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No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong

#28 of 200

Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House of Canada
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0307355764
Page Count: 352

In her acclaimed Women of the Otherworld series, bestselling author Kelley Armstrong creates a present day in which humans unwittingly coexist with werewolves, witches, and other supernatural beings. Now, in this spellbinding new novel, a beautiful necromancer who can see ghosts must come to terms with her power—and with an evil she never thought possible. It’s the most anticipated reality television event of the season: three spiritualists gathered together in one house to raise the ghost of Marilyn Monroe. For celebrity medium Jaime Vegas, it is to be her swan song—one last publicity blast for a celebrity on the wrong side of forty. But unlike her colleagues, who are more show than substance, Jaime is the real thing. Reluctant to upstage her fellow spiritualists, Jaime tries to suppress her talents, as she has done her entire life. But there is something lurking in the maze of gardens behind the house: a spirit without a voice. And it won’t let go until somehow Jaime hears its terrible story. For the first time in her life, Jaime Vegas understands what humans mean when they say they are haunted. Distraught, Jaime looks to fellow supernatural Jeremy Danvers for help. As the touches and whispers from the garden grow more frantic, Jaime and Jeremy embark on an investigation into a Los Angeles underworld of black magic and ritual sacrifice. When events culminate in a psychic showdown, Jaime must use the darkest power she has to defeat a shocking enemy—one whose malicious force comes from the last realm she expected… . In a world whose surface resembles our own, Kelley Armstrong delivers a stunning alternate reality, one where beings of the imagination live, love, and fight a never-ending battle between good and evil.

Kelley Armstrong continues her Women of the Otherworld series in book seven:No Humans Involved. Celebrity necromancer Jamie Vegas is working on a documentary where she and several other celebrity mediums are trying to raise the spirit of Marilyn Monroe.

#27 of 200

Original Language: English
Publisher: Bantam Books/Spectra
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0553588184
Page Count: 480

In this thrilling new novel from the author of Industrial Magic , a pregnant werewolf may have unwittingly unleashed Jack the Ripper on twenty-first-century—and become his next target. Ever since she discovered she’s pregnant, Elena Michaels has been on edge. After all, she’s never heard of another living female werewolf, let alone one who’s given birth. But thankfully, her expertise is needed to retrieve a stolen letter allegedly written by Jack the Ripper. As a distraction, the job seems simple enough—only the letter contains a portal to Victorian London’s underworld, which Elena inadvertently triggers—unleashing a vicious killer and a pair of zombie thugs. Now Elena must find a way to seal the portal before the unwelcome visitors get what they’re looking for—which, for some unknown reason, is Elena.

Broken is the sixth Women of the Otherworld novel by Kelley Armstrong. Set approximately 7 years after Bitten, Elena Danver (nee Michaels) is pregnant and terrified. The only female werewolf, Elena fears the unknown; of a child born to two werewolf parents. In the meantime, she is sick of being coddled by Clay and Jeremy, so when the opportunity comes to safely complete a job for a friend, Elena is excited to participate.

#25 of 200

Original Language: English
Publisher: Spectra
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0553587080
Page Count: 528

Eve Levine — half-demon, black witch and devoted mother — has been dead for three years. She has a great house, an interesting love life and can’t be killed again — which comes in handy when you’ve made as many enemies as Eve. Yes, the afterlife isn’t too bad — all she needs to do is find a way to communicate with her daughter, Savannah, and she’ll be happy. But fate — or more exactly, the Fates — have other plans. Eve owes them a favor, and they’ve just called it in. An evil spirit called the Nix has escaped from hell. She feeds on chaos and death, and is very good at persuading people to kill for her. The Fates want Eve to hunt her down before she does any more damage, but the Nix is a dangerous enemy — previous hunters have been driven insane in the process. As if that’s not problem enough, the only way to stop her is with an angel’s sword. And Eve is no angel… .

Haunted is the fifth Women of the Otherworld novel by Kelley Armstrong and features a new character. Eve Levine is more than the Mother of, Paige Winterbourne’s ward, Savannah, she is a half demon, dark witch ghost. Complicated? Just wait. Eve owes a big favour to the Fates for saving Paige and Lucas in Industrial Magic, and may have to give up everything she loves to do it.

About Kelley

According to Kelly:

"I’ve been telling stories since before I could write. My earliest written efforts were disastrous. If asked for a story about girls and dolls, mine would invariably feature undead girls and evil dolls, much to my teachers’ dismay. All efforts to make me produce “normal” stories failed. Today, I continue to spin tales of ghosts and demons and werewolves, while safely locked away in my basement writing dungeon."

Kelley has a degree in psychology from The University of Western Ontario and studying computer programming at Fanshawe College. Her first novel, Bitten was released in 2001 and Kelley has written another 10 books in the series, with an eleventh due out this year. Her Women of the Otherworld series has been her most successful and Kelley has published several short novellas online featuring characters from the series.

#24 of 200

Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking Press
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 1-84149-340-6
Page Count: 528

Meet the smart, sexy — supernatural — women of the otherworld. This is not your mother’s coven… Kelley Armstrong returns with the eagerly awaited follow-up to Dime Store Magic . Paige Winterbourne, a headstrong young woman haunted by a dark legacy, is now put to the ultimate test as she fights to save innocents from the most insidious evil of all.… In the aftermath of her mother’s murder, Paige broke with the elite, ultraconservative American Coven of Witches. Now her goal is to start a new Coven for a new generation. But while Paige pitches her vision to uptight thirty-something witches in business suits, a more urgent matter commands her attention. Someone is murdering the teenage offspring of the underworld’s most influential Cabals — a circle of families that makes the mob look like amateurs. And none is more powerful than the Cortez Cabal, a faction Paige is intimately acquainted with. Lucas Cortez, the rebel son and unwilling heir, is none other than her boyfriend. But love isn’t blind, and Paige has her eyes wide open as she is drawn into a hunt for an unnatural-born killer. Pitted against shamans, demons, and goons, it’s a battle chilling enough to make a wild young woman grow up in a hurry. If she gets the chance.

Industrial Magic is the second Kelley Armstrong’s Women of the Other Worldseries to be narrated by Paige Winterbourne. As the fourth instalment, Industrial Magic begins three years after the events of Bitten, and less than a year after Dimestore Magic.

#23 of 200

Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House Canada
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0679312951
Page Count: 368

From one of today’s most original writers comes the mesmerizing tale of an exceptional young woman caught up in an otherworldly realm where some will stop at nothing to get what they want. Paige Winterbourne was always either too young or too rebellious to succeed her mother as leader of one of the world’s most powerful elite organizations—the American Coven of Witches. Now that she is twenty-three and her mother is dead, the Elders can no longer deny her. But even Paige’s wildest antics can’t hold a candle to those of her new charge—an orphan who is all too willing to use her budding powers for evil…and evil is all too willing to claim her. For this girl is being pursued by a dark faction of the supernatural underworld. They are a vicious group who will do anything to woo the young, malleable, and extremely powerful neophyte, including commit murder—and frame Paige for the crime. It’s an initiation into adulthood, womanhood, and the brutal side of magic that Paige will have to do everything within her power to make sure they both survive.

Dimestore Magic is Kelley Armstrong’s third novel, in The Women of the Otherworld series, and the first not to be narrated by female werewolf Elena Michaels. Instead, Witch and Coven leader of the North American group, Paige Winterbourne is the protagonist. Dimestore Magic follows the gruelling trials Paige must endure in order to keep her ward, Savannah Levine, daughter of half demon and dark witch Eve Levine.

#22 of 200

Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: May 2003
ISBN: 0-670-03137-2
Page Count: 532

On a mission for her own elite wolf pack, Elena Michaels, the only living female werewolf, is lured into the net of Tyrone Winsloe, a ruthless Internet billionaire. Winsloe has funded a bogus scientific investigation of the “other races” and their supernatural powers. Kidnapped and studied in his underground lab deep in the Maine woods, these paranormals - witches, vampires, shamans, werewolves - are then released and hunted to the death in a real-world video game. But when Winsloe captures Elena, he finally meets his match.

Stolen is the second instalment in Kelley Armstrong’s, Women of the Otherworld. Elena Michaels, werewolf, once again takes center stage as the protagonist. Set a year or two after the events of Bitten, Stole centers around a group of humans, led by celebrity Ty Winsloe who discover the existence of Supernaturals. This discover leads them to capture and experiment on a range of diffierent subjects; as the only female werewolf, Elena is at the top of that list.

#21 of 200

Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking Adult (United States), Little, Brown & co. (U.K.), Random House (Canada)
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 1 October 2001
ISBN: 978-0670894710
Page Count: 400

Elena Michaels is the world’s only female werewolf. And she’s tired of it. Tired of a life spent hiding and protecting, a life where her most important job is hunting down rogue werewolves. Tired of a world that not only expects the worst in her— her temper, her violence—but requires it. Worst of all, she realizes she’s growing content with that life, with being that person.
So she left the Pack and returned to Toronto where she’s trying to live as a human. When the Pack leader calls asking for her help fighting a sudden uprising, she only agrees because she owes him. Once this is over, she’ll be squared with the Pack and free to live life as a human. Which is what she wants. Really.

Bitten is the first novel by Kelley Armstrong, and the first in her Women of the Other World series. Elena is a turned werewolf with a dark past. Abused and neglected as a child in the foster system, Elena is uncomfortable with the violent tendencies of her werewolf nature. She flees life with the Pack and tries to make her own way as a journalist in Toronto.