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Featured Science Fiction: The Reclamation and the Lioness (World Apart Book 3) by Robert D. Armstrong

September 10, 2023 by Carolynn

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Captain Victoria Belic returns with the third installment of the bestselling series, A World Apart.

After the Architect’s ploy to corrupt the Knights, the Legion’s defenses are in disarray, and the Mave position themselves to take advantage of the opportunity.

The Engineer is forced to take drastic measures to protect the people of the Legion, seeking assistance from the Reclamation, a recluse group of androids that sympathize with the human resistance.

But Captain Belic has her own plan, and blazes a trail the Knights nor the Engineer ever saw coming.

Featured Fantasy: Born of Metal (The Kings of the Inconquo Book 1) by A.L. Knorr & Aaron D. Schneider

September 10, 2023 by Carolynn

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A powerful artifact, a secret society, an ancient evil. Can Ibby embrace her destiny as Inconquo guardian before an ages-old demon is unleashed on London?

Ibby’s parents gave up everything for a chance at a better life. So, after a terrible accident leaves her alone in London, Ibby works her internship at the British Museum and goes to her classes to make them proud.

But when Ibby finds a strange artifact and encounters a mysterious professor in the bowels of the museum, she learns that her lineage means bigger responsibilities than good grades. Training in the secrecy of a ghostly underground tube station defunct since 1933, her waking powers means Ibby must face the wrath of a titan with a vendetta against her kind…and she has to do it alone.

If you love strong female characters and millennia old secrets, you’ll love the origin story of Ibukun Bashir, metal elemental. Welcome to the world of the Inconquo.Enjoy Born of Metal today and experience a wild ride and the forging of a modern legend!

Featured Fantasy: A Kingdom of Frost and Malice (The Winter Court Series) by Ashley McLeo

September 10, 2023 by Carolynn

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Blood slave to courtier of the Winter fae . . . you’d think I’d moved up.
I’m not so sure.

The auction block awaits and a vicious vampire prince wants me and what flows through my veins.

So I make a run for it, only to end up falling at the feet of a fae warden. Technically, Roar, the Warden of the West should return me to the vampire court, but he has other ideas.

He needs a fake fiancée.

The deal: if I play his dutiful partner at the Winter Court, and help him trick the cold King of Winter, Roar will hide me from the blood-suckers intent on draining the life from me.

I agree, and for a while, it seems like nothing can go wrong.

That is, until Vale, Warden Roar’s nemesis, sets his sights on me.

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Featured Science Fiction: The Legend and the Lioness (World Apart Book 2) by Robert D. Armstrong

September 10, 2023 by Carolynn

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Ace pilot Victoria Belic returns with the pulse-pounding sequel to the best selling novel, The Legion and the Lioness.

As Titan command positions themselves to stop the android space fleet hurling toward their moon, Victoria finds her wings clipped as she’s thrust into a ground war against a cybernetic horde known as the Mave.

With humanity’s fate in jeopardy, an alliance is formed between humans from both Titan and Earth to fight the machines. But there is a wildcard, the Engineer, a legendary swordsman of the Legion knights that wields a blade of fire. Victoria is forced to tread carefully as not only do her enemies pose a threat, but potentially, her allies as well.

Featured Sci-fi: Galactic Guardians Box Set Books 1 – 5 Plus Bonus Short Story by Jonathan Yanez

September 8, 2023 by Carolynn

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Sometimes the galaxy needs to be saved from itself.

Evil exists not just on our planet but in the universe as a whole. The forces who fight for the light are too few. The Galactic Government uses teleportation, space fleets, and robotic engineering to stem the tide of planetary war but still, this may not be enough.

The tip of the spear in the battle against evil, are called, Rowki Guardians. These fabled few who dare to tread where few would are spread thin on the front line facing, space monsters, twisted clone armies, and evil galactic knights.

Max Tyco is a broken man with a haunted past. He’s so far gone he’s not sure redemption exists for someone like him. Soon an opportunity will come his way to dig deep into the depth of his potential, one more time and join a brotherhood that will change his life forever.

For fans of Red Rising, The Expanse, and The Murderbot Diaries, comes your next action packed thrill ride.

Award-winning, international bestseller of science fiction Jonathan Yanez brings you the first-ever box set of the Galactic Guardians series. The first five novels and a bonus short story are jam-packed with everything you love about space opera. From bounty hunters to AI, robots and space marines this series has it all.

Books in this box set include:
Legend Rising
Starship Found
Shadow of the Contender
Calamity Awakening
Dark Star Deceit
Guardian (Bonus Short)

Featured Fantasy: Faerie Hearts (Sharp Tales Book 7) by Anthea Sharp

September 8, 2023 by Carolynn

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Magical happily-ever-afters are yours in this brand new collection of sweetly romantic stories from USA Today bestselling author Anthea Sharp.

From a heroine of Celtic legend to an intrepid elf warrior, fall in love with these couples bound by fate, who must fight for everything they hold dear in order to gain their true loves. Inspired by legends and fairytales, each story is filled with adventure, enchantment and, of course, plenty of (non-spicy) romance!

THE FAERIE MAIDEN OF THE OAKS – Based on an Irish legend, a fey woman marries the human lord who has captured her heart. But beware faerie bargains…

HEART OF THE FOREST – A prince becomes lost in a mystical forest, where he must fight for his life at the side of a moon-haired elf maiden who may hold the answer to his dreams. (Connected to the Darkwood series)

THE GIFT OF LOVE – Whether it’s romantic love, or the deep ties of family, a perceptive young woman works to heal the hurts of a wounded heart.

PRINCESS OF SALT – When a princess tells her father the truth, he banishes her from the castle. She must face many trials to gain back not only her true love, but the acceptance of her family once more.

THE WITCH OF THE WOODS – A brand new twist on a beloved fairytale, where nothing is as it seems.

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