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An intolerable order.

A desperate charade.

A deadly secret.

“She wasn’t dreaming, in a coma, having a mental breakdown, or in hell. She was abducted by aliens.”

Before Commander Torek Renaar can return to active duty, he’s ordered to purchase an animal companion to help relieve his PTSD symptoms. But having been a caretaker for and lost a loved one, keeping even one little human alive is a challenge he feels doomed to fail. It doesn’t help that his animal companion is the newest, most exotic breed on the market, demanding constant attention, daily grooming, and delicate handling. If she doesn’t die first in his incompetent care, she’ll be the death of him.

After witnessing the murder of her domestication specialist, Delaney McCormick allows her new owner to treat her like the pet he believes her to be. If anyone suspects she’s more intelligent than a golden retriever, her murder would be next. She endures the humiliation of being washed, the tediousness of being trained to “sit” and “come,” and the intrigue of hearing private conversations. But in Torek’s care, she finds something unexpected on this antarctic planet, something she never had in all her years on Earth while house-hopping between foster families: a home.

As companionship grows to love, must Delaney continue the charade, acting like an animal and hiding from the murderer waiting on her misstep? Or can she trust Torek with her secrets, even if the truth threatens everything he holds dear—and both their lives?

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About the Author:

Melody Johnson is the award-winning author of the “out of this world” Love Beyond series and the gritty, paranormal romance Night Blood series published by Kensington Publishing/ Lyrical Press. She graduated magna cum laude from Lycoming College with her B.A. in creative writing and psychology.

Earning the 2021 Maggie Award of Excellence, Beyond the Next Star (Love Beyond, book 1) is an exciting branch from Melody's paranormal romance roots, keeping the dark grit from her Night Blood Series and taking it to new worlds. Her first published novel, The City Beneath (Night Blood, book 1), was a finalist in the “Cleveland Rocks” and “Fool For Love” contests.

When she isn’t writing, Melody enjoys swimming, hiking, reading, and exploring her new home in southeast Georgia.

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The Syren’s Mutiny

Author: Jessica Taylor

Publisher: Jessica Taylor --Kindle $3.99 –Paperback 18.99

361 pages Published: Nov 8, 2022

Jessica Taylor’s first book of her series opens with action and a new approach to the legend. Taylor’s descriptive writing grabs a hold of the reader out of the gate and keeps them in a vice like grip until the last page then entices them to preorder book two, The Captain’s Revenge.

These creatures are not those residing in Disney’s imagination. They show no mercy, wreaking havoc on ships and the sailors who crew them. You can almost feel the cold of the sea and the cold of the syren’s hearts, save our protagonists.

Taylor’s writing captures the imagination without being over flowered. Her prose allows you to hear the cracking of timbers, sinking of ships and sailors meeting their end. Taylor soon fills in an intricate plot with suspense and tension. Romantic tension between our protagonists, more tension between them and the antagonist evil and good on full display. Along the way, Taylor provides some sidesplitting humor and romance.

She masterfully shifts point of view with clarity as well as evolving her characters as the story progresses easily bringing readers to empathize with her characters. She keeps readers turning the pages and refusing to put the book down.

Will family ties be healed? Will evil triumph? Read on to find out and then preorder The Captain’s Revenge to continue the journey. Most ENJOYABLE read.

Ian Conner Black Raptor Reviews Five Stars

Reviewed on November 10, 2022

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"It’s frightful bad luck to have a woman aboard.”

Brigid knew the superstition, but when her father tried to marry her off, she had no choice but to stowaway on a ship bound for Bhodheas. When she’s discovered and discarded, her fate seems sealed…until she’s saved by the ocean and its queen.

Transformed into a syren and given new life, Brigid now has the power to seek revenge on those who wronged her.

Caelum has spent his entire life trying to help those who couldn’t help themselves. After years suffering the cruelty of his pirate father, saving others from a similar fate was ingrained in him. But when he’s unable to save a young girl from being thrown overboard for hiding away, he’s devastated.

Until one day, when he’s thrown into the water by unforeseen forces, he comes face to face with the past, and maybe, with his future.

But there’s a darkness lurking on the seas they both call home. And Caelum and Brigid have no idea just how intertwined their stories really are.Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/authorjessi...Purchase:Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Syrens-Mutiny-...

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Two best friends search the galaxy for love – while an oppressive human government hunts for them.

Two best friends looking for love.

An oppressive interstellar government.

Adulthood has never been so stressful...

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Genre: Science Fiction, Space Opera

Publisher: Magpie Editing

Date of Publication: Nov 10, 2022

ASIN: B0BHXRZ8NP

Number of pages: 550

Word Count: 237,000

Cover Artist: Kateryna Kyselova

For the first time, all five books in The Meaning Wars are united as a complete collection. In this queer space opera featuring a diverse cast, a found family navigates the politics of revolution and freedom.

Join Crystal, a wormhole engineer, and Sarah, an English Literature graduate with a chip on her shoulder, as they try to find romance and friendship - while an oppressive interstellar government watches their every move.

As Crystal deals with her faltering marriage, Sarah makes risky career decisions - by doing what's morally right. Running from the surveillance state of the Human Conglomerate, will the Interfederation's multi-species alliance prove their salvation? A crew of old friends and a union of renegade space pirates may be their way out. But first, they have to save rebel icon Patience Ngouabi from arrest and certain torture - and make sure they all get out alive.

Fans of Ruthanna Emrys' A Half-Built Garden and Becky Chambers' Wayfarers series will love the cosy yet intense adventures of this crew of misfits fighting for political and social justice.

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About the Author:

Michelle Browne is a sci fi/fantasy writer. She lives in Lethbridge, AB with her partners-in-crime and their cats. Her days revolve around freelance editing, knitting, jewelry, and nightmares, as well as social justice issues. She is currently working on the next books in her series, other people's manuscripts, and drinking as much tea as humanly possible.

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A queen trapped in a game of lies.

A king fighting for power.

A magic on the brink of liberty.

Genre: YA Fantasy

Pre-Order Release Date November 8, 2022

Of Deceit and Snow is the second installment of the Crowned Chronicles, a series following passionate and determined Queen Rosemary as she faces love, reign, the threat of war, and the mystifying world of the Talented.

A queen trapped in a game of lies.

Queen Rosemary Avelia has never felt so out of control of her own life. In the kingdom of Tarasyn, she is fighting for her survival, playing to her captor’s wants and desires for a bride—and for her kingdom of Lecevonia. She must keep her wits about her if she is to survive the extravagant, Talent-infused court life of Snowmont. But how long can she balance between her game and her need to return to her kingdom? To her people?

A king fighting for power.

King Gryffin Danicio is also struggling to stay in control. The more he covers up the secrets of his family, the more fragile his hold on the minds of the people of his kingdom becomes. Beneath the luxurious rooms and gilded furnishings of Snowmont is a dark, hidden past–and a future full of hope and power not only for Tarasyn, but for the entire Magian Peninsula. Gryffin has plans for the Talented of the Magian Peninsula, but without Rosemary’s support, his idea of a land strengthened by magic may never be fulfilled.

A magic on the brink of liberty.

An awakening of the Peninsula’s ancient magic is on the horizon. Rosemary must choose to stop it—or aid Gryffin in bringing it to fruition.

But first, she must get home.

And she cannot do it alone.

Pre-Order Release Date November 8, 2022

Ashley W. Slaughter was born and raised in south Louisiana, among sugarcane fields lining the banks of the Mississippi River. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from the University of Louisiana at Monroe in 2018 and worked as a wildlife biologist before pursuing her career as an author. Writing has always been a passion of hers, as shown through her near-to-bursting manila folder of short stories she’d written throughout grade school, and the COVID-19 pandemic has allowed her to rediscover this passion. She enjoys hiking, kayaking, spending time with her husband and pets, and, of course, reading.

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In a world of sirens, pirates and unspeakable danger, one might crave a quiet life on the Garden Isle…but not this blue-eyed girl.

Fairy Tale/ Dark Fantasy/ Romance/ Mermaids & Pirates

In a world of sirens, pirates and unspeakable danger, one might crave a quiet life on the Garden Isle…but not this blue-eyed girl.

Upon the death of her guardians, Emerelda Mirabel comes to inherit three curious things:

A book…

Not a diary or fable, but something almost sentient. This riddlesome book hums with power, each page offering strange warnings and temptations…Perhaps speaking to a future already written?

A desire…

Adventure calls to the young captain, a hunger for something more than a simple fisherwoman’s life. Upon her ship, The King’s Arcana, she will sail the eight seas, venturing to strange lands with strangers amongst her crew. But at what cost?

A heartless prince…

Seemingly cursed with no heart, Prince Ryder could not care less about his kingdom, his family or even life itself. But when the king insists his son travel with Emery to find a cure for the affliction, something finally stirs within. Something he cannot explain. Something binding him to the blue-eyed girl.(Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...Purchase:Amazon:

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Kate Craft is a British, fantasy author who debuted in March 2022 with her first book in The Chaos Covenant series. Stepping into the world of indie publishing, she continues to chase her dream of weaving new tales filled with love and mayhem.

Born and raised travelling the world, Craft finally settled in the United Kingdom to complete a BSc in Psychology and Criminology, before joining the British Army in 2016. She is always eager to hear from readers and writers, so feel free to reach out!

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While the world revels in the myth of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates starting the computer revolution in a garage, the real story goes back much further. Hans Bodmer’s book documents the computer age as he experienced it. Beginning with the punch card, an era most of today’s computer students would not even begin to understand, Bodmer explains his way through the actual history of computers. Via personal recollections, quotes from people like Seymore Cray, and assignments at places like CERN, Switzerland and Sunnyvale, California. Bodmer’s reminiscences add color and depth to the story and he has happily shared it with all of us.

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Upon a Wicked Tide

Author: Kate Craft

Publisher: Kate Craft --Kindle $4.50

331 pages Published: Oct 31, 2022

A mysterious plague, a mysterious book, and mysterious requests from guardians is how Kate Craft begins Upon a Wicked Tide. What a marvelous tease the first couple chapters are!

“Only what is allowed.” The mysterious book taunts her not to follow her aunt’s instructions.

Thus, Kate Craft sets the atmosphere for her entire book and the reader’s entire journey. Questions, Questions and more questions and few answers to be had at least at the beginning. Kate does a wonderful of introducing the characters and keeping true to them as they slowly evolve over the course of the tale.

The magical creatures in her story are all presented new twists are not the only surprises. Chapter after chapter Kate Craft keeps you turning the pages searching for answers. I was thrilled with the tale and looked forward to picking the book up each chance I got. Job well done and HIGHLY recommended.

Ian Conner Black Raptor Reviews Five Stars

Reviewed on October 30, 2022

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