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Blood Ties (The King’s Chosen Book 1) by L. Waithman

About Featured Book: Blood Ties (The King’s Chosen Book 1) by L. Waithman

At the heart of an ancient prophecy is young Lucas, who has the sole power to save two medieval kingdoms from destruction . . . but will he discover this ultimate secret before it’s too late?

Lucas has been raised as a blacksmith’s son; an outsider ostracized by the other village children. One night at a nearby monastery, a mysterious black stone whispers a haunting premonition to Lucas. When his father is murdered, the monks take Lucas in, convinced he is an extraordinary hero foretold by destiny. However, a restless Lucas runs off to join a circus where he draws the attention of the powerful King Itan, who believes Lucas is one of “the chosen”―a group of boys who are descendants of great warriors. The king will stop at nothing to compel Lucas to join his chosen army, all while the soldiers who killed Lucas’s father are closing in. Before long, Lucas is embroiled in a plot to defeat the king while an unseen enemy begins planning to bring the young man down before he learns of his remarkable power.

This first novel of L. Waithman’s richly imagined fantasy series will leave you eagerly awaiting Lucas’s next adventure.

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Cherokee Summer by Susan Antony

About Featured Book: Cherokee Summer by Susan Antony

Kindle addition in sale for .99 from August 5th to August 26th 2022.

When Ace leaves home to spend the summer in Cherokee, North Carolina the last thing she expects to find is a boyfriend—until she meets Cherokee Tribe member John Spears. As Ace and John’s friendship blossoms, they find their life experiences mirror each other and they fall in love. Despite hurdles thrown by well-meaning family members and jealous frenemies, the star-crossed lovers remain committed to their mutual belief that the universe has drawn them together. However, when Ace sends John a strange text and then suddenly disappears, the two must rely on their trust in each other to save both their lives and their love.

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Z2134 by Sean Platt

About Featured Book: Z2134 by Sean Platt

Free from 7/24/2022 through 8/18/2022

It’s 2134 in a dystopian America, one century after a series of zombie plagues first infected then obliterated much of the world’s population.

The survivors formed six walled Cities throughout the continent, all under the rule of a totalitarian government that enforces strict control over its populace.

You must obey your government.
You must be a good citizen.
You must be a productive citizen.
You must not break the law.
Or The City Watch will find you and arrest you.

Jonah Lovecraft, a former Watcher, was arrested for the murder of his wife. Like most criminals, he has one chance at freedom ― to participate in The Darwin Games, a televised survival show pitting two players from each city against one another in The Barrens, the uninhabited areas outside the City Walls.

He’ll also have to face another enemy ― the zombies still roaming The Barrens.

As he fights for his freedom against impossible odds, his daughter, Anastasia, stumbles into people who have information about her father ― information that will change her life forever.

While putting her in the crosshairs of her father’s enemies.

Z 2134 is the first book of a dystopian trilogy from the bestselling authors of Yesterday’s Gone.

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Extraordinary Lies by Jennifer Alsever

About Extraordinary Lies by Jennifer Alsever:

Two girls from opposite worlds —each of them with unique gifts. Brash and bold Charley can touch a hand and glimpse a person’s dark secrets and dangerous future. Refined and shy Julia can stir a deadly energetic force that uproots trees and crushes cars in a moment of rage.

When they join a group of teens for a summer of psychic tests at Stanford Research Institute, the experiments quickly turn deadly and more sinister motives emerge. Truth and lies intertwine, and soon, ambition and war outstrip science in a race to manipulate their gifts.

If they are to survive, the unlikely duo must figure out a way to work together. Can Charley and Julia do this and control their innate powers that have long been exploited—and suppressed—by the rest of the world?

If you like Cold War spy novels, historical fiction, page turner books and supernatural suspense, then you’ll love Jennifer Alsever’s enthralling paranormal thriller. Inspired by true events!

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Dancing on Broken Ankles

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When sixteen-year-old Aubergine’s parents uproot her from the posh NYC life to live off-grid in a tiny home, she reaches out to the only person available for friendship—the boy-next-door.

Aubergine White, a talented ballerina and a self-professed mean girl, who enjoys all the advantages of being a gorgeous, rich girl at her elite New York City private school, seems to have it all, until her parents get fed up with the hustle of city life and whisk her a thousand miles away to homestead off-grid in Montana.

Soon after arriving in her exile from upscale fashion boutiques and classical theatre, Abs learns she needs a career-ending ankle surgery which leaves her completely devastated. She receives no empathy or guidance from her parents as her father is preoccupied with the on-going care of her mother’s mental health.

Aubergine’s life changes for the better when she befriends the neighbor, Fulton. Fulton was the biggest dork at her old school, but now that she is forced to spend time with him, she finds him to be kind, patient and most importantly, he shows her the compassion she had been missing. Just when she starts to trust him, a new wound is opened when Fulton finds a way to move back to New York. She becomes determined to get a one-way ticket back to the city and she is holding on to the hope that her old life—and her former boy next door—will be waiting for her when she gets there.

A clean and wholesome, coming-of-age story about close proximity enemies who become allies and then, maybe more . . .

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Wicked Blood

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Cynthia has never met her father. She only knows one thing about him: he’s a dangerous mage with a track record of killing shapeshifters like her.

Finished with school and struggling to figure out what to do next, Cynthia boards a plane to Berlin following a mysterious postcard from her father. She hopes to find him and finally solve the mystery of her origins. But then Nathan, her vampire hunter ex-boyfriend, asks for a favour. Look up the hunters in Berlin and find out why there’s been radio silence from the supernatural community of Berlin for the last eight months.

What should have been a simple request leads to unimaginable danger.

The more Cynthia digs into the whereabouts of Berlin’s supernatural community, the more she uncovers secrets that threaten her life. Something is going down in Berlin, but who is behind it? She finds herself torn in two directions: should she be loyal to her people, the shapeshifters? Or should she follow her heart? Which choice will keep her safe, when everyone seems to be out for her blood?

It’s a dangerous time to be in Berlin… and the answers to Cynthia’s questions might just strike closer to home than she realises.

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Dragon’s Wish

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Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 was a dangerous town…
Under the suspicion of the greedy and affluent citizens that ran it, Gallows Hill had no shortage of visitors that year.
Hang the Witches…
Along with the rest of their clan, Elspeth Walsh’s family had fled Wales in the years before to escape the persecution by the hundreds of the guilty and innocent alike.
The Devil’s spawn…
In the wilderness of a newly settled America her family flourished, birthing a way of life absent of the persecution and mass hysteria moving through Europe and their homeland in the untamed forests and valley’s surrounding Salem they embraced their heritage and let their inner monster out to play.
Hunt them down, make them confess…
For Elspeth Walsh and her family lay no claim to witchcraft. What they are is far more deadly. Theirs is a secret century’s old and it must be protected at any cost.
Bronze scales and Golden wings…
In their human skins they’ve lived in peace beside the human race for a millennium. But that’s all about to change beneath the harsh scrutiny and growing fears of the wealthy to claim a twisted sense of justice. Before it’s too late, Elspeth and those she loves will need to escape again…or risk joining the condemned-on Gallows Hill.
Hang the Dragons…

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Confession by Sarah Forester Davis

About Confession by Sarah Forester Davis:

When I was twelve, I met this boy. His life was the complete opposite of mine. He grew up on the beach with his single mom, spending his day surfing and wandering around Flagler in his swim trunks. I grew up on the Halifax with my callous parents, behind a gated driveway, wishing my life wasn’t already planned out for me.

I knew my parents wouldn’t approve of our friendship, so I spent two years sneaking over to his house, hoping at some point I’d have a say in how I lived my life.

When I was fourteen, there was an accident. As much as I wanted to keep him a secret, as much as I needed to see him every day, we were forbidden to ever see each other again. If I disobeyed my parents there would be consequences, ones that would destroy him.

Three years have passed, three years of watching myself waste away without him, sinking into a deep depression that I struggle to pull myself out of each morning. But then the unthinkable happens, his mom, she’s tragically gone and I find myself back in his life.

This connection we have can only be explained with one word. Soulmates. At seventeen, we are no longer innocent little kids. On the verge of adulthood our relationship has changed over time.

We need each other. We have each other. Our chemistry is undeniable.

But there are secrets that have suddenly become unraveled. There are mysteries that we find ourselves trying to solve. There are people who show up in our beach town, strangers who bring buried knowledge about the past.

We find ourselves thrown into the middle of a dangerous game that could cost us both of our lives, and there’s one simple fact that seems to shout out at us as each day passes.

There was a reason we were kept apart.

Confession. This is our story.

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Crystal’s Hole Heart

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Having life experience was something Crystal could understand, but it didn’t mean she had to like it.

Challenges she faced brought her on a closer walk with God.

The norm for her seemed to consist of doctor’s visits and a long list of don’ts.

Was it so bad for her to want a normal life instead of dreaming about what it could have been like?

She had a sassiness and stubborn way about her that came across as direct.

She knew life had to be lived to the fullest regardless of how she was perceived.

Along her journey she stumbled upon two friends with a little nudge of faith.

Could this friendship be the bond to give her a chance to live the life she’s only dreamt about?

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The Forbidden Love Affair

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Zarayah Mello knows the love she dreams of is doomed from the start…
But the heart wants what the heart wants.

Thirteen-year-old Zarayah Mello knew she loved fellow karate class student Zaire from the moment she laid eyes on him. She also knew that her parents, siblings, and even her beliefs would never accept her love for him.
But after she turns fifteen, they cross paths more and more and form a friendship, her improper love for him only grows.
Torn apart by life and circumstance, she’s brokenhearted. Until she turns eighteen and he comes back into her life, sweeps her off her feet, and makes secret plans to propose to her on graduation day. But Zarayah doesn’t know that Zaire is hiding a secret from her—the kind of secret that rips solid marriages apart, never mind their budding love. Besides, will anyone forgive her for falling for her older brothers’ friend? And will she still love him when she learns the truth he’s been hiding from her?

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My Impossible Secret (Trollmageddon: Book 1) by Darcy Callan

My Impossible Secret (Trollmageddon: Book 1) by Darcy Callan

There are worse things in life than being the new kid in high school: Like having a weird name. Or having a major secret that you can’t share with your BFF because she’s totally human and would freak if she saw your true form. Or having a date with the hottest guy in school, but your parents will ground you for life because he’s a dragon shapeshifter, and historically your two races are at war. Or being hunted to extinction by a radical group of humans who have almost destroyed your entire gene pool.
Or you could be a troll.
I’m Ozelle Bandercock, and I happen to be all of these.
Let the school year begin.

**New Release with an introductory price in May! ***

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Legend of Mermaid Cliff (The Awakening Trilogy Book 1)

About Legend of Mermaid Cliff (The Awakening Trilogy Book 1):

After his crush’s mysterious death, a teen boy uncovers century-old dark secrets in his small town.

A sinister underworld of demons and angels is revealed in this YA debut.

Sixteen-year-old Mark Parker is devastated when he learns that his high school crush, Veronica McBride, has been found dead at the bottom of a cliff in their small beach town of Rockport. As the last person seen with the ill-fated girl, the town becomes suspicious of Mark and he swears to find the truth—but in doing so, he uncovers unearthly and evil secrets his town has been harboring for a century.

Until Veronica McBride and her family moved to the small beach town of Rockport, its citizens were all from the original bloodlines of the town dating back to it’s founding in 1917—the same year the suicides began and the legend of Mermaid Cliff was born. With a suicide mysteriously happening every twenty-five years, the legend went that a mermaid lured people to the edge of the cliff, and they were in such awe of her that they walked right over the edge, falling to their death. But legends are stuff of lore… or so Mark believed.

Mark thought he walked Veronica home after the big party the night before, but he can’t be sure since he partied a little too much. When snarky classmates accuse Mark of having something to do with Veronica’s death, his best friend Jason assures him that he saw those classmates—whom he calls the Seven—at the entrance of Mermaid Cliff that night as he was driving home. Trouble is, the Seven includes Mark’s older brother, Charles. When the FBI’s Agent Amelia Taylor arrives, it’s confirmed that Veronica’s death was a homicide, and Mark, along with Jason, is determined to find out who’s responsible.

As Mark starts asking around, he’s collecting more questions than answers. His mother claims she was home but wasn’t. Old Man McGinty, who found Veronica’s body on the beach, has piles of newspaper clippings of the legend’s tragedies…along with a charm from Veronica’s bracelet. Even the FBI agent has a strange connection to the town through her own tragic circumstances.

“Don’t believe everything people tell you, boy,” the old man tells Mark. “Everything in this town is connected in a way you or I will never fully understand…”

Jason and Mark come to realize that their town is full of dark secrets, and their poking around is unveiling them one by one. “Loyalty. We may be connected to the rest of this world by land, but we have our own traditions and secrets we keep to ourselves,” his mom said mysteriously. “Some secrets are better kept secret…” Soon, Mark will learn of his own role in his town’s terrifying evils—and his destiny to stop it and put the legend to rest.

The debut book in The Awakening trilogy.

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Bark: You don’t know me, you just know my skin

About Bark: You don’t know me, you just know my skin:

Harper a teenage biracial girl struggles to come to terms with her identity in a racially driven world.

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The Progenitor by Sara Wright

About The Progenitor by Sara Wright:

Peace.

The Six Systems were known for their peaceful utopia in the Universe, but darkness is on the horizon.

A choice will be made.

Choices have consequences.

When a mysterious spaceship attacks, Princess Xendara’s destiny is altered. Not only does she have to contend with those of the Six Systems who oppose her politically, she’s also discovering a power she didn’t know she had and her enemies are looking to exploit.

A prophecy will force her to make a life altering choice that will change the course of the Universe. Armed with a crystal of the Ancients, she must choose a path or her enemies will make the choice for her.

Prince Darijus of Regvand has known Xendara all her life. When she’s trust into the decaying political arena of the Six Systems, he is more than happy to help. But with their enemies circling, he finds himself intertwined with her destiny in more ways than one.

Will Princess Xendara fall for her enemies schemes or will she risk galactic war?

Will Darijus be able to protect his friend or will he be a pawn in their enemy’s plans?

Only time will tell.

The Progenitor is a epic space opera fantasy with clean romance for young adults and is Book One of The Progenitor Chronicles.

Join Xendara and Darijus as they discover the power of the Ancient architects of the Universe.

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Gilded Lies by J.S. Martin

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In the 1920s, this Peaky Blinders meets magic fantasy follows Lily Beth Winters and her reluctant journey to Boston to find a suitable husband to take over her failing family business. Once in Boston, Lily cannot help but fall deeper down into the enthralling world of old grudges and dark magic as she meets two enigmatic gangsters. With family secrets, deadly threats, and her reputation at stake, Lily must decide where her heart truly lies and in which world she belongs.

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Setsuko & the Seven Samurai by V.M. Sawh

About Setsuko & the Seven Samurai by V.M. Sawh:

Good Tales For Bad Dreams invites you to take a journey back to 16th century Japan for a wicked interpretation of a classic fairy tale. This is the story of love, honour and revenge. This is your samurai Snow White.

Jealous of Setsuko’s beauty, the wicked geisha Izanami orchestrates the murder of her father, the daimyo of a mountaintop castle. After an assassination attempt leads to a coup, Setsuko suffers a catastrophic injury and is forced to flee the only place she’s ever called home and take refuge in the woods with a group of exiled samurai. Orphaned, abandoned, and disabled, Setsuko must learn the truth of what it means to be a samurai, if she ever hopes to reclaim her family’s honour and take her revenge.

Welcome to Good Tales For Bad Dreams, a short-fiction series of re-imagined fairy tales. Each story is set in a different time and place. Some will be familiar, others will not. So strip bare your assumptions, open your mind, and see these tales told like never before.

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Chasing the Prophet

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In this highly-praised YA Sci-fi thriller, a young computer geek and his dog are at the center of a struggle to save humanity from a global apocalypse. A gripping and enjoyable journey, full of twists and turns till the unpredictable end.

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Clawing Free by Josh Roberts

Clawing Free by Josh Roberts

What if monsters are real?
. . . and they know you by name?

Years after the grisly murder of her older sister, Lissy Oullette—a waitress in a small mountain town—is struggling to move on with her life when something rips it all apart . . . again.

At the lake near her home, Lissy discovers another body. And much like her sister’s, it’s been torn to pieces.

As she searches for answers, Lissy finds herself being lured back to the lake by something so evil, it seems inevitable that hers will be the next body found.

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