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Blessed Are the Burning by Delly M Elrose She came to confess. But some sins refuse to be forgiven. St. Agnes of the Hollow, 1963 — a secluded Catholic girls’ boarding school in rural England. Behind ivy-covered walls and whitewashed silence, Marguerite “Maggie” Doyle, a poised and introspective final-year student, harbors a tormenting secret: she is drawn not to boys, but to Sister Therese, the young novice nun with stormy eyes and trembling hands. Sister Therese is barely older than her students and struggles daily to suppress desires she does not name. When Maggie enters the confessional and reveals her “impure thoughts,” something in Therese fractures. The line between mentor and penitent begins to blur—until a touch, a glance, a breath too close shatters it entirely. Told in first person from alternating POVs—Maggie and Therese—the novel unfolds like a prayer whispered through trembling lips. Erotic behind closed doors, aching with guilt and beauty, it’s a slow-burn descent into longing, secrecy, and the question of what love costs when the whole world calls it sin. |
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Aminta never fit in. Not with her research, not with her style, not with this world. But when a breakthrough discovery is made beneath the pyramids of Egypt, the Machine begins to stir, and she must follow the pull – or risk losing everything she loves... including herself. Part love story, part apocalyptic adventure, part metaphysical thriller, part psychedelic voyage into the unknown – The Pull is a haunting, transcendent and touching journey about memory, sacrifice, and what it means to choose your own fate – even when the world is ending. |
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"You can't outrun the ghosts you create." Desire and Deception A Psychological Thriller by MKJ In a world where truth is a weapon and love is a battleground, one choice shatters everything. On the night of her arranged wedding, Meera waits—not for vows, but for the freedom she never thought she'd claim. When a single gunshot tears through her future, the threads of loyalty, betrayal, and obsession tighten around her, pulling her into a deadly spiral. At the center stands Kartikeya Sharma—a brilliant, dangerous psychology professor, a man who can see through lies but cannot outrun the darkness inside him. Years later, buried secrets claw back to the surface. As forbidden desires ignite and old betrayals resurface, Meera and Kartikeya find themselves locked in a brutal game where love is a lie—and survival means sacrificing everything. Desire and Deception is a gripping psychological thriller about manipulation, obsession, and the devastating cost of freedom. Because some choices don’t set you free. They bury you deeper. |
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Lovers Until the Rains End… Poppy’s life is a hot mess, with her car out of commission, her career in shambles, and a grieving mother to support—and to make it worse, now she’s been stranded by an unexpected storm. But at least she’s stranded with Rai, a Brazilian toilet paper salesman with a smile like sunshine, a voice like sin, and a body that begs to be painted. Especially soaking wet. (Or naked. Naked is good, too.) Not to mention, she could really use some free samples… All Rai has ever cared about is finding the next storm to ride. But when the water fae toys with Poppy on a whim, their encounter leads him to crave more. He knows nothing of humans, but he desires her as his lover, and soon he’s got Google and an endless supply of motivational quotes to help him in his quest. But as things steam up, his fragile masquerade is threatened by his lies, damn lies, and semantics—not to mention his wings. Maybe he should have told her about the wings. And their tempestuous affair has a deadline. When the monsoon rains end, Rai must leave the brutally dry Tucson desert…or die. That’s what he’s been told, by fae much wiser than he. Too bad he never does what he’s told. |
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Applied Leverage by Aaron Sher Connor Rourke is one of the little people, supernaturally speaking: a psionic in a world of mages. He's happy being the top—okay, just about the only—supernatural locksmith in the Boston area. He doesn't aspire to adventure or heroism, but he's about to get pulled in whether he likes it or not (spoiler: he doesn't). When he stumbles across a secret that was never meant to be known, he gets in trouble with forces far beyond him. Mixed up in a conflict between factions he can't match or understand, he'll have to find a way to survive for himself and those he loves. Along the way, Connor will learn secrets hidden for centuries, face and defeat threats to his life, and ultimately tackle an enemy who could annihilate him with a thought—and wants to. Applied Leverage is an award-winning urban fantasy novel set in an innovative world full of action and vivid characters. It’s a first-person story with a side of snark, on paperback, Kindle, KU, and Audible. |
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Bites on Bourbon by Ellen B. O'Brien A spring romance with teeth. When Nathan gives in to his brother’s pleas to spend his last ever Spring Break in the Big Easy, he thinks he’s agreeing to a week of jazz and jambalaya, maybe a drink or two while he keeps Peter out of trouble. Just like he always has. But then he meets Jennifer, a Bourbon Street shopgirl with sparkling hazel eyes, a great ass…and a pair of sharp white fangs. He should run for his life, but for some reason he can’t stay away. Jennifer’s done with love. Who can blame her, when her last boyfriend turned her into a vampire? But no matter how much she tries, she can’t resist pushing—and ripping open—all of Nathan’s buttons. Even when it puts her unbeating heart at risk. Can their Cajun-spiced fling under the neon lights (not to mention plastic mannequin feet) of Bourbon Street become something more? |
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Circle for the Earth by Daphne Singingtree When a mysterious thunderclap transports a 30-mile circle of South Dakota—including a casino resort, small towns, and two Lakota reservations—back to the year 1791, a new nation is born. Rooted in Indigenous values and armed with 21st-century knowledge, the people of the Circle must navigate a world of colonial empires, ecological collapse, and the threat of genocide. As leadership falls to Rose Chasing Hawk, a hospitality manager turned head of state, the survivors face impossible choices: How much technology should they share? Who can they trust? And how do they protect the Earth while rewriting history? A time-travel saga of survival, sovereignty, and reimagined futures. |
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Blood & Whiskey by Meredith Allison Murder and bootlegging were never part of a 1920s It Girl's plans for stardom. But when gangsters destroy her family, she'll put on her greatest performance yet as she exacts revenge, one man at a time. Mia Angela Scalisi lives a cushy, luxurious life as the headlining act at a popular, gangster-owned Chicago supper club. But it's not the silver screen, and all she wants is to be the Italian Lillian Gish. With her big brother Nick on the cusp of securing a huge bootlegging deal guaranteed to make him rich, he'll be able to use his contacts and influence to make Mia's dreams a reality. But in an instant, life as Mia knows it and all her dreams shatter forever. Now, the only thing that matters is finding the men responsible and teaching them a lesson in the power of blood... By spilling theirs. Set against the backdrop of the glamorous 1920s, Blood & Whiskey is the first thrilling installment of the Scalisi Family Saga. Other books in this series include Book 2, Princes of the Lower East Side and the prequel novella collection, Blood Comes First. |
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Of Blood & Light by Camilla Monk Arthuriana, Victoriana, And Capybaras: Welcome To Thule! A girl with a secret . . . In the back of an ambulance, River Greer counts each breath her little sister takes until the final one: Sage’s body is giving up, ravaged by a mysterious illness. The late-night rush to the ER, however, turns into a surreal nightmare when River is abducted and ferried across the universe to the fabled Thule: a world beyond worlds, where Victorian mores collide with magic and Arthurian legend. . . . meets a knight on a mission. There, His Grace Hadrian Landevale of Caid is fighting losing battles of his own: to recover Isolde, his runaway wife, and against the blight that threatens the ichor, the source of all life on Thule. To add insult to injury, the captured fugitive Thule’s pathfinders just brought back from Earth is not his duchess but an eerie doppelgänger. When it becomes clear that someone will go to any length to silence River, Hadrian offers his protection to this enchanting, obstinate stranger . . . whose secrets might be the key to saving Thule’s most precious treasure: the light in its blood. |
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In rich, compelling prose, Melanie Finn perfectly captures a world of consequences, and the characters who must survive them. Pilgrim Jones' husband has just left her for another woman, stranding her in a small Swiss town where she is one day involved in a tragic car accident that leaves 3 school-children dead. Cleared of responsibility though overcome with guilt, she alights for Africa, where she befriends a series of locals each with their own tragic past, each isolated in their own private way in the remote Tanzanian outpost. Mysteriously, the remains of an albino African appear packaged in a box, spooking everyone—sign of a curse placed by a witch doctor—though its intended recipient is uncertain. Pilgrim volunteers to rid the town of the box and its contents, though wherever she goes, she can't shake the feeling that she's being followed. The Gloaming is a thrilling, haunting new work of guilt, atonement, and finally, hope. |
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Strange as This Weather Has Been by Ann Pancake Set in present day West Virginia, this debut novel tells the story of a coal mining family—a couple and their four children—living through the latest mining boom and dealing with the mountaintop removal and strip mining that is ruining what is left of their hometown. As the mine turns the mountains “to slag and wastewater,” workers struggle with layoffs and children find adventure in the blasted moonscape craters. Strange as This Weather Has Been follows several members of the family, with a particular focus on fifteen–year–old Bant and her mother, Lace. Working at a motel, Bant becomes involved with a young miner while her mother contemplates joining the fight against the mining companies. As domestic conflicts escalate at home, the children are pushed more and more frequently outside among junk from the floods and felled trees in the hollows—the only nature they have ever known. But Bant has other memories and is as curious and strong–willed as her mother, and ultimately comes to discover the very real threat of destruction that looms as much in the landscape as it does at home |
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Fifteen years after climbing the beanstalk, giants are the least of Jack’s concerns… Twisted fairy tale figures roam our world in this deliciously dark, exhilarating new Urban Fantasy series, featuring familiar characters from mythology and fables clashing and conniving in a metropolitan cesspit that runs on chaos. Surrounded by corruption, depravity, and dark magick, down-and-out Detective Jackson Slade of the NYPD is at his lowest. With nothing left to fight for, he finds himself winding up in the same grimy bars every night, nearly drinking himself to death and relying on mysterious magick beans to pick himself back up. Until one night, he stumbles upon a gruesome crime scene that will change the course of his life dramatically. When he finds the shattered corpse of egg-shaped media mogul Dick Dumpty, Jack finds himself reluctantly teaming up with the notoriously cold-blooded outlaw Goldilocks, and together they spiral into the horrifying magickal underbelly of New York City, caught in the middle of a war between the corrupt and the even more corrupt. Coming up against forces such as the grizzly gang leader Papa Bear and the crooked giant-descendant head of the NYPD Chief Cole, Jack and Goldilocks set in motion an explosive chain of events that will change the world, for better or for so much worse… |
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Kawokee Right to Belong by Reid Minnich and Stacy Bender Born to human parents, Max has never seen another Kawokee. Hungry for acceptance, he steps out into a world where he is seen as a dangerous animal because of his foxlike appearance and the virus he carries. Encouraged by finding a friend, he ventures into a public place and is almost killed. The incident thrusts him into the social spotlight where he becomes both villain and a hero. Between these violent titanic forces, he must fight for the right to belong. |
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Kawokee by Reid Minnich and Stacy Bender Jasmine Char is infected with the Kaw virus spreading through humanity on all inhabited worlds. For her, the desperate mission to the Kawokee world to find a cure is a one-way journey. While the other scientists look for a chemical cure from the safety of orbit, Jasmine believes the cure is in the culture of the primitive, fox-like natives. But the Kawokee have been decimated and their culture all but lost due to human interference. Can Jasmine discover a cure before the Kawokee disappear along with the entire human race |
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Shadow of the Elders by Will Elm When a drought strikes the continent of Bas, family and friends are ripped apart, ancient grudges are revived, and a strange magic is sought that threatens to plunge the world further into chaos. Three people—Savique, Vaten, and Ajeau—search for a way back to each other. But each step they take casts them deeper into a world of mystery and danger. To survive, they will be forced to partner with old enemies, escape imprisonment, and fight against evil. Little do they know, their journeys are being watched by a powerful force. One that promises a reunion. And so much more. |
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The Jehzydak Prophecy by A R Morgera "I know what you did. I know what you are." A burst of lightning and a mysterious death. The attack of a dragon in a world without magic. At eighteen years old, all Zaiden wanted to do was get married, begin a family, and become a master woodworker like his stepfather. But when circumstances become deadly, Zaiden is forced upon a desperate journey to discover the unwanted truth about who--and what--he really is. Fueled by anger and determined to discover Zaiden's true identity, his stepbrother, Rayder, follows close behind ready and eager to exact justice for murder. But neither is prepared for what they will discover and reality cannot be ignored. Events are already set in motion, and lives hang in the balance. According to prophecy, a choice must be made: Cast down or be cast down; Surrender or be conquered. They say Truth will set you free, but how do you know Truth when your whole life has been a lie? |
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My Irresistible Demon by A.D. Craig Leland As an incubus, I feed on desire—slipping into dreams by choice, taking what I need without a trace. But this time, something's different. I’m not choosing her… she’s summoning me. Night after night, I’m drawn to the same woman. Instead of feeding, I find myself helping—building her confidence, soothing her fears, waiting for her to tell me what she really wants. But two things complicate everything: 1. I’m not supposed to care—and yet, I’d burn the world to protect her. 2. She won’t tell me why she called me… or what it is she truly needs. Maisie My dreams have always been my refuge. A quiet place to escape the noise of real life. But then he appeared—Leland. Mysterious. Comforting. Addictive. He’s become the one constant in my life. My friend. My lover. My secret. Our time together is magic… but dreams end. And I know he isn’t real. Still, part of me wishes he was. Because if he were, I’d choose him—in a heartbeat. |
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Magdalene For months, one face has haunted my dreams—familiar, comforting… but completely unknown. A man who feels like a guardian, a presence I crave in the quiet. Then one day, I meet him. In real life. The same eyes. The same energy. My dream savior, standing right in front of me. Just as I begin to unravel who he is—and what he could mean to me—everything is ripped away. Osian I don’t speak. Can’t. Won’t. The world is quieter that way. But then Magdalene walks in, and somehow… she hears me. She doesn’t flinch. Doesn’t push. Just stays. And I find myself needing her in ways I don’t understand. But just as she starts to get close—she’s taken. And now, silence isn’t an option. Because I’ll do anything to bring her back. |
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My Guardian Demon by A.D. Craig What happens when a demon gets assigned a guardian angel's job by mistake? Wynn I thought I was free. After leaving my toxic ex-boyfriend and my old life behind, I moved to a new town, enrolled in a new school, and kept everything under wraps. No one knew where I was. Turns out, I wasn’t as far away as I thought. Onyx When Wynn’s guardian angel retired, someone had to step in—but a clerical error landed me the job. A demon assigned to protect a human? That’s... new. I’m stuck with this job until they sort it out, and honestly, I’m not sure how a demon is supposed to look after a human like Wynn. I wonder how a guardian demon will work out for her? |
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Jade by A.D. Craig Jade lives for the drums and the stage— but fame comes with a dark price. A stalker is closing in, getting bolder by the day. When her record label hires elite protection, Jade expects bodyguards. What she doesn’t expect… is him. Ryker is everything she shouldn't want— stoic, controlled, and frustratingly off-limits. As her new bodyguard, he’s sworn to protect her—not fall for her. But the closer the danger creeps, the harder it becomes to ignore the tension building between them. Ryker’s clinging to the rules to keep her safe—but she’s the one making him question them all. Can he protect her life… without losing his heart? |
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Unspoken: A Dust Novel by Jann Alexander "The novel reminds me, in tone, of Texas classics like The Time it Never Rained and Giant. I loved it. Alexander is a great new talent in the genre of Texana." —W.F. Strong, author, Stories From Texas, and radio commentator for NPR Texas _________________________________ A Farm Devastated. A Dream Destroyed. A Family Scattered. And One Texas Girl Determined to Salvage The Wreckage. Ruby Lee Becker can’t breathe. It’s 1935 in the heart of the Dust Bowl and the Becker family has clung to its Texas Panhandle farm through six years of drought, dying crops, and dust storms. On Black Sunday, the biggest blackest storm of them all threatens young Ruby with deadly dust pneumonia and requires a drastic choice—one her mother, Willa Mae, will forever regret. To survive, Ruby’s forced to leave the only place she’s ever known. Far from home, wondering why she’s been abandoned, she’s determined to get back. Through rollicking adventures and harrowing setbacks, the tenacious Ruby Lee embarks on her perilous quest for home—and faces her one unspoken fear. Even after twelve years, Willa Mae still clings to memories of her daughter. Unable to reunite with Ruby, she’s broken by their separation. UNSPOKEN shines a light on women driven apart by disaster who bravely lean on one another, find comfort in remade families, and redefine what home means. |
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A Dagger in the Ivy by Dorothy Dreyer ** First Place Winner of the BookFest Award in the category Romance - Fantasy ** ** Best Book Winner of the PenCraft Award in the category Romance - Fantasy/Sci-Fi ** With a kingdom in peril and magic awakening in her blood, Celeste is thrust into a deadly game of power, secrets, and forbidden desires. In a world plagued by darkness and deceit, half-fae Celeste Westergaard is torn between her duty as the Commander of the Royal Regiment and her station as the next in line for the throne. On the rise are attacks from supernatural creatures, the carnivorous beasts sent by the Shadow Tsar to claim the lives of third-born fae throughout the realm of Terre Ferique.. But as Celeste’s homeland of Delasurvia faces turmoil and unrest, she is thrust into an arranged marriage to the Prince of Hedera, the Land of Ivy. While the destiny of her kingdom rests on Celeste’s shoulders, she must also face the threat of madness, a fate which could befall her if her fae powers do not manifest. And to make things worse, the prince’s brooding half-brother carries a hatred for her she can’t understand. As Celeste unravels the mysteries hidden within Hedera, she must navigate a treacherous path to protect her kingdom and uncover the truth hidden within her own bloodline. A Dagger in the Ivy is a gripping tale of intrigue, danger, deception, and unexpected alliances. "Dorothy Dreyer delivers a richly woven fantasy filled with political tension, romance, emotions, and a heroine who balances her fierce strength with inner vulnerability." — Readers' Favorite |
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I am the one of the end, the world maker, and the god breaker. Time is unraveling and Earth is doomed to wander the dark of space, unmoored from the galaxy itself. Galiaro’s plan for humanity’s escape to another dimension has failed and his dark matter robot creations, Beetro and Curse, were imprisoned in a nanoscopic black hole. Now, the entire planet is blighted by drought, the oceans heave beyond their bounds, and thousands are dispossessed. The end of the cosmos was foreseen by an ancient Alchean prophet named Othel. Thousands of years ago, Othel left behind the Dark Earth prophecy for the planet to survive the calamity. Now, the fellowship of Dark Theory—the drunken astrocyst Galiaro, Arym of the underground cult, thief Miree, time traveler Hawera, and the street rat Ribcage—must pick up the breadcrumbs of the ancient prophet’s quest to save Earth. Separately, they traverse the dying world and learn alarming news—the dark matter robots, Curse and Beetro, have escaped their black hole prison. Once parallel world enemies, the two robot brothers now have an uneasy alliance, and with an advantage… Curse already knows the prophecy. He has seen it before, used it before, and destroyed his own world with its power. Now on the cusp of annihilation, whoever wields the Dark Earth prophecy will unleash the cosmic power that could save—or doom—reality itself. |
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Dark Kingdom (Dark Law Book #2) by Wick Welker Warrior at birth. Warrior at death. Dark Theory is real. The universe is expanding without Earth, dooming it to wander the void alone. Resources are dwindling and war festers across the blighted planet. Ria, a cyborg slave, is commanded by an implanted governor chipto track down dark matter, which may hold the key to restoring Earth's place in the cosmos. Ria travels with Haldane, a hardened warrior from a parallel dimension. Together, they traverse the horrors of the wastelands, finally reaching the fabled Fifth Kingdom. There, they find a nightmarish prison state of dark matter mines ruled by an iron-fisted despot. To achieve their goal, Ria and Haldane must fight to not only win the key to the dark matter mines, but also the hearts of an enslaved people. The fate of the universe, and Ria’s freedom, rests on who wins the Fifth Kingdom—and what they do with it. |
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Community Witch by Ash Kreider Aspen Fahey is a non-binary aspiring community witch and failed witchfluencer living in downtown Toronto. When their aunt dies and leaves them her house and witching practice on beautiful, idyllic Vancouver Island, their life unexpectedly turns into a Lifetime movie: early thirties enby leaves the big city (including their toxic partner and the job they hate) to move to a beautiful small town, has meet cute with beautiful stranger before running into The One That Got Away. But can they navigate the hard work of building healthy relationships while juggling their responsibilities as town witch? Or will the trauma of their ex’s emotional abuse ruin the best thing that’s ever happened to them? |
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I’m a shifter with a checkered past and sticky fingers. I like my new life. I’ve got good friends, cheap barbecue, and weekly karaoke. Sure, I live in an apartment with more deadbolts than functioning windows. And yeah, I earn just enough tips as a mediocre bartender to buy name brand ramen noodles. But I can be as flamboyant and fun as I want—as long as I keep my hands clean. When a mysterious stranger strolls into my bar with tales of a magical dagger so rare it’s guaranteed to start a bidding war, that old itch is back. One last heist…for old times’ sake. At least, that’s what I tell myself. With a sexy alpha werewolf muscling into my business and a demon after my prize, this job could be my downfall. One wrong move, and the pack of werewolves I ran from eight years ago will come looking for payback. Only this time, they won’t leave me breathing. Hopefully, my survival skills are better than my bartending. Relic Hunter is the first book in the Riley Cruz series about a goat shifter who steals magical artifacts. If you like fun, fast-paced urban fantasy with quirky characters, found family, and an opposites attract, slow-burn romance, this is the book for you. |
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Chasing Phantoms by Inna Tamir After what happened that night in the forest, Vera knew her life would never be the same. Healer or not, there’s only so much a human mind can grasp. It was another encounter, though, that truly turned Vera’s world upside down: Adrian Gordon. Her high school crush. The one love she could never get over—perhaps because that’s how unrequited love works… He was looking for a flatmate. She was looking into his blue eyes, forgetting everything around her. She was sure it was fate—what else could have brought her to his doorstep at that late hour? Unfortunately, fate is a seasoned player, always keeping its cards close to the chest, and the road to Adrian's heart was more complicated than she ever imagined. Obstacles had never scared Vera. Arguing with spirits, visiting her past incarnations—her life was too full of miracles to believe anything was impossible. But what happens when all the obstacles seem to be gone? When it all comes down to a single choice—her chance to be happy… or his? A time- and space-crossing love story that dances on the thin line between what is possible and what most people think isn’t. |
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Zoi by Jane Mondrup At the age of five, Amira watched footage of the first zoi specimen arriving in our solar system, and she became instantly fascinated with the huge, cell-like creature floating among the stars. Decades later, she and three other astronauts have taken residence in a zoi as it continues its voyage through space. They have no way of steering its course. Communicating with their non-sentient host is limited to signals of physical needs. And while the zoi meets those needs, it also exposes its passengers to hormonal and even genetic alterations. Now, as masses of biological material start growing on each astronaut, their interstellar journey begins a new stage--one with far-reaching consequences both for the humans and the zois. |
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Interviewing Stephen Haggard by Faith Jacobs Born March 21st, 1911 and killed in the line of in duty in February 1943, Interviewing Stephen Haggard invites its readers into the honest and most profound thoughts and viewpoints of a Father, a poet, an author, and a Soldier's memoir to his children, I'll Go to Bed at Noon: A Soldier's Letter's to His Sons, published 1940 in the Atlantic Journal. Here, his most poignant and candid of words are thoughtfully and respectfully reimagined in the form of a fictional Radio Interview with a fictional interviewer, in June of 1940. Taking nothing away from the real thoughts of the actual man called up to face the darkness of Hitler's Nazi regime, the play before you asks questions of which you may be compelled to answer: Will you remember Stephen Haggard and What does it mean to carry the weight of a legacy that has largely been forgotten by time? "And time, more time, give me more time!" Cries Fastidious. --- The Story: Enter BBC journalist, Edith Thatcher, a young late twenty some American who finds herself caught in the crossfire of London on the verge of rationed food, chaos, evacuations, and bombings, in the summer of 1940; her task a simple one, following a grand performance of a play in New York in the early 30's, she wishes to find and interview the co-star of Ethel Barrymore's Whiteoaks, Mr. Stephen Haggard, a London local, and what a piece of luck at that. In a race against the clock; and with time running out, Mr. Haggard awaits his turn to be called to the frontlines for training, what might our ambitious interviewer find as she gets to know the charming and ever elusive, Stephen Haggard? --- The Author would like to note that this is a work of fiction based on real words and letters left behind by a complicated personality, Stephen Haggard was not interviewed in actuality in the year 1940, Edith Thatcher is entirely fictitious, the settings and the characterization of some individuals, are inspired by real people, real places, and the interactions are based on surviving personalities from written literature of those who lived in such tumultuous times. With that, the meeting, the radio interview and subsequent situations, etc, is entirely fictitious and a product of the authors imagination. --- PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT SUITABLE FOR YOUNG READERS! |
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Faithfully Yours Mozart: Love's Everlasting Courage by Faith Jacobs The wedding bells have rung, it's 1783, and the deepest of love thrives in the hearts of darling Frau Constanze Mozart and her darling Wolfgang! Although their courage is sound and their strength to persevere beyond all odds immense, when looming shadows of unforeseen illness, familial conflicts, and pain threaten their beautifully imperfect paradise, will they survive the tides of life's trials and tribulations? |
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Kill Seeker: Confessions of a pyschopath by Harlan Porter Cole Cummins was just a kid when he killed his best friend. Then he took over his life. And just kept killing. Can a father's love help him overcome his compulsion? Will confession cleanse his soul? Or will a dogged detective catch up to him? This is a fast-paced novel. Its tone is intimate, confessional, disturbing, and quietly suspenseful, pulling the reader deep into the protagonist's mind — a mind that is calculating, traumatized, and increasingly unstable. |
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The Shanghai Assignment by Karl Andrews After more than two decades on New York's crime beat, reporter John Moore is enjoying semi-retirement in Vermont, writing up wire reports, hiking in the woods... and trying not to think about the story that ended his career. But when his former intern Samantha Fellows is murdered on the campus of Shanghai’s Fudan University, Moore agrees to cover the investigation for her local newspaper. As the killings spread, Moore finds himself tracking the city’s ambitious mayor, probing a suspicious property development - and uncovering a political intrigue that could change China forever. |
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The Other Place by Elizabeth Roderick Living in Justin Flaherty’s mind has never been easy. Unfortunately, things are about to get much worse... At eighteen years old, most guys are chasing girls or dreams. Justin, on the other hand, wants to draw and be left alone. He’s been diagnosed with schizophrenia, but it’s more than that. He's in tune with the Dark Energy that surrounds us all, and can see how it controls people’s actions. Sometimes, the Dark Energy will give him visions, to help him on the road to enlightenment. When his mother hooks up with a Baptist preacher named David who believes Justin’s schizophrenia can be cured with prayer, Justin knows he has to get out—or risk involuntary commitment in a religious facility. After a brush with incarceration, Justin takes off to San Francisco, where his drawings are not just noticed, but admired... Justin’s bizarre and beautiful drawings create a stir in the art world. Meanwhile, he’s homeless, couch surfing, and trapped in a continuous battle with his mental illness. His salvation is a girl named Liria Czetski with a shady past. They’d met a year ago, and she’s appeared in his visions ever since. It turns out Liria has been sharing those visions, something that is a surprise to everyone but Justin... When secrets surface, Justin is forced to realize that being a genius has a downside. Surrounded by people who want to exploit his talent, he must fight not only for his career and freedom, but perhaps for his life... |
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Hoodlum Army by Elizabeth Roderick A Robin Hood for the Modern Age… Robin never thought she’d meet the girl of her dreams in a bank, much less when they were both robbing it, but her mother always said to find someone who shares your interests. Maryann wants to start a cooking school for disadvantaged kids, Robin to save her parents’ farm from repossession. It's natural that they team up to make the world a better place through crime. Their job experience as a barista and a hotel maid doesn’t transfer to grand larceny, however. Some clumsy mistakes mean it’s not long before the FBI is hot on their heels. The agents seem to have criminal motivations of their own, so going to jail might be the least of Robin and Maryann’s worries. Worst of all, Robin is falling in love. She doesn’t think Maryann has ever dated a woman, but sometimes it seems like maybe, just maybe, she feels something deeper than criminal conspiracy. Will they find a happily-ever-after this side of prison…or the grave? |
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Gracie & Zeus Live the Dream by Elizabeth Roderick Grace Morgan has been on the music scene long enough to know the life of sex, drugs & rock & roll is just a dream. But after a messy divorce, Grace wants to give her dream of being a music journalist one last shot. She moves to LA with her 21-year-old foster son, Zeus. They live in a motel on cup noodles and hope, until Grace finally gets a break: a story about Inez Carter, hot-mess frontwoman of the popular band Karma Korn. The story delivers more sex, drugs and rock & roll than Grace bargained for. Karma Korn's drummer, Nelson, has Grace rethinking her post-divorce vow of celibacy. And after they're invited to an elite Hollywood rave, where they mistakenly drink the electric Kool-Aid, Zeus is scouted to be the lead guitarist for another star band. However, the story soon goes sideways, and things aren't adding up. Someone is spreading rumors about Grace, trying to sabotage her career and reputation. Then someone tries to kill her. Grace is left frantically trying to connect the dots in the dwindling hope she'll be able to salvage the story, her relationship with Nelson, and her life. |
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The Tarnished Son by Elizabeth McKenna “This is a nice, quiet town. Things like that don’t happen around here.” But they do. In THE TARNISHED SON, a tourist’s death, an alluring young teacher, a father’s carnal desires, and a stepdaughter’s vendetta ultimately destroy a village dynasty. The respected Clark family has governed Williams Bay since 1837. On a hot August day, seventeen-year-old Liam causes a tragic boating accident. What happens next—infidelity, drugs, theft, and more—deepens long-hidden cracks in the family’s façade, exposing their secrets and tarnishing their golden image. Meet the family: * William Sr., the grandfather who rules the family and the village with an iron fist * Hank, the father who lets temptations lead him on a path of self-destruction * Liam, the shining son who gets away with everything * Rose, the stepdaughter who has had enough and pushes the whole house down Grab some popcorn and watch the destruction unfold in Elizabeth McKenna's unpredictable family drama! |
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A curse that drove a queen mad. A heroine that failed to stop her. A shifter that refuses to give up. A world that needs them both again. |
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Ushered into an arranged marriage with Bramwell Hellthorne, the lonely Lord of Valen, Belle finds herself wandering the wicked walls of an eerie, gothic manor on a cliffside far from the shores of home. When Belle's sister experiences a demonic possession and slips into insanity following her visit to the mansion, Belle's beliefs of religion, spirituality, and the unknown are suddenly tested, and Hellthorne Manor begins to haunt both Belle's dreams and her reality. With walls that weep tears of blood, pipes that whisper an untold tune, and a haunted portrait that dances between different locations, daily life within her new home shifts into a waking nightmare. By the time Belle realizes that both the manor and her husband may have a bit more than just a few bones hidden away, it's too late, and her remains may just rot away with the rest. |
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Harper Wyatt has had a celebrity crush for Misha Levin since she was a teenager and he was drafted to the Minnesota Northern Lights. She never expected to fall in love with a hockey player, or marry one. Not to mention, that hockey player being friends with the great Misha Levin? Impossible! Yet, she finds herself not just friends with but girlfriend to the hockey legend and is visiting him on his home turf in Edmonton for the first time. With busy travel schedules for everyone in the polycule, it's a wonder any of them have time for themselves much less each other. Hard topic discussions involve tough to hear answers, but also keep an open flow of communication, holding their relationships together. |
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The Osprey season is coming to a close. Pietr's past is coming back to affect his current relationships and he seeks help after having trouble with Harper wanting to experiment with a woman. Harper is reconnecting with old friends and making new ones. Finding her place within the WHOOSH has been a journey, but the welcoming nature of Marie, Becca, and Helen in particular maybe finally be getting through to her. While Pietr and Misha's husband, Cecil, are busy on their separate play-off runs, Misha comes for an extended visit. He and Harper do a bit of traveling to extend their tattoo collections and enjoy some time alone together before the final big game. |
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Top Shelf Biscuit by Sam LaRose Picking up after the events of On the Power Play, Harper and Isaac are spending a month alone in Wisconsin before the Thanksgiving holiday. With a surprise last minute visit from Misha, the polycule is having a hard time keeping their relationship underwraps from family, friends, and their rabid internet fans. As Harper continues to battle with feeling out of place with the Osprey WAGs, the whirlwind of going from zero boyfriends to three in less than a year, and specifically her mother's hard feelings toward...everything, something has to give. How would having everything out in the open make the relationships different? Are Pietr and Harper cut out for the poly-triad with Isaac? Is a relationship between Harper and Misha sustainable? There certainly seems to be a lot more questions than answers as the polycule grows and loves unconditionally. |
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On the Power Play by Sam LaRose It's been less than a year since Pietr Ivanov and Harper Wyatt met and had their first kiss in a bar bathroom. Since then, it's been a whirlwind of relationship milestones, the most recent of getting engaged. Now that the hockey season is over, the couple is looking forward to spending time together. With big plans to merge their families, they're looking to house hunt for their hockey retirement home in Wisconsin, near Harper's parents. But first, Harper has to survive meeting the WAGs –the wives and girlfriends of the other Osprey players. A week in LA with Isaac Parker and their first big public appearance together at the NHL Awards, where they run into a familiar face who sets sights on getting to know Harper better. |
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It’s been a month since Dylan Montgomery went into hiding. His ex-boyfriend’s album, all about a past relationship, begging for a second chance, has record downloads on a new music app. Since he was told he wasn’t allowed to listen to it, Dylan has no comment for the blogs and magazines who want confirmation that he’s Tyler Norse’s lost love. Instead, between getting out of New York, and secluding himself in his childhood home, Dylan keeps his head low. As September begins, Dylan is ready to move on. He’s turning twenty-two and is looking forward to some freedom. He wants to focus on teaching his classes and figuring out what he’s going to do with his life. Fate has other things in mind when Tyler’s band plays a Farewell-for-now show, closing it out with a group remastering of the album. Hearing it for the first time sends Dylan directly into the bed of another man. Not exactly Tyler’s intention. Nor the bodyguard, employed by his parents, whose bed he ends up in. As Dylan’s world spirals out of control, the question on everyone’s mind is: can he and Tyler start over? |
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Dylan Montgomery is back in Manhattan. After three years in LA, he's anxious to resume life as normal in the greatest city in the world. He doesn't expect seeing Tyler Norse to still make him feel like a lovesick teenager. He knows getting too close to the man will only lead to one or both of them getting hurt again. Their former relationship is better left in the past. Tyler Norse isn't prepared for Dylan's return after putting a continent between them. He tried to move on, but it didn't stick. Seeing Dylan again brings all the old feelings and lack of closure back to the surface. He respects Dylan's decision to move on, but it doesn't mean he likes it. Jordan Baxter is happy with his boyfriend. He hasn't wanted more since breaking up with his joyfriend Dani, but lately Kyle has suggested that he look for another partner. After all, Kyle has three other boyfriends who are all vying for his attention; he doesn't want Jordan to feel neglected. So, when Dylan steps back into the band's life, Jordan's curiosity is piqued in a way it hasn't been in a long time. With Tyler's go ahead, Jordan asks Dylan out on a date. Just to see what happens. Dylan isn't interested in being Jordan's boyfriend, but he isn't averse to making a new friend who likes kissing occasionally. As the summer progresses into fall, Dylan struggles with finding his footing in adulthood, gaining privacy and distance from his privileged upbringing, and maintaining his sobriety. |
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Jordan Baxter has never considered himself to be anything other than a flirt. When his interest is piqued by not one, but two people, within days of one another, his world takes an unexpected turn. Kyle is a talented artist who's smile makes his heart squeeze and his stomach tilt. …But, he's openly polyamorous with his boyfriend Markus. Not to mention, he's also hooked up with Jordan's BFF Heath and Heath's boyfriend, Jack.Dani is a musician that lays most things on the table, like that they're non-binary and not entirely sure how the whole sex thing works for them. Unless they're drunk, in which case they stop thinking entirely. Defining the relationships is put on hold while Jordan's band, Dark Little Town, tours for the summer. When the tour ends, he knows they'll all eventually have to make a decision about their romantic status, or just be friends. |
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Jack Piper is eighteen years old, living with his mother and twin sisters in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. He attends a selective private school, where he's honing his skills as a writer, aided greatly by his eidetic memory. It's been three years since his father passed away, inciting the move, and his first Christmas alone. When his friend Pixie invites him out for a Jewish Christmas, he doesn't expect the bend in the road his life is about to take. Heath Gibson is a New Jersey transplant to the city. His band, Dark Little Town, is just inches away from real success. Since moving to the city, he's made plenty of friends and is open to making more. Especially if it means getting to forget how in love with his best friend he's been since he was thirteen. When Jack and Heath recognize each other across a club on Christmas Eve, they don't expect to go home together. They certainly don't expect to catch feelings for one another. Jack isn't sure he wants to settle into a relationship with the older man. Heath is ready to hand over his heart, if Jack will just accept it. And neither of them quite knows what to make of Jack's best friends; a gay polyamorous couple who want nothing more than to get one, or both, of them into bed with them. |
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Dylan Montgomery's parents have reached their final straw. Banishment to Tynan, NJ seems like the pits, but is just what the troubled teen needs. It's there that he meets Tyler Norse; lead singer and guitarist for Dark Little Town. As the summer begins to fade, the future looks dim on the relationship from Dylan's perspective, but as far as Tyler's concerned: it's just getting started. |
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"Where do your ideas come from then?" "I don't know. It's this nagging inkling of what-if." "I understand this nagging feeling." The man took a step closer. "Like, this voice in my head that keeps telling me to kiss you." Harper's eyes widened slightly. "What? Why?" "Why?" He sounded surprised. "Why not? You are sexiest person in this bar. You stood out to me right away." Pietr Ivanov is skating into his 10th pro-hockey season with a new team, in a new city. Fresh off a successful play-off run, he's looking forward to connecting with his teammates and settling in. When he joins his captain for drinks, he doesn't expect the night to change his life. Harper Wyatt has lived in Manhattan for nearly a decade. As a still-floundering author, they take the little wins where they can and their favorite place to do that is the Mounting Bison. Celebrating the publication of their second book with their besties, they anticipate a couple of drinks, lots of laughs, and then calling it an early night. When Pietr spies Harper across the bar, he's immediately smitten. He has no idea what "non-binary" means, but he's open minded and willing to learn. Harper typically steers clear of the Osprey players that frequent the bar with their captain, but Pietr has zero qualms about approaching them –in the bar bathroom of all places. And thus, in the first Meet Cute of their life, Harper's quiet, single life is upended. This slice-of-life romance is sure to thrill romance readers looking for diverse representation and a unique story with cozy vibes. Fans of the Dark Little Town series will love the connections to a New York they've grown familiar with. Light the Lamp features multiple LGBTQ+ characters, alternative relationship structures, and a lot of spice. |
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Havoc by T.L. Hawke After close to a century in a laboratory run by the secret government Department 13, where he and three of his fellow Drakonians are mercilessly experimented on, Havoc resigns himself to his fate. Until one day a new scientist arrives and changes everything… Not only does she open the cage that holds him captive and facilitates the escape he never thought was possible, she also injects him with an unknown serum that triggers a monumental change in him. A change he’s been avoiding all his life, but is now unable to stop. On the run, he’s finally forced to accept that his father is dead, making him the Drakonian King. It’s now up to him to save his people, all while resisting his uncontrollable feelings for the woman who changed him, and in the process, ruined his life. Excited to be working on a top secret genetics project, Dr. Harmony Holmes arrives for her first day on the job full of hope that she will be able to further her career prospects, and also build a relationship with her estranged father. What she finds instead shocks her to her core. Four vampires held prisoner and tortured mercilessly. Driven by despair, she opens one of the cages and sets off a string of events that change her life and the lives of everyone around her forever. Now she's on the run, fighting for her life, while at the same time trying to resist her uncontrollable need for the vampire with the golden eyes, who hates her… |