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The First House

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Description Murphy has seen ghosts all her life. Usually, they're harmless. Strange shadows in the corner of a room. Pale figures that vanish when she looks twice. Whispers from the dead that have become little more than background noise. But the First House is… Continue reading The First House

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Going to Summertime

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Description Every suburban street holds secrets and ghosts, but Summerland Place holds more than most. The team from The Red Mullet Hair Salon head to Summerland Place to explore the abandoned houses there, on a prepaid, enter at own risk, explore every nook and… Continue reading Going to Summertime

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Cruel Nights

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ1/4 Description Charlie died in Nevada, 1973, after seeing Led Zeppelin live on stage and making the wrong choice on the long drive home. Corey meets him at a TAD gig seventeen years later and feels an immediate attraction. They both swear their night together will be a onetime thing, but neither can stay away.… Continue reading Cruel Nights

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Dark Heart #1

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Description Most people are oblivious to the dangers that lurk in the shadows. Dark Heart reveals a 65,000 year old story of the Elder Protectors that stand between Us and Them. They defend the Lore that protects the people. If the Lore is broken by the dying of the light, who will stand and… Continue reading Dark Heart #1

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Cleverman #1

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Description In the near future, creatures from ancient mythology have emerged and must co-exist with humans. Known as โ€˜Hairypeopleโ€™ they must live amongst humans and battle for survival in a world that wants to exploit and destroy them. Yulu seeks a better life for herself and her family. But the opportunity she seizes comes… Continue reading Cleverman #1

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The Bewitching

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Description โ€œBack then, when I was a young woman, there were still witchesโ€: That was how Nana Alba always began the stories she told her great-granddaughter Minervaโ€”stories that have stayed with Minerva all her life. Perhaps thatโ€™s why Minerva has become a graduate student… Continue reading The Bewitching

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Slavic Myth: Morrana

Morrana is the Slavic goddess of winter, death, decay, and rebirth, a queen of endings who makes space for beginnings. Not evil. Necessary. Who is Morrana? Goddess of Winter & cold Death, decay, and the grave Night, stillness, and silence The threshold between life and afterlife   In old Slavic belief, death wasnโ€™t feared and… Continue reading Slavic Myth: Morrana

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Cinder House

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Description You think you know Cinderellaโ€™s story: the ball, the magical shoes, the handsome prince. Youโ€™re halfway right, and all-the-way wrong. Ella is a haunting. Murdered at sixteen, her furious ghost is trapped in her fatherโ€™s house, invisible to everyone except her stepmother and stepsisters. Even when she discovers how to untether herself from… Continue reading Cinder House

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Market of Loss

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Description There are many things for sale at the market of loss. Your mother's heart. A smile that makes you ache. A chance to feel alive for the first time, or the last. But remember, before you buy, everything at the market is really… Continue reading Market of Loss

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The Demon King

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Description He is known as The Prince of Lies. The Father of Demons. He is Alagai Ka, the Demon King. Though humanity won a hard-fought victory in its war against demonkind, the Demon King has escaped in search of a new queen to restart… Continue reading The Demon King