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Featured Holiday Fantasy: Down the Chimney an Imp Series Novella by Debra Dunbar

November 29, 2021 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: Down the Chimney an Imp Series Novella by Debra Dunbar

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Roped into being the Ruling Council’s Christmas Ambassador, Sam finds herself more Santa than Satan at a slew of human social events, all while trying to score an impossible-to-get gift for Lux and plan the most amazing Christmas celebration any imp has ever thrown.

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Featured Fantasy: Forgotten by Krista Street

November 27, 2021 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: Forgotten by Krista Street

FREE as of November 27, 2021
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Eight strangers with mysterious tattoos, missing memories, and unique paranormal powers. “Mind-blown! ★★★★★”

Four months ago, Lena woke up in a dark alleyway with no recollection of who she is. The only clues to her past are a mysterious tattooed symbol and a supernatural power: the ability to see evil in people.

While struggling to regain her memory, she follows a strange guiding instinct to a small Colorado town. There she finds other young men and women with similar stories, similar tattoos, and a multitude of extrasensory powers. Among them a man she’s intensely attracted to, yet with no memories of him, she has no idea why.

As Lena and the others explore their powers and try to figure out who and what they are, they make a frightening discovery. Those who know the answers to their questions are hunting them. And if they find them, these superhumans may not survive.


Forgotten was a semi-finalist in the YABC 2017 book awards and was heralded as a “most highly recommended” read by Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews.

Packed with supernatural fantasy, heart-wrenching romance, and mysterious twists, Forgotten is book one in this captivating YA Science Fantasy series. Download now!

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Featured Sci-fi Fantasy: Defiance by Aaron Hodges

November 26, 2021 by Carolynn

Featured Sci-fi Fantasy: Defiance by Aaron Hodges

99¢ as of November 26, 2021
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On the wild planet of Talamh, humanity thrived…
…until the alien Alfur conquered their world.
Now, defeated and broken, humanity serves their immortal overlords.
And pleads to the stars for a hero.

Rydian Holt is nothing, nobody. Just another human from the streets of Talamh. Or at least, that’s what he thinks—until his mother is caught up in a fledgling resistance group. Branded a traitor and sentenced to fight in the arena, now Rydian must face hardened gladiators in single combat. To survive and advance through the ranks, he’ll need the help of an enigmatic weapons master—and more than a little luck.

But after a lifetime of servitude, survival is no longer enough for Rydian. He seeks a way to fight back— not just against his fellow gladiators, but against the Alfur themselves. If Rydian can uncover their greatest secret—the truth about the mysterious Light that powers their world—he might just win his freedom.

★★★★★ Warformed meets Brandon Sanderson in this stunning new science fantasy series by New York Times Bestselling Author Aaron Hodges.

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Featured Sci-fi: Girl of Flesh & Metal by Alicia Ellis

November 26, 2021 by Carolynn

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Marissa Meyer’s Cinder meets Netflix’s Black Mirror in a high-tech future where a teen gets the cybernetic arm she never wanted.

Lena hates her parents’ tech company. The world worships each cutting-edge CyberCorp release, but Lena has her doubts. Machines that think for themselves? She doesn’t trust them… So when a car accident lands her with the company’s first cybernetic arm, she’s pissed.

Is control of her own life too much to ask? Now, the arm’s artificial intelligence makes her sleepwalk. Then children of CyberCorp employees start dying in their beds, and thanks to her unwanted nighttime strolls, Lena has no alibi.

Is she the killer, or does someone else hate her parents’ inventions more than she does?

★Girl of Flesh and Metal made the American Library Association’s 2021 LITA Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Lists.★

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Book Reviews: The Lotus Palace Mysteries by Jeannie Lin

November 25, 2021 by Carolynn

These are not my normal genre–and I think they should be called “mystery romances,” all the books have “steam”– but I love Chinese history, and these are set in the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD.) The Tang period is long before foot binding, so that is in no way part of these books. It was interesting see into the Tang justice system, the culture, and see the power struggles of the time period. I’m really drawn to characterization in fiction, and the characters, particularly in the The Jade Temptress (the book I started with, and my favorite), really jumped off the page. The first book was written for a traditional publisher, and it is good, but it is more in the style of a traditional romance–the girl gets her lord. The next books were self-published, and the heroes were not lords, and the endings did not have the heroines being ensconsed in mansions, but they had more freedom.

If you’re looking for something a little different, I recommend them.

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Featured Fantasy: Miss Mabel’s School for Girls by Katie Cross

November 22, 2021 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: Miss Mabel's School for Girls by Katie Cross

FREE as of November 22, 2021
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Never underestimate the power of a determined witch.

Sixteen-year-old Bianca Monroe has prepared for this moment her entire life:
the day she’ll enroll in the quietly famous magical school Miss Mabel’s School for Girls.

Winning a spot to work directly with Miss Mabel is a dangerous game.
Bianca soon faces enchanting spells, simmering potions, and the warmth of new friendships.

Unfortunately, Miss Mabel has her own evil plans—and if Bianca loses, she’s at the very center of them.

Bianca’s only hope lies within the power of her closely-held secrets that threaten her and everyone she loves.

Winner of IAN 2015’s Outstanding Fantasy Book

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