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I’m a big library user myself and often enroll in various subscription services (books add up fast—and so do growing kids’ expenses).

However you choose to read—buying, borrowing, or listening—I’m just glad you’re spending your time with my stories.

*Everand isn’t currently featuring Magic After Midnight.

Featured Fantasy: Never Met An Orc Who Wasn’t Moody a Cozy Fantasy by Sherry D. Ramsey

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Featured Fantasy: Never Met An Orc Who Wasn't Moody a Cozy Fantasy by Sherry D. Ramsey

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Larch Bloodmoon and Greylocke Krolkag are just a couple of orc-kin Finders, digging through mouldy basements and dusty attics to unearth artifacts for SCAT, the Society for the Contemplation of Arcane Tangibles. It’s a living, and not a very exciting one. Artifacts holding the vestiges of arcane power are mere historical oddities and the ancient Source of magical power is a long-dead mystery. When magic Withered a century ago, folks adapted, and nobody other than Scholars like their boss really thinks much about magic any more.

Or do they?

When a new elf-kin Finder joins their team, Larch and Greylocke’s routine is overturned as they’re drawn into keeping her secrets. And with the discovery of an inexplicable artifact and rumours of a shadowy cabal bent on resurrecting magic, a dangerous new path beckons … one the Finders can’t ignore.

Featured Sci-fi: Dragon and Thief by Timothy Zahn

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Featured Sci-fi: Dragon and Thief by Timothy Zahn

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The first novel in the Dragonback series is “a romp of a space thriller” (Booklist) from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Star Wars: Thrawn.
 
Jack Morgan is dealing with more trouble than any young man deserves. Raised to be a professional thief and con artist by his late uncle Virgil, he’s survived on his uncle’s spaceship with the help of an AI program. But when he’s accused of a crime he actually didn’t commit, Jack is forced to flee to a remote, uninhabited planet where he can stay off the radar for a while.
 
His solitude is soon interrupted when a ship crashes on Jack’s hideout after a terrible space battle. There’s only one survivor: a warrior called Draycos, whose reptilian race is being targeted for extinction.
 
The good news is that if Jack helps Draycos, the odd creature might be able to help clear Jack’s name. The not-so-good news is that to survive, Draycos must bond—physically and mentally—with a sentient being to use as his “host.”
 
And it looks like Jack is the only sentient being around . . .

Featured Sci-fi: Space Hunter the Complete Series by Rick Partlow & Pacey Holden

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Featured Sci-fi: Space Hunter the Complete Series by Rick Partlow & Pacey Holden

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Get the Space Hunter War Complete Series Box Set, featuring all six books in the series. 2000+ pages of explosive military sci fi action from a pair of bestsellers.

Jack Bennet returns from the war to find the life he left behind has moved on without him. The only option he has to make ends meet lies in a military surplus junkyard starship. What’s a former Combat Search and Rescue soldier to do?

Fix up the ship, hire the cheapest pilot—a notorious drunk—and take the first contract that comes up: collect a bounty on one of the most ruthless killers in the Pirate Worlds, a place crawling with thieves, cutthroats and con artists whose primary language is violence. Jack must abandon his nice guy persona, or exploit it, if he is to survive.

What could possibly go wrong?

Featured Fantasy: Aether Witches (Witches of Mountain Shadow Book 1) by Tarah Benner

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Featured Fantasy: Aether Withc (Witches of Mountain Shadow Book 1) by Tarah Benner

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In Mountain Shadow, things are seldom what they seem. The veil between realms is frayed and thin. Demons lurk in the shadows. And sometimes enemies become necessary allies.

The Grimes sisters aren’t normal — even by witches’ standards. For weeks, Fiona has been having chilling visions of death, and Eleanor sees restless spirits nearly everywhere she goes.

When a string of unusual murders rocks their small mountain town, Fiona and the rest of her coven begin to worry that the killer may be one of their own. Even worse? A witch hunter has just moved in next door, and he knows Fiona’s secret.

When it seems that her sister might be the next victim, Fiona must join forces with a man she hates to stop the killer before it’s too late.

Aether Witch is Charmed meets Gilmore Girls. If you love a witchy paranormal fantasy series with sisters, a quirky small town, found family, and a touch of darkness, this book is for you. Grab your copy today!

Featured Fantasy: The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Book 1 by Kirsten Weiss

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Featured Fantasy: The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Book 1 by Kirsten Weiss

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A Perfectly Proper Murder…

Going home again isn’t easy. After years abroad, Maddie Kosloski is a fish out of water in her rural hometown, and all she wants is to restart her overseas career. Instead, she gets a small-town paranormal museum, a fresh corpse, and a ghost-detecting cat.

With her high school bully as one of the detectives in charge of the investigation, Maddie doubts justice will be served. And when one of her best friends is arrested, she’s certain it won’t be. Juggling ghost hunters, obsessed taxidermists, and the handsome motorcyclist next door, Maddie must solve this murder—and fast—before she becomes the next ghost in the museum.

A hilarious whodunit packed with quirky characters, a cat with an attitude, and murder, this light paranormal cozy mystery is perfect for fans of Jana DeLeon, Laura Childs, and Juliet Blackwell. Get cozy with book one in the Paranormal Museum mystery series and start this funny murder mystery today.

Praise:
“A delightful new series.”―Library Journal (starred review)
“A quirky murder mystery with plenty of small town charm.”―ForeWord Reviews
“A clever combination of characters.”―Kirkus Reviews
“Humor, hints of romance, and twists and turns galore elevate this cozy.”―Publishers Weekly

Featured Fantasy: The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks

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Featured Fantasy: The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks

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The Sword of Shannara is the first volume of the classic series that has becomeone of the most popular fantasy tales of all time.

Long ago, the wars of the ancient Evil ruined the world. In peaceful Shady Vale, half-elfin Shea Ohmsford knows little of such troubles. But the supposedly dead Warlock Lord is plotting to destroy everything in his wake.The sole weapon against this Power of Darkness is the Sword of Shannara, which can be used only by a trueheir of Shannara. On Shea, last of the bloodline,rests the hope of all the races.

Thus begins the enthralling Shannara epic,a spellbinding tale of adventure, magic, and myth . . .

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Terry Brooks’s The Measure of the Magic.