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Featured Fantasy: Olde Robin Hood by Kate Danley

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“Rich prose, intense action, historical and mythological depth, and captivating innovations.” -Kirkus Reviews

Exiled for an unjust crime and forced to use whatever means necessary to survive, a figure of hope emerges from Sherwood Forest. But what most people know about Robin Hood (the enemy of Prince John and nobleman loyal to King Richard) was an invention of a playwright nearly three hundred years after Robin Hood died. However, there are older stories about the real Robin Hood.

USA Today bestselling author Kate Danley weaves the original 13th century ballads, Robin Hood traditions passed down through ancient pagan rites, and historical evidence together into a noblebright epic. Enter a world of adventure and chivalry as you discover the man behind the myth, as you meet the Olde Robin Hood.

Featured Fantasy: Priest of Titan Complete Series by Paul Mouchet

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Featured Fantasy: Priest of Titan Complete Series by Paul Mouchet

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Titan called her. The Temple forged her. Gods will fear her.

Life for Kit was difficult, growing up a Nomad human in a Berrat village. At the tender age of eleven, she travelled to a distant kingdom, and joined the Fist of Titan, a temple that worships a foreign god.
The Temple priests trained her in the art of war. They taught her to deliver justice. They set her on the path to free their god, Titan.

But paths have a way of taking you in unexpected directions and help you to discover things about the world and yourself. They can show you that meddling in the affairs of gods can either save or destroy the world.

How can a teenage girl and her eclectic group of friends save the people and still prevent Ragnarok, the end of days?

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Featured Fantasy: Rune of Thorns (Enchanted Shadows Book 2) by Kelly N. Jane

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Rowena has discovered the price of vengeance.

Now she must set things right, but the weight of her loss has caught up to her. Only with Bram’s help can she gather enough strength to fight for those she loves. When events outside of their control force the two apart, it leaves Rowena to navigate a treacherous labyrinth alone.

Bram’s secret is exposed.

The governing druids have summoned him to explain his actions, and he’s forced to abandon the stubborn elven princess who has confused his heart. What he finds when he arrives in his homeland disrupts all he has believed. Forced to see his mission in a new light, he’ll have to make a choice that will risk everything.

Rowena and Bram must battle their innermost fears or endanger countless lives. But to save the realm, it may require a sacrifice of what each needs most . . . one another.

Dive into the second installment of Enchanted Shadows. Bold adventures mix with heart-pounding action, slow-burn romance, and fae magic.

Featured Fantasy: Dance of Kings and Thieves (The Broken Kingdoms Book 6) by LJ Andrews

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Featured Fantasy: Dance of Kings and Thieves (The Broken Kingdoms Book 6) by LJ Andrews

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Dreams will become nightmares…

To take her place as rightful queen, Malin Strom stands by the side of the Nightrender and his guild of thieves in the fight to take a throne she never wanted. Now, as warriors from distant kingdoms answer their call, a new battle begins.

But when dark fae side with the Black Palace, Malin and Kase are forced to take drastic measures if they are to have a hope for victory: forge an unwilling alliance with a cruel sea fae, draw out a cursed beast they thought long dead, even risk the lives of everyone they love by twisting the memories of fate itself.

For Kase and Malin, this fight could be their hard-fought salvation…or a vicious end to everything they love.

Welcome to the final stand in the Eastern Kingdom. Where the stakes are higher, the battles are darker, and the romance is spicier. A wicked spin on Cinderalla comes to a head in the final battle of thieves and kings.

Featured Fantasy: Prophet Motive (Hedgewitch for Hire Book 8) by Christine Pope

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Featured Fantasy: Prophet Motive (Hedgewitch for Hire Book 8) by Christine Pope

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The perfect Thanksgiving recipe for disaster — means, motive…and opportunity.

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, Selena finds herself soothing the nerves of her friend Josie, who’s now Globe’s newly minted mayor. Popular television preacher Aaron Galloway is bringing his traveling prayer gathering to town, and Josie is worried Selena’s New Age shop will attract negative attention.

Josie’s concern is touching, but Selena can’t imagine her humble little shop being any more than a blip on the faithful’s radar. Still, she does a quick Tarot reading, just to be sure. To her dismay, the cards warn there’s trouble brewing. What kind and how deep it goes is anyone’s guess. Until Galloway falls over dead of arsenic poisoning — and Josie is accused of murder.

Holiday plans are put on hold as Selena races to prove Josie’s innocence. And as she begins unearthing something rotten under the megachurch’s squeaky-clean veneer, the real killer is getting nervous…and determined to mow down anyone who gets too close to the truth.

Featured Fantasy: Tarnished by Time (Romancing Aranthium Book 3) by Daniela A. Mera

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Featured Fantasy: Tarnished by Time (Romancing Aranthium Book 3) by Daniela A. Mera

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An urban fantasy Hades and Persephone retelling perfect for fans of Crescent City and The Cruel Prince.
“Putting aside the fact that he was my ex-boss and the fact he had orchestrated my kidnapping, I had no business being the wife of a king.”

Aidoneus

My first wife died three centuries ago. Now, Aranthium was facing a major threat. Time without having a queen had weakened my powers. In order to win the war against my brother Phelix, I needed to remarry.

After months of being paraded around with the most eligible Aranthian bachelorettes, I made my choice. Phaedra was not a princess, nor did she come from a powerful family. But, somehow, she had the power of the gods. She was exactly what I needed in my life.

The only problem was she made me feel things I had no right feeling for someone a quarter of my age.

Phaedra

I grew up in a gilded cage, unable to spread my wings. My mother never let me have the freedom I craved. Then, when I was beginning to live my life as an independent Angel in Olimpie, I was abducted by the King of the Daemons for my own “safety”.

I worked for him for years, but one day, things changed. After an attack on the city I had come to call my home, I was in a coma for months. When I woke up, new power flowed through my veins.

Aidoneus needed a wife. I needed someone to balance the power before it destroyed me. Hades approached me with a proposal: marriage. As friends. Nothing more.

Resisting the King of the Daemons was a lot more difficult than I had ever bargained for.This book is a complete, stand-alone story that is part of a larger series. “Romancing Aranthium” books are the perfect books for fans of fantasy romance who love sweet love stories, powerful ladies, danger, political intrigue, and epic journeys. Setting classic stories in an urban setting with vampires, fae, merpeople, angels, and were-shifters makes them all the more enticing.