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Featured Fantasy: The Exile of Elindel (The Elwardain Chronicles Book 1) by Carol Browne

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Featured Fantasy: The Exile of Elindel (The Elwardain Chronicles Book 1) by Carol Browne

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Banished from Elvendom and forced to seek refuge among the Saxons, young Elgiva faces a grim future – until she crosses paths with Godwin, a Briton enslaved by the people she must now call allies.

When a dark power rises to claim dominion over Elvendom, Elgiva and Godwin set off on a dangerous quest for the legendary Lorestone: the only thing that can stop the looming darkness. With a reluctant elf boy as their guide and a stubborn pony by their side, they must navigate the treacherous land and harness ancient magic before it’s too late.

As battle lines are drawn, Elgiva must embrace her true heritage, and Godwin must learn to wield the secret power he possesses. But can they find the Lorestone in time – or will Elvendom fall forever?

A historical fantasy adventure set in 6th century Britain, THE EXILE OF ELINDEL is the first book in Carol Browne’s The Elwardain Chronicles series.

Featured Fantasy: Crescent Calling (The Crescent Witch Chronicles Book One) by Nicole R. Taylor

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Crescent Calling (The Crescent Witch Chronicles Book 1) Kindle Edition by Nicole R Taylor (Author)

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One reluctant witch. One hot Irishman. One epic battle to save magic from extinction.

When Skye Williams receives news of her estranged mother’s death, she must go to Ireland to claim her inheritance. But when she arrives in the tiny village of Derrydun, she isn’t prepared for what she finds nestled amongst the rolling hills of the Emerald Isle.
Lumped with her mother’s crystal shop, a moody goth girl for an employee, and a crumbling cottage, selling up sounds like a great plan…until she sees the hot Irishman she’s been crushing on turn into a fox.Thrust into a world she never knew existed, Skye discovers she’s a witch, like her mother before her, but it comes with a heavy price. She is the last of her coven, the Crescent Witches, and is on her own with a terrible burden.
Witches are being hunted—and Skye might be the only one who can stop magic dying out…before it’s gone forever.

The Crescent Witch Chronicles is a series stuffed full of Irish charm, myth and mayhem. Come on an adventure fraught with danger and forbidden romance…and the ultimate battle to save magic before it’s gone forever.

Featured Fantasy: Frostborn Series by Jonathan Moeller

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Featured Fantasy: Frostborn Series by Jonathan Moeller

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From the author of DEMONSOULED and THE GHOSTS, here is a new epic fantasy of high adventure, heroism, and daring deeds.

A thousand years ago, the last grandson of Arthur Pendragon led the survivors of Britain through a magical gate to a new world, a world of magic and high elves, of orcs and kobolds and stranger, darker creatures. Now the descendants of the exiles rule a mighty kingdom, peaceful and prosperous under the rule of the High King.

But a shadow threatens to devour the kingdom.

RIDMARK ARBAN was once a Swordbearer, a knight of renown. Now he is a branded outcast, stripped of his sword, and despised as a traitor.

But he alone sees the danger to come.

CALLIANDE awakens in the darkness, her memories gone, and creatures of terrible power hunting her.

For she alone holds the secret that can save the world…or destroy it utterly.

The secret of the Frostborn.

Featured Fantasy: Heart Seeker (The Fire Heart Chronicles) by Juliana Haygert

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Featured Fantasy: Heart Seeker (The Fire Heart Chronicles) by Juliana Haygert

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“For over twenty years, I’ve been lied to—magic burns within my veins, and I’m unable to resist its call.”

Yearning to be a typical college student, I’m anything but ordinary. My veins pulse with an uncontrollable magic, a secret my mother concealed for over two decades. Descended from a powerful bloodline, I possess a sixth sense that attracts masked figures hungry for my essence and strangers urging me to join their cause.

And amidst the intrigue, a captivating man with ancient magic seeks a forbidden bond.

As bodies surface and killers roam, I’m thrust into a perilous role. My people are hunted, their existence hanging by a thread. Trapped in an unwanted life, I must find the strength to unleash my dormant power or witness my kind’s extinction.

HEART SEEKER, the first in The Fire Heart Chronicles, is an urban fantasy where romance, magic, and mystery converge. Will Mirella succumb to the shadows or rise as a force in a world on the brink of supernatural oblivion?

The Fire Heart Chronicles (series complete!)
Heart Seeker (Book 1)
Flame Caster (Book 2)
Earth Shaker (Book 2.5)
Sorrow Bringer (Book 3)
Soul Wanderer (Book 4)
Fate Summoner (Book 5)
War Maiden (Book 6)

Featured Fantasy: The Prince’s Man (The Five Kingdoms) by Deborah Jay

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Featured Fantasy: The Prince's Man (The Five Kingdoms) by Deborah Jay

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What if the magic that could save your loved ones condemns you to death?

Rakish royal spy, Rustam Chalice, loves his life the way it is, so when the kingdom he serves is threatened from within, he leaps into action. To his dismay the spymaster prince teams him up with an untouchable aristocratic assassin. And to make matters worse, she’s the most beautiful woman in the Five Kingdoms.

Plunged into a desperate journey over the mountains, the mismatched pair struggle to survive deadly wildlife, the machinations of a spiteful god—and each other. When Rustam discovers he has magic of his own, he is forced to question his identity, his sanity, and his loyalty to his prince. For in Tyr-en, all magic users are put to death.

The Prince’s Man is the first book in The Five Kingdoms epic fantasy series. If you like action, intrigue, and magic, spiced with a touch of romance, then you’ll love Deborah Jay’s vividly realised characters.

Featured Fantasy: Gates of Hell (The Ragnarok Prophecy Book 8) by Matt Larkin

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Featured Fantasy: Gates of Hell (The Ragnarok Prophecy Book 8) by Matt Larkin

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No one returns from Hel.

With Baldr’s death, Ragnarök has begun. Now, Odin has sent Hermod to the farthest reaches of creation to bring back his son’s soul. The son of a valkyrja, Hermod alone can make such a trek. But to do so he must descend into horrors beyond imagination.

Meanwhile, Odin begins an even more desperate gambit: to challenge the Norns themselves for control of Fate. Yet his journey will offer him knowledge he could not him imagined nor ever would have wanted …

This total reboot of Gods of the Ragnarok Era replaces and expands on that Norse-inspired epic. Mythology, horror, and dark fantasy meld together in an ice age. The Eschaton Cycle begins.