Library Display
If you stopped by the library recently, hopefully you've taken a peek at our book display about paranormal and spooky romance novels. (Have I mentioned how wonderful, intelligent, and creative the display's creator is?) Today I'd like to go over in more detail some of the books we featured.
"Poison Princess" by Kresley Cole: Kresley Cole is one of my all time favorite paranormal authors. "Poison Princess" is technically classified as a Young Adult book so there isn't quite as much spice as an Adult romance novel, if spice is something you're concerned about. It follows the story of Evie, a young woman living in Louisiana who has been tormented by visions of global destruction and disembodied voices all her life. When a solar flare destroys the earth as we know it and gives rise to contagious zombies called "Bagmen," she discovers the visions and voices weren't just in her head but part of an ancient game that has been played by supernatural beings -- including Death himself -- over and over again. Evie is torn between trying to save the world, being a normal teenager, and two men. One is Jackson Deveaux, a dashing and dangerous Cajun boy and the other is Death. Literally, Death. Can Evie survive this New Normal, while also discovering (and maybe embracing) her own dark side?
"Bride" by Ali Hazelwood: "Bride" is also a YA novel, the first from author Ali Hazelwood. You may know her as the author of "Love, Theoretically" and other STEM-themed adult romance novels. In "Bride" we meet Misery Lark, the daughter of a powerful Vampyre lord. She is forced into a marriage of convenience with Lowe Moreland, the local Werewolf Alpha. Can this inter-species relationship keep the peace between the two factions?
"The Dead Romantics" by Ashley Poston: "The Dead Romantics" is this month's Romance Required book club selection. It follows Florence Day, a ghost writer who can -- wait for it -- see ghosts. She ran away from her small East Coast town ten years ago, after her unwanted ability ended up ruining her reputation. She is forced back home, though, after a disastrous break up and while struggling to finish her latest ghost writing project, to oversee the funeral preparations for her beloved father. Did I mention that her family runs a funeral home? Because of course they do. Will Florence ever finish her book? Will she be able to find love with her gorgeous new editor, Benji Andor -- that one might be tricky, as he is a ghost himself. Read "The Dead Romantics" and find out -- then join us at book club for treats and discussion!
"Barbarian's Prize" by Ruby Dixon: Ruby Dixon is another of my all time favorite romance authors. She got her start on Kindle Unlimited, and I'm just tickled pink to see her novels actually in print and available in libraries and bookstores. "Barbarian's Prize" involves a woman who has been kidnapped by aliens (pretty scary, if you ask me) and marooned on a forbidding Ice Planet. Will she survive her harsh environment, and more importantly, will she be able to withstand the call of her fated mate, who just happens to be a nearly-seven-foot-tall blue alien with glowing eyes, horns, and a tail?
"Dark Lover" by JR Ward: "Dark Lover" is set in Caldwell, New York, where there is a war going on right beneath the humans' noses. Wrath, the leader of the Black Dagger Brotherhood (a group of six vampires charged with the duty of defending the vampire race from their enemies, the Slayers, and tasked with the responsibility of keeping vampirism a secret from the world) meets Beth, the grown daughter of Darius, his most trusted Brother who had just been murdered. As Wrath and Beth's connection grows, so does the tension between the vampire world and the human world. Can the Brotherhood, and Wrath and Beth's love, survive the war?
These are just a few of the books we've featured in our spooky Halloween romance display. If you're not in the market for vampires, werewolves, or aliens, we also have ghosts, witches, and funeral directors on tap. Come by the library today and check out the display!
