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Featured Science Fiction: Shades of Treason (An Anomaly 1) by Sandy Williams

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Featured Science Fiction: Shades of Treason (An Anomaly 1) by Sandy Williams

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Ash would have given her life to save her teammates. Instead, they gave their lives to save hers.

Lieutenant Ramie Ashdyn is an anomaly, a person whose genetics makes her stronger and smarter than the average human. She’s pledged her life to protect the Coalition, an alliance of thirteen planetary systems, but when a top secret operation turns bloody, she’s charged with treason and the brutal executions of her teammates.

The Coalition needs the information Ash’s team stole on their last mission, so they send in Commander Rhys “Rest in Peace” Rykus to get it. He’s the man who’s responsible for turning Ash into an elite soldier… and he’s a man who isn’t, never was, and never will be in love with the woman he trained. Or so he tells himself.

Ash wants nothing more than to clear her name and be the woman her former instructor wants her to be, but the enemy who killed her teammates did more than frame her for treason and murder: they telepathically silenced her mind, preventing her from saying anything that might point to the truth about what happened.

Now Ash is trapped and set to be executed, the truth dying with her. Unless she can prove her innocence. But taking that path could destroy the Coalition she’s sworn to preserve and protect…

Featured Fantasy: The Cursed Fairy Tale Boxset – The Complete Series by Margo Ryerkerk

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Featured Fantasy: The Cursed Fairy Tale Boxset - The Complete Series by Margo Ryerkerk

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The Cursed Fairy Tale box set includes all three books in the series.

The Nutcracker Curse, Book 1

The Selection meets The Last Unicorn.

If I don’t break the curse, I’ll turn into a nutcracker.

As the crown princess of Austria, I’m expected to act primly and find a husband, not unleash a curse. Yet, that is exactly what happened when I touched a bespelled nutcracker. Now, I must find the magical nut Crackatook, or I will turn into a wooden doll.

My father locks me up in the castle, not understanding that I need to be the one to break the curse. Yet with the help of Philip, my best friend and royal guard, I’m able to sneak out.

Soon, Philip and I are off to lands filled with mythical creatures, sneaky traps, and complicated riddles.

Will we survive all trials and find the Crackatook in time? Or will I spend the rest of my days as a wooden doll?

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Featured Fantasy: A Curse of Queens (The Kingmaker Chronicles Book 4) by Amanda Bouchet

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Featured Fantasy: A Curse of Queens (The Kingmaker Chronicles Book 4) by Amanda Bouchet

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Discover an all-new adventure in USA Today Bestselling author Amanda Bouchet’s thrilling, white-hot fantasy series featuring the king’s younger sister and his best friend, the man she’s loved in secret for years.

THE WAR OF GODS IS JUST BEGINNING

After centuries of conflict, the three kingdoms of Thalyria have finally been reunited. But now the queen has been cursed, the royal lineage has been broken, and no one knows who’s behind the plot to threaten the once-fractured realm’s fragile new peace.

Desperate to help, Jocasta—the king’s younger sister and a gifted healer—hatches a daring plan to find Circe’s Garden, a fabled island where she hopes to discover an antidote. But she can’t do it alone. She needs the strong arm and unflinching bravery of the warrior she’s loved since childhood—her brother’s right-hand-man and captain of the guard, Flynn of Sinta.

Flynn has spent years fighting to deny the desperate longing burning between them, but he cannot allow Jocasta to face this danger alone. He swears he will be her shield, and together they will do the impossible. Yet with old feelings blazing bright and treachery brewing on Mount Olympus, one thing is clear: Thalyria and its new royals are still pawns in an epic game of power—one that might end in a War of Gods.

Featured Sci-fi: The Earth Concurrence by Julia Huni

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The Earth Concurrence by Julia Huni

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A hero with big expectations. A daughter who doesn’t want to live in his shadow.

Siti Kassis, daughter of the “Hero of Darenti Four,” doesn’t know what she wants out of life. A lot of her friends are taking time to travel and see the galaxy. But her father wants her to attend the Academy and follow in his footsteps.

Then the Hero is offered one last assignment: take a team to find and explore the deserted homeworld of mankind. It’s a twenty-year mission, and he doesn’t want to leave his only child behind. Siti’s going, whether she wants to or not.

It’s an exciting mission and a chance to make history–even if twenty years in deep sleep is a bummer of a way to start her “gap year.” But when they arrive, nothing is as they expected. Surprising finds and dangerous conditions cause her father to overreact, keeping Siti on a tight leash. When unknown enemies rear their dangerous heads, Siti must take matters into her own hands. Can the hero’s daughter save the day?

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Featured Fantasy: Alice the Dagger (The Wonderland Court Series Book 1) by Ashley McLeo

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Featured Fantasy: Alice the Dagger (The Wonderland Court Series Book 1) by Ashley McLeo

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They call me the dagger.

I’m a famed assassin. 

It’s all I’ve ever known. 

All that I can remember.

So when a white rabbit tells me that loved ones are waiting for me in the Wonderland Court of Faerie, it’s surprising. And then, I learn something even more shocking.

The Red Queen stole the crown from my mother—who she murdered. The queen singlehandedly created my reality of death and blood and murder.

While that’s devastating, I can handle it. As long as I get revenge.

What I don’t know how to handle is Henri Hatter.

He’s a rebel leader loved by everyone. A man who sings in the streets because people ask for aether’s sake. A faerie who knows more about my past than anyone—including me.

A good man who could crush my heart if I let him in. Which I can’t do.

Not if I want vengeance against the queen who ruined my life. Despite my claims that I work alone, Hatter and two nosey little pixies insist on sticking with me.

Only one thing is for sure, with them by my side assassinating the Red Queen will be unlike any other job I’ve ever tackled.

Alice the Dagger is a fae romance. Readers who love adventure, slow-burn romances, whimsical worlds, spunky sidekicks, and lots of action will love Alice the Dagger.

Featured Fantasy: A Matter of Dragons (Dragons of Iron Mountains Book 1) by Meredith Hart

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Featured Fantasy: A Matter of Dragons (Dragons of Iron Mountains Book 1) by Meredith Hart

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Rayne came to Cairncliff to kill a dragon. Not to kiss one.

This secret mission is Rayne’s chance to finally prove that, despite her gender and her childhood in the orphanage, she can serve the Valgros Royal Army. When she enters a dusty antiquities shop looking for information about the dragon she’s been sent to kill, Rayne isn’t expecting the gorgeous man behind the counter to take her breath away. And she certainly isn’t expecting him to invite her out for wine…and more.

Doshir moved to the sleepy village of Cairncliff to escape the constant drama of dragon politics, not to mention his cheating ex-girlfriend. When a beautiful woman from the mysterious kingdom of Valgros arrives on his doorstep, Doshir is delighted to be mistaken for a human, and he’s even happier to have the chance to seduce a woman who isn’t only interested in him because he’s a dragon.

But secrets have a way of coming to light, and one night will tie Rayne and Doshir’s destinies together in ways neither of them can imagine. In a city where dragons take human form and forbidden magic runs wild, betrayal waits for both the dragons and the dragon hunters.

A Matter of Dragons is the first book in a new romantic fantasy adventure series. Fans of Miranda Honfleur and Sarah J. Maas will love this story of dangerous adventure, sizzling romance, and secret dragon shifters.