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Featured Sci-Fantasy: Starstruck by Brenda Hiatt

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Starstruck by Brenda Hiatt

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When the impossibly hot new quarterback ignores all the pretty cheerleaders competing for his attention to come over and sit at YOUR lunch table…what do you do?

I’ve always been the class dork—shy, bookish, not particularly pretty and definitely not popular. Orphaned twice as a toddler, I’m not even sure who I am, other than a burden to my super-strict adoptive “aunt.” But then the gorgeous new quarterback, Rigel, arrives at Jewel High and turns his back on all the popular girls vying for his attention to seek out unimportant me—of all people! I’m over the moon, of course, but the first time Rigel touches me, sparks fly—literally! Then weird things start happening. Suddenly, I no longer need my thick glasses. My complexion improves, too. When I demand to know what’s going on, the answer both thrills and terrifies me. Not only is Rigel my bonded soulmate, apparently I’m not such a nobody after all! But my unexpected status comes with huge risks that threaten both my life and our newfound love…
 
Dive into the award-winning Starstruck series, where teen romance blends with science fiction to open a whole new world of action, adventure and discovery!

Featured Fantasy: A Novel Escape: A Metafiction Fantasy Adventure by S. R. Breaker

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99¢ as of July 11
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Reading is an excellent escape from reality. But what if… you couldn’t escape from your escape?

Astrid loves to read. Astrid made a wish. Now Astrid’s stuck in a book.

Cue the evil kelpie. The Armageddon. The feral troll army.

The fantasy realm of fiction is everything Astrid ever hoped for.

Except it’s probably going to take her life.

Astrid needs non-fictional guts, determination, and sheer will to survive before she can return to the real world.

But will she even want to?

A fun, fast-paced portal fantasy adventure novella. Perfect for fans of “A Wrinkle in Time” and “The Neverending Story.”

Offbeat, easy reading fantasy and science fiction. Check out other books by S. R. Breaker.

Featured Science Fiction: Gaian Consortium Books 1 – 3 by Christine Pope

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Featured Science Fiction: Gaian Consortium Books 1 - 3 by Christine Pope

99¢ as of June 22, 2023
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Welcome to Iradia, where the Gaian Consortium looks the other way if enough money changes hands, and the best way to ensure a long life is to secure passage off-world…

Three adventurous science fiction romance books from Christine Pope’s Gaian Consortium series:

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Featured Fantasy: Thanatos (The Underworld Saga Book 1) by Eva Pohler

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Featured Fantasy: Thanatos (The Underworld Saga Book 1) by Eva Pohler

Expected to be 99¢ as of July 2, 2022
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Death had never been kissed, until now . . .

Thanatos meets seventeen-year-old Therese while she’s in a coma hovering between the realm of the dead and the realm of dreams. A lucid dreamer, she takes control of her dream and kisses him, unaware that he is Death. It was his first kiss. No one, in his long existence, has ever wanted to kiss Death.

After Therese awakens from her coma, Thanatos is desperate to find her. He makes a deal with Hades and goes to the Upperworld as a mortal to pursue her and to see where it might lead.

The deal requires Therese to avenge the death of her parents. With the help of Than’s fierce and exotic sisters, the Furies, she finds herself in an arena face to face with the murderer, and only one will survive.

*Formerly The Gatekeeper’s Sons, this series has been edited so that the main character begins her journey at age seventeen.

Featured Sci-fi: Day Zero (Endpoint Book 1) by J. W. Griffin

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Featured Sci-fi: Day Zero (Endpoint Book 1) by J. W. Griffin

Free in US as of June 22, 2023
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A final shadow swallows the Sun and the Earth, and in mere minutes, humanity is erased from the cosmos—all save one.

When Ryan McBain regains consciousness adrift in orbit, his life is gone. But a higher purpose is in play for Ryan, and the path forward is twisted by mysterious correlations to his troubled past. The constant threat of death fuels a madness that drives him to the doorstep of ancient lifeforms. Using images from his past to communicate, a race of stellar beings makes first contact with the last human in existence. Through a shared cognitive overlap, an unlikely alliance is formed.

All the while, an evil presence drives a horde of dark minions across the galaxy and threatens the lives of billions.

Ryan knows that to kill a monster, you must first understand it. However, living long enough to know this enemy is far easier said than done.

Featured Science Fiction: Traitor (Collaborator Book 1) by Krista D. Ball

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Featured Science Fiction: Traitor (Collaborator Book 1) by Krista D. Ball

99¢ on Most Vendors as of June 22, 2023
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Seven years ago, Rebecca St. Martin took the coward’s path to save her skin.

She has lived with that decision, eking out a life as an indentured servant on a space station far from home.

Only now, fate has decided to give Rebecca another chance. A ghost from her past plans to execute a daring rescue from the prison bowels of the station Rebecca now works. Rebecca has to face the same decision she made all those years ago.

Could she watch her friends be murdered? Or could she, just for once, be a hero?