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Featured Fantasy: The House at Watch Hill by Karen Marie Moning

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning is back with a gripping, imaginative, and seductive new series in which a young woman moves to Divinity, Louisiana, to inherit a large fortune and a Gothic mansion full of mysteries and ominous secrets…

Zo Grey is reeling from the sudden death of her mother when she receives a surprising call from an attorney in Divinity, Louisiana, with the news she has been left an inheritance by a distant relative, the terms of which he will only discuss in person. Destitute and alone, with nothing left to lose, Zo heads to Divinity and discovers she is the sole beneficiary of a huge fortune and a monstrosity of a house that sits ominously at the peak of Watch Hill—but she must live in it, alone, for three years before the house, or the money, is hers.

Met with this irresistible opportunity to finally build a future for herself, Zo puts aside her misgivings about the foreboding Gothic mansion and the strange circumstances, and moves in, where she is quickly met by a red-eyed Stygian owl and an impossibly sexy Scottish groundskeeper.

Her new home is full of countless secrets and mystifying riddles, with doors that go nowhere, others that are impossible to open, and a turret into which there is no visible means of ingress. And the townspeople are odd…

What Zo doesn’t yet know is that her own roots lie in this very house and that in order to discover her true identity and awaken her dormant powers, she will have to face off against sinister forces she doesn’t quite comprehend—or risk being consumed by them.

“This book has everything! A witchy, sexy read that made me sleep with the lights on…Karen Marie Moning at her best!”

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Featured Fantasy: Year Four (Monster Academy Book 10) by Holly Hook

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After dealing a massive blow to the Society, we should celebrate. Byron and I could finally move ahead with our relationship.

But once again, Sunny has found a way to come out on top, and she doesn’t need her organization to crush us anymore. She just needed a connection to power more terrifying than the Dark Corruption to start her reign of terror, and she won’t stop until she enslaves us and the ordinary people.

Our one ray of hope? The monstrous entity that now holds more sway over me than ever. But the source of the Dark Corruption won’t give me anything for free and always has tricks up its sleeve. Even with Byron at my side, enemies are everywhere, and the worst one might be within.

Featured Fantasy: Crossroads Witch by J.S. Malcom

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Either I defeat the monster or I become the monster.

As if being locked up in the crazy house wasn’t bad enough, I wake up to discover that the person I trust most in the world just morphed into a bloodthirsty monster. My only chance for escape comes in the form of two women calling out from within a shimmering tunnel. So, it’s either stick around and get murdered or jump through some kind of portal.

I take the option that doesn’t involve dying and find myself ushered into an ancient society of witches. I’m given a choice: I can either go it alone and take my chances or join their magical training program. The problem being I didn’t even know I had magic, never mind the kind that can open a doorway between realms. But that’s exactly why I’m being hunted by a Fae demon looking to settle an old score. Now, I either find a way to defeat him or he’ll be using my magic to bring in the rest of his kind. If that happens, it won’t only mean the end for the world of witches. It’ll mean the end of the world.

The Shadow Order is a fast-paced, unpredictable new urban fantasy that readers are calling “amazing,” “with strong female leads,” and “full of excitement!” If you like snarky kickass heroines, fast-paced action, magic, witchcraft and romance, then grab it today!

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Featured Fantasy: I Bring the Fire Series by C. Gockel

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Featured Fantasy: I Bring the Fire Series by C. Gockel

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Amy Lewis is on her way to her grandma’s house. She’s being chased by a very bad wolf.

Galaxies away Loki, Norse God of Mischief and Chaos, is waking up in a prison cell, strangely without a hangover, and with no idea what he’s done wrong—this time anyway. He does know Thor is hiding something, Odin is up to something wicked, and there seems to be something he’s forgotten…

Amy’s and Loki’s fates are about to collide. They’ll have to work together to defeat gods, elves, magic sniffing cats, and nosy neighbors. If Loki can remember what he’s forgotten, and Amy can convince him not to be too distracted by Earthly gadgets, Earthly pleasures, or three day benders, they just might pull it off…

I Bring the Fire is for anyone who suspects chaos and mischief makers might have their own redeeming qualities, and anyone who just wants a good fantasy romp through modern Earth, ancient Asgard, and beyond!

Featured Fantasy & Sci-fi : Worlds of Wonder by C. Gockel

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Featured Fantasy & Sci-fi : Worlds of Wonder by C. Gockel

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Journey to Worlds of Wonder…

Discover a universe of myth inspired urban fantasy, and a future with technology so advanced it’s magical.

In I Bring the Fire, Loki Norse God of Mischief and Chaos, takes on Odin, leader of the Nine Realms…Because sometimes the hero is the wrong guy at the right time, and sometimes the hero is drunk.

In the Archangel Project, Commander Noa Sato launches a desperate mission to save her people from genocide. She’s aided by clueless pleasure ‘bot 6T9, a ten-legged, venomous weasel, and a professor who may be more than what he seems.

These tales await you within this collection of three full-length novels and four tales of wonder. Download it today!

This Collection Contains:
Wolves: I Bring the Fire Book I
Someday My Count Will Come : An I Bring the Fire Novella
Atomic: An I Bring the Fire Short Story
Archangel Down. Archangel Project Book 1
Carl Sagan’s Hunt for Intelligent Life in the Universe : An Archangel Project Novella
Starship Waking: Archangel Project Book 4
Let There Be Light : A Short Story

★★★★★ “C. Gockel is the whole package. Her writing is moving, intelligent, and leaves you wanting more.”
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★★★★★ “C. Gockel has written a fresh approach to Loki and his story, and I love it! Read it for yourself! Enjoy!”
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★★★★★ “A wonderful intertwining of modern urban fantasy and traditional Norse myth”
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★★★★★ “I never seem to get tired (or bored) of Gockel‘s writing!”
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Featured Fantasy: Monster Academy (Semester One) by Holly Hook

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Featured Fantasy: Monster Academy (Semester One) by Holly Hook

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Enter a world where it’s Halloween every day and where the monsters are normal, and the normal are monsters…

I’m Ali Welson, and I’m the most normal, goody-two-shoes girl you’ll meet. It’s how I survive a strict home, far from the mysterious Dark Corruption that converts people into B-movie monsters on contact.

But after a close call, Monstreuse, the monster academy, sends an obnoxious sorcerer to claim an unwilling new student–me. Only it’s a mistake, I swear. I never touched the Corruption, as much as Byron insists otherwise. But when my family disowns me, I have no choice but to go.

Thrust into a new, forbidden world, I’m sure I won’t survive my classes, my classmates, or my new rival. But even that pales in comparison to the biggest horror of all. I might be the least normal Monstreuse student in history, and my family is right to fear me.

Why else would someone be trying to do me in?

Monster Academy is a young adult, paranormal academy series that takes place in the same universe as the Cursed Academy series, occurring ten years after the conclusion of Cursed Academy: Year Four. However, it can be read on its own. If you love Halloween, B-movie monsters, slow-burn romance, and danger at every turn, you’ll love the Monster Academy series!