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Isolation The Soul Scribe Trilogy Book 1 by Tera Lyn Cortez Genre: New Adult Fantasy

What if you woke up one day and discovered all the things about yourself that you thought made you a walking disaster, actually made you very special? Growing up on Earth left Everleigh totally in the dark about the magic that exists in the world. In fact, she was unaware that the realms beyond her own even existed. She spent her life struggling to hide her peculiarities from the world, believing she was an anomaly, a freak of nature. Then a stranger showed up on her doorstep one day, leaving cryptic instructions that would lead her to discover just how much she didn’t know. If she follows them, she will learn that not only do the other realms exist, but that she is an integral part of their survival. The abilities she spent years trying to bury inside are just the tip of the iceberg. She must not only embrace them, but nurture them, and master them as quickly as she can. The world is counting on her, whether they know it or not. By the time she’s capable of making a difference, will it already be too late to save the ones she loves? Goodreads * Amazon

Invocation The Soul Scribe Trilogy Book 2

Everleigh’s life has gone from Isolation and loneliness to being bombarded with magical beings from all sides. When she is forced to flee the safety of the cabin and travel to the other realms, her world is turned upside down yet again. As she struggles to meet the needs of those relying on her, will she be able to balance the demands of learning her magic and preparing for war? If she wants to survive in a magical world, she’ll have to. Goodreads * Amazon

Inauguration The Soul Scribe Trilogy Book 3

What steps would you take to ensure that you came out the victor in a war that had been brewing since before you were born? Everleigh must answer that question correctly to ensure that magic as they know it will not cease to exist. To protect the realms, and those she has come to love, she must make life-altering choices guided only by her intuition. She has gathered warriors from every magical race available, seeking out those who are willing to help her put an end to the dark mage’s reign of terror. As they march on to the final battle between good and evil, will their forces prevail? Will everything they have done be enough? Even if it is, will the cost of victory prove to be too much for them to pay? At the end of the battle they can only hope that what is left of their world will be worth living in. Goodreads * Amazon

In addition to being a newly published indie author, Tera Lyn Cortez is a wife, mother to five and a voracious reader. She is also a lover of coffee, the ocean and all things chocolate. Her home is in the lovely Pacific Northwest with her family, although she does admit to being consumed with Wanderlust. Life as a writer allows her to indulge in traveling both our world and those that live only in our imagination when she can’t leave her office. Website * Facebook * Twitter * Instagram * Bookbub * Amazon * Goodreads

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The Chalice and the Crown by Kassandra Flamouri Genre: YA Fantasy

Driven, talented, and determined to live up to her family’s fame, Sasha Nikolayeva is ballet’s crown princess. But just when Sasha lands her most prestigious role yet, she falls prey to a host of disturbing neurological symptoms that threaten to end her career and her very life. As her mind and body deteriorate, Sasha spirals into a nightmare world where beauty and cruelty exist in the same breath and villains rule from the shadows. In the glittering, sharp-edged City of Roses, Sasha is no princess. She’s a thrall, a slave. Thousands like her suffer in cursed silence while citizens enjoy the splendor of the City, blissfully unaware that their servants are anything more than living dolls enchanted to do their bidding. But the City’s slavers know the truth, and they are always watching. One misstep could cost Sasha her life—or her soul. Even as she endures the violence and indignity of captivity, Sasha can’t help being drawn to the beauty of her nightmare world and the underground rebels who offer her friendship, shelter, even love. Before Sasha can break her chains for good, she’ll need choose between the life waiting for her at home and the countless lives she could save if she stays. To choose a nightmare over her real life, her future, would be madness…but maybe a little madness is just what it takes to change the fate of a city built on lies. Dreams and reality perform a captivating pas de deux in this tale of legacy and longing. A lyrical and original fantasy that, like its heroine, has the soul of a dancer. – Adi Rule, author of STRANGE SWEET SONG Goodreads * Amazon

In retrospect, I probably should have realized a lot earlier that I was meant to be a writer. Even as early as kindergarten, I struggled to pay attention in class because the outside world was just not as interesting as what was going on in my head. By that time, I had already made my storytelling debut (“Squirm the Worm,” delivered at age three) and had spent countless hours playing make-believe with my 284 stuffed animals, every one of whom had a name and detailed backstory. Though I quickly learned to pay attention (or at least look like I was paying attention) during school hours, I retained a tendency to daydream and a love of stories. When I left high school to attend the Sunderman Conservatory at Gettysburg College, I learned to translate both emotional and programatic content into music. Now, as an exam prep and college essay tutor, I have the time and flexibility to really dig into fiction again. My work has appeared online and in print in such venues as Timeless Tales Magazine and Quantum Fairy Tales. Website * Facebook * Twitter * Instagram * Amazon * Goodreads

There’s food. They throw a few crusts of stale bread into the cage and laugh as we fight over
them. A dirty, stubbled knee smashes into my face as I reach into the melee with one hand and
shove aside a frail old woman with the other. My hand closes spasmodically around a scrap of
bread but, as I bring the prize to my lips, another girl tries to snatch it from me.
I jerk away and bite her grasping fingers, lips pulled back from my teeth. She glares at me and
rubs her hand, like I’ve done something rude, like she has every right to my food. I glare back
and chew as slowly as possible, both to make it last and to rub it in the thief’s face. I hope they
sell her soon. She’s been a steadily growing pain in my ass for weeks now.
I’m not sure what it is that annoys me so much, there’s just something about her. Every time I
see her stupid, pouting face, I want to slap it. I try to remind myself that I don’t know her, she’s
probably a nice person—and anyway, why shouldn’t she pout? We gave up hope of escape
long ago. Most of us don’t even bother looking beyond the bars of our cage. We’re broken,
hopeless, wretched scraps of flesh and bone. If ever there was a situation to warrant a good
pout, this is it.
It’s no use—I hate her. I hate every inch of her, from her stupid blond head to her once no doubt
perfectly pedicured toes.
She used to be pretty. But now her long golden hair is no longer gold so much as a dull sand
color, almost brown, and it hangs in greasy tangles around her face.
Not that I can point fingers. My hair looks—and smells—like something you might find smeared
on the bottom of your shoe. Several weeks’ worth of grime has crusted on my body and raised
angry, putrid rashes in the creases of my elbows, armpits, everywhere skin touches skin.
But at least I’m alive. A few days ago there was rain, and the next morning one of the girls
began to cough and shiver. Last night the guards pulled her corpse from the cage and left it by
the roadside. Our only response was to take advantage of the extra leg room.
The giddy surge of relief lasted no more than a day. New aches and pains arrived to take the
place of old cramps, and now we shove and twist against each other just as violently as before.
Another inch or two and I could unbend my knees. Another foot and I could lean against the
bars.
We need more space. I consider the pouter, eyeing her emaciated form, and smile as thunder
rumbles in the distance.

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Murderous Passions The Turner Hahn/ Frank Morales Series Book 1 by B.R. Stateham Genre: Detective Mystery

The first novel in the Turner Hahn/Frank Morales detective series. Two homicide detectives and old friends who take on the homicide cases no one else in the police department want to touch. Two cops. Four homicides. One case involves a college professor and six thousand suspects. The second involves a dead farm girl, a dead gigolo, and a grieving housewife. The third is a jewel thief who likes to play with big caliber guns. The fourth involves a drug-crazed hoodlum with a killer’s desire to challenge the world. It’s just another working day for Detective Sergeants Turner Hahn and Frank Morales. Add to GoodreadsAmazon * Kobo

B.R. Stateham is a fourteen-year-old boy trapped in a seventy-year-old body. But his enthusiasm and boyish delight in anything mysterious and/or unknown continue. Writing novels, especially detectives, is just the avenue of escape which keeps the author’s mind sharp and inquisitive. He’s published a ton of short stories in online magazines like Crooked, Darkest Before the Dawn, Abandoned Towers, Pulp Metal Magazine, Suspense Magazine, Spinetingler Magazine, Near to The Knuckle, A Twist of Noir, Angie’s Diary, Power Burn Flash, and Eastern Standard Crime. He writes both detective/mysteries, as well as science-fiction and fantasy. Website * Facebook * Twitter * Amazon * Goodreads

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