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Featured Fantasy: Heartless (Athena Ellison Book 1) by Jocelyn Fox

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Featured Fantasy: Heartless (Athena Ellison Book 1) by Jocelyn Fox

FREE as of March 10, 2025
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“An adventure-filled tale of love and magic with a strong central relationship…Fox populates this fantasy tale with a bright cast of characters who ably bring the story to life. “– Kirkus Reviews (Indie)

In the hidden magical Secondworld, the cauldron is about to boil over with intrigue.

Mage bounty hunter Athena enthusiastically slaps her hex cuffs on handsome homicide suspect Kellan Mordigan, only to become the hunted as a necromancer who literally stole Kellan’s heart looks to finish the job and smash the patriarchy while she’s at it…

Athena Ellison, a powerful young mage who spurns her family’s old-money expectations to become a bounty hunter, has a geomancer’s talent for finding things—but sometimes the things that find her first have teeth and a thirst for magical blood. She captures Kellan Mordigan, a mage who’s the main suspect in a triple homicide; and as a bonus, the Mordigans and the Ellisons have been feuding for about a century. But right after Athena tracks Mordigan to a coffee shop and arrests him, they’re attacked by a group of revenants, and even Athena’s supernatural fighting skills barely get them out alive. As much as Athena wants to believe the worst of Mordigan, she’s drawn into the quest to uncover the truth behind the Council’s actions. Amid monsters and mayhem and with Mordigan in tow, Athena must put together a plan to defeat a necromancer who has made a literal deal with the devil and evade the tightening net of the Council’s warrant, all while preserving the secrets of the Secondworld and keeping her world-ending power under control…

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Featured Fantasy: Crow Investigations Books 1 & 2 by Sarah Painter

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Featured Fantasy: Crow Investigations Books 1 & 2 by Sarah Painter

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Discover the new star of magical London with the first two books in the bestselling Crow Investigations urban fantasy mystery series.

Omnibus edition includes: The Night Raven and The Silver Mark

The Night Raven: Meet Lydia Crow…

Lydia has always known she has no power, especially next to her infamous and more-than-slightly dodgy family. Which is why she carved her own life as a private investigator far away from London.

When a professional blunder forces her home, the head of the family calls in a favour, and Lydia finds herself investigating the disappearance of her cousin, Maddie.

Soon, Lydia is neck-deep in problems: her new flatmate is a homicidal ghost, the intriguing, but forbidden, DCI Fleet is acting in a distinctly unprofessional manner, and tensions between the old magical families are rising.

  • The Crows used to rule the roost and rumours claim they are still the strongest.
  • The Silvers have a facility for lying and they run the finest law firm in London.
  • The Pearl family were costermongers and everybody knows that a Pearlie can sell feathers to a bird.
  • The Fox family… Well. The less said about the Fox family the better.

For seventy-five years, a truce between the four families has held strong, but could the disappearance of Maddie Crow be the thing to break it?

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Featured Fantasy: The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker

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Featured Fantasy: The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker

$1.99 as of March 4, 2025
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“A dark and glittering jewel of a book.” —Judy I. Lin, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of A Magic Steeped in Poison

“Visceral to the core.” —Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights

New from the author of The Keeper of Night comes a YA fantasy duology set in an alternate Tang Dynasty China, where a poor biracial girl with the ability to raise the dead gets caught up in the dangerous political games of the royal family.

Zilan dreams of becoming a royal alchemist, of providing for her family by making alchemical gold and gems for the wealthy to eat in order to stay young forever. But for now, she’s trapped in her impoverished village in southern China, practicing an illegal form of alchemy to keep food on the table—resurrecting the dead, for a price.

When Zilan finally has the chance to complete her imperial exams, she ventures to the capital to compete against the best alchemists in the country in tasks she’ll be lucky to survive, let alone pass. On top of that, her reputation for raising the dead has followed her to the capital, and the Crown Prince himself seeks out her help, suspecting a coming assassination attempt.

The more Zilan succeeds in her alchemy, the more she gets caught in the dangerous political games of the royal family. There are monsters lurking within the palace walls, and it’s only a matter of time before they—and secrets of Zilan’s past—catch up with her.

Don’t miss the Keeper of Night duology!
The Keeper of Night
The Empress of Time

Featured Fantasy: Witchy Awakening (Midlife Potions) by C. A. Phipps

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Featured Fantasy: Witchy Awakening (Midlife Potions) by C. A. Phipps

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Discovering you’re a witch because your cat talks to you isn’t as fun as it sounds.

After the sudden death of her mother, Jessica Lavender’s mediocre life as a baker takes an unexpected turn.
Forced to return to her home town to run her mom’s store, she must learn to harness her magical abilities while dealing with nosy neighbors.

If that wasn’t enough, her snarky familiar insists she unearth and solve the suspicious death of the body in her garden!

Good Fortune is no longer the boring little town she thought it was and midlife crisis takes on a whole new meaning.

This paranormal cozy mystery will have you questioning everything you thought you knew about magic and murder.

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Featured Fantasy: The Complete Ashport Mender Series by G.K. Lund

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Featured Fantasy: The Complete Ashport Mender Series by G.K. Lund

99¢ as of March 2, 2025
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An unseen community, troublesome abilities, unforeseen captivation…

After a kidnapping in broad daylight, Detective Nate Hansen must work with the elusive Maggie Evans, a suspected criminal in his eyes. But as they follow the trail of the kidnappers, things are not as they appear — in fact, they shouldn’t be possible.

And the most troubling secret of all might just be Maggie’s…

Maggie seemingly has no past, is uncannily good at interrogations, has questionable friends, dangerous enemies, and is somehow on the Chief’s good side. Through her, Nate is immersed in a supernatural world he didn’t know exists, one that will turn his life upside down. And that is nothing compared to the change Maggie herself brings to his life…

If you like kick-ass heroes, high stakes, dubious allies, hot romance, and potty-mouthed attitude, then you’ll love the Ashport Mender series.

Featured Fantasy: Shadowstalker Series by Natalie Johanson

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Featured Fantasy: Shadowstalker Series by Natalie Johanson

Books 1 & 2 Only $1.99 USD Each
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Second Place winner in BookFest’s book awards for Action/Adventure and Magic, Myths, and Legends

First Place winner in Firebird’s book awards for Young Adult Fantasy

Rose Trewin is on the run, trying to escape her past as a spy and desperate for a quiet life. After a fateful encounter on the road she is forced to carry a message to the king and warn him of forces plotting to end his life and take his kingdom. She is thrown into a world of courtly intrigue, political machinations, and a king who asks too many questions. However, Rose has a deeper secret than her life as a spy; a magic she tries to keep hidden. Her ability to walk among the shadows, disappear into the darkness has its advantages, but in a country where magic is feared and distrusted, it’s also a liability.

King Micah Ellsworth knows someone is plotting against him. He just doesn’t know who, exactly. When a strange woman with secrets and defiance in her eyes arrives in his court, she seems the perfect person to uncover the plot.

Soon, both realize more is at stake when dark forces fueled by a similar magic to Rose’s appear. The two must work together to find who is behind the plots, forcing Rose to share secrets and to question her loyalties, her magic, and the power she wields.