Kim Harrison--Two Ghosts for Sister: Rachel Introduces us to a younger Rachel Morgan--an undergraduate witch-in-training--who naively resurrects a spirit and sparks a terrifying showdown with a deadly undead adversary.
Lynsay Sands--Run, Run, Rudolph: Serves up a scrumptious stew of Yuletide suspense when, in order to escape from a determined stalker, a beautiful, reluctant shape-shifter must assume different forms.
Marjorie M. Liu--Six: keeps a petite-but-powerful government agent's hands full when she must join forces with a hunky necromancer to prevent an unholy brotherhood of terrorists and vampires from ringing in the New Year with blood.
Vicki Pettersson--The Harvest: brings a former superhero--an elite Zodiac warrior (Zoe) back to the mortal world for a Thanksgiving reunion with her equally hated and beloved enemy to do battle for the lives of her imperiled children.