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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.

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

Featured Science Fiction: Call of Courage by Multiple Authors

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Call of Courage 7 Novels of the Galactic Frontier

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Some are called by duty. Some are called by adventure. All answer the call of courage.

Jump into seven full-length novels exploring the limits of space, science, and courage. Aliens, artificial intelligence, rogue governments, and galactic frontiers–you’ll find them all here.

Heed the call. Download this collection of series starters today!

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About the Books:

Archangel Down by C. Gockel 
Commander Noa Sato doesn’t believe in aliens. She’s wrong. In the face of genocide she must hatch a daring plan with a ragtag crew to save the lives of millions–and her own. Every step of the way she is haunted by the final words of a secret transmission: The archangel is down.

Anti Life by Allen Kuzara
The opposite of life isn’t death; it’s something far worse. Mission colonel John Alvarez must carry out one last mission, a rescue attempt. Unknown to Alvarez, however, is the hidden threat that awaits him, one that–if he cannot stop it–will doom humanity to a fate worse than death.

Allies and Enemies: Fallen by Amy J. Murphy
Born into service of the Regime, Commander Sela Tyron is about as subtle as a hammer. To hammers, any problem can look like a nail. But things aren’t always that easy–especially when Sela is forced to choose between the only life she’s ever known and rescuing a trusted comrade.

Traveler in the Dark by Deirdre Gould
Sixteen centuries ago, they fled Earth. They’ve never walked on soil, felt rain, or breathed unrecycled air. At last, they sent exploratory mission to a new planet. It’s ideal… but they are not alone. Struggling for survival, they must make a choice. Sacrifice another species or accept their own extinction.

Breakers of the Dawn by Zachariah Wahrer
Humanity has fallen from its once majestic place amongst the stars. Desperate for resources, they seize every available planet, exterminating their alien inhabitants. Sent to subdue an uprising, a government operative unearths an alien relic. The strange device promises extraordinary power, but can he trust it?

The Backworlds by M. Pax
After the war with the Foreworlds, competition among the Backworlds is fierce. Pickings are scant enough that Craze’s father boots him off the planet. Cut off from everyone he knows with little knowledge of the worlds beyond, Craze must find a way to survive and get his revenge.

Sky Hunter by Chris Reher
Terrorists plot to destroy a space elevator on a remote planet. Nova Whiteside, Air Command pilot, is caught behind enemy lines in a bloody uprising. The treacherous and illicit schemes she uncovers there make her question who, really, is the enemy.

Featured Fantasy: Crown of Briars (Crowns of the Fae) by R.L. Perez

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Featured Fantasy: Crown of Briars (Crowns of the Fae) by R.L. Perez

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He must wed her to break the curse. She must kill him to save her kingdom.

Every generation, the Earthen Court gives a princess bride to the Wraith King to protect their realm from his deadly shadows. Princess Sybelle has prepared her entire life to be married to the monster who has been terrorizing her people.

And she has a plan to end her people’s suffering for good.

With the help of her dragon familiar, who can sniff out powerful enchantments, she intends to uncover the source of the Wraith King’s shadow magic. Once he is rendered powerless, she plans to kill him.

But despite his demonic appearance, the Wraith King is not who he appears to be. He is as alluring as he is deadly and, as Sybelle comes to know him, he awakens a fire in her soul she never knew she had.

When she realizes he is trapped by a powerful curse, she wants to do everything in her power to break it.

But to do so would endanger her own life and the lives of her people.

Torn between her duty to her kingdom and breaking the Wraith King’s curse, Sybelle must decide where her loyalties lie: to the home she was raised to protect, or to the dark king who has worked his way into her heart?

This book contains adult themes. Readers are encouraged to check the content warning inside before reading.

Crown of Briars is a romantasy Beauty and the Beast retelling with dragons and fae, enemies to lovers, arranged marriage, a shadow daddy, and slow burn spice.

This fairytale retelling is part of the Crowns of the Fae series, which can be read in any order as stand-alone novels.

Featured Sci-fi: Stormhaven Rising (Atlas and the Winds Book One) by Eric Michael Craig

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Featured Sci-fi: Stormhaven Rising (Atlas and the Winds Book One) by Eric Michael Craig

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How far will one man go to make sure the truth gets out?

Colton Taylor, a wealthy and eccentric industrialist, finds himself locked in a collision course with the President of the United States as he tries to save humanity from destruction.

Forcing himself into the arena of international politics, Taylor struggles to maneuver the immense corporate empire of Stormhaven into position to give civilization a fighting chance against an almost inevitable global catastrophe.

Staring down the relentless certainty of the Universe, he will risk everything to give the world one final option.

If he cannot succeed, the price of his failure will be no less than the end of life on Earth.

Smart money never bets against Colton Taylor!

Read Stormhaven Rising, and sink your teeth into an asteroid impact story backed up by real science.

Featured Fantasy: Mate Market (Ghost Pack Book 1) by Aimee Easterling

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Featured Fantasy: Mate Market (Ghost Pack Book 1) by Aimee Easterling

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A mating of convenience even a lone wolf can’t refuse.

I’m Wren, a shifter without a pack in a world where unclaimed females are considered property. Luckily, friendly ghosts keep me one step ahead of greedy alphas while also helping me free other women before they’re sold to the highest bidder.

Then a battle-scarred alpha who can banish ghosts with a single touch rips into my carefully controlled world. Locke offers me a deal: become his mate in name only, and he’ll fight by my side to free lone females.

I try to refuse. I should refuse. But when one of my ghosts becomes trapped in Locke’s territory and the next mate market looms, I realize I can’t win this battle alone.

I need the help of someone living—even if it means binding myself to an alpha like the one who turned my friends into ghosts.

Mate Market is the first book in the slow-burn romantic urban fantasy Ghost Pack series, set in the unforgiving arctic wilderness where forced proximity, found family, and fierce werewolves collide.

Featured Sci-fi: Legacy Emergence (Legacy Space Opera Book 1) by Bradley Elliot

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Featured Sci-fi: Legacy Emergence (Legacy Space Opera Book 1) by Bradley Elliot

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Lieutenant William Jackson isn’t like any other officer in the GCH. He lives a guarded life, unable to share the truth about who he really is, where he comes from, and what he can do.

Ripped from Earth in the year 2023, he arrives in the distant future, brought there by an enigmatic alien race with their own hidden agenda. Soon he discovers the reason for his abduction – an incredibly rare genetic gift allowing him to activate alien technology left behind by a powerful Ancient race that once ruled the galaxy. Technology so advanced it has the potential to alter the balance of galactic power if it falls into the wrong hands and could mean the difference between keeping humanity safe or being hunted into extinction.

Aided by his trusty AI, Bits, he’s forced to adapt to his new life as he’s conscripted into military service and struggles to survive in a galaxy teeming with danger and enemies’ intent on the downfall of humanity.

This is the story of William Jackson. Soldier. Covert operative. Man out of time. The savior of humanity… or the destroyer of worlds.

Featured Fantasy: A Twisted Riposte (Pixie Twist Mysteries Book 1) by Alyn Troy

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Featured Fantasy: A Twisted Riposte (Pixie Twist Mysteries Book 1) by Alyn Troy

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A town of unpredictable magic. A Pixie with wonky wings. A murder that shakes a SoCal town to its core!

Welcome to St. Maurice, a whimsical seaside town built atop a confluence of magical ley lines, where the extraordinary and the bizarre collide. Meet Twizzle Twist, the town’s top real estate pixie with a knack for turning dreams into homes—until one home comes with a newly deceased owner in the study–stabbed with her own sword.

The vibrant fencer’s demise sends shockwaves through the covens, and sends Twizzle spiraling into a whirlwind of intrigue. Who would want to silence an influential member of the community?

As Twizzle digs deeper, she discovers more than just a murder; she uncovers a tangled web of secrets that threaten her beloved town. With the uncanny ability of magic turning unpredictable, St. Maurice is on edge.

And someone is out to tear down the cherished amusement pier—the only slice of magic left in town that Twizzle has always called home. She and others live in apartments above the old carousel on the pier.

With the help of her quirky friends, including Amanda the mermaid barista and Mortimer the mini-dragon, can Twizzle untangle the mysteries lurking in the shadows? Will she find the killer before their next strike puts everything she loves in danger?

Join Twizzle on her thrilling adventure of magic, mayhem, and murder in the debut of the Pixie Twist Mysteries—where every twist and turn is sprinkled with pixie dust and peril! A Paranormal Cozy Mystery with Urban Fantasy vibes.