October Releases: Karen Marie Moning, Kresley Cole, Daniel Marks, Allison Pang, Julie Kagawa, Kristen Painter and more

In an effort to help you keep that to-read list updated, I’ve compiled the hot urban fantasy and paranormal romance releases for October 2012. All dates are U.S. and tentative. Also: Click the title of any book to visit the Amazon page for pre-order or purchase goodness.

I’ve included genre classification with each book: UF is urban fantasy, PNR is paranormal romance, F is fantasy and YA is young adult.

OCTOBER 1

• Foxfire by Karen Kincy (Other #3) YA
• Savage Hunger by Terry Spear (Heart of the Jaguar #1) PNR

OCTOBER 2

• The Assassin’s Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke (Assassin’s Curse #1) YA
• Dark Currents by Jacqueline Carey (Agent of Hel #1) UF
• Dark Storm by Christine Feehan (Dark #23) PNR
• Daughter of the Sword by Steve Bein (Fated Blades #1) UF
• Death and the Girl Next Door by Darynda Jones (Darklight #1) YA
• Death’s Rival by Faith Hunter (Jane Yellowrock #5) UF
• Ember’s Kiss by Deborah Cooke (Dragonfire #8) PNR
• Eve and Adam by Michael Grant & Katherine Applegate YA
• Feedback by Robinson Wells (Variant #2) YA
• Fury’s Kiss by Karen Chance (Dorina Basarab #3) UF
• Ghosts of Memories by Barb Hendee (Vampire Memories #5) UF
• Ironskin by Tina Connolly (Ironskin #1) YA
• Mate Claimed by Jennifer Ashley (Shifters Unbound #4) PNR
• Mortal Ties by Eileen Wilks (World of the Lupi #9) UF
• Phantom Shadows by Dianne Duvall (Immortal Guardians #3) PNR
• Poison Princess by Kresley Cole (Arcana Chronicles #1) YA
• Whispers at Moonrise by C.C. Hunter (Shadow Falls #4) YA

OCTOBER 9

• Into the Woods: Tales from the Hollows and Beyond by Kim Harrison (anthology) UF
• Mystic City by Theo Lawrence (Mystic City #1) YA
• Romeo Redeemed by Stacey Jay (Juliet Immortal #2) YA
• The Unfailing Light by Robin Bridges (Katerina Trilogy #2) YA
• Velveteen by Daniel Marks (Velveteen #1) YA

OCTOBER 16

• Angel’s Ink by Jocelynn Drake (The Asylum Tales #1) UF
• Conjure by Lea Nolan (The Hoodoo Apprentice #1) YA
• Crewel by Gennifer Albin (Crewel World #1) YA
• Hidden by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast (House of Night #10) YA
• Second Chance by Heather Brewer (Slayer Chronicles #2) YA
• Toxic by Jus Accardo (Denazen #2) YA
• The Twelve by Justin Cronin (The Passage #2) F

OCTOBER 23

• After Moonrise by P.C. Cast & Gena Showalter PNR
• Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (Caster Chronicles #4) YA
• The Crimson Crown by Cinda Williams Chima (Seven Realms #4) YA
• Dark Star by Bethany Frenette YA
• The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin (Mara Dyer #2) YA
• Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick (Hush, Hush #4) YA
• The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa (The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten #1) YA

OCTOBER 29

• Running in the Dark by Regan Summers (Sydney Kildare #2) UF

OCTOBER 30

• Black Howl by Christina Henry (Black Wings #4) UF
• Desperately Seeking Shapeshifter by Jessica Sims (Midnight Liasons #2) PNR
• Forbidden by Jacqueline Frank (The World of Nightwalkers #1) PNR
• Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones (Charley Davidson #4) UF
• Hell to Heaven by Kylie Chan (Journey to Wudang #2) UF
• Iced by Karen Marie Moning (Fever World #1) UF
• Midnight’s Seduction by Donna Grant ( Dark Warriors #3) PNR
• Out for Blood by Kristen Painter (House of Comarré #5) UF
• Rebel Heart by Moira Young (Dust Lands #2) YA
• Shadow by Laurann Donner (New Species #9) PNR
• Shadow Rising by Yasmine Galenorn (Otherworld #12) UF
• The Shattered Dark by Sandy Williams (McKenzie Lewis #2) UF
• A Trace of Moonlight by Allison Pang (Abby Sinclair #3) UF

October is another month full of books I must read, but I’ll narrow it down to my top six: Velveteen, Iced, A Trace of Moonlight, The Lost Prince, Out for Blood and Ironskin. What about you?