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Cover Reveal for Unfamilliared

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Today I’m excited to host our first cover reveal on Read Indie Fantasy! The wonderful J. E. Hannaford is releasing her first cozy fantasy this summer. Hannaford is no stranger to fantasy. She made selkies cool again with The Skin and The Pact, and I’d definitely encourage you all to check out her Aulirean Gates series of epic fantasy, starting with Gates of Hope.

Animal companions are a big theme in Hannaford’s books, from the various mythical creatures in The Skin to the Moonhounds of Gates of Hope. And as you can probably tell from these covers, Hannaford loves dragons, too! So you can expect that her foray into cozy fantasy will include some wonderfully magical creatures… and you’re right!

Unfamilliared is all about magical familiars. If you’ve ever daydreamed about owning your own familiar, then this book is certainly for you. But let’s take a closer look at it. Here is the blurb for Unfamilliared:

After watching all Witchgorn’s familiars disappear through a portal, Eva Eclipse has to face the fact that she has lost all her protectorate’s familiars just before they host the magical inter village games, along with her chance at competing for the first time.

With no idea who stole them, and no way to work it out before the games begin, the protectorate might be facing a harmless prank, or something far more nefarious.

Can the village of Witchgorn pull together to get through a competition where they are the only competitors not using magic? And will Eva find more than a chance to compete as her need to find a fake familiar brings an old friendship back into her life.

Are you ready for the cover reveal? It packs quite a few animal familiars!

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What a wonderfully magical cover! Here is the full spread:

Unfamilliared by J. E. Hannaford is releasing on July 30. Preorder now or sign up for an advanced reader copy:

About the Author

J E Hannaford is powered by coffee, dragons and whisky. She teaches Biology in the real world and invents fantasy beasts to populate her own.
She lives in Suffolk, UK, and pines for the coast and mountains of Wales.
A love of nature, biology and the ocean permeates through the pages of J E Hannaford’s stories and pours out of the characters who live in it. She lives with her husband, son and a rather overexcitable puppy.

Her debut series was The Black Hind’s Wake Duology, a journey into alt- future folklore fantasy.

The second book in her Aulirean Gates trilogy released on 19th April 2024, and sees her take a detour from the ocean to travel through a portal into epic fantasy with portals and telepathic hounds.

J E Hannaford’s newest adventure is Unfamiliared, the first Two Chasm’s novella. This cosy, humorous fantasy has a sprinkling of witches, familiars and a sentient cafe. It is due for release on 30th July 2024.