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Featured Fantasy: Daiquiris & Daggers by Melissa Marr

January 13, 2022 by Carolynn

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From USA Today & New York Times Bestselling Author Melissa Marr

Half-dead witch Geneviève Crowe makes her living beheading the dead–but since she bonded to Eli Stonecroft, a faery prince in self-imposed exile in New Orleans, her magic has vanished.

A fun spa weekend away with friends in a city free of monsters, what could be better? Gen’s necromancy had been on the fritz, so a recharge sounds perfect–until she arrives in San Diego to discover that either the spa is two steps beyond weird or there’s magic afoot.

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Featured Science Fiction: Emerging Storm (The Forgotten Race) by Matt Edsand

January 10, 2022 by Carolynn

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The last human serves humanity’s greatest enemy.

Celeste never wanted anyone to know her secret. And, she never dreamed it would lead her to becoming the Grekk Empire’s top envoy.

Behind a routine negotiation with the Zandrax, a new species, lies a sinister plan to challenge the galactic order. Celeste is forced to come face to face with her secret and realize that she may be the only thing standing between the prevailing peace and chaos.

Can Celeste hold onto her secret? Or, will it cost her everything and plunge the galaxy into a new conflict?

Emerging Storm is the first in the complete 5 book Forgotten Race Space Opera series that is filled with fast-paced space action, alien battles, and one person’s journey to find her past. If you like Star Trek, soft sci-fi and the like, you will enjoy it.

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Featured Fantasy: Snow and Red (Dragon Shifters’ Hoard Book 1) by Eileen Mueller and A.J. Ponder

January 10, 2022 by Carolynn

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Snow & Red have always had strange powers. When they collide with the Draki twins, their lives explode.

Red’s always liked playing with fire, and Snow’s so frosty, she’s nicknamed the Ice Queen. Mom’s warned them not to use their powers. To be careful not to reveal they’re freaks.

But when Snow and Red sneak out at night to have fun, they have no idea of the dangerous world they’re about to get dragged into—a world of dragon shifters, mages and deadly Fae.

Snow and Red are attacked in an alley by a local gang. They instinctively react with fire and ice. Two buff guys swoop in to rescue them. Insanely attractive, with shimmering gold and silver tattoos on their faces and arms, the Draki twins may be more dangerous than the girls’ attackers.

As the girls get to know them, they’re drawn deeper into the deadly underworld simmering beneath the thin veneer of Pinevale.

Snow and Red is the first heart-pounding adventure in the Dragon Shifters’ Hoard YA paranormal romance series.

If you love sizzling attraction, magic, urban fantasy and dragon shifters, pre-order your next exciting adventure today.

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Featured Fantasy: Smoke and Mirrors (The Witches of Wheeler Park Book 9) by Christine Pope

January 10, 2022 by Carolynn

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When the truth burns away her illusions, only one man can break her fall.

A few months ago, Skyler Fields didn’t believe witches were real. Until she was kidnapped and held prisoner in a facility that forced her to face the fact — she is one. And not just a run-of-the-broom witch with a cool party trick, either. She can control fire with a mere thought, and detect when other witches are nearby.

Freed with the help of a fellow prisoner, she follows her thumb to Arizona, where, she’s told, the Wilcox clan will give her the help she needs. She never expected the first Wilcox she meets to make her pulse race.

With his tall, dark good looks and smoke-gray eyes, Jasper Wilcox could easily distract Skyler from her mission. But she has questions about her heritage, and the buzzing in her head tells her she’s in the presence of a warlock who can get her the answers she so desperately craves.

As Skyler and Jasper work to peel away the lies surrounding the source of her gifts, they are irresistibly drawn together. But the deeper they dig, the greater the danger that the truth will tear them apart…and put the entire Wilcox clan in danger.

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Featured Fantasy: Kill the Queen (A Crown of Shards Book 1) by Jennifer Estep

January 10, 2022 by Carolynn

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Gladiator meets Game of Thrones: a royal woman becomes a skilled warrior to destroy her murderous cousin, avenge her family, and save her kingdom in this first entry in a dazzling fantasy epic from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Elemental Assassin series—an enthralling tale that combines magic, murder, intrigue, adventure, and a hint of romance.

In a realm where one’s magical power determines one’s worth, Lady Everleigh’s lack of obvious ability relegates her to the shadows of the royal court of Bellona, a kingdom steeped in gladiator tradition. Seventeenth in line for the throne, Evie is nothing more than a ceremonial fixture, overlooked and mostly forgotten.

But dark forces are at work inside the palace. When her cousin Vasilia, the crown princess, assassinates her mother the queen and takes the throne by force, Evie is also attacked, along with the rest of the royal family. Luckily for Evie, her secret immunity to magic helps her escape the massacre.

Forced into hiding to survive, she falls in with a gladiator troupe. Though they use their talents to entertain and amuse the masses, the gladiators are actually highly trained warriors skilled in the art of war, especially Lucas Sullivan, a powerful magier with secrets of his own. Uncertain of her future—or if she even has one—Evie begins training with the troupe until she can decide her next move.

But as the bloodthirsty Vasilia exerts her power, pushing Bellona to the brink of war, Evie’s fate becomes clear: she must become a fearsome gladiator herself . . . and kill the queen.

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Featured Science Fiction: Adventures in Intergalactic Backpacking

January 10, 2022 by Carolynn

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***Editor’s note: Bought this. Loved it. It doesn’t take itself too seriously, but isn’t vapid either. If you need a fun, out-of-this-world adventure, this book is it.***

You know what’s worse than being abducted by aliens, poked and prodded, then dumped on a weird planet with nothing but a bag of food pellets and my backpack?

Having to go through all this with Ethan.

He’s the walking stereotype of a rich, privileged dude-bro, and it was the worst day of my life when the aliens grabbed him along with me.

I need to learn how to survive, to find food and shelter and not get eaten by the monsters that roam this place. I need to figure out where I am, and why these aliens keep showing up to gawk and throw canned tuna at me. And I need a cup of coffee. I seriously need a cup of coffee.

Most of all, I need to not kill Ethan, because although he’s a jerk, at least he’s a human jerk. Besides, I might need to trade him for a spaceship ride home.

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