Books I’m waiting for…2016

The year is almost finished so for me it’s time to stop a second and see what’s waiting for us in 2016. From books of series already started to brand new stories my list has already many titles. What of you, do you have some titles in your wishlist?

L’anno è quasi finito ed è tempo per me di dare un’occhiata a cosa ci aspetta nel 2016. Da libri che continuano serie in corso ad altri nuovi di pacca, la mia lista contiene già diversi titoli. Li trovate qui di seguito. E voi, invece, cosa state aspettando?

Stiletto

Daniel O’Malley | Head of Zeus | Fantasy, Paranormal, Mystery

allegante of honor singh

Salini Singh | Berkley | Sci-Fi, Paranormal, Romance

Marked in Flesh

Anne Bishop | ROC | Paranormal Fantasy

Passenger

Alexandra Bracken | Disney-Hyperion | Historical, Fantasy, YA

Fire Touched

Patricia Briggs | ACE | Paranormal Fantasy

The Undoing

Shelly Laurenston | Kensington | Paranormal Romance

Forbidden Wish

Jessica Khoury | Razorbill | Fantasy, Retelling

Revenge and the wild

Michelle Modesto | Balzer & Bray | Steampunk YA

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Melissa Landers | Disney-Hyperion | Sci-Fi YA

My American Duchess

Eloisa James | Avon | Historical Romance

Rebels of the Sands

Alwyn Hamilton | Penguin | Fantasy YA

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Kristen Ashley | Contemporary Romance

PATRICIA BRIGGS: Shifting Shadows – Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson

Tornando a parlare di Patricia Briggs, fra poco più di un mese potremo trovare in libreria (chiaramente solo in inglese dato che in Italia è stata interrotta) questa raccolta di racconti brevi (alcuni nuovi altri vecchi, tra cui l’inizio della storia tra Charles e Anna) collegati al mondo di Mercy Thompson, serie principale della Briggs (di cui Alpha and Omega è uno spin-off).

Speaking again of Patricia Briggs, in just over a month we will find at the bookshops this new collection of short stories, connected to the world of Mercy Thompson… some of them new and some of them old. Hovewer, the real treat for me is that, finally, we will have the novel of the beginnings of Charles and Anna in an all Mercyverse anthology. 😉 (ok, and the beautiful, incredible and fantasmagorical cover painted by the faboulous Dan Dos Santos, yay!)

 Shifting Shadows: stories from the world of Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs
Editore Penguin, ACE
ISBN 9780425265000 hardcover
Pagine 464
Prezzo $ 26.95 hardcover
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Mercy Thompson’s world just got a whole lot bigger…

A collection of all-new and previously published short stories featuring Mercy Thompson, “one of the best heroines in the urban fantasy genre today” (Fiction Vixen Book Reviews), and the characters she calls friends…

Previously Published Stories

  • Alpha and Omega The first novella about Anna and Charles, which led to a whole spin-off series.
  • Gray An vampire buys the home where she lived with her husband, which has fallen into disrespair. She begins remodeling the place, only to find that old and beloved ghosts still linger.
  • Fairy Gifts Mining towns are rough and human life is cheap. In the turn-of-the-century Butte Montana, a young man, turned to a vampire, struggles with his nature and eventually finds a measure of redemption in an unlikely place.
  • Seeing Eye White witches are rare, and seldom as powerful as their morally-compromised counterparts. In this story, a blind witch teams up with a werewolf on a mission.
  • The Star of David Being a werewolf can wreck havoc on family relations. This is a story of how murder and deception can bring a family together…
  • In Red, with Pearls Warren is a werewolf, and a private detective. This is a noir-flavored story about some truly terrible neighbors and why you should always treat a werewolf nicely.

New Stories

  • Silver This is probably the only depressing story I’ve ever written, and it was a hard story to write. This covers how Bran and Samuel were first made into werewolves, and how Samuel first fell in love with the Ariana. Of course, as we learned in Silver Borne, things have to take a tragic turn.
  • Outtake One After the tragedy of Silver, I had to remind myself that with long life comes the opportunity to overcome the past, and forge a better future. Samuel and Ariana have another chance at love, and they’re determined to make it work. This is an outtake from Silver Borne
  • Roses in Winter A young girl survives a werewolf attack, and is transformed into a werewolf. When she wasn’t able to control the wolf, she was moved to Bran’s pack. The law is absolute: if a werewolf cannot learn to control the wolf, they must be destroyed for the safety of all. With hope fading, Asil intervenes.
  • Redemption Ben’s got a quick temper, and a quicker tongue. He’s also made a bet that he can stop swearing for a week, and it just might change his life.
  • Hollow A wealthy recluse is haunted by a terrible ghost, and asks Mercy for help. What could possibly go wrong?
  • Outtake Two A bit that I wrote in Adam’s viewpoint for Night Broken.

Cover Reveal: DEATH HEAT by Patricia Briggs – Alpha and Omega #4

Ok, I usually don’t do cover reveal but this book is really special for me so, here we go…

THE NEW CHARLES AND ANNA NOVEL

Praised as “the perfect blend of action, romance, suspense and paranormal,”* the Alpha and Omega novels transport readers into the realm of the werewolf, where Charles Cornick and Anna Latham embody opposite sides of the shifter personality. Now, a pleasure trip drops the couple into the middle of some bad supernatural business…

Dead Heat (Alpha and Omega #4) Patricia Briggs
Editore Penguin, ACE
ISBN 9780425256756 hardcover
Pagine 304
Prezzo $ 26.95 hardcover
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For once, mated werewolves Charles and Anna are not traveling because of Charles’s role as his father’s enforcer. This time, their trip to Arizona is purely personal, as Charles plans to buy Anna a horse for her birthday. Or at least it starts out that way…
Charles and Anna soon discover that a dangerous Fae being is on the loose, replacing human children with simulacrums. The Fae’s cold war with humanity is about to heat up—and Charles and Anna are in the cross fire.

 

The previous books in the Alpha and Omega series:
Cry Wolf (Alpha and Omega 1) patricia Briggs Hunting Ground (Alpha and Omega #2) Patricia Briggs Fair Game (Alpha and Omega #3) Patricia Briggs

Patricia Briggs: quando non leggere in inglese sucks!

Eravamo partiti bene, Fanucci aveva tentato nell’ormai lontano 2010 la pubblicazione di questa serie, una tra le mie preferite. Ma vuoi che in Italia fossero ancora solo gli inizi per il genere urban fantasy, vuoi la brutta (decisamente brutta) copertina, Mercedes Thompson è caduta nel dimenticatoio. Portando con se, ahimè, anche l’altra mini serie spin-off collegata a questa…che è anche una delle mie serie preferite in ASSOLUTO di sempre… la serie Alpha e Omega.
Ragazzi, questo è un altro motivo per cui iniziare a leggere in inglese se ancora non l’aveste capito. C’è seriamente un mondo che vi state perdendo e chi ama leggere non può rimamerne tagliato fuori. Lo so che iniziare sembra impossibile, ma come mi ha sempre detto Weirde (che ha costretto me a farlo), i benefici sono enormi rispetto al piccolo dolore iniziale. 😉 E sopratutto, se ci sono riuscita io, ci può riuscire chiunque, eh!

 Moon Called di Patricia Briggs - Mercy Thompson #1
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Rating: ★★★★☆
Editore Penguin – ACE
ISBN 978110120843 ebook
9780441013814 paperback
Pagine 384
Prezzo $ 7.99 paperback & ebook
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Moon Called (La figlia della Luna)
Patricia Briggs

Mercedes Thompson 1
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Mercedes Thompson è laureata in Storia, lavora come meccanico nell’area delle Tre-Città, nello Stato di Washington ed è stata allevata dai lupi mannari. La figlia della Luna di Patricia Briggs - Mercedes Thompson 1 Mercy però è l’unico camminatore della zona: per la precisione, è un coyote mutaforma, immune alle magie dei vampiri. Il mondo che la circonda sembra normale, ma nell’era delle tecnologie per le creature dell’altromondo sta diventando ogni giorno più difficile rimanere nascoste. La sua vita procede tranquilla come quella di tutti gli altri, anche se i suoi amici sono troll, gremlin, vampiri e, naturalmente, lupi mannari. Quando Mac, un ragazzino senzatetto, si presenta alla sua officina in cerca di lavoro, lei pensa immediatamente che si tratti di un giovane licantropo ancora incapace di controllare i propri poteri. Ben presto però diventa chiaro che quel ragazzino è l’obiettivo di una vampiro molto potente, e Mercy decide di chiedere aiuto a un suo vicino di casa, Adam, il sexy mannaro dominante delle Tre-Città. Di colpo la situazione precipita, trasformandosi in una vera e propria guerra per il potere tra clan di non morti, mentre dal passato di Mercedes riappare un ex fidanzato che non accetta che la loro storia sia finita…

Primo volume della serie di urban fantasy firmata da Patricia Briggs, La figlia della luna è un romanzo assolutamente imperdibile per gli amanti del genere.

 Blood Bound di Patricia Briggs - Mercy Thompson #2
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Rating: ★★★★☆
Editore Penguin – ACE
ISBN 9781101208557 ebook
9780441014736 paperback
Pagine 304
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Blood Bound (Unione di Sangue)
Patricia Briggs

Mercedes Thompson #2

Da quando i lupi mannari hanno deciso di rendere pubblica la loro esistenza, la vita per tutti gli altri esseri delle Tre-Città si è fatta più complicata. Unione di Sangue di Patricia Briggs - Mercedes Thompson 2Mentre il governo sta per stabilire una nuova legislazione e gli episodi di insofferenza razziale si susseguono senza sosta, la vita personale di Mercedes Thompson, in quanto a complicazioni, non è affatto da meno: il suo coinquilino è un lupo mannaro e il suo vicino di casa è il capo del branco locale… e soprattutto entrambi sono innamorati di lei. Mercedes è un camminatore, un coyote mutaforma, forse l’ultimo di tutti gli Stati Uniti, e quando in città arriva un vampiro che semina morte tra gli esseri umani ed è immune ad alcune delle magie più insidiose, a lei viene chiesto d’intervenire. La situazione si fa critica e il pericolo imminente, non solo per gli umani ma anche per tutta la comunità delle Tre-Città, e allora ai lupi mannari e alle fate toccherà mettersi sulle tracce di quel temibile essere sconosciuto così audace da sfidarli.

 
 
 
 

 Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs - Mercy Thompson #3
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Rating: ★★★★★
Editore Penguin – ACE
ISBN 9781101128510 ebook
9780441015665 paperback
Pagine 304
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Iron Kissed
Patricia Briggs

Mercedes Thompson #3

I could smell her fear, and it satisfied something deep inside me that had been writhing under her cool, superior gaze. I curled my upper lip so she could get a good look at my sharp teeth. I might only weigh thirty or so pounds in my coyote shape, but I was a predator…
Mechanic Mercy Thompson can shift her shape – but not her loyalty. When her former boss and mentor is arrested for murder and left to rot behind bars by his own kind, it’s up to Mercy to clear his name, whether he wants her to or not.
Mercy’s loyalty is under pressure from other directions, too. Werewolves are not known for their patience, and if Mercy can’t decide between the two she cares for, Sam and Adam may make the choice for her…

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson #4) by Patricia Briggs
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Rating: ★★★★☆
Editore Penguin – ACE
ISBN 9781440698804 ebook
9780441018369 paperback
Pagine 304
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Bone Crossed
Patricia Briggs

Mercedes Thompson #4

Shape-shifting mechanic Mercy Thompson may have chosen a powerful alpha werewolf as her mate, but Mercy is not a werewolf, and not everyone in the pack is eager to welcome her.
Mercy doesn’t have time for werewolf politics, though—Marsilia, the local vampire queen, has discovered who really killed her vampire Andre, and she couldn’t be less pleased. Mercy’s garage has been marked with crossed bones as a sign to the paranormal community that she is no longer under the vampires’ protection—and fair game for all.
On top of that, an old friend suspiciously shows up on Mercy’s doorstep, asking for help with a ghost problem. When Mercy investigates, though, she uncovers something truly evil: a vampire with dark powers unlike any other. This vampire, whose power rivals Marsilia’s, has plans for Mercy, and her only chance for survival is to trust in herself—and her friends…

 
 
 
 
 
 

 Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson #5) by Patricia Briggs
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Rating: ★★★★☆
Editore Penguin – ACE
ISBN 9781101186114 ebook
9780441019960 paperback
Pagine 304
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Silver Borne
Patricia Briggs

Mercedes Thompson #5

When Mercy Thompson, mechanic and shape-shifter, attempts to return a powerful fae book she previously borrowed in an act of desperation, she finds the bookstore locked up and closed down.
It seems the book contains secrets – and the fae will do just about anything to keep it out of the wrong hands. And if that doesn’t take enough of Mercy’s attention, her friend Samuel is struggling with his wolf side – leaving Mercy to cover for him lest his own father declare Samuel’s life forfeit.
All in all, Mercy has had better days. And if she isn’t careful, she may not have many more…

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

River Marked (Mercy Thompson #6) by Patricia Briggs
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Rating: ★★★★☆
Editore Penguin – ACE
ISBN 9781101186114 ebook
9780441020003 paperback
Pagine 304
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River Marked
Patricia Briggs

Mercedes Thompson #6

Coyote shifter Mercy Thompson knows that life with her mate, the Alpha werewolf Adam, will never be boring, but even their wedding doesn’t go as planned. Nevertheless, a ten-day honeymoon camping on the banks of the Columbia River, alone, just the two of them, should make up for it. But the trip – and the pimped-out trailer they’re using – is courtesy of the fae. And nothing from the fae comes without strings attached…
Being a different breed of shapeshifter – a walker – Mercy can see ghosts, but the spirit of her long-gone father has never visited her. Until now. An evil is stirring in the depths of the Columbia River – and innocent people are dying. As other walkers make their presence know to Mercy, she must reconnect with her heritage to exorcise the world of the legend known as the river devil…

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson #7) by Patricia Briggs
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Rating: ★★★★☆
Editore Penguin – ACE
ISBN 9781101619650 ebook
9780441020027 paperback
Pagine 320
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Frost Burned
Patricia Briggs

Mercedes Thompson #7

Mercy Thompson’s life has undergone a seismic change. Becoming the mate of Adam Hauptman – the charismatic Alpha of the local werewolf pack – has made her a stepmother to his daughter Jesse, a relationship that brings moments of blissful normalcy to Mercy’s life. But on the edges of humanity, a minor mishap on an ordinary day can turn into so much more. After an accident in bumper-to-bumper traffic, Mercy and Jesse can’t reach Adam – or anyone else in the pack for that matter. They’ve all been abducted. Through their mating bond, all Mercy knows is that Adam is angry and in pain. Outclassed and on her own, Mercy may be forced to seek assistance from the most unlikely of allies: the vampire seethe.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
E arriviamo finalmente all’ultimo. Fra pochi giorni, esattamente l’11 marzo esce l’ottavo romanzo della serie.

 Night Broken (Mercy Thompson #8) by Patricia Briggs
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Editore Penguin – ACE
ISBN 9781101638835 ebook
9780425256749 hardback
Pagine 352
Prezzo $ 12.99 ebook
Uscita 11 marzo 2014
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Night Broken
Patricia Briggs

Mercedes Thompson #8

An unexpected phone call heralds a new challenge for Mercy. Her mate Adam’s ex-wife is in trouble, on the run from a stalker. Adam isn’t the kind of man to turn away a person in need—and Mercy knows it. But with Christy holed up in Adam’s house, Mercy can’t shake the feeling that something about the situation isn’t right.

Soon, her suspicions are confirmed when she learns that Christy has the farthest thing from good intentions. She wants Adam back and she’s willing to do whatever it takes to make it happen, including turning Adam’s pack against Mercy.

Mercy isn’t about to step down without a fight, but there’s a more dangerous threat circling. Christy’s stalker is more than a bad man—in fact, he may not be human at all. As the bodies start piling up, Mercy must put her personal troubles aside to face a creature with the power to tear her whole world apart.