Fantasic Firsts Urban Fantasy Series Starters

We know you were listening when we told you about Charlaine, Jim, and Kim. We know you have the paperback originals of the first few books in these series. Stay tuned here as we introduce you to the future greats. 

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May Fantastic First Pick:

Time Thief: A Time Thief Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

By Katie MacAlister

$7.99

ISBN-13: 9780451417428
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Signet, 5/2013

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FIRST IN A NEW SERIES FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DARK ONES NOVELS!

Outcast due to their ability to manipulate time, shunned by the mortal and immortal worlds alike, a Traveller’s life is anything but easy.

Peter Faa is a member of the Watch tracking down a murderer, and unfortunately, all clues seem to point toward his own estranged family of Travellers. Any of his cousins could be guilty, but which one? They’re all experts in the art of stealing time...

After surviving a lightning strike, Kiya Mortenson is determined to get just one thing in her life right. And if that means taking a job as nanny to five pugs on a campsite in the Oregon wilderness, then so be it. It doesn’t hurt that the job comes with some spectacular male eye candy, including her new boss’s gorgeous grandson. If only she didn’t keep having this strange sense of deja vu...

When Peter discovers his own family is stealing time from Kiya, all bets are off. While she may drive him crazy at times, it’s clear that it’s not just lightning that’s creating some serious sparks between them. And he’s not going to let secrets, lies, or a devious murderer keep Kiya from where she belongs: at his side.

About the Author

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Ever the romantic, Katie MacAlister decided one day to write a story that included all her favorite literary elements—dishy guys, strong women, steamy love scenes, and lots and lots of humor. She’s been blessed to write more than forty books since that first one, and is always madly in love with her latest hero. She is the author of the Dark Ones Novels including A Tale of Two Vampires and Sex and the Single Vampire, Sparks Fly: A Novel of the Light Dragons, the Aisling Grey, Guardian novels, and many more.

Praise for Time Thief: A Time Thief Novel…

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Praise for the Novels of Katie MacAlister

“A humorous take on the dark and demonic.”—USA Today’s Happy Ever After

“Had me laughing out loud…wondrous.”—Fresh Fiction

“Her sense of humor really can’t be beaten.”—Errant Dreams Reviews

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Bronze Gods (Mass Market Paperback)

By A. A. Aguirre

$7.99

ISBN-13: 9780425258194
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Ace, 4/2013

Description

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Danger stalks the city of steam and shadows.

Janus Mikani and Celeste Ritsuko work all hours in the Criminal Investigation Division, keeping citizens safe. He’s a charming rogue with an uncanny sixth sense; she’s all logic—and the division’s first female inspector. Between his instincts and her brains, they collar more criminals than any other partnership in the CID.

Then they’re assigned a potentially volatile case in which one misstep could end their careers. At first, the search for a missing heiress seems straightforward, but when the girl is found murdered—her body charred to cinders—Mikani and Ritsuko’s modus operandi is challenged as never before. It soon becomes clear the bogeyman has stepped out of nightmares to stalk gaslit streets, and it’s up to them to hunt him down. There’s a madman on the loose, weaving blood and magic in an intricate, lethal ritual that could mean the end of everything…

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Trickster (Mass Market Paperback)

By Jeff Somers

$7.99

ISBN-13: 9781451696776
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Pocket Books, 2/2013

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Praised by the Guardian for stories that are “exhilarating . . . powerful and entertaining,” Jeff Somers returns with a darkly original urban fantasy series featuring a cadre of mages operating just under the radar of human society.

Magic uses blood—a lot of it. The more that’s used, the more powerful the effect, so mages find “volunteers” to fuel their spells. Lem, however, is different. Long ago he set up a rule that lets him sleep at night: never use anyone’s blood but your own. He’s grifting through life as a Trickster, performing only small Glamours like turning one-dollar bills into twenties. He and his sidekick, Mags, aren’t doing well, but they’re getting by.

That is, until they find young Claire Mannice— bound and gagged, imprisoned in a car’s trunk, and covered with invisible rune tattoos. Lem turns to his estranged mentor for help, but what they’ve uncovered is more terrifying than anybody could have imagined. Mika Renar, the most dangerous Archmage in the world, is preparing to use an ocean of blood to cast her dreams into reality— and Lem just got in her way.

About the Author

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Jeff Somers was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. After graduating college he wandered aimlessly for a while, but the peculiar siren call of New Jersey brought him back to his homeland.

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Dead Things (Mass Market Paperback)

By Stephen Blackmoore

$7.99

ISBN-13: 9780756407742
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: DAW, 2/2013

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Stephen Blackmoore’s sophomore effort, Dead Things, exists in that exciting place where urban fantasy and noir meet for a late-night tryst. After spending fifteen years in exile as necromancer for hire, Eric Carter’s not great at dealing with the living. Back in LA to find out who’s behind his sister’s brutal murder, Carter is thrown back into a world that has moved on without him. As Carter unravels the big ugly sweater that his life has become, he discovers some things don’t stay dead, some friends don’t stay honest, and some unsavory alliances can be convenient, even if there’s hell to pay later. Blackmoore has a talent for setting scenes that pack visual punch, and I found myself loving the smartass, gallows humor of Dead Things, and enjoying the clever, tiny ways magic and reality intertwine.

– Jaclyn

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