In Forging the Blade by Arwen Falvey, Avalia Spade stands before The Well of the Regents, accused of unlawfully killing Phineas Ash during the wedding of Aurellius Stillwell in FarTide. Once known as The Ringmaster’s Blade, she is forced to relate the path that led...

In A Breathtaking Life Lived in Daydreams, Sergio Silveira tells the story of Laura, a Victorian wife and mother who spends much of her inner life in detailed daydreams where she is bold, admired, and free. Outside of her imagination, Laura lives a very quiet...

“It had offered everything he ever wanted in the world, then dared him to shoulder the responsibility that came with it.” Unfortunately, responsibility is in short supply in the novel Nowhere by Ryan Freerksen, but there is much ambition and resentment. Picking up where Somewhere...

What the Dead Remember by Christina Welbourne follows Olive Fairwater, who travels to a remote town to take care of her dying grandfather. There she finds family secrets that had been hidden over the years. Olive sorts through her grandfather’s belongings and finds an old...

Lupines Bloom Where Blood Falls by Remy Renard is set in a mountain town that stays alive by keeping its secrets buried. Lorewood looks ordinary, but it’s built on old magic and monsters that never really left. When Aurora arrives, that balance starts to fall...

Everleigh's princess, Emberline, was betrothed to Jonathan, ruler of Karis, to stave off war between the two kingdoms. When matters come to a head, Jonathan sends his most trusted knights, led by General Kaden, to collect his bride. Kaden feels something is off about this...

The Everling and the Acid King is the first book in The Everling Series by J. Christie. As a baby, Chezzy was teleported by Winnifred Baker through dimension after dimension. Baker was desperately searching for a safe place for him. Chezzy was raised in a...

Dragons of Janaidar and Elijah is book one in author Robert Dean Holland’s science fiction fantasy Stolen Man series. Set on planet Janaidar, Adept Alahna breaks sacred law after confirming a coastal, intergalactic slaving operation that the Huan Long Shui Sisteren governing council refuses to...

After a bloody raid on Golacia by an alliance of the three houses of Daar—Morura, Requuan, and Cafreyn—Tuenor, the high ruler of Morura, wins Pilaer, a beautiful Golacian warrior. Over seventeen years, Pilaer bears Tuenor two children, Mikal and Mirriae. At twelve, Mirriae wishes to...

Boudicca’s Knife by Steven James Foreman is a fascinating fantasy. The narrative follows the “life” of a Celtic dagger for a thousand years, its blade variously a knife, a family heirloom, and a ceremonial sword, but always the harbinger of death. A great deal of...