Jeri Smith-Ready

Ciara Griffin, timadora rehabilitada, acepta trabajar en una emisora de radio local. Su «perverso» programa nocturno emite el blues de los cuarenta, la psicodelia de los sesenta y la música gótica de

LATE NIGHT RADIO YOU CAN SINK YOUR TEETH INTO Recovering con artist Ciara Griffin is trying to live the straight life, even if it means finding a (shudder!) real job. She takes an internship at a local radio station, whose late-night time-warp format features 1940s blues, 60s psychedelia, 80s goth, and more, all with an uncannily authentic flair. Ciara soon discovers just how the DJs maintain their cred: theyre vampires, stuck forever in the eras in which they were turned. Ciaras first instinct, as always, is to cut and run. But communications giant Skywave wants to buy WVMP and turn it into just another hit-playing clone. Without the station -- and the link it provides to their original Life Times -- the vampires would "fade," becoming little more than mindless ghosts of the past. Suddenly a routine corporate takeover is a matter of life and undeath. To boost ratings and save the lives of her strange new friends, Ciara rebrands the station as "WVMP, the Lifeblood of Rock n Roll." In the ultimate con, she hides the DJs vampire nature in plain sight, disguising the bloody truth as a marketing gimmick. WVMP becomes the hottest thing around -- next to Ciaras complicated affair with grunge vamp Shane McAllister. But the "gimmick" enrages a posse of ancient and powerful vampires who arent so eager to be brought into the light. Soon the stakes are higher -- and the perils graver -- than any con game Ciaras ever played....

TURN ON. TUNE IN. DROP DEAD. If youre just joining us, welcome to radio station WVMP, "The Lifeblood of RocknRoll." Con-artist-turned-station-owner Ciara Griffin manages an on-air staff of off-the-wall DJs -- including her new boyfriend Shane McAllister -- who really sink their teeth into the music of their "Life Time" (the era in which they became vampires). Its Ciaras job to keep the undead rocking, the ratings rolling, and the fan base alive -- without missing a beat. For Halloween, WVMP is throwing a bash sure to raise the dead. Theyve got cool tunes, hot costumes, killer cocktails -- what could go wrong? Well, for starters, a religious firebrand ranting against the evils of the occult preempts the stations midnight broadcast. Then, when Ciara tracks down the illegal transmission, the broadcast tower is guarded by what appears to be...a canine vampire? And behind it all is a group of self-righteous radicals who think vampires suck (and are willing to stake their lives on it). Now Ciara must protect the station while struggling with her own murky relationship issues, her best friends unlikely romance with a fledgling vampire, and the nature of her mysterious anti-holy powers. To make it to New Years in one piece, shell need to learn a few new tricks....

WHATS BLOOD GOT TO DO WITH IT? Recovering con artist Ciara Griffin seems to finally have it all. A steady job at WVMP, the Lifeblood of Rock n Roll. A loving relationship with the idiosyncratic but eternally hot DJ Shane McAllister. A vampire dog who never needs shots or a pooper-scooper. And after nine years, it looks as if she might actually finish her bachelors degree! But fate has other plans for Ciara. First she must fulfill her Faustian bargain with the Control, the paranormal paramilitary agency that does its best to keep vampires in line. Turns out the Control wants her for something other than her (nonexistent) ability to kick undead ass. Her anti-holy blood, perhaps? Ciaras suspicions are confirmed when shes assigned to a special-ops division known as the Immanence Corps, run by the Controls oldest vampire and filled with humans who claim to have special powers. To a confirmed skeptic like Ciara, it sounds like a freak fest. But when a mysterious fatal virus spreads through Sherwoodand corpses begin to rise from their gravesCiara will not only get a crash course in zombie-killing, but will be forced to put her faith, and her life itself, in the hands of magic.

In the second book of the Shade trilogy from Jeri Smith-Ready, Aura is torn between the two boys who hold her heartand determined to unravel the secrets of the Shift.Auras life is anything but easy. Her boyfriend, Logan, died, and his slides between ghost and shade have left her reeling. Aura knows he needs her now more than ever. She loves Logan, but she cant deny her connection with the totally supportive, totally gorgeous Zachary. And shes not sure that she wants to. Logan and Zachary will fight to be the one at her side, but Aura needs them both to uncover the mystery of her pastthe mystery of the Shift. Shes not the only one seeking answers, though, and danger grows as she discovers new truths. Who can Aura trust with her secrets? And to whom will she give her heart?

Aura can see ghosts. Born after the Shift, a little-understood event that enabled younger generations to communicate with the dead, Aura is relentlessly pursued by these violet-hued spirits. They need help to pass out of this world and into the next. And some are so angry they are on the verge of becoming Shades, dark vortexes of energy. But Aura just wants the ghosts to leave her alone so she can spend time with her boyfriend, Logan. When Aura is paired with a new foreign-exchange student to research the Shift for a class project, she is determined to ignore her partners sexy Scottish accent and discover the cause of the Shift so she can reverse it. Then Logan dies a most untimely death. Forced to reconsider her relationship with the living and the dead, Aura is caught in a love triangle with her violet-hued boyfriend and her hot research partner... one of whom may hold the key to reversing the Shift.

In this dramatic conclusion to the Shade trilogy, Aura and Zacharys relationship sizzles as the secrets of the Shift are revealed.Life can change in an instant, and no one understands that better than Aura. Its been almost a year since her boyfriend tragically died. Shes finally letting go of Logans violet-hued ghost, but not her search to uncover the truth about her past. As the first in a generation that can see ghosts, Aura is convinced she has a connection to the Shift. Shes trusted Zachary, ever patient and ever by her side, with all that she knows. But when the government threatens his life in an attempt to learn Auras secrets, she will stop at nothing to protect herself and the one she loveseven if that means betraying her own heart.

David confronts his desires and his demons in this novel about what it means to be left behindliterally, figuratively, and spirituallyfrom the author of the Shade trilogy.Everyone mourns differently. When his older brother was killed, David got angry. As in, fist-meets-someone-elses-face furious. But his parents? They got religious. Davids still figuring out his relationship with a higher power, but theres one thing he knows for sure: The closer he gets to Bailey, the better, brighter, happier, more he feels.Then his parents start cutting all their worldly ties in preparation for the Rush, the divine moment when the faithful will be whisked off to Heavenand they want David to do the same. Davids torn. He likes living in the moment, and isnt sure about giving up his best friend, varsity baseball, and Baileyespecially Baileyin hope of salvation.But when he comes home late from prom, and late for the Rush, to find that his parents have vanished, David is in more trouble than he ever could have imagined

EVERYONES OUT FOR BLOODHERS Ciaras con-artist parents taught her three keys to survival: keep low, keep quiet, and most of all, keep moving. But managing WVMP, the Lifeblood of Rock n Rollnot to mention becoming a vampire herselfhas kept her in one place long enough to fall madly in love, adopt an undead dog . . . . . . and make more enemies than she can shake a stake at. A psychotic DJ, a wanna-be necromancer, and a posse of vengeful hippies would all love to see Ciara get her day in the sunliterally. To protect Ciara, her fiance, Shane, has traded his flannel shirt and guitar for a flak jacket and crossbow. If she survives to walk down the aisle, will she recognize the man waiting at the altar? In this final chapter of the award-winning WVMP RADIO series, Ciara must decide who to trust, whom to loveand whom to kill.

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THE DEAD CRY OUT TO HER In pain, in fear, and in longingwith every passing Rhia hears the cries of the departed. This "gift" from the ancient and mysterious Crow gives Rhia an intimate connection to death. One that holds her soul hostage to enemies from the Other Side, even as her people are threatened by the enemies they call Descendents. But a new prophecy offers hope: Rhias infant son may hold the key to freedom. And then he is stolen from her. To save her family, protect her home, and reclaim her soul, Rhia will travel as far as she must. To the Descendants towering white cityor even to the Land of the Dead itself.

SHE WAS BORN TO DIEAGAIN AND AGAIN For Rhia was bound to the Spirit of Crow, gifted with the foresight of Deaths approach and doomed to the isolation of one feared and set apart. There must always be one whose magic can ease the passage of the people of Asermos to the Other Side. But to be the guide her people require, to truly know the depth of her gifther curseRhia must surrender herself to the wisdom of the Great Forestand drink deeply of Death itself. And though two powerful men stand ready to aid her, even to love her, the Aspect of Crow demands unthinkable sacrifices from one who walks its path. Aspect of Crow When DEATHs magic meets a womans strength

She is Rhia, bound to the Spirit of Crow and gifted with vision. In a world besieged by escalating conflict, fate has marked her to deliver the Reawakened from oppression. Now, with a mighty army of Descendants threatening to crush whats left of her peoples magic, she must trust an ancient prophecy and accept the power that is her birthrightthe power of life and death itself. For while the storm of revolution rages, the legacy of the Reawakened is about to be rewrittenin her familys blood. In the ultimate battle for freedom, one woman stands to gain the world or lose everything. RITA and Prism Award nominee Jeri Smith-Ready concludes her exciting trilogya mesmerizing story of one womans mythic role at a turning point in history. Aspect of Crow When a birds magic meets a womans strength