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Romance, Contemporary Fiction, Other
Ready or Not
by Nia Sterling
HALLE You know how in horror movies, the heroine is being followed by some masked villain and ends up fighting for her life? She runs—he chases. He catches her—she meets a tragic fate. Yeah. This is not one of those stories. This is more of a she found out she had a stalker, and he found out the hard way situation. Because this isn't a cat-and-mouse game. This is Cat x Cat. And he wants to call me kitten? Fine. But he's going to find out pretty damn quickly that this kitten has claws. Because if he thinks he's winning this game, he's deeply mistaken. He may have made the first move, but I'll be making the last. So, he wants to play? Bet. Game on, bitch. 🖤 STALKER ROMANCE 🖤 MUTUAL OBSESSION 🖤 ENEMIES TO LOVERS 🖤 MASKED HERO 🖤 OBSESSIVE HERO 🖤 PROTECTIVE HERO 🖤 SECRET IDENTITY 🖤 DANGEROUS MAN / SOFT FOR HER 🖤 CAT X CAT 🖤 UNHINGED BILLIONAIRE 🖤 TOUCH HER AND DIE 🖤 MORALLY GREY MEN 🖤 OTT/JP
Thriller, Crime, Short Stories
Lethal Business
by Debra Quincy
When a girl is snatched in front of Debra and her Sisters, a quiet holiday in Thailand erupts into a fight for justice. Fear ignites into fury, and these women are not backing down. Through the crowded streets of Bangkok’s Chatuchak Market, they hunt the kidnappers without mercy. Their target? One of Thailand’s most ruthless trafficking rings. Every second counts, every choice could mean life or death. And the stakes are heartbreakingly personal. Armed with courage, grit, and an unyielding sense of justice, they will stop at nothing to dismantle the operation, and rescue the kidnapped girl before she vanishes forever into the shadows of trafficking. "Lethal Business" is a nerve-fraying thriller in the Vigilante Justice Series, a gripping 30-page introduction to the saga. If you crave action-packed thrillers, vengeance, and ordinary people rising above impossible odds, you will love Debra's Vigilante Business Series! This is a 40 page introduction to the Vigilante Business Series.
Horror
Saint Mercy House
by Ernesto H Lee
Ireland, 1964. When Father Michael Byrne is sent to Saint Mercy House, a remote institution for orphaned children and unmarried mothers in rural County Cavan, he hopes the quiet posting might offer him the chance to leave the mistakes of his past behind. Yet there are things about Saint Mercy House that trouble him almost from the beginning, small inconsistencies and unanswered questions that might easily be dismissed were there not so many of them, and as Michael begins to look more closely at the lives of those entrusted to its care, he finds himself drawn towards secrets that some would prefer remained undisturbed. He's kept silent once before, when speaking out might have cost him everything, and has lived with the consequences ever since. This time, though, he must decide how much the truth is worth.
Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult
Of Light and Shadow
Aery Vane has learned not to expect too much from the world. A white-haired servant haunted by nightmares and visions she can't control, she has spent years making herself small, useful, and easy to overlook. That all changes the night she is forced to flee for her life and finds herself at the center of a thousand-year-old prophecy to save the world from a waking ancient evil. But she isn't destined to do it alone. Her visions will lead her to five other chosen heroes, the first being a man whose voice she has been hearing in dreams her whole life. The prophecy calls her the Seer. It calls him the Guardian. It says they were meant to find each other and face the growing darkness. What it doesn't account for is the part where she already knows him, and he'd stay even if none of the rest of it were true. What follows isn't a race to save the world. It's something quieter and harder—two people learning to let each other in. A Guardian who has built a life around duty in order to feel worthy. A Seer who has never believed she deserved saving, slowly learning to trust. The prophecy calls them heroes. The story is about the moments of connection that happen in between. Of Light and Shadow is a slow burn romantasy about healing, trust, and the kind of love that builds in the quiet spaces between words. For readers who believe the in-between moments are the story. The Threadbound series is a character-driven fantasy about a group of chosen ones who didn't ask to be chosen, the family you find when everything else is gone, and love worth fighting for, even in darkness.
LGBTQ+, Contemporary Fiction
Is Want Enough?
by Asher Rowan
Alex thought figuring out what he wanted would be the hard part. But desire is easy compared to everything that comes after. As relationships deepen, friendships shift, and the life Alex has been building begins to demand more from him, certainty becomes harder to hold onto. The choices that once felt simple now carry consequences, and wanting something does not necessarily mean knowing how to keep it. Is Want Enough? continues Alex’s journey through desire, intimacy, found family, complicated relationships, and the beautifully messy reality of becoming someone new. Because sometimes knowing what you want is only the beginning.
Romance, Mystery, Fantasy
Unmasking the Mummy
by Sayla Masse
An archaeologist haunted by an ancient mistake falls for the mysterious stranger next door—only to discover their love story began over two thousand years ago. Merytamun "Mary" has spent her career uncovering Egypt's past. But after a disastrous excavation awakens something that should have remained buried, nothing feels right anymore. The stars have changed. An impossible fifth canopic jar refuses to leave her thoughts. And the mummy she uncovered seems determined to follow her home. Then her new neighbor moves in. Kind, handsome, and hopelessly out of his depth in New York City, Kayvon should be the perfect distraction from Mary's spiraling obsession. Between rooftop stargazing, pizza dates, museums, and Halloween costumes, falling for him feels effortless. More unsettling still, every moment together feels strangely familiar... as though they've loved each other before. As ancient forces awaken and forgotten forces begin to stir, Mary and Kayvon discover they're connected by a history older than memory itself. To save the world from a darkness that once nearly consumed it, they'll have to uncover the truth buried beneath centuries of lies—even if it means confronting the lives they left behind. Unmasking the Mummy is a steamy paranormal romance filled with ancient Egyptian mysteries, Persian mythology, reincarnated lovers, rooftop stargazing, museum adventures, cursed tombs, and enough sizzling chemistry to awaken the dead. HEA guaranteed.
Romance
Bad Reputation: A Sweet and Spicy Small-Town Good Girl Meets Bad Boy Romance
A church-going chef. A tattooed mechanic every mother in town warns her daughter about. One reckless night. One very bad reputation. Maria Moralez has never broken curfew. Never missed Sunday Mass. Never done a single reckless thing in her life. Until she does all three in one night. Fresh out of culinary school, Maria spends her days running the kitchen at her family's restaurant and living up to her reputation as Pinehaven's dependable good girl. She's the daughter every Tía points to with pride, the woman everyone expects to make sensible choices. Roman Castillo is not one of them. He's the tattooed mechanic with grease-stained hands, a motorcycle, and a reputation that has followed him for years. The man every parent warns their daughter to stay away from. The last person anyone expects Maria to be seen with. Everyone in Pinehaven has an opinion about Roman Castillo. Maria is about to find out none of them have the full story. What starts as one impulsive decision turns into stolen kisses, secret dates, and a romance neither of them saw coming. But in a town where gossip travels faster than traffic, keeping a relationship hidden is nearly impossible... especially when Maria's overprotective older brother, Pinehaven's new deputy sheriff, used to be Roman's best friend. And he absolutely will not approve. A sweet and spicy small-town romance filled with laugh-out-loud family chaos, filthy banter, sizzling chemistry, motorcycle rides, and a tattooed hero who looks like trouble but loves like home. Perfect for readers who love good girl × bad boy romance, he falls first, protective heroes, mutual pining, and happily ever afters without the third-act breakup. Start Bad Reputation today and find out why Pinehaven’s baddest mechanic was worth the risk. Heat Level: Spicy Tone: Sweet, Funny & Heartfelt Series: Marked Universe — Reckoning Series (Interconnected Standalone) Ending: Happily Ever After POV: Single POV, First Person
Young Adult, Women's Fiction, Self-Help
me vs ME
by Lipika Tadi
She thought losing him meant losing herself. Arohi grew up learning to hide her feelings, searching for the love she always wished for. Then she met Vihaan—the boy who felt like home—and for a while, she believed she had finally found the love she had been waiting for. But when that love falls apart, Arohi is left with a broken heart and a version of herself she barely recognizes. What begins as heartbreak slowly becomes a journey of healing, independence, dreams, and self-discovery. Because sometimes, losing someone is how you finally find yourself. Me vs ME is a story about love, heartbreak, healing, and the girl who learned that she was never incomplete—she only needed to choose herself.
Science Fiction, Romance, Horror
Dreams of the Queen: Book 1 of The Brajj
STARGATE MEETS DR. WHO WITH A DARK ROMANTIC TWIST. A WORMHOLE TO ANOTHER WORLD... A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS AND SOLDIERS... UNIMAGINABLE EVIL, UNEXPECTED MYSTERIES, UNENDING DESTINY... AND AN EPIC ADVENTURE AND ROMANCE ACROSS TIME AND SPACE.
Fantasy, Romance
Fairytale Apocalypse: Book 1 of The Verge
Epic fantasy, apocalyptic stakes and slow-burning enemies to lover romance. Three people joined by destiny. Two dying worlds bound by magic. And one Fae lord who will stop at nothing to save both, even if it means falling in love with his enemy. A mild spice, coming of age Romantasy.
Thriller, Crime, Non-Fiction
The Shadow Wife
by Tyrex Black
THE SHADOW WIFE Love has a darker side. In the picture-perfect town of Blackwood, 1954, Evelyn Miller teaches literature by day and performs the role of the ideal wife by night. Her house is immaculate. Her marriage is silent. Her husband, David, works himself to exhaustion trying to save a failing hardware store and a dream of Italy he can no longer afford to share. When a striking, enigmatic younger man named Julian appears in the library stacks, he sees what no one else does: the hollow space growing inside her. He speaks the truths she has never dared voice. He appears exactly when the emptiness becomes unbearable. Then the blackouts begin. Hours vanish. Mud appears on her shoes. Pine needles cling to her clothes. And Julian is always waiting in the dark, whispering that the house will still be empty when she returns. As the line between comfort and control, memory and invention, begins to dissolve, Evelyn discovers that the most dangerous thing in a perfect marriage is not the silence—it is the moment the silence starts answering back. A psychological thriller of desire, repression, and the shadows we create when love is no longer enough.
Non-Fiction, Memoir & Biography
And Then There Was One: The Chosen Family That Saved Me
by Avery D. Rowan
They weren’t blood. They were everything. Growing up on Chicago’s West Side, Marcus Weaver found the love, protection, and belonging he needed in an unforgettable chosen family. For more than thirty years, they filled his life with laughter, faith, hard truths, complicated love, and the kind of friendship that becomes family. But when illness and loss begin taking them one by one, Marcus is forced to confront what it means to remain after the people who helped shape him are gone. Told with unflinching honesty, vivid humor, and deep tenderness, And Then There Was One: The Chosen Family That Saved Me* is a true story of survival, grief, identity, and the extraordinary people who choose us—and change us forever.
Thriller, Mystery, LGBTQ+
The Monsters In Us
Cas and Eli return to Ridgemount five years after the Chainless Voice conspiracy, ready to look after their godson, only to discover that the cult leaders are still alive and targeting their loved ones.
Science Fiction, Thriller
The Remnant Within
by MKJ
It's about this girl who gets into a terrible accident and basically loses everything...her memories, her personality, all of it. Her father finds this scientist who can literally reconstruct a human brain. And he does it. She wakes up. She functions. She's brilliant, actually. But she's not quite...her. And the deeper she goes trying to figure out who she is now, the darker it gets. Because someone made choices about who she would become.. and she wasn't the one who made them.
Mystery
The Mask In Us
“Two things can be true at once.” Everyone wears masks to hide who they truly are. Mal became aware of that fact ever since she enrolled herself in the famous Science & Technology school, in hopes of fulfilling her wishes to help her corrupted society understand criminal minds, to see what causes them to commit unspeakable crimes, and to help stop murder crimes across the nation. Except that, when she looks at the file in her hand one day, to read about the prisoner assigned to her for her graduation project, she goes into full shock mode. Hunter Ward, barely eighteen, who murdered his parents one fateful night, has been assigned to the scientist for her to research what caused him to commit such an unspeakable crime. He had spent two years in prison, arrested when he was sixteen, and was treated like a criminal, less than human, ever since his arrest. He begins to lose hope in ever being treated fairly, and he knew that with most of the years in his life would be spent in prison, he might just print the word ‘criminal’ to his forehead, as people would take one look at his profile and stare at him up and down in shame. With Mal’s full determination and curiosity to figure out why people kill, she brings out her and her step-brother’s graduation project invention, the NeuroVisual Decoder, and gets to work. A wide screen with too many wires to count, and with the miraculous ability to read minds in the shape of encrypted video files. An invention that had just been approved by the government, and was guaranteed a bright future in criminal justice, just like her. But everything comes with a price. And having full access to her prisoner’s thoughts, feelings, and intentions might just be the price she could never afford.
Fantasy
Broken Glass: The Unfinished Truth
by Jb Rose
**Broken Glass: The Unfinished Truth** Theodore is missing ninety-five years of his life. What remains are fragments—broken memories, unanswered questions, and the certainty that somewhere in his forgotten past lies a truth he may not want to uncover. Drawn into a journey through haunted places, forgotten powers and secrets that refuse to stay buried, Theo finds himself travelling alongside an unlikely group who slowly become something dangerously close to family. But truth has a cost. As the pieces of his past begin to surface, Theo must confront the difference between guilt and responsibility, between surviving and living, and whether knowing the truth can ever change what has already been lost. In a world shaped by old gods, ancient secrets and unfinished stories, some things cannot be repaired. But broken things can still become something new.
Non-Fiction, Memoir & Biography, Self-Help
Girl in the Mirror: A Memoir of Losing and Finding
The Girl in the Mirror: A Memoir of Losing Myself and Finding Home What happens when the person staring back at you in the mirror feels like a stranger? Kelly lived behind a smile, carrying silent battles that no one else could see. Beneath the surface were anxiety, trauma, grief, self doubt, and the exhausting pressure to keep pretending everything was okay. The Girl in the Mirror is an honest and deeply personal memoir about losing yourself and slowly finding your way home again. Through 43 heartfelt chapters, Kelly shares the moments that shaped her life: the little girl who longed to be enough, the weight of invisible struggles, the courage to ask for help, the people who stayed, the ones who didn't, and the small victories that eventually became a new beginning. This isn't a story about having all the answers. It's about choosing hope, one day at a time.