Books by Vicki Pettersson

The Signs of the Zodiac series
Anthologies featuring Vicki Pettersson

Before you plan your next trip to Vegas, you might want to answer...

Are you Light? Or are you Shadow? Because there’s another world behind the bright lights and nonstop action of Sin city ... one where Light and Shadow wage an immortal war for supremacy.

But the eternal battle has reached the tipping point, and only one person can change the future – casino heiress, photographer, and vigilante: Joanna Archer.

And no one knows the darkness within better than she does.

The Signs of the Zodiac Series

Take a walk on the secret side of Las Vegas and witness a battle between good and evil, Light and Shadow, in Vicki Pettersson's dark urban fantasy series, The Signs of the Zodiac.

	The Fourth Sign of the Zodiac City of Souls Release Date: July 1, 2009 Vicki Pettersson doubles the trouble for Joanna Archer, who must enter a new world in order to save the life of an innocent ... and her own. » Learn More, Read An Excerpt & Reviews
	The Third Sign of the Zodiac The Touch of Twilight Release Date: May 27, 2008 Vicki Pettersson's supernatural agent Joanna Archer returns is on a collision course with destiny and a showdown with forces of Shadow. » Learn More, Read An Excerpt & Reviews
	The Second Sign of the Zodiac The Taste of Night Release Date: April 1, 2007 Vicki Pettersson returns to the battle between Light and Shadow in Sin City with her heroine, Joanna Archer, embracing her heritage as The Archer of the Zodiac force. » Learn More, Read An Excerpt & Reviews
	The First Sign of the Zodiac The Scent of Shadows Release Date: March 1, 2007 Vicki Pettersson takes readers into a secret side of Sin City where a battle is being waged between Light and Shadow. » Learn More, Read An Excerpt & Reviews

Anthologies

Enjoy Vicki Pettersson's outings in the following anthologies:

Holidays Are Hell
"The Harvest"
Release Date: 11/1/2007

The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance
"Remember the Blood"
Release Date: 6/2008

Unbound
Release Date: 8/2009

Order

City of Souls

The Scent of Shadows

The Taste of Night

The Touch of Twilight

Holidays Are Hell

The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance

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About The Books

The Signs of the Zodiac Series

I hate to say the idea for this series came to me in a dream – it sounds too precious and capricious, like writing is something that comes to you rather than something you have to work for – but that's exactly how this idea germinated. I woke up laughing, having just imagined a caricature-ishly beautiful woman fending off a leather-clad homicidal maniac with an overpriced stiletto. If you've read SCENT you'll know the scene I mean. The juxtaposition between silly and scary was enough to get me interested and asking questions. What was the situation here? Why would this guy be attacking her? And how do I make someone this ridiculously beautiful sympathetic?

The series is set in Las Vegas because it's the best possible place in the world for strange characters, and because I know it well. I also wanted to blend fact with fiction, sharing real places with my readers – like the Neon Boneyard, and the old-school ultra lounge at the Peppermill. It's a way for the Vegas girl in me to pay homage to the town I grew up in.

The fantasy aspect, in the form of superhero mythology, was a complete surprise. I don't know what it is about entering your thirties that engenders feeling more settled and centered and powerful than ever before, but this is how I was feeling when I created my protagonist, Joanna Archer, and she absolutely mirrors these things (though, admittedly, in the extreme). However, Jo doesn't just become the woman she's meant to be, she becomes the superwoman she's meant to be. The core question that intrigued me here was this: What makes a person truly super human? The answer I came up with? Living up to your potential, even if – or, in Jo's case, especially if – it means saving the world in the process.

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