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Featured Fantasy: Of Roses and Rituals (A Witch’s Ever After) by S. L. Prater

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Featured Fantasy: Of Roses and Rituals (A Witch's Ever After) by S. L. Prater

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“Before the summer ends, I’m going to ask you to marry me,” the beast growled. “And you won’t say no …”

Fiona is ready to spend her holiday having fun, but her father has other plans. Worried that his witch daughter has become too reckless after suffering a loss, he bargains her off to serve as assistant to Dr. Elias Van Doorn.

Cursed by a demon to take on the form of a beast, the famous doctor works in seclusion. Fiona should be frightened by his horns and his size. She shouldn’t find his aggravation so delightful or the swish of his tail so captivating or his arrogant mouth so alluring. An irresistible bond begins to form between them, but as she surrenders to her primal desire, she resists giving up her heart. Grief, it seems, is the greater curse.

In just one summer can the clever beast tame this beauty and claim his fated mate?

Of Roses and Rituals is a Gaslamp romance that shares a universe with previous books, but it can be enjoyed as a standalone.

Featured Fantasy: Master Mage (Riders of Fire Dragon Masters Book 4) by Eileen Mueller

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Featured Fantasy: Master Mage (Riders of Fire Dragon Masters Book 4) by Eilleen Mueller

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Three mages: A powerful dragon mage. Another plotting to kill him. And a temptress, hungry for power.

Giddi is the only dragon mage in the realm. Able to mind-meld with dragons at will, he quickly rises through the mage ranks. Starrus, a bitter senior mage, resents Giddi’s magical abilities and wants him dead.

Giddi falls in love with Mazyka, his breathtaking, young protégé. The mage council and the dragon riders warn him not to get entangled. That she’s too ambitious. That the consequences are too dangerous…

Brash and impulsive, he ignores them all.

The cost of Giddi’s actions could be the world he loves.

Fans of Dragon School, Brindle Dragon, Dragon Riders of Pern and Eragon enjoy Riders of Fire.

Featured Fantasy: Hexes and Bones (Magic and Mayhem Book 2) by Alesha Escobar

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Featured Fantasy: Hexes and Bones (Magic and Mayhem Book 2) by Alesha Escobar

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A magical mob boss has offered me a job I can’t refuse.

He’s tasked me with finding his missing nephew, taken by a hexwielder wizard. These magic-users sling curses and fight dirty—and I avoid battling them at all costs. Besides, I’ve got my own problems to deal with, like figuring out why I’m able to speak with the dead. Since I’d rather not be counted among them, I’d better finish this job and pay my debt to the crime lord.

I’m trying to redeem myself, and I’m scared I’ll screw it up.

My new friends see something in me, the type of person I want to be but was never allowed to become. Despite the danger I find myself in, I promise to keep them safe and storm the gates of Hell for them if needed. I just hope I don’t slip into my old habits along the way.

Danger is on the horizon…

Whether it’s the secret government agency breathing down my neck or a coven of rogue wizards bent on revenge, I’ve got my work cut out for me. But something tells me that an even darker force is pulling the strings, and with my friends at my side, we just might stand a chance against it.

HEXES AND BONES is the second book of the Magic and Mayhem Series, an action-packed urban fantasy with a snarky, cynical wizard hero, wayward magic, and a tight circle of friends who’ll kick ass first and ask questions later. Fans of the Dresden Files will especially enjoy this series.

Featured Fantasy: Star Found (Path of the Stars: Tri-Realms Series)

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Featured Fantasy: Star Found (Path of the Stars: Tri-Realms Series)

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The Celestials want her dead. The Demons would kill to have her. Only he can protect her from both—but can he save her from herself?

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A fallen star’s magic rips Evie from her family, revealing the dark secrets of her true bloodline. As if being mistaken as a dark elf isn’t enough, she finds out she is an Infernal—a half-celestial demon. She is the key to the Tri-realms, and the very thing that may tip the scales of the Eternal War between the Celestials and Demons. Both are on the hunt for her blood.

Her goddess demands that she go to the Abyss to save her father. In a race against time and while battling her own growing power, she must risk everything to do what is right. But doing what is right just might mean losing the man she has come to love.

Featured Fantasy: Die With Your Lord (Bluebeard’s Secret Book 4) by Sarah K. L. Wilson

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Featured Fantasy: Die With Your Lord (Bluebeard's Secret Book 4) by Sarah K. L. Wilson

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A DEATH TOO TERRIBLE TO CONTEMPLATE. A LIFE GAMBLED FOR EVERYTHING.

With her beloved dying in her arms, a last bargain with a tricky Wittenbrand her only hope of saving him, and the very world itself crumbling to bits around them, Izolda must face Death himself in her bid to turn the tables on her enemies in this deadly game of crowns and finally win a place for her husband … and herself.

But how can she possibly defeat her enemies when she is mortal and they are not, she is fragile and they are powerful, they wield magic and weapons and all she has is her common sense and a talking severed-head ally?

To finally bring this to an end, she will have to tap every resource, win every throw, and puzzle out every riddle before her time runs out.

It’s the fairytale to end all fairytales, and Izolda is the one girl who might finally force a happy ending. If she can just outlast them all.

Featured Fantasy: Vow of the Shadow King (Bride of the Shadow King Book 2) by Sylvia Mercedes

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Featured Fantasy: Vow of the Shadow King (Bride of the Shadow King Book 2) by Sylvia Mercedes

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A treacherous bride. A heartbroken groom. Is their marriage over before it’s begun?

Her deceit discovered, Faraine finds herself trapped in the Shadow Realm at the mercy of her new husband. She’s surrounded by enemies, far from any allies, and her best bet for survival is to convince Vor to send her home.

But to do so means to give up on the alliance. Which would spell disaster for her people.

With the tremors growing worse and poison spreading through his realm, Vor is more desperate than ever to find a solution. Only, it cannot involve his wife. Vor wants nothing to do with the woman he has inadvertently married. At one time, he thought he might love her, but now? How can love flourish where trust is broken?

When circumstances require them to spend more time together, however, Vor’s blood is stirred in ways he doesn’t like to acknowledge.

Can two lost hearts find healing and hope in one another? Or is their love already poisoned beyond recovery?

Book two of this epic romantasy trilogy, Vow of the Shadow King will sweep you away in a tale of betrayal, heartbreak, and forbidden love. Perfect for readers looking for their ideal “book husband” and a slow-burn romance ready to ignite!

Content Warning: This book is intended for adult readers and contains sensual content including on-page intimate scenes and scenes of assault and violence.

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