Dark
Secrets:
A
Paranormal Noir Anthology
Rachel
Caine, Cynthia Eden,
Megan
Hart, Suzanne Johnson, Jeffe Kennedy, Mina Khan
Genre: Paranormal Noir,
Romance, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
Date of Publication: September 29, 2015
ISBN: 978-1-942840-05-3
ASIN: B0147D7JTU
Number of pages: Approx. 350
Word Count: Approx. 150,000
Cover Artist: Robin Ludwig Design
Book Description:
Six award-winning authors bring
you this spellbinding collection of stories about dark desires, mysterious
worlds, and danger that lurks in the shadows of the night. Where nothing is
black and white; where things might not be as they seem; where magic and mayhem
rule.
MARION,
MISSING by Rachel Caine
Valentine is a detective with two
major problems: he's been offered a kidnapping case that will probably get him
killed, and his partner won't let him turn it down. He owes her that much …
since his partner's a ghost, and he's the one who killed her. A dark, haunting
noir mystery of love, hate and loss.
FEMME
FATALE by Cynthia Eden
PI Mick Swayne has seen it
all—his clients have included liars, thieves, and even killers. He thinks he
can handle anything and anyone. Then she walks into his office. Savannah Moreau
is beautiful, seductive, and…a vampire? The gorgeous vamp hires Mick to help
her track down a killer who is hunting in Chicago, but as Mick slips deeper
into Savannah’s paranormal world, he wonders if he can really trust his new
client…
DANCE
WITH THE DEVIL by Megan Hart
When the devil starts the music,
you'd better get ready to dance.
Kathleen Murphy has sold her soul
to the devil. Fame, fortune, success...everything she's ever dreamed of is
hers, and all she has to do is the devil's bidding. When love comes knocking,
the last thing in the world she wants to do is involve Jake in her twisted
world, but the devil's started up the jukebox and Kathleen has no choice but to
learn the steps.
THE
CONSORT by Suzanne Johnson
Faulkner Hearne, the captain of
the ruthless Fae Hunters, finds his duty at odds with his heart when he’s
ordered to capture the consort of Faerie’s cruel Prince of Summer when she
flees across the veil into modern New Orleans. Can Faulk turn Liandra over to a
certain death at the hands of the prince, or will he risk a war with Faerie in
order to save her? An all-new novella set in the Sentinels of New Orleans
multiverse.
HEART’S
BLOOD by Jeffe Kennedy, a Twelve Kingdoms novella
A dark fairytale retelling of a
princess robbed of rank, husband and even her name.
Nix is nothing. The Princess
Natilde—her former waiting woman—attacked her on the journey to wed Prince
Cavan, stripping her of everything and taking her place. With no serving
skills, Nix becomes a goose girl. Perhaps if Nix keeps her promise never to
reveal who she really is, Natilde won’t carry out her vile threats. Prince
Cavan entered his arranged marriage determined to have a congenial, if not
loving relationship with his future queen—for the sake of both their kingdoms.
But, his wife repels him more each day and he finds himself absurdly drawn to
the lovely Nix....With broken vows, anguish and dark secrets between them,
Cavan and Nix struggle to find the magic to restore what’s gone terribly
wrong... if it ever can be.
THE
DJINN IN THE MIRROR by Mina Khan, a Djinn World novella
A paranormal Cinderella story
with a young witch as the heroine and a wicked, sexy djinn instead of a fairy
godmother....Dahlia, the step-daughter of a power hungry wizard, promises to
free a djinn trapped in a mirror if he rescues her from impending death. But Ashmael
the djinn has his own agenda: to trick & seduce his way to freedom. The
only problem is he ends up falling for Dahlia. Can he win his freedom and save
the girl?
Review:
This collection of noir tales is absolutely riveting. If I could give it higher than a 5 star I would, that's how much I'm loving these dark and twisted tales of love, hate and the paranormal. Marion Missing was a page turning masterpiece and reminded me of a movie I saw when I was a kid-blood paintings and a crazed painter. Only this time it was in the modern trappings of noir fiction. Each and every story in this anthology is a dark pearl you are going to love to discover. Just make sure you don't have to be at work early the next day because you won't want to turn the lights out...
5/5
About
the Authors:
Rachel
Caine
is the New York Times, USA Today, and #1 internationally bestselling author of
more than 45 novels that span the categories of horror, suspense, urban
fantasy, science fiction, media tie-in, historical, and young adult. She’s also
the author of more than 100 short stories.
Twitter: @rachelcaine
Facebook: www.facebook.com/rachelcainefanpage
Award-winning author Cynthia Eden writes dark tales of
paranormal romance and romantic suspense. She is a New York Times, USA Today,
Digital Book World, and IndieReader best-seller. Cynthia is also a three-time
finalist for the prestigious RITA® award. Since she began writing full-time in
2005, Cynthia has written over fifty novels and novellas.
Twitter: @cynthiaeden
Facebook: www.facebook.com/cynthiaedenfanpage
Megan
Hart
is a USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly and New York Times bestselling author who
writes in many genres including mainstream fiction, erotic fiction, science
fiction, romance, fantasy and horror.
Twitter: @megan_hart
Facebook: www.facebook.com/megan.hart
Suzanne
Johnson
is the author of the award-winning Sentinels of New Orleans urban fantasy
series. Writing as Susannah Sandlin, she is author of the award-winning Penton
Legacy paranormal romance series as well as The Collectors romantic suspense
series, including Lovely, Dark, and Deep, winner of the 2015 Holt Medallion and
the 2015 Booksellers Best Award winner for romantic suspense. Her new Wildlife
Wardens romantic suspense series begins in 2016 with Wild Man’s Bluff.
Twitter: @suzanne_johnson
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AuthorSuzanneJohnson
Jeffe
Kennedy
is an award-winning author whose works include non-fiction, poetry, short
fiction, and novels. Her most recent works include a number of fiction series:
the fantasy romance novels of A Covenant of Thorns; the contemporary BDSM
novellas of the Facets of Passion, an erotic
contemporary serial novel, Master of the Opera, the fantasy series The
Twelve Kingdoms, and the erotic romance trilogy, Falling Under. The first of
the Twelve Kingdoms books, The Mark of the Tala, has been nominated for the RT
Book of the Year while the sequel, The Tears of the Rose, has been nominated
for best fantasy romance of the year. Jeffe lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with
two Maine coon cats, plentiful free-range lizards and a very handsome Doctor of
Oriental Medicine.
Twitter: @jeffekennedy
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Author.Jeffe.Kennedy
Award-winning author Mina Khan grew up in Bangladesh on
stories of djinns, ghosts and monsters. These childhood fancies now color her
fiction. She daydreams of hunky paranormal heroes, magic, mayhem and mischief
and writes them down as stories. She is the author of the Djinn World
Chronicles, including The Djinn’s Dilemma and A Tale of Two Djinns, as well as
Wildfire, a paranormal mystery with cowboys and dragons.
Twitter: @SpiceBites
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Mina.Khan.Author
it's really a great anthology with something for every one! i do recommend it
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