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Rebel

The last time Timothy broke a rule, he got suspended. But when he defies the faery empress, it might well get him killed.

Reader ages: adult, middle grade, young adult

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Skinshifter

A skinshifter must overcome her curse and unite with other war refugees to defeat the deadwalkers who massacred her clan.

“Alycia Christine’s Skinshifter sinks its fangs into a meaty plot pumping with action.”

—Lorehaven review, winter 2019

Reader ages: adult, young adult

A Pocket Full of Murder by R. J. Anderson

In the spell-powered city of Tarreton, twelve-year-old Isaveth is poor, but she’s also brave, loyal, and zealous in the pursuit of justice—which is lucky, because her father has just been wrongfully arrested for murder.

Reader ages: middle grade, young adult

Darkness Brutal

Seventeen-year-old Aidan can see demons, smell emotions, and feel the past in his skin, but can he save his little sister from his mother’s deal with a demon?

Reader ages: adult, young adult

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The Bloodheart

Bowen Cord seeks only treasure, and despises his heritage as an ice-summoner. Magic could not prevent his wife’s death. What allegiance, then, should he owe it?

“Rzasa’s first-person, present-tense delivery proves surprisingly versatile.”

—Lorehaven review, summer 2018

Reader ages: adult, young adult

Waking Beauty

Prince Arpien intends to gain a throne and the sleeping beauty’s heart with a single kiss. But kissing the princess is only the beginning of a series of unforeseen obstacles: man-eating bugs, deadly spindles, talking lapdogs, and fiery pickles.

Reader ages: middle grade, young adult

Dreams Of Caladria

Persus Am is a world where music is absolutely prohibited – on pain of death. And Jeremy breaks that law when he arrives in Persus Am in a swirling cloud of light and music.

Reader ages: adult, young adult

Manipulations

The city of Akbarra is threatened by bizarre and macabre creatures from the Tainted Land, and looks to the Talla Empire for help.

Reader ages: adult, young adult

The Willow Branch

A healer must mend a fractured kingdom and bring two enemy races together before a greater enemy destroys them both.

Reader ages: adult

Storm Siren

In a world at war, a slave girl’s lethal curse could become one kingdom’s weapon of salvation. If the curse—and the girl—can be controlled.

Reader ages: young adult

Shadow Hand

This is a story about blood. And love. And the many things that lie between. By her father’s wish, Lady Daylily is betrothed to the Prince of Southlands. Not the prince she loves, handsome and dispossessed Lionheart, but his cousin, […]

Reader ages: adult, young adult

Sentinel

When a meteor storm knocks out the power grid, the supernaturally gifted become pawns in humanity’s struggle for survival.

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Luckbane

In a dystopian future, online gaming is the ultimate escape … until one corporation lets lucky players play their favorite game on a distant planet.

Reader ages: adult, young adult

Taming The Goblin

Frederick must choose to become truly human, or become like a goblin, while the goblin, Nous, must choose to stay a goblin, or become more human.

Reader ages: adult, young adult

Paradox

When four teens stumble into another world, Paragon, they discover they are descendants of an ancient race and endowed with God-given abilities.

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The Foundlings

The world’s only hope is in a prophecy hardly anyone believes in anymore. Tenna and Tander strive to save their world—a world that may not want to be saved.

Reader ages: adult, young adult

The Crystal Scepter

When the wicked king Pythius learns of the realm of Elysiel and the crystal scepter that protects it, he journeys to kill the Keeper and steal the scepter.

Reader ages: young adult

Seeking Unseen

It’s been two years since Angel learned the magic chip of wood inside her locket would grant any wish. What is taking her so long to choose?

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Tales Of Woe and Wonder

Nine fantasy stories from Jeff Chapman. There are new fantasy stories and fairy tales as well as classic fairy tales retold.

Reader ages: adult, young adult

Men Of Renown

Men of Renown blends the legend of Atlantis with the story of Noah’s flood in a sword-and-sorcery adventure for the whole family.

Reader ages: young adult

Mythical

Colonel Mark Kenslir is the last of the Cold War supersoldiers–and he’s just come back from the dead.

Reader ages: adult

Star Of Justice

Caissa Ocren joined the knighthood for the scholarship program, but undergoes a crash course in survival.

Reader ages: adult

Live And Let Fly

Super-spy spoofing with exotic locations maniacal middle-managers, secret agent men, teen rock stars in trouble, and more!

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Illusion

Dane and Mandy, a popular magic act for forty years, are separated by a car wreck. Then Mandy awakes in the past, with truly magical abilities.

Reader ages: adult, young adult

The Windrider Saga: Books 1 and 2

A compilation of the first two Windrider fantasy novellas, Divine Summons and A Greater Strength, by Rebecca P. Minor.

Reader ages: adult, young adult

Allon Book 5: Gauntlet

Prince Titus, son of King Tyrone and Queen Tristine, is kidnapped, and the suspects are Tunlundian pirates. But what do they want with a 7-year-old boy?

Reader ages: young adult

The Land Of Ather: Day One

John Kardinairo finds himself magically transported to the strange land of Ather where he must find the mysterious Golden Book in seven days.

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A Light In The Darkness

When a mysterious archer shows up in the forest, Merrilyn becomes caught in a battle between two forgotten gods.

Reader ages: adult, young adult

A Greater Strength

Captain Vinyanel Ecleriast and his comrades have managed to avert the disaster of their king’s abduction, but all is not well in the elven capital of Delsinon.

Reader ages: adult, young adult

The Land Of Darkness

Twelve-year-old Jadiel is forced by her evil stepmother to fetch the rejuvenating leaves from the Eternal Tree by next full moon or her father will be killed.

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Divine Summons

Will Captain Vinyanel Ecleriast allow his contentious relationship with his half-elven mentor to interfere with his sworn duty?

Reader ages: adult, young adult

Finding Angel

Angel doesn’t remember her magical heritage … but it remembers her. Magic and science collide when she embarks on a journey to her true home, and to herself.

Reader ages: adult, young adult

Allon Book 4: A Question Of Sovereignty

Determined to save her father, Tristine meets two unlikely allies: a blacksmith and a crippled beggar. But how can they stop a coup? And what will become of the Great King? Book 4 of the Allon series, fantasy for teen readers and older.

Reader ages: young adult

Reality’s Ascent

When the demon Beltrid demands that Sisko use his supernatural ring for evil, Sisko’s refusal turns his world upside down. Trapping Sisko’s wife, Beltrid sends Sisko and his teenage children on a journey to free her. Book 2 of the The Reality Chronicles series, fantasy for teen readers and older.

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Orphan Of The Shadows

In the faraway kingdom of Madaren, Elon Amaeloriey, a young orphan girl, lived a life of pain and struggle. But the lonely life she knew changed forever the day she stumbled upon a gang unlike any other. Urban fantasy for young adults and older by Abby Ryan.

Reader ages: adult, young adult

Hero In Hiding

Join the cast of Hero in Hiding for your next dose of Good Guys, Gryphons, Villains and their Victims, a Passel of Protagonists and their Plethora of Problems, with a few Teachable Moments along the way. Book 2 in The Hero Complex comedy fantasy series by Mitchell Bonds.

Reader ages: adult, young adult

Reality’s Dawn

A mystical ring binds Sisko to bless others with miracles and avoid using its power for himself, which would lead to a curse. With his friends, Sisko explores the emerging reality through his travels and adventures. Book 1 of the The Reality Chronicles series, fantasy for teen readers and older.

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Allon Book 3: Heir Apparent

Emperor Kamu sends an ambassador to Allon offering a royal marriage between his daughter and sixteen-year-old Prince Nigel. But soon, strange things start happening. Book 3 of the Allon series, fantasy for teen readers and older.

Reader ages: young adult

Allon Book 2: Insurrection

With the Dark Way defeated, King Ellis starts restoring the House of Tristan. To him and Shannan, a son and heir is born, Prince Nigel. But not all is blissful in Allon. The Dark Way doesn’t die easily. Book 2 of the Allon series, fantasy for teen readers and older.

Reader ages: young adult

Earthbow, Volume 2

“Xander hastened to nock his arrow to the Earthbow. His hands were trembling, as he’d feared.” Can teen Outworlder Xander and his allies overcome the evil unleashed by the evil Cenoc?

Reader ages: adult, young adult

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—Lorehaven on Sep 30, 2022

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“Jason William Karpf’s post-apocalyptic novel The Deliverer transports a grim yet hopeful story, leading to satisfying conclusions for his characters.”
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“Tight situations and Bradley Caffee’s rapid style energize this bracing finale for the Chase Runner world.”
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