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Shadow Magic: Six Strong Heroines of Urban Fantasy Kindle Edition

by Aimee Easterling (Author), Pippa DaCosta (Author), Annie Bellet (Author), Format: Kindle Edition
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Dive into six full-length urban fantasy novels by USA Today and national bestselling authors!

Escape into tales of shifters and sorceresses, gamers and bakers, demons and artifact hunters, plus one very mischievous Norse god. Full of adventure, mystery, romance, and plenty of snark, these novels will immerse you in magical worlds while you turn pages far into the night.

Huntress Born by Aimee Easterling - Werewolf and baker Ember leaves her pack to hunt for her missing half brother. But with danger growing on all sides, it's only a matter of time before she gets burned. By an author described as a "good choice for Patricia Briggs fans."

Beyond the Veil by Pippa DaCosta - Half-demon and half-human, Muse tried to lead an ordinary life. But when an underworld assassin comes after her, she must embrace her powers—and make a formidable deal with the Prince of Greed.

Justice Calling by Annie Bellet - Between hiding out from her evil ex-boyfriend who wants to steal her power and keeping her friends safe from dangerous magics, Jade Crow has all the problems. For fans of The Dresden Files and the Iron Druid, this is a nerdy urban fantasy full of snark and fireballs.

Getting Wilde by Jenn Stark - Tarot-reading artifact hunter Sara Wilde can find anything, for a price. Then a wickedly sexy magician offers her the ultimate challenge: Sneak behind Vatican walls...and steal the Devil himself. Globe-trotting, fast-paced, high-stakes adventure perfect for fans of Darynda Jones, Faith Hunter, and Ilona Andrews!

Wolves by C. Gockel - When Amy prays for help, Loki the Norse God of mischief and Chaos isn't the savior she has in mind. Loki can't resist Amy's summons, but he can insist that she help him outwit Odin, ruler of the Nine Realms. The start of an epic urban fantasy with myth, magic, and mayhem!

Empowered: Agent by Dale Ivan Smith - The world says those possessing superpowers are either heroes or villains. But what if you're both? Former rogue empowered Mathilda Brandt must return to villainy in order to save her family and thousands of others from a psychotic criminal mastermind.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B084R84JV1
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wetknee Books (February 11, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 11, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4648 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 1018 pages
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  1. Annie Bellet

    Annie Bellet

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    Science Fiction and Fantasy for gamers and nerds!

    USA Today bestselling and Alfie Award winning author Annie Bellet holds a BA in English and a BA in Medieval Studies and thus can speak a smattering of useful languages such as Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Welsh. Her other interests include rock climbing, reading, horse-back riding, video games, comic books, table-top RPGs and many other nerdy pursuits. She lives in the Netherlands with her husband.

    Series with suggested reading order:

    The Twenty-sided Sorceress- (a complete series!)

    Justice Calling

    Murder of Crows

    Pack of Lies

    Hunting Season

    Heartache

    Thicker Than Blood

    Magic to the Bone

    Dungeon Crawl

    River of No Return

    Balancing the Scales

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    The Gryphonpike Chronicles- (A complete series!)

    Witch Hunt (Free!)

    Twice Drowned Dragon

    A Stone's Throw

    Dead of Knight

    Brood Mother

    Into the North

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    Pyrrh Considerable Crimes Division-

    Avarice

    Wrath (coming 2020)

    Find out more about her and her books by going to her website at http://www.anniebellet.com

    Want to be notified about new releases? Sign up for the new release mailing list and get occasional free books, bonus stories, and other goodies!

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  2. C Gockel

    C Gockel

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    C. Gockel has been writing stories for her friends and family since the dark ages (i.e., before word processors existed.) A few years ago, she started posting those stories to the intertubes. She received emails, messages, and reviews from her fans telling her she should 'do this professionally.' She didn't; she is a coward and life as a digital designer, copywriter and coder is more dependable. But in the end, her husband's nagging wore her down: "You could be the next '50 Shades of Gray' and I could retire!" Unfortunately, the author writes science fiction and fantasy, and isn't particularly good at writing erotica. She is sad about this; she'd love for her husband to be able to retire and just work for her so she could nag him.

    At the moment, Ms. Gockel is working on the next installment of the Archangel Project.

    Ms. Gockel loves to hear from readers. She can be reached by email at: cgockel.publishing@gmail.com

    Her Facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/CGockelWrites

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  3. Pippa DaCosta

    Pippa DaCosta

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    Born in Kent, UK, Pippa's published books have featured in--- "Wait a second. Let's cut to the chase. I write kick-a$$ urban fantasy novels with conflicted characters, breathless action, and no-holds-barred dialogue. My books may not leave you feeling all fluffy and warm inside, but they will excite you. There will be plot-wists, there will be angst, probably a few dead bodies, and very likely your favorite character will turn out to be the bad guy. Don't say I didn't want you..."

    Pippa's family moved to the South West of England where she grew up amongst the dramatic moorland and sweeping coastlands of Devon & Cornwall. With a family history brimming with intrigue, complete with Romani angst on one side and Jewish survivors on another, she has the ability to draw from a patchwork of ancestry and use it as the inspiration for her writing. Happily married and the Mother of two little girls, she resides on the Devon & Cornwall border.

    Visit www.pippadacosta.com to see what she's working on today.

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  4. Jenn Stark

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    Jenn Stark is an award-winning author of paranormal romance and urban fantasy. She lives and writes in Ohio. . . and she definitely loves to write. In addition to her "Immortal Vegas" urban fantasy series, she is also author Jennifer McGowan, whose Maids of Honor series of Young Adult Elizabethan spy romances are published by Simon & Schuster, and author Jennifer Chance, whose Rule Breakers series of New Adult contemporary romances are published by Random House/LoveSwept and whose modern royals series, Gowns & Crowns, is now available.

    You can find her online at www.jennstark.com, follow her on Twitter @jennstark, and visit her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/authorjennstark.

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  5. Aimee Easterling

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    Aimee Easterling wasn't raised by wolves, but she did spend the first ten years of her life running wild in their habitat. Since then, she's backpacked across three continents, spent over a decade homesteading half a mile from the nearest road, and now unearths excitement amid fictional werewolf packs.

    Her USA Today bestselling books straddle the line between urban fantasy and paranormal romance...because everyone deserves a pack, a mate, and an adventure. Download your free starter library when you sign up for her email list: www.aimeeeasterling.com/?page_id=12

    Or dive into a new series. Recommended reading order:

    Wolf Rampant series (Shiftless is FREE)

    Alpha Underground series

    Wolf Legacy series

    Moon Blind series

    Samhain Shifters series

    Moon Marked series (Wolf's Bane is FREE)

    Kira Fairwood series

    Time Bites series

    Moon-Crossed Wolves series

    Dragon Mage series

    Happy reading and welcome aboard!

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  6. Dale Ivan Smith

    Dale Ivan Smith

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    A life-long resident of the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Dale Ivan Smith has his mother to thank for his love of science fiction and fantasy. When he was five, he glimpsed the cover of a paperback sci-fi novel she was reading and was immediately interested. (It had a giant radioactive spider on the cover.) When he was fifteen, she loaned him her collection of Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom novels and he devoured them in short order.

    He got into trouble in grade school for sneaking off to the library during class, so naturally he wound up working as a librarian for the Multnomah County Library system in Portland, Oregon.

    He's been writing fiction since he was a kid. He's had stories published in Perihelion Science Fiction, Everyday Fiction, 10Flash Quarterly, and on the Toasted Cake podcast. The Empowered is his first novel series, beginning with Empowered: Agent.

    When he isn't writing or reading fantasy and science fiction, he's playing board games, practicing yoga, and obeying his feline overlords.

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Teri Hicks
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and exciting
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2020
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First off I can't believe this box set was free. I plan on picking up a couple of these series and running through them. Now the one from Jenn Stark I have already raced through that series and loved every book and branched out to more. These funky, strong, crazy, stubborn women have been thrown into the lives they now find themselves immersed in. While they fumble and make mistakes they are clearly up for the challenge (they just don't know it yet). The characters have you spinning sometimes but bring it all to a finish in a great way leaving you wanting more of the series. Lost of thrills and intrigue, action and mayhem and mostly clean reads they will lead you on through their chase. Loved the set and the intro to some new exciting authors.
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LaffingKat
4.0 out of 5 stars I was charmed by the cupcake-baking heroine of Huntress Born
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2020
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This box set appears to have an exciting selection of urban fantasy novels featuring strong heroines. Each is the first in a series, so this is a nice way to discover new series that you might enjoy. Based on previous experience with these authors, I’m looking forward to reading several of the stories in this anthology, but so far, I have only read Huntress Born by Aimee Easterling, so my review is currently based solely on that story. I will update the review as I have time to read more.

Aimee Easterling reliably delivers fun shifter stories with exciting plots. Huntress Born is the first volume in her Wolf Legacy series, which is a spinoff of her Wolf Rampant Trilogy but can definitely be enjoyed alone.

I found Ember a charming heroine. I loved how she tried to solve so many of her problems with baked goods and was always guessing at what someone's favorite dessert would be. I liked Sebastien too, though I feel like we haven't really gotten a chance to know him very well yet. My main complaint with this book is that besides our main character, I felt like I didn't get to know or understand the other characters as well as I would have liked, so their actions didn't always make sense.

This was a relatively quick read that effortlessly captured and held my interest. The pacing was good and the plot was exciting. However, while I really enjoyed this book, it wasn't always an easy read. There are a couple of scenes featuring sexual assault, and while the text is never too graphic, it could be triggering for some readers. The story also ended much more abruptly than I was expecting, so keep that in mind if you dislike cliffhanger endings. Fortunately, Huntress Bound (Wolf Legacy Book 2) and the remaining two books of the series are already available.
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dora la exploradora
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoying the reading
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2020
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So far, I have only read Born Hunter by Aimee Easterling but by the descriptions of the other books and the authors, this anthology promises to be very interesting and a surprise that they are available in a single set.
Huntress Born by Aimee Easterling
This first book in Ember’s crusade to find her elusive brother was interesting, entertaining and amusing with the beginning of an adventure that kept me chuckling at each moment. Armed with her cupcakes, her smart deductions and strong alpha traits, Ember was decided to fulfill her mission and return, unharmed, to her pack. Strong willed but at the same time yearning for her home-pack, she felt Wolfie’s direct line was not helping her. When things got complicated with strange events that didn’t pair with wolf ways, her fate become an uncertain one. Very interesting story with a witty and funny protagonist in her first adventure far away from her home pack. Liked the twists in the story that kept me interested all the time and left me very intrigued. Adventure, mystery, drama, suspense, some violence and romance.
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H. Bane
5.0 out of 5 stars Really great
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2020
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This is a really great set of books by some really great talented authors. Each book has a great storyline that grabs your interest. I love the characters and each book is well written. I would definitely recommend reading this set.
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Auntie Em
3.0 out of 5 stars Could not get into these stories
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2023
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Boring, too long, complicated. I could not get past the first three chapters of each one.
I'm getting too old for intrigue and so much angst.
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Miran
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2022
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Great! This bok was actually one of the best urban fantasy novels i have ever read in years.Well written and well-paced! Plot moved fast and full of exciting.I am absolutely loving this series.
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Mikky
4.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2020
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* This is a review for Beyond the Veil by Pippa DaCosta only.

This is a solid 4 star read. I'm actually surprised by how much I liked this book. I love reading about half demons in a fictional earth in the present day and this book just hit the spot. Don't even get my started on the plots twists.

In the beginning, with Muse running back to her so called demon kind-of-not-boyfriend-king-dude was very annoying. The one thing the got me irritated with it was that she KNEW he was dangerous and probably wanted her head on a stick and yet she kept trusting him. She should have HUGE trust issues with the type of life she's been dealt. Every time she even thought about Akil it was like all rational thought flew out the metaphorical window. Backbone, where are you?!

I've decided that I'm Switzerland when it comes to picking a team in this book/series. Sure, Stefan is the obvious choice, but I just can't get over the fact that he f***ed Muse over the WHOLE book. He misled the heroine and the reader by default. To say the least, that hurts. On the other hand, I would never, in my right mind, pick Akil. If you've read the book, do you even have to ask? He's King evil incarnate (literally) with no redeeming qualities, period.

That ending cuts very deeply. I almost cried. It was THAT heart wrenching. After getting slapped upside the head with plot twists every five pages during the WHOLE book I still didn't see that ending coming. Really, Stefan? You just had to go and protect her like that?

Favorite Quotes:

"Stefan was right when he said you don't want to make an enemy of me. If I can kill my demon owner, I can certainly kill you."

"You were leading me right into the lion's den."

"The convenient 'gentleman's agreement between demons' excuse."
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Letícia Nascimento
5.0 out of 5 stars Bom
Reviewed in Brazil on March 8, 2022
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Muito bom
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Anne-Luce Zahm
5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars for the "I bring the fire" story
Reviewed in France on February 8, 2022
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One book was worth reading (wolves: I bring the fire by Gocken, I even bought the next ones), one was not so bad (Justice calling). I stoped reading the others after one or two chapters: too much inconstancy in the heroin mood or decisions.
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carolann a.
5.0 out of 5 stars Good selection ranging from good to excellent
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 12, 2020
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Good selection of stories ranging from good to excellent.
1. Huntress born. Aimee Easterling. 1st of series Wolf Legacy (4 total). Werewolf/human leaves home territory lloking for brother. Good story but ends on cliff hanger which is frustrating.
2. Beyond the Veil. Pippa da Costa. 1st of series The Veil (5 total). Half human half demon hybrid on journey of self discovery. Reasonably good.
3. Justice calling. Annie Bellet. 1st of series 20 sided sorceress (10 total). A sorceress in hiding, hiding her abilities to stay under the radar but events dictate otherwise. Good but very short. Seems like just intro to the series.
4. Getting Wilde. Jenn Stark. 1st of series Immortal Vegas (10 total). Excellent. Heroine is bright, competent and sassy. One of the few that I would consider reading the rest of the series-& they are relatively cheap too.
5. Wolves. C Gockel. 1st of series I bring the fire (8 total). Norse mythology, Loki story. Good.
6. Empowered agent. Dale Ivan Smith. 1st of series The empowered (total 5). Good story, abbout how people get trapped in situations.
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katheyer
5.0 out of 5 stars First things first... this cannot be real, but it is… this is an incredible offer
Reviewed in Germany on March 7, 2020
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The “Shadow Magic Box” is a compilation that includes six full-length series starters by some of the most interesting authors in Urban Fantasy. I still cannot believe this set really exists! I have read some of the stories before, others were new to me, and no, I would not tell you which. Just say that they are books by my favourite UF authors of all times. I pick the set for two reasons: first I wanted to try the to me unknown authors and secondly it comes in handy to have all six books in a single place so to speak. As all six books are the opening story in a series the set offers a fantastic overview into a variety of bestselling authors. Do yourself a favour and pick the set right now, you would hardly get a better offer and chances are that you’ll find your next favourite author among its pages!

This is a quick review of each of the stories 😊

Huntress Born (Wolf Legacy Series) by Aimee Easterling
Ember is a female Werewolf, who is forced to leave her pack for the first time as her half-brother goes missing. Her initial conviction of doing a quick run, finding her brother and returning back home, is challenged as soon as she put her eyes in a certain (and very forbidden) human. Ember is adorable, naïve, funny and smart all at once, and as a bonus…. there are cupcakes.

Beyond the Veil (Veil Series) by Pippa DaCosta
Muse a demon/human hybrid trying to blend in the human realm, has to embrace her demons powers as an assassin from beyond the veil threatens to destroy her very existence in this realm. The uneasy relationship between Muse and Akil (her demon master) is delicious, Aki is exactly the kind of character you would love to hate and can live without.

Justice Calling (Twenty-Sided Sorceress Series) by Annie Bellet
Jade Crow have been on the run for twenty-years from Samir her ex, who wants to strip off her powers. As the owner of a game-shop in Wylde, Idaho she is just hiding in plain sight as Alek, a were-tiger enforcer shows up to complicate things. Jade is a very unusual heroine, and a very strong one.

Getting Wilde (Immortal Vegas Series) by Jenn Stark
Sara Wild is a treasure hunter capable to find anything… for a price using a very special method: Tarot reading. As Armaeus Bertrand, the genuine Magician of the Major Arcana ask her to find and recover the Devil from a prison in the Vatican, she is more than eager to please, and so her position as official “hunter” for the Arcana Council begins. Sara and Armaeus are one of the most satisfying pairings in Urban Fantasy.

Wolves (I Bring the Fire Series) by C. Gockel
In this unexpected mix of Norse Mythology and Urban Fantasy, the life of Amy Lewis (an average American human) and Loki (the Norse God) become entangled as Amy is being chased by an enormous wolf, as the very same time as Loki wakes up in his cell without recognition of what has happened to put him there. Loki true to character the ultimate antihero, a trickster who stops at nothing to reach his goal, but no evil in nature, and as Amy comes into play his capacity for good manifest. There is both deep moments and funny times in the story. A must for all Norse Mythology fans out there.

Empowered: Agent (Empowered Series) by Dale Ivan Smith
Meet Mathilda Brandt the villain or maybe not? Mat just didn’t want to join the Hero Council, so they threw her in prison. Now she just turned twenty-one and have been paroled, which bring a whole new set of problems. Mat just wish to be let alone and go on with her life, but as a gang of criminals threatens her family, she must accept “the offer” of some secret agency to avoid going back to prison for good this time. Mat is a villain turned hero with superpowers and witty retorts. A fast-paced story with action and whimsical elements.
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Lynall
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent anthology
Reviewed in Australia on March 3, 2020
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This is an excellent collection of stories with strong female protagonists, I didn’t find a bad story in the lot, every story captivated me and I struggled to put the book down, even though all the stories were different. I totally recommend this anthology.
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