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Featured Fantasy: Grave Cargo (Arcane Transporter 1) by Jami Gray

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Featured Fantasy: Grave Cargo (Arcane Transporter 1) by Jami Gray

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A dead mage, a missing friend, and an unpredictable alliance merge into a volatile package sending Rory careening through the Arcane elite’s deadly secrets.

Rory Costas, Arcane Transporter, is finally out from under the Guild’s thumb and ready to jumpstart her career as an independent contractor. Even better than the potential income, her promising future offers the additional perk of keeping her coveted magic out of the hands of the all-powerful Arcane Families. But when a dead mage drops at her doorstep on the same morning her best friend and roommate, Lena, goes missing, Rory is drawn out of her comfort zone and into an ominous race against time.

Retracing Lena’s convoluted path through the Arcane elite’s moneyed secrets, bitter vendettas, and lethal curses, Rory crashes into Zev Aslanov’s investigation of the murdered mage. When the Cordova Family’s enigmatic hunter reveals the dead man was Lena’s last client, Rory must convince Zev her missing friend is a victim, not a suspect. To uncover the truth and save her friend, Rory agrees to work with Zev, even though their uneasy partnership may mean revealing her hidden magic.

As the clock ticks down, can they dodge Zev’s suspicions and Rory’s secrets to expose the real evil mastermind or will they crash and burn?

Buckle in for a pulse-pounding, magical thrill ride as Grave Cargo races into the Arcane Transporter urban fantasy series with a high-octane ride filled with unexpected turns.

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Featured Fantasy: The Unwilling (The Barrier Lands) by Kelly Braffet

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Featured Fantasy: The Unwilling (The Barrier Lands) by Kelly Braffet

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“Drips with atmosphere and intrigue . . .” this fantasy coming of age novel “is a study in suffering and cruelty but also in determination.” (Publishers Weekly)
 
Judah is an orphaned girl with a secret gift, born at the gates of Highfall castle. Raised alongside Gavin, heir to Lord Elban’s empire, the two share an extrasensory bond—one that is key to Judah’s survival and her possible undoing.
 
Elban—as mighty as he is cruel—plans to use Judah as a pawn to amass greater control. He will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
 
But beyond the castle walls, a magus, a healer with his own powerful force, has arrived from the provinces. He, too, has designs on the realm, and at the heart of his plans lies Judah . . . The girl who started life with no name and no history will soon discover her own strength. Intriguingly, she does not have to be given power: she can just take it.
 
“Fantasy at its most sublime!” —Erin Morgenstern, New York Times–bestselling author of The Night Circus
 
“Brilliantly executed.” —Vanity Fair
 
“Suspenseful, magical, wonderfully written . . . An essential addition to all epic-fantasy collections.” —Booklist (starred review) 
 
“A juggernaut of an epic fantasy novel with ingenious, thrilling twists and turns. Put this on the shelf beside Naomi Novik and George R. R. Martin.” —Kelly Link, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author of Get in Trouble
 
“A viscerally powerful book.” —Kat Howard, author of Roses and Rot
 
“Gorgeously told . . . At once a sweeping epic and an intimate portrait of being trapped in an oppressive regime.” —Gwenda Bond, New York Times–bestselling author of Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds

Featured Fantasy: Spellbound Boxset Books 1 – 10 by Annabel Chase

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Featured Fantasy: Spellbound Boxset Books 1 - 10 by Annabel Chase

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Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal.

This charming, feel-good series has it all–
A magical town with an enchanting secret.
A feisty heroine with a heart of gold.
A fallen angel with a redemption arc.
A snarky owl.
And, of course, cozy mysteries galore.

Grab your latte with a shot of sparkle, settle into a comfy chair, and escape to Spellbound cozy fantasy series.

This 10-book collection includes the following titles:
Curse the Day
Doom and Broom
Spell’s Bells
Lucky Charm
Better Than Hex
Cast Away
A Touch of Magic
A Drop in the Potion
Hemlocked and Loaded
All Spell Breaks Loose

Featured Sci-fi Series: Universe in Flames Boxset Collections by Christian Kallias

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Featured Series: Universe in Flames Boxset Collections

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Boxset 4 – 6 only $2.99, Boxset 7 – 9 only $3.99
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** NOW INCLUDES: Wings of Destiny, Way of the Warrior, Damocles Fall, Into The Abyss & Course Correction (shorter stories) **

I am Fury. Evil has followed me to Earth. I shall Protect this World until my Dying Breath.

When the Obsidian Empire obliterates the Star Alliance with the help of the Zarlacks, an old evil race long thought extinct, the universe is set ablaze.

The last survivors are forced to make a blind jump beyond the outer reach of the charted universe, to a world teeming with life: Earth.

The fleet’s arrival inadvertently alerts the enemies to the presence of sentient life in that part of space, resulting in a swift and devastating invasion of the blue marble. Under the guidance of the Olympian goddess of Love, Aphroditis, Lieutenant Chase Athanatos learns of his origins and must race against time in a daring attempt to save Earth, their Last Sanctuary.

With Earth now thrown at the center of the conflict, the newly formed Earth Alliance struggles to keep the enemy at bay. Desperately outnumbered, Chase and his friends must wage one battle after another while seeking new allies to survive. When it becomes clear that his Fury powers are awakening in him, Chase must face his inner demons and learn to control them or he could very well destroy the universe he has sworn to protect.

Can his Fury heritage and unwavering determination hold the key to change the course of everyone’s destiny?

Featured Fantasy: To Kill a Fae by Jamie A. Waters

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Featured Fantasy: To Kill a Fae by Jamie A. Waters

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The darkness holds more than just secrets…

Marked for death, Sabine escaped from her home more than ten years ago. 

But the Wild Hunt will never give up.

It should have been easy to stay hidden. All Sabine had to do was keep her head down, avoid telling anyone about her past, and above all else — not let her glamour drop.

Even the best-laid plans eventually fall apart.

When a charismatic stranger arrives in the city, Sabine finds herself unwittingly drawn to the power she can sense hidden within him. Keeping her distance is nearly impossible, especially after a life debt is called due and she’s tasked into helping steal a rare artifact.

Sabine is the only one who can break the magical barriers protecting the item, but that means revealing the truth about her identity and exposing her darkest secrets. 

Unfortunately, the Fae aren’t the only ones hunting her.

And the most dangerous monsters aren’t always confined to the dark.

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Featured Science Fiction: Star Nomad (Fallen Empire Book 1) by Lindsay Buroker

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Featured Science Fiction: Star Nomad (Fallen Empire Book 1) by Lindsay Buroker

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The Alliance has toppled the tyrannical empire. It should be a time for celebration, but not for fighter pilot Captain Alisa Marchenko. After barely surviving a crash in the final battle for freedom, she’s stranded on a dustball of a planet, billions of miles from her young daughter. She has no money or resources, and there are no transports heading to Perun, her former home and the last imperial stronghold.

But she has a plan.

Steal a dilapidated and malfunctioning freighter from a junkyard full of lawless savages. Slightly suicidal, but she believes she can do it. Her plan, however, does not account for the elite cyborg soldier squatting in the freighter, intending to use it for his own purposes. As an imperial soldier, he has no love for Alliance pilots. In fact, he’s quite fond of killing them.

Alisa has more problems than she can count, but she can’t let cyborgs, savages, or ancient malfunctioning ships stand in her way. If she does, she’ll never see her daughter again.

Fans of Firefly and Star Wars should enjoy this fun, fast-paced new series from USA Today best-selling author, Lindsay Buroker.