Free Contemporary Fantasy Kindle Books 8-24-2012

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Brethren Beginnings Volume 1
by Deena Remiel
4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon
Angel Contemporary Fantasy


Enigmatic angels manifested on Earth millennia ago to protect and save the human race against evil. These are their compelling stories of human salvation and triumph over Evil.

**This is an anthology of three short urban fantasy stories that were originally part of an online serial. It is meant to be a companion to the Brethren series, but can be read as a stand alone. It brings us closer to three of the nine Brethren- Gabriel, Nathanael, and Cassiel- who they are, what they do, and their more memorable missions. More stories are to come. There is no romance here, but plenty of hot-blooded angel!



Dark Surrender
by Mercy Walker
4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon
Paranormal Romance


When you're dealing with vampires, don't become desert. And when scary fae queens and a pack of werewolves show up, make sure the weapons are handy.

Fans of JR Ward, Laurell K Hamilton and Patricia Briggs will enjoy this.

When her mother is forced into a magical stasis, her soul stolen, Min must find a way of getting her back. But will she succeed when she takes a sexy vampire (one that wants to eat her) into her bed, has a platoon of vampire-hunting werewolves gunning for her and her new honey, and the thing that took her mother’s soul has suddenly set its sights on her.



On Unfaithful Wings (An Icarus Fell Novel)
by Bruce Blake
4.6 out of 5 stars on Amazon
Contemporary Fantasy


I was alive, then I was dead, now I’m stuck somewhere in between.

My name is Icarus Fell. I am a harvester.

The archangel Michael brought me back to collect souls and help them on their way to Heaven--that’s what a harvester does. If I get enough of them before the bad guys do--if I do a good job--I can have my life back. Now people I knew in life are dying, killed by a murderer’s knife, their bodies defiled, and the cops think I’m the killer.

I’m not, but I think I know who is.

But how does a dead man, a man who no longer exists, stop a psycho? I’m not sure, but I’m going to stop him before everyone I know is dead.

I have to stop him before he gets to my son.




A Touch of Darkness
by B.C. Brown
4.2 out of 5 stars on Amazon
Psychic Murder Mystery


Abigail St. Michael, a former cop, has joined the recently growing ranks of metaphysicals, individuals with abilities outside that of normal human nature. When a murderer stalks her town killing children, Abbey uses her ability of touch clairvoyance to hunt him down. Her only roadblock is that her murderer seems to have his own unique talent, the ability to 'wipe' his victims and their surroundings of any metaphysical energy. With little physical evidence and no supernatural evidence, Abbey is forced to rely on instinct and luck to solve the case. However both Abbey's luck and instinct seem to have taken a permanent vacation as the victims keep piling up with the killer's escalating blood lust.



The Shadows
by Hunter J. Keane
4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon
YA Urban Fantasy



Alex is forced to start over- new town, new school and new name. This much she knows. It's what she doesn't know that could destroy her.

Alex Garretty is just a normal teenage girl until she is yanked from her home in the middle of the night. Her entire family is moved across country and given new identities. Just when Alex thinks it can't get any worse, she meets Daniel, her mysterious but charming classmate. She quickly learns she isn't the only one keeping a big secret, and Daniel's secret could cost Alex her life.

A visitor from her past arrives in town and Alex must quickly learn who she can trust. When she discovers the truth about her own destiny, Alex must find a way to accept it and even more importantly, a way to survive.

Spotlight Anthology - Urban Fantasy

  Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy
 by Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, Melissa Marr, Holly Black and more
 3.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon


In this thrilling collection of original stories some of today’s hottest paranormal authors delight, thrill and captivate readers with otherworldly tales of magic and mischief. In Jim Butcher’s ”Curses” Harry Dresden investigates how to lift a curse laid by the Fair Folk on the Chicago Cubs. In Patricia Briggs’ “Fairy Gifts,” a vampire is called home by magic to save the Fae who freed him from a dark curse. In Melissa Marr’s “Guns for the Dead,” the newly dead Frankie Lee seeks a job in the afterlife on the wrong side of the law. In Holly Black’s “Noble Rot,” a dying rock star discovers that the young woman who brings him food every day has some strange appetites of her own.

Featuring original stories from 20 authors, this dark, captivating, fabulous and fantastical collection is not to be missed!

Review:


"This anthology of short fiction affords a superb sampling of urban fantasy, that popular sf/fantasy subgenre defined in the book’s introduction (which, in all of three pages, is a welcome and helpful, to say nothing of articulate, definition of this subgenre) as a combination of the “often-dark edge of city living with enticing worlds of magic”—with an urban landscape being absolutely crucial to the story. To put it another way (as also expressed in the introduction, that is), “where the story takes place should matter, in some way, to the story.” The headliner piece, by virtue of its placement first in the collection’s presentation and the name recognition of the author, is “Curses,” by Jim Butcher, creator of the urban-fantasy series Dresden Files. It opens like a noir detective story—“Most of my cases are pretty tame”—but by page 2, we see this is Dresden Files fiction as well. The premise is a riot: the famous curse upon the Chicago Cubs has supernatural origins here. “Priced to Sell,” by Naomi Novik, is also very entertaining. It’s about vampires buying real estate in Manhattan. But you will have fun with all 20 stories."--Booklist

Spotlight Anthology - Dark Fantasy

Gateway Drug
 by Scott Nicholson, Tom Lebbon, Shane Jiraiva Cummings
 5.0 out of 5 stars on Amazon

 After the first hit, there's no turning back. Ten tales of murder, mayhem, madness, and dark magic from a #1 bestselling author. A man finds that fast cars and fast women don't mix. An artist uses very special tools to convey his passion. A rebellious teen will make any sacrifice for rock stardom. A mother finds a new role in a post-apocalyptic world.

Gateway Drug. It leads to more dangerous things.

Features "Hounds of Love, "Sung Li," and other tales from the pages of Cemetery Dance, The Book of All Flesh, and more, along with the afterword "One Sick Puppy." Bonus contributions from British horror master Tim Lebbon and mult-award-winning Australian dark fantasy writer Shane Jiraiya Cummings.

Spotlight Anthology - A Collection of Dark Fantasy

The Gate: 13 Dark & Odd Tales

Short Story Anthology
4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon


...Three brothers traipse across a post-apocalyptic landscape, encountering unspeakable horrors...

...A young boy growing up in suburban hell thinks there might be more to his home town than meets the eye, what with all the children going missing...

...A woman dying of cancer is given a way out, if only she is willing to pay the price...

...The crew of a space station must battle their fears and a strange alien relic when they are isolated from humanity...if humanity exists any longer...

These stories and more await inside the pages of The Gate: 13 Dark & Odd Tales, the new compilation by Robert J. Duperre, author of The Fall: The Rift Book I. Also contributing to this collection are the talented Mercedes M. Yardley, David Dalglish, David McAfee, and Daniel Pyle.