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Archangel’s Storm (Guild Hunter #5)
Nalini Singh
Published: Sept. 4, 2012 (Berkley)
Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon
Reviewed by: Candace
Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars
I will survive and I will survive whole.
“Three hundred and seven years,”…”that’s how long I survived – I do not want to survive any longer, Mother. I want to fly.”
Lovers united by overcoming loss. Sisters... 
The battles have been close — with plenty of smack talk in the comments and on Twitter — but we’ve finally reached the semifinals of the Alpha Showdown 2012. It’s another vampire-on-vampire battle with Jeaniene Frost’s Bones taking on Nalini Singh’s Dmitri.
Bones has already taken out witch Rachel Morgan and werewolf Charles Cornick. How will he handle fighting another...
And you thought these battles were difficult before. Two of the most ruthless of the vampires in the Alpha Showdown 2012 are pitted against one another in Round 10.
Kresley Cole’s Lothaire managed to escape the silver stakes of Night Huntress’ Cat in his first battle, leaving him extra bloodthirsty.
Nalini Singh’s Dmitri’s cunning helped him take crafty assassin Gin Blanco last...
There’s no question both the characters in Round 4 of the Alpha Showdown are lethal.
Vampire Dmitri is ruthless and had a long time to hone his skills. But he’s up against The Spider. Gin Blanco from is an assassin, who can kill you with a paperclip, and she can flex some elemental magic. Two tough alphas this time, and I’m rather pleased you are the ones making the call.
Read the... 
Archangel’s Blade (Guild Hunter #4)
Nalini Singh
Published: Sept. 6, 2011 (Berkley)
Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon
Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars
I have had Archangel’s Blade on my shelf for months. And I put off reading it purposefully. It wasn’t my typical series anxiety where I’m all “oh, please don’t screw this up” but hesitation. I wasn’t... 
Angels’ Flight (Guild Hunter collection)
Nalini Singh
Published:
Purchase at: Book Depository, B&N or Amazon
Reviewed by: Candace
Rating (out of 5): 4 stars
“I would fly our child wherever she needed to go…I have no need to build empires and dynasties. I only want to build a home with you.”
Nalini Singh became the second writer to make me cry with an anthology in Angels’ Flight. (The... 
Did you miss Book Bits? I had to stop doing them in February due to the chaos surrounding a death in the family. However, you had Character Love Letters to keep you warm, right? Well, I’m back and catching up on all the book excerpts – Jeaniene Frost! J.A. Saare! — and such. So, Book Bits is back on Thursdays as usual from here on out.
Did someone say Vlad?
I’m not the only one...
In an effort to help you keep that to-read list updated, we’ve compiled the hot urban fantasy and paranormal romance releases for September. All dates are U.S. and tentative.
We’ve included genre classification with each book: UF is urban fantasy, PNR is paranormal romance and YA is young adult.
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The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin (The Inheritance Trilogy #3) Fantasy
SEPTEMBER... 
This week we got two deleted scenes from YA novels featuring kissing — and more for the Jace/Clary scene — plus news on upcoming books from Jeaniene Frost, Ilona Andrews, Nalini Singh, P.C. and Kristin Cast and even a little video to make your day (compliments of the lovely Tessa Dare). Enjoy!
Cover tease for next The Hollows novel
I really loved Pale Demon, and the end left things wide open... 
For those who missed it last Thursday, I’ve started blogging over at Heroes & Heartbreakers. So far I’ve just been talking about True Blood and my fascination with Alexander Skarsgard. It doesn’t change anything here at VBC, just wanted to let you know I’ll be popping up over there to talk sexy men and such.
L.A. Banks has passed away
If you missed the news on Tuesday, author... 
