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Featured Fantasy: Dark Legacy by Luanne Bennett

July 25, 2021 by Carolynn

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Immortals, vampires, and love collide!

When Morgan Winterborne is named head of her immortal clan after her mother’s sudden death, she hardly expects to be thrown into a game of cat and mouse with her own uncle. Or a mysterious man from her mother’s past who stalks her and may hold the key to why her mother walked into the ocean and never resurfaced from the cold water.

Owners of a famous auction house in New York City, the Winterbornes run a respected business by day and hunt evil by night. They’re servants of the gods tasked with ridding the city of vampires. But when an ancient box arrives at the auction house, Morgan will slowly uncover details about her mother’s past that could destroy her.

Years shy of reaching her true immortality and still discovering her talents as a rare witch like her mother, Morgan is a threat to those who want her out of power. When the council Elders accuse her of a high crime, she escapes the clan and sets out to prove her innocence. With the help of an immortal crow and a shifter she’s accused of aiding and abetting—a man she can’t fight her attraction for—she’ll unravel the true legacy of the Winterborne women and fight to take back her throne.

Dark Legacy is the first book in the exciting House of Winterborne trilogy.

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Featured Fantasy: Born To Magic by David Wind

July 24, 2021 by Carolynn

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If you lived in a Post Apocalyptic world of Epic Fantasy…
What would you do if you were told the future of the world is in your hands?

Young Areenna of Freemorn is just coming of age and discovering her powers when she is called to a place of magic from which few ever return.
Mikaal of Tolemac, the son of the High King holds a secret so dangerous it could shatter the fabric of the world should it become known.

3,000 years after America is destroyed by nuclear war, the inhabitants have evolved, embracing magic and metaphysical warfare. As enemies from across the seas begin to close in, ancient legends come alive, leaving no one safe. The only two who can stop the onset of the darkest evil is the sorceress,Areenna, and Mikaal, the son of the High King of Neveah. With the safety of the world in their hands, and their powers young and erratic, will Mikaal and Areenna find the courage and strength to overcome the impossible, or…

International Bestselling Born to Magic is the first book in the Tales of Nevaeh series. A mix between Shannara, The Hundred Series , with a dash of GoT, Born to Magic combines futuristic dystopian societies ruled by magic and metaphysical elements with science fiction in this Epic Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Fantasy series based upon the magic that grew from the science & technology of the 20th & 21st centuries

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Featured Science Fiction: Victory’s Wake (Deception Fleet Book 1) by Daniel Gibbs & Steve Rzasa

July 19, 2021 by Carolynn

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The treaty is signed. The war is over.

Or is it?

Three decades of bitter galactic warfare between the League of Sol and the Terran Coalition have finally come to an end. Fresh off a successful intelligence operation, Captain Jackson Adams seeks a few days’ respite on the family ranch—a visit cut short by more than long-festering familial issues.

Despite public declarations of peace, the League continues stirring conflict. Millions of refugees have amassed at the Coalition border, straining relief organizations. Subversives use rival cartels to flood the camps with drugs and weapons, while the ensuing media coverage further divides a war-weary populace.

Actions bearing all the hallmarks of League involvement.

Without hard evidence, any military deployments will only exacerbate an already untenable situation. Coalition Intelligence tasks Jackson with gathering a ragtag crew for a black ops mission—infiltrate the cartels and discover the enemy’s ultimate scheme. But what they uncover is more horrifying than anyone ever anticipated.

And threatens to embroil the Terran Coalition in an explosive new war with an old enemy.

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Featured Science Fiction: Outliers A Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Novel by Kate L. Mary

July 19, 2021 by Carolynn

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Winner in the 2018 Kindle Books Awards for Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fiction
B.R.A.G.Medallion Honoree
Finalist in the 2018 Wishing Shelf Book Awards For Adult Fiction
Top 10 Finalist in the Author Academy Awards for Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fiction
Cover Finalist in the 2019 RONE Awards from InD’tale Magazine

“Fear is normal, Indra, it is what you do with that fear that determines if you are strong or weak.”

In the dusty ruins of the world, three groups exist: the Sovereign, the Fortis, and the Outliers. Indra is an Outlier. Living on land that has not healed from the poison of the past, the Outliers have adapted – but to the Sovereign and the Fortis, they are nothing.

For centuries the Fortis have made their abuse of Outliers a sport, but when Asa comes to Indra’s rescue, she sees something different in him. Something that marks him as so much more than just a Fortis guard.

But when Indra’s world begins to unravel, even the quiet alliance she and Asa have formed cannot save her from the wrath of the Sovereign. In one life-altering moment, everything Indra has ever known is ripped away, forcing her to face a world even more harsh and unforgiving. Broken and scarred, Indra finds herself on a journey that will challenge everything she’s ever been taught, learning along the way that she’s stronger than she ever imagined. Maybe even strong enough to free her people forever.

An emotional first book in an exciting dystopian series, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and The Handmaid’s Tale.

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Featured Fantasy: Ivy Granger Psychic Detective Box Set by E.J. Stevens

July 18, 2021 by Carolynn

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Enter an award-winning urban fantasy world where monsters roam the streets and things aren’t always what they seem.

Ivy Granger Psychic Detective box set includes Books 1-3 and Bonus Prequel short story.

Ivy Granger’s second sight is finally giving her life purpose. Ivy and her best friend Jinx may not be raking in the dough, but their psychic detective agency pays the bills–most of the time. Their only worry is the boredom of a slow day and the occasional crazy client–until a demon walks through their door.

Demons are never a good sign.

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Featured Sci-fi: Resistance by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky

July 18, 2021 by Carolynn

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Winner of a OneBookTwo Standout Award

From the moment you are born, you are conditioned to know this truth: Unorthodoxy is wrong action, Heterodoxy is wrong thought. The first will lead to your Detention. The second to your Execution.

A century from now, the walled city-state of a future Paris is enjoying its Golden Age. The horrors of the Singularity forgotten, citizens revel in an intoxicating mix of abandon and apathy made possible by the Orthodoxy—a new world order where everything is engineered for maximum efficiency, including identities. Dividing the population into four neuro-social classes has allowed the government to maintain control and ensure its citizens exist in complete equality, fraternity, and liberty. But, not everyone is satisfied with the status quo.

Anaiya, a Peacekeeper aligned to the single-minded Fire class, has dedicated her life to enforcing the rules. Unlike other citizens, she has extra motivation to prove herself loyal: she’s still tarnished by the legacy of her Heterodox mentor, the infamous Kane 148. So, when forbidden murals start appearing on crumbling walls calling for citizens to rebel, Anaiya will do anything to bring down the growing resistance movement—even if it means sacrificing her identity.

Realigned from her proud Fire identity to an irrational and unpredictable Air, Anaiya goes deep undercover in search of the growing rebellion. But, with her dual nature pulling her in opposite directions and her mind fracturing under the pressure, her convictions waver and her hold on the truth starts to slip. As the city descends into chaos, Anaiya is left with a fatal choice: stay loyal to her mission, or risk it all for her new identity and the resistance that has shown her a different truth.

Utopia comes at a cost. Not everyone is willing to pay the pay the price.

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