In an effort to help you keep that to-read list updated, I’ve compiled the hot urban fantasy and paranormal romance releases for June 2012. All dates are U.S. and tentative.
I’ve included genre classification with each book: UF is urban fantasy, PNR is paranormal romance, F is fantasy and YA is young adult.
JUNE 1
- Blackout by Mira Grant (Newsflesh #3) F UF
- Blue-Blooded Vamp by Jaye Wells (Sabina Kane #5) UF
- His Dark Embrace by Amanda Ashley PNR
JUNE 4
- Finding Magic by Stacia Kane (Downside Ghosts novella) UF
JUNE 5
- Accidentally Dead, Again by Dakota Cassidy (Accidentals #6) PNR
- All That Falls by Kimberly Frost (Etherlin #2) PNR
- Arise by Tara Hudson (Hereafter #2) YA
- Blazing the Trail by Deborah Cooke (Dragon Diaries #3) YA
- Blood of Innocence by Tami Dane (Sloane Skye #2) UF
- Blood Kin by M.J. Scott (Half-Light City #2) UF
- Chaos Burning by Lauren Dane (Bound by Magick #2) PNR
Kiss The Dead by Laurell K. Hamilton (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #21) UF- Live and Let Drood by Simon R. Green (Secret Histories #6) UF
- Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne YA
- Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (The Grisha Trilogy #1) YA
- Shadows Cast By Stars by Catherine Knutsson YA
- Spellcrossed by Barbara Ashford F
- Surrender by Elana Johnson (Possession #2) YA
- Tempest Unleashed by Tracy Deebs (Tempest #2) YA
- Undead and Unstable by MaryJanice Davidson (Undead #11) PNR
- Vengeance Moon by Lee Roland (Earth Witches #2) UF
- Visions of Chains by Regan Hastings (Awakening #3) PNR
JUNE 12
- Chosen Ones by Tiffany Truitt (The Lost Souls #1) YA
- For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund YA
- Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood Brown YA
- Rapture by Lauren Kate (Fallen #4) YA
- The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead (Bloodlines #2) YA
- The Serpent’s Kiss by Melissa de la Cruz (The Beauchamp Family #2) YA
- The Taken by Vicki Pettersson (Celestial Blues #1) UF
- Timeless by Myra McEntire (Hourglass #2) YA
JUNE 19
- Blood Moon by Alyxandra Harvey (Drake Chronicles #5) YA
- The Reckoning by Alma Katsu (Taker #2) F
- This Is Not A Test by Courtney Summers YA
JUNE 26
- A Want So Wicked by Suzanne Young (A Need So Beautiful #2) YA
- Before I Wake by Rachel Vincent (Soul Screamers #6) YA
- Black-Hearted Betrayal by Kasey MacKenzie (Shades of Fury #3) UF
- Changeling by Kelly Meding (MetaWars #2) UF
- Chasing Magic by Stacia Kane (Downside Ghosts #5) UF
- Darkness Devours by Keri Arthur (Dark Angels #3) UF
- Midnight’s Lover by Donna Grant (Dark Warriors #2) PNR
- Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost (Night Prince #1) PNR
- Tarnished by Karina Cooper (The St. Croix Chronicles #1) UF Steampunk
- Tempest’s Fury by Nicole Peeler (Jane True #5) UF
- When Darkness Hungers by J.K. Beck (The Shadow Keepers #5) PNR
- Wicked Nights by Gena Showalter (Angels of the Dark #1) PNR
What are your big must-reads this month? There are so many good titles to pick from, but my priorities are: Chasing Magic,
Once Burned,
The Taken
and The Golden Lily.
Then almost everything else on this page. Oh, summer’s looking good.
I cannot wait any longer!!! Three books from different series that I am reading are coming out this month!
Darkness Devours, Kiss the Dead, and Once Burned!! Could the days go by faster please???
For me, Kiss the Dead by LK Hamilton and Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost are the I can’t wait books. I am also going to give The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead a try, I liked Bloodlines.
I am looking forward to the following Once Burned by Jeanine Frost, Kiss the Dead by Laurell K Hamilton, Blazing the Trail by Deborah Cooke, and Darkness Devours by Keri Arthur. I have been silently egging on the speed of the calendar so I can get my hands on these books. Cannot wait. I will be in lockdown mode. 🙂
Kiss the Dead by Laurell K Hamilton, Once Burned by Jeanine Frost, Tempest’s Fury by Nicole Peeler. Blue-Blooded Vamp by Jaye Wells was delivered to my kindle May 22 – not sure what happened – I’m almost done and it’s been great so far.
I’m interested in a couple more by the above mentioned are by far my favorites. Can’t wait! 😀
Amazon shipped early on BBV. Not a bad thing. Glad you’re enjoying it!
So did B&N, what a treat!
Of course The Golden Lily is preordered. Also looking forward to Before I Wake by Rachel Vincent. I think I will pick up Tarnished by Karina Cooper. It looks hopeful.
I’m nervous/excited for Before I Wake. It’s one of those that will come home on release day and I’ll just wait to read it for a few days. LOL
I’ve already read Monument 14 (got an ARC). Good stuff there! Next on my list: Blackout by Mira Grant and The Taken by Vicki Pettersson. It’s looking like a wonderful summer!
Looking forward the most to Golden Lily and Rapture…. 😀
It’s a busy book month. And I have some hard choices to make on the 26th, but I can’t wait for it to get here. I’m looking forward to Blue-Blooded Vamp, The Golden Lily, Tempest’s Fury, Before I Wake, Darkness Devours, and Once Burned.
OMG!!! how could you forget Magic Dreams from Ilona Andrews on 6/26.
I even took the morning off on that day so I can read it the first time before my day dtarts!
oopsss *starts*
Speaking of Ilona Andrews, don’t forget “Hex Appeal” due out June 5! I was sold on it knowing it had a story by Ilona Andrews, but there is more…..
It has nine stories. B&N’s listing says: Features stories from ILONA ANDREWS, JIM BUTCHER, RACHEL CAINE, CAROLE NELSON DOUGLAS, P.N. ELROD, SIMON R. GREEN, LORI HANDELAND, ERICA HAYES and CARRIE VAUGHN.
My top priority is definitely Before I Wake by Rachel Vincent!!! I’ve been dying for months and months to get my hands on it!!! Only 25 days now!!! *whoohooo*
Can hardly sit still waiting on the new Frost and the latest Stacia Kane. Yippee Skippee!
Wow, I am only on #2 of Ilona Andrews Kate Daniels series. I really want to read everything that Rachel Vincent wrote ( I loved the Shifters series) and Stacia Kane, and Nicole Peeler but Laurell K Hamilton is my priority, she is my favorite author! I am also impatiently waiting for Jeanine Frost’s newest series, I love Vlad! I have also read everything by Richelle Mead, so I will definitely be reading The Golden Lily! June is such a good book month!
Raise your hand if you’re so antsy waiting for new books you are mentally doing the pee-pee dance all the time! *raises jittery hands*
Most definitely doing the pee pee dance waiting for all the books I want to read!!
So many books this month…His Dark Embrace by Amanda Ashley, Once Burned by Jeanine Frost, Tarnished by Karina Cooper, When Darkness Hungers by JK Beck and Wicked Nights by Gena Showalter. I still don’t have all of last months bought yet:)