Her first novel, Turnskin, won the Lambda Literary Award. Nicole Kimberling is a novelist and the senior editor at Blind Eye Books. She is also the voice of twelve-year-old Lauren in the podcast Lauren Proves Magic Is Real. Her other books include the Rifter series and the Cadeleonian series. She is a Rainbow Award winner as well as a Lambda Literary Award finalist. Her first novel, Wicked Gentlemen, won the Spectrum Award for best novel. She spends the many cloudy days observing fungi and she whiles away the rainy evenings tinkering with words.

Ginn Hale lives with her lovely wife in the far northern reaches of the Pacific Northwest. Her novel The Archer's Heart was a finalist for the 2008 Lambda Literary Award. After work she can usually be found writing, riding horses, hiking, or sleeping. She's a former Peace Corps volunteer, an advocate for animal rights, and a bureaucrat by day. But when James uncovers evidence of police corruption he realizes that Moran may be in as much danger as he is.Īstrid Amara lives in Bellingham, Washington. Touching Sparks by Ginn Hale: When photojournalist James Sparks discovers an underworld of sorcery, blood sports, and demonic drug traffic, he turns to Detective Ben Moran, a hard-bodied Hell Cop whose touch sends James's pulse racing. So does Argent want to clear him or expose him? Instead, he gets Argent, a man with intimate knowledge of Michael and whom Michael can't penetrate with his psychic powers. As a half-demon he expects trouble from the city's Hell Cops.

His apartment's been ransacked, his dad's missing, and he's been framed for murder. Red Sands by Nicole Kimberling: Anthropologist Michael Gold's got problems. But Jay's burgeoning hope is threatened when a malevolent sorcerer unleashes a host of demonic assassins against Brian. Isolated, he is tortured by desire, until he meets Brian, a sensual young man who touches him with impunity. Next of Kin by Astrid Amara: Jay Yervant is a Hell Cop so powerful that his bare skin incinerates anyone he contacts.

Hell Cop by Astrid Amara