The Unnatural Inquirer, by Simon R. Green (Ace, 2007)

In the Nightside, the nasty, black heart of London where it’s always 3 a.m., there’s always a mystery that needs solving, an object that needs retrieving, or trouble that needs shooting. Perhaps that’s why John Taylor, the Nightside’s most infamous … Continue reading

The Man With The Golden Torc, by Simon R. Green (Roc, 2007)

Meet Eddie Drood. As a field agent for the powerful, enigmatic Drood family, he helps take care of problems that might otherwise threaten humanity. Demon possession? Werewolf attack? Rogue mage? You name it, if it’s evil and/or weird, chances are … Continue reading

The Jennifer Morgue, by Charles Stross (Golden Gryphon, 2006)

Bob Howard works for the Laundry, a top-secret British organization formally known as the Department of Internal Logistics. His job: to help protect the world from things so unnatural, so bizarre, so nasty, even knowing about them could destroy a … Continue reading

Succubus On Top, by Richelle Mead (Kensington 2008)

Life is starting to look up for Georgina Kincaid, part-time bookseller and full-time succubus. After all, she’s got a job where she can score as many white chocolate mochas as she wants and a boyfriend who also happens to be … Continue reading

Succubus Blues, by Richelle Mead (Kensington, 2007)

At first glance, Georgina Kincaid is just your average everyday retail monkey, working as a clerk for Emerald City Books and Cafe, one of Seattle’s finest bookstores. Her weaknesses: shoes, white chocolate mochas, and Seth Mortensen, one of today’s most … Continue reading

Stray, by Rachel Vincent (Mira, 2007)

Faythe Sanders thought if she went far enough away to grad school, she could escape her family indefinitely. Unfortunately, as one of very few werecat females of breeding age left in North America, daughter to one of the major Pride … Continue reading

Strange Candy, by Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley, 2006)

When you think of Laurell K. Hamilton, you probably think first of her Anita Blake series of books, and of highly-sensualized vampires and werewolves. Or perhaps you think of her Meredith Gentry series of even more sexualized faeries and related … Continue reading

Sorcery and the Single Girl, by Mindy Klasky (Red Dress Ink, 2007)

When Jane Madison, a librarian working at the historic Peabridge Library in Georgetown, Washington D.C ., discovered a secret cache of magical books, crystals and other paraphernalia, she was catapulted into a world of witchcraft and magic. Now she has … Continue reading

Iron Kissed, by Patricia Briggs (Ace, 2008)

If there’s one thing Mercy Thompson, mechanic and skinwalker, knows, it’s that when you deal with the Fae, there’s always a price to be paid. Some time ago, she borrowed several of their artifacts in order to take care of … Continue reading

Hell’s Belles and The Road To Hell, by Jackie Kessler (Kensington, 2007)

For a very long time, Jezebel the succubus was very good at what she did: tempt and seduce mortals, and ultimately suck the souls of the damned down to Hell for their eternal punishment. And then something happened, an upheaval … Continue reading