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Featured Fantasy: Mom of the Chosen One (Magical Midlife Mom Book 1) by DM Fike

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A magical secret, a hidden world of fae, and a single mom on the edge.

Welcome to my midlife crisis.

I love my smart, kind, and funny daughter. We may not have much, but we get along without any of the normal teenage drama.

Or at least we did, until my daughter got curious about her biological father.

Now our world is falling apart. A handsome client threatens my employment. A monstrous black wolf shows up on our doorstep. A mysterious masked woman begins stalking us.

And that’s not mentioning the fae.

I didn’t expect to have a midlife crisis involving magic, but it doesn’t matter. I may be just a single mom, but I’ll do anything to protect my daughter.

Even if it kills me.

Join Melissa Hartley as she goes on a magical journey only a mother could take. For readers of Paranormal Women’s Fiction who like strong female protagonists, witty banter, and a hint of romance.

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Featured Fantasy: Dragon Storm (Heritage of Power 1) by Lindsay Buroker

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Dragon Storm Heritage of Power Book 1 Lindsay Buroker

FREE March 1, 2025
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Born with a secret power he must hide…

Telryn “Trip” Yert has always been a little odd, with hunches that are too accurate to explain. Magic is feared and forbidden in Iskandia, so he’s struggled his whole life to hide his eccentricities. As a boy, he was forced to watch his mother’s execution. Her crime? Witchcraft.

Understandably, Trip wants nothing to do with the power that lurks within him, always threatening to reveal itself. Instead, he dedicates himself to serving as an officer in the king’s army, to battling pirates and imperial conquerors. He longs to become a soldier as respected and renowned as the legendary General Zirkander.

But his country is in need of more than a soldier…After disappearing for over a thousand years, dragons have returned to the world. 

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Featured Fantasy: The Librarian of Crooked Lane (The Glass Library Book 1) by C.J. Archer

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Featured Fantasy: The Librarian of Crooked Lane (The Glass Library Book 1) by C.J. Archer

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A librarian with a mysterious past, a war hero with a secret, and the heist of a magic painting. THE LIBRARIAN OF CROOKED LANE is an intriguing new fantasy from C.J. Archer, the USA Today bestselling author of the Glass and Steele series.

Librarian Sylvia Ashe knows nothing about her past, having grown up without a father and a mother who refused to discuss him. When she stumbles upon a diary that suggests she’s descended from magicians, she’s skeptical. After all, magicians are special, and she’s just an ordinary girl who loves books. She seeks the truth from a member of the most prominent family of magicians, but she quickly learns that finding the truth won’t be easy, especially when he turns out to be as artless as her, and more compelling and dangerous than books.

War hero Gabe is gifted with wealth, a loving family, and an incredible amount of luck that saw him survive four harrowing years of a brutal war without injury. But not all injuries are visible. Burying himself in his work as a consultant for Scotland Yard, Gabe is going through the motions as he investigates the theft of a magician-made painting. But his life changes when he unwittingly gets Sylvia dismissed from her job and places her in danger.

After securing her new employment in a library housing the world’s greatest collection of books about magic, Gabe and Sylvia’s lives become intwined as they work together to find both the painting and the truth about Sylvia’s past before powerful people can stop them.

But sometimes the past is better left buried…

Featured Fantasy: Destiny (Experimental Heart Book 1) by Shannon Pemrick

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Featured Fantasy: Destiny (Experimental Heart Book 1) by Shannon Pemrick

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For a relic of war, death is my inevitable release.

Most people can’t kill without regret, but I don’t have that luxury. I am a tank-created nu-human, and my sole purpose hinges on the whims of my tyrannical maniac creator. Town annihilations to political assassinations—I never disobey.

Until I want more.

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Featured Fantasy: Midlife Bed and Broomstick by Jennifer L. Hart

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Featured Fantasy: Midlife Bed and Broomstick by Jennifer L. Hart

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It’s called the change of life but this is ridiculous…

Samantha Sinclair’s midlife can be summed up in one word—trapped. Trapped by Multiple Sclerosis. Trapped by an abusive husband. Trapped until her son breaks the vicious cycle and whisks her away to a bed and breakfast on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
He sent her away. Now she’s returned to the scene of the crime.
The only problem? It puts her in the path of the only man she ever wanted. Damien rejected her years ago and Sam’s never recovered from the heartache. Combined with the quirky and nosy oddballs in the 50 and up waterfront community, the B&B isn’t the ideal place to lay low. Sam just wants to lick her wounds, not rekindle an old flame who is still too hot to handle.

Witches and shifters and secrets, oh my!
When Sam looks out the window late one night and sees people dancing naked and huge felines cavorting on the beach, she realizes she’s not the only one with something to hide. But can this ragtag band of aging supernaturals keep her safe? Or will her vengeful ex destroy what’s left of Sam’s life?

Midlife Bed and Broomstick is the charming first book in the Cougars and Cauldrons paranormal women’s fiction series. If you like gutsy survivors, true-to-life characters, and magic at midlife stories, then you’ll love Jennifer L. Hart’s journey of transformation. Buy Midlife Bed and Broomstick for a spellbook full of mischief today!

Featured Fantasy: Draykon by Charlotte E. English

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Featured Fantasy: Draykon by Charlotte E. English

FREE as of February 18, 2026
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Ancient legends don’t come back to life. Until they do….

The vast, winged draykoni once ruled the skies of the Seven Realms, uncontested and unstoppable — so the stories say. But they are only tales. Aren’t they?

When Llandry Sanfaer discovers a new type of jewel, her life changes forever. Wonderful and terrible, the gem exerts a strange influence over those who behold it. Soon people are dying for it, and Llandry herself becomes a target.

This is only the beginning.

What is this starry jewel, that no one can resist? Who is the killer that stalks the night, stealing the gems from their murdered owners? And why does the gem call so powerfully to Llandry herself?

Llandry’s destiny cannot be denied. A shy young woman is about to learn that sometimes, even the most far-fetched story might prove to be the plain, simple truth.

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