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Featured Fantasy: Tsarina Scholar Woodsman Thief by Cidney Swanson

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Featured Fantasy: Tsarina Scholar Woodsman Thief by Cidney Swanson

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In this enchanting fairytale, a pair of estranged siblings, a tsarina, and a woodsman must band together to outwit a crooked duke who wants them all—and isn’t particular as to “dead” or “alive.” Here be dragons and sirens, magical gifts and dread debts, deeds noble and foolhardy. With a touch of Narnia and a dash of Baba Yaga, it’s a tale that reads like balm for the weary in soul.

Glance over the first lines. Peruse the first chapter. And then find your coziest reading nook and settle in, preferably with a “Do Not Disturb” sign nearby.

Featured Fantasy: Bricks and Murder (Seattle Slayers Book 2) by Ken Bebelle & Julia Vee

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FREE as of January 15, 2024
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Roxy Lim is now an inked member of the Seattle Slayers, tasked with enforcing the Oceanic Pact in a city teeming with deadly shifters, devious vampires, and scheming fae.

I made it into the Slayers by the skin of my teeth and now I just need to figure out a plan to ship some Cure back to my mom. Cure doesn’t survive the Crossing through the Veil without the right vessel. But earning my stripes with the Slayers should get me just the vessel I need to do it.

Things at the Dojo were going great. The head of the Dojo himself has taken an interest in my training. I got my ink and was riding high when my shifter landlady Mrs. Chu goes missing in the Wilds. Faced with the decision to either carry out my duties with Slayers or to bail to the Wilds to find the one person in Seattle who has taken care of me like family, it’s no choice at all.

What I thought would be a simple errand lands me in a full scale vampire war between the Night Court and a rogue vampire named O’Malley. Shifters are dying and now I can’t leave and the Slayers won’t help.

All I’ve got to save Mrs. Chu and the rest of the shifters is my hammers, a sharp knife, and my growing Breaker magic. I’ll use everything I’ve got but will it be enough to stop O’Malley’s war?

Join Seattle Slayer Roxy Lim on her wildest mission yet as she battles through the largest peril of vampires she’s ever come across and one deadly rogue leader who wants to add Roxy to his team.

Featured Fantasy: Stakes and Bones (Seattle Slayers 1) by Ken Bebelle & Julia Vee

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Featured Fantasy: Stakes and Bones (Seattle Slayers 1) by Ken Bebelle & Julia Vee

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Roxy’s got two hammers, a bit of Breaker magic, and the deathbed promise she made to her father.

The Seattle Slayers, an elite cadre of fighters dedicated to protecting the city, is having their Trials for new initiates. My dad was a Slayer–one of the best. I thought his legacy might give me an edge in the Trials, but I was wrong. If anything, it made them harder on me.

But joining the Slayers is my best chance to save my mom. And, maybe, I need to see if I can fill my dad’s shoes.

The only things standing between me and my dreams are all the other elite fighters and magic users who want their spot on the Slayers too. I will battle them all–fae warriors, river demons, and a vicious animage who hates my guts.

I’ve got my hands full but a certain vampire princeling further complicates my life even as he saves it. He’s powerful, handsome, and deadly–a combination I find hard to resist.

If you enjoy slow-burn romance and rooting for the underdog, cross over to Twilight Veil, where life is cheap and vampire blood spends the best.

Featured Fantasy: School for Spirits by Aron Lewes

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FREE as of January 14, 2024
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Leigh Riley is three weeks away from her high school graduation when she’s suddenly crushed by a truck. She may be dead, but her education is far from over. Seventeen-year-old Leigh is inducted into the School for Spirits, where she learns how to be a spirit guide for mortals.

Leigh meets Alyx, her rebel roommate who just doesn’t care about the spirit guide stuff. Then Leigh develops a massive crush on an absurdly hot Archangel named Jophiel. Finally, she is assigned to a veteran instructor, Taishi Nakamura. The handsome samurai is quiet, strict and private, but Leigh is determined to crack his shell.

School For Spirits is a young adult paranormal romance. Due to some minor language, it is recommended for ages 13+.

Featured Fantasy: A Storm Rises (Bloodlines Legacy Book 1) by Rose Garcia

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Featured Fantasy: A Storm Rises (Bloodlines Legacy Book 1) by Rose Garcia

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A Royal Hunt
A Hidden Prophecy
A Destiny Unveiled

Fae Princess Avalynn Stromm is next in line for the throne and will one day rule all of Faevenly. But instead of fussing over ballgowns and suffering through palace politics, she’d rather be out exploring and hunting. Or, better yet, competing in the highly desired Summit Range Hunt alongside the realm’s greatest warriors.

Mateo Vela is a lowborn half-fae living in the dreaded Sublands. He longs for a better life where his family doesn’t have to struggle for necessities. So when the High King of Faevenly opens his prestigious hunt to competitors from his province, he has his chance to change his fate at last. But whether that destiny ends in glory or death is yet to be seen.

Before the hunt even begins, whisperings of prophecy and revenge begin to circulate, and Avalynn and Mateo are at the center of it. And when they are thrust into the dangerous hunt, they’d just as soon have each other’s heads than work together…until they are threatened by another challenger and discover there’s much more at stake than crossing the finish line first.

Secrets emerge, long-buried rivalries resurface, and Avalynn and Mateo must form an unlikely alliance if they are to make it out of the hunt alive. Not to mention the undeniable pull growing between them neither one saw coming.

Featured Fantasy: The Silent Prince – A Little Mermaid Retelling (Once Upon a Prince) by C.J. Brightley

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Featured Fantasy: The Silent Prince - A Little Mermaid Retelling (Once Upon a Prince) by C.J. Brightley

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A voiceless prince. A desperate princess. A sham romance that turns heart-breakingly real.

When cocky Mer prince Kaerius impulsively saves the human princess from drowning, he doesn’t expect to fall in love with her. Yet her human fragility is so unexpectedly sweet that he is soon head over tails. So he bargains his voice to the Lord of the Deep for a chance to court her on land. He’s confident that he can win her affection–he’s irresistible, after all.

But he is a fish out of water in the human world. He didn’t expect it to be so difficult to make Marin appreciate his charms. Her father is ailing, her kingdom is threatened from multiple directions, and she must choose from among several foreign suitors to keep her people free. Thinking Kaerius no more than a mute stranger, she asks him to pose as her suitor to give her leverage with the foreign lords vying for her hand. But not all of them are so easily deterred, and they won’t take no for an answer.

Kaerius will have to show the princess that his love is not just an act, but how can he win her, much less save her, without a word?