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Featured Fantasy: Riders Book 1 by Veronica Rossi

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Featured Fantasy: Riders Book 1 by Veronica Rossi

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From the New York Times–bestselling author, a teen is transformed into one of the legendary horseman of the apocalypse in this YA urban fantasy.

For eighteen-year-old Gideon Blake, nothing but death can keep him from achieving his goal of becoming a U.S. Army Ranger. As it turns out, it does.

Recovering from the accident that most definitely killed him, Gideon finds himself with strange new powers and a bizarre cuff he can’t remove. His death has brought to life his real destiny. He has become War, one of the legendary four horsemen of the apocalypse.

Over the coming weeks, he and the other horsemen—Conquest, Famine, and Death—are brought together by a beautiful but frustratingly secretive girl to help save humanity from an ancient evil on the emergence.

They fail.

Now—bound, bloodied, and drugged—Gideon is interrogated by the authorities about his role in a battle that has become an international incident. If he stands any chance of saving his friends and the girl he’s fallen for—not to mention all of humankind—he needs to convince the skeptical government officials the world is in imminent danger.

But will anyone believe him?

“Rossi has laid the groundwork for an intense new series sure to be loved by the author’s fans. Intense enough for reluctant readers yet sophisticated enough to entice those who enjoy books with a military background and lots of action.” —School Library Journal, starred review

Featured Fantasy: Brews and Clues (Hallow’s Promise Book 1) by A.N. Payton

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Featured Fantasy: Brews and Clues (Hallow's Promise Book 1) by A.N. Payton

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CSI meets fantasy – with a dash of cozy!

Trouble is brewing in Hallow’s Promise…

Rae wants to steep in the success of her magic potion wagon, BREW-TEA-FUL, and sell drinks that help the residents of Hallow’s Promise. She certainly doesn’t want to assist the town’s investigator in solving another murder. Except this crime has a personal link to her own history: the victim came from the same place she’d once escaped. Rae agrees to help with the case on one condition: it’s her last one.

But her “last” case simmers with danger, dark connections to her past, and a delicious man with a really big…sword. While dodging increasing threats, juggling a creature that keeps trying to eat (dead) people, Rae eventually faces her greatest challenge of all: determining if the life she’s built in Hallow’s Promise is worth risking everything.

Grab a hot beverage, a warm blanket, and curl up for this almost-cozy fantasy murder mystery, spiced with magic, sweetened with new friendships, and stewed especially for you.

Featured Fantasy: The Midnight Pack (Jericho James Book 1) by Jasmine Kuliasha

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Featured Fantasy: The Midnight Pack (Jericho James Book 1) by Jasmine Kuliasha

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Jericho James is in over her head.

She’s a Private Investigator famed for debunking mythical creature sightings, and she expects her latest case in Stillbridge, Maine, to be just another instance of “town who cried wolf.” But instead of finding a poorly judged animal in the Northeastern woods, Jericho discovers a family of reclusive scientists. Handsome scientists, no less, working on a cure for a mystery virus.

Intrigued by the virus and utterly captivated by Benjamin—a man with cheekbones that must have been chiseled by God himself—Jericho finds she’s dying to learn more about the family and their work.

And when she accidentally discovers the family’s secret, she might just get her wish.

Featured Fantasy: Heir to Magic (Tales of the Misplaced) by Adam K. Watts

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Featured Fantasy: Heir to Magic (Tales of the Misplaced) by Adam K. Watts

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International Impact Book Awards Winner

A spell gone wrong. A teenage girl fighting for survival. The fate of a world hangs in the balance.

A splintered portal spell strands sixteen-year-old Mira in a magical realm where she is befriended by a sprite assassin and attacked by goblins. Mira must learn how to survive a world callously ruled by the Sidhe, with a revolution of the downtrodden races of the land looming over her head.

Mira gets entangled in a fight that will eventually decide the fate of the realm. Along the way, she discovers that she can make a difference. Eventually, Mira must decide whether the plight of this world she finds herself in is as important as getting home.

Featured Fantasy: Mermaid’s Return: The Complete Series (The Elemental Origins Universe) by A.L. Knorr

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Featured Fantasy: Mermaid's Return: The Complete Series (The Elemental Origins Universe) by A.L. Knorr

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Discover the depths of a siren’s heart.

Mermaid’s Return is the start of a new mermaid mythology, that follows Mira as she returns to land for the first time in over eight years. She is driven by the urge to procreate, to find a human mate and produce a siren child.

It proves more challenging than she expected. A siren creates reactions in human males just by being who—what—she is. Is it possible to navigate human society, find a way to earn money, and seek out her perfect mate? Can she overcome prejudice, other supernaturals, and the unexpected to not only survive but thrive on land?

This series is a prequel to The Elemental Origins series—which includes Born of Water, the story of Targa, Mira’s daughter—and The Siren’s Curse series, which does a deep dive (pun intended) into a new mermaid mythology.

Featured Fantasy: The Cycle of Arawn: The Complete Trilogy by Edward W. Robertson

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Featured Fantasy: The Cycle of Arawn: The Complete Trilogy by Edward W. Robertson

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Dante Galand is young. Penniless. Alone. But devoted to learning the dark magic of his world.

His quest will take him from the city gutters to a foreign land of sorcerers. To a war for independence. And finally, to another war—this time, for his people’s very survival.

A USA Today bestselling series, THE CYCLE OF ARAWN is a complete trilogy of 1600 pages—over half a million words of strife, civil war, friendships made and broken, and one man’s obsession to become the greatest sorcerer since the days of the gods. Includes two illustrated maps.