Another member of our Girlfriends' Cyber Circuit is celebrating the release of an anthology. I'm excited to share with you: KICKING IT...
Featuring
stories by SHANNON K. BUTCHER * RACHEL CAINE * LUCIENNE DIVER * CHRIS MARIE
GREEN * CHRISTINA HENRY * FAITH HUNTER * CHLOE NEILL * KALAYNA PRICE * ROB
THURMAN
New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine has modern-day potions witches Holly and Andrew facing off against a firebrand politician who wears literally killer boots in a Texas-sized rodeo of trouble.
Boot-loving Cadogan vampire Lindsey must team up with off-again, on-again vampire partner Luc when a woman from her past is targeted by supernaturals in New York Times bestselling author Chloe Neill’s all-new adventure.
New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine has modern-day potions witches Holly and Andrew facing off against a firebrand politician who wears literally killer boots in a Texas-sized rodeo of trouble.
Boot-loving Cadogan vampire Lindsey must team up with off-again, on-again vampire partner Luc when a woman from her past is targeted by supernaturals in New York Times bestselling author Chloe Neill’s all-new adventure.
And New York Times bestselling author Rob Thurman features Trixa Iktomi from her Trickster series dealing with magical vengeance and magical footwear.
Taking kick-ass urban fantasy literally, USA Today bestselling authors Kalayna Price and Faith Hunter bring together the best of the genre to once again prove when you’re fighting supernatural forces, it helps to keep your feet on the ground.
Tori Karacis, P.I. and part gorgon, goes undercover
in a gambling den to get the lowdown on a client’s delinquent husband. What she finds are disappearances tracing
back to The Parlor going back years and a sinister proprietess who makes sure
that even when you win, you lose.
Excerpt:
Boss
lady. It was what
my assistant Jesus (pronounced Hey-Zeus) called me. Times like these I missed the hell out of
him. I could only imagine his scathing
commentary on the place. "Tinfoil
bikinis, really? It's like The Wizard of Oz meets the deli counter.
If I only had a style..."
Quotes:
Taking kick-ass urban fantasy literally, USA Today
bestselling authors Kalayna Price and Faith Hunter bring together the best of
the genre to once again prove when you’re fighting supernatural forces, it
helps to keep your feet on the ground.” — All
Things Urban Fantasy
“The writing in this anthology is excellent and the
stories are a mix of fun, edge of your seat kick ass action, and great
characters… Kalayna and Faith did a great job of bringing together some of the
best writers of urban fantasy!” —Kings
River Life
“If you need a break and
want to read some short and sweet, yet plenty kick-ass, urban fantasy gems
featuring plenty of girl power, you’re in for a treat! There’s something here
for just about every UF fan, and I only covered the tip of the spiked heel!” —My
Bookish Ways
Author
Bio:
Lucienne Diver writes the Latter-Day
Olympians urban fantasy series for Samhain, featuring a heroine who
can, quite literally, stop men in their tracks.
Long and Short Reviews gave the first in the series her favorite
pull-quote of all times, "Bad
Blood is a delightful urban fantasy, a clever mix of Janet Evanovich
and Rick Riordan.” Sequels: Crazy
in the Blood and Rise of the Blood. She also writes the popular Vamped young adult series (think Clueless meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Her short stories have been featured in
the Strip-Mauled
and Fangs
for the Mammaries anthologies edited by Esther Friesner and, of course,
the Kicking
It anthology new from Roc Books.
Her essay on abuse is included in the Dear Bully: 70 Authors Tell Their
Stories anthology from HarperTeen.
Links:
Excerpt
(at Bitten by Books): http://bittenbybooks.com/66257/kicking-it-exclusive-excerpt-from-author-lucienne-diver/
