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My ebooks* and audiobooks are available through Everand (formerly Scribd). My ebooks are available through KoboPlus (You don’t need a Kobo device, the Kobo app is free for your phone, tablet, and PC.)

Everand and KoboPlus are subscriptions services, much like Kindle Unlimited. Both services have 30 day FREE Trials (conceivably, if you read fast, you can read all* my books FREE.) Learn more about KoboPlus and Everand. 

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I love to read! I also have a teenage son who consumes a gallon of milk every other day, and a growing daughter who needs new clothes and shoes on the regular.

I support my book habit by frequenting my local library. Maybe you do, too. All my books are currently available to libraries through Overdrive/Libby (the most popular app), CloudLibrary, BorrowBox, Hoopla, and more. If your local library loans out ebooks, but doesn’t have mine, they’ll have a way to request it.

If your library doesn’t loan ebooks or audiobooks, you may be able to get a library card at a larger library system for a modest fee. Here is a website that lists libraries with non-resident borrowing priveleges.

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*Everand isn’t featuring Magic After Midnight at this time.

Featured Sci-fi: Quantum Cheeseburger (Star Ascension Book 1) by Jeremy Michelson

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Featured Sci-fi: Quantum Cheeseburger (Star Ascension Book 1) by Star Ascension

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One cheeseburger, with a side of armageddon.

Driving his vintage Jeep down a lonely highway in the New Mexico desert, Chris, an ordinary guy with a horrible boss, makes a terrible mistake. He stops at a roadside burger shack for lunch. Disaster ensues. He barely escapes with his life. And, unknown to him, something else.

Now Earth military, mercenaries, and three races of aliens are hunting him.

All of them gunning for a power that will determine the fate of Earth. Along with the fate of six alien races locked in a simmering conflict that threatens to break out into all-out war.

A power that could unlock incredible technological secrets of a long dead alien race. A power Chris must learn how to control. A power he must learn how to use if Earth is to survive.

First, Chris must figure out who his real friends are.

Right now, everyone looks like the enemy.

The wild and funny first novel in the Star Ascension series.

Featured Sci-fantasy: The Ripple Trilogy by Cidney Swanson

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Featured Sci-fantasy: The Ripple Trilogy by Cidney Swanson

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From Kirkus Award-Winning Author Cidney Swanson

Samantha hides a secret genetic ability to vanish from sight. When she learns about a megalomaniac who wants to use genes like hers to create an invisible army, she’s determined to stop him before he topples governments and destroys everyone she loves. In the struggle to protect her family, a newfound crush, and humanity itself, her own life seems a small price to pay. But how do you fight an enemy you can’t see?

RIPPLER is the first book in a teen and young adult paranormal fantasy series set in a contemporary world where invisibility has long been a well kept secret. This coming of age series combines the heart pounding action of a thriller with a touch of clean romance and a science fiction twist.

Featured Fantasy: Grave Cargo (Arcane Transporter 1) by Jami Gray

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Featured Fantasy: Grave Cargo (Arcane Transporter 1) by Jami Gray

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A dead mage, a missing friend, and an unpredictable alliance merge into a volatile package sending Rory careening through the Arcane elite’s deadly secrets.

Rory Costas, Arcane Transporter, is finally out from under the Guild’s thumb and ready to jumpstart her career as an independent contractor. Even better than the potential income, her promising future offers the additional perk of keeping her coveted magic out of the hands of the all-powerful Arcane Families. But when a dead mage drops at her doorstep on the same morning her best friend and roommate, Lena, goes missing, Rory is drawn out of her comfort zone and into an ominous race against time.

Retracing Lena’s convoluted path through the Arcane elite’s moneyed secrets, bitter vendettas, and lethal curses, Rory crashes into Zev Aslanov’s investigation of the murdered mage. When the Cordova Family’s enigmatic hunter reveals the dead man was Lena’s last client, Rory must convince Zev her missing friend is a victim, not a suspect. To uncover the truth and save her friend, Rory agrees to work with Zev, even though their uneasy partnership may mean revealing her hidden magic.

As the clock ticks down, can they dodge Zev’s suspicions and Rory’s secrets to expose the real evil mastermind or will they crash and burn?

Buckle in for a pulse-pounding, magical thrill ride as Grave Cargo races into the Arcane Transporter urban fantasy series with a high-octane ride filled with unexpected turns.

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Featured Fantasy: The Unwilling (The Barrier Lands) by Kelly Braffet

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Featured Fantasy: The Unwilling (The Barrier Lands) by Kelly Braffet

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“Drips with atmosphere and intrigue . . .” this fantasy coming of age novel “is a study in suffering and cruelty but also in determination.” (Publishers Weekly)
 
Judah is an orphaned girl with a secret gift, born at the gates of Highfall castle. Raised alongside Gavin, heir to Lord Elban’s empire, the two share an extrasensory bond—one that is key to Judah’s survival and her possible undoing.
 
Elban—as mighty as he is cruel—plans to use Judah as a pawn to amass greater control. He will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
 
But beyond the castle walls, a magus, a healer with his own powerful force, has arrived from the provinces. He, too, has designs on the realm, and at the heart of his plans lies Judah . . . The girl who started life with no name and no history will soon discover her own strength. Intriguingly, she does not have to be given power: she can just take it.
 
“Fantasy at its most sublime!” —Erin Morgenstern, New York Times–bestselling author of The Night Circus
 
“Brilliantly executed.” —Vanity Fair
 
“Suspenseful, magical, wonderfully written . . . An essential addition to all epic-fantasy collections.” —Booklist (starred review) 
 
“A juggernaut of an epic fantasy novel with ingenious, thrilling twists and turns. Put this on the shelf beside Naomi Novik and George R. R. Martin.” —Kelly Link, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author of Get in Trouble
 
“A viscerally powerful book.” —Kat Howard, author of Roses and Rot
 
“Gorgeously told . . . At once a sweeping epic and an intimate portrait of being trapped in an oppressive regime.” —Gwenda Bond, New York Times–bestselling author of Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds

Featured Fantasy: Spellbound Boxset Books 1 – 10 by Annabel Chase

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Featured Fantasy: Spellbound Boxset Books 1 - 10 by Annabel Chase

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Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal.

This charming, feel-good series has it all–
A magical town with an enchanting secret.
A feisty heroine with a heart of gold.
A fallen angel with a redemption arc.
A snarky owl.
And, of course, cozy mysteries galore.

Grab your latte with a shot of sparkle, settle into a comfy chair, and escape to Spellbound cozy fantasy series.

This 10-book collection includes the following titles:
Curse the Day
Doom and Broom
Spell’s Bells
Lucky Charm
Better Than Hex
Cast Away
A Touch of Magic
A Drop in the Potion
Hemlocked and Loaded
All Spell Breaks Loose

Featured Sci-fi Series: Universe in Flames Boxset Collections by Christian Kallias

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Featured Series: Universe in Flames Boxset Collections

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Boxset 4 – 6 only $2.99, Boxset 7 – 9 only $3.99
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** NOW INCLUDES: Wings of Destiny, Way of the Warrior, Damocles Fall, Into The Abyss & Course Correction (shorter stories) **

I am Fury. Evil has followed me to Earth. I shall Protect this World until my Dying Breath.

When the Obsidian Empire obliterates the Star Alliance with the help of the Zarlacks, an old evil race long thought extinct, the universe is set ablaze.

The last survivors are forced to make a blind jump beyond the outer reach of the charted universe, to a world teeming with life: Earth.

The fleet’s arrival inadvertently alerts the enemies to the presence of sentient life in that part of space, resulting in a swift and devastating invasion of the blue marble. Under the guidance of the Olympian goddess of Love, Aphroditis, Lieutenant Chase Athanatos learns of his origins and must race against time in a daring attempt to save Earth, their Last Sanctuary.

With Earth now thrown at the center of the conflict, the newly formed Earth Alliance struggles to keep the enemy at bay. Desperately outnumbered, Chase and his friends must wage one battle after another while seeking new allies to survive. When it becomes clear that his Fury powers are awakening in him, Chase must face his inner demons and learn to control them or he could very well destroy the universe he has sworn to protect.

Can his Fury heritage and unwavering determination hold the key to change the course of everyone’s destiny?