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Coming from Gollancz in 2010 – new Paranormal Romance line!

Gollancz, the FANTABULOUS Sci-fi/Fantasy imprint of Orion Books has a new line of Paranormal Romance coming to the UK in 2010. I have known about this since their Autumn party and since then have waited with abated breath to see the covers and authors (I only knew about Nalini Singh) they are going to be releasing! I think the line has a lot of potential here in the UK especially after seeing the covers they came up with. Here are some of them:

Nalini Singh’s Psy/Changeling series:

You probably know by now how much I LOVE this series (understatement of the millennium). I think the UK covers are WAY better than the US ones. And will you look at Lucas and dear lord, Judd (Caressed by Ice is my absolute favourite in the series) !

Nalini Singh’s Guild Hunter series:

Angels’ Blood, the first in the series is in my top 10 of 2009. I love the US covers for these but the UK covers kick-ass too.

Ann Aguirre’s Corine Solomon series:


LOVED Blue Diablo and can’t wait for Hell Fire. And I think the UK covers are as cool as the US covers.

So, what do you think? Like, dislike?


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  • Comment by MarieNo Gravatar on November 17, 2009 at 10:17 am

    WOW! These covers are amazing! I like the covers in the US, but these really grab you.

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  • Comment by katiebabsNo Gravatar on November 17, 2009 at 10:28 am

    Oh wow!! UK has some awesome covers!!

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  • Comment by Ann AguirreNo Gravatar on November 17, 2009 at 10:28 am

    What a surprise. You saw my UK Hell Fire cover before I did!

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  • Comment by KMontNo Gravatar on November 17, 2009 at 10:32 am

    Those are some great covers – all of them!

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  • Comment by Mollie on November 17, 2009 at 11:18 am

    Wow I LOVE the new Psy covers. As much as I really enjoy the series I have to say I’ve always HATED the covers. I want THOSE covers!!!! Hubba, hubba! ;)

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  • Comment by MaryKNo Gravatar on November 17, 2009 at 11:23 am

    Wow! Amazing covers.

    I was all excited when I saw the first two, then I actually read the text and realized they’re only new to the UK. Those covers definitely do their job!

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  • Comment by Sandy(Strlady)No Gravatar on November 17, 2009 at 11:53 am

    The covers are awesome. The Psy covers kick the US ones out of the water. Yeah, what’s between the covers is what matters but eye candy definitely helps!

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  • Comment by LiNo Gravatar on November 17, 2009 at 1:06 pm

    Oh the Psy/Changeling series covers are amazing!

    Gollancz has picked some pretty impressive books to launch their line – v excited!

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  • Comment by TiahNo Gravatar on November 17, 2009 at 9:32 pm

    Stunning.

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  • Comment by NatalieTNo Gravatar on November 18, 2009 at 12:14 am

    Those are some of the most gorgeous covers I’ve ever seen. I’d buy all of them just to stare at the pretty covers! I want, I want, I want.

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  • Comment by MargNo Gravatar on November 18, 2009 at 3:42 am

    Fantastic covers!

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  • Comment by Sandy WilliamsNo Gravatar on November 18, 2009 at 4:08 am

    Oh, yay! I do like those covers. Well, except for the Angel’s Blood ones – I think I like the US version of that one better.

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  • Comment by MemoryNo Gravatar on November 19, 2009 at 8:02 am

    I LOVE those covers! In my opinion, they’re about a thousand times better than the North American ones. I especially like the one for ANGEL’S BLOOD.

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  • Comment by RoxyNo Gravatar on November 20, 2009 at 3:00 pm

    Wow! I am drooling on my laptop right now… I WANT those Psy/Changeling covers!!!

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  • Comment by KayNo Gravatar on November 21, 2009 at 2:33 pm

    LOVE these covers so much, I may actually get around to buying one Singh’s books! People have raved about her for ages, but the covers always gave me the creeps!

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  • Comment by Carolyn Crane (CJ)No Gravatar on November 22, 2009 at 11:27 am

    Really nice! Fresh! I love these covers!!!!!

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