May 2010 Releases | Headline Publishing Group

Wintercraft by Jenna Burtenshaw

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780755370962

Release Date: 13/05/2010
Genre: Young Adult
Series/Stand Alone: Stand Alone

Publisher's Blurb: Ten years ago Kate Winters' parents were taken by the High Council's wardens to help with the country's war effort. Now the wardens are back...and prisoners, including Kate's uncle Artemis, are taken south on the terrifying Night Train. Kate and her friend Edgar are hunted by a far more dangerous enemy. Silas Dane -- the High Council's most feared man -- recognises Kate as one of the Skilled; a rare group of people able to see through the veil between the living and the dead. His spirit was damaged by the High Council's experiments into the veil, and he's convinced that Kate can undo the damage and allow him to find peace. The knowledge Kate needs lies within Wintercraft -- a book thought to be hidden deep beneath the graveyard city of Fume. But the Night of Souls, when the veil between life and death is at its thinnest, is just days away and the High Council have their own sinister plans for Kate and Wintercraft.

April 2010 Releases | Headline Publishing Group

Hell's Belles by Paul Magrs

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780755346462

Release Date: 01/04/2010
Genre: Fantasy
Series/Stand Alone: Book 4 of the Adventures of Brenda and Effie

Publisher's Blurb: Penny is running away from a life of domestic strife and into mysterious Whitby -- where she hopes to find herself. But in her quest for self-discovery, Penny may have stumbled on something far more sinister: the gateway to hell. For Whitby is no ordinary seaside resort, and all that keeps the evil at bay are Brenda and Effie -- two very unusual old ladies. When a film crew comes to town to remake the sixties schlock horror movie Get Thee Inside Me, Satan, Brenda and Effie suspect something strange is afoot. Female lead Karla Sorenson is reprising her role and she doesn't look like she's aged a day. Surely that's not possible? Then there are the disturbing rumours surrounding the original movie -- a cult classic that is, quite literally, spell-binding. As events spool out of control, Penny's new boss Robert draws her deeper into the movie's peculiar mystery. But can it be stopped before all hell breaks loose?


Micah & Strange Candy by Laurell K Hamilton

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780755355440

Release Date: 01/04/2010
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Series/Stand Alone: Book 13 of the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series

Publisher's Blurb: MICAH 'Raising the dead is easy. Love is hard.' There are lots of reasons to raise the dead -- some private, some public. In this case, the feds have a witness who died before he could speak on the record. They want him raised so his testimony can be taken. So here I am, Anita Blake, necromancer, on a plane to Philadelphia, flying off to do my job. But I'm not alone: Micah, head of the St Louis wereleopards, is with me. I'm happy to have him at my side. Until he mentions that this will be our first time alone together. Just me and Micah. And all my fears and doubts...STRANGE CANDY Fantastical fairy tales that will leave you craving more: from the woman who marries into a family of wizards to a couple fleeing a gang of love-hungry cupids, readers will revel in these unique visions.


Danse Macabre by Laurell K Hamilton

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780755355419

Release Date: 01/04/2010
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Series/Stand Alone: Book 14 of the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series

Publisher's Blurb: 'It was the middle of November, I was supposed to be out jogging, but instead I was sitting at my breakfast table talking about men, sex, werewolves and vampires. I should be concentrating on my dangerous situation -- the ardeur between me and Jean-Claude, Master Vampire of the City, and Richard, my werewolf lover, is reaching new levels, evolving into something altogether new, acting with a will of its own.' But instead Anita Blake, preternatural expert and feared executioner, is less interested in vampire politics than in the ancient, ordinary dread that women down the ages have experienced: am I pregnant? And, if so, is the father a vampire, a werewolf or someone else entirely. And being a Federal Marshall, known for raising the dead and hunting vampires, is no way to bring up a baby.


The Harlequin by Laurell K Hamilton

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780755355426

Release Date: 01/04/2010
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Series/Stand Alone: Book 15 of the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series

Publisher's Blurb: 'They will play with us, then destroy us...They are what we fear in the dark.' The first warning is unexpected, calculated. The second warning is a gift: a plain white mask, carefully wrapped. But white is good -- white means we are only being watched. It seems the power that connects me, Anita Blake, with Jean-Claude Vampire Master of the City and Richard, leader of the werewolves, is attracting very unwelcome attention -- from creatures so feared no vampire will willingly speak their name. They are known as the Harlequin, and they have the authority to pass judgement upon me. It is forbidden to speak of the Harlequin unless you've been contacted. And to be contacted is to face a sentence of death.