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You can read (and listen to!) most of my books through subscription services:

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Both offer 30-day free trials—so if you’re a fast reader, you could get through quite a bit at no cost.

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If your library carries ebooks or audiobooks, there’s a good chance they have my books—or can request them.

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A quick note

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: An Ember in the Ashes Book 1 by Sabaa Tahir

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An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

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‘Tahir spins a captivating, heart-pounding fantasy’ – Us Weekly

Read the explosive New York Times bestselling debut that’s captivated readers worldwide. Set to be a major motion picture, An Ember in the Ashes is the book everyone is talking about.

Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death.

When Laia’s grandparents are brutally murdered and her brother arrested for treason by the empire, the only people she has left to turn to are the rebels.

But in exchange for their help in saving her brother, they demand that Laia spy on the ruthless Commandant of Blackcliff, the Empire’s greatest military academy. Should she fail, it’s more than her brother’s freedom at risk… Laia’s very life is at stake.

There, she meets Elias, the academy’s finest soldier. But Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined – and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.

Featured Sci-fi: Boltguns and Duct Tape (Spaceship Mechanic Book 1) by Jamie McFarlane

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Boltguns and Duct Tape by Jamie McFarlane

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One busted starship.

One small-town mechanic.

One wild ride into the galaxy.

Rix Banner thought his fighting days ended with World War II. Back home in Cranberry Cove, he just wants to fix cars, drink coffee, and put the past behind him. But when a broken-down starship crash-lands in a Wisconsin cornfield, Rix discovers the universe isn’t done with him yet.

The Galactic Empire doesn’t care about Earth’s isolation. They want their ship back—and the fugitive who stole it. Rix isn’t a soldier anymore, but he’s the only one standing between his town and an alien war. With nothing more than wrenches, welding torches, and a stubborn streak, he’ll have to patch together a ship—and a plan—before everything he loves is stripped for parts.

Fans of retro science fiction, found-family crews, and grease-stained heroes will love Boltguns and Duct Tape—a fast-paced adventure where the galaxy’s fate depends on one small-town mechanic who refuses to quit.

Grab your copy today and discover why sometimes the galaxy doesn’t need a hero—it needs a mechanic.

Featured Fantasy: Keeper of Dragons the Complete Series by J.A. Culican

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Keeper of Dragons the Complete Series by J.A. Culican

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The complete USA Today and international bestselling series.

Moody Dragons. Snarky Elves. Fierce Mermaids. And two unlikely heroes who are fated to save them all.

Cole’s life spirals into an uncontrollable battle of life and death on his 18th birthday when he discovers his dragon heritage and the prophecy that awaits.

As if being a normal teenager isn’t hard enough, Cole learns that he’s also royalty. His birth parents are the king and queen of dragons. That makes Cole the Prince of Ochana—and their future king.

With that legacy comes a special mystical calling—devoting an eternity to protecting all beings from creatures bent on bringing an end to all that is good. This makes Cole the newly minted Keeper of Dragons. With no formal training or control of his mahier dragon-magic, his first task is to keep the nefarious farro-fallen fairies at bay.

The foreseen prophecy set his fate in stone. If Cole can’t embrace his destiny, then all beings will die—including his new dragon family.

Genre: A YA Dragon Shifter Fantasy

Box set includes the following full-length novels:
Book 1: The Prince Returns
Book 2: The Elven Alliance
Book 3: The Mere Treaty
Book 4: The Crowns’ Accord

“An epic fantasy all ages will love. Adventure, intrigue and dragons!” — New York Times bestselling author Christopher Morgan

“The Keeper of Dragons is the perfect adventure fantasy for anyone with a big imagination.” — New York Times bestselling author K.N. Lee

Featured Sci-fi: Toolbert is Here to Help (Grease and Glory: Book 1) by Morgan Quaid

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Toolbert is Here to Help by Morgan Quaid

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Woke up. Got hijacked by pirates. Got stuffed into a fleshy meat-sack. Worst. First. Day. Ever.

For decades Toolbert Zeta12 worked as a perfectly content helper bot aboard the mining ship Providence. He felt no pain, no disgust, and no curiosity, until a rogue virus sparked sudden self-awareness, a flood of baffling emotions, and a sudden desire to GET OUT!

His exit strategy? A crew of ridiculously dysfunctional space pirates blowing a hole through his workspace floor and forcing him to join the heist of the century… Well, heist of the week maybe.

Now, a logical, utility-focused robot is trapped inside a sweaty, organic shell. To survive, Toolbert must masquerade as a swaggering space captain, lead a crew of eccentric misfits, and handle the horrifying design flaws of a biological body. Worse, the nanobots that rebuilt his brain have achieved collective sentience and decided to unionize!

Toolbert is Here to Help: Grease and Glory is a laugh-out-loud, fast-moving science fiction adventure. If you love the reluctant, dry wit of The Murderbot Diaries, the chaotic gore and humor of Dungeon Crawler Carl, and the cosmic irony of Douglas Adams, grab your copy and prepare for launch!

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Featured Sci-fi: Turning Point (Elite Response Force ERF 1) by P R Adams

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Turning Point by P R Adams

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They won the Metacorporate War. Now comes the hard part: Capture or kill the architect of the war.

After the death of the Elite Response Force’s popular leader, Captain Lonny Meyers assumes command. It’s an opportunity to prove he’s the right officer for the position…but is he?

When the hunt takes them to a powder keg colony world, Meyers needs to win over civilian support. Before he can do that, he’ll have to keep his outnumbered and demoralized team from tearing itself apart. But there’s more to the situation than anyone could have expected, and it could spell the end for the ERF.

If you like stories with special forces operations, artificial intelligence, and robots, you’ll love this book.

Grab your copy of Turning Point, the first book in the high-octane military science fiction Elite Response Force series.

Featured Sci-fi: Zero (Hal Spacejock Book 0) by Simon Haynes

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Zero (Hal Spacejock) by Simon Haynes

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Learning on the job might not be the best idea when that ‘job’ is flying someone else’s spaceship.

Broke, about to get evicted, and bullied non-stop by his human-hating robot supervisor, Hal Spacejock is desperate to escape his miserable life as a cargo loader at a third-rate spaceport.

After helping an eccentric old nobleman threatened by two armed thugs in the shadow of a rusty, condemned starship, Hal sees his ticket to the stars. Don Manuel needs a pilot for his space-faring wreck, and Hal is more than happy to lie about his qualifications.

All Hal has to do now is figure out how to fly a starship before anyone realizes he’s a complete fraud.

Hal Spacejock: Zero is the prequel to the popular Hal Spacejock series.