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Ways to Read and Listen to My Series For FREE or Close To It

March 5, 2023 by Carolynn

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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. 

Or Read & Listen Completely FREE!

Find Your My eBooks and Audiobooks at Your Local Library with Overdrive/Libby, CloudLibrary, Hoopla, and More

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.

Find Libraries that Offer Libby/Overdrive

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

Filed Under: Free Ebooks Tagged With: KoboPlus, Libby, Overdrive, Scribd

Featured Sci-fi: The Skylark of Space (Skylark Book 1) by E. E. Doc Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby

April 1, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Sci-fi: The Skylark of Space (Skylark Book 1) by E. E. Doc Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby

FREE as of April 1, 2026
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This epic space opera from the father of the genre is an “adventure of an unprecedented kind . . . The first great ‘classic’ of American science fiction” (Isaac Asimov).
 
From Science Fiction– and Fantasy Hall of Fame–inductee E. E. Smith, The Skylark of Space chronicles the groundbreaking adventures of scientist Richard Seaton. After stumbling upon the secrets of atomic energy during a laboratory accident, Seaton partners with wealthy engineer Martin Crane, eager to share his discovery with the world by creating space travel. But this life-changing invention brings grave danger as greedy competitors want to exploit Seaton’s secret for their own means, including the unscrupulous Dr. Marc “Blackie” DuQuesne. But DuQuesne’s attempt to destroy Seaton and Crane sends the three men out into deep space, where their struggle to persevere leads to an epic tale of intergalactic space battles.
 
“With the exception of the works of H. G. Wells, possibly those of Jules Verne—and almost no other writer—[The Skylark of Space] has . . . done more to change the nature of all the science fiction written after it than almost any other single work.” —Frederik Pohl, Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author

Filed Under: Box Set List Featured Sci-Fi, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: E.E. Doc Smith, Lee Hawkins Garby, Skylark, The Skylark of Space

Featured Fantasy: The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Dragons & Magical Creatures (The Dragon Society Papers Book 2) by AJ Ponder

April 1, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Dragons & Magical Creatures (The Dragon Society Papers Book 2) by AJ Ponder

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Mandy has escaped the Dragon Pacification Society with her fae dragon, Beeble, and her new companion, the mysterious marble demon, Stan.

But she was forced to leave her enslaved family behind. And the clock is ticking.

Mandy’s little brother, Binky, and his dragon, have been sold. She has a week to rescue him before he’s taken to work as an indentured rider in a far away world.

The one hope Mandy has is that she can find help at The Library of Alexandria.

Unfortunately, Mandy’s timing couldn’t be worse. The Library of Alexandria is still recovering after being raided by demons, so when she turns up with her demon friend, Stan, the guards assume they’re spies and throw them both into a cell. A comfortable cell. But a cell, nonetheless.

Pick up your copy of The Society for the Protection of Dragons & Magical Creatures & Demons for the final instalment of Mandy’s cosy adventures in The Dragon Society Papers.

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: A.J. Ponder, The Dragon Society Papers, The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Dragons & Magical Creatures

Featured Fantasy: The Wayward Wizard (Magic & Mayhem Book 1) by Alesha Escobar

March 31, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: The Wayward Wizard (Magic & Mayhem Book 1) by Alesha Escobar

99¢ as of March 31, 2026
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I’m the last person a secret government agency wants to call for help.

I spend my days selling New Age trinkets to humans and my nights drinking with a street-hustling alchemist. Not exactly the law and order type. But when monsters from our childhood nightmares become flesh and blood, snatching people from the streets, I’m one of the few wizards alive who can uncover who’s behind it.

My past threatens to catch up with me, and I’m not sure I can outrun it.

After losing my family in a fire and being whisked away by my caretaker to train at the Akashic Academy, my life was further turned upside down when I emerged from my final test to find three dead master wizards. Despite being cleared of all charges, most in my community believe I killed them.

They call me the Wayward Wizard.

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Alesha Escobar, Magic & Mayhem, The Wayward Wizard

Featured Science Fiction: Double Edged (The Bulari Saga Book 1) by Jessie Kwak

March 31, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Science Fiction: Double Edged (The Bulari Saga Book 1) by Jessie Kwak

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With stakes this high, humanity doesn’t need a hero. They need someone who can win.

**Series complete! (5 books)**

Willem Jaantzen didn’t ask to be a hero. He just wants to keep his family safe in the shifting sands of Bulari’s underground—and to get the city’s upper crust to acknowledge just how far he’s come since his days as an orphaned street kid. With his businesses thriving and his dark past swept into the annals of history, it looks like he has everything he could ever ask for. Until, that is, his oldest rival turns up murdered and the blame—and champagne—begins to flow.

It turns out Thala Coeur died as she lived: sowing chaos. And when a mysterious package bearing her call sign shows up on Jaantzen’s doorstep, he and his family are quickly swallowed up in a web of lies, betrayals, and interplanetary politics. It’ll only take one stray spark to start another civil war in the underworld, and Jaantzen’s going to have to pull out every play from his notorious past if he wants to keep his city from going up in flames.

Jaantzen never wanted to be a hero, but that might just be a good thing. Because a hero could never stop the trouble that’s heading humanity’s way.

DOUBLE EDGED is the first book of the Bulari Saga, a five book series featuring gunfights, dinner parties, explosions, motorcycle chases, underworld intrigue, and a fiercely plucky found family who have each other’s backs at every step. Perfect for fans of The Expanse, Firefly, and The Godfather. Download Double Edged and start the adventure today.

Download Double Edged and start the adventure today.

Filed Under: Box Set List Featured Sci-Fi, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Bulari Saga, Double Edged, Jessie Kwak

Featured Fantasy: Speak of the Devil (Vegas Slayers Book 1) by Christine Pope

March 29, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: Speak of the Devel (Vegas Slayers Book 1) by Christine Pope

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Their supernatural talents could make them the perfect team — if Hell doesn’t claim them first.

Caleb Lockwood has a foolproof system for winning big in Las Vegas. Being part demon helps. Fresh from his escape from Hell, he’s looking to lie low and build a new life, starting with flipping a haunted house. Too bad his realtor has a knack for spotting supernatural trouble.

Delia Dunne’s business card might advertise “luxury real estate,” but her true expertise lies in cleansing properties of unwanted spectral tenants. When a casino executive hires her to investigate a streak of suspicious wins, she never expects her newest client — the charming house flipper with seemingly unlimited funds — to be at the center of it all.

From the moment Caleb and Delia step into a ghost-infested property, things get complicated: sparks fly between them, spirits vanish mysteriously, and demons start showing up with deadly intent. As Delia digs deeper into Caleb’s past, she uncovers a two-year-old disappearance, a rebellion in Hell, and a secret that could get them both killed. Worse, the powerful figure behind it all is closer than either of them realized — and he’s playing for keeps.

The stakes are high, the odds are stacked, and in Vegas, the house always wins. Unless you’ve got a quarter-demon and a ghost hunter in your corner.

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Christine Pope, Speak of the Devil, Vegas Slayers

Featured Sci-fi: Mind’s Eye by Douglas E. Richards

March 28, 2026 by Carolynn

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Nick Hall awakens with powerful implants in his brain and assassins on his tail. And the future of humanity depends on his survival. Now the subject of an upcoming movie franchise!

When Nick Hall awakens inside a dumpster, bloodied and without a memory, he can’t imagine how things could get worse. But that’s before multiple assassins promptly start trying to kill him. Hall soon discovers that revolutionary electronics have been implanted in his brain, allowing him to wield the internet with his thoughts alone. Even more astonishingly—he can also read minds! Now, no secret is safe, and ruthless players around the world won’t rest until he’s dead.

But who inserted the implants? And why? And what secrets are hidden away in his own lost memory? If he can somehow survive long enough to answer these questions, he’ll change the world. Because his actions can either catapult civilization to new heights—or bring about its total collapse.

Based on actual research on neural implants and thought-controlled web surfing, and foreshadowing the emergence of brain implant companies such as Elon Musk’s Neuralink, Mind’s Eye is a smart, roller-coaster ride of a thriller. One that raises a number of intriguing, and sometimes chilling, possibilities about an extraordinary future that is just around the corner.

Mind’s Eye is the first pulse-pounding entry in a series of brilliant science-fiction thrillers. From the NY Times bestselling author whose books have sold over 3 million copies.

“Richards is a worthy successor to Michael Crichton.” (SF Book)

“Richards is an extraordinary writer,”(Dean Koontz) who can “keep you turning the pages all night long.”(Douglas Preston)

Filed Under: Box Set List Featured Sci-Fi, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Douglas E. Richards, Mind's Eye

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