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Amiri, Cornelia
THE VIXEN PRINCESS
ISBN: e-book 1-58749-540-6/Print 1-58749-565-1
Awe Struck E-books, 2006
Available as E-Book
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Nesta, a middle-aged widow, decides instead of settling down, she needs action. With her dead husband Gwydion's sword in hand, she fights Saxons with the new war leader a 15-year-old lad named Arthur. There she meets the dark warrior Mabon. But to Maben's horror, a ghost is called forth from the grave on a quest to bring the sword-wielding widow together with the muscular warrior. But the match making spirit's got his work cut out for him as Nesta and Mabon care more about war than love.
Fantasy
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Barwood, Lee
A DREAM OF DROWNED HOLLOW
Double Dragon Publishing, 2006
Available as E-Book
April Rue’s gift lets her see past and future – and capture it on film. Is that enough to stop a developer from destroying the very region he's come to help?
www.leebarwood.com
Fantasy
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.
Winner of Andre Norton's Gryphon Award

Baumbach, Laura Louise
DETAILS OF THE HUNT
ISBN: 1-59632-315-9/978-1-59632-315-5
Loose Id, 2006
Available as E-Book
A 26th century, time-traveling, bounty hunter snatchs a 18th century Earth pirate in a deal to enrich the archeoalogical knowledge of mankind, but as he develops an attraction for the likable, free-spirited prey, he attempts to alter the deal, threatening both his own personal code of honor and the strict rules of conduct of his race.
www.arkwolf.com/LauraBaumbach/detailsofthehunt.php
Science Fiction

Bray, Patricia
THE FIRST BETRAYAL
ISBN: 553588761
Bantam Spectra, 2006
Josan searches for his past only to discover that his missing memories conceal a terrible secret. Now who can he trust, when he can't even trust himself?
www.patriciabray.com
Fantasy

Brennan, Marie
DOPPELGANGER
ISBN: 446616982
Warner Books, 2006
When a witch is born, a doppelganger is created. For the witch to master her powers, the twin must be killed. But what happens when the doppelganger survives?
Fantasy
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.
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Brennan, Marie
WARRIOR AND WITCH
ISBN: 446616974
Warner Books, 2006
When a witch is born, a doppelganger is created. For the witch to master her powers, the twin must be killed. Until now . . .
Fantasy
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.
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Carter, Margaret L.
PRINCE OF THE HOLLOW HILLS
ISBN: 1-4199-0640-2
Cerridwen Press, 2006
Available as E-Book
Her sister's sudden death, feuding elven princes, and an orphaned half-elf baby throw Fern's mundane life into chaos.
www.cerridwenpress.com/AuthorsBooks.asp?AuthorCode=Mcar
Fantasy

Copithorne, Dana
THE STEAM MAGNATE
ISBN: 1-933083-08-5
Aio Publishing Co., LLC, 2006
A fresh, unique voice with shades of Across the Nightingale Floor's Lian Hearn. The Steam Magnate draws readers into a tempting concoction of fairy-tale charm and daily existence... of nightclubs, ancestral homes, and desert cities sparkling with colored glass.
www.aiopublishing.com
Fantasy
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.
Dana Copithorne

Crater, Theresa
UNDER THE STONE PAW
ISBN: 1-57174-449-5
Hampton Roads, 2006
A forgotten family legacy. Six crystal keys. One shot at unlocking the secrets beneath the Sphinx.
www.hamptonroadspub.com/bookstore/product_info.php?cPath=65_85&products_id=463
Fantasy

Fletcher, Jane Susan
THE EMPRESS AND THE ACOLYTE
ISBN: 1-933110-60-0
Bold Strokes Books, 2006
A doomed Empress asks Jemeryl to take her talisman to a place of safety. But somebody else wants the talisman, and that person is willing to commit murder to get it.
www.janefletcher.co.uk/Books-Empress.htm
Fantasy

Fletcher, Jane Susan
THE EXILE AND THE SORCERER
ISBN: 1-933110-60-0
Bold Strokes Books, 2006
Jemeryl has her future planned out. A future involving minimum contact with ordinary folk who don't understand sorcerers. It's all very straightforward - until she meets Tevi, a blinded warrior on a sham quest for a chalice.
www.janefletcher.co.uk/Books-Exile.htm
Fantasy

Fletcher, Jane Susan
THE TRAITOR AND THE CHALICE
ISBN: 1-933110-43-0
Bold Strokes Books, 2006
Despite the bleak outlook when exiled, Tevi has made a new life. Even more surprisingly, she finds that her fake quest has become very real. Somebody is prying into a long hidden secret.
www.janefletcher.co.uk/Books-Traitor.htm
Fantasy

Frankel, Valerie Estelle
HENRY POTTY AND THE PET ROCK--AN UNAUTHORIZED HARRY POTTER PARODY
ISBN: 1-59594-088-X
WingSpan Press, 2006
Available as E-Book
Catastrophe strikes Chickenfeet Academy, and it's not just the cafeteria food. Lord Revolting, murderous goldfish-flusher, needs Really Wimpy's pet rock to conquer the world! While battling him with squirt guns and cheesy how-to guides, Henry Potty aces Hobology, preps for America's Funniest Fairygodchildren, and tries to avoid laundering Professor Snort's dreaded hankies, or worse, watching A History of Cabbages in Polish. All the while, the least likely character watches, coveting the pet rock for her own sneaky agenda. What part does Socks the parrot, wisecracking pet of Headmaster Bumbling Bore, play in all this? Will Revolting dare the ultimate villainy and spoil the book? Will this novel waste your entire morning? There's only one way to know...
This book is also listed as: Young Adult
Fantasy
Phelan Award First Prize 2004
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Hallaway, Tate
TALL, DARK AND DEAD
ISBN: 0-425-20972-5
Berkeley Trade, 2006
A recovering witch and occult bookstore manager falls for a Tall, Dark and Dead guy. (Chick-lit).
www.tatehallaway.com
Fantasy

Hill, Debora Elizabeth with Sandra Brandenburg
THE LAND OF THE WAND
ISBN: 1-929374-43-7
Fire Mountain Press, 2006
The most controversial fantasy/satire of 2006...Volume I of The Lost Myths Saga
www.lostmythsink.com
Fantasy

Isaak, Elaine
THE EUNUCH'S HEIR
ISBN: 0-06-078255-2
Eos Books (HarperCollins), 2006
Available as E-Book
As he flees betrayal and butchery, reckless Prince Wolfram's love for an exotic stranger collides with a more terrible struggle, in which his kingdom may fall and his very Goddess be brought to Her knees.
www.ElaineIsaak.com
Fantasy

Jones, Jules
BUILDUP 1: MINDSCAN
ISBN: 1-59632-211-X
Loose Id, 2006
Available as E-Book
Captain Reeve convinces a tortured dissident to trust him with his life, but can Reeve persuade him that _all_ his secrets are safe with him--including the D/s desires he hides?
www.loose-id.net/detail.aspx?ID=5
Science Fiction

Jones, Jules
BUILDUP 2: PULLING STRINGS
ISBN: 1-59632-211-X
Loose Id, 2006
Available as E-Book
Nick Farr. Politician. Idealist. Justin Hobb. Hacker. Cynic. All they have in common is not taking bribes. From anyone. That'll do for now.
www.julesjones.com
Science Fiction

Kushner, Ellen
THE PRIVILEGE OF THE SWORD
ISBN: 978-0-553-38268-6 / 1-931-52020-8
Spectra / Small Beer Press, 2006
Available as E-Book
Katherine thinks she's going to be a lady--but her uncle the Mad Duke has other plans for her: mastery of cold steel and a freedom she's never imagined. A witty, subversive coming-of-age story set on the streets of Kushner's SWORDSPOINT.
www.EllenKushner.com
This book is also listed as: young adult
Fantasy
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.

Lundoff, Catherine
CRAVE: TALES OF LUST AND LONGING
Lethe Press, 2006
'Crave' is a multi-genre collection of lesbian erotica, filled with sexy, comic and touching stories of werewolves, succubi, Amazons and office romance gone awry.
This book is also listed as: collection
Fantasy
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McGathy, Sheri L. with Tina Morgan
THE STYGIAN SOUL
ISBN: 1-55404-367-0
Double Dragon Publishing, 2006
Available as E-Book
There are souls so sinister and bleak that good fears to look within but perhaps if we venture deep enough, we will discover more than just pain. Come, journey with us through that darkness to find what lies within those Stygian Souls.
www.double-dragon-ebooks.com/single.php?ISBN=1-55404-367-0
This book is also listed as: Anthology
Fantasy

Novik, Naomi
BLACK POWDER WAR
ISBN: 0345481305
Del Rey, 2006
Available as E-Book
The third volume of the continuing adventures of Captain William Laurence and his dragon Temeraire, set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars.
www.temeraire.org
Fantasy

Novik, Naomi
HIS MAJESTY'S DRAGON (U.K. - TEMERAIRE)
ISBN: 0345481283 / 0007219091
Del Rey / HarperCollins UK, 2006
Available as E-Book
Amidst the Napoleonic Wars, Captain William Laurence becomes a reluctant aviator when his frigate captures a dragon egg from the French, and he becomes captain to the newly-hatched Temeraire.
www.temeraire.org
Fantasy

Novik, Naomi
THRONE OF JADE
ISBN: 0345481291
Del Rey, 2006
Available as E-Book
The second volume of the continuing adventures of Captain William Laurence and his dragon Temeraire, set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars.
www.temeraire.org
Fantasy

Reisner, S. J.
WARRIOR'S BLOOD RED
ISBN: 9780966978896
Darkerwood Publishing Group, 2006
Available as E-Book
A wayward sorceress must obtain a magickal weapon-of-mass-destruction with the help of two strangers and the men sent to assassinate her, or risk her race's destruction.
www.sjreisner.com
Fantasy
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.

Rowe, Rebecca K.
FORBIDDEN CARGO
ISBN: 1894063163
EDGE Science Fiction & Fantasy Publishing, 2006
What happens when we take human evolution into our own hands? The government calls them "a crime against humanity," but they may be humankind's only future.
www.rebeccarowe.com
Science Fiction
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.

Saracen, Justine
THE 100TH GENERATION
ISBN: 1-933110-48-1
Bold Strokes Books, 2006
Archeologist Valerie Foret finds a tomb in the desert, is set upon by religious fanatics and forces, flees through modern and ancient Egypt, through this world and the next.
justine-saracen.tripod.com
Fantasy
Finalist in Queerlit competition 2005

Sherman, Delia
CHANGELING
ISBN: 978-0-670-05967-6
Viking Children's, 2006
Raised by fairies in Central Park, she's off on a quest in New York Between--with the Wild Hunt hot on her trail!
www.DeliaSherman.com
This book is also listed as: young adult
Fantasy
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.

Smith-Ready, Jeri
EYES OF CROW
ISBN: 0-373-80258-7
Luna Books, 2006
Available as E-Book
Enter a world where humans and animals meet in magic, where one woman's strength must conquer Death itself. First book in the Aspect of Crow trilogy.
Fantasy
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.
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Romantic Times Reviewers Choice winner (Best Fantasy), Rita Award finalist (Best First Novel, Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements), Write Touch Readers Choice Award winner (Best Paranormal), PRISM Award Finalist (Best Fantasy), Award of Excellence finalist (Best Paranormal), Golden Quill Award finalist (Best Paranormal)

Stark, Barbara
BLUE DINOSAUR'S FRIENDS
ISBN 13: 1-933090-20-7 (electronic)/ ISBN: 1-933090-46-4 (POD)
Guardian Angel Publishing, 2006
Available as E-Book
Print on Demand
When the blue dinosaur goes looking for a new friend, he befriends a turtle who needs help, and then brings all his other friends together.
This book is also listed as: Children's
Fantasy
illustrator: Paul Amrein
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Sullivan, Kathryn Ann
TALKING TO TREES
ISBN: 1-59279-760-1/1-59279-468-8
Amber Quill Press, 2006
Available as E-Book
Jody Burns borrows her brother's silvery bracelet because it looks good with her outfits. But when a green-haired girl appears in search of a hero, she discovers the bracelet is the key to another world.
www.amberquill.com/TalkingTrees.html
This book is also listed as: Young Adult
Fantasy
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.

Valente, Catherynne M.
THE GRASS-CUTTING SWORD
ISBN: 0809556774
Prime Books, 2006
A new novel by the author of The Labyrinth and Yume No Hon, The Grass-Cutting Sword explores the strange landscape of primeval Japan, from the Heaven-Spanning Bridge to the hellish Root-Country-- the troubled trickster Susanoo-no-Mikoto, god of wind and storms, is banished from heaven and wanders the earth, lost in human form, in search of his demonic mother and charged with the defeat of an eight-headed serpent...
Fantasy
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Valente, Catherynne M.
THE ORPHAN'S TALES-IN THE NIGHT GARDEN
ISBN: 0553384031
Bantam Spectra, 2006
Available as E-Book
Welcome to the Arabian Nights for our time -- a lush and fantastical epic guaranteed to spirit you away from the very first page. Secreted away in a garden, a lonely girl spins stories to warm a curious prince...inked on her eyelids, each twisting, tattooed tale is a piece in the puzzle of the girl's own hidden history.
Fantasy
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.
Illustrated by Michael Kaluta
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Vanderhooft, JoSelle
THE TALE OF THE MILLER'S DAUGHTER
ISBN: 9781411690936
Papaveria Press, 2006
Based on Rumpelstiltskin, this tale of a girl and the creature who offers her assistance is a tapestry of daughters and fathers and the breaking of the threads binding them.
www.papaveria.com/md.html
Fantasy

Walters, Janet Lane
HEALWOMAN: DARK MOON
ISBN: 1-58606-925-0
New Concepts Publishing, 2006
Available as E-Book
Named misbegotten, sentenced to become a drab, Norna flees the temple of Midra to join the Healwomen. Enroute, she is meets Shandor, the man it seems she is meant for, but has fate deemed to smile upon their union? Or brought them together only to tear them apart again? For when Norna saves the life of a Midran priest it is beheld as the first sign of the prophesy of the Three of Midra. And there are those who will stop at nothing to prevent the prophesy from unfolding.
Fantasy
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Walters, Janet Lane
THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAGES
ISBN: 1584954108 / 158495390x
DiskUs Publishing, 2006
Available as E-Book
The Brotherhood of Mages -- The Black Jewel has been destroyed and several of the Jewels of Earda need Holders. In their hidden refuge, the Brotherhood of Mages plot to destroy the newly-found peace. When Jindera's brother is kidnapped by the Mages,she vows to rescue him. She joins with Corin,a peddler and former thief who has his own issues with the Brotherhood. His way of dealing with them is avoidance. When Jindera is injured, Corin knows he must help her. They encounter the Holders of the Orange and Green Jewel. Jindera bonds with the Red and this small group seeks the Brotherhood, hoping if the refuge is destroyed, evil will be defeated and peace restored to Earda. Can they rescue Jindera's brother before the confrontation?
Fantasy
This book is also listed as: Young Adult
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.
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Finalist in the 2007 Dream Realm Awards

Ward, Jean Marie with Teri Smith
WITH NINE YOU GET VANYR
ISBN: TBD
Samhain Publishing , 2006
Available as E-Book
Imagine a world frozen in a time of magic and superstition, where the immortal sons of a goddess fight a never-ending war -- mostly with themselves. Imagine you're one of the nine Earth women picked picked to fix things. There are just a couple of problems. You miss your computer, cell phones, double-ply toilet paper. You don't believe in fate.
www.wardsmith.com
Fantasy

Wells, Martha
STARGATE ATLANTIS: RELIQUARY
ISBN: 0954734378
Fandemonium Books, 2006
While exploring the unused sections of the Ancient city of Atlantis, Major John Sheppard and Dr. Rodney McKay stumble on a recording device that contains a new stargate address. The address leads them to a world with a mysterious ruined city that may be part of an Ancient repository, or it may just be yet another trap for the unwary.
www.marthawells.com/reliquary.htm
Science Fiction

Whiteside, Diane
BOND OF BLOOD
ISBN: 0-425-20774-9
Berkley, 2006
Once a medieval knight, Don Rafael Perez has clung to his honor despite seven tortured centuries of being a vampire. Now he's found peace-if not love-as Texas leader of the largest vampire territory in America. But a rival is challenging his rule-by first targeting Grania O'Malley, the forbidden beauty to whom Rafael has lost his heart. But when she's attacked, will he break his oath of body and soul never to create a female vampire-even if it means saving her? And if he does, can Grania help him destroy the night creature Rafael has always feared?
Fantasy
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Whiteside, Diane and Angela Knight, co-author
CAPTIVE DREAMS
ISBN: 0-425-20775-7
Berkley, 2006
Writers Celeste and Corinne Carson have each created an ultra-alpha hero who stars in each sister's highly successful series of novels. Celeste writes of the future and her hero Jarred, while Corinne writes of the barbarian Mykhayl. Both heroes are adventurers in their respective times, hot sexy lovers, and, as it turns out...quite real and very angry about everything their creators have forced them to do. Jarred and Mykhayl are about to exact hot, sweet revenge upon their respective creators; a little payback for the angst and the peril these women have placed them in time after time. Kidnapped and taken to the worlds they write of, Jarred and Mykhayl begin Celeste's and Corinne's punishment...
This book is also listed as: Anthology
Fantasy
2002 PEARL Honorable Mention - Best Erotic Paranormal
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Whiteside, Diane
THE HUNTER'S PREY
ISBN: 0-425-21035-9
Berkley Heat, 2006
A collection of short stories told by the ladies who each spend a night with a Texas vampire - and have their lives changed as a result.
This book is also listed as: Collection
Fantasy
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Williams, Lynda
GUIDE TO THE OKAL REL UNIVERSE
ISBN: 1590921771
Fandom Press / Windstorm Creative, 2006
If you're like thousands of readers around the world, you just can't get enough of the beautiful and fully-realized universe created by Lynda Williams. The guide to the Okal Rel Universe enlightens readers curious about background issues and serves as a sourcebook for votary authors.
www.okalrel.org
Science Fiction
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.

Williams, Lynda
RIGHTEOUS ANGER
ISBN: TBA
EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, 2006
Book two of the Okal Rel Universe saga. Horth Nersal is unbeatable in space and on the challenge floor so important under Sword Law. But his verbal disablity is painful in the face of critical decisions about who to support in a lethal crisis.
www.edgewebsite.com/future.html
Science Fiction