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Y’all,
Happy Summer Solstice to those in the northern hemisphere! Sadly, I haven’t made it to the pool yet, but we have reclaimed the yard after it going feral this spring. Plus, pounding out words.
For those who decided to try out the summer bingo challenge, how is it going? I’m on a Contemporary Western kick, so checked that box off.
Don’t forget SBTB is also offering reader prizes to go along with the card, if you needed more incentive to add to your TBR pile.
REGION TWO UPDATE: Unfortunately Shadow Agent has been delayed until late this summer. So, don’t panic if you receive a pre-order cancelation notice from Amazon. When it releases, it will be at .99 THE FIRST WEEK, as a thank you for your patience.
JUNE FREEBIES
My name is Ella Grey, and I died recently.
I flat-lined for eighteen minutes after a freak accident during my Demon Patrol shift. But I somehow survived—good, right?
Except ever since, I can’t shake the feeling that I’m no longer quite me. I’m having nightmares about flying with demons and strange visions of my brother who disappeared five years ago.
My search for answers has come up empty, until one night I stumble across a boy trapped in a genetically-modified gargoyle, a creature that escaped from the nearby labs of Jacob Gregori. While trying to save the boy, the thing that hitched a ride with me from beyond the grave shows itself.
It’s a reaper, and it’s eating my soul.
And once the reaper consumes my soul, it will take over my body and mind and I’ll be gone for real this time.
I could have the reaper exorcised, but it knows where my brother is. And the reaper’s abilities are my best weapon in the fight against Jacob Gregori, who’s bent on unleashing a worldwide wave of evil. But I can only utilize the reaper’s abilities if I can stop it from killing me first.
I’ll need all the help I can get from the soul-eating reaper, a sexy magic technologist named Johnny, my best friend Deb and her coven of witches, and my hellhound-Labradoodle sidekick Loki. But will it be enough?
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When the last living druid master sets out to rebuild the druidic order, he’ll need every magic trick in the book to face down the unspeakable evil that stands in his way…
Colin McCool here, the final heir to Finn the Seer’s druidic legacy. I’m done serving tricksters, gods, and fae, and now it’s time to attend to personal matters.
Priority number one? Fulfilling my master's dream by rebuilding the druid order.
Since the fall of the druids 2,000 years ago, the gods, vampires, and fae have wreaked havoc on humanity. It's time for that reign of terror to end.
But if I’m to restore the druids to their former glory, I’ll need a safe place to train my recruits. Ideally, someplace where they won’t get curb-stomped by the gods.
I can’t think of a better place to hide out than an alternate timeline where the gods and fae are too busy fighting a civil war to bother with little old me. So, it’s time to head back, settle old scores, clear the alternate timeline earth of the undead, and plant some new druid groves.
This time, I’m ready for those bloodsucking bastards. With a powerful werewolf alpha and the world’s saltiest necromancer at my side, the vampires won’t know what hit them.
After I finish that business, who knows? Maybe I’ll take a vacation, and possibly even settle down.
But first, I have some serious vampire slaying to do—about three million of them.
Nobody ever said being a druid master would be easy…
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Welcome to Eclipse, where we serve the most magical Margaritas you'll ever taste.
When Nycholas, the immortal owner of the bar, gets killed, the balance spirals out of control.
In order to hunt down the monster and stop the apocalypse, we pull Eclipse into the magical side. But with the discovery of my magic powers comes an abundance of supernatural species.
They're here, and they're thirsty for Midnight Moon. One wrong ingredient and I'm done for.
When Fino shows up, my troubles begin. He’s hot, smart and funny. Or does he have a dark side?
My name is Cal and I’m the drink whisperer. One drop and you’ll be hooked!
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One academy prepares the lucky descendants of Greek gods for a life of power and privilege.
Another must teach the descendants of mythical monsters how to serve their betters.
When the Greek gods mysteriously woke twenty years ago, everyone with divine blood gained magic. Everyone dreams of that rare, sacred invite to the Olympian Academy.
A small-town, awkward klutz like me has no chance of an invite. I can only hope to escape working in my grandmother's dusty convenience store after graduation.
But when I accidentally summon a void that almost eats my so-called friend, my tracker finds me.
Ronin.
Insanely gorgeous, descended from Zeus, and out of my league, he sweeps me out of my boring life.
Of course, there's a catch. Only some magical people go to Olympian.
Others get sent to Cursed Academy, where the descendants of dark gods and monsters train to serve.
Guess what? I’m unlucky. Cursed Academy, here we come.
But maybe that’s not the end of it. I have a type of magic no one’s seen before, and even though Ronin goes to Olympian next door, he keeps finding me. And now he’s my tutor.
That’s good, even if he's annoying. Someone is trying to kidnap me thanks to my unique magic, and maybe they’re already on campus. With nowhere else to turn, I need Ronin’s help.
Can I deal with the terrifying truth about myself and my powers?
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FREE
Some Love Stories Defy Fate. Others Are Drowned By It.
Eira Ravensong was never meant to love a man of the land. As Queen of the Selkie Court, her duty was to the sea, to the ancient laws that bound her people. But when she met Cormac Willowheart—a fierce, grounded druid warrior—her heart chose defiance. Their love was forbidden, their union a dangerous secret whispered between the waves.
When Eira bears a child—a daughter born of both sea and stone—their world begins to unravel. The Selkie Court demands blood, and an old rival, the warlock Lucien de Noire Chevalier, sees the child as more than a scandal. She’s a key to unimaginable power, and he will stop at nothing to claim it.
Hunted by her own kind and betrayed by those she once trusted, Eira must navigate a world where magic comes at a price, and love may be the most dangerous gamble of all. But the sea has its own memory, and it doesn’t forgive easily.
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In a world where the children of the gods inherit their powers, a descendant of the Greek Fates must solve a series of impossible murders to save her sisters, her soulmate, and her city
Descendants of the Fates are always born in threes: one to weave, one to draw, and one to cut the threads that connect people to the things they love and to life itself. The Ora sisters are no exception. Io, the youngest, uses her Fate-born abilities as a private investigator in the half-sunken city of Alante.
But her latest job leads her to a horrific discovery: somebody is abducting women, maiming their life-threads, and setting the resulting wraiths loose in the city to kill. To find the culprit, she must work alongside Edei Rhuna, the right hand of the infamous Mob Queen—and the boy with whom she shares a rare fate-thread linking them as soul mates before they’ve even met.
The investigation turns personal when Io's estranged oldest sister shows up on the arm of her best suspect. Amid unveiled secrets from her past and her growing feelings for Edei, Io must follow clues through the city’s darkest corners and unearth a conspiracy that involves some of the city’s most powerful players before destruction comes to her own doorstep.
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She saved him from destruction, now he won’t leave her alone.
Swearing to herself she’d never get involved with an alpha due to a devastating loss, Shante, a therapist with magic and an omega, has now gained the attention of an alpha demon. When he asks her for help controlling his beserker rage, she can’t say no. However, maintaining her walls around the handsome alpha proves more challenging than she anticipated.
Devin’s a demon and detective over demonic crimes. He’s also one rage away from losing all that he holds dear. Traumatized from his violent nature as a beserker, he’s sworn off falling in love to protect himself and those around him. However, when he meets the beautiful witch, Shante, he can’t ignore the pull he feels for her. When she agrees to help him control his rage, he begins to surrender his heart to her despite his promise to himself.
As the pair fight to overcome their painful pasts for love, they must deal with the increasing dangers in the city as demon and non-demon relations reach a deadly breaking point.
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Two souls. One spell. No way out but through each other.
When a binding spell goes awry at the Greyriver spring market, a sharp-witted non-binary witch and a brooding exiled fae prince find themselves tethered by magic—and forced to share emotions, space, and one increasingly complicated heartbeat.
What begins as mutual annoyance deepens into vulnerability, heat, and something that might almost feel like fate... if they let it.
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CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Theodore Augustus Lawrence, Lord Lowry, or simply ‘Laurie’ to those who have the misfortune to know him, has been in love with his best friend for years.
But now they are no longer children, playacting at swordfights, climbing trees, and swimming in creeks under the stars.
Now, they are each expected to take their places in society. For Josephine St. Claire, or simply ‘Jo’ to her sisters and Laurie, that will mean marriage. To someone else.
And the very thought makes Laurie feel as if he is submerged underwater with no hope of rescue. He can’t go on like this. He needs to speak to her about his feelings, and it needs to be soon. He cannot bear the torment of wanting her any longer.
But a little voice in his head keeps whispering:
What if she is not ready? What if she only wants to be your friend? What if she rejects you?
And if the little voice is right… What then?
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She woke up with no memory of him.
But he never stopped loving her.
After a devastating car accident, Shannon Callaghan wakes up to a world she doesn’t recognize—including the man at her bedside claiming to be her fiancé.
Jack MacCarrick was ready to build a life with Shannon. But now she looks at him like he’s a stranger. As she struggles to piece together her past, Jack is forced to confront a heart-wrenching truth: the woman he loves might never come back to him.
But Jack isn’t giving up—not on her, not on the love they shared, and not on the future they still deserve. Even if she can’t remember who he is… he’ll remind her what it means to be loved completely.
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