Some of you have seen this already, but here’s the cover for Spider’s Revenge, the fifth book in the Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series. Pretty cool, huh?

Kudos once again go to Tony Mauro, the cover artist. Just when I think that Tony can’t possibly top himself, I see the cover for the next book and am wowed all over again.

Now, I know what some of you are going to ask: Why can’t we see the spider rune on Gin’s hand? From what I understand, there just wasn’t a good pose that showed the rune this time. But it’s in the title, which I think is really cool. Also, here’s the back cover copy:

Old habits die hard. And I plan on mur­der­ing some­one before the night is through.

Killing used to be my reg­u­lar gig, after all. Gin Blanco, aka the Spi­der, assassin-for-hire. And I was very good at it. Now, I’m ready to make the one hit that truly mat­ters: Mab Mon­roe, the dan­ger­ous Fire ele­men­tal who mur­dered my fam­ily when I was thir­teen. Oh, I don’t think the mis­sion will be easy, but turns out it’s a bit more prob­lem­atic than expected. The bitch knows I’m com­ing for her. So now I’m up against the army of lethal bounty hunters she hired to track me down. She also put a price on my baby sister’s head. Keep­ing Bria safe is my first pri­or­ity. Tak­ing Mab out is a close sec­ond. Good thing I’ve got my pow­er­ful Stone and Ice magic — and my irre­sistible lover Owen Grayson — to watch my back. This bat­tle has been years in the mak­ing, and there’s a chance I won’t sur­vive. But if I’m going down, then Mab’s com­ing with me … no mat­ter what I have to do to make that happen.

Spider’s Revenge will be out on Sept. 27. I’ve said all along that Gin and Mab’s story arc would play out over five books, so I don’t think I’m giving too much away by saying that they have their big showdown in this book. I hope everyone has as much fun reading the book as I did writing it.

Are you excited yet? I am! 😉