, Magnus the reluctant heir, Lucia the haunted sorceress, and Jonas the desperate rebel to take steps they never could have imagined.

Source: Info in the About Rebel Spring was taken from GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16000044-rebel-spring on 02/11/2013.

Falling Kingdoms #3: (No Title Yet) by Morgan Rhodes
Book 3 of the Falling Kingdoms series
Genre: fantasy

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Falling Kingdoms #4: (No Title Yet) by Morgan Rhodes
Book 4 of the Falling Kingdoms series
Genre: fantasy

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BLOOD AND IRON

Blood And Iron by Jon Sprunk
Series: (N/A)
Genre: urban fantasy
Publication: 11 March 2014 by Pyr

About Blood And Iron:

Set in a richly-imagined world, this action-heavy fantasy epic and series opener is like a sword-and-sorcery Spartacus.

It starts with a shipwreck following a magical storm at sea. Horace, a soldier from the west, had joined the Great Crusade against the heathens of Akeshia after the deaths of his wife and son from plague. When he washes ashore, he finds himself at the mercy of the very people he was sent to kill, who speak a language and have a culture and customs he doesn't even begin to understand.

Not long after, Horace is pressed into service as a house slave. But this doesn't last. The Akeshians discover that Horace was a latent sorcerer, and he is catapulted from the chains of a slave to the halls of power in the queen's court. Together with Jirom, an ex-mercenary and gladiator, and Alyra, a spy in the court, he will seek a path to free himself and the empire's caste of slaves from a system where every man and woman must pay the price of blood or iron. Before the end, Horace will have paid dearly in both.

Source: Info in the About Blood And Iron was taken from GoodReads at http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18077958-blood-and-iron on 28/09/2013.

Updated: 28 Sept 2013 - Synopsis was added.

ETHERLIN Series

All That Bleeds by Kimberly Frost
Book 1 of the Etherlin series
Genre: urban fantasy

About All That Bleeds:

As the last heiress of the House of North, Alissa knows that striking up a secret friendship with a half-vampire enforcer is dangerous, but Merrick is a temptation she can't resist. But when Alissa is kidnapped, Merrick proves that he will do anything to protect the woman who tempts him with her very existence.

Source: Info in the About All That Bleeds was taken from GoodReads at http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11018862-all-that-bleeds on 14/09/2013.

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SOUTHERN WITCH Series

Would-Be Witch by Kimberly Frost
Book 1 of the Southern Witch series
Genre: urban fantasy

About Would-Be Witch:

In the small town of Duvall, Texas, the only thing that causes more trouble than gossip is magic.

The family magic seems to have skipped over Tammy Jo Trask. All she gets in the way of the supernatural are a few untimely visits from the long-dead, smart-mouthed family ghost Edie. But when her locket—an heirloom that happens to hold Edie’s soul—is stolen in the midst of a town-wide crime spree, it’s time for Tammy to find her inner witch.

After a few bad experiences with her magic, Tammy turns to the only one who can help: the very rich and highly magical Bryn Lyons. He might have all the answers, but the locket isn’t the only thing passed down in Tammy’s family. She also inherited a warning…to stay away from anyone named Lyons….

Source: Info in the About Would-Be Witch was taken from GoodReads at http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4703905-would-be-witch on 04/09/2013.

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Barely Bewitched by Kimberly Frost
Book 2 of the Southern Witch series
Genre: urban fantasy

About Barely Bewitched:

Welcome to Duvall, Texas, where new witch Tammy Jo Trask has just unleashed an accidental Armageddon…Oops.

Tammy Jo’s misfiring magic has attracted the unwanted attention of WAM, the World Association of Magic. Now, a wand-wielding wizard and a menacing fire warlock have come to Duvall to train her for a dangerous mandatory challenge. But is there more to their arrival than they claim?

When a curse leads to a toxic spill of pixie dust, the town comes unglued and the doors between the human and faery worlds begin to open. To rescue the town and to face the impossible magical test, Tammy needs the help of incredibly handsome Bryn Lyons, but WAM has declared him totally off-limits. To avoid deadly consequences, Tammy probably ought to follow the rules this time.

On the other hand, rebellion is an old Texas tradition.

Read Kimberly Frost's posts on the Penguin Blog.

Source: Info in the About Barely Bewitched was taken from GoodReads at http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6289926-barely-bewitched on 04/09/2013.

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Halfway Hexed by Kimberly Frost
Book 3 of the Southern Witch series
Genre: urban fantasy

About Halfway Hexed:

Read Kimberly Frost's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. New witch Tammy Jo Trask has a whole town full of trouble, in the latest from the national bestselling author of Barely Bewitched. First, there are the local residents who form a scripture-spouting posse and kidnap Tammy to "defend" Duvall, Texas, against witchcraft. Next, someone saddles her with a secret package chock full of dangerous visions, just as the president of WAM-the World Association of Magic- arrives with his entourage to investigate her. And who worse to examine Tammy's entanglement with off-limits and drop-dead gorgeous wizard Bryn Lyons than his ex-girlfriend? Not to mention that the clash between the locals and the magical visitors leads to a series of unnatural disasters that may doom them all. While the fate of the town hangs in the balance, one thing's certain: this would-be witch is ready to rumble, Texas style.

Source: Info in the About Halfway Hexed was taken from GoodReads at http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8273002-halfway-hexed on 04/09/2013.

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Slightly Spellbound by Kimberly Frost
Book 4 of the Southern Witch series
Genre: urban fantasy

About Slightly Spellbound:

With two kinds of magick at odds inside her and two gorgeous men vying for her attention, Tammy Jo Trask is used to being pulled in opposite directions. But in the latest Southern Witch novel she’ll have to make some serious decisions—like how she intends to stay alive.

Tammy Jo’s romance with the wizard Bryn Lyons is on hold while her ex-husband is in town trying to remind her of the good old days. Choosing between them isn’t easy, and it doesn’t help that a skeletal creature is spying on her, a faery knight is hunting her, and she just made friends with Evangeline Rhodes—a rich witch who thinks her own family is trying to kill her.

When Evangeline disappears under suspicious circumstances, Tammy Jo is determined to find out what happened. As she uncovers a secret more dangerous—and personal—than she could have imagined, she also discovers that, in both love and magic, you can’t stay neutral forever.

Source: Info in the About Slightly Spellbound was taken from GoodReads at http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18176505-slightly-spellbound on 04/09/2013.

Tammy's First Kiss by Kimberly Frost
A story in the Southern Witch series
Genre: urban fantasy

About Tammy's First Kiss:

A poignant short story about Tammy and Zach when they were young and on the cusp of discoveries.

Source: Reader's own synopsis.

Free Read Link: http://www.frostfiction.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2010/11/tammysfirstkiss.pdf

Casually Cursed by Kimberly Frost
Book 5 of the Southern Witch series
Genre: urban fantasy
Expected Publication: May 2014

Synopsis:

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Update(s): 14 November 2013 - Casually Cursed added.