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HEROPLOT: The Spear of Destiny

by Scott Harvey

A young ambitious student succumbs to the temptations of promise. Rewards, however, are not without their price, and as the role that he is asked to play becomes increasingly clear, the willing apprentice finds himself dragged ever deeper into a dark underworld where only one can prevail. Friend against foe, apprentice against master, whoever succeeds will hold power the like of which has never been seen before. Fortune will favour whoever is willing to force the hand of fate, but how long ca... more

Gods of Energy

by A. T. Southorn

20 years since the last sunrise,
a symbol of hope resurfaces
in the vast wastelands of Earth.

Arun Owondo is a scavenger, though not by choice and not for long. A band of reclusive Hillfolk have imprisoned him for wearing their prized possession: a pair of gloves that can wield cosmic dark energy.

If Arun is innocent, they'll need his help. The Hillfolk must embark on finding a lost companion and overthrowing the self-proclaimed God who des... more

Erift's Journeys: Secrets of The Sealed Forest

by J.T. Tenera

Airships and magic spells that create fire and slow time don’t exist in the real world. That was what Joseph Erift believed for seventeen years. They were just things you found in fantasy stories and video games. Or so he thought.

After winning an invitation to an exclusive game event and traveling halfway across the globe, Joseph is pushed on a journey by a coffee addicted professor that will forever change his life.

Now, to stop a vengeful young man from awakening an ancie... more

The Dark Realm

by Anthea Sharp

~ Book 1 in the USA Today Bestselling Series! ~ What if an immersive game was a gateway to the treacherous Faerie Realm? WHEN A GAME... Feyland is the most immersive sim-game ever designed, and Jennet Carter is the first to play the prototype. But she doesn’t suspect the virtual world is close enough to touch — or that she’ll be battling for her life against the Dark Queen of the faeries. TURNS REAL... Tam Linn is the perfect hero — in-game. Too bad the rest of his life is seriously flaw... more

A Firefighter Christmas Carol

by Douglas R. Brown

Life doesn’t always end at death. Supernatural suspense combines with psychological terror in this collection of six creepy tales exploring humanity’s darkest impulses. A burned-out firefighter with PTSD receives a succession of ghostly visitors trying to help him face his demons before it’s too late in a modern reimagining of Charles Dickens's famous A Christmas Carol. A solitary night janitor battles a sinister man in black. A firefighter fails to heed an otherworldly warning. A happily marr... more

Of Shadow and Ember

by Shana Vernon

A fire princess, the scourge of vale, and a mate bond...

Elaerys was one step away from completing a peace treaty to end the war that spanned hundreds of years -- all it would take was Arianna mating with the heir of Vale, the enemy kingdom in the north.

Arianna, broken inside and out after an attack by a savage beast that escaped in the cover of darkness, agrees but keeps her motivation a secret.
She leaves for Vale determined to hunt the beast that had torn her wo... more

Finding Fae

by El Holly

Note: this is the first book in a trilogy.

Your father and I are fae.
I want to see you someday.
When you are ready, follow the clues.

*****

The summer before her senior year had been a major disappointment for seventeen-year-old Eevee. Especially the bit at the end, when she had been dumped by her boyfriend of ten months. But her friends Maggie and Cam are a text away to help her pick up the pieces of her broken heart.

On top of this,... more

The Villain Institute

by Megan Linski & Alicia Rades

Love is even more dangerous behind bars. Ava-Marie: My name is Ava-Marie, and I love living on the dark side. Getting into trouble is kind of my thing, but one night, I take revenge too far. I’m sentenced to a reform school for magical delinquents... though really, it’s a prison. As the only supernatural who can control both fire and water, I’m already a target. To make matters worse, I literally share a soul with Charlie, a sexy inmate from the wrong side of the tracks. Surviving at the Inst... more

Tainted

by Xyvah M. Okoye

Trouble is brewing on the Southern border of Sabato, and Regan Kalish must do whatever it takes to protect his family. Without his father’s inheritance ring, the Lepane Prince seeks work with a Kuwaha, Dioohn, to help his mother and save his great-grandfather. He is reunited with his childhood best friend, Kayle, and the prodigious Sexa, as he uncovers the dark secrets about his bloodline and magical heritage. Secrets his family have tried to keep hidden, secrets that would change their lives a... more

The Midnight Man

by Kevin Klehr

Stanley is almost fifty. He hates his job, has an overbearing mother, and is in a failed relationship.

Then he meets Asher, the man of his dreams, literally in his dreams. Asher is young, captivating, and confident about his future—everything Stanley is not.

So, Asher gives Stan a gift. The chance to be an extra five years younger each time they meet. Some of their adventures are whimsical. A few are challenging. Others are totally surreal. All are designed to bring Stan clo... more

The Light and The Loyalists

by Viera Landis

The first in a five-book series, this book introduces a diverse, highly entertaining group of misfits who comes together to save the world from the oppressive Centaurian government, known as the Loyalists. Along the way they discover the gifts within themselves as they find friends, family, and even romance. The story begins in the Middle East and includes superpowers, daring heists and prison breaks, then ends on a pirate ship with the cast being pursued by the Loyalists.

The Bird's Wings

by Ryan Ball

Songbirds fly from wild - to the big city? Alex was dreaming to be a Broadway actor in New York City, but after Alex's mom died, he lives with his mean father called Mr. Flawman during Alex's middle school years, until it was his first day of high school. Alex loved high school, started having a crush on a girl called Tara Lollies, and Alex made a friend called Axel King. After that, Alex still dreamed of heading to New York City, but when he met a witch doctor, Alex, Tara, and Axel are all unde... more

UNJU

by Gleneley L Stander

In a setting where the multiverse is real, and travel between them can be manipulated, Katherine and Ethan must learn to navigate to these alternate realities to try to save their dying planet. Humanity is on a countdown towards extinction as climate change, pollution, and radiation have gone unchecked for decades, and it has taken its inevitable toll on their Earth-like planet and all of its inhabitants. The air has become unbreathable, the water undrinkable and mutants in all species have emer... more

Sparkle

by Arin Lee Kambitsis

Something evil is hidden in the woods outside of the beautiful town of Sparkle, PA, the kind of something Alyssa and Peter Huffy, newly arrived in town, do not believe in. But after Peter discovers a child hidden and shivering under a bridge on the edge of the woods - pale, terrified and bloody - he starts to wonder what could possibly be so terrible that it could frighten a child nearly to death.

That boy is twelve-year-old Derek Windward. He is the sole keeper of Sparkle&... more

Showdown at Jupiter's Edge: A Maxo Magnaveer Adventure

by Paul and Phillip Garver

In the year 2247, Detectant Maxo Magnaveer yearns for an opportunity to prove himself in the Cosmic Law Force so he can be promoted to squad captain. When a greedy privateer, Colonel Zaza D'Rump, brazenly hijacks a shipment of synthetic foods on its way to Mars with plans to starve the colony to death unless he is given control of Earth's shipping lanes, Maxo sees his opportunity to rise above, save the day, and finally move up in rank and prestige.

Fooled by those he thought we... more

Breaking Yesterday

by Brent R. Baker

You can have whatever you want. Under one condition. Laurel Martin and Jig Klein have nothing in common other than a smooth talking abductor offering an enticing reward for their cooperation. The mysterious kidnapper claims to have mastered time travel, and they are free to use it to fulfill their deepest desires…if they first step 2,000 years into the past, kill the young Jesus Christ and forever wipe Christianity from the pages of history. Friends and family launch a desperate search... more

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