Release Date: February 2010 ISBN: 978-0425233054 Returning characters: Lily Yu, Rule Turner, Grandmother Read an excerpt!

Synopsis

Lily Yu’s world changed when she met Rule Turner, known to the human world as “that werewolf prince.”  It’s been eight months since everyone else’s world changed, too—when the Turning hit.  That shifting of the realms has magic seeping back into the world in quantities unseen since the hot news story concerned a pair of human babes raised by wolves who went on to found a new city:  Rome.

Lily is a homicide cop turned FBI agent.  She works for a special Unit within the MCD—that’s the Bureau’s Magical Crimes Division.   Lily became a cop to stop the monsters , though it was human monsters she had in mind at the time.  These days, the perps she tracks may be a lot more—or a lot less--than human.

In BLOOD MAGIC, Lily and Rule are faced with their most dangerous opponent yet, one the law can’t touch.  One who can’t be killed.  One whose like hasn’t been seen in our world since long before those wolves fostered Romulus and Remus.

Oh, one more thing about BLOOD MAGIC:  Grandmother is back.

Those of you who haven’t read the previous books in my World of the Lupi series may be scratching your head about now.  Someone’s grandmother shows up and you’re supposed to get all tingly?   You might be more interested in some of the other characters in BLOOD MAGIC, like the assassin.  Or the dragon.  Or the ancient, undying enemy willing to wait for centuries to achieve what really matters.

Revenge.

Release Date: January 2010 ISBN: 978-0425231975 Returning characters: Rule and Lily Read an excerpt!

Synopsis

Humans have long been aware of the others in their midst—and not particularly happy about it. Until the Supreme Court’s ruling, it was legal in several states to shoot lupi on sight.

Times have changed. Some don’t appreciate that.

In "Human Nature," Lily Yu turns twenty-nine—a marker she’s decidedly ambivalent about. Her birthday celebration is cut short when the naked, heavily tattooed body of a man is found in a California town. At first it seems like a bizarre ritual killing, but there’s more than magic afoot. The victim, David Pruitt, wasn’t human . . . and years ago, he was Rule’s Turner’s closest friend.

(Note: If you’re following this series, you need to know that the events in “Human Nature” occur before those in MORTAL SINS. It’s April, four months after the Turning; Cynna and Cullen are still in Edge.)

To everyone who's asked--and there have been a lot of you!--I have news about the e-edition of BLOOD LINES: it's in production right now.  I should have a firm release date soon, so if you've been waiting for BLOOD LINES to be available as an e-book, the wait is almost over.

EDIT from Katie: The publisher has not been responsive on this subject. We're not sure when the e-book version of BLOOD LINES will be released, but the publisher does claim to be working on it. We're very sorry as we know it's annoying not to have it.

Release Date: January 2008 ISBN: 978-0425220153 Returning characters: Cynna Weaver, Cullen Seabourne, Lily Yu, Rule Turner--and Gan, who used to be a demon, Kai, and Nathan Read an excerpt! Read the bonus short story (SPOILER ALERT!!!) Read a deleted scene "Good Counsel"

Synopsis

A magic medallion . . .

A diplomatic envoy from another realm . . .

A dragon who doesn’t like to share. . .

. . . and a tester that turns the wrong color when she pees on it. FBI Agent Cynna Weaver’s life is a little too full right now. She’s pregnant--and lupus sorcerer Cullen Seabourne is the father. Cullen is thrilled. Cynna can barely utter the p-word. What does she know about kids? Her mother was a drunk. Her father abandoned them. Or so she’s always believed . . . .

But things could be worse. She might be snatched into another realm to meet her long-lost father--a world where humans are strictly second-class citizens. In Edge, magic is commonplace, lying is an artform, and night never ends.

And Cynna’s only way home means working with Cullen to find an ancient artifact sought by powerful beings who would do anything to claim it.

Release Date: August 2007 ISBN: 978-0425216590 New characters: Nathan Hunter and Kai Tallman Michalski. Read an excerpt!

Synopsis

People in Midland are dying.  Only two so far, but both of them were Gifted, and both were killed when someone—or something—drained them of blood.

Two months ago, the power winds swept through and changed the rules everywhere.  Midland, Texas, didn’t suffer as much as some places, partly because this small West Texas city has only one smallish node . . . and because it has a guardian, little though Midlanders realize this.  Nathan Hunter is well able to discourage the odd goblin, banshee, or ghoul.

Kai Tallman Michalski is a reluctant telepath with a skewed Gift—she sees thoughts instead of experiencing them.  So she’s known all along that Nathan isn’t human.  She knows, too, that he’ll be leaving Midland soon, so she keeps a sensible grip on her emotions—until a third victim is found and she’s forced to team up with Nathan to stop a killer from striking again.

Timeline:
Set after BLOOD LINES and before NIGHT SEASON.

Other Authors in the Anthology:
Patricia Briggs
Karen Chance
Sunny