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Featured Fantasy: Three Steps Back—First Command (Twice Seven A Slave Book 1) by Michael J. Edmond

September 13, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: Three Steps Back—First Command (Twice Seven A Slave Book 1) by Michael J. Edmond

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She swore to serve him. He wants nothing more than to set her free.

Avinasi Lumadai has given her oath, and to her people, an oath is not something that can simply be abandoned. She is Skamsen Duhkai’s slave, bound to follow three steps behind her master wherever he chooses to go.

Skamsen would rather she didn’t.

Once a highly trained assassin, Skamsen has turned his back on that life for the quieter work of a bounty hunter. But there is one piece of his past he has never been able to leave behind: the murder of his wife and unborn child. After years of searching, he finally has a trail to the man responsible—and he intends to follow it to the end.

Avinasi intends to follow him.

Their journey carries them across a dangerous empire of bounty hunters, soldiers, assassins, rebels, and men willing to kill for secrets best left buried. But the farther Avinasi travels from everything she has ever known, the more she begins to see the man beneath her master’s anger. And she becomes convinced Skamsen is wrong about himself.

He believes vengeance is all he has left. She believes there is still something in him worth saving.

Unfortunately, Skamsen never asked to be saved.

An epic fantasy of dangerous journeys, unlikely companionship, loyalty, vengeance, and the complicated bonds created by promises that cannot easily be broken, Three Steps Back: First Command begins the Twice Seven a Slave series.

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Featured Fantasy: A Seer and Present Danger (Ordinary Oregon Mystery 3) by Devon Monk

September 11, 2026 by Carolynn

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A delightfully twisty, magic-packed cozy whodunit by National Bestseller Devon Monk

Come for the dining…stay for the criming…

Piper Themati is a waitress and seer who see flashes of futures that might come true. She’s gotten good at interpreting her quirky visions, but lately they’ve been static-filled and confusing.

When she stumbles upon a dead body outside the diner and her friend is there with blood on her hands, Piper has a choice: mind her own business and let the police solve the crime, or jump in with her unreliable power to try and clear her friend’s name.

Piper and her besties Medusa (yes, that Medusa) and Jules (the town’s most powerful witch) are on the case. But to catch a killer, Piper’s going to have to out think a magical thief, stay one step ahead of the police, and take on a power dangerous enough to stop time…

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Featured Fantasy: The Haunted Heist (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries Book 3) by Angie Fox

September 11, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: The Haunted Heist (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries Book 3) by Angie Fox

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From New York Times bestselling author Angie Fox

Just because she can see the dead doesn’t mean Verity Long wants to spend her days hunting ghosts. Instead, she’s over the moon to land a marketing job at the local bank…until she finds her new boss dead in the vault. Even her ghost friend, Frankie, knows that’s no way to start a career.

Relieved to let the police take charge, Verity steps aside, bound and determined to keep her ghost sightings to herself. But when she learns the main suspect in the murder is a very crooked, very dead mobster, Verity knows it’s up to her to solve the case.

She teams up with her ghostly gangster buddy Frankie, as well as the irresistible and charming Ellis, as the three of them search haunted mob hideouts, hidden passageways, and historic cemeteries for the facts behind the heist of the century—and a modern-day motive for murder.

Too bad uncovering the truth could very well make Verity the next victim…

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Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Angie Fox, Southern Ghost Hunter, The Haunted Heist

Featured Fantasy: Wayfair Witches (A Paranormal Cozy Mystery Collection Books One – Ten) by A.A. Albright

September 9, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: Wayfair Witches (A Paranormal Cozy Mystery Collection Books One - Ten) by A.A. Albright

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This box set includes the first ten books of the Wayfair Witches series, plus a bonus book!
Wanda Wayfair is a bit of a late starter. At almost twenty-one she still hasn’t received her magical powers, and she’s running out of time. But things are about to change for Wanda as she finally comes into her magic, and discovers that she has a most unusual gift – whenever a witch is murdered, their familiar shall live on, but only long enough to seek Wanda out and help her solve the murder.

Join Wanda and her coven of supernatural sleuths, as they solve murders and mysteries in Ireland’s magical enclaves.

In This Box Set You’ll Get:
Book One: Bottling It
Book Two: Bricking It
Book Three: A Trick for a Treat
Book Four: Winging It
Book Five: Wrapping Up
Book Six: Loved Up
Book Seven: Rocking Out
Book Eight: Acting Up
Bonus Book: Legally Red
Book Nine: Swotting Up
Book Ten: Forget Me Knot

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Featured Fantasy: The Shadow Rises (Witch Hunter Book 1) by K.S. Marsden

September 9, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: The Shadow Rises (Witch Hunter Book 1) by K.S. Marsden

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The book that launched the internationally bestselling Witch-Hunter series — a gripping urban fantasy of dark magic, ancient duty, and impossible attraction.

Hunter Astley has one purpose in life: to hunt witches.
Charming, wealthy, and ruthlessly effective, Hunter is the product of a long line of witch-hunters — bound to the Malleus Maleficarum Council, dedicated to keeping the world safe from those who wield dark magic. It’s a life he knows well. A life he controls.
But something is stirring in the shadows. A new and terrifying power is rising — the Shadow Witch — unlike anything the Council has ever faced. She is gathering the witches, building an army, and no one knows where she will strike next.
When a young woman named Sophie comes into Hunter’s world, he lets his guard down for the first time in years. But in the war between witch-hunters and witches, nothing is as it seems — and the greatest threat may already be closer than Hunter ever imagined. As ancient magic awakens and dark forces converge on the English countryside, Hunter will discover that his bloodline holds secrets that could change everything — and that the line between enemy and ally is far more dangerous than he ever believed.

The Shadow Rises is the first book in K.S. Marsden’s internationally bestselling Witch-Hunter series — a fast-paced, darkly romantic urban fantasy perfect for fans of the supernatural, slow-burn tension, and worlds where magic and the modern collide.

The Witch-Hunter Trilogy: The Shadow Rises The Shadow Reigns The Shadow Falls

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Featured Fantasy: Waterspell Series By Deborah J. Lightfoot

September 9, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: Waterspell Series By Deborah J. Lightfoot

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Bitter memories and suppressed emotions bubble to the surface in The Warlock, an epic fantasy adventure that follows the tumultuous relationship between the lost traveler Carin and her mysterious rescuer. He proves to be more her captor, a darkly dangerous wizard who draws her into schemes of magical power and possible murder. There’s a world to save, even if it costs Carin her life.

The intricate plot centers on Carin’s quest to discover her identity and her destiny. As the warlock’s unwilling “guest” in a mystical alternate reality that evokes medieval Europe, the determined young woman glimpses another world she had once called home. It lies upon a shore that seems unreachable. To learn where she belongs and how to get there, Carin must decipher the words of a fantastical book, follow the clues in a bewitched poem, conjure a dragon from a pool of magic … and tread carefully around a hot-tempered, emotionally scarred sorcerer who can’t seem to decide whether to love her or kill her. The relationship between Carin and the wizard grows increasingly complex, balancing in a tense power struggle as, together, they navigate a world of dangers while yearning for redemption, a sense of belonging, and maybe a little unconventional romance.

With elements of environmental fantasy and dystopian undercurrents, and the immersive suspense of a murder mystery, Waterspell is a cross-genre saga with too many layers for a single label. Unpredictable plot twists and compelling characters weave a binge-worthy series that will captivate lovers of imaginative, emotional, dramatic storytelling. Perfect for fans of the Winternight and Black Magician trilogies.

The Warlock is Book 1 of the series. The enemies-to-lovers relationship is a true slow-burn, developing fully in Books 2-4: The Wysard, The Wisewoman, and The Witch.

The saga carries on into a new generation with a pair of linked sequels, The Karenina Chronicles and The Fires of Farsinchia.

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Deborah J. Lightfoot, Waterspell

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