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Featured Fantasy: Murder Above the Fold (Mag and Clara Balefire Mysteries Book 1) by ReGina Welling & Erin Lynn

November 8, 2025 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: Murder Above the Fold (Mag and Clara Balefire Mysteries Book 1) by ReGina Welling & Erin Lynn

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New town, fresh start… and one very dead welcome wagon.

Mag and Clara Balefire thought moving to Harmony, Maine would mean quiet mornings, fewer magical mishaps, and maybe—just maybe—time to actually run their antique and apothecary shop, Balms and Bygones, without supernatural drama.

They were spectacularly wrong.

When a dead body turns up among the vintage furniture, the local police shrug it off as a tragic accident. But the Balefire sisters didn’t become two of the strongest witches in their bloodline by ignoring their instincts. Something about this death reeks of murder, and it’s not just their enhanced magical senses talking.

Determined to uncover the truth, Mag and Clara dive into Harmony’s deceptively placid waters—only to discover that their picturesque new home harbors secrets darker than a moonless night. Between dodging the machinations of power-hungry coven leader Hagatha Crow and trying to keep their magical abilities under wraps, the sisters must solve their first Harmony mystery before the killer decides to permanently close their shop.

Welcome to small-town life, witch style. The body count is already climbing.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Finally, witches who feel like real people! Mag and Clara’s banter had me cracking up even during the murder scenes. Can’t wait for the next one!”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Perfect blend of magic and mystery without being too cutesy. These sisters know how to handle both spells and suspects—loved every page!”

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Erin Lynn, Mag and Clara Balefire Mysteries, Murder Above the Fold, Regina Welling

Featured Fantasy: Urban Magick & Folklore Series by C. Gockel

November 8, 2025 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: Urban Magick & Folklore Series by C. Gockel

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Once upon a future-time, in a city of steel, concrete, and Magick, a wicked queen trapped a mighty warrior with a curse …

In the tiny village of Somer, far from the city, Cherie knows nothing of the evil spell. Her home is a safe, Magickal place. The Fae travel freely along its roads, Magickal humans and animals are welcome, and everyone is hidden from the Queen’s sight by Jack Frost, the local ghost, who blurs the Queen’s mirror with snow and ice.

But when Jack’s spell begins to crack, the Queen’s eyes fall on Somer. Nothing will keep her from abducting all of Somer’s Magickals, not even a war with the Fae.

To avert a war, save her village–and herself–Cherie strikes a perilous bargain. Aided only by Jack and her own small Magick, she’ll set off on a quest … If she fails, she’ll lose more than her life.

The first two books are retellings of Snow White Rose Red with Urban Magick, plenty of folklore, and a Princess Charming. Perfect for fans of Naomi Novik’s Uprooted and Spinning Silver. Books 3 through 5 are a retelling of Grendel & Beowulf.

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: C. Gockel, Urban Magick & Folklore

Featured Fantasy: Fated to Burn (Grid Fae Book 1) by Lilith Darville

November 8, 2025 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: Fated to Burn (Grid Fae Book 1) by Lilith Darville

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Editor’s Note: I don’t usually share fantasy or sci-fi romance of the spicy variety (the author says the series will be five peppers hot 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ … which I think is the hottest pepper rating.) But the idea of this TWISTY FAE IN F1 was so much fun I had to share!

She sees the impossible. He’s been hiding it for eight centuries.

Xio Valencia’s gift ruined her career at MIT—the ability to see probability threads that predict crashes before they happen. Now she hides in the shadows of Formula One, sending anonymous warnings to save drivers who’ll never know her name.

Until she notices something impossible about Thorne Blackthorn’s lap times.

Thorne has concealed his fae nature for eight hundred years, using probability magic to dominate every circuit. But when a brilliant analyst starts seeing through the glamour—and her scent shatters the binding that’s kept him numb and touch-starved for centuries—his carefully controlled world implodes.

The courts want her eliminated. He’s supposed to obey—he’s killed for them for two centuries. Instead, he claims her as his fated mate, defying his king to keep her alive as they navigate Grand Prix circuits by day and court assassins by night.

Her awakening power could save them both. Or condemn the entire supernatural world to exposure.

He’ll burn the world before he lets them touch her.

One fierce mathematician. One tortured fae enforcer. One impossible choice.

Drive to Survive meets A Court of Thorns and Roses in this scorching, high-heat fated-mates romance featuring a touch-starved antihero, forced proximity, and possessive protection that knows no limits.

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Fated to Burn, Grid Fae, Lilith Darville

Featured Fantasy: Secrets of Saltcliff (Forty, Fired, & Fighting Demons Book 1) by Brenda Trim & Chris Cain

November 6, 2025 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: Secrets of Saltcliff (Forty, Fired, & Fighting Demons Book 1) by Brenda Trim & Chris Cain

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Turns out, when a realtor says ‘location, location, location!’, they aren’t going to mention the property is directly above a portal to Hell…

I’m Eliza Grey, and my charming fixer-upper came with an unexpected feature: a gateway to the infernal realms in the basement.

So much for open-concept living.

Now, instead of choosing tile patterns, I’m deciphering ancient runes. My real estate agent? Secretly a magical mentor. The grumpy handyman? A half-demon hunter with a penchant for brooding. And my new house? Let’s just say it has opinions on my renovation choices.

I’ve got to master my newfound magical abilities, navigate the bureaucratic nightmare that is Hell’s Seven Boroughs, and find a mystical artifact before a demon lord uses my property as his personal welcome mat to world domination.

Home improvement shows never prepared me for this. If I can survive magical training, outsmart Hell’s henchmen, and keep my sanity (and my house) intact, I might just save the world.

Although there’s no telling what this will do for the resale value.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go sage my cutlery. In this house, you can never be too careful.

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Brenda Trim, Forty Fired & Fighting Demons, Secrets of Saltcliff

Featured Fantasy: Witches of Keyhole Lake Books 1 – 3 by Tegan Maher

November 6, 2025 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: Witches of Keyhole Lake  Books 1 - 3 by Tegan Maher

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If you love laugh-out-loud southern wit, magic, and murder, then you’ll fall in love with this witchy mystery series.

From Sweet Murder, Book 1: What’s a witch to do when the meanest man in the county drops dead in his coleslaw during her shift at the local barbecue joint? Noelle does what any good Southern girl would do: she flicks a wrist to clean up the mess, then thanks the stars for doing the world a favor. She should have known nothing’s that easy.

A skydiving best friend and a bossy, living-impaired aunt become the least of her worries when the killer decides to bump up the plan by bumping her off. Can she figure it out in time to save all that she holds dear, or will Noelle be next on the list of folks who’ve turned up dead?

From Murder to the Max, Book 2: Granted, being murdered first thing in the morning would make anybody cranky, but when local contractor Max Wheeler meets his unnatural end, he takes it more personally than most. As any perturbed ghost looking for justice would, he goes straight to the local sheriff to report the crime.

Cranky ghosts, sticky-fingered vagabonds, and disappearing food keep the gossip wheel churning, but Noelle’s about to lose her mind. Is it really too much to ask that people stop killing each other long enough for a witch to get some work done?

From Murder so Magical Book 3: Keyhole Lake has its fair share of oddballs and ne’er-do-wells, but sometimes even good folks do bad things, right? At first, the crimes seem to stem from desperation or teenage rebellion, but when the president of the ladies’ auxiliary is busted stealing church funds, Noelle starts to piece together a pattern that points to a much more nefarious – and magical – explanation.

This box set also contains Witching for a Miracle, a Witches of Keyhole Lake short story.

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Tegan Maher, Witches of Keyhole Lake Books 1 - 3

Featured Fantasy: Witchin’ Impossible (Witchin’ Impossible Cozy Mysteries Book 1) by Renee George

November 6, 2025 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: Witchin' Impossible (Witchin' Impossible Cozy Mysteries Book 1) by Renee George

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Sometimes you can’t go home, and that would’ve been just fine by me.

I’m Hazel Kinsey, a special agent for the FBI, and I’m also a witch. Seventeen years earlier, I packed up my belongings and my squirrel familiar Tizzy, and I left my paranormal hometown of Paradise Falls for good. Or so I thought.

When my best friend from high school, Lily Mason, calls and asks me to investigate her brother’s murder, I can’t say no. She was there for me during the worst time of my life, and it’s my turn to return the favor, no matter the personal cost.

Going home is harder than I imagined. My grumpy, hot high school crush, a bear shifter named Ford Baylor, has become a grumpy, hot police officer who’s not happy to see me. Unfortunately, I can’t stop thinking about him. All these years away, I imagined him married to his bear shifter sweetheart and living the white-picket-fence dream. But Ford is single, and he looks ready to strangle me. Apparently, I’m his mate. Who knew?

On top of that, there’s a sinister force at work in Paradise Falls, and I have to solve the mysterious murders happening around town if I want to prevent my best friend from becoming the next victim.

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Renee George, Witchin' Impossible, Witchin' Impossible Cozy Mysteries

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