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The Forest by Krista Wagner

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A cynical teenager. A magical forest. A chance to find hope.

When a bitter teenaged boy discovers an impenetrable magic portal, he must get help from the girl he once bullied.

Abused by his father and mistreated by his teachers, teenager Shane is growing more resentful about his life. But Shane’s cynical worldview is challenged when he stumbles upon a hidden portal. On the other side, he finds a forest that transcends time, the very same forest he used to bully his fifth-grade classmate, Amanda, for believing it was real.

Transported back into his own childhood, Shane discovers a talking pebble that is willing to guide him. However, the forest is reluctant to give up its secrets, and Shane finds he must turn to Amanda for help. The forest offers Shane his only chance to escape from his miserable life, if only he can overcome the pang of the past to embrace this new future.

Continue the magic in Book #1 The Gold!

Targeted Age Group:: YA

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
To see how a bully can be transformed against all odds.

The Moon Rogue by LMR Clarke

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The Moon Rogue by LMR Clarke

Join Emmy on her journey from humble and abused apothecary’s apprentice to lynch pin in a plan to save the world from ‘Dark’ magic in this fantastical coming of age story.

Prince Mantos, rightful heir of the Masvam Empire, is murdered to allow Dorai, the Dark Goddess, to seek ultimate power.

However, all is not lost, for Mantos has died once before and mysteriously returned from the dead.

Into this tumultuous conflict steps Emmy, a slave who escaped captivity, only to be enslaved once more. Recognized by the healer Rel, who shares Emmy’s unusual skin coloring, as a descendant of the Uloni, a race brought forth into the world by the daughter of gods, Emmy may be the key to returning balance to this world.

Enemies become friends, and lovers become enemies as the battle lines are drawn in a desperate struggle to save the world from Dark Magic.

The Moon Rogue is a must read for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Emily M. Danforth and Samantha Shannon.

Featured Book: Aspiring, Part 1 of the Siblings’ Tale by Astrid V.J.

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A coven of witches plots to overthrow a kingdom. One brave woman stands in their way.

At her mother’s death-bed, Elisabeth learns her mother’s illness is no accident and that her own life is in danger. Evil witches are plotting to take over the kingdom of Vendale. All alone, naive, and untrained, Elisabeth’s determination is all she has to confront her mother’s murderers as she discovers love at the same time. While Richard’s behaviour sends distracting mixed messages, Elisabeth finds herself stuck in limbo: she is treated like a child but is forced to make adult decisions. Meanwhile, the witches’ plot spins a fateful web around her. Can Elisabeth succeed in the face of insurmountable odds?

This is a fairy tale fantasy following Elisabeth’s journey of becoming as she fights witches and falls in love. This unorthodox, self-trained magic user has only her determination when she faces off a coven of witches planning to take over the kingdom of Vendale. Enter the mind of an anxious fourteen-year-old as she finds her place in an unforgiving society.

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Featured Book: Dragonfly by Resa Nelson

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Rejected by her own community.
Cast away with a stranger.
Desperate for a place to belong.
Greeta knows she’s different. It’s clear—all anyone has to do is look at her. But now it’s more obvious than ever. Born in the Northlands, her father and aunt brought her to the Great Turtle Lands so long ago she can’t remember anything about her homeland. An adopted member of the Shining Star Nation, Greeta always assumed she belonged. But in a single day she’s rejected by her own family as well as the young man she’s loved all her life. Forced to leave home, she wonders if she’ll ever return. Greeta’s journey leads to an unexpected place with surprising ties to the mysterious past she can’t remember. And she’ll learn that the name given to her by the Shining Star Nation—Dragonfly—has a much deeper meaning than she could ever imagine.

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Featured Book: Key to the Journey: A Magical Adventure (The Chronicles of Hawthorn, Book 2) by Rue

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Maybe the gift Flynn hoped for is a curse after all . . .

Young Flynn Hawthorn anxiously awaits the return of the initiates to Moa Bend. Normally she doesn’t look forward to her training sessions, but she’ll do anything to end her endless afternoons trapped in Mistress Tamsin’s Herb Hut.

Without warning, Flynn’s world turns upside down. Her best friend disappears in Dreamwood Forest. Her mother, the High Priestess, finally tells Flynn the truth about her father–a truth that comes with more questions than answers. And somehow, the falcon she chose to train is triggering strange episodes of time-warped astral travel!

Flynn embarks on a journey to uncover long-awaited answers. Will she find a way to save her people from the growing threat in Southeil, or will she unwittingly put herself directly into the hands of the Shadow Witch?

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Featured Book: An Average Curse: A Tale of Friendship and Magic (The Chronicles of Hawthorn, Book 1) by Rue

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Her world is in peril. Magick is her only hope. As of this morning, she still can’t cast a single spell.

On an island hidden from the rest of the world, Flynn Hawthorn, the ninth daughter of the ninth daughter, lives under a curse. In a land filled with magick, Flynn is forced to live her life as a Watcher—born into magick, but unable to wield it.

Her birth fulfills an ancient prophecy that’s waited nine generations to be satisfied. Flynn must reunite the separated halves of the Book of Shadow and Light to restore balance to her world.

Dark forces oppose her purpose and as the threat from the Shadow Coven of Southeil touches her shores for the first time in generations, Flynn must pretend—with the help of her best friend Hazel—that she actually has magick. Hazel would do anything for Flynn, but the game they are playing may cost them their lives…

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Featured Book: The Dragonslayer’s Sword by Resa Nelson

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In the medieval Northlands, a dangerous family seeks power. They slaughter all who get in their way.

Children’s rhymes hint at what’s to come, but no one recognizes the danger at hand.

Astrid doesn’t know she holds the key to this power. She’s just a blacksmith who makes swords for dragonslayers.

But Astrid has a dark secret …
A dragon once chewed her up and spit her out.

She hides the old scars covering her body through shapeshifting.

But the time for hiding is over.

Book 1 in the Dragonslayer series.

This YA Epic Sword & Sorcery Fantasy series is written for adults but appropriate for ages 14 and up.

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