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Ed. note: The giveaway for an ARC of Cynthia Hand’s fantastic debut Unearthly is now closed. Thanks to all who entered! Unearthly Cynthia Hand Published: Jan. 4, 2011 (Harper Teen) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 5 stars Just go ahead and put Cynthia Hand on your auto-buy list now. Hit up Amazon and order Unearthly now, because — and we’ll put our rep on this one — the book is... 
Winter Wishes Vivian Arend, Vivi Andrews and Moira Rogers Published: Nov. 6, 2010 (Carina Press) Purchase at: Carina Press or Amazon for Kindle Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Carina Press pulled together holiday-themed novellas from three great paranormal romance authors – Vivian Arend, Vivi Andrews and Moira Rogers. With Christmas parties, angels and demons and lots of snow, Winter Wishes will surely heat up...
(Ed. note: Our giveaway for Archangel’s Consort is now closed. The winner will be announced on Dec. 30.) Archangel’s Consort (Guild Hunter #3) Nalini Singh Published: Jan. 25, 2011 (Berkley Sensation) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars You want more Raphael? Nalini Singh delivers plenty of our unapologetic alpha hero in Archangel’s Consort. Readers will love seeing him...
(Ed. note: Our giveaway for a Soul Screamers shirt and a copy of My Soul to Steal is now closed. The winner will be announced on Dec. 30.) My Soul to Steal (Soul Screamers #4) Rachel Vincent Published: Jan. 1, 2011 Dec. 21, 2010 (Harlequin Teen) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars (NOTE: We will reference events in book 3 My Soul to Keep. Spoilers from earlier books are... 
Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood #4) J.R. Ward Published: 2007 (Signet) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 4 stars **This review may reference events from earlier BDB novels, and does not recap the world built in book one, Dark Lover. If you haven’t read the earlier books, please check out the reviews of Dark Lover, Lover Eternal and Lover Awakened.** I went into the fourth... 
Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood #3) JR Ward Published: 2006 (Signet) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 5 stars **This review will reference events at the end of the second BDB book, Lover Eternal, and does not recap the world built in book one, Dark Lover. If you haven’t read the earlier books, please check out the reviews of Dark Lover and Lover Eternal.** Zsadist is the... 
Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood #2) J.R. Ward Published: 2006 Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 4 stars **Please note, this review assumes you’ve read the first BDB book, Dark Lover. If you haven’t, please check out our review here.** The second Black Dagger Brotherhood novel, Lover Eternal, focuses on Rhage. He’s the one all the brothers call Hollywood. He has that leading... 
Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1) J.R. Ward Published: 2005 Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 5 stars As of late we’ve read too many paranormal romances where the story is either all character focus and no sex or all steam and no connection to the people involved. And that’s what makes reading J.R. Ward’s first Black Dagger Brotherhood novel Dark Lover so incredibly... 
Blood & Sex Volume 2: Jonas Angela Cameron Published: 2009 (Ravenous Romance) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 4 stars With most of the world-building for the Blood & Sex series occurring in the first title (our review of Michael), Angela Cameron was able to take off quickly with a stronger plot in the second volume, Jonas. Jonas is the second-in-command in the vampire mafia, and... 
