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Featured Fantasy: A Twist of Demon (Cocktails in Hell Book 1) by S.E. Babin

January 17, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: A Twist of Demon (Cocktails in Hell Book 1) by S.E. Babin

FREE as of January 17, 2025
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Potions, portals, and one very annoying demon—Violet’s life is about to go straight to hell.

Want longer hair, whiter teeth, or a smaller nose? Violet can whip up a potion faster than you can say “enchanted facelift.” Need to hex your ex or curse your boss?

Well…it will cost you.

By day, Violet is a charlatan running a tourist-trap potion shop in New Orleans. By night, she’s the real deal—a rare Potion Master whose store sits smack on the portal between Earth and Hell, serving magical creatures who should absolutely not be allowed in public.

She’s also the official protector of both realms, which is unfortunate because she is objectively terrible at her job.

When the last Potion Master dies a gruesome death and a handsome, obnoxiously hot demon drags Violet out of anonymity, her powers spike, her shop transforms, and her life immediately goes to hell. Literally.

Now supernatural beings either want to date her or kill her, and Violet’s not sure which fate is worse.

With a demon glued to her side and danger lurking in every shadow, she has to master her magic, figure out who wants her dead, and maybe stop drooling over her demonic babysitter—before she ends up the next Potion Master with her own tragic obituary.

S.E. Babin delivers wicked humor, chaotic magic, and sizzling paranormal tension in A Twist of Demon. Fans of snark-filled urban fantasy and flirty demon romance will devour Violet’s misadventures as she tries—and mostly fails—to keep the realms from falling apart.

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: A Twist of Demon, Cocktails in Hell, S.E. Babin

Featured Fantasy: The Hunger of the Dragon (The Forbidden Runes Series Book 1) by R.M. Schultz

January 15, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: The Hunger of the Dragon (The Forbidden Runes Series Book 1) by R.M. Schultz

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“My Norse-obsessed friend wouldn’t stop raving about this book, so I had to read it.
– Loved it.”

“If The Bloodsworn and Jade City had an offspring that inherited the best qualities of both parents, this book may be it.”

“This book has the most interesting take on Norse magic and lore that I’ve read yet.”

“It’s Norse fantasy that sinks its teeth deep and does not let go.”

Divine remnants are hoarded, stolen, and killed for.

These items grant powerful magics to those with the strength to wield them.

The war of the gods has passed, leaving Midgard without direction, but vengeance and the battle for control has just begun.

A berserker of the Raven must protect her magical items from those bent on stealing them while a Wolf warrior renounces her clan to pursue the impossible—harnessing the magics of the Dragon. A thief of the Wolf is led astray and will never regain what is taken from him. They protect their own, claim what they can, and rise to power in waves of glory.

But when a mysterious new clan emerges seeking to conquer all, the Ravens and Wolves must safeguard their divine remains or destroy each other.

The resulting war will determine the fate of each clan as they succumb to the hunger of the Dragon and the forbidden runes.

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: R.M. Schultz, The Forbidden Runes Series, The Hunger of the Dragon

Featured Science Fiction: Under Falling Skies (The Travels of Scout Shannon Book 1) by Kate MacLeod

January 15, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Science Fiction: Under Falling Skies (The Travels of Scout Shannon Book 1) by Kate MacLeod

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Scout Shannon’s whole family died the day the Space Farers dropped an asteroid on their domed city. Now she lives alone, out in the wild with only her dogs for company. She prefers it that way.

But Scout finds herself at a crossroads. One road leads back to a quiet life snug under the protective dome of a city. The other road leads to a life in the rebellion, a life of adventure and excitement but also danger. Dare she try to find the rebels hiding in the hills?

Then a chance encounter with a stranger from the other side of the galaxy threatens to derail what remains of Scout’s life. The entire galaxy awaits her, if she survives the next four days.

Filed Under: Box Set List Featured Sci-Fi, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Kate MacLeod, The Travels of Scout Shannon, Under Falling Skies

Featured Sci-fi: Space Worms (An Extra Space Squad 51 Adventure) by M. Pax

January 11, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Sci-fi: Space Worms (An Extra Space Squad 51 Adventur) by M. Pax

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An Extra Space Squad 51 Adventure!

The galaxy just got ridiculous. Space Squad 51 is on the job.

Nikili Echols works the docks, living a quiet, predictable life until the freighter Red Dorry is late. When the ship opens, the crew is gone. Orbital Rescue Services Squad 51 arrives, assuring Nikili everything will be all right. But when they go in, screams and roars erupt from inside, and a smear of blood is left at the hatch.

Nikili knows the team and crew need help before more ORS teams can arrive. Stepping into the unknown, she faces a threat she never imagined involving black lights, boy band beats, and monstrous livestock.

Meeting Space Squad 51 ignites a spark in Nikili: the hope that one day, she can be like them.

Space Worms is a thrilling, humorous space opera adventure about courage, discovery, and embracing the idea of becoming something else.

Filed Under: Box Set List Featured Sci-Fi, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: M. Pax, Space Squad 51, Space Worms

Featured Fantasy: Arcane Rising (The Darkland Druids Book One) by Nicole R. Taylor

January 11, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: Arcane Rising (The Darkland Druids Book One) by Nicole R. Taylor

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A secret past. A forbidden power. Someone’s got some serious explaining to do.

After her secretive father dies, Elspeth Quarrie embarks on a quest across the world to discover her unknown Scottish heritage.

Landing in Edinburgh, she doesn’t count on her first day being full of creepy graveyards, several attempted abductions, and nightmarish creatures hiding behind human faces.

When fate catches up with her, a mysterious stranger by the name of Raurich ‘Rory’ Mackenzie is there to help — only Elspeth does the saving, blasting their attacker with magic she didn’t know she had. Then, as shock sets in, Rory reveals she’s a Druid — an elemental supernatural being with the power to distort the very fabric of nature.

Desperate for answers, Elspeth follows Rory into an exciting hidden world where myth is reality and dreams are within reach…but not everything is as magical as it seems.

The Druids are being hunted by the Chimera, a dark sect of Fae warriors who desire power above all else.
And Elspeth may have just blown their cover.

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Arcane Rising, Nicole R. Taylor, The Darkland Druids

Featured Fantasy: Taming of the Few (Guardians of the PHAE Book 1) by Rowan Dillon and Christy Nicholas

January 11, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: Taming of the Few (Guardians of the PHAE Book 1) by Rowan Dillon and Christy Nicholas

FREE as of January 11, 2026
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When a bizarre magnetic shift turns ordinary talents into extraordinary magic, a team of allies bands together to protect themselves. But are these Unhidden capable of saving themselves from genocide?

Anna Taylor thought she was just a good swimmer… until she starts growing scales and working water magic. Forced to flee an angry mob, she seeks sanctuary in a rural Ireland safehouse that offers less protection than she’d hoped, and she’s thrown headfirst into a perilous mission to defuse an explosive threat.

To overcome the danger, Anna teams with a group of six unlikely allies. Max, a war-torn Vietnam vet with the power to command winds. Bintou, a linguistic genius who can decipher any language. Hiroki, a persuasive mastermind from Tokyo. Qacha, a fire-wielding chef. And Nokomis, a grandmother who can make any plant grow. The only thing they’ve got in common is the enemy.

They’re not perfect. Still, they’ve got each other’s backs. Probably. They’ll have to keep their eye on Max.

When a consortium of xenophobic zealots declares open season on their kind, Anna and her ragtag squad must combine their powers to avert their own extinction. If this unlikely team of misfits fails, more than their lives will be in danger. It could lead to the annihilation of all the Unhidden.

Can Anna and her mostly merry band divert the tide of chaos and death hurtling toward them?

Taming of the Few is the first installment of the Guardians of PHAE trilogy. Brace yourself for snarky banter, fantastic world-building, and heart-pounding tension that will keep you up all night.

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Guardians of Phae, Rowan Dillon, Taming of the Few

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