New Releases by Nancy Holder

Hazel Stone wants nothing more than to be a part of the hottest clique in school, the Pretty Little Devils, but she’s stuck at a lunch table full of high school C-listers. Hazel has resigned herself to life as a nobody—when suddenly everything changes. The PLDs invite Hazel to one of the group’s famous parties, held at the site of one of their babysitting jobs. Before Hazel knows it, she’s in with the in crowd—and she couldn’t be more thrilled! But nothing turns out the way she expects. Especially when one her classmates becomes jealous of her newfound status—deadly jealous. Author Nancy Holder weaves a wicked tale about the price of popularity, and having the kind of friends some girls would just die for.

SOMETHING WICKED EVIL THIS WAY COMES. There''s something troubling about Professor Caligari''s Traveling Carnival. Perhaps it''s that no one can recall the arrival of its hard-to-miss caravan of old-style wagons, countless performers, and horse-drawn carts. Maybe it''s the creepy calliope music that tirelessly beckons visitors. Let''s face it, an enigma that chooses Sunnydale nearly guarantees it''s up to more than wholesome family entertainment. After a visit to the carnival''s Hall of Mirrors, a once-shy pair of homely sophomore twins parades the halls of Sunnydale High like diva supermodels on a runway. Intuiting the twins'' abrupt personality change as more than a self-confidence boost, Buffy -- joined by Angel, Giles, and the rest of the Scoobies -- decides to investigate the suspicious carnival firsthand. But soon it''s apparent that the price of admission is higher than she imagined. Those who enter the carnival''s attractions exit...changed. Each of the gang soon shows extreme displays of vice. Willow is wracked with envy. Cordelia''s greed consumes her. Xander unleashes his gluttony. Angel reveals a lusty new persona. And a dark anger rises in Giles. But it''s Buffy''s now-blinding pride that threatens to overpower her, and in the process destroy those she loves....

The Hot Blood anthology series pushes the boundaries of unbridled passion and unholy fear to the edge of human endurance. This tenth installment contains stories from Lawrence Block, Ramsey Campbell, and Nancy Holder.

Anthology of two previously published books, Witch and Curse.

While searching for a missing friend, Clark, Lana, and Chloe make a horrible discovery - an entire family, gruesomely murdered. At the same time, Lex Luthor''s tycoon father is violently abducted in broad daylight. The reports of a massacre of international workers in far-off Haiti seem a world away from sleepy Smallville. But then a rash of brazen robberies are committed in the town . . . by zombies! A mysterious death near an abandoned missile silo starts Clark searching for a new case of meteor mutation. But even Clark''s powers can''t reveal the lead-lined underground lab where a scientist''s meteor experiments are turning human subjects into murderous monsters. This looks like a job for . . . Clark Kent!

There is no time for Buffy to take a vacation and she could be facing death because there is a lot of evil in the world.

You make your own destiny, with the interactive story lines. Your decisions determine your fate. Do you have what it takes to be a slayer, or will you fail and summon a successor?

From southern California to Sedona, Arizona, from Oden Tal to Pylea, the war between the dimensions is heating up as Buffy and Angel face off against the demon Lir and the huntress Jhiera.

The strongest magick ever distilled, and the deadliest butcher England has ever known... Buffy Summers is on the trail of a killer demon in Sunnydale, and reluctantly accepts the help of Spike. Anything''s better than his moping around. But Spike -- as usual -- has his own agenda, and it involves something the demon is carrying: a vial of pure magickal power. Spike knows plenty of people and demons who will pay top dollar for this vial: Doc, Rack...and an ancient evil known as The First. Spike has encountered The First before. In the good old days in Victorian London, when Spike, Drusilla, Angelus, and Darla ran through the night in pursuit of dark fun, another evil being was stalking the streets, dispatching young women with brutal efficiency. But when the so-called Jack the Ripper struck too close to their twisted family, the vampires found themselves on the same side as the Slayer of that time. Working to bring down Jack, and running afoul of The First, Spike and the Slayer formed an uneasy alliance, which followed Spike all through the twentieth century to present day Sunnydale, now blanketed in a mysterious fog....

Having learned the secret magics of the world Down Under, the Devereaux warlocks know how to plunge their enemies into a nightmare realm of the Dreamtime. To save her loved ones, Holly Cathers, the strongest Cathers witch, must enter the Dreamtime and battle with demons. Original.

Holly Cathers, the most powerful witch for Good in the Coven of Light, is in thrall to the coven''s enemy, Michael Deveraux. Michael''s son, Jer, is determined to rescue Holly, but a new warlock assumes absolute power within the coven. Original.

The massacre of international workers in Haiti finds a bizarre link to a series of robberies in Smallville when it turns out that the perpetrators are zombies, and Clark Kent must discover the link between a military conspiracy, a ten-year-old jewelry theft, a local suicide, and Lionel Luthor''s secret projects before it is too late. Original. (A WB Network television series) (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

Angel, Cordy, Gunn, Wesley, Fred, and Chaz set off for a tropical island to try to save Faith from the nefarious plans of Chaz''s wife, Marianna, but the real danger may come from the lawyers of Wolfram & Hart.

Giles, attempting to make a deal with a demon to protect vampire slayer Buffy Summers, is taken on trip to the past to relive again the trials and tribulations of eighteenth, nineteenth, and soon-to-be twentieth birthdays.

Nancy Holderis a writer and a mom. She and Jeff Mariotte have written seven book-length projects together, including two(Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Watcher''s Guide, Vol. 2,and the upcoming guide toAngel)with Jeff''s wife, Maryelizabeth Hart. They are all still speaking to each other.

A companion book to the popular hit television series includes exclusive cast and production interviews, cast profiles, annotated episode listings, and a day-on-the-set journal.

When her parents are killed in an accident, high school senior Holly Cather is sent to Seattle to live with an aunt, uncle and cousins who are descendants, she discovers, from a powerful line of witches locked in battle with a dynasty of warlocks, represented in the modern world by a boy to whom Holly is strangely attracted.

It''s summertime in Sunnydale, and Salma de la Navidad, a friend of Buffy''s from Sunnydale High, needs help. She and her family immigrated to America, and now she fears her brother, in an attempt to gain social acceptance, has stumbled into supernatural gang warfare. To make matters worse, an unknown creature has been doing a little night stalking. Buffy is certain that this new demonic presence has its roots in L.A. -- Angel''s turf. So with the help of the Slayerettes, she heads off to battle demons -- both actual and personal. Meanwhile, in the City of Angels, Cordelia stumbles upon a vampire-worshiping cult of runaways as Angel investigates an invisible presence wreaking havoc in the local prisons. Now Buffy and pals must deal with identity crises of their own. Buffy may be the Chosen One, but she is, ultimately, expendable. Angel is unique, yet his particular status isolates him from humanity and monsters alike. So while all wonder -- do I make a difference? -- the humans and demons who surround them answer that question in astonishing ways...

Based on characters in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, by Joss Whedon, and Angel, created by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt.

Bekah Martin completes her nurse''s training in San Francisco, and is scheduled to return to the Territory of Hawaii to keep her promise of marriage to a man she doesn''t love. But on her way home, her chance encounter with a handsome naval ensign changes the direction of her life, as she''s faced with making the choice between happiness and responsibility on the morning of December 7, 1941.

In the conclusion to the epic crossover trilogy, Buffy and Angel must battle the ultimate evil to rescue a group of kidnapped teens in an alternate reality. Meanwhile, the Slayerettes hold down the fort until Buffy and Angel return, but a sudden act of violence seals the interdimensional portal to Sunnydale. Before Buffy and Angel can rid their own universe of supernatural chaos, they must find a way to return home.

THE GUYS, THE GALS, THE LORE, THE LINGO The chillingly complete "WATCHER''S GUIDE VOLUME 2" will slay you.

A chaque génération, sa Tueuse. Sans elle, les vampires n''auraient pas d''ennemi à leur taille et submergeraient le monde. Aujourd''hui, c''est Buffy... Sunnydale est décidément un endroit charmant ! A Halloween, quand il pleut, on raconte qu''un épouvantail gorgé d''eau s''anime et massacre tous ceux qui croisent son chemin. Alex et Willow, les meilleurs amis de Buffy, ont longtemps tenu cette histoire pour un ramassis d''âneries. Après avoir vécu quelques aventures avec Buffy, ils ne sont plus si sûrs de leur fait. D''autant qu''il commence à pleuvoir !

Willow, Xander, Oz, and Cordelia have stolen Buffy''s yearbook and are filling the pages with personal notes, funny drawings, song lyrics, short passages that flash back to key episodes, etc. Packed with all sorts of references to the show--as well as little-known secrets from behind the scenes--this "yearbook" is a must-have for all Buffy fans.

All-new adventures based on the hit TV show. Salem''s got nine lives...without parole!

Sabrina and her friends find themselves captive in the barn of two crazy French hot-air balloon inventors and now they must find a way back to Westbridge safely.

Angel, along with two unlikely allies, sets out to save himself and the human population of Los Angeles.

Wishbone imagines himself as a knight in twelfth-century England.