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It’s officially time for Alpha Showdown 2013! You made your nominations and we have 16 of the most badass, alpha characters from urban fantasy and paranormal romance novels locked into the bracket. Only one will be named champion and today’s first bout is sure to end in a knockout.
Round five is shifter time. Both Adam and Dragos know how to lead their people, but how will they fare in a fight?...
It’s officially time for Alpha Showdown 2013! You made your nominations and we have 16 of the most badass, alpha characters from urban fantasy and paranormal romance novels locked into the bracket. Only one will be named champion and today’s first bout is sure to end in a knockout.
Round two brings two lethal badasses to the ring. Ethan may be used to being in charge, but Secret isn’t much...
It’s officially time for Alpha Showdown 2013! You made your nominations and we have 16 of the most badass, alpha characters from urban fantasy and paranormal romance novels locked into the bracket. Only one will be named champion and today’s first bout is sure to end in a knockout.
Round one pits a man full of mystery who overwhelms just about everyone sharing space with him against a... 
Dead Ever After (Sookie Stackhouse #13)
Charlaine Harris
Published: May 7, 2013 (Ace)
Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon
Reviewed by: Chelsea
Rating (out of 5): 2.5 stars
If I could use only one word to describe this final volume in the Sookie Stackhouse series, it would be meh.
After the ruckus online about the ending of Charlaine Harris’ popular series, I was sure I’d finish this book... 
Werewolves Be Damned (Magic & Mayhem #1)
Stacey Kennedy
Published: April 15, 2013 (Entangled)
Purchase: Amazon
Reviewed by: Jo
Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars
Nexi Jones is hell bent on revenge after witnessing the savage werewolf attack that killed her parents. Saved from the same fate by sword-wielding, kilt-wearing warriors, she learns two things. Firstly, there are two worlds: The Earthworld and The... 
Last week Jo reviewed Amanda Carlson’s Hot Blooded. And she loved it. I mean loved it. She compared the Jessica McClain series to one of her favorites: Kelley Armstrong’s Women of the Otherworld. From Jo that’s insane praise.
If you’ve already read Full Blooded (Chelsea’s VBC review) and pre-ordered Hot Blooded, which releases tomorrow, then what’s left? You’re a... 
Hot Blooded (Jessica McClain #2)
Amanda Carlson
Published: April 23, 2013 (Orbit)
Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon
Reviewed by: Jo
Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars
Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will refer to events from the previous book.If you haven’t started this series yet, check out Chelsea’s review of Full Blooded.
With Full Blooded being one of mine (and... 
Both Jo and I fell for Amanda Carlson’s debut Full Blooded. We’re not far from the release of the second Jessica McClain book Hot Blooded, but we’re all about looking forward here at VBC. That means we’re going to go ahead and ooh and aah over the badassery that is the cover art for the third book Cold Blooded. Allow me to share:
Jessica arrives back in town to find her best friend... 
I have a treat for you guys today. Not only do I have your first look at the cover art for Jess Haines’ next H&W Investigations book Forsaken by the Others (and I do!), but also an epic giveaway with the chance at a couple book and signed goodies from Jess. (If you haven’t started the H&W series, you can read my review of Hunted by the Others and select it as your signed book prize if... 
Moonshifted (Edie Spence #2)
Cassie Alexander
Published: Nov. 27, 2012 (St. Martin’s)
Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon
Reviewed by: Chelsea
Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars
Note: This review is spoiler-free. However, it assumes you’ve read the first book in the series and makes references to key plot points from it. If you haven’t read Nightshifted, please check out my review.
I read... 
