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Love And Tequila
Closed at 80 readers

Brittanee Nicole

Nate Pearson was my first everything.

 

My first friend, first love, and first heartbreak. Now he's just my ex-husband.

 

It’s been three years. It’s time to let go of the past. When a man covered in tattoos walks into the bar where I work, with a guitar case slung over his back and a determined swagger, I think I’m finally ready to move on…until I see his guitar. I’d recognize it anywhere. It was the last gift Nate ever received from his father.

 

The man holding the guitar is different than the one I left behind in Nashville, but one thing remains the same, Nate Pearson will always be the love of my life.

 

The reasons why I asked for a divorce haven't changed. Only problem is, Nate Pearson says he still loves me, and this time he's playing for keeps.

 

Authors Note: Love & Tequila Make Her Crazy is a small town, brother’s best friend, steamy, full-length, stand-alone, contemporary second-chance romance filled with emotion, that features both Nate and Amelia’s past and present.

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The Forgotten Witch
Closed at 90 readers

Jessica Dodge

Release Date- August 24, 2022

Helen Kent never dares to step outside her comfort zone. She lives a lonely mundane life in the city, grinding through her uninspiring marketing job. That is, until a spontaneous online purchase brings her to the little bay town of Oban, Scotland, where a 500-year-old cottage full of secrets and stories awaits her. After Helen unearths a local legend of a 16th century witch, she discovers a set of mysterious journals in the cottage’s library. Thrust into a world of magic she doesn’t understand, she soon realizes there are both light and dark forces at work beyond her control. When the past collides with the present, she must face her fears and fight for what she believes in, that is if she hopes to unravel the mystery of Fernbeg cottage before darkness descends, again

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The Devil You Know
Closed at 80 readers

Nicole Northwood 

Midnight Tide Publishing

Release Date- August 24, 2022

When the demon of Lust, Cam, decides he needs an overhaul in his ‘life after death’, he leaves the Second Circle of Hell to run an indulgent hotel and club in the heart of New York City. As his lover, Lucifer, bides his time to create a bargain to have Cam return, Cam is permitted to explore the human world, but not without being led into temptation. A group of demon hunters disguised as police set out to send Cam back into the fires of Hell by getting him lost in desire for one of their own, but things very quickly take an unexpected turn—Cam’s fallen in love with the Hedonism Hotel’s night manager, Giselle, and he won't leave Earth so easily.

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Secrets Of A Rose
Closed at 85 readers

Adina Chiles

Midnight Tide Publishing 

Release Date- June 8, 2022

A kingdom built with secrets is bound to unravel.

 

During the month of Amira, the silver moon emerges, and the kingdom of Zyra comes alive with anticipation for its annual ball. Mellana Goodwick, finally at the rightful age of sixteen, receives her first invitation, but when unexpected events take place, immediate regret sets in. Mellana finds herself caught in a strange storm—casting down green lightning and filling the sky with ear-splitting thunder. To make matters worse, the kingdom comes under attack by Prince Lorian, a man removed from the line of succession for murdering his sister, the future queen, and her newborn child.

 

After escaping the attack with her best friends, Mellana stumbles upon a box left by a woman named Rose. With the power to see glimpses of the future, Rose warns Mellana of hidden powers the kingdom has covered up and Lorian’s desire to unleash them all. Rose instructs Mellana to gather the sacred article from each of the seven kingdoms before Lorian and his deadly group can gain access to them. Together, the items unlock a barrier that is meant to stay shut.

 

In Secrets of a Rose, Mellana will discover remarkable abilities that stir around her and some that even rise within. In order to keep what she loves, she must embark on a race against the person who dares to threaten it all.

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Come True
Closed at 80 readers

Brindi Quinn

Midnight Tide Publishing 

★A jaded girl. A persistent genie. A contest of souls.★

 

Recent college graduate Dolly Jones has spent the last year stubbornly trying to atone for a mistake that cost her everything. She doesn’t go out, she doesn’t make new friends and she sure as hell doesn’t treat herself to things she hasn’t earned, but when her most recent thrift store purchase proves home to a hot, magical genie determined to draw out her darkest desires in exchange for a taste of her soul, Dolly’s restraint, and patience, will be put to the test.

 

Newbie genie Velis Reilhander will do anything to beat his older half-brothers in a soul-collecting contest that will determine the next heir to their family estate, even if it means coaxing desire out of the least palatable human he’s ever contracted. As a djinn from a ‘polluted’ bloodline, Velis knows what it’s like to work twice as hard as everyone else, and he won’t let anyone—not even Dolly f*cking Jones—stand in the way of his birthright. He just needs to figure out her heart’s greatest desire before his asshole brothers can get to her first.

 

COME TRUE: A BOMB-ASS GENIE ROMANCE is the romantic, fantastic second-coming-of-age story of two flawed twenty-somethings from different realms battling their inner demons, and each other, one wish at a time.

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Paint Me Perfect
Closed at 80 readers

Kay Cove

Release Date- June 16, 2022

Chase is ready to turn over a new leaf and leave his Hollywood playboy antics behind. He asked the universe for a chance at real love and is confident that Noa is his swift delivery. The only problem? It's near impossible to move forward when there is still a spotlight on the skeletons of his past.

 

Noa's focused on one thing and one thing only—and it does not involve a whirlwind summer romance with megastar actor Chase Ford. Armed with a paintbrush and a new blank canvas, she's determined to paint the perfect family picture for her and her four-year-old son.

 

It only takes one chance encounter. One tabloid picture. One publicity scheme to set the record straight.

 

Their ruse turns real.

 

Knowing he found the girl of his dreams, Chase is ready to fight for their chance at forever, but he's about to face the cruel reality Noa already knows too well—not all loves are created equal, and sometimes perfect isn't enough.

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River Of Ashes
Closed at 150 readers

Alexandrea Weis and Lucas Astor

Vesuvian Books

Release Date- August 2, 2022

Some truths are better kept secret. Some secrets are better off dead.

 

ALONG THE BANKS OF THE BOGUE FALAYA RIVER, sits the abandoned St. Francis Seminary. Beneath a canopy of oaks, blocked from prying eyes, the teens of St. Benedict High gather here on Fridays. The rest of the week belongs to school and family—but weekends belong to the river. And the river belongs to Beau Devereaux. The only child of a powerful family, Beau can do no wrong. Star quarterback. Handsome. Charming. The “prince” of St. Benedict is the ultimate catch. He is also a psychopath.

 

A dirty family secret buried for years, Beau’s evil grows unchecked. In the shadows of the haunted abbey, he commits unspeakable acts on his victims and ensures their silence with threats and intimidation. Senior year, Beau sets his sights on his girlfriend’s headstrong twin sister, Leslie, who hates him. Everything he wants but cannot have, she will be his ultimate prize. As the victim toll mounts, it becomes clear that someone must stop Beau Devereaux. And that someone will pay with their life.

 

River of Ashes is the first book in a Southern Gothic Psychological Thriller series with elements of Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn, You by Caroline Kepnes, and a dose of Pretty Little Liars. Inspired by true events, River of Ashes addresses social issues including sexual violence and bullying and has an important message for any age. Nerd Daily called it, “The type of cautionary tale that keeps you alive by reminding you that sometimes the biggest horrors aren’t the monsters hiding under the bed but the ones hiding in plain sight.

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The Fool And The Sparrow
Closed at 120 readers

Dana Fox

Release Date- June 15, 2022

As the top operative for a global shadow government known as the Order, Thea has served and protected the elite 1%. Her life changes suddenly when she escapes the Order with damning evidence of the group’s existence. Now she is on the run for her life, looking for a way to expose what she’s stolen. Fate intervenes when a fortuitous encounter with a tarot card reader leads her directly into the path of a divine being from another realm.

Kit the Fool leaves the Arcana realm for Earth, following visions sent to him from his sisters, Fiona the Moon and Kathryn the High Priestess. As he accompanies Thea on her quest to expose the Order, he is thrust into a cat-and-mouse adventure that captivates his curious and impulsive nature. As does the Sparrow at his side. The stakes are raised even higher when he uncovers a threatening connection to his own people.

Together, Thea and Kit set off to expose the nefarious Order, but along the way, the two find themselves tumbling headfirst into an attraction that defies cosmic logic. How will these two souls from very different worlds defeat the odds stacked against them?

The Fool and the Sparrow is the first book in the Arcana of the Tarot series. It is a fantasy romance packed with political intrigue and high heat, featuring a mythical being let loose in the mortal world and a weary heroine on a life-or-death mission.

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More Than A Story
Closed at 57 Readers

Jenni Bara

Release Date- May 24, 2002

The last woman in the world he wants might be the only one he can’t let go. 

 

Growing up in Hollywood, most of Corey Matthews’s life played out in the headlines on the celebrity gossip channels. Now the heavily sought-after baseball star keeps his life private, avoiding reporters as much as possible. But one mistake leads to a green-eyed thorn in his side blackmailing him for a story.

 

After a personal tragedy, Taran Murphy’s career is all she has left. She needs her job, and her boss wants Corey’s story. So when she gets the chance, she goes after the sexy all-star pitcher. She didn’t expect that getting to know the man behind the larger-than-life athlete would change everything. 

Soon the best part of Corey’s life is the sassy gossip writer who drives him crazy. When he drops his guard and lets her in, Taran has to decide whether what she really needs is Corey or his story.

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Leaving Halberd Peak
Closed at 100 readers

Rowan Helaine

Release Date- August 22, 2022

Trapped in this tiny town from birth, Sam Soren is probably going to die here, crushed by a falling beer sign in the family billiards hall. In a permanently sullen mood, he’s made peace with his reputation as the bastard of the county. That is, until Gretchen Clarke stumbles into his bar with trouble written all over her. 

 

Armed with a superhuman ability to roll with the punches, Gretchen is going places, and would have gotten there faster if her car hadn't broken down. The residents of Halberd Peak open their hearts to her, and when tragedy strikes, she finds herself doing exactly what she swore she’d never do again: getting involved. 

 

Circumstances bind Sam and Gretchen together, but can their connection survive when plans change?

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You Again
Closed at 88 readers

Dianna Roman

Release Date- August 2, 2022

Johnny

 

I live by three simple truths. 

 

Number one - Panos Kiamos is the greatest pop singer to ever live. Number two - Alcohol allergies are actually a real thing, despite what your very Greek family believes. And number three – I refuse to be anyone’s experiment. Been there. Done that. No, thank you.

 

For some reason, these rules don’t seem to deter a certain hunky “swiper” from this god forsaken glitch that has possessed all the dating apps in the tri-state area. It’s swiping abuse, I tell you!

 

Sure. I have hang ups. Don’t we all? But that does not mean I, “Johnny” Giannis Georgios Andropolis, am suddenly compatible with a super smiley, red-white-and-blue blooded, handler of bricks, who knows all the words to “Hungry Eyes”, and looks at me like I’m a Greek god when I’m sans vital hair products. Aiden Brandt is a unicorn in disguise if I ever saw one. I may not know what I want, but I certainly know what’s not for me. It’s called being a realist, and that man’s peanut butter does not go with my jelly. 

 

* A grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity romance about accepting one’s cultural identity and body, and overcoming past hurts.

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Chaos Forged A Fable
Closed at 56 Readers

Kate Craft

 

Policewoman. Orphan. Single...again. This is all Maya knew. But everything is about to change. 

For the first time in five years, Maya Cross returns to her family home, only to learn that her past is completely fictional. Not only are her parents alive, they’re in another world. A parallel realm. A place called Avalon. 


With nothing but an odd stone and a promise, Maya crosses the barrier between worlds on a rescue mission that will change her life forever. 

Wild and ill-tempered territories, their eccentric rulers and strange new creatures both help and hinder as she gathers friends, foes, a few mischievous sprites and a soulmate to help her save those she loves and discover her true destiny.

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Celestial Persuasion
Closed at 34 readers

Mitra Ines Trupp

Abigail Isaacs fears ever again falling under the power of love and dedicates her life to studying the heavens. However, upon her father’s demise she finds herself in reduced circumstances and must write to her brother, who has long been away at sea. When instead Captain Wentworth of the HMS Laconia sends a tragic reply, Abigail is asked to set aside her own ambitions and fulfill her brother’s dreams in the Viceroyalty of Río de la Plata.

 

In his relentless pursuit for justice, Lieutenant Raphael Gabay lends his sword to the Spanish American cause. But as he prepares to set sail with the others, he is entrusted with the care of a young woman. She is quite unlike anyone he has ever known, and Raphael begins to wonder whether the brilliant astronomer will see beyond his frivolous façade and recognize his true nature.

 

Their destinies have been plotted beyond the celestial veil; their charts foretell of adventure. Can these two troubled souls be persuaded to heed the stars and find love—and their purpose—in this fledgling nation?

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Possession
Closed at 58 Readers

Andrea Hagan 

 

Yes, I led a séance I had no business leading in the first place. No, I’m not a channeler of spirit, but let me explain. I was only trying to help a mother find her missing daughter, and then a cocky half-incubus had the nerve to possess me! You’d think a clairvoyant kitchen witch would have seen this coming. No need to panic. I can figure out a way to exorcise Damion Blackmon, assuming I can withstand his seduction in the meantime. Oh, and he’s agreed to help me find out who killed my best friend. Deals with devils. I'm not sure if it's my soul or my heart that's at risk. But don’t worry, my grandma was a voyeur in a past life and she'll catch you up to speed. In extremely graphic detail. A word of warning—do not let my aunt talk you into a juice cleanse. Nothing magic about that, I promise. Welcome to the metaphysical shop Memphis Magic.

Author's Note: Possession is book 1 of the Memphis Magic series. If you like witches and demons; forced proximity with a twist; quirky characters; laugh out loud moments; mystery; smoking hot slow burn; steam; grumpy cat; and even grumpier police detective, then this series is for you. And you don't even have to sell your soul to read it.

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The Cosmic Principle 
Closed at 33 readers

Abby R. Laughlin

When corruption surrounds her, she can either give in… or fight.

 

One hundred years ago, a galactic cataclysm decimated the Centaurus galaxy, leaving only the planet Bersama unscathed—a world now divided into five struggling sectors.

 

Captain Caldera Keane, an explorer for the Vanguard, is growing tired of going on pointless missions ordered by the king of Tellis. The people are suffering, and she wants nothing more than to exact real change for Bersama. But when Caldera gets escorted to the palace after nearly botching her last mission, she is certain she’s in trouble. Instead, she receives shocking news: King Quill is dead, and she’s the sole heir to the unstable throne he left behind.

 

While balancing her new role as queen and contending with the corruption surrounding Bersama’s most powerful leaders, Caldera becomes entangled in a dangerous conspiracy related to the former ruler’s death. With no idea who she can trust, she must find a way to protect her friends, save her people, and uncover the truth before she suffers the same fate as the king.

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Whiskey Lies
Closed at 60 readers

Brittanee Nicole

Release Date- June 16, 2022

 

When corruption surrounds her, she can either give in… or fight.

 

One hundred years ago, a galactic cataclysm decimated the Centaurus galaxy, leaving only the planet Bersama unscathed—a world now divided into five struggling sectors.

 

Captain Caldera Keane, an explorer for the Vanguard, is growing tired of going on pointless missions ordered by the king of Tellis. The people are suffering, and she wants nothing more than to exact real change for Bersama. But when Caldera gets escorted to the palace after nearly botching her last mission, she is certain she’s in trouble. Instead, she receives shocking news: King Quill is dead, and she’s the sole heir to the unstable throne he left behind.

 

While balancing her new role as queen and contending with the corruption surrounding Bersama’s most powerful leaders, Caldera becomes entangled in a dangerous conspiracy related to the former ruler’s death. With no idea who she can trust, she must find a way to protect her friends, save her people, and uncover the truth before she suffers the same fate as the king.

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Invitation To Hell
Closed at 58 readers

Amber Bunch

Release Date- Sept 22, 2023

When corruption surrounds her, she can either give in… or fight.

 

One hundred years ago, a galactic cataclysm decimated the Centaurus galaxy, leaving only the planet Bersama unscathed—a world now divided into five struggling sectors.

 

Captain Caldera Keane, an explorer for the Vanguard, is growing tired of going on pointless missions ordered by the king of Tellis. The people are suffering, and she wants nothing more than to exact real change for Bersama. But when Caldera gets escorted to the palace after nearly botching her last mission, she is certain she’s in trouble. Instead, she receives shocking news: King Quill is dead, and she’s the sole heir to the unstable throne he left behind.

 

While balancing her new role as queen and contending with the corruption surrounding Bersama’s most powerful leaders, Caldera becomes entangled in a dangerous conspiracy related to the former ruler’s death. With no idea who she can trust, she must find a way to protect her friends, save her people, and uncover the truth before she suffers the same fate as the king.

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Dark Country 
Closed at 73 readers

Monique Snyman

Vesuvian Books

Release Date- August 30, 2022

 

Too often people mistake monsters for gods.

When a ravaged corpse is discovered in Pretoria, South Africa, Esmé Snyder—an occult-crime expert—is called in to investigate. But she doesn’t know the scope of what she’s up against. Esmé is the target of a cat-and-mouse game with a serial killer who uses the paranormal to do his bidding, with the intent of becoming a god on Earth.

 

With assistance from her team—a brusque detective, eccentric millionaire, stoic priest, hawkeyed secretary, and handsome British forensic criminologist—Esmé hopes to find the killer before he strikes again.

 

But the clock isn’t all that’s working against them. The media catches wind of the threat against the citizens of Pretoria, and their reported speculations promise a post-Apartheid Satanic Panic.

 

As the body count grows, Esmé must figure out who is behind the heinous crimes before she ends up the final sacrifice.

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Queentide 
Closed at 56 readers

Donna Fisher

Too often people mistake monsters for gods.

When a ravaged corpse is discovered in Pretoria, South Africa, Esmé Snyder—an occult-crime expert—is called in to investigate. But she doesn’t know the scope of what she’s up against. Esmé is the target of a cat-and-mouse game with a serial killer who uses the paranormal to do his bidding, with the intent of becoming a god on Earth.

 

With assistance from her team—a brusque detective, eccentric millionaire, stoic priest, hawkeyed secretary, and handsome British forensic criminologist—Esmé hopes to find the killer before he strikes again.

 

But the clock isn’t all that’s working against them. The media catches wind of the threat against the citizens of Pretoria, and their reported speculations promise a post-Apartheid Satanic Panic.

 

As the body count grows, Esmé must figure out who is behind the heinous crimes before she ends up the final sacrifice.

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Jagged Harts
Closed at 60 readers

Katelyn Taylor

I'm a survivor. A fighter down to my blood. I need the release that comes when I step in that octagon, I crave it. 

I spent too long being beat down and broken in every sense of the word, and I almost didn't make it. 

Fighting saved me though and then I saved myself. When I am offered a full ride scholarship to a college in the middle of nowhere Alabama over 2000 miles away, I grab the chance and run like hell. 

What I didn't expect to find when I got there was a local underground brawler that has more likeness to a local celebrity than a arrogant broody bastard who seems to be everywhere I turn.

Dax Hart. Every man wants to be him, and every woman wants under him. 

Except me. I have no intention getting caught up with the short tempered sexy as sin asshole. 

Even if his broken jagged pieces are a mirror image of mine. 

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Challenge Me: Breaking
Closed at 65 readers

Victoria Maurer

Challenges, I love them, heck I thrive on them, and Jason knows exactly how to challenge me in all the right ways. 

 

Lizzy: Despite his harsh and secretive exterior, each time I see him, I want more of him. He is infuriating, pushes all my buttons, and constantly challenges me...but God can he kiss. I know just how to give it back to him with my quick quips and my flirty antics.

 

Jason: She is so beautiful and she doesn't even know it. She always has some quick quip and smart remark for me, but the things that I want to do to that smart mouth in return are anything but smart for a man in my position. My temper and the secrets I have will probably be our undoing and ultimately be what breaks us. 

 

This steamy adult romance series is sure to please with its fun and flirty characters, swim team antics, second chances, and love triangles. But, will passion be enough to save Lizzy and Jason from heartbreak?

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Legends of Lightning
Closed at 62 readers

T.R. Slauf

“The next Realm Walker will bring with them a storm. Lightning must fight the Crimson Shadow, or the lands will be cast into eternal darkness.”

When she was a child, Esther was plagued with vivid nightmares. Now they have returned to haunt her. Bloodthirsty monsters chase her through a forest of dead trees while a mysterious hooded figure stalks her. After waking with fresh wounds from her dreams, Esther searches for the truth about who she is and the Hidden Realm she is destined to save.

Join Esther on her journey of self-discovery as she travels into a world long forgotten. Unsure if she can trust her hooded guide, she is hunted by unknown enemies and smothered by expectations of grandeur. Deciphering friend from foe she travels the lands, trying to unite kingdoms torn by pride.

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Play Or Die
Closed at 60 readers

Tiffany Hepworth

Rose Benningfield has moved to California for a fresh start after a terrible break up and years later, things still haven't improved for her. Things begin to look up when she befriends her new boss, Michael Lincroft and she starts to get her life back on track.

She soon learns not to trust so easily when her kind nature is taken advantage of in the most cruel way possible. She faces the

most difficult challenge of her life as she finds out if she has what it takes to survive.

As she faces gruesome challenges, she is forced to find her inner strength. Will she be able to find a way out of her nightmare or

will she meet her end in this years torture game, play or die?

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Pierce Her
Closed at 61 readers

Kelly Finley

"THE TRILOGY OF THE YEAR! THIS IS ROMANTIC SUSPENSE AT ITS BEST." — L Hines, Amazon review.

Protect the girl. Resist her sexy colleague. But how can she? Millions want him... and this hot celebrity only wants her.

Charlie Ravenel devotes her life to protecting women. A job that’s left its mark on her—body and soul. But when a young celebrity finds herself tormented by a dangerous stalker, Charlie vows to keep her safe.

 

One problem. She must avoid her client’s sexy co-star—the alluring one who wants to break down Charlie’s defenses…

 

No one know Daniel Pierce. 

 

They think they do. Millions want him. But no one knows his secret; what’s hiding beneath his tempting, heroic veneer. He won't let them. Until her.

 

Charlie, with her arousing smile and razor blade tongue, attracts him like no other. He’ll do anything to make her his. How can he lure her into giving him a chance?

 

If Charlie has any hope of overcoming the demons of her past in time to save the girl, she’ll have to trust her gut… and Daniel. But what if trust is a luxury she just can’t afford?

 

PIERCE HER, Book One in the COME FOR ME series, is a steamy—slow burn to explosive, incendiary—romantic suspense novel featuring a kickass heroine who just happens to fall for Hollywood’s sexiest man alive.

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Violent Shadows
Closed at 60 readers

Bianca K. Gray

Release Date- July 9, 2022

There once was a girl with fire in her heart.

Born from the mind of one who knew all.

Born from the hands that could create dreams.

She came upon a crossroads of shadows.

Beware the shadow maker.

Beware the silver-tongue.

But, above all else, trust no one.

 

Sixteen-year-old Zinnia Winterschild has known all her life that she would someday fail the

test that would allow her to become a citizen of the Nation. The one thing she didn't know was what would happen afterwards. The only other person that failed the Test from her community disappeared, and seemingly disappeared from the memories of everyone else as well.

 

She has always been told that this "great Nation" cultivates geniuses after humans destroyed the earth during World War IIl; that because she was stupid, she would never become a citizen of the Nation. However, when Zinnia inevitably fails and is thrown outside of the Wall with a group of kids from different communities who also don't pass, she realizes everything she has learned about the Nation was wrong.

 

The last message from her mother, the dreamer and the rebel, was to trust no one. When Zinnia finally comes upon the crossroad of shadows, will she have the strength to heed her mother's last warning.

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The Clients
Closed at 70 readers

Bonny Fawn

Release Date- August 12, 2022

THE CLIENTS

 

When your past catches up with you … run

 

Presumed dead after the Twin Towers attack in 2001, stockbroker/con artist Mel Green, in reality, escaped the disaster. She departed Manhattan with stolen millions from unsuspecting investors. Living incognito, Mel assumed a new identity as math teacher Mandy Gates in Hailey, Idaho.

 

Two decades later, at the edge of the northern Rockies, in a warm, and welcoming community, Mel regrets her secret past and has developed feelings for her new colleague, substitute teacher and part-time rancher, Riley Brown, who knows nothing of her real history. And she knows nothing of his.

 

Then her former husband/partner discovers her alive and shares bad news. Recent FBI investigations reveal they were conned. Their investors in 2001 were using them to launder money for terrorists. The file Mel fled with years ago holds the key to the clients’ guilt.  These “clients” now want that information buried—right along with Mel and her estranged husband.

 

Will Mel find the file she misplaced, come out from the shadows, and provide evidence to the Feds? Or will the clients find her first?

 

 

Triggers:

Violence including murder & explosion from terrorist attack

Fade to black love scene

Mild profanity

Movie rating would be PG-13

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Throw Me To The Wolves
Closed at 65 readers

Lindy Ryan and Christopher Brooks

Black Spot Books

An Imprint of Vesuvian Books

When a young woman cursed to be a werewolf returns home after the ritualistic murder of her family, she'll have to accept the monster she's become in order to uncover the truth about that fateful night, while partnering with a rookie cop who harbors a dark secret.


Some evil wants to live forever.

Ten years ago a witch sacrificed Britta Orchid’s family and turned her into a werewolf. Selena Stone’s spell failed, and she was never seen again. Until now.

Officer Aaron Labaye has discovered Selena’s remains in the house where Britta’s family died, and dragged Britta back to Louisiana to aid the investigation, hoping her past will break the case. Britta has a hard time resisting the handsome rookie, especially when he shows her a new drawing by her murdered little brother: Britta in her wolf-form.

As an unseen hand sets events in motion, Britta has to help Labaye dig into the murders old and new. The bloodthirsty ghost of her brother, a jealous member from her pack, and a former friend with a serious prejudice against wolves all stand to stop Britta as she fights to finally get the truth about that night ten years ago. But, as she looks harder than ever into her own dark past, Britta will confront more than just her own demons as she fights for peace for herself and for her family. She can’t hide anymore, but must find her place in a world she’s avoided—and discover what it truly means to be a wolf.

 

Content Warning: Death of a loved one, death of a child, sex, violence

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Windsong
Closed at 63 readers

Stephanie Donohue

Midnight Tide Publishing

Release Date- June 29, 2022

Life doesn’t wait for tears to finish.

 

Eighteen-year-old Roxana Welhaven has lived her life by this motto. When her mother is diagnosed with terminal cancer, Roxana swallows her tears and vows to do whatever is necessary to save her.

 

Even if it means making a deal with a talking polar bear.

 

The bear offers to cure her mother, but only if Roxana lives with him for one year. When she agrees, the bear whisks Roxana through a portal to another world and gives her lavish accommodations in an enchanted castle. Although she’s determined to serve her year and return home, the impatient and high-strung Roxana finds her heart drawn to the bear’s tranquil nature. He’s compassionate, clumsy and utterly adorable.

 

He's also a cursed man, trapped inside a bear’s body.

 

True love won’t be enough to break his enchantment. To save him, Roxana must embark on a treacherous quest to find his captor, a journey that will lead her east of the sun and west of the moon.

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What Lurks In The Shadows
Closed at 67 readers

S.C. Shannon

Release Date- Sept, 2022

The end was just the beginning...

Twenty year old Grace has a front row seat to the end of the world after mysterious blackouts and a shock of bombings disrupt cities across the nation. What was once the perfect suburban life has become a daily fight to survive. All that was, now gone forever. 

Determined, she prepares for what the future  brings, armed with sharp instincts, the desire to protect her loved ones, and her iron will to survive.

Just as Grace and her family begin to adjust to this new and uncertain environment, a terrifying threat emerges from the darkness- a threat more petrifying than the apocalypse itself...

Told from two points in time leading up to one epic showdown, this twisty, suspenseful, and chilling account of a modern post-apocalyptic tale is a ride readers will never forget.

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The Cerberus Affair 
Closed at 70 readers

Charlotte Valentine

A suspicious death.
Corporate corruption and conspiracy.
A ground-breaking genetics discovery under threat.
And a woman prepared to risk everything to protect it.
 

Catherine Preston, an ex-investigative journalist, vows to expose those responsible for the death of her friend, a UK junior health minister tipped for Cabinet promotion. His wife believes he was murdered, although officialdom insists he died of natural causes.

Catherine finds herself drawn into a sinister web of corporate corruption and murder, and into the controversial world of cutting-edge genetics research. With so much money at stake those involved in the conspiracy will silence anyone who crosses their path, including Catherine.

Can she discover who, or what, lies behind the mysterious Cerberus? And what will she risk to protect a game-changing scientific breakthrough and the life of the man she loves?

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Villainous
Closed at 65 readers

Lou Wilham

Midnight Tide Publishing

What makes someone a villain?

After the war, Mythikos was divided into three classes: Seelie, Unseelie, and human.

For Jericho, a werewolf a part of the Hero Alliance, the world has always been black and white. Heroes and villains. Seelie and Unseelie. Those who protect the humans and those who hurt them. Jericho has always known what side they’re on.

But when the villain they’ve been hunting for the last six months turns out to be their childhood friend, everything Jericho knew is turned upside down. Dusk storms into Jericho’s life to show them just how wrong their assumptions are, and that the world is made up of more than just good and evil.

Faced with a world that seems increasingly more grey, Jericho must decide to return to their old life, or trust their friend turned villain.

A LGBTQ+ fantasy scifi novel for fans of J. Elle’s Wings of Ebony, Marissa Meyer’s Renegades, and April Daniels’ Dreadnought.

 

Genre: NA Scifi

Representation: Trans, genderfluid, poc

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Thicker Than Water
Closed at 42 readers

Laura Quinn

Release Date- May 27, 2022

Cape May, New Jersey, 1916: Siblings Danny and Shannon Culligan are trapped under the thumb of their alcoholic father. Danny's been in love with his childhood sweetheart, Jennie Martin- a wealthy cottager from Philadelphia- for as long as he can remember while her cousin, Hugh, is smitten with his sister.
As the foursome struggles to surmount the class differences between them, the nation is plunged into World War One, changing all of their lives forever. Danny is drafted into the Army and Hugh enlists in the Navy- defending the home front as a lieutenant at Cape May Section Base Number 9. While Jennie works tirelessly on the Liberty Loans campaign in Philadelphia, Shannon finds herself ensnared in a rum ring operation as the temperance movement ebbs closer to its goal of Prohibition.
A sweeping saga of betrayal, lies, and loss on all sides, Thicker Than Water, challenges readers in its exploration of the age-old question about where one's loyalties lie.

Just how far would you go to protect your family?

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Kingdom Of Flame And Fury
Closed at 72 readers

Whitney Dean

She thirsts for blood. He thirsts for her.

 

At ten years old, Raven was mysteriously willed to be the next ruler of Seolia, a kingdom nestled within the realm of The Four Kingdoms. Orphaned as a baby, she has spent fifteen years ruling over a kingdom she believes she did not earn all while hiding secrets: she possesses dark magic, and she thirsts for blood. Now twenty-four years old and with a sudden addiction to stealing life, Raven must fight through her new procured darkness to save her soul, but when a mysterious stranger arrives in her kingdom, she starts experiencing vivid dreams that detail who she truly is. As she slowly starts to unravel her story, what she uncovers at the end of the spool will change the course of her life and her kingdom forever.

 

A Kingdom of Flame and Fury is book one in a steamy and thrilling new fantasy series: The Four Kingdoms.

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Mother Of Pearl
Closed at 60 readers

Blanka H. Madow

Release Date- August 23, 2022

Lured to a mystical land, Valeri must learn to harness a power deep within her.

Orphaned at a young age, sisters Valeri and Amelia shouldered the household responsibilities in their small village of Noor. Valeri was the hunter; Amelia the gatherer. While fishing one day, Valeri follows her instinct into the depths of the ocean despite a raging storm. She discovers the Mother of Pearl shell - which unbeknownst to her, unlocks the secrets of her ancestral power.

 

Knocked unconscious by the storm and washed ashore in a foreign land, she soon realizes she is thousands of miles from her sister, and there are wicked plans afoot. As she struggles to find a way to return home to her sister, Valeri befriends Prince Rulin at the magical court. In each other, they find purpose. But she must harness the newfound power within her blood first.

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The Mastermind
Closed at 63 readers

Nadia Han

Release Date- June 9, 2022

It is a steamy romance!

 

He thrives in the dark until she sparks his flame, igniting his new purpose.

 

Magnetic, brilliant, and achingly stunning, Remington Starke is a dangerous man with a vision, a mission, and a threatening past that haunts him. That alone should keep him away from the only woman who has ever made him feel anything. 

 

Creative, cautious, and canny, Audri Wu is imprisoned by a guilt that torments her soul. Despite the darkness, she sees the rainbow in the rain and the spark that lies beyond the hardened façade of a man who has a reputation for shattering hearts.

 

Her boss.

Her protector.

Her brother’s best friend.

Water to her fire.

 

As their romance begins, that past catches fire and burns away the lies, revealing deadly secrets that could destroy them both.

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Hiding Forever
Closed at 73 readers

Tara Gallina

Release Date- June 30, 2022

Riley
My life changed for the worst when a tragic event landed me in witness protection. Ever since, I’ve been cyberstalking my past and the people I loved and lost, while trying to move on without provoking further danger, especially now that I’m a houseguest to an old family friend.

Nova is the last person I expect to join me in seclusion. The curvy beauty of mixed ethnicity causes a media frenzy wherever she goes. But the more time I spend with her, my concerns over my privacy morph into an attraction that will only cause problems for us both.

There isn't a world where a person in hiding can be with a person in the limelight.

Nova
After being publicly humiliated and dumped by my popstar ex, I fled for the shelter of my grandmother’s highly protected estate in an attempt to hide from the world until the media loses interest in me.

The loss of my father sent me into the arms of the famous musician, whose toxic behavior fueled my insecurities and created new ones. I need to heal and find direction. I don’t want to make friends with the sexy, secretive houseguest who seems to get me in a way no one ever has before. But the more I’m around him, the harder it is to resist the recluse who wants nothing to do with the outside world.

My isolation is temporary, but he's made it clear his is forever.

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Kiss Of Sight
Closed at 68 readers

Jane Apatova

Release Date- June 29, 2022

Trigger and content warnings: Fantasy/ Erotica filled with adventure, coming of age, and self-discovery.This story contains sensitive content, including swearing, graphic detailed sex scenes, dom/sub behavior, breath play, bondage, etc. Attempted sexual assault, mentions of sexual abuse, and other topics of similar content. If this type of content is not for you, I suggest you stop right now.

 

They say the future is not set in stone. But what if you had the ability to see small glimpses of yours. Would you follow the path laid out in front of you, or would you try to change things? And what of the path itself. Will it satisfy all of your desires to get to the end result?

 

Helena, a dragon princess of the Kingdom of Fernier, was born with a unique gift. An ability to see glimpses of one's future through a kiss. After bestowing this kiss on the High King of Drakon, she saw a glimpse of her future. It has been several years since she first saw the vision, and many more have graced her mind since then. She is certain it is time to follow her path but is she correct to do so, or will her vision merely lead her on a wild dragon chase. Will she find her satisfaction and be fulfilled on her road to self-discovery?

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The Arrangement
Closed at 70 readers

Amity Malcom

Release Date- August 2022

Mya Monroe and Lucas Gentry have crossed paths before, but only one of them remembers that first glance. 

 

Six days before she is supposed to say “I do,” Mya shows up at Lucas’s high-end New York City floral shop, rain-soaked and alone. 

 

With her wedding called off and Mya seeking the way back to her own happiness, she agrees to partner with the sexy business owner for one month in exchange for a full refund on her extravagant floral budget. 

 

Relinquishing control, mind and body, will push her to the edge as the two work together to pull off the most prestigious gala of the year. 

 

Could surrendering to Lucas be what brings her back from the brink?

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Obedience
Closed at 65 readers

Nichole Willden

Release Date- August 2022

A secret life. A forbidden relationship. What if the only way to belong is to betray someone you love?

 

Emma doesn’t know she’s in a cult but she knows she’s different. 

No one else refers to their family as The Guild. No one at her school is told that their mission is to blend in with others. And no one else has to answer to Leader for their failures.

 

Masquerading as Emma’s father, Leader expects immediate and complete compliance. He is the reason her house never feels like a home. He is the reason she can’t go to parties or join the basketball team. Leader is an endless world of “No”.

 

When Emma meets a charming stranger, her eyes are opened to a world of “Yes!” She begins to question her life in The Guild and her strained loyalty to Leader. She begins to fight against Leader’s expectations, and the dangerous, secretive life he’s grooming her for.

 

When Emma must choose where to belong, will she accept excitement and uncertainty with her new friends, or Leader’s demands of obedience?

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Cupids Arrow: Book One
Closed at 65 readers

Sophia Alessandrini

Can the power of love save the world?

 

Ailie, a gutsy girl who possesses a sharp wit and a playful, irreverent voice that pairs well with that of her best friend's, a werewolf; embarks on a quest for revenge with the help of her psychotic, warmongering, and good-hearted legal guardian. She alone can open the gates of hell just like Pandora did when she opened the jar that contained all evils.

 

And evil wants those doors open.

Fallen Angels conspire to help her with Cupid’s Golden Arrow.

 

She finds herself in a whimsical world of myths, legends, glittering gowns, priceless jewels, life threatening enemies, and eccentric immortals that call themselves Strzyga.

 

However, there are side effects to the arrow. What’s not to like about a gorgeous, two-hundred-year old Strzyga prince who is totally and completely head over heels for her?

 

But things never go as planned, do they?

 

Will Ailie manage to save the world, or will she accidentally open the gates of hell?

 

Find out in the exciting pages of this whimsical, legend-filled fantasy romance.

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At Witt's End
Closed at 55 readers

J.V. Caggiano

At Witt's End takes the reader to the crumbling, old town of Victoria in Northern Washington where recent events uncover long-hidden secrets and lead to fresh murders. Once the home of wealthy 19th-century businessmen, modern-day Victoria has fallen on hard times. Passersby discover a skeleton in a renowned oak tree. Graffiti begins to appear on the walls, harkening back to the disappearance of a woman named Mary.

 

Follow along with mystery writer Cerridwen as she attempts to author her latest novel in her grandmother's inherited mansion while the mystery unfolds around her. Dark but humorous and full of smart-mouthed banter, At Witt's End is sure to entertain.

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The Art Of Always
Closed at 62 readers

Patricia Friedrich

Art history student Darcey Mendes needs a new topic for her thesis in order to graduate, but time is against her. Family debts are pressing. She fears she must give up all hopes of an academic career. Yet, without her degree, would she earn enough to provide for her secret daughter's future?Archie Northwood, rich and from a privileged family, suddenly reappears in her life to offer the chance that could save her—the story of his Brazilian great-grandmother. His ancestor was Modernist painter Ana Eça, who, on the verge of stardom in the 1920s, mysteriously vanished from public view forever.Choosing to unveil Ana's story is a complicated proposition for them both. How will they be able to work together to resolve the decades-old mystery when Darcey cannot allow Archie to guess her secret?

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A Life Unplanned
Closed at 65 readers

Caitrona Dexler

𝘈 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥 is a steamy romance about two nerds who find each other on the show floor of New York Comic Con, cosplaying as Batman and Amy Pond. It's a story about how they navigate their lives together, find their passions, discover family secrets, struggle with grief, and accept the love and help they need to move on.

Sadie Jones had her whole life planned out after meeting Danny in high school. College, marriage, kids. She thought she would have it all with Danny. That is until Sadie discovered her suspicions about him turned out to be true. After years of loneliness in an unhappy relationship, Sadie finds herself walking an unknown path, but one she is certain will lead to that life she had always planned for herself.

During her annual trip to comic con she unexpectedly meets a guy on the show floor. Her instant connection with Theo only gets stronger as they spend the weekend geeking out together. But their potential future relationship is threatened after Sadie learns who Theo's father is. Determined not to let their baggage get in the way of what could be real love and true friendship, Sadie and Theo put their faith in each other.

 

Any triggers: explicit sex scenes, threat of rape, miscarriage

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Land Of Lyrics
Closed at 42 readers

Havana Wilder

--Escaping an arranged marriage to a prince of an evil Kingdom is all Lyric wants, but someone has other plans.---


~A Quest for freedom~ ~An Unexpected Suitor~ ~One Deadly Battle~
Lyric, a princess promised to a prince at a very young age, lives in a territory that takes care of their people. However, when the king of the other territory turns wicked, she is forced to learn how to fend off this horrid monarchy should he unexpectedly attack.


On a mission to liberation, her plan involves how to learn how to protect those who can’t protect themselves while figuring out how to end this prior arrangement.


Meanwhile, an unsuspecting heartthrob catches her attention. Dealing with her internal battles will she allows herself to open up to the possibility of love knowing that it’ll pose risks that’ll threaten the enchanted forest and multiple kingdoms?


In the midst of all the mayhem, does this relationship end before it can begin?

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Inbetween
Closed at 58 readers

Megan Huntley

Release Date- Sept. 2022

The beginning of an epic journey in a world where time does not exist.

 

Imagine opening your eyes while the building is falling apart around you. The room is familiar yet different, and nothing seems to make sense. You must run for your life, only to enter an unknown world. One without electricity or animals, and to top it all off, time does not seem to exist. 

 

This is where Finn, Emelie, Dax and Victoria find themselves after work late one night. 

Having fled the collapsing building, they must survive in this strange new world. First things first, they have to find food and shelter before they can even contemplate finding a way back home. When they meet a handsome stranger, their chances of survival improve, or do they? 

This world will test the bounds of their loyalty and friendship. Where dangers lurk around every corner. The ultimate question being: will they be able to make it back alive?

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Salted Caramel Bliss With A Wedding Kiss
Closed at 42 readers

Cherie Colyer

The Wild Rose Press

Release Date- August 24, 2022

Roman Briggs built a life for himself in Siren’s Cove. He restored the Sugar Cones Ice Cream Parlor and turned it into a popular stop along the boardwalk. He has everything he needs until a certain blue-eyed woman wanders back into his life.

 

Seer and witch Peyton Woods isn’t sure why her latest visions feature a man and boy she’s never met. Determined to find out, she casts a spell that leads her to a small beach town in Maine and, to her utter surprise, the man who broke her heart eight years earlier.

 

Peyton's left with one question. Why didn't her magic show her him?

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Frozen Hearts And Death Magic
Closed at 51 readers

Day Leitao

Romance, drama, and mystery abound in this telenovela-inspired upper-YA romantic fantasy for fans of multi-POV stories, forbidden love, enemies to lovers, family sagas, royal intrigue, and mysterious magic.

A forbidden fae kiss could be deadly.

Naia was raised in the shadow of her twin brother, the crown prince, who has iron magic much more powerful than hers. But Naia has wishes of her own. They awaken when she finds a white fae almost dying in the woods. She only heard of them in stories; the dreaded race that razed cities to the ground, killed her grandparents, almost rid Aluria of humans—until they disappeared. Now, almost twenty years later, are they back? Is there another war coming?

 

But the fae is evasive and secretive—and also alluring and fascinating, more beautiful than anyone she’s ever seen. And then it happens: Naia kisses him—and nothing will be the same again.

 

In another kingdom, Leah, a necromancer princess, has to find a husband in less than four days, during the gathering, when royals from all over Aluria meet. Her family makes it very clear that she can pick any prince she wants—except one: Naia’s brother. And it turns out that he’s the one; the one who makes her heart beat faster.

 

Meanwhile, war looms over the land. One of the kingdoms is amassing immense power. The White Fae might be returning. Amidst it all, Naia and her brother struggle with newfound magical powers, family secrets, and most of all, their own treacherous hearts.

 

Frozen Hearts and Death Magic is book 1 of the Duology Of Fire and Fae, recommended for readers 16 and up.

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Wrapped Around My Heart
Closed at 38 readers

Heather Alexander

Release Date- August 29, 2022

Savvy New York designer, Emma Cole, inexplicably falls through time and into the arms of the most intriguing man she’s ever met—Wyatt Kincaid, a hunky cowboy living in 19th century Montana. Their attraction is instantaneous, but the secrets they each carry may keep the two apart.

When a mysterious string of fires set off a chain of events, the couple must come together to uncover the perpetrator.

Fate brought them together through time, but will their love be strong enough to keep them united through the centuries?

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Into The Groove
Closed at 45 readers

Lawrence Kelter

Authors note (in regard to triggers) the story takes place in NYC in the 1980s--a mean and corrupt era in NYC history. It's about a black thug who was falsely accused of the murder of 10 women and kids. The victim is black and so is the protagonist, Steady Groove. The story takes place in a ghetto. The area is economically depressed and populated to a large extent by black people, some of which are thugs and addicts. I tried to be as racially sensitive as possible, but as the story is based on fact, I had to remain true to the actual setting and its inhabitants.

 

When hood rat D. Wayne Tyrone is charged with the mass murder of eleven women and kids, rookie Parole Officer Stedman Groove must march to hell and back to prove his friend’s innocence.

Into the Groove is a work of fiction, but the Palm Sunday Massacre was very real. The senseless murder of eleven women and children in 1984 will live on as one of the ugliest moments in New York City history and possibly one of the Big Apple’s most appalling miscarriages of justice. A jury of twelve sent an innocent man to prison for thirty-four years. Slide Into The Groove with Steady as he uncovers the startling truth.

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Our Next Chapter
Closed at 41 readers

Hannah Morgan

Our future rarely turns out as planned—friends Elliott, Mel, and Luke certainly found that to be true. Now in their early twenties, they’re forced to submit to reality.
Elliott is a blind author floundering as he takes his first steps of independence. Luke, his roommate and best friend, works as a proofreader of a local newspaper—a far cry from his dream of being an editor for an influential publishing firm. Held back by grief and guilt from past decisions, he has to learn to knock down the walls he’s built around him. His younger sister, Mel, struggles to carry the weight of living out the dreams she and her deceased best friend had whipped up years prior, while grappling with the affects a difficult childhood left on her.


As the three of them navigate new experiences, relationships, and careers, they learn how to turn the page while not forgetting their past chapters.

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Destiny
Closed at 49 readers

Katie Richard

What if your Destiny made you sacrifice your humanity and pledge yourself to creatures you thought only existed in fairytales?

A young adult fantasy romance novel, the first in the series, Destiny Of Graystone, is set in a secretive world that protects humans from the dark ones. Sierra’s true identity has been hidden from her by her parents for her whole life. Her parents are taken hostage by the evil immortal Excalibur, throwing Sierra’s life as she knows it out the window. The only way to save her family is to make the transition into an immortal herself, saying goodbye forever to the girl she was before. The immortal world she joins has plenty of secrets of its own that the authorities would like to keep buried.

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Bluebonnet Days
Closed at 50 readers

Ali Marie

In the midst of chaos and loss, will love always find a way?

 

In a small town in the outskirts of Texas, life used to be simple for Weston and Sam growing up. Though it seemed growing up and being faced with certain challenges and choices does not always allow love to prevail.

 

When Weston shattered Sams heart, all she can think about is getting away. To do something that will give her joy, as she pushes to forget the love and man she once knew. After years away, she is summoned home to help with the family ranch. Sam knows it would be impossible to avoid Weston, but she hoped to have time to settle back home, before dealing with him.

 

Weston never forgave himself for breaking Sams heart as he never stopped loving her. He is bound and determined to make sure she remembers who they are together and to win her back. The only problem or several is, obstacles seem to keep getting in his way and a past that might not have changed him for the better.

 

"She's here. After all of these years away, my Sam is finally back home" - Weston

 

"He completely owns me. My mind, body, heart and soul. How do I walk away from him? Bigger question, can I walk away from him?"  - Sam

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Of Flesh And Steel
Closed at 60 readers

Alyssa Green

Sergeant Blaise Carrington has been a sentinel on the Teaos wall for most of her adult life. A comfortable position even though she’s afraid of heights. When Captain Kaiden Atherton recruits her for King Vaughn’s task force, Blaise will be forced to face the truth which could shake her world into chaos. 

 

The mission: Defeat the tyrant Queen of Balam, and prevent the release of her undead armies. 

 

Newly appointed Captain Kaiden Atherton has trained his entire life for the mission, but when he meets the mysterious Sergeant Blaise, and senses her potential, he can’t help but get close to her. With the destruction of Crenitha and her three kingdoms, Kaiden is put to the ultimate test, and has to choose between loyalty to his king, and loyalty to her. 

How will he choose?

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Droplets Of Magic
Closed at 65 readers

Emily Bybee

Kira’s spells always end the same—rain and violent storms. She’s what’s called a Defect, and that means one of two things in the witch world—losing your magic or death. After faking her demise, Kira is in hiding. She risks exposure and travels the world, making the Defective magic that would get her killed into a gift by bringing rains to places that most need water.

 

The witch world has changed in the ten years Kira’s been gone. Kira doesn’t know that she has a much bigger part to play against an ancient danger that threatens the entire world. But the witches want her for their own greedy plans. Her only chance to escape the witch council is to hide in areas where her storms go unnoticed. After one last stop in Africa, she plans to disappear again.

 

But Kira’s past catches up with her and a decade old blood debt comes due. As if being prey to the witch world isn’t enough, her family’s history with the Russian Mafia causes an enemy who was once her childhood friend to hunt her down. She and her only ally Alex—a naïve American—team up to escape the underworld warlord. As Kira’s feelings for Alex grow, she fears he will be caught in the crossfire. To settle this debt, someone will have to die.

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The Gods Must Clearly Smile
Closed at 45 readers

Aaron Christopher Drown

From the distant future, and the forgotten past...

 

From the far reaches of space, and the house next door...

 

From award-winning writer Aaron Christopher Drown, a gathering of fourteen curious tales that wend and weave across worlds familiar and unthinkable.

 

A captivating journey through wishes and nightmares,love and murder, war and magic...

 

And the occasional dalliance with destiny.

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Strange Gods
Closed at 65 readers

Alison Kimble

Immortal Works Publishing

Spooky arrives at a wilderness boot camp for troubled teens with two suitcases and an ultimatum: either she keeps her head down over the summer or she won’t be allowed home at the end of it. All she wants to do is survive the pyros, bullies, and power-tripping counselors, get through senior year, and start her life somewhere new. She’ll do just about anything to protect that future.

 

But when an encounter with another camper goes awry and ends with Spooky hiding in the woods, something else finds her. Something ancient and powerful has sent out feelers, hoping to catch a human alone. For its purposes, one human is as good as any other. Even a delinquent teen will do.

 

If Spooky wants to survive to see any kind of future, she will have to figure out how to gain leverage over a god. And as if the one wasn’t bad enough, a pantheon of dark entities are lining up between her and the life she’s always wanted...

 

For fantasy fans, comes one girl’s journey through dark worlds of magic, gods, and monsters.

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Always Yours
Closed at 42 readers

AJ Ranney

Release Date- August 30, 2022

Content Warning: This story discusses topics that could trigger certain audiences.

Topics including but not limited to:

    •    Domestic abuse

    •    Attempted rape

    •    Death of a parent

    •    Emergency situation with a child

    •    Substance abuse/heavy drinking (and driving) by minor character

 

She’s the one that got away. But I’m the guy who let her go.

 

I’ll admit it, I’m an idiot.

 

I walked away from the only girl I’ve ever loved.

 

I messed up. I know I don’t deserve a second chance, but I would give anything to make it right.

 

It’s too late. Bella’s made it abundantly clear those feelings died a long time ago. Why does she get so angry when all I’m trying to do is move on? It’s as if she’s suddenly interested in us again. Even if she is, I’m torn. The last time we tried, it almost destroyed us both.

 

She’s leaving soon, and my small town life is crumbling around me. I have to try. I have to see if there is still an us. I can’t let her get away again.

 

Given the option, she will forever be my always.

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Dior Or Die
Closed at 44 readers

Laura Akers

She’s survived dangerous missions for the government, but can she survive life among the rich?


Davia Glenn is the first woman on a covert paramilitary team until a mission goes deadly wrong. She inherits a fortune, moves to a wealthy community, and soon discovers the crazy under all that money. On a terrorist’s hit list, Davia must navigate her new life while dodging assassins.

Torn between two men and two worlds, Davia must decide her future— but this time, she wears haute couture instead of camouflage and combat boots.

If you love the grit of Jack Reacher and the fun of Stephanie Plum, Dior or Die is an addicting, action & adventure read.

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Speak No Evil
Closed at 60 readers

Liana Gardner

Vesuvain Books

Content warning: social, issues, sexual abuse, bullying, abuse in foster care, loss of parents

 

The daughter of Appalachian snake handlers becomes a ward of the state after her eerie “gift’ causes a tragedy that leaves her orphaned.

What if every time you told the truth, evil followed?

My name is Melody Fisher. My daddy was a snake handler in Appalachia until Mama died. Though years have passed, I can still hear the rattle before the strike that took her from me.

And it’s all my fault.

Since then, I’ve been passed around from foster home to foster home. I didn’t think anything could be as bad as losing Mama.

I was wrong.

But I will not speak of things people have done to me. Every time I do, worse evil follows. Now, the only thing I trust is what saved me years ago.

Back when I would sing the snakes calm …

 

Bram Stoker Awards Nominee for Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel, Speak No Evil was named #14 in Ginger Nuts of Horror's Top 100 YA Horror Novels of the Decade

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Lies In Bone
Closed at 50 readers

Natalie Symons

Trigger Warnings:

Alcoholism, heavy cigarette use, child molestation mentioned and briefly described, self harm, mental health issues, and murder

 

Told by a tart-tongued young woman with a love of Bruce Springsteen, Lies in Bone is at once a mystery and coming-of-age tale fueled by dark secrets involving love, murder, and the truths worth lying for.


On Halloween 1963, eleven-year-old Chuck Coolidge and his brother Danny are lost in a toxic smog covering the steel town of Slippery Elm, Pennsylvania. When the smog lifts, half the town is sick and twenty people are dead. And Danny is missing.


Now, over twenty years later, Chuck's teenage daughter Frank plots escape from this "busted and disgusted" town. When a murdered child is found in the river, investigators link the crime to the disappearance of Danny in '63, and Frank's life is turned upside down. In the face of her worst fears, she must uncover her family's dark past if she wants to keep her sister Boots from the hands of The State. Led to discover the unimaginable truth about Danny's disappearance, Lies in Bone culminates in a shocking eleventh-hour reveal and an emotionally charged finale.

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Bound By Words
Closed at 66 readers

E.L. Koslo

Release Date- Sept 2022

Triggers: BDSM including restraints, possibly degrading language, impact play, role play including mentions of fantasy rape, pegging, etc. It also has mentions of pregnancy, miscarriage, infertility, sexual harassment, assault, stalking, mental illness including depression and anxiety, death of a parent. Contains explicit sexual content.

 

 Kelly Stineman has always been the life of the party; a sarcastic popular girl who everyone loved to hate. When a co-worker torpedoes her life with allegations of misconduct, she does the only thing she can think of... she runs.

 

While hiding out at her brother's secluded property in Connecticut, she's confronted by a face from the past who gave her one night she'd never forget.

 

Nathan's double life catches up with him and he jumps on the opportunity to get out of Boston. Fleeing the uncomfortable situation an ex-flame has put him in, he takes a job building his friends' guest house in the remote Connecticut countryside.

 

When Nathan and Kelly are thrown together months after their steamy night at her brother's wedding, things change for both of them in ways they never expected.

 

Will they return to their normal lives alone once things settle down or will they try to make things work despite the distance?

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Darkrunner Rising
Closed at 36 readers

AJ Larke

Reylyn Hummel is the only half-elf in the village, and it doesn't make her popular. Her only friends are the Infernal Hellzebub and his feathered minions. When the villagers go too far, Hellzebub helps her escape in exchange for helping him get his throne in the Lower Planes back from his sister, the overly-ambitious Celestial, Tiaphima. This lands Reylyn in Timbercrest, where all the rules about elves, humans, and orcs, about good and evil, are different. Where even she can have friends and family. Where having friends and family will be more dangerous and more difficult than being the villain of her village.

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Heart Of The Valley
Closed at 49 readers

Shermon Kodi

The Valley must feed, and Serena is next. 

 

Raised to hold a lone vigil over a realm of spirits, Serena is the only one who can stop the Ghostorms and maintain the barrier that keeps the demons at bay. Though she knows it’s her duty, she’s terrified to leave the safety of her temple and the priests who trained her.

 

When her only friend is cut with a cursed blade, Serena has no choice but to face her fears.

 

She must journey through the Valley, through darkness and death, to save her companion before it’s too late. If she fails, the agents of evil will finally be freed from their prison, unleashing a new age of darkness upon the world.

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The Syrens Mutiny 
Closed at 69 readers

Jessica Taylor

Release Date- Sept. 2022

Trigger Warnings: Possible trigger warnings include: violence, drowning, death, dismemberment, torture, brief/non-explicit references to child kidnapping and deaths, mentions of past domestic violence, mild sexual content, and mentions of arranged marriages.

 

“It’s frightful bad luck to have a woman aboard.”

 

Brigid knew the superstition, but when her father tried to marry her off, she had no choice but to stowaway on a ship bound for Bhodheas. When she’s discovered and discarded, her fate seems sealed…until she’s saved by the ocean and its queen.

Transformed into a syren and given new life, Brigid now has the power to seek revenge on those who wronged her.

 

Caelum has spent his entire life trying to help those who couldn’t help themselves. After years suffering the cruelty of his pirate father, saving others from a similar fate was ingrained in him. But when he’s unable to save a young girl from being thrown overboard for hiding away, he’s devastated.

Until one day, when he’s thrown into the water by unforeseen forces, he comes face to face with the past, and maybe, with his future.

 

But there’s a darkness lurking on the seas they both call home. And Caelum and Brigid have no idea just how intertwined their stories really are.

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Wilde Type
Closed at 30 readers

HK Jacobs

Dr. Alexandra Wilde is brilliant, driven, and wholly dedicated to her profession.  Caring for critically ill children has taken her across the globe from Mongolia to Haiti to her current assignment in Gaborone, Botswana.  Her life is full of excitement, tragedy, and personal sacrifice with little room for anything or anyone else.  She has always welcomed any adventure…except for the one wearing the face of billionaire mining heir and international playboy, Ian Devall.  

 

He is arrogant, charming, and utterly disenchanted.  However, when circumstances thrust him into her life, she is captivated by a glimpse of his deeper character and drawn into a blazing romance. An ensuing path of self-discovery leads her to reopen the wounds of her past, and she must choose between the life she always imagined…or one she never dreamed was possible.  

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Jaclyn And The Beanstalk
Closed at 65 readers

Mary Ting

Vesuvain Books

Dr. Alexandra Wilde is brilliant, driven, and wholly dedicated to her profession.  Caring for critically ill children has taken her across the globe from Mongolia to Haiti to her current assignment in Gaborone, Botswana.  Her life is full of excitement, tragedy, and personal sacrifice with little room for anything or anyone else.  She has always welcomed any adventure…except for the one wearing the face of billionaire mining heir and international playboy, Ian Devall.  

 

He is arrogant, charming, and utterly disenchanted.  However, when circumstances thrust him into her life, she is captivated by a glimpse of his deeper character and drawn into a blazing romance. An ensuing path of self-discovery leads her to reopen the wounds of her past, and she must choose between the life she always imagined…or one she never dreamed was possible.  

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The Worst Story Ever Written
Closed at 67 readers

Nicole Wells

Release Date- Sept 2002

Hi. I’m Jayne. I know, plain human Jayne. But that’s not the story of my life. This book is. 

 

It all started with a visit from the all-powerful Book Fairy. The very one that can turn the life of an author like me around. 

 

It’s unfortunate we haven’t been on good terms. It’s even more unfortunate that when she finally deigns to visit me, it’s for murder. I mean, a murder. Damn articles, they really do make a difference.

 

Add in a kingdom on the brink and my fantasy lover, a vampire Prince who might just hate me, and things surely can’t get worse … right?

 

Warning: This has an inverse harem scene. If you don’t like group ceiling sex, this book might not be for you. 

 

Actual Note: Mild profanity. This is a slow burn romance with just the right amount of spiciness to feel comfortable reading on public transit, so long as you’re prepared to laugh out loud. Cliffhanger ending.

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The Punishment Wax
Closed at 65 readers

Kate Starr

 

Release Date- Sept 2002

When marketing executive Carter Adams loses a bet to his friends, he begrudgingly accepts the punishment: a full Brazilian wax at one of New York’s top day spas. But when Carter meets the beautiful cosmetologist Daphne Reynolds, suddenly having all the hair ripped from his nether regions doesn’t seem so bad. Desperate to spend more time with her, Carter finds himself booking more spa treatments. 

But Daphne isn’t easily won over, even though she finds herself incredibly attracted to Carter. Coming off an intense breakup, Daphne isn’t interested in dating anyone, let alone another New York corporate hotshot like her ex. But after getting up close and personal with nearly every part of Carter’s body, Daphne struggles to say no when Carter asks her for a no-strings-attached fling.

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Now Rowing To Lie
Closed at 65 readers

Rosie Birch

A murder mystery party gone wrong. A jock with a crochet problem. Beaver wars. And the Tremblay curse…. 

 

Renée Barnes can’t lie. So when star hockey player, Jesse Tremblay, invites her to sample his signature one-night-stand, she can’t deny her curiosity: What would it be like to not be the good girl for a few hours?

But it turns out Jesse leaves her with a lot more than fun memories.

 

Armed with half a degree, a new boyfriend who is good on paper but refuses to show her how he is between the sheets, a failed rowing career, and a baby on the way, Renée faces a choice: Hide the truth (hard to do when you physically can’t lie), or walk away from the perfect life she’s built.

 

The one person she has to tell is the father, but it’s getting harder and harder to explain why Jesse keeps showing up in her kitchen, walking her to class, and protecting her from a beaver army.

 

Or why she likes that so much.

 

Not Rowing To Lie is a laugh out loud college sports romance between a sculler and the star hockey player. As a standalone love story, it features a complete romance, a delightful small town heroine and a sexy, alpha hero, unexpected beaver attacks, vegan cooking gone right, and that signature Rosie Birch humour.

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Delay Of The Game
Closed at 40 readers

Bex Jalise

Harper Quinn’s first love: playing hockey. Harper’s second love: Kai Larsen. Friends and teammates, young Harper thought Kai would be in her life forever, until one day, Kai moved on and left her behind without looking back.

 

NHL player Kai, fresh off an injury, is struggling to get his head back in the game he dedicated his life to. With only one season left on his contract to prove he still has what it takes, he reaches out to the one person who always brought the best out of him both on and off the ice.

 

Seventeen years after Kai ghosted Harper, now Coach Quinn, he walks back in her rink, asking for her help to rekindle his spark for the game. It was supposed to be one summer. It was supposed to be professional.

 

Those were the rules.

 

But the rules of the game can change. Can’t they?

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The Cracked Slipper
Closed at 85 readers

Stephanie Alexander

Harper Quinn’s first love: playing hockey. Harper’s second love: Kai Larsen. Friends and teammates, young Harper thought Kai would be in her life forever, until one day, Kai moved on and left her behind without looking back.

 

NHL player Kai, fresh off an injury, is struggling to get his head back in the game he dedicated his life to. With only one season left on his contract to prove he still has what it takes, he reaches out to the one person who always brought the best out of him both on and off the ice.

 

Seventeen years after Kai ghosted Harper, now Coach Quinn, he walks back in her rink, asking for her help to rekindle his spark for the game. It was supposed to be one summer. It was supposed to be professional.

 

Those were the rules.

 

But the rules of the game can change. Can’t they?

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Sweet Pea
Closed at 35 readers

Jessica Butler

Elle Elverson, a mostly happily married, successful writer, wakes up one morning with a man other than her husband, Ryan laying next to her. The kicker is she knows who this man is. It's none other than the one who broke her heart and soul whom she hasn't spoken to in many years. Her ex-boyfriend: Josh Wilson.

 

With the help of her best friend, Gwen, she's on a mission to recover the missing pieces of what happened, what life she's entered and who she really desire to be in it.

 

Is the grass really greener on the other side or is it simply artificial?

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Learning To Live
Closed at 42 readers

Kira Adams

Ciera

All I wanted was to be able to make it through my senior year. I didn't need the stares, the jokes, or the bullies. I thought I could do it all on my own, but I was wrong. He filled my veins like a poison, the kind you can't run from. Harsh and uncaring, he was broken, but somewhere along the way he seeped into my pores. There was no way out, so that left me with one choice: to open his eyes to the beauty around him--to help him live.

 

 

Topher

She wasn't on my agenda; it was fate's cruel way of telling me I needed to get my shit together. To be fair, my head was so far up my ass, I'm not sure how we extracted it. I knew the power I held over my peers, and I exuded it daily. I could have had any girl I wanted at the snap of my fingers, and yet I found myself fantasizing about her--someone so far off my radar it wasn't even funny. She helped me understand that sometimes you need to let go to really live. Sometimes being alive means taking risks.

 

Learning to Live is the first book in the Infinite Love series.

The Infinite Love series comes with hard hitting subjects such as bullying, suicide, depression, disorders, abuse, addiction, fears, love, death, and more. The stories aren't going to be pretty, but they are going to be real. 

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Kisses And Stones
Closed at 20 readers

D. Allyson Howlett

Eighteen-year-old Peter Landon acts on a whim and breaks up a physical altercation between Ashley and her abusive boyfriend, Westley. But defending the most notorious bad girl in high school comes with consequences. 

 

With Westley’s promise of revenge and school giving him hell, Pete is desperate to keep his distance from Ashley. However, Ashley’s newfound interest in him comes with extreme temptation. A temptation Pete’s long-time girlfriend is quickly catching onto.

 

Pete needs to decide which risks he’s willing to take if the lines of what he expects for his future and what he wants have any chance of coming together.

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Dacia Wolf And The Prophecy
Closed at 65 readers

Mandi Oyster

Magic …

      A Prophecy …

            And a Demon.

 

Who knew freshman year in college would be so complicated?

 

Dacia doesn't believe in prophecies, but when she starts living her nightmares, she can't help but wonder if she's wrong.

 

Strange things have always happened in her presence—unexplainable fires, ground-shaking tremors, inexplicable weather changes. People in the small town of Bittersweet avoid her, and in her own home, her parents fear her.

 

The only person who doesn't make her feel like an outcast is her best friend, Cody Hawks. Around him, she is free to be herself.

 

Desperate for a new start, Dacia is excited to go to college, leaving everyone but Cody behind. However, when her powers surface in class, she finds herself a pawn in a demon's plot to take over the planet.

 

Plunged into a world where magic exists and monsters are real, Dacia must learn to control her powers and find a way to return the demon to the Abyss.

 

Dacia Wolf & the Prophecy is the electrifying debut novel in the Dacia Wolf series. If you like magic and adventure mixed with a touch of romance, you’ll love Mandi Oyster’s spellbinding series.

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The Quiet Girl
Closed at 75 readers

Nichole Heydenberg

How far would you go for revenge?

 

Violet Hale is a quiet teenager whose family moved from Michigan to North Carolina. She misses her friends, especially her best friend, Abby, and her old life. But the worst part of her new school is the popular students who have targeted her, bullying her ceaselessly until she can’t stand going to school.

 

When Violet meets a cute boy named Jess, she’s shocked when he wants to be her friend. As they become closer and she falls for this mysterious boy, one day he tells her that he has a plan. A plan to get revenge on the people who hurt them. Violet agrees until she finds out Jess is going to take things too far. She wonders if she should stop him before he hurts the girls who tortured her or if she should help him and finally get her revenge.

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Girl Of Shadow And Glass
Closed at 36 readers

C.K. Beggan

Dare to dream. Live to defy.

 

I can't remember the last time I dared to dream about anything--not about my future, never about love, and certainly not about the sorcery the ancestors left behind. 

 

All that's about to change.

 

Kith has spent each of her seventeen years being coddled by the wisps and semi-wisps of her world. Born physically fragile, her family, elders and neighbors have never allowed her the independent life she craves. It's no wonder she looks forward to her brush with sorcery each morning. When she passes through an ancient gate to a neighboring world, the animal-like shadows are there to welcome her--and the shadows aren't the coddling type. 

 

Bound by treaty to feed and educate her, the magical shadows have become beloved teachers for Kith--until one of them makes a shocking decision. Kith must succeed at a new type of education: she must learn to run faster than a shadow or risk going hungry.

 

With the weight of an inter-world treaty on her shoulders--and encouragement from a young man with courtship on his mind--Kith sets out on a journey to become stronger, smarter and more independent, all within the bounds of her dying world and the body she was born with. Because as the last of her ancestors' protective sorcery gives way, it's no longer enough for Kith to defy the odds. 

 

It's time to live to defy.

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Kukulan's Messenger
Closed at 25 readers

Fanny Garstang

One minute he was walking with his family pass the Sacred Cenote, the next he was in it and being pulled out. He saved himself from another death by the angry priests as he stiffened and announced, "enough, the rains will be here soon."

He was the first to return from the realm of the Gods. 

 

From then on Ah Mochcouoh was looked upon with awe and jealousy as a messenger of the patron god of Chichen Itza, Kukulcan, the feathered serpent wind God. It was the gods who would direct his destiny while he lived, using him to communicate with the kings and priests of Chichen Itza; visiting him in his sleep. It was them who send him into the forest with his pregnant slave girl to hide while Chichen Itza and Mayapan fought for power until they revealed the time for him to return to the city states 

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A Hearts Landscape
Closed at 25 readers

Susan Lax

Meryl Moss Media

Unlock a moment of joy in each day, no matter how challenging times may be. Let this beautiful collection of stories, poems, and words from the garden of the author's heart offer insights, comfort, and healing.

Some days, our hearts or souls can't find the glasses to see, and we cannot hear our own music. We find ourselves on autopilot, forgetting the preciousness of being and losing touch with our creative spirit. But on other days, our being fills with excitement, magically showing us the miracle of joy. Author Susan Lax explores the gifts of awareness and encourages the reader to be present in the moment.

 

With A Heart's Landscape, Lax offers a path to an attentive heart. On every page, her words and timeless photographs meet your soul in the perfect place. In times of grief, illness, or life transitions, you'll find healing and strength within these pages. As a spiritual counselor, end-of-life caregiver, and Reiki practitioner, Lax shares the truths and inspirations she has learned from the beauty of the human spirit and the gifts of nature and awareness.

 

Wonderment patiently hopes to be discovered and illuminated by all you are.

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In A Heartbeat
Closed at 36 readers

Adina Grey

Jace

Alone and with a newborn, my life was about to change. I was in trouble. I had no idea where to start when my new, sexy as hell, neighbor showed up to help me. And thank God she did. 

 

I’ve managed to put my life, and my heart, back together. A fresh start. A new, happy life. At least, that’s what I thought. Until the echoes of the past come back to haunt us.

 

Maddison

Leaving Philadelphia wasn’t exactly in my plans, but I had to. My life was in danger. But I won’t ever leave someone close to me again.

 

When I heard desperate cries come from the home next door, my terrified and broken heart lurched at the thought of another innocent life needing my help, and I knocked on his door. 

Emily won over my heart as Jace did. 

 

But the past is out to get me, and if we aren't careful, they're going to be in the firing line. Should I walk away to keep my heart safe? Or can love conquer all?

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Afterworld 
Closed at 62 readers

Olivia Boothe and Victoria Liiv

Release Date- Sept 16, 2022

EIGHTEEN MONTHS AGO, THE WORLD LEARNED THE UGLY TRUTH:

GOD EXISTS. HE JUST DOESN'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT US.

 

After a deadly virus wipes out most of the world's population, those of us who survive are left as food for the Damned, the walking corpses ravaged by the infection.

 

Yet, something far more sinister stirs in the bowels of New York City. The Four Horsemen are prowling the streets, kidnapping young girls and dragging them back to their lair. And when a supply run becomes a rescue mission turned deadly, I'm left at the mercy of a sexy stranger.

 

Jax Constantine weaves himself into my life with blood tingling charisma and a smile that rekindles my hope in love. But a dark secret lurks beneath his penetrating gaze and sizzling touch. One he's not willing to share, leading me to believe he might not be the man I thought.

 

Now, humanity's last stand rests in my hands. To save a world consumed by evil, I must choose between stopping Lucifer from claiming an already scorched Earth as his own or saving the man I love.

 

The same man destined to curse my soul.

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Wish Marked
Closed at 75 readers

Lissa Bolts

Release Date- August 1, 2022

Hi. I’m Nora, and I bring people’s worst nightmares to life.

Everyone needs a hobby, right?

 

Gah. Don’t look at me like that. It’s not like I do it on purpose. I’m cursed. Like bonafide needle-pricking, frog-kissing, poison-apple cursed. Except worse because in addition to slowly chipping away at my soul, this thing will eventually kill me too.

 

Let me start over… 

 

It all goes back to wishes. The stupid things come true around me but in the worst possible way. And I don’t mean that lightly because, well… sometimes people wind up dead.

 

The kicker? Once I grant my quota of ill-fated desires, that’s it for me. Finito. I know because there were others before me. Just our sick family heritage. We screw people over, and then we die. Hell of a way to live, right?

 

I think I might be the last one too. I’ve searched my whole life and found nothing. No answers. No cure. Not one hint of magic in this entire world besides me.

 

Well, that is… until today.

 

**This is the first book in the all-new urban fantasy series: Stones & Curses. If you like fierce heroines with hearts of gold, edge-of-your-seat adventure, a touch of swoony romance, and enough mind-blowing treachery to leave you wondering what in the world just happened, this is the series for you.**

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Titanite's Royal Secret
Closed at 40 readers

Sequoia Nevae

Heartache. Revenge. Love. Ingredients for the perfect curse. Will King Titanite pass the first test of his family’s torment? 

 

On the night King Titanite’s twins are born, he must make a choice: send one daughter away from the palace or risk losing everything, including his twins. Empathize with Peridot, a shy, kind-hearted princess, longing for her father’s love. Become empowered by Ruby, a fiery, self-driven princess, determined to always be victorious. A three thousand-year-old curse binds those twin princesses to their family’s past and future. A curse driven by pain, revenge, and love. Titanite believes his queen knows nothing of the curse that split the Land of Carnelian in two and also burdened his family. However, with the help of a mysterious being, the queen has her own motives for their daughter who remains in the palace. Enjoy the journey towards the curse-driven battle between the princesses as they learn to harness their hidden royal powers from unexpected companions. 

 

Read the beginning of this young adult fantasy series to find out which Sapphire princess will become the next heir to the throne and help trigger The Carnelian Curse.

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Wings In Captivity
Closed at 50 readers

C. Soto

WARNING:  This is a Dark Romance, captive story.  Trigger warnings include but are not limited to:  dubious consent, strong language, violence.  Intended audience 18+ only.  

 

Grimm is an assassin, a ghost in the night, coming to gift souls for the Reaper!  

 

Once he sets his eyes on Tara, his spirited butterfly, he knows he must capture her and put her in his own cage.

 

While Tara is on the run from one monster, she catches the eye of another.

 

With the games they play, in the end, who will have captured who?

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The Chosen Sacrifice
Closed at 50 readers

C. Soto

For ten years, Tammy has been haunted by the murder of her sister.  Since then, her life’s mission has been finding justice for her sister and other victims alike. 

 

 Last month, Tammy was stalked and escaped an attempted abduction, which has left her at the mercy of her anxiety.  In moments of distress, she knows the one person she can call.

 

James, her partner, doesn’t hesitate to show up when Tammy calls.  His protectiveness kicks in, knowing she’s struggling.  He can’t heal her past, but he can walk by her side. 

 

Once Tammy gets approval to officially open up the cold case for her sister,  the team is shocked to learn that evil is no longer cold, but rising in power and strength. 

 

Emily, a psychic on the team, has dreams of the killer actively hunting. 

 

The killer has been sent on a mission, the order coming from the highest power.  He must rid women from their sin or send them straight to hell.

 

Will the women be saved in time, or will the Devil come up to snatch their souls?

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Earth Wolf & Fire
Closed at 60 readers

Maggie Francis 

Tate 

I’m not going to argue that I’m a gregarious and charming werewolf with a mischievous grin for everyone I see. The proof is in the pudding.  Life in Eliza Falls follows a pleasing pattern of working at the Animal Rescue center and running the business side of the company I own with my brother Seb.  Life is good, if a little lonely.  Living with just my brother for so long, it now feels wonderful to be expanding our small Pack with Seb’s Mate and her family, planting roots in this kooky little town we now call home.  

 

But something’s still missing.

 

Until the day my bestie welcomes home an old friend and my Wolf falls wildly in love. Finally my life clicks into place with a joy so fierce I barely contain myself.  

 

When an unknown threat looms over my newfound happiness, I vow to do everything in my power to keep her safe, but will it be enough? 

 

 

Ulla

Having magic that keeps me separate from my peers is just something I’ve gotten used to.  The only friends I had growing up were my cousin and her best friend in the summers spent in a funny small town in the Pacific Northwest.  It’s been so long since I’ve been back though, I’m not so sure where I fit anymore.  My magic has increased since I left five years ago and it’s getting harder to hear my own thoughts over the whisper of the wind.

  

Running into a Very Hot Man my first week in town isn’t something I planned.  The way the beast inside him shouts his affection at me?  Plot twist!  But not an unwelcome one.  Can my new werewolf boyfriend settle the magic inside me?  Or will my gifts be the key to unlocking happiness for both of us?

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Queen & Conqueror 
Closed at 65 readers

Isabelle Olmo

Release Date- August 9, 2022

TRIGGER WARNINGS:

This book contains elements of ableism, abusive relationship, alcoholism, animal death, bodies/corpses, child abuse, sexual child abuse, classism, death/dying, death penalty, decapitation, drinking (recreational), drug use (mentioned), forced captivity, graphic sex, homophobia, incest, murder, murder (attempted), pedophilia, pregnancy, prostitution, PTSD, rape, serious injury, sexism, sexual abuse, slurs, smoking, suicidal thoughts, swearing, torture, violence, vomit, warfare, weapons.

 

How does one conquer a kingdom without spilling blood? You offer your hand in marriage to the king who killed your husband.

 

Almira's father raised her in political cunning. Since childhood, she’s prepared for this moment. She lays out the players one by one like pieces on a board.

 

One. King Alton, the brother-killer. The spare heir who killed his brother for the throne.

 

Two. The perfect seamstress. The people must admire a queen and welcome her with open arms even when she arrives with a deadly armada behind her.

Three. The Queen’s Red Guard. These warrior women have one purpose; to protect the queen at all costs. Even from her husband. Even from herself.

 

Queen & Conqueror is the first book in an epic feminist fantasy series told from the perspective of the women who rule and shape the future.

 

“Men will never be ready for women like us and it is not our job to ready them.”

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Atlas And The Multiverse
Closed at 35 readers

Chandon Siman

​​At the start of summer break, two familiar faces confront Atlas in Malcolm’s lab, and entrust him with a relic from his family’s past, and an urgent request: Find the Oracle! With the help of his siblings, Lilou and Nico, and some unexpected guests, Atlas returns to the Multiverse to find his friend Mia and save the Alliance from a looming invasion. With P.O.R.T.A.L. hot on their heels, the adventurers travel to familiar and new realms, where they encounter new and menacing foes — and seek to put an end to Craum’s evil plans. Can Atlas find the Oracle, save his friend, and stop the invasion before it’s too late? 

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Tricked
Closed at 75 readers

R.M.T Jay

When Josephine (Jo) Arquette grudgingly attends her high school reunion, the last thing she expects, is to end up in a bar with a striking stranger. Matthew (Matt) Devaro is Grecian-myth-esque perfection wrapped up in raw power and purpose. One cheeky trick later, she finds herself entangled with him and oceans away in Rome. A daring deal is struck, a prickly game of pretend ensues and tensions between them skyrocket.

 

Because…Matthew is no mere stranger. A brilliant billionaire, an uncaring tycoon and a party boy turned ruthless CEO, he is the heir to the Devaro family’s fortune and business empire. And nice isn’t something he wants to be anymore. During her epic, drama-singed adventure in Italy, can Jo prove that she’s no shrinking violet? Can a simple, whimsical farm girl who doesn’t come from much, survive Matt’s callous ways, his old money world, his catty ex AND his Ice Queen of a mother?

 

If Jo sticks to her end of the deal, she’ll save that which matters to her most. But as she cuts through Matt’s complex layers, will she be able to ignore the spark that’s kindling to life between them?

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Accidental Always
Closed at 50 readers

Andrea Lee

Andrea Lee gives a powerful tale of real love, loss and life. Accidental Always delivers an authentic telling of a modern day romance and the challenges it entails. If you enjoy college romance or fame-no fame tropes, this book is for you!

 

Jules is and always had been a loner. For years, her life had been nothing but a lonely pit that kept her confined in a shell of heartache and pain. She never saw herself falling in love. Seeing people around her so in love, she never even contemplated a life of this. She had accepted at a young age that loneliness was the path she was headed down. She didn't think it was in her hand of cards, and she was more or less okay with it. Going abroad for school was as far as she wanted to go in expanding those tight-knit horizons of hers. Then, famous heart-throb Ethan Wright came crashing into her life and it all changed.

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A Shadow Of Blood
And Magic
Closed at 65 readers

Daisy Hale

Through blood, she gains life; from magic, she receives power; with both she is one.

 

Cassandra Woods is not supposed to exist. Fearing for her life She flees her home, escaping punishments for the crimes she committed against the tyrannical Queen of Striga to join forces with the coven's enemy. 

Leonardo Sage, a General of the Lamian army and a High member of the Clan is assigned to watch over Cassandra, he must put his prejudice aside as he struggles with his feelings for her but she has a secret,  the real reason she left Coven and he is determined to find the truth. 

 

Cassandra’s life is in even more danger when an Assassin, an outlawed Shifter is sent to kill her, but all is not what it seems and Cassandra must trust the Clan to protect her, but a threat from inside their own ranks surfaces and Cassandra finds herself in the middle when she saves the life of the Prince of Lamia.

 

As war rages between the kingdoms Cassandra must choose aside. The lives of the people hang in the balance, and it is up to Cassandra to save them, but will she make the right choice?

 

Love or loyalty. Which one will prevail?

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The Setting Sun
Closed at 63 readers

Carrie Mauriello

Meredith’s life has been measured in men — some were a dash, a few were marathons, others she gave inches, and they took miles. But Sam was different.  Neither of them could have known when they met all those years ago what loving each other would mean — like when you are so close to something so big, you can’t really see it at all. The tie that binds them is tested when Sam calls to cash in on a promise — for Meredith to take care of him while he’s dying. Married with a family, Meredith and her husband, Henry, agree she must go — a surprisingly easy decision. Meredith and Sam leave the familiar trappings of Nevada, where they grew up, and embark on a road trip to his final destination, her home-away-from-home, Santa Barbara. While traveling through the landscapes of Nevada and California, Meredith sees the parallels, contradictions, and intersections that make her and Sam’s relationship complicated and mysterious but essential and compelling.

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Allegra
Closed at 35 readers

Nikita Bloom

A small mistake in the formula that was supposed to cure one disease, led to another.

NOW IT’S KILL or be KILLED.

 

In an apocalyptic world surrounded by nothing but dusty ruins, dictatorial military rule, and a divided population, those are the only two choices.

 

Aiden is a soldier in Roy Randall’s army, the head of the underworld. As a child who was thrown to the streets, he’s struggling to survive, with no real choice and no goal worth fighting for. Until he meets Allegra, who doesn’t want to just survive but to live... and love.

 

Everything changes. Now Aiden is torn between his love and his commitment to a man who will determine whether he will live or die.

 

Despite her fear, Allegra is swept away by an unexpected love story, but a sudden discovery shocks her world and forces her to choose between the fragile security of her previous life and a dangerous adventure.

 

Will they succeed in saving the human spark in their hearts in a world where no room’s left for humanity?

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Passion's Liberation
Closed at 35 readers

Khushi T. Saha

A sexy jet-setting player meets a feisty independent South Asian woman in this steamy contemporary interracial romance. What happens when pure attraction collides with family responsibility?

After having written off love, Simran Khan is on vacation looking for no-strings-attached fun. It’s not long before she succumbs to the mysterious hunk with an intense, ice-blue stare while vacationing in London. After a night with global playboy, Marcus Lehigh (and sampling his reputable talents between the sheets), she quickly realizes that this could be more than just a fling, but she has some major doubts … little does she know he feels the same way.

Preferring to keep his interactions with the opposite sex purely physical—and because his jet-setting lifestyle makes it easy to be that player—Marcus Lehigh prefers the single life. A not-so-traditional past also makes it hard for him to trust. Something about Simran hooks him after one night, though. A luscious beauty with brains, some attitude, and an unexpected flippancy for his luxurious life has him wanting more than the usual down and dirty fling. When she leaves for NYC, he follows, intrigued by what she had to offer.

From London to NYC, their relationship collides head first with Marcus’ notorious player lifestyle and Simran’s strong South Asian roots. Will Simran accept his former life riddled with ugly scandals? Can Marcus compete with her cultural heritage and family's traditional expectations?

When all is said and done, life-altering events put their trust to the test. Is love enough to conquer all?

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So Damn Sketchy
Closed at 45 readers

Bonnie Kent

Bonnie Kent is nine years old when she loses her father. She feels that part of herself was lost with him, and she sets out to find someone or something to fill the aching void. Armed with an attitude of ‘act first, think never,’ she morphs into a hedonistic hot mess and loses herself in the world of parties, drugs, and one-night stands. 

 

Before long, people in Bonnie’s life begin drifting away from her, and she finds herself alone and at the mercy of her confused and anguished thoughts. Broke, single, and reduced to living in her car, she is forced to choose between giving in to her new reputation as the headcase with the pretty face or take ownership of her choices and navigate through her unresolved grief.

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Behind The Sun
Closed at 36 readers

Amelia Smith

​​A twisty and suspenseful thriller taking place during the Syrian revolution, following a family set within the crosshairs of a ruthless military unit.When her brother Yusuf is disappeared by the Assad regime, Shams is torn from the normality of her routine by her desperation to find out who betrayed him.The feared Branch 290 has been watching Shams’ family for weeks and she suspects someone close has been passing them information. But if there are betrayers amongst her circle, are they simply acting to save themselves, or are they settling long-held grudges?Amidst the brutality and chaos, Shams no longer knows who she can trust. The Syrian revolution is at the door and Aleppo is the latest battleground.How can you know if someone is loyal and trustworthy or playing an elaborate game of deceit? How do people behave when they are forced into the darkest and most dangerous of circumstances?Perfect for fans of Brad Meltzer and Vince Flynn.

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Rewrite The Rules
Closed at 80 readers

Kay Cove

Adler Haley writes great sex…just not under her name. And certainly not about her experiences—or lack thereof. There’s no safer place to express herself than behind the obscurity of ghostwriting romance novels. By day, Adler’s perfectly content to blend in at her boring nine-to-five as an executive assistant. At least until she meets Joel—her new boss who has her wondering if love at first sight is more than just fiction.

 

Joel Lewis is convinced that relationships bring out the bad in people. And marriage? The worst. Ask his parents. His siblings. And his ex-girlfriend. Needing a fresh start, Joel trades the Big Apple to take the helm at a struggling venture capitalist firm in Denver. After meeting his new assistant, he has to work overtime to fight his feelings and adhere to the no-relationships policy he’s instated for his life.

 

Armed with The F-Buddy Rules for Survival, a clever set of guidelines designed to keep their friendship fun and fun only, Adler and Joel find themselves whisked into the most entertaining ‘situationship’ of their lives. But it’s not long before Adler discovers a major issue with the rules—they weren’t meant to protect her from falling in love. They were only ever meant to keep Joel from finding out.

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A Journey Sparred
Closed at 35 readers

Alexandra Grace

Jackson Vane's story begins in A JOURNEY SPARED, book 1 in The Journey Series.

 

A long military career is all Jackson Vane ever wanted. When he and his three best friends joined the U.S. Marines after high school, he had it all. Not only did the service take him far away from his father and the city he refused to call home, it also gave him endless opportunities to see the world. 

 

He had freedom, purpose, adventure, and his friends by his side. He'd never been happier.

 

But after just eight years, a tragic brush with death while on tour ships him back to Richmond, Virginia with nothing to his name but a shattered dream, a useless medal, and two broken legs. Now, while his injuries hold him captive in his childhood home, he has a new war to fight as he seeks to understand who he is, why he was spared in the explosion, and what or who he needs in order to heal.

 

Jackson's journey continues in A JOURNEY TO LOVE (book 2) and concludes in JOURNEY HOME (book 3).

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Up For Air
Closed at 50 readers

Christina Berry

At a funeral on her 29th birthday, Ari takes stock of her life and comes to a startling conclusion: she’s not happy. Mired in a relationship that’s gone stale, she approaches her husband Greg about opening their marriage. To her shock, he agrees.

 

Ari throws herself headlong into an adventure through the bars and bedrooms of Austin. For the first time in her life she’s living in the moment – sex and kink, karaoke and drink – new friends, new lovers, new boundaries to cross. It’s all just innocent, no-strings fun…until she meets Alex.

 

Alex changes everything. While Ari and Greg grapple with their changing relationship, Ari struggles to control her heart. During hedonistic self-discovery, has she stumbled across love?

 

Book one of the Lost In Austin series, Up for Air was a 2021 Good Sex Awards Winner for "Sexiest Consent," won the Readers' Favorite Gold Medal for Romance - Sizzle, and won the 2021 Independent Press Award for Romance.

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Followers Of The Owl
Closed at 36 readers

M.G. Hernandez

A girl and a boy, haunted by their past, must battle their personal demons to fight the evil hiding in plain sight.

 

Eighteen-year-old Dee Bailey works hard on her personal brand. She’s intelligent and passionate about her community. To her peers, she’s a great friend and everyone’s favorite social butterfly. 

 

But when alone, she’s terrorized by a secret that leaves her cowering to the floor. Until one night, a mysterious girl in white appears on the manicured lawn of her family’s vacation home. She follows the robed figure into the woods with no clue that she’s about to change the course of her future.

 

Meanwhile, Brandon Cuenca is drowning in the weight of his self-sabotage. Mourning the death of his girlfriend, he throws himself deep into a world of drug binges and questionable life choices—until the news of another disappearance of a Wakefield teenager forces him to set his problems aside. The victim was the third girl abducted in their social circle. 

 

But when a chance encounter lands him in her path, he learns that bringing her home is more complicated than finding her. What happens when the missing doesn’t want to be found?

 

Followers of the Owl explores greed, avarice and the human need to find light in the darkness.

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White Flag
Closed at 30 readers

Judy Mandel

Meryl Moss Media

​​Cheryl said many times that "I'm done with that life, I'll never go back to it." But she did. When her Aunt Judy finds her in jail after two years of thinking she may be dead, she hopes and prays this is a second chance for her niece. Her sensitive, funny, bookworm niece. Her big sister's eldest daughter, the sister who has since died. And through writing White Flag, bestselling author Judy L. Mandel finds that it didn't start with Cheryl, but that the tentacles of trauma explored in her first book Replacement Child have grabbed hold of her niece too. She struggles with being powerless to help Cheryl, and she discovers that transgenerational trauma and epigenetics may have started this avalanche of pain. She wonders why some people can recover from addiction, and others cannot. Why some are able to raise their white flag of surrender.

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Ice Islands
Closed at 30 readers

Humphrey Hawksley

Meryl Moss Media

Major Rake Ozenna faces dangerous choices and deadly consequences in this rip-roaring political thriller that takes you from the ice islands of Finland to the bustling streets of Tokyo via Russia and the White House . . . Buckle up, this is a thrilling ride! 

Major Rake Ozenna's mission is simple: gain access to the Kato family - Japan's most dangerous crime empire - and stop the threat to America. But when the secret son of the Russian leader is executed and Rake's target, Sara Kato, is implicated in the murder, a political crisis between Russia, Japan and the US is set in motion.

It's a race to protect Sara and earn her trust whilst escaping the
inhospitable terrain of the icy Aland Islands. Meanwhile, Russia wants revenge
for the murder, a catastrophic move when it is revealed that Japan is not the
trusted ally America thought it was.

 

As Rake learns the true extent of their deadly plans, he must draw on every ounce of his training to succeed. Because if he fails, it won't just be his life that will be lost . . . the consequences will be global!

Ice Islands is the third Rake Ozenna thriller and will leave readers breathless . . . and eagerly anticipating the next heart-racing adventure!

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All The Dark Souls
Closed at 65 readers

A.M. Dunnewin

Joss Brevyn is the last heir in a long line of executioners. Although a woman, the same rules still apply: kill the condemned within three tries, or be tortured and killed. Joss has yet to miss her mark, and even though she spends her free time as a healer, the town views her only as a deathsman. So when she and her assistant, Henrik, stumble upon a beaten man on the way home, both are hesitant to reveal who they really are. The only problem is, so is he. 

 

Aric Kayden has seen better days. After failing to assassinate his last victim, he's left bleeding on the side of the road until he's found and taken in by Joss and Henrik, two seemingly innocent locals. Healing from his wounds, Aric is still haunted by the target he didn't kill, especially by those who paid him. Despite the undeniable attraction between him and Joss, Aric can't bring himself to tell the truth: that the masked figures who hired him knows where he is, and his original target is the mysterious prisoner who was recently sentenced to death. Forced to uphold the deal, Aric's only job now is to make sure the execution goes as planned and eliminate whoever intervenes. 

 

Bound by their duties, both Joss and Aric assume this next kill will be easy. But then one of them has a change of heart, sparking a chain reaction that could leave one—or both—of them dead. 

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All The Dark Souls
Closed at 65 readers

A.M. Dunnewin

What if… love destined betrayal?
What’s a Queen without an empire?

 

My name is Cecilia Flóres, daughter and heir to The cártel throne. That is, until my uncle steals my birthright. Now, as my past catches up to me, I’ve run out of places to hide; and the only person who can help me wants me dead. Twelve years ago I broke his heart and stole his future.

 

Enter Ronan Zerkos—they call him Berserk now, he’s an ex-navy Seal turned gang leader. I fell in love with him when we were young; but the boy who held my heart now leads The Black Crow Brotherhood. With two others at his side, Santo Álvarez and Mateo Kane, the trio runs the most violent and powerful gang in the city. The cold monster he has become is just a byproduct of my betrayal, but now I need their help to reclaim my throne.

 

They’ll put me through hell to test me, but a Queen is forged in fire, and I was made to be unbreakable.

 

Queen of Nothing: Book 1 of the Reina Del Cártel series is a reverse harem, enemies to lovers, dark romance where the heroine doesn’t have to choose between the morally gray anti-heroes trying to claim her for themselves, while she fights for the crown she is owed.

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Blood Numbers
Closed at 65 readers

C.F. Kreitzer

Pride and Prejudice meets Matched in this stunning dystopian debut.

 

Aston lives in a post-apocalyptic world divided by blood…

 

Royal recipients reside on one side of the wall, desperate for blood donations to survive. Donors live on the other, surrendering their blood to combat poverty.

 

For Aston, a donor, the only way out of the slums is to bleed–or marry well.

 

Only Aston wants more than to enter the hyped-up blood auction balls with their glistening ball gowns and flashing news reports, to marry a sleezy suitor with the highest blood count for convenience, or to live a life where her blood is possessed by a royal.

 

She wants freedom from the system…and, most dangerous of all, real love.

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A Maiden Of Snakes
Closed at 60 readers

C.F. Kreitzer

When Marchioness Lamberico fails to conceive a child, she solicits the help of Imelda, the village witch. Nine months later, she gives birth to a baby girl. Biancabella. Though perfect in every other way, the infant is born with a snake wrapped around her neck. To the relief of the marchioness, the creature vanishes at once and, in the joy of motherhood, is soon forgotten. When Biancabella is a young girl, the snake reappears and explains their uncommon sisterhood. Samaritana helps Biancabella unlock her magical gifts and asserts that so long as they are together, all will be well. Their close, though secret, relationship unites them above all others. 

 

Years pass, the sisters contented, until the day King Ferradino of Naples arrives, seeking Biancabella’s hand in marriage. What follows shatters the sisters’ bond, leading to misfortune and betrayal, which forces them to grapple with not only the loss of their connection, but leaves each fighting for her life. Loosely based on the Italian fairy tale Biancabella and the Snake, the story explores how the love can transform from a domineering and covetous power to authenticity and, ultimately, redemption.

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Never Till Now
Closed at 40 readers

Jenna Lockwood

When Marchioness Lamberico fails to conceive a child, she solicits the help of Imelda, the village witch. Nine months later, she gives birth to a baby girl. Biancabella. Though perfect in every other way, the infant is born with a snake wrapped around her neck. To the relief of the marchioness, the creature vanishes at once and, in the joy of motherhood, is soon forgotten. When Biancabella is a young girl, the snake reappears and explains their uncommon sisterhood. Samaritana helps Biancabella unlock her magical gifts and asserts that so long as they are together, all will be well. Their close, though secret, relationship unites them above all others. 

 

Years pass, the sisters contented, until the day King Ferradino of Naples arrives, seeking Biancabella’s hand in marriage. What follows shatters the sisters’ bond, leading to misfortune and betrayal, which forces them to grapple with not only the loss of their connection, but leaves each fighting for her life. Loosely based on the Italian fairy tale Biancabella and the Snake, the story explores how the love can transform from a domineering and covetous power to authenticity and, ultimately, redemption.

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Kissing Games
Closed at 65 readers

Jenna Lockwood

She might have made it to Hollywood, but he’s about to show her what she’s missed…

When actress Valentina Valverde arrives in Scotland to film Braveheart 2, she’s at breaking point. Driven by demons, she’s worked tirelessly since she was a teen. But she can’t stop now: everyone she loves depends on her. Yet despite all the glitz and glamor, Valentina can’t shake the feeling that she isn’t really living.

 

Bodyguard Charlie Hamilton’s lived too much. With looks and charm, he should have it all. But he’s broken. Estranged from his family, sacked from his job and with nothing left to lose, he flies to the Scottish Highlands to help his best friend protect Kinloch castle from a crazy Hollywood film crew. 

 

But falling hard for a movie star isn’t in Charlie’s contract…

 

Thrown together on set, chemistry crackles between them. When Charlie suggests she take a holiday from life, Valentina is tempted to let down her guard and live a little. But as fun crosses the line into love, disaster bursts their bubble.

 

Can they let go of the past and find a future together? Or is this just a Highland fling?

Kissing Games is a steamy, dual POV, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy, with no cheating, no cliff-hanger, and a guaranteed happy ever after (HEA).

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Jinxed
Closed at 65 readers

Thommy Hutson

Vesuvian Media

HIGH SCHOOL CAN BE A REAL KILLER

 

Break a mirror.
Walk under a ladder.
Step on a crack.

 

Innocent childhood superstitions. But someone at the secluded Trask Academy of Performing Arts is taking things one deadly step further when the campus is rocked with the deaths of some of its star students.

Layna Curtis, a talented, popular senior, soon realizes that the seemingly random, accidental deaths of her friends aren't random—or accidents—at all. Someone has taken the childhood games too far, using the idea of superstitions to dispose of their classmates. As Layna tries to convince people of her theory, she uncovers the terrifying notion that each escalating, gruesome murder leads closer to its final victim: her.

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If Only Christmas Would Come
Closed at 67 readers

Home For Hallmark

Sarah Sprinkel knows how to jump the hurdles of a man’s world! But when a devastating accident at home threatens to crush her goal of finishing college, she must decide whether to pursue her dreams or save her small cranberry farm. The answer is easy. The only obstacle Sarah didn’t account for when she returned…Nick Saint Cloud.

 

Nick spent the last eight years in New York City tangled in the bedsheets with society's finest, avoiding his fate and the accompanying secret that comes with it. When he’s suddenly called on to return to the family business on Prince Edward Island, it’s the last place on earth he wants to be, until a run-in with a bull-headed, braided beauty sends him reeling.

 

After an unannounced arrival and drunken display at Sarah’s Thanksgiving dinner, Nick offers to lend a hand on the farm, and in her time of desperation, she reluctantly agrees. He’s annoyingly charming, stupidly gorgeous, and willing to help, but Sarah can’t seem to shake the fact that his family has wanted her farm for nearly forty years. Plus, she doesn’t need a man telling her what to do! Is he playing with her head…and heart, to find a weak spot for his own gain? Damn you, Saint Cloud!

 

Just when Sarah finally begins to open up to Nick, a mysterious stranger from his past surfaces, and he disappears, leaving her alone only days before Christmas. Will the discovery of a unique gift grant Sarah’s wishes and thaw her heart? Or has Nick Saint Cloud blown his chance once and for all?

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Legends Of Lightning
Book Two 
Closed at 40 readers

T.R. Slauf

Esther escaped the horrors of Castle Rose, but at a cost. Believing her lost guide is still alive deep in the bowels of Adam’s dungeons, she aims to save him, but the other Huntsman are not so sure he’s alive… Desperate to rescue Oisin, Esther makes tempestuous allegiances with dangerous foes. Walking a fine line between enemies and allies, life and death, she rages war against the monsters of the Hidden Realm.

Esther’s journey continues in this heart wrenching sequel as she navigates the politics and grudges of ageless Queens. By night, she’s haunted by what she’s seen fighting in a war that was never hers. What she’s done to survive in the Hidden Realm will haunt her forever and she’s terrified of losing herself in the darkness without a star to guide her. Will Esther be able to save Oisin and the lands before the shadows of her mind overtake her spirit?

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Obsession
Closed at 40 readers

Andrea Hagan

They say some stones are better left unturned. I’m learning that lesson the hard way. My name’s Aubry Brooks and here’s the thing—I have myself a coven problem.

I found my mama’s book of shadows, and it's clear she didn’t share my magical philosophy of do no harm. She was hiding us from someone, but meeting her former coven only leads to more questions.

When the Angel of Death’s scythe goes missing, I realize things aren’t what they seem. No worries, the Mystery Gang is on the case. For the record, my sexy half-Incubus boyfriend Damion Blackmon does not agree to our group nickname. The broody detective Chris Sullivan doesn’t agree to much of anything, but that's his problem, not mine.

Pull up a chair and let’s work some kitchen magic. A word of warning—do not listen to Grandma’s nonsense about a love triangle, she’s delusional. Another word of warning—do not listen to Aunt Callie’s nonsense about a smoothie challenge, she’s sadistic.

Welcome to the metaphysical shop Memphis Magic.

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