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Hi All,

My name is Anna and I'm the publishing assistant on the UK MIRA team. I'm so glad to see that everyone is enjoying the current crop of MIRA books, paritcularly authors like Diane Chamberlain and Rachel Vincent who we are very excited about.

I just wanted to pop in and let you all know about the MIRA facebook group.

Our facebook group is named I LOVE FREE BOOKS and it is a brilliant chance to get new readers sampling fantastic MIRA books. All you have to do is respond to the 'new free book' announcements that are posted on a monthly basis by emailing me at iwantafreebook@mirabooks.co.uk with your name and address. The first fifty people to respond will recieve a free copy of that month's MIRA title.

Head over the facebook where you can take a look at the group and join here - http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=10667077055&ref=mf

Our next book will be Margaret Leroy's stunning new novel The Drowning Girl , which will be given away at the beginning of next month.

Happy reading,

:)

Anna

I just finished reading The Lost Daughter and absolutely loved it.  Thanks for recommending Diane Chamberlain.

One thing I do like about Mira is the wide range of women's fiction that they are publishing.

WIth urban paranormal, because of the Nocturne series book (published under Intrigue in this country), they are able to tap into some of the better paranormal authors.  It has been an incredibly fast growing market in the US and so it will be interesting to see what happens over here.

In general though, I prefer the UK covers so tend to wait and get Mira.

Michelle S

Caroline --

As I said the heroine in Stray at times appears somewhat immature in her outlook, BUT apparently over the series she grows. It is however an adult novel with adult themes.  Stray sets the series up and it is about the heroine Faythe learning about her powers and what is truly expected of her and how the world is different than what she first thought.

Twilight on the other hand is very definitely young adult and its themes reflect that.

I do like urban paranormal more than I thought I would though.

Michelle S

Caroline --

Storm Glass features a character from Maria's eariler series.  As I really enjoyed The Magic trilogy, I am looking forward to it. It is fantasy in another world.

Like Twilight ,Stray is urban fantasy/paranormal. But it is woman's fiction rather than YA urban fantasy (Twilight is very high school. My daughter adores it and if I was 16, I would fancy Edward. Very modern with fangs)  -- so there is more about a serial killer and a bit more about familial relationships. Do you remember the movie Cat People? It is a bit like that. I understand the main character grows up a bit in the next few books. She was a bit high schoolish (even though she was supposed to have graduated from university). It is a fun read and a great way to pass the time. I bought when my flight back to Newcastle was cancelled and I had several hours to kill in Heathrow.

Mira is publishing some very good urban fantasy at the moment.

Have you discovered the Mira blog? http://www.mirabooks.typepad.co.uk/

Michelle S

I just had a look and the latest from Maria V Snyder -- Storm Glass will be a Mira release in July.

I discovered Maria last year when a reading group I was involved in read Poison Study. I then had to read the other two books -- Magic Study and Fire Study...

I also recently read Stray by Rachel Vincent. I suspect that I should read Gina Showalter as well. Has anyone read her?

Michelle S

Hi Caroline

I've read the lost daughter and it is great. it's actually called The secret life of Cee Cee Wilkes in Europe (I'm in Ireland) and so be careful you don't buy it all over again. I almost ordered the lost daughter from amazon thinking it was a completely different book until I read the excert/reviews and realised it was cee cee's book. I think it's the publishers that are responsible for this and not the author.

diane has a follow up to it coming out in June here and I have that on order. I'll let you know how it is. I'm looking forward to it.

Keeper of the Light sounds vaguely familiar--I had to google it. That was a powerful story. Sharon Sala is one of the authors I love to read.