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Featured Fantasy: Master of the Hunt (Huntress vs Huntsman Book 1) by Lisa Blackwood

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Featured Fantasy: Master of the Hunt (Huntress vs Huntsman Book 1) by Lisa Blackwood

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In a land of three warring kingdoms, a centaur huntsman and a warrior priestess might be the only hope for peace. If the two enemies don’t kill each other first, they might even find love.

Seira of Blackstone has fought in many border skirmishes against the centaurs of the lowlands, but when she comes upon a massacre, it’s soon apparent the centaur and human dead weren’t fighting each other. They were fighting together against a third, unknown foe.

Toryn, a centaur huntsman, is following the trail of a group of soul-mages when he encounters Seira, the most exquisite female he’s ever beheld. She’s majestic, battle-hardened, strong-willed, and her sharp tongue fires his blood more than any other female he’s ever met.

While Seira’s natural instinct is to kill the horseman, she’s also swift to see they have a better chance of success if they work together. But there is more danger than just an unknown enemy. As they come to depend on each other, Seira secretly admits she has growing feelings for her centaur partner.

That’s a problem. As a warrior-priestess of the Moon Goddess, Seira has sworn vows of obedience, loyalty, and chastity in exchange for her magic. As such, her body, heart, and soul can never be shared with another. Not even a noble centaur with equal parts desire and tender longing in his eyes.

But centaurs are renowned for their stubborn natures, and Toryn plans to claim Seira’s heart even if he risks having the warrior-priestess bury one of her blades in his chest for his troubles.

A fantasy romance.

Author’s Note: The Huntress vs Huntsman world is a fantasy romance series. If romance of the fantasy variety isn’t your thing, avoid like the plague.

Huntress vs Huntsman Reading Order:
Master of the Hunt
Night Huntress
Dragon Archer
Soul Mage (Coming Soon)

Featured Fantasy: Caffeine Before Curses (Lattes and Levitation Book 1) by Christine Pope

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Featured Fantasy: Caffeine Before Curses (Lattes and Levitation Book 1) by Christine Pope

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When a movie shoot ends in murder, a caffeine fix might be the star’s only hope.

Skye O’Malley’s grandmother always told her she inherited the Sight. But other than an occasional message from a blob of tea leaves or a vague dream, Skye doesn’t think she’s anything special, since she can’t even predict which of her coffee-shop customers will order hard-core black or fancy frou-frou with extra foam.

The only instinct she can rely on is the jangly feeling that something is about to happen. Like when her best friend (and only employee) Deanne tells her that a film crew is coming to their hometown of Las Vegas, New Mexico. The lead is Hollywood’s hottest action-movie star, Max Sullivan, who just happens to be Skye’s former “boy next door”…and her lifelong, unrequited crush.

Just having him around unbalances Skye’s carefully curated existence. But when she starts having disturbing dreams involving Max and a prop gun, she can’t ignore them. Especially when the film’s notoriously unpleasant director turns up dead, and the evidence points to one prime suspect. Max.

Max needs a miracle, not a not-quite witch. But he’s placing all his trust in Skye — and her murky tea leaves — to help him find the real culprit before the actual murderer gets away clean.

Featured Fantasy: Drood by Dan Simmons

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Featured Fantasy: Drood by Dan Simmons

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On June 9, 1865, while traveling by train to London with his secret mistress, 53-year-old Charles Dickens — at the height of his powers and popularity, the most famous and successful novelist in the world and perhaps in the history of the world — hurtled into a disaster that changed his life forever.

Did Dickens begin living a dark double life after the accident? Were his nightly forays into the worst slums of London and his deepening obsession with corpses, crypts, murder, opium dens, the use of lime pits to dissolve bodies, and a hidden subterranean London mere research . . . or something more terrifying?

Just as he did in The Terror, Dan Simmons draws impeccably from history to create a gloriously engaging and terrifying narrative. Based on the historical details of Charles Dickens’s life and narrated by Wilkie Collins (Dickens’s friend, frequent collaborator, and Salieri-style secret rival), Drood explores the still-unsolved mysteries of the famous author’s last years and may provide the key to Dickens’s final, unfinished work: The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Chilling, haunting, and utterly original, Drood is Dan Simmons at his powerful best.

Featured Sci-fi: Thunderstrike The Complete Series by Daniel Young

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FLASH GORDON MEETS THE DIRTY DOZEN

A ragtag group of aliens must clear their name or face a lifetime of captivity in this pulpy throwback series from bestselling author Daniel Young that delivers the thrills!

It’s a ruthless universe out there, with humanity reigning supreme, treating alien lives as mere collateral in their unending quest for dominion. Yet, amidst this injustice, a band of alien warriors rise against the odds. They’re not just soldiers; they’re Thunderstrike.

Once enslaved, these alien fighters have earned their freedom by shedding blood for Earth, serving in a military that values them less than the humans they protect. Their grit and valor have carved out a reputation that precedes them across the galaxy. But now, they find themselves wrongfully accused, their honor at stake.

In the fallout of a botched mission, they stand accused of a crime they did not commit. Their names are tarnished, and they’re being used as scapegoats for a burgeoning threat that promises doom for humanity.

But Thunderstrike is not just a name, it’s a testament to their resilience. Now on the run, these warriors must do what no one else dares. They must navigate a universe that seeks their downfall, to bring the real culprits to justice and restore their tarnished honor.

If you like aliens of all shapes and sizes, playful banter and dark humor, plus endless space battles, you’ll love the THUNDERSTRIKE series!

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Featured Sci-Fi: Heat Signature (The Quantum War Book 4) by Jonathan Paul Isaacs

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Featured Sci-Fi: Heat Signature (The Quantum War Book 4) by Jonathan Paul Isaacs

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A desperate mission to find the truth
May unravel more than just a conspiracy…

On the colony world of Juliet, rampant constriction has brought forth the worst of humanity. Hustlers, zealots, and an increasingly brutal police force revel in harassing and harming a vulnerable populace. Yet Laramie McCoy and Chris Thompson believe they have found a key ally deep inside the military machine, one sympathetic to their cause who can feed them resources and intel. All they need is to find the right application of force to curb the slaughter–if their own complicated relationship doesn’t get in the way first.

Billions of kilometers away aboard a cramped and broken spacecraft, Wyatt Wills is searching for the legendary EIV Longshot–humanity’s first interstellar vessel that last flew over a century before. Hard-won clues suggests that this enigmatic vessel holds information vital to understanding and stopping constriction. But the location of Longshot has been classified since before Wyatt was born. And if his mission succeeds, he may find that some secrets are just far too terrible to set free.

Featured Science Fiction: Under Falling Skies (The Travels of Scout Shannon Book 1) by Kate MacLeod

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Featured Science Fiction: Under Falling Skies (The Travels of Scout Shannon Book 1) by Kate MacLeod

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Scout Shannon’s whole family died the day the Space Farers dropped an asteroid on their domed city. Now she lives alone, out in the wild with only her dogs for company. She prefers it that way.

But Scout finds herself at a crossroads. One road leads back to a quiet life snug under the protective dome of a city. The other road leads to a life in the rebellion, a life of adventure and excitement but also danger. Dare she try to find the rebels hiding in the hills?

Then a chance encounter with a stranger from the other side of the galaxy threatens to derail what remains of Scout’s life. The entire galaxy awaits her, if she survives the next four days.