Upcoming Penguin books + give away

Here are 4 new releases from Penguin I received. I want to share the love. One winner will get their choice. Open to everyone.

Fated (an Alex Verus Novel)

by Benedict Jacka

Release: February 28, 2012

Alex Verus is a diviner, able to see the future. This is impressive to most people but less so to other mages, who can do things like throw fire, disintegrate things, and fly. Right now Alex has a problem – a site’s been discovered containing an ancient and powerful relic, and lots of people are looking for a diviner to open it, including a trio of dark mages, a faction of the Council with an agenda of their own, and a shadowy figure out of Alex’s past, all of whom are looking to recruit, press-gang, or kill Alex, not necessarily in that order.

As if that’s not enough, Alex has to take care of his would-be apprentice, who has some connection to the relic which is making her a target as well . . . and who also just happens to carry a curse that’ll kill anyone who gets too close, assuming the mages hunting her don’t do it first. His allies are an air elemental with the memory of a goldfish and a creature living under Hampstead Heath that would make most people run screaming.

Sometimes seeing the future isn’t as fun as it sounds.

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You can read the first chapter here

next books in the series:

Cursed (May 29, 2012)

Taken (TBA)

How to be Death (Calliope Reaper-Jones novel)

by Amber Benson

release: February 28, 2012

All Calliope Reaper-Jones ever wanted out of life was a fabulous job in New York City and a really hot boyfriend. But now, she's the brand-new President of Death, Inc. With the Board of Death breathing down her neck and her dad's copy of How to be Death (A Fully Annotated Guide) unopened, Callie's really feeling the tension. And when the guide book is stolen at a fancy formal dinner, Callie has to figure out how to be the boss--before the powers held within the book get out and destroy humanity forever...

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previous books:

Death's Daughter (book #1)

Cat's Claw (book #2)

Serpent's Storm (book #3)

Doubletake (Cal Leandros Novel)

by Rob Thurman

releases: March 6, 2012

Half-human/half-monster Cal Leandros knows that family is a pain. But now that pain belongs to his half-brother, Niko. Niko's shady father is in town, and he needs a big favor. Even worse is the reunion being held by the devious Puck race-including the Leandros' friend, Robin- featuring a lottery that no Puck wants to win. As Cal tries to keep both Niko and Robin from paying the ultimate price for their kin, a horrific reminder from Cal's own past arrives to remind him that blood is thicker than water-and that's why it's so much more fun to spill.

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previous books:

Nightlife (book #1)

Moonshine (book #2)

Madhouse (book #3)

Deathwish (book #4)

Roadkill (book #5)

Blackout(book #6)

Black Howl (A Black Wings Novel)

by Christina Henry

releases: February 28, 2012

Something is wrong with the souls of Chicago's dead. Ghosts are walking the streets, and Agent of Death Madeline Black's exasperating boss wants her to figure out why. And while work is bad enough, Maddy has a plethora of personal problems too. Now that Gabriel has been assigned as her thrall, their relationship has hit an impasse. At least her sleazy ex-fiance Nathaniel is out of the picture--or so she thinks...

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previous books:

Black Wings (book #1)

Black Night (book #2)

Winners choice of one of these new releases!

1. Leave a way to contact you in the comments

2. If you had to eat the same food for dinner for a whole year, what would it be? (random, yes. but I am hungry)

*Double entry for followers

Ends February 23rd