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Ever hear of Ephraim the Giant Bear? Novel Magic heads out West with Marilyn Barr, author of Dance to a Wylder Beat .Read on to see how the Old West and paranormal romance melt together. Get a sneak peek at this upcoming release. Don’t forget to enter N.N. Light’s May Book Giveaway. Animal Shifters in the Old West by Marilyn Barr I love animal shifter legends and one that caught my attention when researching for “Dance to a Wylder Beat” was the legend of the Ephraim shifters. When Lewis and Clark began their exploration of the western United States, they were surprised to find it teeming with giant bears. It is estimated, in Lewis and Clark’s time, there were over 50,000 grizzly bears and many (now extinct) species of giant black bears in their path. ( Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee ) Any bear on his hind legs taller than a human man was given the name “Ephraim” and known as a danger to herds, crops, and humans. As towns sprung up along the east-west railway line, these bears grew

A Shifter Invasion this week in Sorchia’s Universe! And don’t forget the Zoraida Grey Sale! A monster-hunting assassin teams up with a reluctant werewolf to take down the organization that employed her—assuming they don’t kill her first. Ten years ago, The Organization plucked Ilsa Deverell out of the latest in a series of terrible foster homes, trained her up to become the perfect monster assassin, and gave her a code name. Ever since then, they’ve had Midnight’s complete loyalty. Until now. Faced with an assignment she can’t bring herself to complete, Midnight begins to question The Organization’s goals and motives—and her own role in fulfilling them. But no one leaves The Organization. Especially not their best monster-hunting assassin. To go up against the very people who trained her, she must reach out to the monsters she’s spent years hunting. Eventually, she will have to face the monster she’s become. Assuming she survives the assassins her former employer sends after her. For n