To celebrate we have x10 large paperback copies of the book to giveaway. All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is complete the entry form below.

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In the Ichidian Universe, the League and its ruthless assassins continue to keep rule. But at what cost? Welcome back to the future. . .and a whole new world.

The second most infamous member of the shadow organisation called Sentella, Kere, an explosives engineer, is known for striking terror in the hearts of all enemies. The bounty on his head is truly staggering, and no one outside the Sentella knows his real identity.

Zarya Starska grew up hard on the back streets of hell. Labelled a traitor because of her father’s political beliefs, she dreams of a different life and a different world. A world where the harsh hand of the Caronese government doesn’t destroy the lives of its citizens. As a resistance leader, her goal is to topple to government that took her father’s life, along with her mysterious right-hand man, known only as Kere.
But Kere has a dark secret. He’s out for revenge for past crimes against his family, and plans to annihilate all those he feels guilty, along with every resistance member he can find . . . including Zarya.

Born of Silence is available from book retailers now. Head on over to theUK Book page to read an extract from the novel.

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To celebrate publication we have some truly fantastic Belador Code prizes up to grabs – all donated by the lovely Dianna Love. First prize includes a paperback copy of The Curse, a set of 10 transferable Belador triquetra tattoos, a Belador branded Post-it notebook signed by Dianna Love, a Belador T-shirt, a Keeper Kase™  packed with Belador book covers signed by Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love, and a Belador bookmark all inside a monogrammed Belador tote bag!

Second prize is a paperback copy of The Curse, a set of 10 transferable Belador triquetra tattoos, a Belador Post-it notebook signed by Dianna Love, a Belador T-shirt, a Belador bookmark and a Keeper Kase™ packed with signed Belador book covers. Five runners-up will also win Belador bookmarks plus transferable tattoos for them and their friends. All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning these great prizes is complete the entry form below.

This is a bumper crop of prizes, so what are you waiting for? Enter now.

Last week fans also caught up with Dianna Love, co-author of the Belador Code series, for an exclusive Twitter chat about the series. For those who missed the live chat, we have a transcript of some of the best bits here.

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The Curse is available to buy in paperback and as an eBook from all good book retailers now. For more about New York Times bestseller Dianna Love, visit her website and Twitter feed.

For those who missed it we have collected the best bits from the web chat below. Enjoy!

Fan: The worlds and mythology you and Sherrilyn Kenyon create are astonishing! Where does inspiration for Beladors mythology come from?

DL: Celtic mythology and the idea of warrior descendants living today . . . and creating a mix blood female with a lot of troubles who likes to kick demon butt!

Fan: Do you have a planned number of books for the series?

DL: Not a set number of books, but there are at least 4 major series arcs — first one is soon. Lot happening in CURSE.

Fan: Don’t want Evalle’s story to ever end but want her to find HEA! Thank you!

DL: LOL — we feel the same way! And she has a lot of story yet to go with big surprises coming in Curse & next book

Fan: How did you come up with lugnuts as a snack for Feenix?

DL: He is TOO cute and I kept thinking ‘what would be fun that would cause trouble?’

Fan: Do you and Sherrilyn Kenyon ever disagree on an idea and if so, how do you decide who wins?

DL: LOL — We respect each other’s opinion so no fights, but lots of [snarky comments] in the pages.

Fan: I basically love ALL the characters in this series! Is there any of them you particularly feel close to?

DL: I truly LOVE Feenix because he’s so sweet, but Evalle is special to me because of what she’s survived and faces each day.

Fan: What’s the best part of writing in collaboration?

DL: Brainstorming together, sharing moments when some character or plot element surprises us, laughing (we snark a lot) . . . Being able to spin a story in unexpected directions is what drew me into writing. Love puzzles & lots of action.

Fan: If you could have a magical power like the Beladors we wondered what it would be?

DL: Oh, it would so be to teleport. I hate traffic and would take a helicopter over diamonds any day . . .

DL: A question from me – who do you think Evalle should end up with? And why?

Fan: Storm! But I have to say the way you ladies write it makes me dream about anyone so, I’m flexible on my decision. LOL

PB: Ohh — that is a tough one. We don’t want to play favourites but Jaguar shapeshifters are pretty hot! (i.e. Storm!)

PB: Time is up guys! A massive thank you to @diannalove for her time and speedy question answering!
DL: Thank you for inviting me! I enjoyed chatting.#Beladors

To celebrate publication of The Curse, we also have some fantastic prizes (all donated by the lovely Dianna Love) to give away. Enter now!

The Curse is available to buy in paperback and as an eBook from all good book retailers now. For more about New York Times bestseller Dianna Love, visit her website and Twitter feed.

With just  two weeks to go until we publish The Curse, the brand new novel in the Belador Code, we caught up with NYT bestselling author Dianna Love to find out more about how the series came about and just what it is like to collaborate with the queen of paranormal — Sherrilyn Kenyon.

I’m often asked what it’s like to collaborate with #1 NYT bestselling paranormal author Sherrilyn Kenyon and many times when I’m asked this, we’re out on tour or at reader events with her standing right beside. That’s when we look at each other and smother our chuckles, because we’re probably the oddest writing team out there.

Why?  Sherrilyn has been writing since she picked up crayons, but I didn’t start writing until 2001.  Sherri goes to bed at 4:00 am and I get up at 4:00 am. She’s a seat-of-the-pants writer and I tend to plot out complex story threads.  She has three children.  I have a saltwater tank full of fish, which is why I remind her that my life is far more stressful since she’s never had to flush a child.  That’s when she reminds me that she’s wanted to do just that a couple of times.

How did we come to collaborate on two series?  It happened about 2:00 AM one morning in the middle of a tour.  I don’t remember which city.  We’d just gotten in from a late signing and were trying to unwind quickly so we could grab a few hours sleep and head out by 6:00 AM.  We started talking about a series she had going and got around to the BAD agency.  She wanted to give it the darker, edgier feel of a thriller so I immediately started brainstorming something off the cuff.  The next thing I know she’s suggesting we write it together.

This is where the dialogue cloud above my head read, Let me think about this…collaborate with a #1 NYT best selling author?  My answer?  Let me put it this way – my mamma drowned the dumb kids.  But that was the extent of our planning how we’d do it.  Later that day, we just started writing on the first book.

What’s our process?  We don’t take separate chapters or characters to write.  I like to write the opening of the story, but once we get rolling we’ll hand off the book in the middle of a scene. We both read each other’s words and edit at will.  From the beginning, we had one common goal – the story came first.  Splitting up characters and/or scenes disrupts the author voice, in my opinion.  I’ve read stories written that way and it’s easy to pick up who wrote what because I got pulled out of the story.  I’ve also read stories written the way we write and find myself immersed in the journey, so that works for us.

Who wins a fight?  We get that question often and laugh, because we don’t fight, but we do put snarky comments in brackets.  We’ve sat in her cabin in two different rooms, emailing chapters back and forth on the final run.  One of us will hit a snarky comment and lean over to call out something derogatory and the other one will snort or chuckle.  I did walk in once to ask her about a sentence that didn’t seem to fit.  When I pointed it out to her, she said, “I thought you wrote it.”  I said, “I thought you wrote it.”  We deleted it and pretended that sentence never happened.  That’s how well our voices overlap and blend.

Four years ago, our publisher asked if we’d consider writing something paranormal together. Back in 2006, I’d created an urban fantasy concept about the Beladors. I’d shopped the series to editors who’d wanted it, but marketing departments said the Belador series was too unusual and (at the time) didn’t fit within any genre.  They had no idea how to present it to readers.  One editor suggested it was ahead of its time, which turned out to be the case.  But fast-forward four years to the conversation with Sherri and our publisher.  Since she’d been generous enough to bring me into the BAD Agency series she’d created, I asked Sherri if she’d like to collaborate on the Beladors. By that point the urban fantasy market had changed significantly, and she loved the idea.

Sherri and I met when my first book was out and we noticed we’d been running into each other every weekend at the same conferences for over a month.  We started eating together, then meeting at other events.  Inside a year, we’d become good friends and were touring in the US and internationally.  For my part, I feel blessed to have met someone like Sherri who is both creatively generous and has been a wonderful friend.  We’ve covered a lot of miles together, and we both share a passion for writing, business and marketing that has produced a lot of interesting ideas.  It’s been great to work together as a team through the crazy business of publishing, and the most wonderful part—getting out there to meet the readers and fans.

To find out more about the Belador Code and The Curse visit the UK Books page now.

For more about Dianna Love visit  her website and stay tuned to Dianna’s Twitter feed for your chance to ask her anything in an exclusive #Beladors web chat from 13.00hrs GMT on Friday 14th September 2012!

An explosive read for existing fans and newcomers alike, in Time Untime we meet Kateri Avani a young scientist who is about to come face to face with the mysterious warrior who has haunted her dreams her whole life; we also catch up with Ren Waya (the sexy Keetoowah warrior of Kateri’s dreams, a Dark-Hunter® the eagle eyed among you might recognise as Renegade from Retribution).

You can check out an extract or get your copy of the book from the Time Untime Book Page now, or read on for more info about this scorching summer must-read!

About the book:

Long before recorded history, there was a Keetoowah warrior so feared that everyone trembled before his wrath. Only a brutal betrayal by the one closest to him could defeat him. But not even death was the end of a man so strong.

The Time Untime approaches . . .

Kateri Avani has been plagued her entire life with dreams she doesn’t understand: images of places she’s never been and of a man she’s never seen. Her quest for answers has driven her to Las Vegas where she hopes to finally silence the demons in her mind. What she never anticipates is coming face to face with the warrior who has haunted her her entire life. One who belongs to a world the scientist in her refuses to believe is real.

Ren Waya came back from the dead to keep the prophecy he began from coming true and ending the world. For thousands of years, he has fought the same evil that once possessed him. But now that evil has found the one person he can’t fight. The one person who, against his will, holds the most sacred part of him: his heart. But if he doesn’t kill Kateri, the deadliest of evils will reemerge and destroy everyone else on the planet. It was a sacrifice he made once. Will he be able to make it again?

Time Untime is available from all good book shops and online retailers now.

This autumn sees the release of Time Untime, the brand-new novel in the tantalising Dark-Hunter® series. Chockfull of the choice Dark-Hunter® ingredients fans will know and adore (brutal betrayal, the deadliest of evil, and enough steamy romance to make E.L. James fans blush), at its heart Time Untime is also an extremely timely edge-of-your-seat countdown to the apocalypse, making it the perfect read for Dark-Hunter® newcomers too. We predict it will be an explosive autumn hit (much less depressing than that 21.12.12 end-of-the world business!)

To celebrate the release of Time Untime and to make sure you are the first to get the book when it hits the bookshops, we have created a handy and rather attractive Time Untime countdown timer for you to download and share.

You can see the timer in action in the sidebar and find out how to download yours here.

The Time Untime is approaching. If there is one thing you do this year, don’t miss it!

You can find out more and read an extract of Time Untime here.

To celebrate the UK paperback publication of Retribution and The Guardian – the sensational new books in the Dark-Hunter® series – we are offering three winners the chance to get their hands on a copy of both books. All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is simply complete the entry form below, making sure you have read the full terms and conditions and our privacy policy before you enter.

ABOUT THE BOOKS

RETRIBUTION

Orphaned as a toddler, Abigail Yager was taken in by a family of vampires and raised on one belief: Dark-Hunters are evil and they must all be destroyed.

Then her world collides with that of Dark-Hunter William Jessup Brady. Brought together by an angry god and chased by ancient enemies out to kill them both, Abigail and Jessup must find a way to overcome their mutual hatred or watch as one of the darkest of powers rises and kills both the races they’ve sworn to protect.

Out now.

THE GUARDIAN

As a Dream-Hunter, Lydia has been charged with the most sacred and dangerous of missions. She’s to descend into the Nether Realm and find the missing god of dreams before he betrays secrets that could kill all of them. What she never expects is to be taken prisoner by the Realm’s most vicious guardian . . .

Available to pre-order.

Retribution is available to buy from all good bookshops now. The Guardian hits bookshops on Thursday 3rd May and is available to pre-order now.

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This competition is now closed. Winners will be notified in due course via the email address provided to enter the competition.

Infamous, the third book in the exhilarating Chronicles of Nick series is available to buy in large paperback today. To celebrate, you’ve guessed it, we have five gorgeous copies of the book to give away!

About the book:

Go to school. Get good grades. Stay out of trouble. That’s the mission for most kids. But Nick Gautier isn’t the average teenager. He’s a boy with a destiny not even he fully understands. And his first task is to stay alive while everyone, even his own father, tries to kill him. 

Nick is on the brink of becoming either the greatest hero mankind has ever known – or he’ll be the one who ends the world. With enemies new and old gathering forces, he will have to call on every part of himself to fight or he’ll lose everyone he cares about. Even himself.

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To be in with a chance of winning a copy of Infamous simply answer the question and complete the entry form below, making sure you have read the full terms and conditions and our privacy policy first.

And a reminder, for those of you who missed it in large paperback, Invincible, the action-packed second novel in the Chronicles of Nick series is available to buy as a handy handbag-sized B-format today!

Stay tuned to the website for news about the all new Sherrilyn Kenyon Official UK Fanclub, coming to a Facebook Fanpage near you very soon!

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If like us you have already devoured Retribution and can’t wait for your next Dark-Hunter® fix why not check out this first chapter excerpt from Sherrilyn’s brand new novel, The Guardian?

About the book:

As a Dream-Hunter, Lydia has been charged with the most sacred and dangerous of missions. She’s to descend into the Nether Realm and find the missing god of dreams before he betrays secrets that could kill all of them. What she never expects is to be taken prisoner by the Realm’s most vicious guardian. Seth’s time is running out. If he can’t hand over the entrance to Olympus, then his own life and those of his people will be forfeit. No matter the torture, he hasn’t been able to break the god in his custody. But when a rescuer appears, he decides to try a new tactic. If he can win her to their cause, then he can save all their lives. When these two lock wills, one of them must give. Lydia isn’t just guarding the gates of Olympus, she’s holding back the darkest of powers from the earth itself. If she fails, an ancient evil will roam the earth once more and no one will be safe. But evil is always seductive …

The Guardian  is available from UK bookshops on November 3rd 2011.

This competition is now closed. Winners will be notified in due course at the email addresses provided to enter the competition.

Back in the spring we announced the launch of our mammoth re-jacketing programme for books in Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dark-Hunter® series.

Starting with the paperback edition of No Mercy (and a special re-issued version of Fantasy Lover) our design department has been hard at work creating iconic new covers for all 20 books in the Dark-Hunter ® series so far.

This month to celebrate the global release of Retribution, book 20 in the series, and in anticipation of the beautifully re-jacketed books 2-5 in the series (published this September) we are giving you the chance to design your own Dark-Hunter® cover for your chance to win fantastic prizes!

Simply download one of the cover templates included below and fill it in with your unique interpretation of your favourite Dark-Hunter® series title and you could be in with a chance of winning an entire set of re-issued Dark-Hunter® series books as and when they are released. Draw, paint, collage, stencil, take photographs or use any creative medium you’d like to create your cover, ensuring you include the title of the book your jacket is supposed to represent. Then email your image to us at designyourowndark-hunter@littlebrown.co.uk .

Not only will the winning design appear in a future news post here on www.sherrilynkenyon.co.uk, the creator of our favourite design will also win a new look copy of books 1-20 in the Dark-Hunter® series as and when they are released. Three runners up will also receive a copy of a new look Dark-Hunter ® series book of their choice.

So what are you waiting for? Download the template (right click, save target as) and get designing now!

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N.B. this competition is open to residents of the UK and Ireland aged 18 or over at the time of entering only. For full terms and conditions click here. Our privacy policy can be found here.

p.s. click here for one we made earlier!