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Featured Fantasy: In Deception’s Shadow by Lisa Blackwood

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Featured Fantasy: In Deception's Shadow by Lisa Blackwood

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Warrior-Scout Ashayna Stonemantle has no awareness of her fate until her sentient magic manipulates her into seeking out one of the enemy—Sorntar, Crown Prince of the Phoenix. If she dare trust the word of an enemy prince who is also an avian shape-shifting mage, their souls and futures are eternally linked.

When their willful magic awakens early and forces them into an unbreakable bond, Ashayna and Sorntar are accused of being corrupted by an ancient evil. To prove their innocence, they must work together to discover what happened in the past to pit bondmate against bondmate. As the search for the truth draws them closer together, Ashayna realizes she has growing feelings for Sorntar. But before she can tell him, his tainted power enslaves him.

Faced with an impossible decision, Ashayna chooses to fight for Sorntar’s soul even at the risk of her own.

Author’s Note: In Deception’s Shadow is an epic fantasy romance series.

Betrayal’s Price (Book 1)
Herd Mistress (Book 2)
Maiden’s Wolf (Book 3)
Death’s Queen (Book 4)

Featured Fantasy: Bait Van Helsing Academy (Order of the Spirit Realm Book 1) by Kasi Blake

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Featured Fantasy: Bait Van Helsing Academy (Order of the Spirit Realm Book 1) by Kasi Blake

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Some are born to be hunters. Others can only be Bait.

After years on the run with her uncle, Bay-Lee joins her father’s school just as someone or some ‘thing’ is killing students on their birthdays.

She’s heard stories about Van Helsing Academy, but the truth is worse than fiction. She is kidnapped, kicked in the face, and her mentor refuses to show her the ropes. And that’s just the first night.

Nick Gallos doesn’t want anything to do with Van Helsing’s daughter. As far as he’s concerned, she can pack her bags and go home. Hunting isn’t for spoiled rich girls.

When people start dropping, killed by an invisible force on a day they should be celebrating, Bay-Lee goes into action. Along with new friends and the hostile Nick, she is determined to solve the mystery… but her birthday is fast approaching.
Will her first year at Van Helsing Academy be her last?

Bait: Van Helsing Academy is urban fantasy. If you like fast-paced stories with romance, action, and exciting plot twists, then you will love Bait: Van Helsing Academy. Click and enjoy.

This is the first installment in the Order of the Spirit Realm series followed by Hunter, Warrior, and Legend.

The Girl Who Fell Into Myth (The Arisen Worlds Book 1) by Kay Kenyon

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The Girl Who Fell Into Myth (The Arisen Worlds Book 1) by Kay Kenyon

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A modern woman travels through a secret portal, flies on the back of a dragon, and encounters a storm that splits open the sky—before arriving in a ruined state in a world of magic, war, and legend. A lover is waiting. And a looming power of darkness.

In this book you’ll discover:

  • A castle on a towering hill where foreigners are unwelcome, but where a foreigner is just what they need.
  • What happens when a 21st century woman finds herself in a medieval culture.
  • Where witches went when they were driven from Earth by fear and prejudice.
  • How the alter-worlds of the Mythos are connected with each other.
  • What the worst myth in the world is and the havoc it’s going to cause.
  • How a lightning strike changes Everything.

A high fantasy from acclaimed fantasy and science fiction world-builder Kay Kenyon.

Featured Fantasy: Escape (Lake Of Sins Book One) by L.S. O’Dea

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Featured Fantasy: Escape (Lake Of Sins Book One) by L.S. O'Dea

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Every year after harvest the weakest are removed from the encampment. None of them are ever seen or heard from again.

Trinity’s only hope of escape lies in the forest. She’s not afraid of the creatures that live there. There’s nothing bigger than foxes in those woods, except this time something is different.

This time she’s hunted from land and sea by predators that should only exist in legends.
Surrounded by three enemies. Surrender is her only option, but which one should she choose?

A captivating dystopian read filled with human-animal hybrids and creatures you’ve never even imagined.

Featured Fantasy: The Last Phoenix by Stephanie Mirro

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As a phoenix, I’m used to burning hot and rising from the ashes. That’s why I chose to make my living as a world-class thief. Some say it’s dangerous. I call it fun.

Or it is until someone beats me to my latest mark, stealing the prize and killing a fae duke in the process. To add insult to injury, I get blamed for the gruesome murder.

With my freedom on the line, I’ve got three options.

One, confess my failure and spend a few centuries as the caged pet of my sadistic, bloodsucking client. Nope.

Two, take the blame and let the hotter-than-hell grim reaper take me to jail. Also a hard nope, unless he sweetens the deal with an offer to burn up the sheets.

Is it any wonder I choose door number three? I’ve got to find the real killer, steal back the goods, and remind everyone how I got my reputation as the world’s best “acquirer” in the first place.

There’s just one problem. That sexier-than-sin grim reaper I mentioned?

He’s determined to see me go down.

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Featured Fantasy: Witch Way (Silver Sisters Collection 1) by Jennifer L. Hart

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Featured Fantasy: Witch Way (Silver Sisters Collection 1) by Jennifer L. Hart

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A quintessential soccer mom. A motorcycle-riding wild-child. With two sisters like that, she could have done without provoking the dark fae…

Alys Stevens is running out of familiar road. Approaching midlife, the same age as her mother’s death, and muddling through a messy divorce, the forty-something home renovator has lost the control she so deeply craves. So when her siblings show up demanding a girl’s night full of fun, the three brew up an ancient family cocktail… and accidentally free powerful magic.

Baffled as they all develop uncanny powers, Alys watches on in part-horror, part-glee as a satisfying sinkhole swallows her vexing ex-husband’s car. And poking around in her family’s mysterious tree for answers arouses the unwanted attention of sexy but dangerous werewolves.

Can the new witch refurbish her run-down destiny, or will fate tear her to shreds?

Witch Way After Forty is the charming first book in the Silver Sisters midlife paranormal women’s fiction series. If you like enchanting characters, reverse age-gap romance, and magical surprises, then you’ll love Jennifer L. Hart’s heartwarming adventure.