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Have you guys heard about J. Patrick Black’s upcoming novel Ninth City Burning? We read the blurb and immediately perked up. It kind of sounds like if Independence Day and Terminator 2 had a baby, only, you know, no time travel (as far as we know). The novel comes out on Sept. 6, 2016 (pre-order it), but we have an excerpt just for VBC readers. Read on for the official book blurb and excerpt from Ninth... 
A good novella knows how to hit the spot in the middle of a busy week, and do we have a good one for you this week. Elisabeth Naughton has a new tale from her Eternal Guardians series from the always-a-good-idea 1,001 Dark Nights. Unchained is a standalone, so if you haven’t already discovered the delicious Eternal Guardians books, you’re good to go. You can snag the book for $2.99 right now, and we have... 
We know many of you are hooked on Carrie Ann Ryan’s Dante’s Circle books. And what kind of reader friends would we be if we didn’t try to hook you up with a taste of the latest one? Carrie has been kind enough to share with us an excerpt from An Immortal’s Song (order your copy), which includes fae and mermen. MERMEN. We have to read it just to see how one makes that whole merman thing work. Here’s the... 
Shadow Rites releases in less than two weeks (pre-order it now), and the team at VBC is very excited. We’re long-time fans of Faith Hunter and her Jane Yellowrock series, and this one is shaping up to be excellent. We’ll have a review closer to release, but if you can’t wait for a hint of what’s to come for Jane, Beast, and the crew, you’re in luck. We have a snippet from Shadow Rites and a giveaway. Read... 
Lia Davis is launching a new paranormal romance series on April 8, and we’ve snagged an exclusive taste. Sunstone’s Fire is the first in her new Cursed in Stone series (pre-order it). We’ve got a witch trying to avoid her fate (and fighting her magic side), a hero seeking solace, and a curse trying to drive them apart. Serious chemistry beats curses every day, though, and an HEA is in store. VBC has an... 
We’ve never been subtle about how much we like the Elemental Assassin series here at VBC. Jennifer Estep brings the awesome on the regular. If you read Amy’s early review, you know the latest novel in the series Bitter Bite is good. We like convincing you, though. So we sweet-talked Jennifer into sharing an excerpt of Bitter Bite with VBC. Here’s your exclusive peek: But this wasn’t a secret that I could... 
Faith Hunter’s Blood in Her Veins, a Jane Yellowrock anthology, releases tomorrow. (Order it now.) The Vampire Book Club team is pretty damn excited about this. So much so that we agreed to help Faith on her blog tour by sharing part three of a six-part story called “Shiloh and the Brick.” You can read part one at I Smell Sheep and part two at Under the Covers. (If you’re reading this post a little later,... 
The VBC team likes getting a quick romance fix from the 1001 Dark Nights series. Yesterday, Rebecca Zanetti’s latest addition to the series Teased released (get it at Amazon). It’s a novella set in her Dark Protectors world (think: motorcycle club romance with a paranormal twist), and we think you’ll dig it. We’ve snagged an exclusive excerpt from Teased to help you get a taste for Dark Protectors. This... 
Alyssa Richards’ Somewhere in Time releases next week (Dec. 8, if you want to get technical), and we’ve snagged the opening of the book exclusively for VBC readers. If you like your paranormal romance with the mental abilities element, this one is going to work for you. Expect ghosts and a heroine with psychic skills. The first chapter of the novel is being revealed in three parts. The beginning is here... 
I’ve been enjoying all the new takes on vampires and shifters we’re seeing released as of late. There are so many of us who still love paranormal romance, and it’s a delight to see authors bringing us new stories and twists on tropes. Plus, I just really like a good vampire or werewolf. Y’all know this. Well, Kaylie Newell’s The Moonshadow’s Daughter falls into that category. The book released this week... 
