This has got to be the last giveaway for a bit, I swear. I feel like all I do is make writing and marketing posts. I am trying to kick butt on Andrea’s book and it’s a bit slow going, because I know the deadlines won’t permit me a substantial rewrite. It took me twenty minutes to hone the description of Raphael in a tuxedo. Oy.
Anyway, the masterful Meljean Brook and we are doing a joint giveaway. You get two chances to win: on our blog and on hers.
And I am totally stealing her post now. Hang on:
So here’s the official bit on Angels of Darkness:
They soar through the night, unearthly creatures of legends and lore. Four masters of urban fantasy and paranormal romance explore the rapture of the heavens above and the darkness below…
Angel’s Wolf by Nalini Singh
In the spellbinding universe of the Guild Hunters, a vampire becomes obsessed with the seductive angel who rules the Louisiana territory. But in her court, all is not what it appears to be.Alphas: Origins by Ilona Andrews
A woman is kidnapped into a world divided by a superhuman civil war. As the captive of an irresistibly dangerous male, she has two choices: submit and become a pawn, or take hold of her own destiny.Nocturne by Sharon Shinn
Accepting a position in a secluded and whispered-about mansion, a woman soon discovers the source of its mystery: the blind, tormented angel who lives there, and whose secrets could now destroy them both.Ascension by Meljean Brook
When vampires disappear from a community he’s protecting, a world-weary Guardian doesn’t know what evil he’s hunting, but he’d rather hunt alone than accept help from his ex-lover and fellow Guardian, Radha. But Radha refuses to leave him, because she’s determined not just to help him save the community…but to save him.
End of post rip-off.
I hate Meljean. I’ve hated her for years. The way she describes things makes me feel like my own writing was done by some toddler. I hate Nalini for much same reasons. So far I’ve read her contribution to anthology and it is excellent. There is a kind of dilapidated elegance about her angel in this one. I think you’ll like it.
I, sadly, have not read anything by Sharon Shinn, but I’ve read about her and people view her as the master of her craft. This will be my chance to read her work. If I ever have an evening when I don’t collapse. Lately it’s all been “Read two paragraph, boom, I’m out.”
So yes, giveaway.
Ripping off Meljean again:
To enter the giveaway, please tell me in comments: what is your favorite novella or short story? Is it part of a series that you love, or does it stand alone?
That’s it! Enter by Friday night, and go over to Meljean’s blog and check out her giveaway, too!
The small print: Comment by 11:59:59 PM Pacific time on 9/30/2011 for your chance to win. Five winners will be selected randomly using random.org, and their names posted on this blog 10/01/2011. Winners must provide me with their mailing address by October 15, 2011 or the prize will be forfeit. Only one entry per ISP address. The contest is open to international readers. No purchase necessary to enter. A review of the book is always deeply appreciated. Odds of winning depend on number of entries received. Void where prohibited.
Any short story by Jim Butcher from the Dresden Files. Alpha and Omega by Patricia Birggs. Beat of Temptation by Nalini Singh. All the short stories by you guys-they are so well written! Here There Be Monsters by Meljean Brook. Any “In Death” stories by J.D. Robb. Any short story by Lora Leigh. Too many favorites!
Julia Quinn – It’s in his kiss – a happy ending to a most deserving couple. This is part of the bridgerton series.
Father Mine by JR Ward is my favorite short story. It’s part of the BFN series. However, I enjoyed every single story in Must Love Hellhounds.
I love jim and dali’ s story ( Magic Dreams)! Please include me in te contest.
Alpha and Omega by Patricia Briggs is one of my favorite short story. ^_^
I adore miss Singh and miss Frost… so anything by them I would love to get my hands on!!!
Fav Novella –>
G. A. Aiken – Dragon Kin 4.5 – Dragon on Top (In the Supernatural Anthology).
Thanx for hosting the Giveaway
Would love to stand a chance to win a copy.
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I love Patricia Brigg’s stories-any of them, Yours-any of them, Jim Butcher-any, Sharon Shinn’s Archangel series is good, and she writes good fantasy stories (more pure fantasy rather than urban fantasy)-and if I see her name I’ll buy it just like the ones above, Charlaine Harris’ shorts are good. I just see if the authors are ones I like and buy them. I find new ones I like and ones I’d never read again, which is why I love anthologies!
I prefer it if it is part of a series (Nalini Singh’s whisper of Sin in burning up antology) , Alpa and Omega (Patricia Briggs),
Love the kate daniels series, need more of her.
Don’t read too many short stories (read too fast so they just seem to finish before I realise)
However the ones that stuck in my head
1) Winterfair Gifts by Lois Mcmaster Bujold in her Vorkosigan series. A wedding, murder attempt and lost of humor
2) Microcosmic God by Theodore Sturgeon
Thanks for your the snippets and writing on the blog!
And love your books especially Kate Daniels.
Back to lurking
One story I really enjoyed in an anthology is Kim Harrison’s novella “Two Ghosts for Sister Rachel” in the anthology “Holidays are Hell”. One of my favorites.
I will have to name 2 and they’re both by Anne Bishop!
- Stands a God Within the Shadows
A really beautiful and touching (standalone) story based on the Lady of Shalott.
- The Prince of Ebon Rih
Part of the Black Jewels series.
Lucivar is my absolute favorite character!
My favourite novella HAS to be the Alpha and Omega 0.5, aptly chosen name ‘Alpha and Omega ‘ in On The Prowl. For it being the first time you meet the main characters, it does a really good job of getting the reader to empathise and fall in love. (:
Thanks for the snippets and the giveaway!!! (:
My favorite? ACK I can’t choose. Everything’s really a part of a series. I love the short stories by Lynn Kurland, Jim Butcher, Sharon Shinn, and Mercedes Lackey (Valdemar series).
I guess the short story I think about the most (especially in December) is “The Star” by Arthur C. Clarke. I read it 10+ years ago & still remember it.
Hard to choose but I think my favorite so far has been Nalini Singh’s “Stroke of Enticement” in the Magical Christmas Cat anthology.
It’s been a long time since I read them but I think my favorites are always going to be Ray Bradbury’s short stories. As I recall most of them were standalones but they all had this wonderful sense that despite the sometimes fantastical settings there was always some essential truth to the characters.
Hmm… my favourite short story or novella would have to be Beginnings by Kelley Armstrong (the Otherworld being one of my favourite series) and I love is Alpha and Omega by Patricia Briggs (the beginning of another really good series).
I love reading collections of short stories. That is how I found some of my favorite authors. One of my favorites is Alpha and Omega by Patricia Briggs which started out as a short story and then became a series. I love finding shorts that part of series. This is how I found The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher and the Kitty Norville Series by Carrie Vaughn. But my favorite is still anything that has to do with the Mercy Thompson Series by Patricia Briggs, she has another spin off short coming out soon.
Off the top of my head, I can name two favorites; Magic Mourns (Andrea and Rafael) I hope every goes well for them in the next novel. The second is Whisper of Sin by Nalani Singh (Hunky Cats..Meow)
I’d have to say that one of my fav novellas would have to be Alpha and Omega, from On the Prowl by Patricia Briggs.
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My favorites are Here There Be Monsters by Meljean Brook and On The Prowl (Alpha and Omega) by Patricia Briggs. Both serve excellent intro to the series and makes you want to read the series.
I do not particularly have a favorite. Jim Butcher’s are great, you all’s are exciting/wonderful, especially “Magic Mourns” and a few other authors’ works.
Thanks for the giveaway; I am very excited about “Angels of Darkness”!
I’m a huge fan of Of Swine and Roses. I really love that setting, I’m always left really wanting to know more.
I would have to say all your shorts especially Silent Blade and Nalini Singh’s shorts.
This a horrible choice for me to make. I guess I’d have to go with Alpha and Omega by Patricia Brigg as the one most recently reread. It is the first story in that series and I really like Charles and Anne.
I think the real issue for me in deciding is I read a lot of anthologies and shorts. Also seeing as I’m on vacation I can look through them and weigh em all to make a decision.
Fever series by Karen Moning
otherworld series by Kelly Armstrong
It’s hard to pick just one, but I love Patricia Briggs’ novella in “On the Prowl” and I’m looking forward to the new book in the series being released next year (finally!).
Well I have so many favorite books…but since it is Ilona Andrews asking, I’ll list my favorite IA book: Magic Slays, from the Kate Daniel series, which just gets better and better all the time.
My favorite is Patricia Briggs’ “Alpha and Omega” in the “On the prowl” collection. It was a great start to a series. But I also really liked Nalini Singh’s story “Angels Judgement” in “Must love hellhounds” which introduced me to her writing. Of course any short story of Illona’s would be in my top 10 list.
Hmm, it’s a tie between Briggs’ “Alpha and Omega” and your “Magic Mourns.” And I’m not even kissing up….
Patrice Briggs’ Alpha and Omega is one of my favorites. So are Kresley Cole’s The Warlord Wants Forever and Nalini Singh’s Beast of Temptation. And I love your Kinsmen novellas… It’s so hard to choose!
Well, I usually like them associated with a series. I also like Alpha and Omega but would really love to see your Silent Blade world turned into a book series.
I love j.d. robb’s “interlude in death” from the eve dallas series. Eve and roarke are great in that novella.
One of my favorite short stories is “Tattercoats” by Midori Snyder which is in the anthology “Black Thorn, White Rose” edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. It’s a wonderful romantic retelling of what happens afterwards in the fairy tale of the same name. It’s a short story that stands alone.
Curran’s story and Midnight Sun were both wonderful — it’s a lot of fun reading the story from the other side. Alpha and Omega was awesome, too. Love anything from Patricia Briggs.
I usually avoid novellas like the plague but I must admit to enjoying additional stories in my fav universes: Kate’s world, Harry Dresden, Sookie Stackhouse, and Cassie Palmer. I enjoy the extra tales, not the required one’s that leave you wondering what the heck was going on in the actual books. It’s like being forced to read books in school. I would have enjoyed them on my own but not if you tell me I have to.
Favorite short stories would be sherlock holmes.
I missed this on the Blog. Thanks for listing things that might have gotten lost.
“Alpha and Omega” by Patricia Briggs is one of my favorites. It was a short story first, and then expanded into a book, with others of that world to follow. Also set in that world, “Seeing Eye,” is another of my favorites.
Karen Chance’s “Buying Trouble” sets things for the hook the father uses to manipulate his daughter in the book “Midnight’s Daughter,” but who knew?
“Magic Mourns,” “Magic Dreams,” and “A Questionable Client” each add more depth to your Magic series.
“Blind Spot” and “Here there be Monsters” (which made me eager for The Iron Duke – Meljean Brook
“Cast in Moonlight,” Michelle Sagara’s “prequel” to her “Cast in” series.
“The Nekkid Truth” by Nicole Camden. This story has a character who can not recognize faces, as a result of a head injury. It is interesting, quirky, fun, love interest is a cop, and she is a photographer. Unfortunately, the author doesn’t seem to have written anything since.
One favorite really? I guess its one I read recently – Bound by Blood which I thought was great. Although really there are lots I could name.
I loved the Alpha & Omega novella by Patricia Briggs.
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I love the short stories which Nalini Singh has thrown together as part of her psy/changeling series. Also- if this is past the date which I’m supposed to enter by- sorry! I’m in Australia and not 100% sure if it has finished…
there’s a short story I think called the gift by jude deveraux in the taggert/montgomery series i adore.
My favorite short story is ‘The Story of Lim and Marak Blackwing’ by Clare Dunkle, which can be found on the author’s website.
http://www.claredunkle.com/Design/cklim.htm
How could I have forgotten “Hunter Kiss” by Marjorie M. Liu? It was followed by three Hunter Kiss novels.
Ann McCaffrey’s “Lady in the Tower” and “A Meeting of Minds” which fit into the series about the Rowan and her family (Damia, etc). “Daughter,” a free standing story in a future time about a student in college.