“Soul Moon: First Encounter” by Camelia Bennett

Soul Moon: First Encounter by Camelia Bennett is a blend of fantasy, mythical creatures, and wolf-shifter romance. The story circles around two main characters: Caden Mitchell, a wolf shifter, who finds himself assigned to sit at a seedy strip club and wait for his target to secure a weapons deal. It’s not just any weapons deal; this could “shift the balance of power to their enemies.” Meanwhile, his head of security responds to a tip about an illegal shipment of drugs at a harbor. Then there is Erick Shaw, a young bartender with stark, grey eyes that Caden can’t seem to take his eyes off. He is well-liked by his patrons and coworkers.

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“An Unconscious Choice of Chaos” by Tessa Kinsela

Tessa Kinsela’s An Unconscious Choice of Chaos is a coming-of-age novel about the speed with which an apparently ordinary adolescence can spin beyond anyone’s control. Ashley Kelly begins Year 9 as a thoughtful, bookish Australian teenager who believes deeply in chaos theory. She understands the butterfly effect to mean that even the smallest action can produce enormous consequences. It is an appealing philosophy for someone who likes order, rectangles, carefully arranged colors, and a place for everything. What Ashley has not yet learned is that consequences are much easier to trace afterward than predict beforehand.

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“Kenny and the Heiresses of Surith” by Joseph K. Adou

What is there to do after college? What if you discovered that your mother was secretly a powerful sorceress whose life was taken when she was trying to save many others like her? Kenny and the Heiresses of Surith by Joseph K. Adou follows our main protagonist, Kenny, as he discovers his lineage and the bigger purpose his mother and father were fighting for. When his Godmother, Umba, finally reveals to him the truth of it all, she begins training him to use the powers of Suth. Will he be able to save the Listed? Or will the Odd Circle succeed in their plans?

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