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Featured Fantasy: An Ember in the Ashes Book 1 by Sabaa Tahir

November 5, 2026 by Carolynn

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

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‘Tahir spins a captivating, heart-pounding fantasy’ – Us Weekly

Read the explosive New York Times bestselling debut that’s captivated readers worldwide. Set to be a major motion picture, An Ember in the Ashes is the book everyone is talking about.

Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death.

When Laia’s grandparents are brutally murdered and her brother arrested for treason by the empire, the only people she has left to turn to are the rebels.

But in exchange for their help in saving her brother, they demand that Laia spy on the ruthless Commandant of Blackcliff, the Empire’s greatest military academy. Should she fail, it’s more than her brother’s freedom at risk… Laia’s very life is at stake.

There, she meets Elias, the academy’s finest soldier. But Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined – and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: An Ember in the Ashes, Sabaa Tahir

Featured Fantasy: Keeper of Dragons the Complete Series by J.A. Culican

November 5, 2026 by Carolynn

Keeper of Dragons the Complete Series by J.A. Culican

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The complete USA Today and international bestselling series.

Moody Dragons. Snarky Elves. Fierce Mermaids. And two unlikely heroes who are fated to save them all.

Cole’s life spirals into an uncontrollable battle of life and death on his 18th birthday when he discovers his dragon heritage and the prophecy that awaits.

As if being a normal teenager isn’t hard enough, Cole learns that he’s also royalty. His birth parents are the king and queen of dragons. That makes Cole the Prince of Ochana—and their future king.

With that legacy comes a special mystical calling—devoting an eternity to protecting all beings from creatures bent on bringing an end to all that is good. This makes Cole the newly minted Keeper of Dragons. With no formal training or control of his mahier dragon-magic, his first task is to keep the nefarious farro-fallen fairies at bay.

The foreseen prophecy set his fate in stone. If Cole can’t embrace his destiny, then all beings will die—including his new dragon family.

Genre: A YA Dragon Shifter Fantasy

Box set includes the following full-length novels:
Book 1: The Prince Returns
Book 2: The Elven Alliance
Book 3: The Mere Treaty
Book 4: The Crowns’ Accord

“An epic fantasy all ages will love. Adventure, intrigue and dragons!” — New York Times bestselling author Christopher Morgan

“The Keeper of Dragons is the perfect adventure fantasy for anyone with a big imagination.” — New York Times bestselling author K.N. Lee

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: J.A. Culican, Keeper of Dragons, Keeper of Dragons the Complete Series

Featured Fantasy: Blood Magic Books 1–6 by JT Lawrence

October 31, 2026 by Carolynn

Blood Magic Books 1–6 by JT Lawrence

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It’s a case she can’t refuse.

Spell-slinger. Vampire-slayer. Magical albino ferret-rescuer.

Meet Jacqueline Denna Knight, the best wizard detective in the city.

With 180+ MILLION page reads across the series and thousands of five-star reviews, you know you’ve chosen the right portal to take you on a totally addictive urban fantasy action & adventure.

Jax turns vampires to ash and pain into magic. She also has a knack for finding things. So when a distraught—and obscenely wealthy—elf calls Jax at midnight to hire her for an intriguing job, she grabs the opportunity with both hands…

But what Jax doesn’t know is that this case is going to unravel her life. She’ll get tangled up with a host of intriguing characters, most of whom are not who they appear to be.

As Jax speeds down a path toward the most powerful vampire clan in the country, she’ll have to put everything on the line.

Will she be able to use her unique brand of magic to save the Realm?

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Blood Magic Books 1–6, Blood Magic the Complete Series, JT Lawrence

Featured Fantasy: A Time of Gladiators and Fate (Last Road to Rome Book 1) by Susan Illene

October 31, 2026 by Carolynn

A Time of Gladiators and Fate by Susan Illene

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Time travel to ancient Rome. Become a gladiator. Try not to die.

And DO NOT be tempted by any morally questionable hot men.

Grace King grew up on a farm in Kansas, so nothing prepared her for landing in the Roman Colosseum while it’s still intact. A heart-pounding chase in her rental car follows with spear-throwing legionnaires, armed gladiators, and a couple of wild animals. Grace is eventually forced to surrender in a floral sundress meant for vacation, not blood sport.

The emperor offers her two choices: execution or gladiator school. While she isn’t afraid of hard work, the ludus where she’ll train with other men and women is brutal. Most doubt her right to be there, adding pressure to an already difficult situation. Every aspect of her new life, down to the clothes she wears and how she’s treated, is vastly different and horrifying.

Her fate will rest in the hands of two dangerous, conflicting men.

In the training arena, the first is a formidable lead instructor with icy good looks. He will push her body to its absolute limits and test her willpower to survive while trading heated banter with her. The second is a wealthy, enigmatic sponsor who shields her against Rome’s darkest exploits for a price, but his own time-travel secrets weave a dangerous web. The handsome man knows far more about how she ended up in ancient Rome than he’s willing to tell her.

A Time of Gladiators and Fate follows the gripping journey of a modern woman who must become a force that ancient Rome will fear and admire if she ever hopes to earn her freedom and find a way home. Perfect for fans of Outlander and Spartacus, with a genre blend of romantasy and time-travel historical fiction.

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: A Time of Gladiators and Fate, Last Road to Rome, Susan Illene

Featured Fantasy: Maggie MacKay Magical Tracker by Kate Danley

October 31, 2026 by Carolynn

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She just wanted to pay her rent, but the vampires came after her family. This magical tracker is about to tear the world a new portal.

When monsters show up in Los Angeles, Maggie MacKay is is the one you call to haul them back to the dimension where they belong.

But when a mysterious elf saves her from a vampire attack, a whole new world is about to be opened to her. The scope of her tracking business is about to expand interdimensionally…

Come along with Maggie, her elfin sidekick Killian, and her crazy family in this USA Today bestseller for a snarky urban fantasy adventure.

WARNING: This book contains cussing, brawling, and unladylike behavior. Proceed with caution.

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Kate Danley, Maggie MacKay Magical Tracker

Featured Fantasy: Cobweb Bride (Cobweb Bride Trilogy Book 1) by Vera Nazarian

October 28, 2026 by Carolynn

Cobweb Bride by Vera Nazarian

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Many are called… She alone can save the world and become Death’s bride.

COBWEB BRIDE (Cobweb Bride Trilogy, Book One) is a history-flavored fantasy novel with romantic elements of the Persephone myth, about Death’s ultimatum to the world.

What if you killed someone and then fell in love with them?

In an alternate Renaissance world, somewhere in an imaginary “pocket” of Europe called the Kingdom of Lethe, Death comes, in the form of a grim Spaniard, to claim his Bride. Until she is found, in a single time-stopping moment all dying stops. There is no relief for the mortally wounded and the terminally ill….

Covered in white cobwebs of a thousand snow spiders she lies in the darkness… Her skin is cold as snow… Her eyes frozen… Her gaze, fiercely alive…

While kings and emperors send expeditions to search for a suitable Bride for Death, armies of the undead wage an endless war… A black knight roams the forest at the command of his undead father… Spies and political treacheries abound at the imperial Silver Court…. Murdered lovers find themselves locked in the realm of the living…

Look closer–through the cobweb filaments of her hair and along each strand shine stars…

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Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Cobweb Bride, Cobweb Bride Trilogy, Vera Nazarian

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