New Contest, Stakes & Stilettos, Demon King

AUTHORS & BOOKS

I have all these nice new books, courtesy of Hachette Books, so I may as well share them. The prizes in this week's contest are:

Larissa Ione's Desire Unchained, a Demonica Novel
Carolyn Jewel's My Wicked Enemy
Eve Silver's Demon's Hunger

To enter, leave a comment on what two stories you'd like to see mashed up together. I'd like to see "Supernatural" mashed up with "Burn Notice," so there would be double the number of cool people having car chases, shooting up stuff, and fighting demons, all to rockin music.

But it could be a book mashed up with a movie, or two books, or whatever. You know, the Black Dagger Brotherhood meets "The Brady Bunch" and hijinks ensue. The contest runs through Saturday night and the winner will be chosen by random.

Big changes at Darque Reviews! Reviewer Kimberly Swan has gone from a blog to a website and a new layout. Looks as if one of my favorite sites will be expanding, but still be easy to navigate. Good luck with the new site, Kimberly! Yes, you should bookmark Kimberley's site.

Review of Stakes & Stilettos by Michelle Rowen. "Stakes & Stilettos is narrated in first person by Sarah. Her voice is by turns comic and sarcastic but considering that she is a major trouble magnet she has plenty to bitch about. Her sharp wit and her reactions to some of the strange situations that she finds herself in are truly funny, so be warned if reading public that outbreaks of spontaneous laughter are likely." (Love Vampires)

Review of Amanda Ashley's Night's Master. "Kathy McKenna has had enough of the war between the vampires and werewolves, so she has moved to a small town in the Midwest called Oak Hollow. She bought a log house and opened a used and new bookstore that she runs all by herself." (Fresh Fiction)

Read chapter one of Amanda Ashby's Night's Master. "Mankind had been heading for this showdown ever since the preternatural creatures decided that, although they were small in number when compared to humans, they possessed the strength and the Supernatural power to pretty much run the planet any way they saw fit."

Patricia Altner reviews Sharon Ashwood's Ravenous. "Holly Carver is a witch hired to rid a sentient house of its malevolence. this is a particularly difficult job, but take it she must because she needs the money." (Patricia's Vampire Notes)

Review of Kresley Cole's Kiss of a Demon King. "I also gradually became more and more invested in the story. I've always had a soft sport for Rydstrom - I mean, who wouldn't feel sympathy for a king who has been trying to reclaim his throne for centuries?" (The Good, The Bad, The Unread)

Read an excerpt from Kresley Cole's Kiss of a Demon King. "'Whenever you have a sorcerer betwixt your thighs, your powers tend to disappear,' Sabine told her sister as she scanned the faces of the frenzied, caged humans. 'It's merely a fact of life.'"


MOVIES & DVDS

Author Catherine Karp has a trailer in English of "Blood, the Last Vampire." (Suburban Vampire)


GRATUITOUS VIDEO OF THE DAY

I know I said it was the end of Naked David Boreanaz Week, my tribute to author Amanda Ashby, but he's wearing clothes in this one!