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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

FREE as of September 20, 2024
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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.

Featured Fantasy: Vampires Rule (Rule Series Book 1) by Kasi Blake

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Featured Fantasy: Vampires Rule (Rule Series Book 1) by Kasi Blake

FREE as of August 5th
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A simple boy-meets-girl story. Only the boy is a vampire, and the girl is a badass werewolf hunter.

“Kasi Blake has written a winner with this series.” I Heart YA Books

Unhappy as a vampire, Jack dreams of a second chance at mortality. But when he gets it, his real problems begin. His teacher is a werewolf, the girl he’s crushing on is THE hunter, and his brother can’t decide whether to welcome him home or stake him just to be on the safe side. Then his powers return along with the powers of a werewolf. He has no idea what’s happening to him, but he’d better figure it out fast. According to an ancient diary, he is destined to defeat the alpha werewolf… or die trying.

Romance, humor, and paranormal action

.“This book is great for Paranormal Junkies…” -Tabatha at Goodreads

“Kasi Blake is a creative storyteller.”-Kim at Goodreads

“After reading this book, I’m craving for more. I was hesitant that it revolved around a guy main character, but this book definitely pushed away my fears. I loved hearing Jack’s thoughts on going from a human to a vampire to a human.”-Black Nailed Reviews

“OMG!!! I so loved this book, I hate that I waited so long to read it.”-MsBdiamond1 at Goodreads

“Vampires Rule took me by surprise. I was not expecting this book to have the awesome story line that it did. Kasi Blake has written a winner with this series.” -I Heart YA Books

Featured Fantasy: Grimm Rose (Once Upon a Curse Book 1) by Kasi Blake

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Featured Fantasy: Grimm Rose (Once Upon a Curse Book 1) by Kasi Blake

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Happy endings are optional.
If she steals Cinderella’s glass slipper, she gains her freedom.
If she fails, she loses her life.

A Beauty and the Beast/Cinderella retelling with elements of both exciting stories intertwined. Familiar favorites and interesting new characters you will fall in love with are cleverly woven together to make a story you won’t soon forget. Get ready for a tale of powerful magic with an enemies-to-lovers, slow burn romance, plenty of action, and surprising plot twists.

At sixteen, Shayne should be attending parties and giggling over boys. But half-ling servants—half faerie and half mortal—aren’t allowed to have fun. Her destiny is to serve the royal family until she dies. It’s a bleak existence with no way out… or so she thinks.

When a runaway bride chooses death over marriage to the pudgy prince, the Ivory Queen shoves the cursed engagement ring onto Shayne’s hand and announces that she will take the dead girl’s place. Marriage to the Toad? She’d rather die.
Seeing her reluctance, the queen offers her a choice. She can marry the prince, or she can steal Cinderella’s glass slipper. Swiping a shoe from Cinderella’s last living relative sounds easy.

Then she meets Cinderella’s son. It’s hate-at-first-sight for both of them. He has magical powers, a bad attitude, and a deep thirst for vengeance that rivals her own. Stinking troll!

Aric refuses to let her have his mother’s glass slipper. She tries reasoning with him. That doesn’t work. She gives him a sob story about a fictional sister locked in the queen’s dungeon. He doesn’t even blink. By his own admission, he has a heart of stone. Nothing can sway him.

In what she sees as an act of cowardice, he spills sugar and orders her to count each crystal. Her knees buckle. She hits the floor hard. There isn’t anything she can do.

Their hatred for the queen is the only thing they have in common. Can they put their loathing for each other to the side long enough to destroy the Ivory Queen and save the faerie realm?

“I am totally sucked into this world. The action is fast-paced, the way I like it. A real page-turner.” –Author Bryna Butler

This is the first book in the Once Upon a Curse series. Revenge meets Once Upon a Time (tv shows), and will appeal to both fairytale retelling lovers and straight up fantasy fans.