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Review+Giveaway: The Secret Benefits of Invisibility by C. W. Allen

Review of middle grade adventure fantasy The Secret Benefits of Invisibility by C. W. Allen

For Zed and Tuesday, adjusting to life in modern-meets-medieval Falinnheim means normal is relative. Lots of kids deal with moving, starting new schools, and doing chores. But normally, those schools aren’t in underground bunkers full of secret agents, and the chore list doesn’t involve herding dodos. The one thing that hasn’t changed: all the adults treat them like they’re invisible.

When a...

Audio Excerpt: Steel Secrets by Andi Cumbo-Floyd

Audio Excerpt from YA paranormal Steel Secrets by Andi Cumbo-Floyd

Ghosts just don’t show up for anybody.

So when I meet the spirit of a former slave named Moses, I know he needs my help.But I didn’t expect to be taking on half of my town, or the powerful men who seem to run everything and have done so for years.

Secrets are being uncovered, and some people would do anything to keep them buried, no matter who gets hurt. I’ll need the help of history and friends I can trust if I ...

Interview+Giveaway: The Virus of Beauty Series by C.B. Lyall

An interview with C.B. Lyall, author of The Virus of Beauty YA fantasy seriesBuy the series here (all buy links are affiliates–view disclosure here)

Ugliness is power, and the Virus of Beauty is spreading causing panic throughout the witch population.

Wilf Gilvary is a teenage wizard who is terrified of using magic. When his father dies under mysterious circumstances, the same day the Mages Crystal shatters, Wilf is plunged into the middle of a political struggle between the wi...

Cover Reveal+Giveaway: Jane Austen Lied to Me by Jeanette Watts

Featuring Jane Austen Lied to Me, a romantic comedy by Jeanette Watts

Dear Diary,

In three years of college, there are seven times my life seemed to suddenly turn into a Jane Austen novel; seven times my life, instead of becoming a romance, turned into a made-for-TV drama.

 What am I doing wrong?

About Jeanette Watts

Jeanette Watts has written three Jane Austen-inpsired novels, two other works of historical fiction, stage melodramas, television commercials, and humorou...

Guest Post+Giveaway: The Blood of Azure Series by Jonathan J. Michael

A Guest Post from Jonathan J. Michael, author of the epic fantasy Blood of Azure Series

Four races with powers dictated by the seasons seek balance and prosperity. However, life instinctively primes itself for survival, and when one race commands the touch of death, all others fall in line. Tyranny plagues Azure as an immortal ruler governs the knowledge of the seasons and those wielding its power.

Four young protagonists, Stone, Jaymes, Goose, and Astor, each navigate their way to esc...

Excerpt+Giveaway: When Earth Shall Be No More by Paul Awad and Kathryn O’Sullivan

Featuring When Earth Shall Be No More, a science fiction by Paul Awad and Kathryn O’Sullivan

Environmental scientist Constance Roy is one of forty-nine refugees rescued from Earth’s destruction and transported to the ark spaceship Orb by an automaton race called the Curators. Twelve months have passed since their rescue. But now, with the ship’s orbit decaying, the refugees seem doomed to crash into Jupiter’s fiery belly.

In a parallel universe on present-day Earth, another version...

Author Discovery Project Review: Cursebird on a Wire by E.M. Burnham

Cursebird on a Wire (The Alchemist’s Agent: A Novella) by E.M. Burnham

The wine’s gone off

The ale’s musty

The cheese turned green on the spoon

How do you solve a curse when it’s no more than they deserve?

Ibram Ucalegon is an arm-for-hire with a slight problem. He’s committed the mortal sin of working for one noble while poking through the house of another. Worst of all, he was caught!

In return for his freedom, Ibram swears to supply Lord Halfrey with an introduction to h...

Review+Giveaway: Like A Lily Among the Thorns by Karen S. Bell

Review of cli-fi fantasy Like A Lily Among the Thorns by Karen S. Bell

There are those who are born into loving families and then there are the less fortunate who must forge their own families through strong friendships. At a local small library in New York City, one such family was born. And just like so many capricious happenstances in life, this family unit embraced newcomers and grew exponentially. But this clan was also charged with far more than spreading love and joy and a sens...

Excerpt+Giveaway: Murderous Interruptions by C.J. Carson

Featuring Murderous Interruptions, book 2 in the paranormal mystery Veils of Parallel Times series, by C.J. Carson

The paranormal mystery The Veils of Parallel Times continues with “Murderous Interruptions”. Allie Callahan’s nemesis is a challenging and formidable adversary.

Travel with Allie as she finally accepts and embraces her ancestral gifts to stop her archenemy who would have her destroyed for his own lust of power. Explore the depths of her relationship with this rival in ...

Cover Reveal+Giveaway: Violins and Vampires by CEE BEE

Cover reveal for vampire romance Violins and Vampires by CEE BEE

Lexa Kozlov must pay off her family’s massive debt to the mob… all while raising even more money to save her little sister. The result? A never-ending (and incredibly illegal) stakeout for the Bratva. Lexa barely has time to sleep, let alone find love. 

Enter Caelin Vass, the handsome Scotsman who runs Empire Investments. Caelin offers Lexa a new job with dollars galore, as well as a hot bod (his own) to contemplate e...