Waiting on Wednesday (3): Radiance and Dark Flame by Alyson Noel

Wow! Back-to-back news from ALYSON NOEL, author of the Immortal series (EVERMORE, BLUE MOON, SHADOWLAND)! She’s posted her new cover for DARK FLAME, the next book about Ever. It’s due out July 6. Here’s a summary Alyson has posted on her Web site:

Ever struggles to help her best friend Haven transition into life as an immortal — trying to keep her from doing anything that puts them at risk, while attempting to gain control over her enemy Roman, so she can finally obtain the antidote that will allow her and Damen to be together. But when the spell she casts backfires, resulting in a strange, foreign pulse that binds her to Roman instead, Ever turns to Jude and dark magick, desperately attempting to break free of the curse, and ultimately risking everything she knows and loves—including her beloved Damen.

AND, she’s also posted her book cover for RADIANCE, due out Aug. 31. This is the first story in a new series about Ever’s little sister, Riley and includes Buttercup! Here’s the summary she posted on her site:

Riley Bloom left her sister, Ever, in the world of the living and crossed the bridge into the afterlife—a place called Here, where time is always Now. Riley and her dog, Buttercup, have been reunited with her parents and are just settling into a nice, relaxing death when she’s summoned before The Council. They let her in on a secret—the afterlife isn’t just an eternity of leisure; Riley has to work. She’s been assigned a job, Soul Catcher, and a teacher, Bodhi, a curious boy she can’t quite figure out. Riley, Bodhi, and Buttercup return to earth for her first assignment, a Radiant Boy who’s been haunting a castle in England for centuries. Many Soul Catchers have tried to get him to cross the bridge and failed. But he’s never met Riley. . . .