Devil May Cry

Sin, an ancient Sumerian god, was one of the most powerful among his pantheon - until the night Artemis robbed him of his godhood and left him one step from death...

For millennia, the ex-god turned Dark-Hunter Sin has sought to regain his powers and take revenge on Artemis.  But now he has bigger fish - or in this case, demons - to fry.  The lethal gallu that were buried by his pantheon are stirring, and they are hungry for human flesh.  Their goal: to destroy mankind.  Sin is the only one who can stop them...if a certain woman doesn't kill him first.

Enemies have always made strange bedfellows, but never more so than when the fate of the world hangs in the balance.  Now a man who only knows betrayal must trust the one person mostly likely to hand him to the demons.  Artemis may have stolen his godhood, but his one has stolen his heart.  The only question is:  Will she keep it...or feed it to those who want him dead?

When Darkness Comes by Alexandra Ivy (Book One of the Guardians of Eternity series)

Never tempt fate.  It's been a hell of a day for Abby Barlow.  In just a few hours, she's survived an explosion, watcher her employer die, had a startling dream, and now she finds herself in a seedy Chicago hotel with the sexy, unearthly Dante, a vampire she both desires and fears.

For 341 years, Dante has stood as guardian to The Chalice, a mortal woman chosen to hold back the darkness.  A terrible twist of fate has now made Abby that woman.  Three hours ago, Dante would have used all his charms to seduce her.  Now she is his to protect.  And he will do so until his very death.

A terrifying plan has been set in motion, one that will plunge Dante and Abby into an epic battle between good and evil -- and a desperate race to save their love.

Magic Study

Yelena is a survivor.  Kidnapped as a child, held prisoner as a teen, then released to act as a poison taster, she is now a student of magic.  But these magic skills place her in imminent danger, and with an execution order on her head, she has no choice but to escape to Sitia, the land of her birth.

But nothing in Sitia is familiar.  As she struggles to understand where she belongs and how to control her powers, a rogue magician emerges -- and Yelena catches his eye.  Suddenly she is embroiled in a situation not of her making.  And once again her magical abilities will either save her life...or be her downfall!

"Midnight Rising" by Lara Adrian  (fiction, paranormal romance, paperback)

"Fueled by pain and rage over a shattering betrayal, the warrior Rio has pledged his life to the war against the Rogues.  He will let nothing stand in his way - least of all a mortal woman with the power to expose the entire vampire race.  But now an ancient evil has been awakened, and a stunning darkness is on the rise.

For journalist, Dylan Alexander, it began with the discovery of a hidden tomb.  Suddenly, she is at the center of a gathering storm of violence and secrets.  But nothing is as dangerous as the scarred, lethally seductive man who rises from the shadows to plunge her into his world of dark desire and endless night.  Here she is powerless to resist Rio's touch, even as she uncovers a shocking link to her own past.  Now Dylan must choose: Leave Rio's midnight realm, or risk it all for the man who has shown her true passion and the infinite pleasures of the heart."

"By all accounts, Sirantha Jax should have burned out years ago. As the carrier of a rare gene, Jax has the ability to jump ships through grimspace - a talent that cuts into her life expectancy, but makes her a highly prized navigator for the Corp. But then the ship she's navigating crash-lands, and she's accused of killing everyone on board. It's hard for Jax to defend herself: She has no memory of the crash.

Imprisoned and subjected to a ruthless interrogation, Jax is on the verge of madness. Then a mysterious man breaks into her cell, offering her freedom - for a price. March needs Jax to help his small band of rogue fighters break the Corp monopoly on interstellar travel - and establish a new breed of jumper.

Jax is only good at one thing - grimpspace - and it will eventually kill her. So, she may as well have some fun in the meantime..."

"'We're mad as Heaven, and we're not going to take it anymore!' declares historian Robert mcElvaine in this passionate and often hilarious rallying cry for sincere Jesus followers. He lets the rest of society know that the extreme right wing won't be allowed to speak for all Christians any longer.  His whip-smart, take-no-prisoners polemic lays bare the Christian Right's "Easy Jesus" creed, in which people who claim to accept Jesus get a free pass to lie in his name.  Grand Theft Jesus exposes the televangelists and the leaders of megachurches as the people Jesus warned us about - the wolves in sheep's clothing of our day."

"In a world that denies emotions, where the ruling Psy punish any sign of desire, Sascha Duncan must conceal the feelings that brand her as flawed. To reveal them would be to sentence herself to the horror of "rehabilitation" - the complete psychic erasure of everything she ever was...

Both human and animal, Lucas Hunter is a changeling hungry for the very sensations the Psy disdain. After centuries of uneasy coexistence, these two races are now on the verge of war over the brutal murders of several changeling women. Lucas is determined to find the Psy killer who butchered his packmate, and Sascha is his ticket into their closely guarded society. But he soon discovers that this ice-cold Psy is very capable of passion - and that the animal in him is fascinated by her. Caught between their conflicting worlds, Lucas and Sascha must remain bound to their identities - or sacrifice everything for a taste of darkest temptation..."