Sins & Shadows, by Lyn Benedict (Ace, 2009)

Sylvie Lightner runs the Florida-based Shadows Inquiries, a small firm which investigates the decidedly weird aspects of the world. That is, until she sees a friend and employee killed in front of her. Tired of killing monsters and becoming one … Continue reading

Red-Headed Stepchild, by Jaye Wells (Orbit, 2009)

What do you do when you’re half-vampire, half-mage, the mixed-blood child of a union that should never have happened? If you’re Sabina Kane, you ally yourself with the only person to ever care whether you live or die, your tyrannical … Continue reading

Ravenous, by Sharon Ashwood (Signet Eclipse, 2009)

She’s a witch. He’s a vampire. Together and separately, they bust ghosts, cleanse haunted houses, and deal with the other paranormal weirdness that’s come into public view ever since the supernatural community revealed itself at the turn of the century. … Continue reading

Nine Gates, by Jane Lindskold (Tor, 2009)

Ever since their exile from the Lands Born from Smoke and Sacrifice a century ago, the Thirteen Orphans and their descendants have done their best to blend into the cultures of Earth, striving to maintain their bloodlines and protect their … Continue reading

New Tricks, by John Levitt (Ace, 2008)

It was supposed to be just another Halloween party in the Castro of San Francisco, a time to cut loose and not worry about the supernatural, a time for magical practitioner Mason and his ifrit Louie to mingle and relax. … Continue reading

Monster Hunter International, by Larry Correia (Baen, 2009)

When full-time accountant and part-time gun nut Owen Zastava Pitt discovers, the hard way, that his boss is a werewolf, and ends up winning the fight by tossing said werewolf out of a fourteenth story window to its death, he’s … Continue reading

Magic to the Bone, by Devon Monk (Roc, 2008)

Ever since people found a way to use magic in everyday life, it’s changed the way things are done in the modern world, much like electricity did for the previous age. It’s used in manufacturing, entertainment, fashion, medicine and so … Continue reading

Magic in the Blood, by Devon Monk (Roc, 2009)

Ally Beckstrom’s last big job almost killed her; it put her in a coma, robbed her of a month’s worth of memories, and left her able to store magic in her body, something long thought impossible. It also killed the … Continue reading

Hunter's Moon, by David Devereux (Gollancz, 2007)

Extraordinary situations call for extraordinary solutions. In England, one such solution is the operative known only as Jack, who describes himself as “a musician by choice, a magician by profession, and a bastard by disposition.” When the shadowy government agency … Continue reading

Deader Still, by Anton Strout (Ace, 2009)

As an agent for New York’s Department of Extraordinary Affairs, Simon Canderous is used to all sorts of weird things, from killer books to evil cultists to unquiet apparitions. But even he has a lot to learn, as he discovers … Continue reading