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Featured Fantasy: Taellaneth Complete Series (Books 1 – 5) by Vanessa Nelson

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Featured Fantasy: Taellaneth Complete Series (Books 1 - 5) by Vanessa Nelson

FREE as of June 19, 2025
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Oath-bound servant. Outcast. No one cares if she lives.

Days away from freedom. One last task. No one cares if she lives.

Oath-bound to the arrogant Erith in exchange for her life, Arrow just wants her freedom. Then the Erith set her one last task, perhaps the most difficult she has ever faced; investigate the sudden death of a high-ranking shape-changer, the Erith’s ancient enemies.

The shape-changers believe the Erith are guilty of murder. And Arrow is in the middle of potential new war between the old enemies. Not only is her freedom at risk, but so is her life. It will take all of her training and skill with magic to live long enough to uncover the truth in time to avert a bloodbath.

Follow Arrow’s complete story in one volume for the first time – Taellaneth Complete Series contains all five books of The Taellaneth: 1. Concealed 2. Revealed 3. Betrayed 4. Tainted 5. Cloaked

If you like your fantasy mixed with mystery and spells, then you’ll love this series by Vanessa Nelson. Get your copy of the Taellaneth Complete Series today to follow Arrow’s remarkable story.

Featured Sci-fi: The Lure of Infinity (Bridgers Book 1 ) by Stan Smith

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Featured Sci-fi: The Lure of Infinity (Bridgers Book 1 ) by Stan Smith

FREE as of June 18, 2025
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Some worlds are better left alone.

Infinity Fowler has been fighting all her life. As a kid, she fought to survive. Then she fought professionally. When humans obtained the technology to bridge to alternate versions of Earth, she saw a chance for a new life. She signed up to become a bridger—an elite survival expert who protects tourists bridging to alternate worlds.

Desmond Weaver is making a last-ditch effort to complete his PhD in evolutionary biology. He has booked the excursion of a lifetime, a data-collecting mission to a vastly different version of Earth. If he fails, his career is over.

Infinity is Desmond’s assigned trainer and bridger. She’s one of the best, willing to die protecting tourists. She’s also willing to kill. When the time comes to bridge, Desmond and his two college roommates feel well prepared.

But they aren’t. Naked and weaponless, in an extraordinary world teeming with lethal predators, the team becomes entangled in a life-and-death struggle more terrifying than anything they could have imagined.

The Lure of Infinity, the first book in the Bridgers series, is for readers who love nonstop action, strange alien landscapes, and unforgettable characters.

Featured Sci-fi: Outcast Marines by James David Victor

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Featured Sci-fi: Outcast Marines by James David Victor

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A Military Science Fiction adventure from #1 Bestselling author James David Victor.

The Outcast Marines are the worst of the worst. If you’re conscripted, you will likely spend the rest of your days going on desperate missions that no one else can, or will, do. That’s an option Solomon, Jezzie, Malady, and the other Outcasts gladly took, though, because the alternative was certain death on a remote prison moon. And it’s a good thing too, because sometimes it takes some truly bad guys to save the day.

Outcasts of Earth is the first book in the Outcast Marines series. If you like science fiction with “heroes” who are anything but, the Outcast Marines will suck you into their battle to save humanity, from itself and the rest of the galaxy.

Download Outcasts of Earth and see if the “bad guys” can save humanity in the 23rd century!

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Featured Fantasy: Silver Spells (Midlife Elementals Book 1) by Kate Moseman

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Featured Fantasy: Silver Spells (Midlife Elementals Book 1) by Kate Moseman

FREE as of June 17, 2025
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Luella Campbell is having the weirdest day ever. Getting fired from her job at the sunscreen factory for no good reason is bad enough, but when a mysterious dog brings a tempest into her former workplace, Luella’s life is completely upended by the sudden gift of wild and windy magical powers.

With the help of her ride-or-die best friends, her motorcycle-riding mother, and a romantic blast from the past, Luella must find a way to make ends meet while unlocking the mysteries of her newfound magic… and the secrets hidden in the picturesque town of Sparkle Beach.

Sometimes, an empty nest means it’s your turn to fly.

Death Before Dragons Books 1 – 3 by Lindsay Buroker

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Death Before Dragons Books 1 - 3 by Lindsay Buroker

99¢ as of June 15, 2025
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I’m Val Thorvald, and I kill bad guys for a living.

My half-elven blood, magical sword, and telepathic tiger give me an edge, at least against most villains. But when dragons show up in Seattle, the city is in serious trouble—and so am I. Dragons are bigger, stronger, and more powerful than anything I’ve battled, and they don’t appreciate it when you sass them.

Just ask Lord Zavryd’nokquetal. That’s a name, not a cat hacking up a hairball, and if you mispronounce it, he’ll either insult you, incinerate you, or throw your Jeep up in a tree. Trust me, I know.

Unfortunately, he’s taken an interest in me. Not in the “half-elves are sexy and appealing and I need a new girlfriend” kind of way. Nope, he wants to use me. He’s on a mission, and he’s decided I’ll make the perfect bait to lure his enemies to him.

That’s about as good for your longevity as it sounds, and I’d love to decline the gig, but dragons can magically coerce people into doing their bidding. If I can’t figure out how to get him to leave me alone, I’ll either end up his servant for the rest of my life… or dead. And who’s going to protect Seattle then?

This bundle includes the first three novels in the Death Before Dragons urban fantasy series:

Sinister Magic
Battle Bond
Tangled Truths

Death Before Dragons features adventure, snark, and even a little romance. The series is now complete and perfect for those who enjoy binge reading!

Featured Fantasy: The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials Book 1) by Philip Pullman

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Featured Fantasy: The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials Book 1) by Philip Pullman

$1.99 as of June 14, 2025
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The modern fantasy classic that Entertainment Weekly named an “All-Time Greatest Novel” and Newsweek hailed as a “Top 100 Book of All Time.” Philip Pullman takes readers to a world where humans have animal familiars and where parallel universes are within reach.

Lyra is rushing to the cold, far North, where witch clans and armored bears rule. North, where the Gobblers take the children they steal—including her friend Roger. North, where her fearsome uncle Asriel is trying to build a bridge to a parallel world.

Can one small girl make a difference in such great and terrible endeavors? This is Lyra: a savage, a schemer, a liar, and as fierce and true a champion as Roger or Asriel could want.

But what Lyra doesn’t know is that to help one of them will be to betray the other…

A masterwork of storytelling and suspense, Philip Pullman’s award-winning The Golden Compass is the first in the His Dark Materials series, which continues with The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.

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