urban fantasy

Review: Siren’s Call by Devyn Quinn

by Susan S. 08.01.2011

by Susan S., guest reviewer A mystical tale of magick-wielding Mers, a lost civilization, and an evil queen hell-bent on destruction; escapism at its finest! Siren’s Call is the first installment from Ms. Quinn’s Dark Tides Series. Off the coast of Maine on Little Mer Island, there’s a mermaid named Tessa Lonike, heroine. Tessa has [...]

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Top Ten Heroes: Karen

by Guest Blogger 04.25.2011

Today’s Top Ten List comes from LRP reader Karen. I love paranormal romance and urban fantasy, more urban fantasy than the paranormal romance. I have a tendency to like the bad boys in the series. The ones with a darker side that the fight to control or fight to suppress. These heroes are the ones [...]

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Review: A Tale of Two Goblins by H.P. Mallory

by Sharon S. 04.24.2011

by Sharon S., guest reviewer A Tale of Two Goblins is book #2 in the Dulcie O’Neil series. H.P. Mallory has struck Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance Gold! She has combined mystery, romance, supernatural creatures, thrown in a heaping spoonful of humor and *3 big hunks of burning alpha male <G>. Put this all in a book [...]

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Review: Blood Knot by Tracy Cooper-Posey

by Susan S. 04.17.2011

by Susan S., guest reviewer Summary: Nathanial (Nial) shows up in Montana hoping Winter Manon Kennedy, heroine, will help him find Sebastian. Bastian was a no-show at a meeting, and now Nial’s worried. (Well, that’s his story anyway. And Nial’s sticking to it). It’s in Winter’s best interest to help Nial since she needs Bastian’s [...]

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Review: Lucifer’s Daughter by Eve Langlais

by Susan S. 03.21.2011

by Susan S., guest reviewer Summary: It’s not easy being… Auric: He was thrown out of heaven for questioning their ways, and going against the grain. He’s a fallen angel with a Mega trilemma on his hands. In order to return to heaven’s good graces he’ll have to do a good deed. Like slay Lucifer’s [...]

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What is Urban Fantasy Romance?

by Keira 02.27.2011

I had to educate myself on this. For instance, until I read Katiebabs’ WTF post on Laurell K. Hamilton (among other things) I would have cleanly classified Anita Blake as contemporary paranormal romance. If Anita Blake is urban fantasy then so to by deduction must be Keri Arthur’s Riley Jenson Series and Buffy the Vampire [...]

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The Oxymoronic Genre – Erotic Urban Fantasy

by Guest Blogger 01.03.2011

by Teal Ceagh, guest blogger and author of Mia’s Return. People tend to look at me oddly when I tell them I write erotic urban fantasy. Paranormal romances are everywhere these days. Even erotic paranormals are almost commonplace. But when you say you write erotic urban fantasies, readers’ eyes narrow as they try to fit [...]

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Fantasy in Real Terms

by Guest Blogger 12.23.2010

by Teal Ceagh, guest blogger and author of Destiny’s Trinities trilogy. Today, you might be curious to know, is Miranda Otto’s birthday. She’s the Australian actor who played Éowyn in The Lord of the Rings. I’m a huge The Lord of the Rings fan – I’m one of those strange people who reads the book [...]