08 Jan 2012 1 Comment
Monday Musings: Paranormal Cover Love
There’s no better way to start the week than with awesome paranormal covers to make any book-lover swoon. For some reason, I haven’t heard of a single one of these intriguing reads but I do have a few books by these authors patiently waiting their turn in the reading pile. All That Bleeds will definitely make my must-buy list since it’s the first in a new series. WOOT! I just can’t resist a fresh new series, can you?
The Bitter Seed of Magic by Suzanne McLeod
Spellcrackers Series #3
With the touch of her palms to the skin of a crime victim, San Francisco tattoo artist Etaín can see the faces of the guilty and draw them. Changeling elf but unaware of it, at odds with her police captain father and FBI agent brother, magic and gift have put her in the path of two compelling men.
Cathal Dunne, the son of an Irish mob boss, needs Etaín’s help finding the rapists who left his cousin for dead. Eamon, a powerful elf lord, is determined to make her his consort-wife.
Her gift once made permanence impossible when it came to a lover. Now, as she approaches the transition to fully Elven, her survival depends on keeping two. One of the men is willing to share her. The other isn’t—until the search for a sexual predator turns deadly, and only by paying magic’s price will there be any future at all.
The Departed by Shiloh Walker
A LIFELONG OBSESSION
FBI Special Agent Taylor Jones has made it his mission to save those in harm’s way by any means necessary—including employing psychic agents like Desiree “Dez” Lincoln, who can communicate with the disembodied spirits of the dead. Taylor is haunted by his own ghost, his kid sister, gone missing at age six. For a quarter of a century he has been tortured by her loss and the mystery of her disappearance.
A NIGHT’S INDISCRETION
When Dez is seriously wounded, Taylor can no longer hide his feelings for her. Getting involved could spell disaster for both of them—not to mention those who rely on them for help—but once Dez lays her hands on him, he can’t resist the fierce attraction. But after giving in to his desires, Taylor pulls back, and Dez strikes out on her own.
AN INESCAPABLE PASSION
Responding to the call of another anguished spirit, Dez is led to Taylor’s old hometown. As the two are forced to come together to save a girl in peril, Dez may be able to help Taylor finally find the answers he’s been looking for.
All That Bleeds by Kimberly Frost
Etherlin Series #1
They should never have met.
In a glittering community in the Colorado Rockies called the Etherlin, the descendants of the ancient muses live behind a wall that separates them from the dangerous creatures that crave them.
Alissa North is inspiration made flesh, so she should never have met Merrick, a deadly half-vampire enforcer, but when they do meet, the connection is instantaneous, and an illicit flirtation is born. He sends her secret gifts. She writes him secret letters.
The long-distance friendship was never supposed to go any farther. But when she is kidnapped and thrown briefly into his world, everything changes. Now Alissa realizes he’s the only person she can trust, and Merrick finds he’ll do anything to protect her, even risk his life by crossing the wall.
As both worlds close in on them, Alissa knows that getting caught with Merrick could cost her everything she’s ever cared about, but giving him up proves harder than she ever imagined.
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Aren’t the covers awesome? I love the eery mysteriousness of them all. The Bitter Seed of Magic is kind of dark but I love it. Maybe it’s the creepy old crows lingering in the background. Who knows? LOL Walker’s The Departed has a very similar feel to The Missing but I still love the simplicity of her covers. And the guy’s HOT so that definitely helps. The cover for All That Bleeds is cute. Vampires and muses could make for an exciting read, don’t you think?
What do you think about the covers? Are they a hit or a miss for you?
