Summer Reading Suggestions Paranormal Romance

I am a lover of books, though as a Mom, I sometimes don't get to read as much as I like. Thank goodness for audio books! My tastes tend to run to chick lit but recently I have also gotten into paranormal romances. They are basically chick lit that involve creatures of the night.  Below are two books that just came out that you might want to check out. I will be adding more as they come out this summer.


This is the book series that HBO's True Blood is based on. I love the series but I think the books are much better.  This is the 10th book in the Sookie Stackhouse series and there are only going to be three more. I read the first nine books all in a row and couldn't put them down.

Here is a summary: Still reeling from the deaths of her fairy cousin, Claudine, and many others in 2009's Dead and Gone, Sookie Stackhouse struggles with paranormal politics in her entertaining if slow-moving 10th outing. When Claudine's triplet, Claude, appears at her doorstep, Sookie reluctantly allows him to move in. The government threatens two-natures with mandatory registration, and tensions run high in the local Were pack. Then Eric's maker, a Roman named Appius Livius Ocella, arrives without warning, bringing along Alexei Romanov, whom he rescued from the Bolsheviks and turned into a vampire. Though the action often builds too slowly, the exploration of family in its many human and undead variations is intriguing, and Harris delivers her usual mix of eccentric characters and engaging subplots.


I think that this author is definately and up and comer. Charlaine Harris who wrote the Sookie Stackhouse series has written good things about this author. This is her fifth book in the series and I think they keep getting better and better. They are also a nice easy read.

Here is a summary: In wintry Wisconsin, occult bookseller-and witch-Garnet Lacey isn't immune to the cold. But even though her new vampire husband doesn't actually have a pulse, love will keep them warm-if the honeymoon doesn't drive them apart.

Thanks to a vengeful frost demon, instead of a gothic honeymoon in Transylvania, Garnet and Sebastian are stuck in exotic Minneapolis, Minnesota. And with gods and goddesses running amok all over town, Garnet can't seem to find much quality time for her new hubby...


This book is the 9th book in the Queen Betsy series. Queen Betsy is Queen of the vampires and she lives in Minneapolis and love shoes. It is basically a comedic mix of True Blood and Sex and the City mixed together. This book comes out July 6 and I can't wait!
 Here is a summary: Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor is having a tough time getting through the Book of the Dead-until the Devil strikes a bargain. She offers Betsy a chance to finish the cursed (literally!) thing, and finally discover all its mysteries. There's just one catch...


Betsy and her half-sister Laura have to go to Hell long enough for Laura to embrace her dark heritage (after a rebellious youth of charity work) and finally make nice with her mother, aka Lucifer. That means interacting with their family's past. In doing so, they're impacting the future in ways they never anticipated. Of course that's what Mother wanted all along. Damn her.