Featured Book: Monster Hunter (Limited Edition Paranormal Romance Collections) 

When you make your living on the open road fighting monsters, love is barely in the rearview mirror.

With family lore and urban legends as their guide, hunters track banshees through bogs, exorcise demons, and try to find the best dry cleaner to get pixie dust out of their favorite jacket.

Finding out you’re fated to fall in love with the monsters you’re meant to destroy is just adding insult to injury. Falling in love with your best friend who’s also a monster hunter is almost as bad, and that incident with the cursed object and the
succubus doesn’t even bear mentioning.

Follow these hunters in this action packed anthology filled with your favorite authors as they defend humanity from creatures that go bump in the night and find love along the way.

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Featured Free ebook: The Intrusion by Melissa Riddell

The end of her world is just the beginning.

The dystopian, apocalyptic prequel to the Savage Worlds Series.

Nearing high school graduation, Tilly Morgan’s eager to leave her small Texas town. Armed with a plan to start fresh with her older sister in Florida, her dreams are obliterated when the planet goes dark.

An electromagnetic pulse ravages Earth, rendering the world’s electrical grid useless. No technology. No modern conveniences. No power. Widespread panic tears across the country and roving bands of looters and rioters overpower the weak.

Max Jacobsen, the town’s bad boy and troublemaker, teams up with Tilly in a bid for survival. There’s more to Max than he shows and Tilly finds herself caring for him more than she should. Braving each incoming threat together, they learn what it means to protect the ones they love.

When black spaceships descend from the sky, an even greater threat looms over mankind—a fate far worse than the loss of electricity…

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Featured Pre-Order: Time Lines by Karen J. Mossman

Time travel can be a useful resource, but what if something unexpected goes wrong?

In the year 3236, the government uses time travel to document the mistakes of the past. It’s a way to gain power in the present by learning from history.

During a leap back to WWII, Astro-archeologist Julie finds her safe projection hasn’t gone as planned. Instead of the ethereal presence she’s supposed to be, she’s actually visible. What will that mean when she stumbles upon a small village being raided by German soldiers?

Faced with death all around her, Julie has to find her way back to the future. But when she returns, will she be the same person she was? Or will the paradoxes of time travel change her life forever?

Time Lines video created by Karen J. Mossman
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July 2023 Free eBooks – 16th to 31st

This month, Julie, Karen, and I, did a special post about our childhood pets.  So I thought I’d keep the theme going by trying to find some FREE fantasy books with animals.  You may be surprised what I found.  They aren’t all shifter books.  🤣😂   

And some exciting news, my short dark fantasy story, Nightmare Storm, is almost ready to go for pre-order.  Yay!  

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#SaharasMusings – Childhood Pets

My dad wasn’t much of an animal lover.  Growing up as he did, hunting and fishing to supplement his family’s meals, I get that they didn’t have time or money to feed an unwanted mouth.  Unless it had purpose in the family household.  Like the chickens and rabbits they raised for food.  When he came home with a beagle puppy, us kids were so excited.  A Puppy!  A Puppy!

Of course we got the usual lecture about feeding and taking care of him.  And, of course, that all fell to mom, anyway.  I don’t remember who named him, but Rex he became and he was our beloved pet.

The reason we ended up with Rex is that he was gun shy.  He was supposed to be a hunting dog but fled each time a rifle or shotgun was fired.  So we ended up with him and our neighbors across the street ended up with his brother, Snoopy.  They both suffered from the same fear of that gunshot.

Our family summer vacation was spending two weeks fishing and camping.  That year, we took Rex with us to South Dakota.  Poor Rex.  All he did was bark at the cows next to our camp site.  My dad threatened to shoot him several times, so us kids were terrified of what he would do to our new puppy.  Needless to say, he survived the wrath of our dad and Rex never went on vacation with us again. 😂🤣

The irony of having Rex and his fear of gunshots was that we had a pistol range in the basement.  My dad had been given special permission to have the range as he was an excellent marksman after coming back from the Korean War as a Marine Sniper.  He helped do firearms training for some of the police force.  So many times, Rex spent the day hiding upstairs in the attic.  Poor thing.  I always felt sorry for him.  At least us kids could escape the noise and go play outside.

Rex outlived us kids growing up and leaving home.  It was up to mom to have him put down once he got to that stage.  By that time, Rex wasn’t as close to my heart as he had been as a child.  And it would be years before I ended up with my own dog, Barney.  And a handful of cats.

Where would we be without our beloved pets?

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#Crystals101 – Moss Agate and Plants: Part Two

Last month, I talked about placing moss agate crystals in some of my flower pots.  I went into detail HERE.  For some reason, WordPress deleted most of my images, so excuse the messy looking post.  😭  But the above picture is from that article.  Keep that in mind. 

Anyway, everyday I sit on my patio and gaze upon my gorgeous flowers and I’m so impressed by how they look.  It’s been in the 90’s for almost a straight week, which is unusual for June in my part of the world.  And pansy’s just hate the heat.  But look at them go!

So vibrant and overflowing with blossoms.  And how about the snapdragons.  Wow!  Now, let’s look at my zienna’s.  This is where the real difference can be seen. 

The red pot is the one with the moss agate crystal buried in the soil.  The square pot in the background, none.  Look how much taller and fuller the red pot looks.  And then compare it to the picture on the right which was from last month.  Amazing. 

Here’s a look at both tables.  My petunias are going strong, but they’re starting to get leggy from the heat.  People complement me all the time on my flowers.  I’ve always had a green thumb, but adding moss agate to the mix has stepped up my game.  😄

With the fantastic results I’m seeing, I wondered if there were other crystals that help plants grow or thrive.  Off to Google I went.  And, of course, there are.  I found several articles but they all had at least ten crystals in common.  Some surprised me.  What I was shocked not to find was any form of jasper.  Well, there was the rainforest jasper, but it’s not that common.

You know those award-winning humongous pumpkins we see each year?  What if they were grown with crystals.  Would the farmers tell their secrets. 🤔

From one to ten in alphabetically order:

  1. Citrine – give your plants strength and power.
  2. Clear Quartz – Prepare a crystal elixir by keeping your crystals in a jar and filling it with water. Let the jar sit in the moonlight overnight and use it to water your garden.
  3. Green Aventurine – place this crystal very close to your struggling plants. Putting crystals in soil with clear quartz will help promote growth.
  4. Green Calcite – Putting the crystals near potted plants will help keep them healthy and boost their growth if they’re growing slowly.
  5. Malachite – can create a natural barrier that blocks electromagnetic fields that affect the growth of your plants. It also absorbs the toxins and negative energies that cause your plants to wither and wilt, so it can help sick plants recover, especially when used with sodalite crystals.
  6. Moonstone – will help your plants dig their roots deeper into the ground. 
  7. Moss Agate – known as the gardener’s stone because it promotes the growth of plants.
  8. Rose Quartz – can be buried in the soil to boost the plant’s growth.
  9. Smoky Quartz – putting them next to your plant pots will help repel different pests and diseases.
  10. Tiger’s Eye – add to your garden if your trees aren’t growing healthily or are prone to pest infestations. It also has protective properties, so you can use it to protect your trees from different pests and diseases like the thousand cankers disease and black rot.

it’s also noted that if you use the crystals with your vegetable garden or fruit trees, you will be eating healthier food. Not only will you be healing your plants, you’ll eat the benefits of those vibrational properties.  Pretty darn cool. 

In addition, I wanted to point out that Anna, my crystal mentor, told me that moss agate and red jasper will help bring rain.  You need to soak them in water and then bury them in your yard.  Well, we’ve been in a severe drought for a few years.  In May, we had the least amount of rain fall in weather recorded history.  Not good and it’s hurting the farmers. 

When I planted the moss agates in my pots, I hadn’t even thought about what she’d told me.  It’s been slow in coming, but we’re finally getting rain.  And not just a pop up shower and gone.  No, rain for several hours at a time.  Woohoo!  I’m not claiming it’s because of the moss agate, but who really knows?  

In the meantime, I’ll leave you with the rainbow I caught on my cellphone last evening.  Sadly, it didn’t catch the colors, but it’s still there. 😊

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Clean Fantasy In One Hour Or Less

Short on time, but want more clean fantasy?

We’ve got you covered! Each of these clean fantasy stories can be read in under an hour. If you’re looking for more great options, check out the Finding Fantasy Reads podcast, where each week you can listen to a new clean fantasy short story to find your next favorite author.

In Memory of Michelle by Sahara Foley      The Book by H.M.Clarke      Rascal Magic by Kendra Callaway

Loki and the Frost Giant by Charles N Palmer      Artasia's Fall by J M Archer      Gryphon's Escape: An Areaer Novella by Raina Nightingale

Dreamers Destiny by S.H. Steele      Eyes to See by Karen Grunst      The Sea King's Daughter by Anthea Sharp

In The Dying Light by Jo Holloway      Amelia's Tale by Vivienne Lee Fraser      Mystery of the Dancing Statue by Kate Moseman

AND  MORE

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Christmas in July

Christmas in July

Get these books fast! This promotion ends July 31st!

           

     

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Featured Free eBook: Oblivion’s Shadow (Oblivion’s Galaxy Prequel by Dylan McFadyen

First contact… at the end of the world.

A dark sci-fi story

Humanity is on the verge of extinction.

Earth’s civilization has immolated itself in nuclear fire, ending a century of chaos and environmental decay. The last survivors of the human race watch helplessly from space as their homeworld burns, and with it, their only chance of survival.

Until Tomasz Dabrowski, an astronomer abandoned on a distant space station, detects a mysterious alien signal. Humanity’s long awaited first contact with another intelligence has finally come, at the end of the world. Now, Tomasz has to decide whether to respond to the signal; because there’s no way of knowing whether the aliens will be our saviors… or our destroyers.

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Oblivion's Cloak (Oblivion's Galaxy Book 1) by [Dylan McFadyen]    Oblivion's Blade (Oblivion's Galaxy Book 2) by [Dylan McFadyen]    Oblivion's Triumph (Oblivion's Galaxy Book 3) by [Dylan McFadyen]

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Featured Free eBook: Nichole’s Night by Lizzy Gayle

One night could change everything.

Yes, there will be some hot sex.

Nicole was born to take charge of her company’s Fantasy Resort destinations. But when an evening out with her boyfriend reveals the existence of a danger she hoped no longer existed, the night becomes about more than mind-blowing sex. Someone is out for Bennet blood, and whether it comes in the form of sabotage or worse, Nicole vows to be ready.

Now about that mind-blowing sex…

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Love at 20,000 Leagues (Fantasy Resorts Book 1) by [Lizzy Gayle, Mystic Owl]    A Matter of Time (Fantasy Resorts Book 2) by [Lizzy Gayle]    Glacial Heat (Fantasy Resorts Book 3) by [Lizzy Gayle, Mystic Owl]

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