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Featured Fantasy: The Everlast Complete Series by Juliana Haygert

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Featured Fantasy: The Everlast Complete Series by Juliana Haygert

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Her gift will bring light to a world of darkness…

In 2047, the world exists in permanent darkness. Nineteen-year-old Nadine, a student at NYU, works hard to better her family’s life in the harsh conditions. When she starts having strange visions of someone named Victor, she tries to ignore the flashes, afraid she might be going insane.

But when she bumps into a very real Victor, her entire world shifts. Her visions taking a turn for the worse, Nadine is bombarded with prophecies of eerie fates, unfamiliar gods, sharp-clawed demons… and instructions. Along with the reluctant Victor, she finds her path entwined with yet another man, Micah, who may be able to shed light on her dark revelations.

Directed down an unbelievable path of magic and mayhem, the three must unravel clues from the visions in order to restore an ancient creed. The chance to bring sunlight to the world again is in Nadine’s gift, but only if the evil forces behind the darkness don’t manage to stop her first.

If you like Urban Fantasy Romance with Post-Apocalyptic elements, you’ll love this action-packed story about destiny, self-discovery, and love.

Includes all four books in the series.

Featured Fantasy: Tales of the Latter Kingdoms Books 1- 3 by Christine Pope

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Featured Fantasy: Tales of the Latter Kingdoms Books 1- 3 by Christine Pope

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Three complete fantasy romance novels: Dragon Rose, Ashes of Roses, and One Thousand Nights. (Books 1-3 in the Tales of the Latter Kingdoms series)

DRAGON ROSE:
Rhianne Menyon would rather face the Dragon than marry the odious merchant her mother has chosen. When her secret painting talent threatens her family’s ruin, she makes an unprecedented sacrifice — taking her best friend’s place as the Dragon’s Bride. At Black’s Keep, she expects a monster but finds Theran Blackmoor, a man shrouded in mystery whose gentleness awakens unexpected feelings. Yet she glimpses his terrible true form and discovers a graveyard of previous Brides who chose death over their fate. When prophetic dreams reveal a stranger’s face she’s compelled to paint, Rhianne must discover if her gift for seeing truth can break five centuries of a curse.

ASHES OF ROSES:
Emperor Torric Deveras refuses a loveless marriage, hosting a five-day celebration to choose his Empress from all marriageable women in his kingdom. Ashara Millende should be a noblewoman, but her scheming stepmother stole her inheritance, leaving her a servant in her own home. She dreams of escape and true love — but attending the Emperor’s festivities seems impossible. When a mysterious woman offers Ashara the chance to win her heart’s desire, she must decide if she’s bold enough to reach for love beyond her station. Will she discover that the greatest transformation comes from believing she deserves her happily ever after?

ONE THOUSAND NIGHTS:
Princess Lyarris marries Hierarch Beshalim Kel-Alisaad for political alliance, but her husband remains distant, haunted by his first wife’s execution for treason and adultery. Though intelligent and devastatingly handsome, Besh keeps Lyarris at arm’s length…while his eyes burn with controlled desire. When Lyarris discovers the tragic truth behind the execution and meets the amber-eyed child who may not be Besh’s daughter, she understands his emotional walls. But Chancellor Tel-Karinoor works to keep them apart, and palace enemies threaten their lives. Using her storytelling gift, Lyarris must breach Besh’s defenses before the past destroys their future.

Featured Fantasy: The Confectioner’s Guild by Claire Luana

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Featured Fantasy: The Confectioner's Guild by Claire Luana

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A magic cupcake. A culinary killer. The perfect recipe for murder.

Wren knew her sweet treats could work wonders, but she never knew they could work magic. She barely has time to wrap her head around the stunning revelation when the head of the prestigious Confectioner’s Guild falls down dead before her. Poisoned by her cupcake.

Now facing murder charges in a magical world she doesn’t understand, Wren must discover who framed her or face the headsman’s axe. With the help of a handsome inspector and several new friends, Wren just might manage to learn the ropes, master her new powers, and find out who framed her. But when their search for clues leads to a deep-rooted conspiracy that goes all the way to the top, she realizes that the guild master isn’t the only one at risk of death by chocolate.

If Wren can’t bring the powerful culprit to justice, she and her friends will meet a bittersweet end.

The Confectioner’s Guild is a delicious YA fantasy mystery. If you like spunky chefs and twisty mysteries with a drizzle of romance, then you’ll love Claire Luana’s scrumptious tale that’s sure to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Featured Fantasy: Buried Magic (White Haven Witches Book 1) by T J Green

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Featured Fantasy: Buried Magic (White Haven Witches Book 1) by T J Green

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Love witch fiction? Welcome to White Haven.

White Haven has a history of witchcraft, but the locals don’t know that there are five witches living among them, and Avery is one of them.

When Avery receives an ominous premonition, a rune covered box, and an intriguing letter, all hinting at the mysterious past of her hometown, perched on the Cornish coast, she realises that the witches are missing a vital part of their history.

Five powerful grimoires.

And when the annoying, but good-looking, Alex Bonneville, shares the same premonition, they know that trouble’s coming. The witches need to team up to uncover the truth.

Unfortunately, someone wants the past to remain buried, and they unleash dark magic and demons that turns the quirky town into a battleground.

Now is the time to uncover the past. Now is the time to reclaim their heritage. The White Haven witches risk everything to do it.

If you love witches and magic, with a twist of romance and plenty of mystery and action, you’ll love this fast-paced series starter.

Authentic witchcraft, characters you’ll love, and a place you’ll want to live in. Grab your copy now!

*** This story completes in Magic Unbound, White Haven Witches

Featured Fantasy: Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic

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Featured Fantasy: Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic

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If you’d asked me a week ago, I would have told you that the best cupcakes were dark chocolate with chocolate cream cheese icing, that dancing in a crowd of magic wielders — the Adept — was better than sex, and that my life was peaceful and uneventful.

Just the way I liked it.

That’s what twenty-three years in the magical backwater of Vancouver will get you — a completely skewed sense of reality. Because when the dead werewolves started showing up, it all unraveled … except for the cupcake part. That’s a universal truth.

Featured Fantasy: Tusk Love (Critical Role) by Thea Guanzon

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Featured Fantasy: Tusk Love (Critical Role) by Thea Guanzon

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A merchant’s daughter who yearns for adventure gets more than she bargained for when she falls for a broodingly handsome stranger in this saucy romantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hurricane Wars.

“A true delight of a book! Spicy and heartfelt—this one is a winner all around.”—Katee Robert, author of Neon Gods

As the daughter of an ambitious merchant, Guinevere’s path has been predetermined: marry into a noble house of the Dwendalian Empire, raise her family’s station, and live quietly as a lordling’s obedient wife. But Guinevere longs for a life unbounded by expectations, for freedom and passion and adventure.

Those distant dreams become a sudden reality when her caravan is beset by bandits, leaving her guards slain and Guinevere stranded alone on the dangerous Amber Road. Her only chance of survival is to travel alongside Oskar, the aloof half-orc who saved her during the attack.

Unlike Guinevere, Oskar’s path is not so set in stone. With his mother dead and his apprenticeship abandoned, all that’s left is a long, lonely walk to a land he’s never seen to find family he’s never met. The last thing he needs is a spoiled waif like Guinevere slowing him down—even if the spark between them sizzles with promise.

Despite his cold exterior, Oskar is brave and thoughtful and unlike anyone Guinevere has ever met. And while Guinevere may be sheltered, she brings out a softness in him that he has never dared to feel before. As the flames of their passion grow, they realize that soon they’ll need to choose between their expected destinations or their blossoming romance.

Written by New York Times bestselling author Thea Guanzon at the behest of Critical Role’s Jester Lavorre, Tusk Love brings the most romantic story on Exandrian bookshelves to life.