Good Monday, Muses!
July is coming quickly to an end and unfortunately there are not many titles coming out this week. BUT, that is quite alright since August is right around the corner and their are many exciting releases to come. So this is a great week to kind of sit back and save a little money. Of course there are still a few releases this week worth mentioning!
In Adult books,
Seduced by Blood, the 4th novel in Laurie Landon's
Sweetblood vampire series will be hitting shelves on Tuesday. For those who like erotica, the e-book
Ink Lust by Jayne Kingston sounds yummy. In Young Adult, fans of Kiersten White's
Paranormalcy series will be excited for the release of book 3 called
Endlessly. I personally am looking forward to checking out the much talked about
Cold Fury by T.M. Goeglein.
In movies,
Silent House might be worth checking out if you need a horror fix. Also, it is the only movie this week that comes in a Blu-ray-DVD combo pack. And lastly, in TV Series, the STARZ originally series,
Boss Season 1 comes to blu-ray and dvd. I am not a huge Kelsey Grammer fan, but I've been hearing that he is absolutely amazing in this show.
BOOKS (July 24th)
ADULT
Dragon Justice (Paranormal Scene Investigations, #4)
by: Justice Anne Gilman
In my time with PUPI,
formally known as Private, Unaffiliated Paranormal Investigations, I've
seen a lot. Learned a lot. And not all of it's been good. But what we
do-make people accountable for crimes committed with magic-is important
work. Still. Even I need to take a break every now and again. Or so
I've just been told (ordered). So hey, vacation. Maybe I'll finally
figure out what's going on with the "special bond" between me and the
bossman, Benjamin Venec. Venec seems to like that idea-he's invited me
down to join him on a jaunt to Philly. But no sooner do I arrive in the
City of Brotherly Love than we're called in to look at a dead
body. And that's when life gets really complicated..
Release Date: 24 July 2012
Ink Lust
by: Jayne Kingston
Leni Brewster should
have been disappointed when her twin sister had to bail on holding her
hand during her first tattoo, but going to her appointment solo means
time alone with the sexy-as-hell tattoo artist who falls into the Do Not
Touch category two-fold.
Only Jamie Rodriguez isn’t as
off-limits as Leni thinks. Privately single for months, Jamie finds
himself more than looking forward to having the hot little librarian in
his chair. And when she accidentally reveals a naughty secret about
herself, he can’t get his hands on her fast enough—he has to know what
else she’s hiding under that buttoned-up exterior of hers.
What
he discovers sets his blood to boiling, igniting a burning determination
to test every single one of the boundaries, both personal and physical,
that she’s set for herself.
Release Date: 25 July 2012
No Surrender, No Retreat (Archangel Chronicles, #2)
by: L.J. LaBarthe
Seventy years after it
began, the war between angels and demons is over. Archangels Gabriel and
Michael reunite at last, but a dangerous new challenge stands in the
way of their happiness: someone is kidnapping angels and selling them as
trophies on the black market. When Raphael, Archangel of Healing, goes
missing, his tearful lover joins with the Brotherhood of Archangels and
their lieutenants to rescue him.
Without Raphael’s healing touch,
disease spreads quickly through the world’s human population. The
situation only worsens when the angel Agrat is kidnapped: the number of
sex crimes begins to rise and her husband, Gabriel’s lieutenant, loses
himself to his grief. As they mount a rescue mission, Gabriel and
Michael’s relationship will be put to the test. With the threat of the
world dying around them and tragedy looming overhead, can Gabriel and
Michael keep love and hope alive?
Release Date: 25 July 2012
Seduced by Blood (Sweetblood, #4)
by: Laurie London
Deep within the forests of the Pacific Northwest, the battle for supremacy rages on between two vampire coalitions: Guardian enforcers sworn to protect humanity, and Darkbloods, rogues who kill like their ancient ancestors... Hot-blooded
and hard-edged, Tristan Santiago has an uncanny ability to see beneath
the surface-a power that serves him well as the Guardians' region
commander. But when a deadly plot against his fellow vampires is
uncovered, he must turn to the one woman he can't read: the beautiful
yet mysterious Roxanne Reynolds, whose sensual presence soothes his
tormented memories. Roxy had put love before duty once before, with
devastating results. But to root out a dangerous traitor in their midst,
she must put her faith in Santiago, the one man skilled enough to break
through her defenses. Posing as lovers, Santiago and Roxy work side by
side-and discover a powerful craving that threatens to consume them
both...
Release Date: 24 July 2012
Technomancer (Unspeakable Things, #1)
by: B.V. Larson
A new kind of alien invasion…
When
Quentin Draith wakes up in a private sanatorium, he has no memory of
who he is or how he received the injuries riddling his body. All he
knows is that he has to get out, away from the drugs being pumped into
him and back to the real world to search for answers. His first
question: How did his friend Tony’s internal organs fill with sand,
killing him in a Las Vegas car crash?
After a narrow escape, he
tracks down the basic facts: he is an investigator and blogger
specializing in the supernatural—which is a good thing, because
Quentin’s life is getting stranger by the minute. It seems he is one of a
special breed, a person with unusual powers. He’s also the prime
suspect in a string of murders linked by a series of seemingly mundane
objects. The deeper he digs and the harder he works to clear his name,
the more Quentin realizes that some truths are better off staying
buried…
Release Date: 24 July 2012
YOUNG ADULT
Cold Fury (Cold Fury, #1)
by: T.M. Goeglein
Jason Bourne meets The Sopranos in this breathtaking adventure
Sara
Jane Rispoli is a normal sixteen-year-old coping with school and a
budding romance--until her parents and brother are kidnapped and she
discovers her family is deeply embedded in the Chicago Outfit (aka the
mob).
Now on the run from a masked assassin, rogue cops and her
turncoat uncle, Sara Jane is chased and attacked at every turn, fighting
back with cold fury as she searches for her family. It's a quest that
takes her through concealed doors and forgotten speakeasies--a city
hiding in plain sight. Though armed with a .45 and 96K in cash, an old
tattered notebook might be her best defense--hidden in its pages the
secret to "ultimate power." It's why she's being pursued, why her family
was taken, and could be the key to saving all of their lives.
Action packed, with fresh, cinematic writing, Cold Fury is a riveting and imaginative adventure readers will devour.
Release Date: 24 July 2012
Drain You
by: M. Beth Bloom
Every night I'd lie there in bed and look out at the hills behind our house, listening. I knew there'd be consequences.
Actions
meant reactions. Sunrises meant sunsets. My fear was too permanent,
lasting longer than eyeliner, something I wore every day and didn't wash
off.
Quinlan Lacey's life is a red carpet of weird fashions, hip
bands, random parties, and chilling by the pool with her on-and-off BFF
Libby. There's also her boring job (minimum wage), a crushed-out
coworker (way too interested), her summer plans (nada), and her parents
(totally clueless). Then one night she meets gorgeous James, and Quinn's
whole world turns crazy, Technicolor, 3-D, fireworks, whatever.
But
with good comes bad and unfortunately, Quinn's new romance brings with
it some majorly evil baggage. Now, to make things right, she has to do a
lot of things wrong (breaking and entering, kidnapping, lying, you name
it).
There's normal, and then there's paranormal, and neither
are Quinlan's cup of Diet Coke. Staying sane, cool, in love, and alive
isn't so easy breezy.
Release Date: 24 July 2012
Endlessly (Paranormalcy, #3)
by: Kiersten White
Evie's paranormal past
keeps coming back to haunt her. A new director at the International
Paranormal Containment Agency wants to drag her back to headquarters.
The Dark Faerie Queen is torturing humans in her poisonous realm. And
supernatural creatures keep insisting that Evie is the only one who can
save them from a mysterious, perilous fate.
The clock is ticking on the entire paranormal world. And its fate rests solely in Evie's hands.
So much for normal.
Release Date: 24 July 2012
Guitar Notes
by: Mary Amato
On odd days, Tripp Broody uses a school practice room to let loose on a
borrowed guitar. Eyes closed, strumming that beat-up instrument, Tripp
escapes to a world where only the music matters.
On even days,
Lyla Marks uses the same practice room. To Tripp, she’s trying to become
even more perfect—she’s already a straight-A student and an
award-winning cellist. But when Lyla begins leaving notes for him in
between the strings of the guitar, his life intersects with hers in a
way he never expected.
What starts as a series of snippy notes
quickly blossoms into the sharing of interests and secrets and dreams,
and the forging of a very unlikely friendship.
Challenging each other to write songs, they begin to connect, even though circumstances threaten to tear them apart.
From
beloved author Mary Amato comes a YA novel of wit and wisdom, both
heartfelt and heartbreaking, about the power of music and the
unexpected chords that draw us together.
Release Date: 24 July 2012
Red Heart Tattoo
by: Lurlene McDaniel
At 7:45 a.m. on the day
before Thanksgiving break, a bomb goes off at Edison High. Nine people
die instantly. Fifteen are critically injured. Twenty-two suffer less
severe injuries. And one is blinded. Those who survive, struggle to cope
with the loss and destruction. All must find new meaning for their
lives as a result of something they may never understand.
Lurlene
McDaniel's signature expertise and finesse in dealing with issues of
violence, death, and physical as well as emotional trauma in the lives
of teens is immediate and heartrending.
Release Date: 24 July 2012
Something Strange and Deadly
by: Susan Dennard
The year is 1876, and there’s something strange and deadly loose in Philadelphia…
Eleanor
Fitt has a lot to worry about. Her brother has gone missing, her family
has fallen on hard times, and her mother is determined to marry her off
to any rich young man who walks by. But this is nothing compared to
what she’s just read in the newspaper—
The Dead are rising in Philadelphia.
And then, in a frightening attack, a zombie delivers a letter to Eleanor…from her brother.
Whoever
is controlling the Dead army has taken her brother as well. If Eleanor
is going to find him, she’ll have to venture into the lab of the
notorious Spirit-Hunters, who protect the city from supernatural forces.
But as Eleanor spends more time with the Spirit-Hunters, including
their maddeningly stubborn yet handsome inventor, Daniel, the situation
becomes dire. And now, not only is her reputation on the line, but her
very life may hang in the balance.
Release Date: 24 July 2012
MOVIES & TV SERIES (July 24th)
MOVIES
Brake
Directed by: Gabe Torres
Starring: Stephen Dorff
Secret Service Agent Jeremy Reins (Stephen Dorff) is about to have a
very bad day. He wakes up trapped in the dark, cramped trunk of a moving
car with no recollection of how or why he's there. The only light comes
from the blood-red digital numbers ticking away above his head that
signify one thing..he's running out of time. As the captors reveal
themselves and their motives while torturing their hostage mentally and
physically, Jeremy realizes he is a pawn in their potentially
catastrophic
plot. He will not be set free until he gives up information about the President he's been trained not to reveal.
Release Date: 24 July 2012
Joint Body
Directed by: Brian Jun
Starring: Mark Pellgrino, Alicia Witt
Joint Body is a gritty noir crime drama about Nick, a recent parolee,
(Pellgrino) who is abandoned by his ex-wife and barred from seeing his
young daughter. Trying to move on in his new life, Nick develops a
relationship with a lonely, yet troubled stripper (Witt). When someone
from her past shows up unexpectedly, Nick saves her life, but once again
puts him on the wrong side of the law.
Release Date: 24 July 2012
Port City
Directed by: Andy Brown
Starring: Matt Lutz, Jodie Sweetin
David (Matt Lutz) is a recent college dropout. Nancy (Jodie Sweetin) is
his romantically challenged sister. Jason (Micah Shane Ballinger) is his
very talkative, very gay new neighbor. And Jeanne (Natalie Canerday) is
the co-worker whose husband is about to make her snap. When the
temperature rises, so does the trouble for David and everyone around
him. Secrets, lies, infidelity, betrayal and one very unwanted
goat...it's not just another summer for this sleepy southern town. And
when a trailer
park hitman sets his
sights on a new target, will all their lives change forever? Set in the
Cape Fear riverside city of Wilmington, N.C., this sly, surprising
comedy also stars Barbara Alyn Woods and John Wesley Shipp.
Release Date: 24 July 2012
Silent House
Directed by: Chris Kentis, Laura Lau
Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese
From the directors of the hit film Open Water, Silent House is a
uniquely unsettling horror thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen as Sarah, a
young woman who finds herself sealed inside her family's secluded lake
house. With no contact to the outside world, and no way out, panic turns
to terror to terror as events become increasingly ominous in and around
the house. Directed by filmmaking duo Chris Kentis and Laura Lau,
Silent House uses meticulous camera choreography to take the audience on
a
tension-filled, real time journey, experienced in a single uninterrupted shot.
Release Date: 24 July 2012
The Deep Blue Sea
Directed by: Terence Davies
Starring: Tom Hiddleton, Rachel Weisz
Master chronicler of post-War England, Terence Davies directs Rachel
Weisz as a woman whose overpowering love threatens her well-being and
alienates the men in her life. In a deeply vulnerable performance,
Rachel Weisz plays Hester Collyer, the wife of an upper-class judge
(Simon Russell Beale) and a free spirit trapped in a passionless
marriage. Her encounter with Freddie Page (Tom Hiddleston), a troubled
former Royal Air Force pilot, throws her life in turmoil, as their
erotic relationship
leaves her emotionally
stranded and physically isolated. The film is an adaptation of British
playwright Terence Rattigan's 1952 play, featuring one of the greatest
roles for an actress in modern theatre.
Release Date: 24 July 2012
TV SERIES
Boss: Season 1
Starring: Kelsey Grammer
Mayor Tom Kane (Golden Globe® winner Kelsey Grammer) is King of Chicago,
and he rules his domain with an iron fist. Deception, scandal, and
betrayal go hand in hand with Kane’s form of politics. As long as he
gets the job done, the people of Chicago look the other way. Despite
being the most effective mayor in recent history, Kane is hiding a dark
secret. A degenerative brain disorder is ripping everything away from
him, and he can’t trust his memory, his closest allies, or even himself.
Watch as Kane viciously fights battles on all fronts in "Boss" Season
1.
Release Date: 24 July 2012
Children's Hospital: Season 3
Starring: Rob Corddry, Malin Akerman
The courageous doctors of Childrens Hospital - brilliant, egotistical,
nymphomaniacal - do whatever it takes to save sick kids' lives whether
they deserve it or not. The CH team will disrobe, do Ecstasy, donate
organs (except for the important one), or shoot adult films in the OR -
all for the greater good. Show creator Rob Corddry stars with series
regulars Malin Akerman, Lake Bell, Erinn Hayes, Rob Huebel, Ken Marino,
Megan Mullally, Henry Winkler and a slew of celebrity drop-ins. Get your
hands on all 14 Season Three episodes of this outlandishly incorrect,
medically dope and seriously short series that'll literally get you
high. Not really.
Release Date: 24 July 2012
