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Featured Fantasy: It Takes a Thief to Catch a Sunrise by Rob J. Hayes

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Featured Fantasy: It Takes a Thief to Catch a Sunrise by Rob J. Hayes

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“Chases, duels, romance, airships and a fortune to be won or lost.” – Fantasy Book Review

One last job!

Jacques Revou and Isabel de Rosier are at the height of their careers. Of course those careers are as professional charlatans, thieves without peer. With the completion of their final heist, they decide it’s time to retire and settle down. But they have not escaped unnoticed. The king’s spymaster, Renard Daron, has a job for the thieves, one only they can perform, and he does not take no for an answer.

With the threat of destitution and death hanging over their heads, Jaques and Isabel must take on their greatest roles yet, the Baron and Baroness Bonvillain. Can they ferret out the treasonous elements within the government? Can they escape the clutches of the nefarious Seigneur Daron? Can they regain the fortune so unfairly taken from them? And, can they finally complete their one last job?

From award winning author, Rob J. Hayes, comes a story of daring heists, thrilling duels, and villainous spies. It would take a heart of stone not to fall in love with these charming thieves.

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Featured Sci-fi: The 28th Gate Volume 1 by Christopher C. Dimond

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FREE as of March 22, 2025
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With a stolen experimental starship and a pair of advanced synthetic limbs, Hunter isn’t an average bounty hunter.

“A gunslinger adventure with good, clean fun!”

When he accepted the job on a backwater planet, Hunter thought it would be easy. He and his partner just had to track down a missing researcher. But when they find her, she’s fled a quarter of the way around the massive ring of twenty-seven gates and Hunter realizes all is not as he was told.

That simple realization, and Hunter’s drive for retribution, kick off a series of adventures leading to the most important discovery since the fall of the Gate Age—and put him in direct confrontation with the corp he’s been running from for the past 10 revolutions.

Set in a far distant future, The 28th Gate is a series of tales that will appeal of fans who like space marines, space fleets, and military hard science fiction. The series consists of eight volumes spread across four seasons telling the story of Hunter’s struggles against the AAA corporation that created him. Each volume contains six episodic novelettes each with the action, character, and plotting of a complete story all crammed into an espresso-like package, while each season chronicles a different arc in the overall epic.

Join the adventure now in Volume 1!

Featured Sci-fi: The Time Bubble Box Sets Books 1 – 5 by Jason Ayres

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Featured Sci-fi: The Ti0me Bubble Box Sets Books 1 - 5 by Jason Ayres

99¢ as of March 21, 2025
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Time travel fans will love this innovative and bestselling series – now available in this handy collection which contains the first five of the original Time Bubble books.

1) The Time Bubble
Join the Time Bubble team on their very first adventure, set in 2018, as they stumble upon the means to travel to the future.

2) Global Cooling
Ten years after the events of The Time Bubble, the world is gripped by a catastrophic climate event. Can time travel provide an escape?

3) Man Out of Time
Imagine finding yourself 22 years in the future, cast adrift in a world where your home is no longer yours, your currency is worthless, and you’ve been declared legally dead.

4) Splinters in Time
What would it be like to be lost, not only in time but in a myriad of parallel universes, each eerily similar, yet different from our own?

5) Class of ’92
Relive the 1990s in this thrilling time travel extravaganza! If you were flung back to 1992, what would you do?

Begin your journey today, with each book building upon the last to craft an epic narrative that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Every book in the series will take you on a rollercoaster ride of innovation and ingenuity, presenting fresh, original ideas that push the boundaries of the time travel genre, alongside a rich cast of characters who intertwine throughout.

Two further box sets containing books 6 – 10 and 11 – 15 are also available.

Featured Fantasy: Dragon Shadow: A New Adult Fantasy Novel (Reclaiming the Fire Book 1) by Alicia Wolfe

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Featured Fantasy: Dragon Shadow: A New Adult Fantasy Novel (Reclaiming the Fire Book 1) by Alicia Wolfe

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Jade McClaren is a thief with a mission … and a secret.

Half human and missing her secret other half, Jade makes a living in New York, stealing magical items from bad guys.

But when one wrong move attracts the attention of powerful enemies, she’ll be forced to team up with a relentless Fae Knight that is as much her new partner as he is her enemy.

Now Jade must contend with vampires, demons, witches, and more before what’s happening in post-Fae New York destroys the Fae Lords…and maybe the world itself.

Dragon Shadow is the first volume of an exciting urban fantasy series for fans of Patricia Briggs and Ilona Andrews.

Scroll up and grab your copy today to join over 50,000 readers who have devoured this series!

Featured Sci-fi: Bubbles in Space by S.C. Jensen

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Featured Sci-fi: Bubbles in Space by S.C. Jensen

Start the Series FREE as of March 20, 2025
(Book 2 – 5 only 99¢ Each US and UK)
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Blade Runner meets The Fifth Element in this eccentric cyber-noir thriller series about a bleak world ravaged by corrupt leaders, mega-corporations, and crime lords… and the washed-up detective who might be the only one crazy enough to take them on.

Bubbles in Space is a darkly funny mashup for fans of space opera, cyberpunk, and hard-boiled noir thrillers. Delve into the secrets of this gritty future world, and buckle up for an adventure full of unusual characters, dark humour, and non-stop action.

Featured Fantasy: The Last Phoenix Books 1 – 3 by Stephanie Mirro

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Featured Fantasy: The Last Phoenix Books 1 - 3 by Stephanie Mirro

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Stealing objects for supernatural clients is my bread and butter. Murder? Not so much.

I’m Veronica Neill, world class thief and the last phoenix in existence. After taking a job for a vampire in Miami, I find myself embroiled in a war that not only spans this world, but all the other realms as well, even those I never knew existed.

With the help of my witchy best friend and a sexy grim reaper agent, we can survive anything…

…right?

In this pulse-pounding omnibus, follow along as Veronica Neill battles a rising zombie apocalypse, discovers new realms, and navigates political and royal intrigue. From dodging a Death Enforcement Agent to battling fae mages, Veronica’s journey twists and turns with every step.

Curl up, get comfy, and have the tissues ready.