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Featured Science Fiction: Armstrong Station (Requiem’s Run Book 1) by D. M. Pruden

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Armstrong Station (Requiem's Run Book 1) Kindle Edition by D.M. Pruden (Author)

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In space, helping a stranger can get you killed, or worse…

Armstrong Station is the busiest spaceport in the system where you can buy almost anything. Even a runaway slave.

Something unexpected happens on a routine stop at Luna’s Armstrong Station which threatens to upend Melanie Destin’s life and put her and the crew of the Requiem in mortal peril.

When she chooses to help a stowaway, Mel discovers that the young woman has a secret; one that will endanger anyone who encounters her.

On the run from a corrupt police inspector, and unable to trust any of her underworld contacts, Mel must navigate the dangerous criminal underbelly of Lunar society in search of a way to get them both safely off world. 

Roaming across the Solar System, a reluctant and unlikely heroine sets herself against overwhelming odds, and she’s not going to take crap from anyone who stands in her way.

Can Mel get herself out of this mess without someone dying?

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Featured Science Fiction: Starheart (Ptorix Empire Book 3) by Greta van der Rol

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Featured Science Fiction: Starheart (Ptorix Empire Book 3) by Greta van der Rol

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Freighter Captain Jess Sondijk has her life under control until the Confederacy’s Admiral Hudson boards her ship in a search for contraband. Sondijk and Hudson have their own set of questions.

For Jess, it’s a matter of her husband’s perhaps not so accidental death. For Hudson, it’s that somebody’s trading with the alien Ptorix – and offering them a large enough prize to induce them to part with their beloved starhearts, the jewels they call the windows of the soul.

While Jess’ interests are more personal — abducted friends and family — Hudson’s are broader — the end of his career at best and interspecies war at worst — in a deadly game of political intrigue, murder, and greed.

Which will win, following hearts’ desires or chasing starhearts, with the stakes higher than either is willing to pay?

This book contains sex scenes and strong language.

Featured Fantasy: Magic of Fire and Curse Year Two (Dragon Blood Academy Book 2) by Lili Black & Lyn Forester

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Featured Fantasy: Magic of Fire and Curse Year Two (Dragon Blood Academy Book 2) by Lili Black & Lyn Forester

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Spearwood has always been dangerous, but now, it’s become deadly.

Ever since Avalon returned to the orchard for the summer, her time is spent avoiding Jericho’s continued bullying, while trying to spend time with her busy father. In the time she spends alone, though, she can’t help but wonder why the guys she befriended at Spearwood, and Lusk in particular, haven’t reached out even once. When Jackie invites her to return to the Isle of Dragons early, she leaps at the chance to get away from her childhood friend turned nemesis.

A return to Spearwood, though, brings with it trouble of its own. An overheard conversation between Lusk and his father makes her question his loyalty, and new trials stall Avalon’s progress at school, putting her in jeopardy of being among the first cut.

Then, students begin to disappear, and death strikes at Spearwood. The school for dragon shifters has never been a safe place, but now, it’s downright deadly. There’s a killer on the loose, and Avalon can’t help but wonder if the culprit is hiding among her friends.

With death around every corner and Spearwood going into lockdown, will Avalon be able to complete her Apprentice year and move on to become the Crafter she always dreamed of? Or will her trust be betrayed and cost her everything?

Featured Science Fiction: The Iron Admiral Deception (Ptorix Empire Book 2) by Greta van der Rol

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Featured Science Fiction: The Iron Admiral Deception (Ptorix Empire Book 2) by Greta van der Rol

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Grand Admiral Chaka Saahren has the rewards of rank

…but he doesn’t have Systems Engineer Allysha Marten. Determined to keep her safe, Saahren will go to any lengths to win back the woman he loves. Allysha agrees to temporary employment by the Fleet, hoping to avoid at all costs the man she believes responsible for the death of innocent civilians, including her estranged father.

Sean O’Reilly has a plan…

…and it involves hijacking Allysha and convincing her, one way or another, to do just one more job—a job that would clear his debts and save his hide.

Allysha Marten must come to terms with her feelings…

…in the face of a reality that suggests she is a pawn in a growing power struggle, one where she will need all her skills and cunning to outwit a heinous plot that could result in the loss of billions of human lives.

When Allysha decides to tackle the conspirators on her own, she forces an impossible choice on… The Iron Admiral.

Featured Science Fiction: The Iron Admiral Conspiracy (Ptorix Empire Book 1) by Greta van der Rol

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Featured Science Fiction: The Iron Admiral (Ptorix Empire Book 1) by Greta van der Rol

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Peace in the Galaxy hangs in the balance.

Amid rising inter-species tensions, brilliant systems Engineer Allysha Marten takes one last job to rid her of debts and her cheating husband. On the mysterious planet Tisyphor she meets a security guard who wins her trust and her affection. Like her, he suspects that there’s more to the operation on Tisyphor than reopening an abandoned mine. Together, they uncover a plot that threatens to plunge the Galaxy into inter-species war. As they scramble to prevent the coming holocaust, Allysha is horrified to learn that her new lover is ex-Admiral Chaka Saahren, the man the Ptorix call Chozhu the Destroyer, the man responsible for the death of her father, along with millions of other innocent civilians.

In a race against time, Saahren must convince Allysha to set aside her conflicted emotions about him to help him prevent the coming conflagration. And perhaps while he’s doing that, he’ll win back the only woman he’s ever loved.

Featured Fantasy: A Taste of Poison – A Snow White Retelling (Entangled With Fae) by Tessonja Odette

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A runaway princess wanted for murder.
A deadly huntsman who’s after her heart…

Half-fae Astrid Snow is used to being disliked. With magic that makes her mirror black one’s worst qualities, she has more enemies than friends. And when she’s accused of poisoning her father, her stepmother—the formidable Spring Queen—becomes her greatest enemy yet. Forced into hiding, she finds solace at the Seven Sins Hotel. It provides the perfect subterfuge she needs. For who could ever find an outlaw in a hotel famed for sin?

Bear shifter Torben Davenport lost everything to the gambling halls. To pay off his debts, he serves the fae royals as their personal Huntsman, locating hard-to-find fugitives with his scent-based magic. When the Spring Queen offers him a bargain that will erase his debts for good, he’s willing to do what it takes—even if it means finding the queen’s runaway stepdaughter and cutting out her heart.

Astrid won’t go down without a fight, even if her assailant is a strikingly handsome Huntsman. If she can evade the bear-shifter’s claws, maybe she can make him an ally. It’s easier said than done, especially after she accidentally gets herself handcuffed to her infuriating captor.

Can Astrid cut through Torben’s icy demeanor and convince him to help her find the real killer? Or will she lose her heart in more ways than one?

ACOTAR meets Kingdom of the Wicked in this standalone fairytale retelling of Snow White. If you like brooding heroes, just one bed, and grumpy sunshine romances, then you’ll love this swoon-worthy story in the Entangled with Fae series.