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Around this time last year, I advised hardcore fans of J.R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood series to give Larissa Ione’s Demonica series a try. Well, you should be caught up on Demonica at this point (and our reviewer Candace would remind you to start her Lords of Deliverance series, too). Now what to read?
I have you covered, dear readers. If you’ve devoured the demons and hunters... 
Last year, I listed 10 of the most delicious heroes from novels published that year. You guys liked it quite a bit. As such, I bit my lip and narrowed down the giant list to give you the Top 10 Swoon-Worthy Heroes from 2011 novels. To make my life easier, I excluded YA novels here because you’re all going to get nasty in the comments. (It’s OK, we’re all friends here.) Also, if you need... 
It’s that time again. I spent far too much time attempting to whittle down the 100+ books reviewed on VBC this year to the absolute best. So, as those Amazon and B&N gift cards start rolling in, just use this list as your shopping guide. I personally promise the extreme awesomeness of all the novels listed below.
Also, at the very end you’ll see the VBC Readers’ Choice winner (which... 
Remember when I fell head-over-heels for Eve Silver’s Body of Sin? I told you Lokan would be your favorite of the soul reaper brothers, despite how much you may have loved the guys in the earlier novels. Today we have a guest post from Eve in the form of a letter from Lokan. Get a taste of him below, and then pick up a copy. I promise, it’s going to end up on my Best of 2011 list.
A LETTER FROM...
We’re giving away a copy of Body of Sin. Be sure to enter on or before Monday, Aug. 22. Head over to this post for all the details and to enter.
Body of Sin (Otherkin #4)
Eve Silver
Published: Aug. 23, 2011 (HQN)
Purchase at: Book Depository, B&N or Amazon
Rating (out of 5): 5 stars
Note: Because I love you guys — and I believe this novel can work as a stand-alone — there are no...
Eve Silver’s fourth Otherkin novel, Body of Sin, comes out next week on Aug. 23. And I’m pretty excited about it. I loved her earlier Otherkin novels, which each focus on a different soul reaper brother. Eve even managed to make me fall for Mal in Sins of the Flesh after thinking him a bastard throughout the first two books. It’s great romance with strong heroines and some kickass battle... 
This year we fell in love with several new authors, found new series and even decided we could really get into steampunk. We’ve narrowed the list down to these gems. All the books on this list are ones we’ve told friends, family and random people at the bookstore about. These are the books we tell you are musts for your to-read piles. As a matter of fact, print it out and make it a... 
Update: Thanks for the overwhelming response to the contests. We’ve selected our winners — Jessica and Beleth — and both have claimed their prizes. Keep an eye out. We have many more contests coming up.
Wow! We just hit 500 followers via Google Friend Connect (not that the 1,200+ of you on Twitter aren’t favorites, too) and had to celebrate.
Thank you so much for reading the blog.... 
Ed. note: Enter to win Sins of the Heart (Otherkin #1) or Sins of the Flesh (Otherkin #3), both by Eve Silver, at the end of this post. Can’t wait? Click here to jump down.)
Sins of the Flesh (Otherkin #3)
Eve Silver
Published: Oct. 1, 2010
Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon
Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars
Eve Silver has officially made my auto-buy list. As I said in my review of the second... 
Sure, we like dark books.
We like drama. (Richelle Mead, I’m looking at you.)
We like books with evil villains.
With surprising heroines (Stacia Kane, your turn to be stared at.)
With strong heroines.
With awesome love stories possibly filled with alpha heroes. (Did we mention we liked Veil of Shadows and Sins of the Soul? Just checking.)
But you know, we also need some fairydust every now and then.... 
