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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.

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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: Last Stand (Starship of the Ancients Book 4) by A.K. DuBoff

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Featured Sci-fi: Last Stand (Starship of the Ancients Book 4) by A.K. DuBoff

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A ruthless usurper. A rebellion’s spark. One chance to reclaim the stars.

Evan and Anya refuse to back down as Rostov’s regime tightens its chokehold, purging dissidents across the Commonwealth. But as evidence of Rostov’s atrocities spreads, the core worlds rally to disrupt the enemy’s grip.

Leading the rebellion from the shadows, Evan and Anya strike Syndicate outposts with daring raids to arm the oppressed. But with a fight on multiple fronts, Roman’s inside connections could make all the difference—if he can be trusted.

As every victory draws Rostov’s wrath closer, Evan and Anya are on the verge of finally getting answers about the Korani. However, evidence mounts that the fate of the alien civilization may be inextricably tied to the Commonwealth’s own future.

With cities burning, can Evan and Anya topple the regime’s power in time to prepare for the mounting galactic threat?

Last Stand is the thrilling fourth installment in the Starship of the Ancients series. If you like action-packed space adventures with alien tech, dynamic characters, and interstellar intrigue, then you’ll love this immersive space opera by author A.K. DuBoff, creator of the Cadicle Universe.

Featured Fantasy: Pawsitively Poisonous (A Witch of Edgehill Mystery Book 1) by Melissa Erin Jackson

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Featured Fantasy: Pawsitively Poisonous (A Witch of Edgehill Mystery Book 1) by Melissa Erin Jackson

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First book in a completed series of five lighthearted, fast-paced, and twisty mysteries!

Every town has its secrets, but no one has a secret like hers.

Amber Blackwood, lifelong resident of Edgehill, Oregon, has earned a reputation for being a semi-reclusive odd duck. Her store, The Quirky Whisker, is full of curiosities, from extremely potent sleepy teas and ever-burning candles to kids’ toys that seem to run endlessly without the aid of batteries. The people of Edgehill think of the Quirky Whisker as an integral part of their feline-obsessed town, but most give Amber herself a wide berth. Amber prefers it that way; it keeps her secret safe. But that secret is thrown into jeopardy when Amber’s friend Melanie is found dead, a vial of headache tonic from Amber’s store clutched in her hand.

Edgehill’s newest police chief has had it out for Amber since he arrived three years before. He can’t possibly know she’s a witch, but his suspicions about her odd store and even odder behavior have shot her to the top of his suspect list. When the Edgehill rumor mill finds out Melanie was poisoned, it’s not only the police chief who looks at Amber differently. Determined to both find justice for her friend and to clear her own name, Amber must use her unique gifts to help track down Melanie’s real killer. A quest that threatens much more than her secret …

Featured Fantasy: Dark, Witch & Creamy (Bewitched by Chocolate Book 1) by H.Y. Hanna

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Featured Fantasy: Dark, Witch & Creamy (Bewitched by Chocolate Book 1) by H.Y. Hanna

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In an enchanted English village filled with chocolate spells, quaint traditions, and family secrets, one budding witch must master the art of magic, solve puzzling mysteries… and maybe even find love!

Since arriving in the enchanted village of Tillyhenge, Caitlyn is discovering that there are lots of perks to being part of a witchy family—especially when there’s a magical chocolate shop involved! (Although sadly, magic still can’t make your thighs thinner or stop you acting like an idiot every time you meet the handsome Lord James Fitzroy!)

But when the nasty housekeeper at Huntingdon Manor meets an untimely end and Caitlyn becomes the main suspect, she finds herself surrounded by suspicious villagers. With the help of her sassy American cousin and a naughty black kitten—not to mention her grumpy mentor, the old village witch—Caitlyn sets out to clear her name.

She soon realises that there’s more brewing than meets the eye. Her quest for answers leads her to an ancient ring with mythical powers – a ring that some would stop at nothing to claim. But with a few clever spells and some quirky chocolate magic, Caitlyn just might solve the mystery – and find her real family too!

** If you love tropes like: found family, enchanted villages, cozy magic, magical pets, magical baking, witchy vibes, feel-good mystery, slow burn romance, cottagecore, chocolate shop fantasy, aristocratic romantic hero… this is the book for you!

Featured Sci-fantasy: Every Sky a Grave (The Ascendance Book 1) by Jay Posey

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Featured Sci-fantasy: Every Sky a Grave (The Ascendance Book 1) by Jay Posey

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The first in a “fresh” (Jason M. Hough, New York Times bestselling author) sci-fi space opera that follows a powerful planetary assassin who can destroy planets with a single word but is suddenly faced with an adversary that threatens the entire known universe.

Far in the future, human beings have seeded themselves amongst the stars. Since decoding the language of the universe 8,000 years ago, they have reached the very edges of their known galaxy and built a near-utopia across thousands of worlds, united and ruled by a powerful organization known as the Ascendance. The peaceful stability of their society relies solely on their use of this Deep Language of the cosmos.

But this knowledge is a valuable secret, and a holy order of monastics known as the First House are tasked with monitoring its use and “correcting” humanity’s further development. Elyth is one such mendicant, trained as a planetary assassin, capable of infiltrating and ultimately destroying worlds that have been corrupted, using nothing more than her words.

To this end, Elyth is sent to the world Qel in response to the appearance of a forbidden strain of the Deep Language that was supposed to have died out with its founder over seven hundred years prior. What she finds on the backwater planetoid will put her abilities to the test and challenge what she knows of the Deep Language, the First House, and the very nature of the universe.

Featured Sci-fi: Beasts in the Garden (Archangel Project. Convergence I) by C. Gockel

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Featured Sci-fi: Beasts in the Garden (Archangel Project. Convergence I) by C. Gockel

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When John Miller signs up for the rescue mission to the Proxima Centauri outpost, he expects to find his former lover, Hana, the brilliant physicist behind the invention of near light engines, dead. 

Instead he and his team find Hana missing and a large part of the outpost destroyed.

John’s team suspects suicide.  John knows Hana would never give up so easily.

John and Hana are very different people. Their relationship was a fluke born of proximity and convenience. But when he discovers her Hail Mary attempt to return to Earth with a dangerous, experimental faster-than-light vessel, he has to follow her.

But it isn’t where Hana has gone that is the real surprise. It’s when … 

Vessels damaged, fighting for survival, Hana and John struggle to rebuild the basics of civilization from scratch. They’re in a world where unboiled water or an untreated cut can result in death, and four-legged predators lurk in the trees.

But the greatest threats to Hana and John are almost human …

Featured Fantasy: Lost in Limbo (Lana Harvey Reapers Inc. Books 1 – 3) by Angela Roquet

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Welcome to Limbo City…

Bundled set of books 1-3 in Angela Roquet’s Lana Harvey, Reapers Inc. series.

Meet Lana Harvey, a reaper who resides in Limbo City, the capital of the modern afterlife, where deities from every faith must coexist and work together to keep all hell from breaking loose in Eternity. It’s a tall order, and up until recently, Lana didn’t realize how much of that responsibility rested on her shoulders.

If you had Lana’s job, you’d be grim, too.

New to Lana and Limbo City?

If you love urban fantasy steeped in mythology, dark humor, gritty action, and paranormal romance, then this is the series for you!

Grab books 4-7 in the FOUND IN LIMBO omnibus, and then catch up with Lana and the gang in LIFE AFTER DEATH, book one of the RETURN TO LIMBO CITY spin-off series!