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Lost Bonds (Binding Words)

Lost Bonds (Binding Words) by Daniel Schinhofen

After tightening the Bonds with his friends, Sean worked toward new things and trying to fix past mistakes. He and his growing family had just moved into a new home and hired on new staff for day-to-day matters. All he wanted to do was craft and love his wives, and it seemed like the peaceful life he hoped for might be within his reach. Denmur and Lord Sharpeyes would not let that happen. Using their connections, they put into motion a chain of events that would reverberate across the city of Hearthglen. Sean was called to attend the Lord’s party— he came, bringing all of his family and friends with him. Both sides were surprised by events as they unfolded, and it quickly became apparent that conflict would not be denied. With the Einherjar, a Valkyrie, and an old foe, Velin Dykstra, backing them up, Evan Sharpeyes and Klein Denmur challenged Sean to trial by combat. Exhausted and with depleted energy, Sean still led his wives onto the field of battle. The fight was bloody and taxing, but in the end, Sean struck down Evan Sharpeyes before collapsing. With his eyesight fading, Sean looked at his wives, but only saw a few female-like figures rushing toward him. The last sound he heard was a great many wings converging on him, and his mind drifted to thoughts of Morrigan... Word of Sean’s victory spread throughout the city, but none could say whether he had survived to enjoy it. (This work contains adult situations that some might find offensive, the least of which is graphic sex. This book is about an Overpowered MC, and contains a harem. You’ve been warned.)


Godlands

Godlands by Gabriella Coralini

Even descendants of Gods have to prove that they are worthy of living amongst their kin. Over the centuries the Gods have had sovereignty in their dalliances with mortals, but in order to keep their own world prosperous, all their descendants must be returned to them in the Godlands. Even so…not all children born of deities are compatible with the divinity of their predecessors. To sort the seraphic from the mundane, the descendants must face three harrowing Trials, where the only safeguard they have is a salve made from a goddess’s tears and the sparse possibility of divine genealogy. The reward: a life lived in ethereal splendour. The risk: death. However, when Mila is returned to the Godlands, the Trials are the least of her worries. An Olympian God is missing, a dark being awaits her return, and an aeons old prophecy is remembered. And as soon as Mila enters her home, all three emerge from the shadows. Are the Threads of Fate working in Mila’s favour, or will they unravel altogether?


The Unseen Hand: Illumidar Book I

The Unseen Hand: Illumidar Book I by Narcissa Navarre

For years, the faceless terror known as the Hand of Fate has been secretly manipulating the port city of Reyza for her shadowy ends. Those she favors rise in power while those who betray her are never heard from again. When the opportunity to eliminate a powerful dynasty presents itself, the Hand of Fate conspires with a sadistic diplomat who shares the king’s bed. Together, they hatch a plan to assassinate their rivals. The plan is flawless, every variable calculated—except for one. On the night that the Hand of Fate’s hired assassin makes his move, a notorious thief is also making his. Jarle Jadien has had it with the gray-haired harpy whom he serves and succumbs to the greatest temptation of all: the Ensther estate, home to the king’s betrothed and a fortune of jewels. When the risky heist takes a disastrous turn, Jarle finds himself in possession of a treasure he has no intention of keeping: Avaren Ensther is beauty and intrigue in one, and a keeper of secrets that reach far beyond Jarle’s world of whiskey and disrepute. Reyza’s infamous thief has had his heart stolen from under his nose, but time will tell if his sirenic temptress proves worthy. Within the city walls, a retired war-hero investigates the conspiracy and attempts to prevent an all-out war. However, he finds that success is not a foregone conclusion. Too many vengeful plots have festered and too much blood has spilled. As the moons reach a cataclysmic alignment, unleashing the force of the tides, neither hero, criminal, nor all-powerful monarch can escape the tendrils of fate.


The Order Of The Furies

The Order Of The Furies by MIGENA DULAJ

KELMENDI REPUBLIC, 2087: a seemingly just and powerful nation contempt with hiding their elected officials’ crimes behind the thin illusion of democracy – a deception so dominant it has succeeded in temporarily disbanding a 113-year-old secret order founded to aid women get justice for the crimes committed against them by any means possible. An order currently made up of seven women and serving as a clandestine ops team to guard and protect the people of the republic. A sharpshooter with enemies still looking to destroy her. A healer whose past is catching up to her. A fighter desperate to find answers of her origin. A hacker using her talent to avoid her guilt. A forger willfully ignoring everybody from her past life. A mechanic falling in love with the wrong person. A financier with a desire for revenge. After months in a hiatus, the members of The Order of the Furies are urgently called back to their home base. A group of young women has gone missing, and the Minister of Housing is suspected to be connected to their disappearance. The Furies are the only force that stands a chance at infiltrating the government and bringing those girls home – if they can somehow balance their secret double lives and set aside their differences to come back together as an impenetrable unit.


A Monster Escapes (The Jane Elring Stories Book 1)

A Monster Escapes (The Jane Elring Stories Book 1) by Lewis Wolfe

What if the people we love hide monsters they can't contain? When a dark force strikes the small town of Brettville, Alabama, there is only one woman to call. Jane Elring knows what monsters look like; she stares them down regularly, working as a paranormal investigator for the government. Her dark eyes find the deepest secrets, and her unique mind comes up with plans others wouldn't dare follow through. Faced with an ancient evil that only wants to consume, there is no room for debate. Sometimes it takes a monster to beat one, and Jane Elring has been called much worse.


The Blackened Yonder: Planar Lost: Book One (Planar Lost [Special Edition])

The Blackened Yonder: Planar Lost: Book One (Planar Lost [Special Edition]) by J. Gibson

“That day, he dreamt of blood. An ichor which threatened to swallow the world.” As the government strangles magic across the Empire, the dead rise, ravenous and wild. At the center of this simmering conflict are two: one a priest, one a terrorist. Haunting visions and horrifying forces torment Father Latimer and challenge his convictions after a dark power sweeps through his village, leaving hovels and streets empty, save the undead. Meanwhile, Athenne joins a radical faction led by a powerful renegade wielding illegal magic, aimed at toppling the mightiest institution in the world, the Church. Embark on a journey in the land of the Lost. As fates converge, who will prevail?


Legends of Avalon: Merlin

Legends of Avalon: Merlin by R.E.S.

She’s orphaned, she’s falling for one man while leaning on the other’s shoulder, and she’s riddled with magical blood. She's a classic TV show lead—but this show's just starting. Adult orphans should qualify as too old to be cast as the leading lady who has all the problems, but Daphne Sax has no such luck. At twenty-five, she thought she’d lived through life’s hardest moments. Expecting nothing more than to live out the rest of her days running her family Christmas tree farm with her polar bear sized dog, and never knowing the pain of running out of PopTarts, one glimpse at a castle in the middle of her little farm town has all those expectations going up in flames. King Arthur and the wizard Merlin? Turns out they’re not just characters on a BBC TV show—they’re real, and Daphne has the luxury of following in their footsteps. Unfortunately for her and her dream of normalcy, those footsteps lead to danger and questions, the answers steeped in shadows. Her enemies lurk in darkness and mystery shrouds not only their identities but their goals, leaving her and her new friends seemingly always two steps behind. Though grief has again come knocking on her door—danger breaking through her windows and bringing magic along with it—she’s not fighting any of it alone. At least not if a certain broody bodyguard with startling green eyes and a cheeky young warrior with a ready smile have anything to say about it. With shoulders aplenty to lean on and people in her corner, Daphne won’t be kept down this time, because now she has something she hasn’t had in a while—a family to fight for. It's certain to be a banner year for Daphne, but whether it’s a banner of victory, or a white flag of defeat remains to be seen. Legends of Avalon is clean adult trilogy, with exciting adventure and simmering romance that are neither graphic nor spicy.


Satan's Sword (Imp Series Book 2)

Satan's Sword (Imp Series Book 2) by Debra Dunbar

Demon brothers are a PITA Especially when they make deals with other devils. I’ve got one simple task to do. Retrieve an artifact from the vampires, turn it over to some butt-wipe of a demon, and I’ll save my brother Dar from centuries of enslavement and torture. Easy peasy, even for an imp from Hel, right? What could go wrong? Everything, that’s what.


A Grimoire for Gamblers (The Trove Arbitrations Book 1)

A Grimoire for Gamblers (The Trove Arbitrations Book 1) by Amanda Creiglow

Magic may be secret, but it’ll kill you anyway. Small town mayor’s assistant Elizabeth has enough on her plate grieving her father’s suicide. She doesn’t need his stash of magical knowledge in the attic. She doesn’t need the hidden supernatural subculture of monsters it pulls her into. And she certainly doesn’t need hints that her father’s madness might have been a smokescreen for something far darker. But uncovering her father’s secrets could be the only way Elizabeth can stop a string of suspicious suicides… if the local wizard doesn’t rip the memories out of her mind, first.


Journey to the Abyss

Journey to the Abyss by Jack E. Mohr

When love transcends death, no realm is unreachable. Armed with magic he continually hones, Antiochticus is on a quest no mortal has ever undertaken: he hopes to resurrect a soul that was consumed by the Abyss. On his journey, he crosses paths with a gigantic, bi-pedal ram named Selma. At first, their encounter seems trivial, but unbeknownst to them, destiny is pulling strings behind cosmic curtains. The bargain is simple, kill the devilish king that exiled Selma, and she will help him get to the afterlife. The only problem is that the Myer Ram King is the most powerful beast that walks the earth — and using magic is not an option. What started as a grieving boy on a mission to restore his mother’s soul quickly becomes a perilous adventure that grows more impossible with each obstacle. A life for a life is a cruel bargain, and he may not live to see it through.


Junkland (The Hoarding)

Junkland (The Hoarding) by Patrick Johns

A young boy longs to be a knight. A drastic invasion destroys his home. Will a childish dream be enough to save the ones he loves? Jahrys Grent’s pampered life has been turned upside down. His road to knighthood was cut short when mysterious invaders attacked and destroyed his home. And when he’s trapped outside the castle walls, new dangers await. Anguished and betrayed, he joins the Retrievers—a rebel group designed to locate supplies for inhabitants of the castle. When a mission puts him and his friends in danger, Jahrys realizes there’s only one way to save his home. He must become the knight he yearns to be, and rescue the princess he had fallen in love with three years before. It's kill or be killed out in the Junkland. Has Jahrys’s childhood dream prepared him for the darkness to come? Junkland, the first book of The Hoarding series, is perfect for lovers of fairy tales, fantasy, and adventure.


The Purple Haze: A Humorous Fantasy Novel (The Western Lands and All That Really Matters Book 1)

The Purple Haze: A Humorous Fantasy Novel (The Western Lands and All That Really Matters Book 1) by Andrew Einspruch

Her twin abducted. A treacherous rescue mission. Can an unproven princess escape a prophecy of doom? Princess Eloise Hydra Gumball III prefers things just exactly so. As the meticulous Future Ruler and Heir with an almost-useless magical gift, she’s in no hurry to take the throne. But when a seer foretells her royal twin’s peril, a simple quest with her champion friend to rescue the girl becomes a complicated journey filled with danger. Thrown completely out of her comfort zone and with her wayward sister slipping through her fingers, Eloise’s desperate hunt turns to disaster when she’s slammed behind bars in an unfamiliar realm. And even though she persuades the stern monarch to set them free and help them secure a ship, she soon finds herself sailing headfirst into a menacing violet fog. Can Eloise find her sister and her own strength before they fall to the deadly mist’s lethal embrace? The Purple Haze is the sharp-witted first book in the Western Lands and All That Really Matters humorous fantasy series. If you like tongue-in-cheek humor, vivid medieval worlds, and clever cultural references, then you’ll love Andrew Einspruch’s lively adventure.


In-Between

In-Between by MJ James

Sometimes life doesn’t turn out how you thought, but you can still find your place. Alicia is a single mother to her eight-year-old son, Kenny. Being a single mother is hard enough, but her son’s principal seems convinced that she is unfit because she is on the autism spectrum. The school keeps accusing her son of the weirdest things, such as making the school garden grow and disappearing in the middle of class. Uncertain if the school is being delusional or if more is going on, Alicia decides to track down her son’s father. Except that she only saw him one night, a night she has tried hard to forget. Now Alicia has a man following her and claiming that her son is the heir to the elvish throne. All Alicia wants to do is keep her son safe, but to do that, she has to give up everything she has ever known and go to a place that follows its own set of rules. In-Between is full of magic, motherly love, and found family. It has a positive own-voice autism rep, Aromantic/Asexual rep, and a M/M romance.


The Raven Tower (Fire-Walker)

The Raven Tower (Fire-Walker) by Emma Miles

How much would you sacrifice to save your people? Your freedom, your home … power … love … your life?' Wild Kesta has been raised to be a leader, trusted, loved, with the freedom of her cherished Islands. When she uses the magic of the Fire-Walkers to search within the flames, the Independent Fulmer Islands seem doomed to fall. Spring brings the ruthless Borrow raiders, their attacks earlier, more ferocious, desperate. Kesta’s only hope is to strike a bargain with the King of Elden and his dangerous sorcerer, The Dark Man. Can Kesta subdue her fiery nature and work with a man she hates, a man she fears, to stop the evil necromancy that will consume their lands and make them slaves? To save her people, how much will she sacrifice? "The plot had action, twists, drama, romance, emotion ... everything that makes a great fantasy story." Jess Bookish Life


Ventura Hellway: An Imp World Urban Fantasy (California Demon)

Ventura Hellway: An Imp World Urban Fantasy (California Demon) by Debra Dunbar

Beware the devils who promise miracles. When an old flame asks Eden to help find his younger brother, she initially refuses. Searching for Anton will put her smack in the middle of the Disciples—as well as on the radar of the demon who might own her soul. But a sense of obligation (plus the promised payout), overrides her instincts for self-preservation, and Eden takes the job. In the depths of a human underworld, Eden finds Anton and a whole lot more. Here the lawlessness of New Hell reigns. Organizers of cage fighting matches profit off human desperation, and a drug called Aries promises heaven but delivers hell. With the future of humanity at stake, Eden will need to face the dark origins of her magic, to embrace both who she was and what she’s becoming—all to save those who may not even be worth saving.


Chronicles of Broken World: Land of Lies (Chronicles of a Broken World)

Chronicles of Broken World: Land of Lies (Chronicles of a Broken World) by Daniel Cunningham

On the mysterious and divided continent of Graux, the lives of its people; from the shapeshifting kyn who live to the east, to the various human domains of the west, are in jeopardy as dark forces work in the shadows to fulfill a dark agenda. Plotting wars, taking slaves from the Southlands, and causing unimaginable suffering to those who get in their way, and all without the knowledge of those with the power to stop them. Yet on one fateful day, the meeting of two young individuals changes everything. A woman born to a human and kyn who has shunned the world, and a ghostly mercenary who’s mysterious and violent past haunts him, find that their connection carries greater implications than they could imagine. And as their journey finds them both confronting their pasts and realizing their destiny, others to find their lives upended and changed forever; the Lord of the military nation of Glendor attempting to atone for his father’s failures, a Princess turned Queen of Dwyer, which had been ravaged by the Ten Year War, a warrior turned slave from the Southlands attempting to break free from the chains in Prosperita ruled by a mad Archduchess, and a professor from the technologically advanced Nicolaus who’s quest for knowledge embroils him in conspiracy, and a Grand Priestess whose faith has been shaken. All find themselves navigating through this land of lies, though not all will come out unscathed…


Welcome to Gale City (Gale City Charge Book 1)

Welcome to Gale City (Gale City Charge Book 1) by Jennifer San Fillippo

Beware the ones with glowing eyes! Teo remembers his father’s final warning before being sent to death row two years ago. The strange words didn’t make headlines, but everything else about the case did: Alberto Gonzales the crime boss, the thief, the murderer. Teo has resolved to leave that past behind at all cost—until the night he comes across a man with glowing blue eyes. AJ and her father have come to live in Gale City in response to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a geologist: to study chargers, the mysterious glowing rocks that hold an electric charge, mined exclusively on the Galian Islands. AJ can’t ignore the growing apprehension of coming to the place her mother was murdered two years ago, but she’ll soon find more mysteries than she could’ve asked for. Including the son of her mother’s murderer. Stranger Things meets The Legend of Korra in this dieselpunk series of mystery, suspense, and adventure.


I Am Sheffrou: An Alien Love Story (The Sheffrou Trilogy)

I Am Sheffrou: An Alien Love Story (The Sheffrou Trilogy) by Cami Michaels

An Alien Love Story Tamara Walsh, frustrated by her humdrum life, longs for passion and adventure. Her wish becomes reality when she falls through a wormhole and lands on a desolate planet where she meets Maashi, a Sheffrou, a powerful alien with intriguing abilities and an unusual occupation by Earth standards. Maashi introduces her to the strange customs of his world and with time love blossoms between them. Tamara desperately searches for a way back home but she is torn between going home and staying with the Sheffrou she loves. As the aliens prepare to celebrate the most important event of the year, a shadow looms, a ruthless enemy ready to attack under the cover of darkness.... "I Am Sheffrou is a fascinating book and an impressive debut for the author... I Am Sheffrou is not one to miss." Jo Niederhoff, City Book Review. "Michaels's series kicker in The Sheffrou Trilogy is a smashing mix of romance and space opera." Book Coffee's Review "What an intriguing beginning to a trilogy! I Am Sheffrou: An Alien Love Story is definitely not your typical scifi or romance novel. It is refreshingly unique with an extremely interesting and memorable plot." liz Amazon reviewer.


Orluvoq

Orluvoq by Benny Hinrichs

The young shaman Orluvoq finds herself clanless and addicted. Her last hope at survival, a talisman, lies buried with her mother. At the end of the world, an ice cliff reaches down forever. Its frozen face holds all the dead who have ever died. Shamans burn narwhal tusk to work magic for the clan. Every shaman is taught not to eat the tusk. The high is too great to resist, and their clan will perish from neglect. But not every shaman does as they're told. So, Orluvoq must climb down the ice cliff at the end of the world and find her dead parents. Otherwise, she'll soon join them in the ice. Should she succeed, she can finally move to her real plan. Seduce a king.


The Mantle of Autumn (The Fae Realm Series Book 1) by Kathryn Reynolds

The Mantle of Autumn (The Fae Realm Series Book 1) by Kathryn Reynolds by Kathryn Reynolds

In her youth, Lady Isabel was visited by the Fae. Her world was alive and full of magic for one bright day before she was forced to return to her mundane life. Now in her latter years, her grandchildren grown, the Fae have come back for her, offering the magic and adventure she always longed for since that beautiful day a lifetime ago. Suddenly thrust into the center of the war and politics surrounding the Seelie and Unseelie courts, will she be able to carve out a space of her own, survive the battles of the changing of seasons, and find the happiness she so long ago lost?


Cora: Rise of the Fallen Goddess (The Azure Series Book 1

Cora: Rise of the Fallen Goddess (The Azure Series Book 1 by A.L Hawke

Abandoned. Imprisoned. Loved. Cora is the goddess Persephone, living in Greece in the fourteenth century B.C. In order to shelter her from prophecy, her mother, Demeter, sends her away to Azure Blue. The young girl is raised and protected by the nymph queen, Nephrea, in a dreamlike crystal palace among azure trees and amethyst fields under a green sun. She’s adopted into the Amazon code of honor, bravery, and righteousness. But Cora is not an Amazon nymph. And prophecy holds quite a different fate for her as she grows into adulthood—Hades, Lord of the Underworld. Upon Persephone’s fall, Demeter rages and threatens to freeze the entire world under ice and snow forever. Nephrea offers a sacrifice to quell her rage, but down in the fiery world below, it might be more than just the goddess who will need saving.


Azure Blue (The Azure Series Book 2)

Azure Blue (The Azure Series Book 2) by A.L Hawke

An immortal race freed by death and defiance of the gods. Hundreds of years of peace have reigned since the treaty between the Amazon nymphs and the gods of Mount Olympus. The edict forbids the Amazon nymphs to leave their isle of Azure Blue. But Azure Blue is threatened as the continent of Atala is fractured by war. As nymph queen Delia grieves the death of the king who once united them, her unruly daughter, Avva, wishes to mourn him in her own way. Avva plans a flyover with her unicorn beyond the Strait of Azure. Such hubris forces sacrifice. Nymphs fall to the Underworld. In the depths, they find Cora, the goddess Persephone. And Cora might be the only goddess willing to risk her family’s wrath and help them. After all, Cora has fallen from Azure Blue before. Although tied to Cora: Rise of the Fallen Goddess, Azure Blue is a standalone novel taking place centuries later. Some spoilers cannot be avoided, but this novel can be enjoyed without reading the first novel.


Demon Gotta Go: The Southern Demon Hunter Series (Beasts of Burdin Book 1)

Demon Gotta Go: The Southern Demon Hunter Series (Beasts of Burdin Book 1) by Alexander Nader

When the demons are in your head, call an exorcist. When they are at your front door, call Ty Burdin. And when all else fails, decapitation kills everything. There are some nightmares you can’t drink away. Determined to quit demon hunting, Ty Burdin left the Agency with a trail of bodies in his wake. When local Agency Head Rancic is in over his head with a redneck war-demon that always seems to be one step ahead, Ty is thrown back into the crosshairs. After the devil’s bullets start flying, he is going to need more than his piss-poor attitude to make it out of Shiner’s Ridge alive. Only one thing is for sure, the DEMON GOTTA GO. Beasts of Burdin is a double noir on the rocks with a Southern gothic twist. If you like the hard knock, unabashedly dark style of Richard Kadrey and Stephen Blackmore, you'll love the hilarious cynicism of Alexander Nader


They Call Me Mother

They Call Me Mother by Jade

Life can be either an adventure or nothing at all. Since the destruction of Hargraves Academy and a hard reset to everything known and comfortable, Brittyn has been searching. For the past two years, she has hunted those who brought her world down around her. She also yearns to find her greatest love, Markus, and best friend, Aidan, who were lost. In her all-new adventure, Brittyn and her band of unlikely companions travel to the human realm, where everything is different. Valkyries are more feared than revered. Can Brittyn learn to control the raging chasm of anger, fear, and resentment that grows in her core? Will she finally determine her place when everyone around her wants her to be something she is not?


Seasons of Magic Volume 2

Seasons of Magic Volume 2 by Selina J. Eckert

The heat of summer, the colors of fall, the chill of winter, and the fresh breath of spring... This collection combines the second year of the Seasons of Magic standalone fairy tale retellings into one volume, including the previously newsletter-exclusive short story Queen of Mist and Fog. Inside, find: Carnival of Curses (Frog Prince) Nell is a pro at hiding from the world... until it lands her forgotten and trapped in a dark Fae carnival. Can Nell break the curse before the carnival moves on? Or will she be stuck there forever? The Patch (Jack and the Beanstalk) Jack is desperate to save her family's farm. But when she trades their last hope for a box of pumpkin seeds, all she gets is a pumpkin patch full of ghosts... and a curse! Can Jack confront the spirits, break the curse, and save her friend? Or will she lose more than just the farm? Cold Snap (Snow White) Mermaid princess Iclyn finally inherited her ice magic. But instead of bringing her closer to her family, she finds herself exiled and on the run from the very woman meant to be her mother. Can she stop the queen's dark, illegal magic? Or will her people freeze under the spell forever? Flotsam (The Bee and the Orange Tree) Rue was rescued from the lake for one purpose only... to marry a monster's son. But when a piece of her past washes ashore, she begins to see what she may be missing. Can she escape to find the life she never knew? Or will she be nothing more than the next meal? Queen of Mist and Fog (A Short Story) One person on the run. One magical queen in pursuit. One dangerous game.


Daram (Tales from Taihandria)

Daram (Tales from Taihandria) by Hetty Crane

In the country of Taihandria, in the world of Arethea, the star gods have long since vanished, and their language—music—is outlawed since it has magical power and can change the very land itself. When the Solanese sahhar Manon Valen secretly performs a daram, an ancient, long-forgotten song ritual, she desperately hopes that the spell will produce a champion who will unite her oppressed people against their repressive Taihandrian overlords. Instead, her entreaty is answered by the appearance of five bumbling troubadours—the English rock band Sun—from a place Manon has never heard of, Earth.These bewildered musicians suddenly and inexplicably find themselves performing before a raucous medieval audience, and are deemed heretical sorcerers. With four of the band imprisoned, their one hope is that their guitarist, Robin Wood, will find help by forming an alliance with Manon Valen and her people, who think Robin is a singularly gifted sorcerer. But when this alliance can be forged only if Robin and Manon—who don’t even like each other—take part in an extraordinary Solanese ritual that binds them together, things get complicated. Daram is a spellbinding, humorous, and richly imagined novel that creates unforgettable characters readers will come to love.


Magic Wars: Forever Begins

Magic Wars: Forever Begins by Chrys Phillips

The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been before. The fate of humanity hangs in the balance and once again, Lakeview is ground-zero to an immortal showdown. In what promises to be the biggest war of wars ever, in a more twisted, layered, adventurous and death-defying clash of powers, heroism and love, Forever Begins will take you where the saga hasn’t gone before. As we leave behind the Sheeana Gem and soul-catchers wars, a colossal shakedown is eminent as two Original Evermores go head-to-head in this war of wars in order to win and have the ultimate, worldy power! With humanity under siege, Zavier must defy everything and survive the dire doom around him in a dangerous quest that will lead to salvation and answers to questions that he and Zac never thought possible. Zavier is risking his mere existence as is Rick to ultimately find the unworldly and powerful Espias Sword! This sword must eradicate the haunting evil that has reigned and darkened the mortal world, beyond recognition. Leading a host of allies to the war of wars, Mortyla showcases herself as an empowered warrior with her very own ethereal army. Caspias plays a major role in the quest, revealing hidden treasures and his intrepid past. Who finds love and who ends their love? When the truth is revealed and the wars are over, only a few stand true in their light and power and those are the ones who truly are the Warriors of the Universe!


The Black Door (Elwood : A New Adult Fantasy Series Book 1)

The Black Door (Elwood : A New Adult Fantasy Series Book 1) by Holly Michele

Knowing you’re going to die has its drawbacks. Knowing all your friends are going to die is the pits. But knowing you could have saved them all is worse than back-to-back finals while performing the chicken dance through an obstacle course of fire. Life can be cruel, and Topher Belmont finds out just how cruel life can be when he travels through the Black Door to a world of magic. Things are not what they seem and even the animals are snarky. The King wants to suck the life and magic out of Topher and his new friends. If only he had known he had magic. If only he knew how to use it. If only there was an easy way back to reality.


Fire Girl: Goddess Rising

Fire Girl: Goddess Rising by Juliann Whicker

Too hot to handle... Unless you're a dragon. Ember’s task should have been simple: convince a wayward half-dragon shifter to accept his heritage, then go home to her isolated community to marry the betrothed she hasn't met, a powerful dragon shifter who can handle her flames. Cole, the half dragon shifter in question has no intention of accepting his heritage even at the insistence of an incredibly hot, literally and figuratively, burner whose out of control flames seem to be exactly what his inner dragon wants most. As irrepressible force meets immovable object, Ember’s community soon sends people after her, but not to help. Cole soon discovers that the beautiful girl disrupting his intentionally indolent lifestyle is not what he, or she, thought she was. Can Cole resist his dragon’s need to protect her? Can his heart, and house, resist her heat for long? As for Ember, with her entire world falling apart around her, could Cole be just the dragon she needs?


From Storm and Shadow (Stormfae)

From Storm and Shadow (Stormfae) by Rachel Morgan

I will take this secret to my end. When Silver's parents are murdered in front of her by the people she's trusted for years, she flees the fae realm and begins a new life pretending to be human. More than two years later, she believes she's finally safe—until the night someone from the Guild shows up. Ash. The boy who was once her best friend. The boy who tried to kill her. He's on the run now as well, after discovering the same secret that led to Silver's parents' deaths. Or so he says. The forest they grew up in has become a dangerous place, crawling with fae monsters, and Ash claims he needs Silver's help. The discovery her parents made years ago could be the only thing to save their home. Silver knows Ash is only using her—he's a guardian, after all, and they're the ones who took everything from her—but she can't turn her back on the home she still loves. And so she forms a fragile truce with the boy who broke her heart. Stepping back into the world she swore never to return to, she sets out on a dangerous path to unlock the secrets of the past. But neither Silver nor Ash are prepared for the true horror of what they will find lurking in the shadows of Stormsdrift.


The Silent Prophecy (The Epic of Claire St. Claire)

The Silent Prophecy (The Epic of Claire St. Claire) by Sephine Frances

Claire St. Claire is a rich, successful socialite who finds love in the young, attractive attorney Xavier. He doesn't seem to mind-or even notice-her physical deformity. She is tormented by the distrust of her own mind as she experiences unspeakable horrors. Everything she perceives to be true begins to unravel-her beliefs about good and evil, the supernatural, angels and demons, and the Nephilim. Her only true comfort comes from her love affair with Xavier. That is, until Michael shows up.


The Bookseller's Apprentice

The Bookseller's Apprentice by Frances Evelyn

Time to choose your last book Emily Brewster is an angel. Ask anyone she reads to at the hospice. So when she's arrested for murder, it should be easy to clear her name. The only problem is, she thinks she might be guilty. But what if death isn't The End? If you like contemporary British fantasy, real-world settings and sinister sorcery, you'll love Frances Evelyn's The Bookseller's Apprentice. Previously published as Bibliomancer


Lythreal

Lythreal by Chelsea Flewellen

“You are not alone” I’ve waited my whole life to hear those words… Emma Jean is merely surviving life as a senior in high school. Amarillo, Texas is a town full of big hair and beauty pageants, which isn’t really Emma Jean’s style. She puts on a brave face, but behind closed doors at home she endures ridicule and emotional abuse. When her mom’s desperate need to control her goes too far, Emma Jean packs up everything and runs away. A portal opens up, pulling her into a new realm with magic. In the land of Thrystle, the king despises newcomers and will do everything in his power to get rid of her—even death. With the help of new and unexpected friends, she fights to claim her place in a world she’s grown to love. Can she become the brave girl she truly wants to be, or will fear get in her way?


Beyond the Faerie Gate (The Fifth Nicnevin)

Beyond the Faerie Gate (The Fifth Nicnevin) by Marie Mistry

A secret kept, a queen hidden, and her warriors lost. Afflicted by a mysterious and terrible illness that's haunted me since childhood, I’ve resigned myself to living life as a burden to my family. Until a fae knight comes to my village and tells me that everything I know is a lie. It seems impossible, but he swears that I’m a fae queen, raised in the mortal realm for my own safety. And the time has come for me to return home to Faerie and rule. Only my queendom isn’t what it once was. It’s fractured, divided, broken. And the men of my royal guard—a group of deadly and eccentric warriors sworn to protect me—have disappeared, scattered to the wind. I have to reunite them if I want to have any chance of surviving the war that has consumed the land, and the invaders at our gates.


Unbound (The Underhill Saga Book 1)

Unbound (The Underhill Saga Book 1) by DeAnna Jackson

Don’t let them see you. Don’t let them notice you. Don’t ever step foot in Underhill. With a deathbed promise to her mother and a curse that exiles her from the realms, Alannah has no intention of ever leaving the fringe. She is content to live her life quietly and unseen by those in the forest. Until she saves a human from a harrowing death at the hands of a Fae prince. Elliot thanks her by upending her life, getting her cat to talk, and convincing her that she isn’t as content as she thought. When he finds a possible solution to her curse, the three of them brave the realm of Underhill to find the queen that placed the curse on Alannah’s family. Instead of removing the curse, the queen gives Alannah an impossible quest. To find a person of Fae and Witch blood. Alannah’s journey through Underhill is rife with attempted assassinations, new and unexpected allies, and experiences and emotions that Alannah doesn’t understand. Underhill is nothing like she imagined. It is strange. It is wonderful. It is full of old and deadly secrets. To survive her journey, she must learn how to rely on others. And Alannah learns that being connected is so much better than being alone. If she succeeds, she’ll never have to be alone. But is she ready for the truth and its consequences?


The Consort: The Wood - Book Two

The Consort: The Wood - Book Two by J Edwin Buja

Meet Cate Ravenscroft, new Professor of Botany at the local college. The fiery Scot takes no crap from anyone, whether it’s a colleague, a brother, or a pompous deputy. Her talents and experience give her a special insight into the goings on in Tyndale, but she remains in the dark as to what is happening and why. The crows have taken a liking to Cate and are there to protect her from those who wish her harm. Naturally, she catches the attention of the King and Brother James. One wants to kill her, the other wants to wed her. The green continues to expand and no one knows why. The army arrives to do what armies do and faces an enemy with weapons no soldier can resist. And another person with great power awakens from a long sleep. All these forces are heading for a showdown that will determine who lives and dies and, most importantly of all, who will rule as the King of the Wood.


The Tapestry

The Tapestry by Audrey Lewis

Discover a beautiful and deeply haunting tapestry of love, pain, magic, and healing. In a single moment, Maia’s life would never be the same. Because when her miraculous virgin birth gifts her a blind, albino hermaphrodite, she never could have foreseen the fate that lay in store for them both. Adopted by a pack of coyotes and seeking refuge deep in the woods, a sheltered cottage and unseen helpers give Maia and her baby Justice a new life together. But the world of the early twentieth century isn’t kind to unwed mothers or children like Justice… and when they’re forced to leave their hidden cottage, Maia finds herself struggling to survive in a man’s world. Her only solace lies in Justice’s incredible gift – an otherworldly ability to weave colorful tapestries that can predict the future. But Justice’s destiny will call them, and together they will share her gift, bringing freedom to those whose stories need to be told. And as Justice opens hearts and minds through her magical loom, she discovers the life-changing impact that she was fated to share with the world. Artfully weaving together a powerful and deeply moving story that touches on profound themes of love, transformation, motherhood and healing, The Tapestry is a magical contemporary fiction novel where the emotions pour out of each page, offering readers of all backgrounds a heartfelt experience that will stick in your mind long after you finish reading.


Hera's Revenge

Hera's Revenge by Wendy Day

A curse as old as time... At 24 years old, Kat Phillips has a stable job, an apartment, and her favorite taco place on speed dial. She should be happy, but she’s not. When she realizes her life might be stuck in neutral forever, Kat goes into full panic mode. She jumps in her car and heads south to the one person whom she knows will understand. With her grandmother’s advice comes revelations that rock Kat’s world. Generational secrets come to light and a shocking possibility sends Kat on a thrilling search for answers before her next birthday. The clock is ticking. With her life on the line and handsome, mysterious Jace Woods tempting her heart, Kat will have to challenge fate and change her destiny.


The Dying Sun (The Gods Chronicle)

The Dying Sun (The Gods Chronicle) by L.J Stanton

Shai'Khal is changing. The impenetrable mists that hug its coastline are waning for the first time in nine hundred years. From those mists, two women emerge: Ruya, the high priestess of death, and Sarka, the champion of war. They claim they come in peace but unrest follows wherever they travel. The Akhenic Temple, the backbone of Shai'Khal, calls them cultists and heretics. The high priest begs the shah's permission for an inquisition. The women request an audience. Merikh Madiaran, shah of Shai'Khal, has never been a man of much faith. The only son of a tyrannical and faithful man, Merikh has seen the worst religion has to offer. Since taking the throne, Merikh has fought the legacy of hypocrisy and corruption left in his father's wake. A religious inquisition is the last problem Merikh wants in the early years of his reign. But when a would-be assassin admits to being a cultist, it seems that peace may not be an option.


Mist Rising (Mist and Mirrors Book 1)

Mist Rising (Mist and Mirrors Book 1) by by Eve LanglAIS

The mist is rising so lock your doors and stay inside, for the monsters have returned. On a dark and ominous night, at the edge of the Abyss, Agathe rescues a baby from a monster that should have been extinct. Gravely injured in the process, the elderly Agathe is rewarded by having her youth restored. But that’s only the start of the strangeness. The child she saves is far from ordinary. Belle has a unique and wondrous magic that must not fall into the wrong hands. Like those of the King. Everyone knows the monarch steals those they called the Blessed—those with the purple eyes. Supposedly, they are the only thing standing between the Kingdom and the rising mist. As far as Agathe is concerned, they’re victims of the King’s lust for power. What is the King really doing with the Blessed and their magic? To discover the truth, Agathe must insert herself into the court of the enemy. Unfortunately, things are worse than they seem. Can Agathe embrace destiny and not only save herself but also the Kingdom?


Swan and Shadow (Ordinary Sorcery)

Swan and Shadow (Ordinary Sorcery) by A.R Henle

Choose or Lose! Viola values family and friends above anything else. After suffering abusive bullying in high school, she delights in a tight-knit group of friends at college. Until the night she witnesses them meeting without her. The same night her younger sister calls with news their parents' marriage further disintegrated. Running off into the forest, Viola witnesses sorcery and winds up tangled in a decades-old curse. Lovely and poignant, Swan and Shadow mixes Swan Lake and The Magic Flute into to a gripping, emotional page-turner.


How Full of Briars (Ordinary Sorcery)

How Full of Briars (Ordinary Sorcery) by A.R Henle

Never blackmail a sorcerer Sorcery pays no bills. Fair-weather friends dropped Marta after her divorce—a major no-no in 1950s small town Ohio—some even forbade their children to play with hers. Her ex-husband regularly forgets to pay support. Only her job as a nurse keeps her family clothed and fed—barely. Until the night Bettina, an influential former friend, appears at Marta's kitchen door. Bettina’s daughter’s shoes mysteriously end up covered in mud time after time despite the daughter being locked in her room overnight. Bettina demands Marta find the answer—or lose her job. But the more Marta investigates the shoes and the spell behind them, the more the sorcerous power seduces her with dreams of peace, joy, . . . and retribution. Engaging and powerful, How Full of Briars offers intricately plotted, page-turning pleasure.


Becoming Crone (The Crone Wars Book 1)

Becoming Crone (The Crone Wars Book 1) by Lydia M. Hawke

She wanted purpose. She got dark magic and war. Claire Emerson is adrift. After a lifetime as a wife, mother, and grandma, she never saw divorce or loneliness coming and is desperate for some sense of purpose. But when her sixtieth birthday brings a snarky gargoyle, an annoyingly sexy wolf shifter, and an unknown magical calling, she thinks she's losing the only thing she has left: her sanity. Refusing to believe she's the powerful defender of humankind her so-called protectors claim, Claire attempts a return to her safe life... only to have her powers ignite when she's attacked by dark supernatural creatures. And without the training she was supposed to have received, she has no idea how she'll defeat sinister mages plotting her demise. Can Claire overcome creaky joints and major hot flashes in time to save the world - and her own life?


Get Bent! (The Hybrid of High Moon Book 1)

Get Bent! (The Hybrid of High Moon Book 1) by Rick Gualtieri

Born of supernatural monsters. Hunted by her enemies. Ready to kick ass. Secrets are hard to keep in a town like High Moon, especially the one hanging over Tamara Bentley’s head like the sword of Damocles. Her mother’s a witch and her father’s a werewolf. The blood of two ancient races flows through her veins. Pity that they hate each other’s guts. When the leader of the wolf pack finds out what she is, he decides she’s an abomination that needs to die – even if it means slaughtering everyone who gets in his way. Too bad for him she’s not willing to go down without a fight. His army of werewolves is terrifying enough, but now they’re about to become even more powerful thanks to a rare lunar event. Tamara will need to call upon every last ounce of her strength if she wants to survive the nigh


The Stone Road

The Stone Road by Trent Jamieson

On the day Jean was born, the dead howled. A thin scratch of black smoke began to rise behind the hills west of town: Furnace had been lit, and soon its siren call began to draw the people of Casement Rise to it, never to return. Casement Rise is a dusty town at the end of days, a harsh world of grit and arcane dangers. Jean’s stern, overprotective Nan has always kept Casement Rise safe from monsters, but she may have waited too long to teach Jean how to face those demons on her own. On Jean’s twelfth birthday, a mysterious graceful man appears, an ethereal and terrifying being connected to the family secrets Nan has hidden from Jean in an effort to keep her safe. Now Nan must rush Jean’s education in monsters, magic, and the breaking of the world in ages past. If Jean is to combat the graceful man and finally understand the ancient evil powering Furnace, she will have to embrace her legacy, endure her Nan’s lessons, and learn all she can—before Furnace burns everything down. With the lyrical cadence of The Last Unicorn and intense imagery of A Wizard of Earthsea, The Stone Road is a timeless story of hope, belonging, and growing into your power.


Black Star (Black Star Trilogy by M.J. Jones Book 1)

Black Star (Black Star Trilogy by M.J. Jones Book 1) by M.J Jones

In this psychological sci-fi thriller, a single mother discovers that her daughter has disappeared without a trace. Was she to blame for her daughter's disappearance? Did she hold on too tight? As she searches for the truth, her past and sanity collide. Can she take back control of her life, and find her daughter, before it's too late, or will she too, become a mindless drone? Follow Mia Black in this alternate reality, where things are not quite a mirror image of our world. A Black Star is a supernova... an exploding star. Some people believe that when it dies, it disappears. Yet in reality, it shines through the darkness…just like Mia Black.


Love & Curse Making (Magical Dating Agency)

Love & Curse Making (Magical Dating Agency) by Kelly St. Clare

What do jazz pixies, siren celebrities, and three hundred disastrous dates with supernatural men have in common? Me. I’m Cerys. And at twenty-two years old, running a paranormal dating agency with my bestie and living in the magical society of Nepos is an amazing life. Not gonna lie though, it’d be better with a little action. Kissing, maybe? A one-armed hug? Heck, after three years, I’ll take a man touching my bedsheets. Or would if this curse didn't 100 percent block me from romance. When my ‘extinct’ brand of magic explodes in the presence of true love, the off-the-charts sexy but infuriatingly bored Detective Devereaux gets involved. And let me tell you, ladies, there are m-u-s-c-l-e-s under his long coat! So I’m cursed and dodging the law and trying to put more love in the world each day. And now some creep is digging up heart elemental bodies. Seriously. How is it only Monday?


Discarded

Discarded by Skye Cavanagh

Five years ago I was tossed aside. a failed experiment. I should have known they’d never really let me go. They made one really stupid mistake though. They hired the wrong mercenaries. Together the brooding kelpie, wildcard puka, and hot nerdy witch were supposed to hand me over to the man who tossed me into the gutter. Instead they took me and the money, and ran. If my kidnappers had any sense they would have sold me off to the highest bidder. Except they didn’t. The kelpie teaches me what it is to trust. The puka shows me how to let go. The witch dares me to be vulnerable. Those who discarded me continue to hunt me. They’re not finished with me. Except now I’m not the weak little girl I was. Now I have three predators at my back, and we’re going to turn the darkness they put inside me against them. They might have discarded me, but I will ruin them.


Urban Witch

Urban Witch by Eve Langlais

I never asked to be a witch, but as careers go, at least it comes with magical perks. Who knew a person could almost die from drinking? I found out the hard way when I woke up in a hospital and a nurse informed me I was legally dead for a few minutes. Shocking, but not as much as the fact I returned different. I can see things, but it’s what I can do that has people interested in me. There’s Sonja, a strange woman with powers who appoints herself my teacher. Anakin, the mysterious and super hot dude, who owns a pastry shop of all things catering to weird folk. Leslie, my furry-tailed coworker and only friend. And then there’s the bad guys determined to get their grubby hands on me. I’m not special. Just a woman trying to clean up her life and actually plan for a future. Will I have time to atone for my many sins before my luck runs out?


Cast Long Shadows

Cast Long Shadows by Cat Hellisen

Marjeta Petrell. Replacement bride, shadow of a dead and perfect wife, step-mother to a duke's treasured daughter. A girl out of her depth, alone and afraid. Magic runs deep in her veins, stitched in blood ties, embroidered with kindness and pain. In an unfamiliar court, Marjeta must discover who are her friends and who are enemies; who she can trust before she is accused of witchcraft and executed.


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