contemporary fantasy

Bibliomancer by Frances Evelyn

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Time to choose your last book
Emily Brewster is an angel. Ask anyone she reads to at the hospice. So when she’s arrested for murder, it should be easy to clear her name. There’s only one problem. She thinks she might be guilty.
But what if death isn’t The End?

“I was entranced by the story and unable to put it down” (Bookshelf Adventures blog)
“Beautifully bittersweet” (Archaeolibrarian)

Targeted Age Group:: Adult

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
This story came out of my own love of reading and that feeling of being lost in a book.

Featured Book: Hexed in Texas: A Humorous Fantasy by Kathy Burford

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A Russian witch steps through her magic mirror. The heir of a voodoo queen makes more conventional travel plans. But why are they headed for Texas?

Once upon a time (a year ago, if you’re a stickler for details), chaotic magic leaking from Alamo excavations triggered an improbable event, drawing the attention of two unlikely rivals in search of a rare prize.

The Russian witch Baba Yaga has been living in her chicken-legged hut in the forest since–even she can’t remember how long.

M. C. Laveau, the CEO of Laveau Pharmaceuticals, merchandizes products that exploit the magic of her grandmother Marie (yes, that Marie).

Book 1 of the Baba Yaga Chronicles, described by reviewers as “full of humor and surprises,” “unexpected and satisfying,” “a delightful magical romp,” and “the perfect read.” Available for free on Kindle Unlimited.

If you like light-hearted fantasy with offbeat humor, clever plot twists, and quirky characters, read the Baba Yaga Chronicles!

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The Changeling Tree by Frances Evelyn

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A missing girl. A Faerie game. An abandoned baby.

Once upon a time, Alison Watts made a promise. She’s been waiting for the right moment to tell her daughter, but when Alison’s taken ill, her time runs out.

How do you tell a secret no-one will believe?

The Changeling Tree is the first magical instalment in the real-world fantasy Changeling Tree series. If you like tangled time-lines, Faerie bargains and family sagas, you’ll love Frances Evelyn’s intriguing story.

Targeted Age Group:: Adult

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I've always loved time-travel stories where two people in a relationship experience events in a different order, so I wanted to explore what would happen if four generations of the same family lived their lives out of synch. Traditional tales tell of people coming back from the Faerie world to find that years have passed without them, so there was a natural fit between time-travel and the little people. I was also inspired by the Leicester legend of Black Annis, who lived in a cave she'd scratched with her own fingernails and snatched children who wandered alone in the woods.

Ashes and Blood by Katie Zaber

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Ashes and Blood by Katie Zaber

“I’ll start at the beginning. Long ago, before roads, before we built structures, before medicine was discovered, before the government was created, before man gained any knowledge, there were The Five. Independent from each other, The Five had a mutual respect for one another. They knew their roles in the world and their duty. They were gods…”
An adventure begins when an otherworldly tree captures the attention of Megan and her friends. The environment morphs around them, transferring them to an exotic planet. Stuck in a rural town still maimed by the plague, a chance encounter with a familiar face gives Megan and her friends some security during their adjustment period.
While settling into new, promising lives, they are attacked and stalked by planet Dalya’s humanoid inhabitants, who focus on Megan. One dark night, after an epic, magical attack, the Fae King’s knight is sent to fetch Megan. When she wakes up a prisoner, she learns that there is much more to this strange world, and it is oddly more like her own than she ever would have expected.

Featured Book: The Dragon in The Garden by Erika Gardner

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There is magic beneath the mundane and in The Dragon in the Garden, Siobhan Orsini witnesses it all. No lie can fool her, no glamour or illusion can cloud her Sight. She sees through them all and wishes she could close her eyes. Returning to face her past, Siobhan inherits her grandparents’ house in California’s wine country. She encounters a talking dragon, a hot fallen angel, a demon lord, a Valkyrie, and, oh yes, her ex-boyfriend. And that is just in the first twenty-four hours.

It’s time to find out why she has this power.

Siobhan seeks out the Oracle and learns that only her Sight can help mankind navigate the travails of an ancient war. Our world is the prize in a battle between the dragons, who would defend us, and Lucifer’s fallen angels, who seek to take the Earth for themselves. Using her gift, she will have to make a choice that will decide humanity’s future.

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