Next week's new releases!

Spell Bound
by Rachel Hawkins
Expected Publish Date:
Mar 13, 2012

Summary: Just as Sophie Mercer has come to accept her extraordinary magical powers as a demon, the Prodigium Council strips them away. Now Sophie is defenseless, alone, and at the mercy of her sworn enemies—the Brannicks, a family of warrior women who hunt down the Prodigium. Or at least that’s what Sophie thinks, until she makes a surprising discovery. The Brannicks know an epic war is coming, and they believe Sophie is the only one powerful enough to stop the world from ending. But without her magic, Sophie isn’t as confident.

Sophie’s bound for one hell of a ride—can she get her powers back before it’s too late?

Moonsong
by L. J. Smith
Expected Publish Date:
Mar 13, 2012

Publisher's Summary: Evil never dies...

After escaping the horrors of the Dark Dimension, Elena and her friends can’t wait to attend Dalcrest College, the beautiful ivy-covered campus where Elena’s parents met. Life with Stefan is better than ever, and with her closest friends Bonnie, Meredith, and Matt by her side, Elena knows it will be their best year yet. Even Damon seems genuinely changed and is getting along with everyone.

But for Elena, moving away from Fell’s Church doesn’t mean she has left her dark past behind. When students start to disappear from campus, every new acquaintance is suddenly a potential enemy. Panic soon spreads and the friends struggle to protect each other.

Then Elena uncovers a long-hidden secret, one that shocks her to the core, and realizes tragedy may be unavoidable. Will Elena outrun her fate? And will it be Stefan or Damon who catches her if she falls?

The Savage Grace
by Bree Despain
Expected Publish Date:
Mar 13, 2012

Publisher's Summary: Grace's life is a mess. Daniel is still a werewolf, Talbot can't be trusted, and Caleb is still out there. With Sirhan's impending death, war seems imminent. Will Grace give in to the wolf to save her family? What will happen to Daniel . . . and can their love survive one last test?

Starters
by Lissa Price
Expected Publish Date:
Mar 13, 2012

Publisher's Summary: In the future, teens rent their bodies to seniors who want to be young again. One girl discovers her renter plans to do more than party--her body will commit murder, if her mind can't stop it. Sixteen-year-old Callie lost her parents when the genocide spore wiped out everyone except those who were vaccinated first--the very young and very old. With no grandparents to claim Callie and her little brother, they go on the run, living as squatters, and fighting off unclaimed renegades who would kill for a cookie. Hope comes via Prime Destinations, run by a mysterious figure known only as The Old Man. He hires teens to rent their bodies to seniors, known as enders, who get to be young again. Callie's neurochip malfunctions and she wakes up in the life of her rich renter, living in her mansion, driving her cars, even dating Blake, the grandson of a senator. It's a fairy-tale new life . . . until she uncovers the Body Bank's horrible plan. . . .

Dark Eyes
by William Harlan Richter
Expected Publish Date:
Mar 15, 2012

Publisher's Summary: Wally was adopted from a Russian orphanage as a child and grew up in a wealthy New York City family. At fifteen, her obsessive need to rebel led her to life on the streets.

Now the sixteen-year-old is beautiful and hardened, and she's just stumbled across the possibility of discovering who she really is. She'll stop at nothing to find her birth mother before Klesko - her darkeyed father - finds her. Because Klesko will stop at nothing to reclaim the fortune Wally's mother stole from him long ago. Even if that means murdering his own blood. But Wally's had her own killer training, and she's hungry for justice.

This Character Q&A had me cracking up! I'm lovin' it!

I would like to welcome Madeline Black, the heroine from Black Wings, Black Night and the newly released Black Howl by Christina Henry.

♥Me: Hi Maddy! Thank you for stopping by Magical Urban Fantasy Reads! I’m thrilled that you are here. I’m only just learning about your world and it’s crazy awesome! Oh, and you are one kick butt heroine! I totally admire your strength!

MADDY: Thanks so much for having me here!
BEEZLE: You think she kicks butt? I always thought she just stumbled around and then set things on fire.
MADDY: No one asked you to get on the phone line. Don’t you have something to do, like be a home guardian?
BEEZLE: There’s nobody at the door and there’s nothing good on TV right now.
MADDY: Please ignore my busybody gargoyle.

♥Me:  I'll welcome you Beezle! You are for sure pretty entertaining!  Thanks for jumping in...that was totally unexpected. *grins*

♥Me:  So Maddy, How do you keep your sense of humor in your line of work and with everything that you have gone through?

MADDY: If I don’t keep my sense of humor I will go crazy. I see a lot of death, and it’s not fun.
BEEZLE: Plus she lives with a completely charming gargoyle.
MADDY: “Charming” is not the term I would use.
BEEZLE: Your opinion has been noted and discarded.

♥Me: *chuckles* Aren't these two great?

♥Me: Maddy, my first impression of your job as an Agent is that I thought of it as a professional grim reaper! Can you tell us a little bit about your job? And what you like and dislike about it?

MADDY: I’m an Agent of death, which means that I ferry the souls of the dead to the Door. There’s not much to like about it, really. It’s an inherited job, and one I would gladly give up if I could.
BEEZLE: Yeah, all she does is complain about it.
MADDY: You would complain too, if you had to fill out forms in triplicate. Heck, you complain if we’re out of your favorite hot chocolate.

♥Me: I for sure don't envy your job. But I wish I had a gargoyle to keep things entertaining!

♥Me: From what I understand, you gain the power of an Agent when the current Agent in your family dies? Am I correct? And if that is the case, did you have to start working as an Agent at 13 when your mom died?

MADDY: Yes, an Agent’s powers pass through the bloodline to the closest relative. So when my mother died I became an Agent at 13.

♥Me: Wow! That sucks!

♥Me: I know that you had Beezle but you were really young when your mother died! How did you survive at such a young age?
BEEZLE: The same way she does now. By faking it.
MADDY: I hate to give him credit of any kind, but Beezle helped. He practically raised me.
BEEZLE: I’m not sure I did such a great job though. Your life is a mess.
MADDY: None of which is my fault! Did I ask to be the daughter of a fallen angel?

♥Me: Well Beezle, I think you did a fabulous job because Maddy is one kick butt chick!

♥Me: Maddy, you have some serious men issues! Not only in your love life but also in your family! What is up with that? Can you tell us about all of the complicated men in your life?

MADDY: My father is Azazel, one of the Grigori, an original fallen angel. My many-many-many greats grandfather on my mother’s side is Lucifer, who is, of course, the first of the Fallen.
BEEZLE: And they both want to use Maddy for their own purposes. And frankly, I’m not sure she’s smart enough to maneuver around them.
MADDY: Go watch daytime TV or something, would you?
BEEZLE: I told you, there’s nothing good on. All of the soap operas were cancelled. Now there’s some food talk show.
MADDY: Food is your favorite topic. You should love it.
BEEZLE: I like eating, not watching other people eat.

♥Me: Beezle, I totally agree with you! I think food shows are torture...I just want to climb through the TV and eat it all! Maddy, I once again do not envy you...that is some MAJOR family drama!

♥Me: Have you thought about trying to rid your life of all men? *chuckles*

MADDY: That would be challenging. They’re coming out of the woodwork at this point.
BEEZLE: Yeah, the house used to be a lot quieter. It’s hard for a gargoyle to get a nap with all the drama around here.
MADDY: You’re not supposed to be napping. You’re supposed to be guarding the house!
BEEZLE: Why do you keep harping on that?
MADDY: Because that’s what gargoyles do!
BEEZLE: Well, this gargoyle has better things to do.
MADDY: Like eat everything in my pantry.

♥Me: I guess those are not "men" that you could really hide from. *shudders*

♥Me: What physical attributes you find attractive in a man?

BEEZLE: Oh, gods above and below. Don’t get her started about how ‘dreamy’ Gabriel is.
MADDY: I never said he was ‘dreamy’. I would remember using that word.
BEEZLE: You don’t have to say it. It’s all over your face every time you see him.

♥Me: I think Gabriel is pretty dreamy! I'll say it for you Maddy. But my words would probably be, "hottie"!

♥Me: Does anything give you the creeps that might surprise us?

MADDY: Spiders. I have arachnophobia.
BEEZLE: Yeah, she screams like a little girl whenever a house spider is in the kitchen.
MADDY: Do you want me to talk about the time you screamed like a little girl because a mouse ran through the back yard?
BEEZLE: (sounding very nonchalant) I have no idea what you’re talking about.
MADDY: You mean, you don’t remember that time when...
BEEZLE: Next question!

♥Me: Spiders creep me out too! But I'm particularly grossed out by maggots.

♥Me: Who, when and where was your first kiss? I like deets!

BEEZLE: No! No deets! I don’t want to think about Maddy kissing anybody. That’s just gross.
MADDY: You don’t know what you look like with your face in the popcorn bowl, do you?

♥Me: Do you have any pet peeves?

MADDY: Gargoyles who eat all the emergency chocolate.
BEEZLE: Agents who keep the emergency chocolate stock understocked.

♥Me:  Oh! I would say that emergency chocolate is a necessity! You should probably stock up at Costco.

♥Me: If you could have a whole day without drama, what would your dream day consist of you doing?

MADDY: Spending the day with Gabriel. Somewhere warm and far away from angel politics.
BEEZLE: *gag*
MADDY: If you don’t want to hear about this kind of thing I’m sure there’s something else you could be doing.

♥Me: *fit of giggles* I'm absolutely loving the banter between you both!

♥Me: Well Maddy! Thank you so much for dropping by Magical Urban Fantasy Reads and I hope that you will be able to drop by again soon! You are for sure the type of chick I would like to hang out with.

BEEZLE: Really? Do you want to live with her?
MADDY: Beezle, get off the phone! Thank you for having me today!


Make sure you stop by HERE to enter to win a copy of Black Howl.

Giveaway of Black Howl by Christina Henry

Publisher's Summary: Something is wrong with the souls of Chicago's dead. Ghosts are walking the streets, and Agent of Death Madeline Black's exasperating boss wants her to figure out why. And while work is bad enough, Maddy has a plethora of personal problems too. Now that Gabriel has been assigned as her thrall, their relationship has hit an impasse. At least her sleazy ex-fiance Nathaniel is out of the picture--or so she thinks...




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Make sure you check out the character Q&A with Maddy and Beezle HERE! It's freakin' AWESOME!


This giveaway is open for US Shipping only. Please read my Official Giveaway Rules before entering and then simply fill out the form to enter! Giveaway ends March 15, 2012 at 11:59 EST! ***Ended!***




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