Hot Lead, Cold Iron is the first novel in a brand-new fantasy detective series that will appeal to fans of Rivers of London and The Dresden Files Chicago, 1932. Mick Oberon may look like just another private detective, but beneath the fedora and the overcoat, he's got pointy ears and he's packing a wand. Oberon's used to solving supernatural crimes, but the latest one's extra weird. A mobster's daughter was kidnapped sixteen years ago, replaced with a changeling, and Mick's been hired to find the real child. The trail's gone cold, but what there is leads Sideways, to the world of the Fae, where the Seelie Court rules. And Mick's not really welcome in the Seelie Court any more. He'll have to wade through Fae politics and mob power struggles to find the kidnapper – and of course it's the last person he expected.**From BooklistStarred Review Mick Oberon, who made his debut in a 2011 short story, makes his first appearance in a full-length novel. And it’s a real corker, too. Oberon, a private eye in 1930s Chicago, has a secret: he’s a faerie prince. Well, technically, he used to be a faerie prince: he walked away from his world, stepped sideways into our world, and now he’s just trying to make it day to day in a place that is, in so many ways, scary and depressing (but he believes it’s still better than the place he left behind). When he’s approached by the wife of a local mobster, Mick is surprised to find out that she wants him to solve a special kind of missing-person case: the woman’s daughter, she says, was replaced 16 years ago by a changeling. And she wants Mick—she’s somehow aware of his special magical abilities—to find out who took her. But to do so, Mick must return to the Otherworld and confront a past he really hoped he’d left behind for good. The author leaves the door wide open for a sequel, and that’s just fine: the book is thoroughly entertaining, and Mick is a likable guy with whom we’d enjoy spending some more time. Urban-fantasy fans should be all over this one. --David Pitt Review"Gives the hardboiled genre a truly magical revamp." - MuggleNet "Mick Oberon is a delight and by the time the book was over, I felt like I made a hilariously grumpy friend. It’s a lot of fun, and Marmell is an author I really want to hit it big. He deserves it, and this book shows a lot of his strengths." - Bookworm Blues "This book opens with fists swinging, and barely pauses to take a breath." - My Bookish Ways “The book does a nice job of never tipping its hand, with a climax that delivers on all aspects.” - Bookgasm “The author leaves the door wide open for a sequel, and that’s just fine: the book is thoroughly entertaining, and Mick is a likable guy with whom we’d enjoy spending some more time. Urban-fantasy fans should be all over this one.” – Booklist starred review "Gripping fantastical....engaging....the potent mix of gangsters, magic, Fae politics, and a strega on the warpath makes for a ride that never touches the brakes. Marmell expertly maximizes the thrills, leaving the reader with a lingering desire for a magic wand and a glass of warm milk." ̶ Publishers Weekly starred review Views: 89
Nala had been tormented by thousands of years of unrequited love for her other
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**This third YA novel starring the young thief Widdershins combines the angst and vulnerability of any teenage girl with the high action of the best fantasy adventures. ** It's been six months since Widdershins and her own "personal god" Olgun fled the city of Davillon. During their travels, Widdershins unwittingly discovers that a noble house is preparing to move against the last surviving bastion of the Delacroix family. Determined to help the distant relatives of her deceased adopted father, Alexandre Delacroix, she travels to a small town at the edge of the nation. There, she works at unraveling a plot involving this rival house and a local criminal organization, all while under intense suspicion from the very people she's trying to rescue. Along the way she'll have to deal with a traitor inside the Delacroix family, a mad alchemist, and an infatuated young nobleman who won't take no for an answer.
**Story Locale:** A fantasy culture heavily influenced by historical Renaissance France.
**Series Overview:** A teenage thief and her partner, an invisible minor god who lives in her head, battle against the might of monsters and the machinations of men in a French-flavored fantasy world.
**Ari Marmell** (Austin, TX) is a fantasy and horror writer and the author of several original novels including *The Goblin Corps* and two previous Widdershins adventures, *Thief's Covenant* and *False Covenant.* He has also written gaming tie-in novels such as *In Thunder Forged: Iron Kingdoms Chronicles* (The Fall of Llael Book One) and worked as an author of role-playing game materials for games such as Dungeons & Dragons and the World of Darkness line. Although born in New York, Ari has lived the vast majority of his life in Texas-first Houston (where he earned a BA in creative writing at the University of Houston) and then Austin. He lives with his wife, George; their cat; and a variety of neuroses. Visit the Widdershins page at facebook.com/Madeleine.Valois, and visit Ari at mouseferatu.com, at facebook.com/pages/Ari-Mouseferatu-Marmell/181576062390, or on Twitter @mouseferatu.
**Author Residence:** Austin, TX
**Author Hometown:** New York, NY
**Praise for *Lost Covenant*:**
"Marmell's writing has tightened considerably but stayed colorful, giving fans everything they want in a Shins story…. Two unfinished threads leave plenty of room for more more more. Start with Book 1 and just keep going." **-***Kirkus Reviews*
**Praise for the Widdershins Adventures:**
"One of the freshest, darkest, funniest, and best sword and sorcery series being written today and should appeal to readers of all ages." **-Adventures Fantastic**
"Readers seeking out a strong heroine in a well-crafted fantasy world will enjoy this title and look forward to the second." **-School Library Journal** Views: 89
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A Navy SEAL with special powers over water joins forces with a magical thunderbird shifter to defeat an ancient evil, finding unexpected love in the middle of the tempest.Traumatized by his last mission in a far off land, Navy SEAL Jim Morrow goes to Grizzly Cove to heal and help defeat a sea monster that's been plaguing the little town full of bear shifters, refugee mermaids, and Others. Otherworldly and evil, the leviathan has called up an army of smaller creatures from Earth's oceans to help it get to the magical people it wants so badly to defile. It feeds on magic and the town of Grizzly Cove is a tasty treat it wants to devour.Tilly follows her heart and her shifter soul to a place on the Washington coastline she senses needs her special help. She is a thunderbird. A special kind of legendary shifter that does one job, and does it very well. Thunderbirds are harbingers of storms that can wield lightning and fight underwater evil to protect those on land. She... Views: 88
She has worn a dozen names in her foster parents' efforts to hide her from her demon lord. The name she used at the healer academy was Emrie, so that is how she set up her practice.Tribute night was the demon lord's birthday, and it was while she tended patients that she noted the time. She gets caught at a checkpoint and is forced to cover her presence with magic, but in her haste, she forgets one thing, her tribute.Demon Lord Harrow has been looking for his mate with increasing urgency as the years have gone by. When he is looking over his tribute from the village of Neemin, he catches a familiar scent. He has caught this scent only once before, but he knows it. She is near. He confirms that the guards at the checkpoint came in contact with his mate, and then, he sets out to do what he has been longing for, claiming his bride. Views: 88
Victoria Clarke can’t believe what she’s about to do. Desperate for a friend, the Canadian romance novelist mails a letter to a prison inmate in Pennsylvania—a man she found on a prisoner pen-pal website while exploring ideas for a book.Trapped in a loveless marriage, Victoria is seeking someone who can relate to her feelings of isolation. Joshua Larson, who is serving ten years for a murder he claims he committed in self-defense, seems like the perfect confidant.Through letters and phone calls, the two slowly develop a caring relationship and share all their deepest secrets. Or at least, Victoria shares hers…But Joshua’s holding something back, and Victoria doesn’t find out until she leaves her husband and travels across the border to meet Joshua in person. Has she just made the stupidest move of her life? Or the wisest? Views: 88
Finishing school brought four young wallflowers together. The perils of London's marriage market inspired a pact to protect each other for a lifetime... Survivor of a hellish marriage, Aurora Sherbourn, Dowager Countess of Radcliff, is determined to never be taken in by love. With the other Wallflowers married and starting families, her West Lane residence is empty and lonely. What's missing is a child of her own, to raise and make her house a home. Intent on marrying only to have children, Aurora wants nothing to do with romantic attachments. The newly minted Duke of Corwin, Garrett Winslow, has known Aurora all her life, and loved her nearly as long. Recently returned from his travels abroad, he was certain the infatuation was left in the past, but upon seeing the now widowed Aurora, those feelings come rushing back. Maddeningly, Aurora regards him as nothing more than her brother's best friend. Determined to make... Views: 88
Hot alpha heroes. Kickass heroines. Ruthless enemies. Exotic locations that ignite passionate romance! Discover your next hot alpha hero in this unforgettable volume of steamy & suspenseful paranormal romances! Each story puts the “hero” back into “heroine” and introduces a rich story world, from the tropical Hawaii of Magnum, PI to the shady shifter side of Paris, the City of Lights. Sizzling romance and hot military heroes guaranteed! Views: 88
