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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: Half Wolf (Alpha Underground Book 1) by Aimee Easterling

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Half Wolf by Aimee Easterling

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Every werewolf knows the meek won’t inherit the earth.

Fen Young is a half-shifter whose inner beast is more mouse than wolf. Home is her castle, the only place she’s ever felt safe.

Enter Hunter Green, an uber-alpha strong enough to stop traffic with a single look. He’s handsome and enticing and seems like just the ticket to broaden Fen’s horizons…until the uber-alpha brushes off his admirer and summarily rejects her from her home pack.

Now treading water in the no-man’s land of outpack territory, Fen is faced with a missing pack mate, a tantalizing stranger, and a serial killer targeting half-werewolves. Will she be able to shore up her waning power in time to save her friend…and half-breeds everywhere…before it’s too late?

Featured Sci-fi: Starship Lost by Craig Martelle

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Starship Lost series by Craig Martelle

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Lost in space for a generation, they return to reclaim their homeworld.

The ship survived, but over time the original crew died out.

Their children were left to continue the fight for their home against their sworn enemy, the vicious alien Malibor.

They’ve lived their whole lives in space. Their idea of heaven is open air, blue skies, and the quiet of peace. But they’ll never have that if they don’t take it by force.

The time has come for Captain Jaq Hunter and Commander Crip Castle to lead this new generation against the Malibor and reclaim what should be theirs.

The crew returns to fulfill their destiny and honor their parents’ legacy.

The battle is joined.

This is the first book in the Starship Lost Military Sci-Fi Series from Military Sci-Fi Dragon Award Finalist and Amazon International Bestselling Author Craig Martelle. It’s perfect for fans of Rick Partlow, JN Chaney, and Joshua Dalzelle. Read it today!

Featured Sci-fi: United States of Z Book 1 by Olin Lester

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United States of Z Book 1 by Olin Lester

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Hiding in plain sight, Protocol 9 agents live among us.

Protocol 9 was designed as the ultimate safeguard—a top-secret government program to counteract viral outbreaks or chemical weapon attacks. But no one expected to use it: until something turned the population cannibal.

For Special Operations soldiers finishing their tours of duty, signing on as Protocol Agents seemed like easy money—a cushy contract with no real danger. But when civilization collapses and the streets run red, they realize they’ve been recruited as humanity’s last line of defense against a nightmare they never saw coming.

Featured Fantasy: Cassie Scot (Paranormal Detective Book 1) by Christine Amsden

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Cassie Scot by Christine Amsden

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She was born into a world of magic, but she has none of her own…

Cassie Scot is the normal daughter of powerful sorcerers, born between worlds but belonging to neither. She strives to find a place for herself, but living in the shadow of her family’s reputation isn’t easy. All she wants is a nice, normal job, but her dreams of independence from magic are threatened when she stumbles upon the gruesome body of sixteen-year-old Nancy Hastings.

Now Cassie is plunged into a paranormal investigation which gets her tangled up with the victim’s powerful family, the Blackwoods. Dark, dangerous, and handsome Evan Blackwood tempts Cassie deeper into a world she seeks to escape. Yet Evan—and magic itself—may not be ready to let her go.

“When sorcerers call the shots, what’s a girl without powers to do? Get ready for a ripper of a murder mystery full of romance and intrigue, where magic potions bubble, passions spark and vampires are definitely not your friend. Cassie Scot: ParaNormal Detective grabs you by the heart and won’t let go until the very last page. Well written, immersive and unputdownable. This is urban fantasy at its best. More please!”

~ Kim Falconer, bestselling author of The Spell of Rosette, Quantum Enchantment Series

Featured Sci-fi: Fleet of the Forgotten (Exiles War Book 1) by Dan Thornton

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Fleet of the Forgotten by Dan Thornton

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An unlikely hero. An unfinished ship. Humanity’s last hope.

Ryan Anders has spent his life fighting for a place in a world that doesn’t want him.
Chosen by lottery to attend the Fleet Academy, he learned quickly that survival means knowing when to keep your head down.

Until the day the sky fills with fire.

Without warning, an alien armada descends, shattering Earth’s defenses and scattering its fleet in a storm of confusion and retreat. Amid the chaos, Ryan seizes an unfinished warship.

The plan is simple: get his friends clear of the slaughter. But the moment they break orbit, the plan is gone. Now they are cut off, flying blind, forgotten.

Their enemy does not speak. Does not negotiate.
And they will not stop until humanity is dust.

Featured Sci-fi: Country Boy (The Country Boy Saga Book 1) by Toby Neighbors

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Country Boy by Toby Neighbors

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Life on the farm wasn’t easy…
And Dalton Tate never shirked a task…
But nothing prepared him for the Colonial Fleet Marine Corps.

Dalton Tate is leaving home for the first time in his life. The Marines are offering a new experience and a very important enlistment bonus that will keep the bank away from the farm. It’s a sacrifice he’s only too happy to make, even though he knows the odds are high that he could be hurt or even killed.

The Colonial Fleet has the daunting job of keeping humanity’s ever-growing colonies safe. The CFMC is the best-trained military that humanity has ever put into the field. But it isn’t perfect, and nothing about war is safe. The opportunities are enormous, but they come at a cost, and Dalton Tate is about to discover what being a Space Marine is really all about.

Country Boy is the first in an epic new military Sci-Fi series by prolific author Toby Neighbors. It is a coming-of-age tale that is full of excitement, adventure, new experiences, and danger. Join Dalton Tate in the start of an action-packed saga that you won’t want to put down. If you like Starship Troopers, The Things They Carried, and the Frontline Series, you’ll love Country Boy.