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Featured Fantasy: Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana Book 1) by Jacquelyn Benson

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Featured Fantasy: Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana Book 1) by Jacquelyn Benson

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Nice Victorian ladies don’t run off to find legendary lost cities.

One trifling little arrest shouldn’t have cost Ellie Mallory her job, but it’s only the latest in a line of injustices facing any educated woman with archaeological ambitions.

When Ellie stumbles across the map to a mysterious ancient city, she knows she’s holding her chance to revolutionize Pre-Colombian history. There’s just one teensy complication. A ruthless villain wants it, and Ellie is all that stands in his way.

To race him to the ruins—and avoid being violently disposed of—she needs the help of maverick surveyor Adam Bates, a snake-wrangling rogue who can’t seem to keep his dratted shirt on.

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Featured Fantasy: The Mortician Murders by Greta Boris

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Featured Fantasy: The Mortician Murders by Greta Boris

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When the Dead Want Justice, They Don’t Bother Making Appointments

Imogene Lynch thought trading the hair salon for the mortuary would mean a quieter life. She was dead wrong.

Her unsettling gift—feeling a person’s final moments through their tresses—makes her the last hope for the restless and the vengeful. Murder victims don’t drift peacefully into the afterlife. They infiltrate her world and demand justice.

The only way to cut them loose? Track down their killers.

But untangling a murder is never simple, especially in Orange County, where secrets lurk in the halls of power and influence. Every crime she exposes draws her deeper into danger. The dead may haunt her, but it’s the living she should fear.

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Featured Sci-Fi: Talman Prime (Interstellar Fleet Book 1) by J.J Green

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Featured Sci-Fi: Talman Prime (Interstellar Fleet Book 1) by J.J Green


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Three ships

One fleet

Many destinies

Setia Zees fled Earth to escape the clutches of a tyrannical master, becoming one of humanity’s first deep space colonists.

Her destination, Talman Prime, should be a pristine planet, never inhabited by intelligent life. That’s how it looks at first, but then Setia stumbles across what seem to be the remains of an ancient civilization.

The other colonists don’t agree. They think she’s crazy.

Can she convince them? Does it really matter?

When she discovers the aliens may still exist, it does.

Talman Prime is book one in the space mythic adventure, Interstellar Fleet.

Featured Sci-fi: Monster Squad by Heath Stallcup

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Featured Sci-fi: Monster Squad by Heath Stallcup

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Humanity has spent its time enjoying a peace that can only be had through blissful ignorance. For centuries, stories of monsters have been handed down through the generations.

When creatures of the night proved to be real, the best of America’s military came together to form an elite band of rapid response teams. Their mission: to keep the civilian populace safe from the creatures that go bump in the night and hide all evidence of their existence.

During a routine mission things go horribly wrong and the Monster Squad finds themselves having to rebuild from the ashes of what they once were. This time they face not only the monsters, but their own government as a dark storm brews on the horizon.

A storm that will threaten not just the squads and their existence, but the lives of every human on earth.

Featured Fantasy: Heir of Dragons Books 1 – 4 by Sean Fletcher

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Featured Fantasy: Heir of Dragons Books 1 - 4 by Sean Fletcher

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She’s got the powers of a dragon, and the Slayers are closing in…

Kaylee just blasted her first date with lightning. She has no idea how, but when the creep pulls a sword on her, what’s a girl to do?

Soon, she’s discovering a whole magical world she had no clue existed, all hidden in plain sight. And that lightning she summoned? Even among paranormals, that’s not normal.

Turns out Kaylee is a dragon-kin, a half dragon/half human with the incredibly rare power to summon storms. As if that weren’t trouble enough, her newly discovered magic has attracted the wrong kind of attention: Slayers, a murderous ancient order dedicated to eradicating all dragon-kin. They’re planning something big. Something deadly.

And they’re going to use Kaylee to do it.

Perfect for fans of Harry Potter and Percy Jackson. If you like snarky, fast-paced fantasies full of dragon shifters, awakened elemental magic, and a slow-burn romance, then this series is for you!

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Featured Fantasy: Bigfoot Bay Witches Books 1 – 3 by Cat Larson

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Featured Fantasy: Bigfoot Bay Witches Books 1 - 3 by Cat Larson

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** Now featuring an EXCLUSIVE bonus story! **

Magic. Mayhem. Murder.

Just your typical day in Bigfoot Bay.

When Samm Hain left her small town 13 years ago to escape her witchy past, she never expected to return.

And when mysterious circumstances bring her back, she never expects to stay, dealing with one mystical mishap after another.

It’s enough to drive a girl batty.

As if that weren’t enough? She’s forced to tackle it all with her bewitched fiancé and no counterspell in sight.

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