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Featured Book: Gems of Fire by Diane E. Samson

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Palace of Sunderland. Paradise to the peasants. Prison to sixteen-year-old Anna, daughter of the king. She can never escape the castle’s cold walls and scorning disapproval of her father and his brute royal counsel, Seamus. She’ll always live in the shadow of her late mother the queen. Will they ever see her for who she really is?

A riding accident lands Anna in the hands of traders who sell her as a slave in distant Kasdod to none-other than her father’s enemy, Lord Anwar. After overhearing a dangerous plot to conquer Sunderland and kill the royal family, Anna must escape and warn her father, even if it means facing her greatest enemy.

With the doom looming over her, Anna is approached by a dangerous-looking man in the dark. He claims to want to help her, but can she trust him with her secrets? The perils of the journey ahead will push Anna to the limit and answer the one question that has always plagued her. Will she ever be enough?

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The Viking’s Apprentice by Kevin McLeod

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The Viking’s Apprentice by Kevin McLeod

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What would you do if you discovered nothing was as you thought, and the fate of your friends, perhaps even the world was in your hands?

That’s the reality Peter must face in this award-winning middle Grade adventure, The Viking’s Apprentice.

Campbell’s Cove is a small town surrounded in mystery and intrigue. The history of the Cove tells us of dragons, trolls, goblins and the evil Master who stole children, livestock and, strangest of all, eggs from the Cove every year. Aided by the hideous monster, Tolldruck there seemed no stopping their evil plan.

That was until, centuries ago, a Viking warrior came to Campbell’s Cove and vowed to rid it of all evil, and claim the prize offered by the mysterious church elders. The Viking succeeded and everything returned to normal. The evil was gone, and Campbell’s Cove was safe again… Until now.

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When Peter and George visit Peter’s Granddad’s amazing mansion in Campbell’s Cove for the summer holidays they had no idea it would change their lives forever. Deep beneath them in the caves of the Cove an evil has returned, an evil which threatens to destroy everything they believed to be true about the world.

Peter must learn who he really is, and what he must do to save the children of the Cove. Together with George and his Granddad they go on an adventure that reveals secrets, test friendships and confronts their biggest fears. Can Peter save the children? Can the Master be stopped? Find out in The Viking’s Apprentice.

Featured Book: Serenity’s Song by Lynn Landes

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The Saints of the world are being hunted, betrayed by the Guardians who were sworn to protect them. Once every five hundred years a new Saint is chosen and gifted with tremendous power. After five hundred years of waiting Ayva intends for that power to be hers! No one will stop her this time. Not Michael, the son of the Saint, and certainly not some human girl.

In another world, Serenity is a singer whose dreams are about to come true, but a chance encounter with a little boy forever changes her destiny. After Serenity is injured protecting Michael’s son, Michael does the one thing he knows he shouldn’t do, he brings her home.

Serenity awakens to a world of magic, desire and danger. Legend tells of a time when the guardians will fall. A Queen will be chosen, gifted with power potent enough to protect both worlds. Her role is to ensure the safety of Michael’s family until a new Saint is chosen.

Is Serenity strong enough to return peace to Christmas?

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Featured Book: The Mind’s Eye by K.C. Finn

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A girl with a telepathic gift finds a boy clinging to his last hope during the war-torn climate of Europe, 1940.

At fifteen, Kit Cavendish is one of the oldest evacuees to escape London at the start of the Second World War due to a long term illness that sees her stuck in a wheelchair most of the time. But Kit has an extraordinary psychic power: she can put herself into the minds of others, see through their eyes, feel their emotions, even talk to them – though she dares not speak out for fear of her secret ability being exposed.

As Kit settles into her new life in the North Wales village of Bryn Eira Bach, solitude and curiosity encourage her to gain better control of her gift. Until one day her search for information on the developing war leads her to the mind of Henri, a seventeen-year-old Norwegian boy witnessing the German occupation of his beloved city, Oslo. As Henri discovers more about the English girl occupying his mind, the psychic and emotional bonds between them strengthen and Kit guides him through an oppressive and dangerous time.

There are secrets to be uncovered, both at home and abroad, and it’s up to Kit and Henri to come together and fight their own battles in the depths of the world’s greatest war.

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Featured Book: The Guardian and the Rogue Shadow by S L Lewis

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About The Guardian and the Rogue Shadow by S L Lewis

Greenfield is no longer safe and as Eden’s defenses continue to fall, a red cloaked figure begins stalking Daniel Smith like prey.

After Daniel’s first year as the Wizarding Guardian he hoped he had seen the worst, but as his summer holidays drew to a close, and Gilbert asks him to take down a destructive group of wild Imps, Daniel’s secret identity and location is soon revealed.

This is the second book of The Guardian series which follows on where book one – The Guardian and the Dream Crawler – left off. Find out what happened to the main group of Characters that survived the Dream Crawler and also meet some new ones along the way. Retaining the fun, excitement, magic and fast paced action from book one, The Rogue Shadow is the next step along Daniel Smith’s road to becoming the greatest Guardian in history.

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Streaming Stars by Vicky Savage

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In Book 2 of the Transcender Trilogy, eighteen-year-old Jaden Beckett has thirty days to ultimately decide her own destiny. Which path will she choose? Her current life with her loving family in Connecticut? Life in an intriguing alternate world with the man she loves? Or the amazing life of a multi-universe Transcender?
Jaden and her mentor, Agent Ralston, of the Inter-Universal Guidance Agency return to Domerica, where she reunites with her mother and her fiancé, Ryder Blackthorn, experiences fantastic Transcender adventures in exotic parallel worlds, and narrowly escapes a hit squad of black knights. In the end, Jaden’s decision is anything but simple.

Targeted Age Group:
Teen to Adult

How is Writing In Your Genre Different from Others?
Fantasy must be absolutely the most fun genre to write in. We fantasy writers can let our imaginations run wild building new worlds, creating extraordinary creatures, and devising otherworldly adventures. As much as possible, I try to do my research and keep my creations believable, so as not to stretch the bounds of suspended disbelief to the breaking point, but for the most part, I just want the reader to have an awesome time in a completely unique environment.

What Advice Would You Give Aspiring Writers?
The best advice I ever received about writing was “just finish it.” I had several half-finished novels languishing in a drawer, and my current story seemed to be going nowhere. A local author visited my son’s school and over lunch she convinced me that finishing the first draft–no matter how ugly–was 80 percent of the battle. I took her advice and even though the story shifted and changed over the course of the drafting process, and I did about a million rewrites, I finally finished my first novel, TRANSCENDER. It felt great!

Author Bio:
Prior to becoming an author and publisher of young adult fiction, Vicky Savage enjoyed many diverse occupations; flagman on a construction crew, trial lawyer, and healthcare company executive, to name a few. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Minnesota and a Juris Doctorate from the Florida State University College of Law. She has resided in seven different states and London, England.
Vicky currently lives on the west coast of Florida with her boyishly charming husband, her handsome son, and two effervescent dogs. She is diligently working on Illuminosity, Book 3 of the Transcender Trilogy.

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I believe that, at some point, everyone wishes to possess magical powers of some kind! Don’t you? If I could choose my power, I’d choose to have the ability to travel among different dimensions and visit new and exotic worlds. Also, I think it would be fun to experience different lives simultaneously. Of course, if I could choose a life to experience, even temporarily, it would be that of a princess or queen (or, let’s face it, a rock star). So, I gave my protagonist this remarkable ability, and presto, she wound up in a parallel universe where she was a princess! How cool is that?

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