Daughter of The Flames
When a mysterious stranger helped her discover her family’s legacy of fighting evil, things began to make sense in Isabella DeMarco’s life. But could she marshal her newfound supernatural powers to fend off the formidable vampire hell-bent on bringing Izzy down in flames?
DAUGHTER OF THE FLAMES is the story of Isabella (“Izzy”) DeMarco, a 26-year-old New Yorker who discovers that she is the long-lost heiress of a legacy of magic handed down to the women in her family by Joan of Arc. Not only that, but her family, the House of the Flames, is only one of the many Gifted clans, families, and tribes who operate under the radar of our (Ungifted) world. The Gifted world is in turmoil–and Izzy’s family is under attack. It falls to Izzy to save the House of the Flames, when all she wants to do is go to the NYPD Academy and work on her relationship with NYPD Detective Pat Kittrell. But Le Fils, the King Vampire of New Orleans, and sexy Jean-Marc de Devereaux, Izzy’s mentor, have other plans for her.
DAUGHTER OF THE FLAMES made #8 on the Waldenbooks Bestseller list!
Gina Showalter loves DAUGHTER OF THE FLAMES. Read her blog (and read her books!).
Harriet Klausner of amazon.com says DAUGHTER OF THE FLAMES is “an incredible romantic fantasy…a must read superb thriller.”
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Nancy makes it 2 for 2 on the Dark Delicacies Bestseller List:
HARDBACK FICTION
1. Dark Delicacies – Howison/Gelb (Carroll & Graf)
2. Star Changes – Clark Ashton Smith (Darkside)
3. Grimericks – Pearson/Grimly (Marshall Cavendish)
4. Pretty Little Devils – Nancy Holder (Razor Bill)
5. Terrors – Richard Lupoff (Elder Signs)
6. Creekers – Edward Lee (Necro Press)
7. A Little Beige Book of Nondescript Stories – F. Paul Wilson (Borderlands)
8. In the Night Room – Peter Straub (Random House)
9. Soma – Charlee Jacob(Delirium)
10. The Link – Richard Matheson (Gauntlet)
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Sherlock Holmes: Hidden Years – Michael Kurland (St. Martin)
2. The Nymphs of Rocky Flats – Mario Acevedo (Rayo)
3. Twisted Cat Tales – Esten Schrader (Coscome)
4. The Hashish Man – Lord Dunsany (Maniac D Press)
5. Outsiders – Holder/Kilpatrick (ROC)
6. The Epicure – H. R. Howland (Berkley)
7. Poe’s Progeny – Gary Fry (Gray Friar Press)
8. The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales – Grimm/Grimm (Pantheon)
9. Lamb – Christopher Moore (Harper Perennial)
10. Dread in the Beast – Charlee Jacob (Necro)
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San Diego COMICON
Nancy had a great time at Comic Con in San Diego. She’s pictured here at BenBella Books’ Smart Pop autograph session with Maryelizabeth Hart, her co-author (with Maryelizabeth’s husband Jeff Mariotte) on Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Watcher’s Guide Volume 2. Maryelizabeth and Jeff are also co-owners of Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore in San Diego.
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Something Wicked Evil This Way Comes
There’s something troubling about Professor Caligari’s Traveling Carnival. Perhaps it’s that no one can recall the arrival of its hard-to-miss caravan of old-style wagons, countless performers, and horse-drawn carts. Maybe it’s the creepy calliope music that tirelessly beckons visitors. Let’s face it, an enigma that chooses Sunnydale nearly guarantees it’s up to more than wholesome family entertainment.
After a visit to the carnival’s Hall of Mirrors, a once-shy pair of homely sophomore twins parades the halls of Sunnydale High like diva supermodels on a runway. Intuiting the twins’ abrupt personality change as more than a self-confidence boost, Buffy — joined by Angel, Giles, and the rest of the Scoobies — decides to investigate the suspicious carnival firsthand. But soon it’s apparent that the price of admission is higher than she imagined. Those who enter the carnival’s attractions exit…changed. Each of the gang soon shows extreme displays of vice. Willow is wracked with envy. Cordelia’s greed consumes her. Xander unleashes his gluttony. Angel reveals a lusty new persona. And a dark anger rises in Giles. But it’s Buffy’s now-blinding pride that threatens to overpower her, and in the process destroy those she loves….
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Pretty Little Devils
Hazel Stone wants nothing more than to be a part of the hottest clique in school, the Pretty Little Devils. She’s got the style, she’s cool enough, so how did she end up at a lunch table full of high school C-listers?
Hazel has resigned herself to life as a nobody, when suddenly everything changes. Sylvia, queen bee of the PLDs, invites Hazel to one of the group’s famous soirees—held at the site of their babysitting jobs.
Before Hazel knows it, she’s in with the in crowd—and she couldn’t be more thrilled!
But popularity comes with a price. Especially when one of Hazel’s classmates becomes jealous of her newfound status—deadly jealous.
And you know how school gossip can just rip a girl to shreds . . .
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Queen of the Slayers
QOTS is a publishing event for fans of Buffy. The story starts after Buffy and Company get back on the bus….no spoilers for those watching Season Seven for the first time, but suffice to say that it was both exciting and challenging to imagine the Buffyverse all the things that came to pass at the conclusion of the series.
QOTS conforms to the continuity of Angel Season Five–we can all recite the various tidbits about what the Scoobies were up to–astral projection, Rome, the Immortal–and also to what Willow and Buffy wrought, in their efforts to defeat the Biggest Bad they had ever come up against. Until, of course, the evils Buffy & Co. face in QOTS.
I hope you’re pleased by QOTS. I loved working on it.
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HEAT
In his first year in Los Angeles, Angel, the vampire with a soul, came across an inter-dimensional hunter named Jhiera. The seductive woman was only trying to protect other females in her culture from being stripped of their emotions–intense intense emotions that gave them dominance over men. Angel fell victim to her heat, but Jhiera had to return to her own dimension. Now “She” is back and searching for a lost young woman who may be the key to unleashing an interstellar war–a war that will be led by a powerful sorcerer, determined to free China’s terracotta army of fierce samurai from their long imprisonment…
In Sunnydale, Buffy Summers is casting about in her new life–as school counselor, guardian of Dawn, best friend, keeper of Spike’s sanity, and of course as Slayer–hoping to find something, anything, that will give her back that “finished” feeling. A demonic army with a dragon at its head is so not what she needs right now.
That can’t be a coincidence…can it?
“Full of the action and wit characteristic of the popular television series…. Sure to be a crowd pleaser.”
–Booklist on Nancy’s BTVS: The Book of Fours
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MOTA 4: INTEGRITY
Nancy edited this gathering of fine stories, including “Merlot,” by Laura Evans, the winner of the Emerging Writers contest; and “Slicks,” by Nancy’s former writing partner, multiple-award winning author Melanie Tem. Published by TripleTree Publishing, an exclusive publisher of uncommon fiction.
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Tales of the Slayer, Volume 4
Nancy has a new Slayer story in TALES OF THE SLAYER, VOLUME 4…about Nikki Wood, Robin’s mother! It’s her Cruciamentum…and her Watcher is in for a shock.
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SPIRITED – A retelling of Beauty and the Beast set during the French and Indian War
WAR. RAGE. MAGIC. LOVE. In May of 1756 war is formally declared between the British and the French. In this highly dangerous time and place, Isabella Stevens is traveling with her father to the British stronghold, Fort William Henry.
In the forest, Wusamequin, the young and handsome medicine man, looks to avenge the death of his wife and child at the hands of the British soldiers. When Wusamequin spots Isabella and her father, he alerts his warriors to capture them. But Wusamequin is quite taken with how bravely Isabella battles. He orders the warriors to spare her and her father, and they are dragged back to their village. However, many members of the Mohican tribe still want them to be killed. In a desperate plea to Wusamequin, Isabella vows to stay as his hostage if he lets her father go.
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When a mysterious stranger helped her discover her family’s legacy of fighting evil, things began to make sense in Isabella DeMarco’s life. But could she marshal her newfound supernatural powers to fend off the formidable vampire hell-bent on bringing Izzy down in flames?
