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Ok, so I’ve been enchanted with the cover of book #1 at my local Walmart for quite some time now…and WOW! This series (well, it’s only two books right now) is amazing. Funny, exciting, and HOT (I mean, it’s even built on a love triangle – how much better could it get?!)

Oh and the book covers….YES!!!!

An excerpt from the author’s website:

After a one-night stand with a fallen angel and a bite from a vampire, forgettable Jackie Brighton has been changed into a succubus.

• Gentlemen Prefer Succubi (Succubus Diaries)
• Succubi Like It Hot (The Succubus Diaries)
• My Fair Succubi (expected release date: Dec 28th 2010)

SOUL SCREAMERS
The last thing you hear before you die…

• My Soul To Lose
• My Soul to Take (Harlequin Teen)
• My Soul to Save (Harlequin Teen)
• My Soul To Keep (release date TBA)
• My Soul To Steal (release date TBA)

An excerpt from the author’s website:

I look like an all-American grad student. But I am a werecat, a shape-shifter, and I live in two worlds.
 

• Stray (Shifters, Book 1)
• Rogue
• Pride (Werecats, Book 3)
• Prey (Werecats, Book 4)
• Shift (The Shifters, Book 5)
• Alpha (6th and final Shifter book – release date TBA)

• "Love’s Prisoner" in the Secrets: The Best in Women’s Sensual Fiction, Vol. 6 Anthology
• "Jared’s Wolf" in the Secrets: The Best in Women’s Sensual Fiction, Vol. 8 Anthology
• Derik’s Bane (Berkley Sensation)
• "Santa Claws" in the Naughty or Nice Anthology (This story is also available in the anthology Dead and Loving It)
• Dead and Loving It (Berkley Sensation) (as per the author’s website: The Wyndham Werewolves meet Betsy’s clan in this 4-novella anthology)
• Dead Over Heels (as per the author’s website: Now she returns to that sensual and irresistible after-dark realm of werewolves, vampires and mermaids in three more original novellas—including an all-new Betsy Taylor novella.)

However, after perusing the author’s website, I was enlightened to some reading order details. Considering her books overlap (her werewolf series, vampire series, and mermaid series), this is her recommendation when reading her stories (including her novellas that are included in certain anthologies):

To keep continuity you should read the books in the following order:

• Secrets: The Best in Women’s Sensual Fiction, Vol. 6: Love’s Prisoner
• Secrets: The Best in Women’s Sensual Fiction, Vol. 8: Jared’s Wolf
• Undead and Unwed (Queen Betsy, Book 1)
• Cravings: Dead Girls Don’t Dance
• Undead and Unemployed (Queen Betsy, Book 2)
• Bite: Biting in Plain Sight
• Derik’s Bane (Berkley Sensation)
• Undead and Unappreciated (Queen Betsy, Book 3) (Berkley Sensation)
• Undead and Unreturnable (Queen Betsy, Book 4) (Berkley Sensation)
• Dead and Loving It (Berkley Sensation)
• Undead and Unpopular (Queen Betsy, Book 5)
• Over the Moon: Driftwood
• Undead and Uneasy (Undead/Queen Betsy)
• Dead Over Heels
• Undead and Unworthy
• Undead and Unwelcome (Queen Betsy, Book 8 )

• Skin Game (Berkley Sensation)
• Skin Tight (expected release date: June 1, 2010)
• Skin Privilege (TBA)
• Skin Dive (TBA)

A blurb from the author’s website:

Sirantha Jax is a “Jumper,” a woman who possesses the unique genetic makeup needed to navigate faster than light ships through grimspace.

• Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, Book 1)
• Wanderlust (Sirantha Jax, Book 2)
• Doubleblind (Sirantha Jax, Book 3)
• Killbox (expected release date October 2010)
• Aftermath (expected release date September 2011)
• Endgame (expected release date September 2012)

• Some Girls Bite: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel
• Friday Night Bites: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel
• Twice Bitten: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel (expected release date: July 6, 2010)
• Hard Bitten (release date TBA)

An excerpt from the author’s website:

When the world was young, twins were born. One brought light to a dark world; the other, darkness and danger. Their powers could not be denied, and they gathered others around them, men and women destined to use their gifts for good or evil. Today, their descendents walk the earth as the Chosen… and the ultimate battle is about to begin.

• Storm of Visions (Chosen Ones, Book 1)
• Storm of Shadows (Chosen Ones, Book 2)
• Chains of Ice: The Chosen Ones (expected release date July 6th 2010)
• Chains of Fire: The Chosen Ones (expected release date Sept 7th 2010)