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When Gracie Met The Grump

Author: Mariana Zapata

FREE

Romantasy

Of all the things that could have landed in her yard… it had to be him. 🌟 For most people, finding a half-naked superbeing in their yard might be a dream come true, but for Gracie Castro, it’s the exact opposite—especially when he’s grouchy, rude, and showing absolutely no signs of leaving. But when a hero of mankind needs help, you do what you have to, even if it compromises everything you know and totally changes your life.

What makes this special: Mariana Zapata, the undisputed queen of slow-burn romance with millions of devoted readers worldwide, brings her signature patience and emotional depth to the romantasy genre. If you’ve been craving a grumpy-sunshine dynamic with actual supernatural stakes, where the relationship development feels earned rather than instant, this is your book. Zapata’s fans know she doesn’t rush anything—not the banter, not the tension, not the payoff—and that deliberate pacing combined with a crash-landed superbeing makes for an irresistible combination. Perfect for readers who loved From Blood and Ash but wished the romance built more gradually, or anyone who wants their fantasy heroes complicated and their heroines refreshingly practical.

A Montana Christmas Homecoming (Big Sky Book 1)

Author: Watt, Jeannie

FREE

Small-Town Holiday Romance

This Christmas, home might be the best destination of all.

Jason Regan doesn’t do relationships or long-term commitments. His engineering firm keeps him constantly on the move, and that’s the way he likes it. But one quick trip to Holly, Montana, turns into an extended stay when a judge hands him community service at the town’s underfunded animal shelter.

Tess Evans traded courtroom battles for saving strays, pouring everything she has into the Forever Home Animal Shelter. With her make-or-break ā€œHome for the Holidaysā€ adoption event approaching, the last thing she needs is distraction… especially in the form of a broad-shouldered, maddeningly handsome volunteer who makes her pulse race.

Between fixing kennels, brushing shoulders in the supply closet, and chasing one mischievous terrier named Neville, their chemistry sparks hotter than a Christmas fire.

But Jason’s clock is ticking. Can a little holiday magic—and a lot of temptation—convince him that some things are worth staying for?

A Brilliant Night of Stars and Ice | The True Story of the Only Ship that Answered Distress Call of the Sinking Titanic

Author: Connolly, Rebecca

FREE

Historical Fiction

Shortly after midnight on April 15, 1912, the captain of the Carpathia, Arthur Rostron, is awakened by a distress signal from the RMS Titanic, which has struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage. Though information is scarce, Rostron leaps into action, determined to answer the call for help. But the Carpathia is more than four hours away, and there are more questions than answers: Will his ship hold together if pushed to never-before-tested speeds? What if he also strikes an iceberg? And with the freezing temperatures, will there be any survivors by the time the Carpathia arrives?

Kate Connolly is excited to join her sister in America and proud to be traveling on the grand Titanic. As a third-class passenger, she is among the last to receive instruction and help after Titanic hits an iceberg. Despite the chaos of abandoning ship, Kate is able to reach the upper decks and manages to board a lifeboat, though after seeing the Titanic sink into the abyss and hearing the cries from the hundreds of people still in the water, she wonders if any rescue is even possible.

Told in alternating chapters from both Captain Rostron on the Carpathia and Kate Connolly on the Titanic, this historical novel is a compelling, heart-pounding account of two eyewitnesses to an epic disaster. Rostron’s heroic and compassionate leadership, his methodical preparations for rescue, and his grit and determination to act honorably and selflessly to save lives and care for the survivors, sets the course for this awe-inspiring story.

The Wild One (The De Montforte Brothers Book 1)

Author: Harmon, Danelle

FREE

Victorian Historical Romance

England, 1776: Lord Gareth de Montforte is known as an irresponsible rake with a heart of gold. When he takes a bullet for boldly thwarting a stagecoach robbery, he is stunned to discover that the beautiful young woman he has heroically rescued, Juliet Paige, is his deceased brother’s American fiancĆ©e, accompanied by her infant daughter. Despite his brother the duke’s refusal to acknowledge Juliet, Gareth is determined to do right by the courageous woman who crossed an ocean to give her baby her rightful name. But Juliet is wary of marrying this black sheep aristocrat, even while she is hopelessly charmed by the dashing devil. Never has she met anyone who embraces life so thoroughly, who makes her laugh, who loves her so well. And, even when it seems the odds are against them, Juliet has absolute faith that Gareth will go beyond the call of duty, risking his life itself to give her and her daughter a home — and a love that will last a lifetime.

Whiskey Sour (Jack Daniels Book 1)

Author: Konrath, J.A.

FREE

Psychological Thrillers

FIRST IN AN EXPLOSIVE THRILLER SERIES, MILLIONS SOLD WORLDWIDE...

Lieutenant Jacqueline ā€œJackā€ Daniels is having a bad week. Her live-in boyfriend has left her for his personal trainer, chronic insomnia has caused her to max out her credit cards with late-night home shopping purchases, and a frightening killer who calls himself ā€˜The Gingerbread Man’ is dumping mutilated bodies in her district.

While avoiding the FBI and its moronic profiling computer, joining a dating service, mixing it up with street thugs, and parrying the advances of an uncouth PI, Jack and her binge-eating partner, Herb, must catch the maniac before he kills again...and Jack is next on his murder list.

Whiskey Sour is the first book in the bestselling Jack Daniels series, full of laugh-out-loud humor and edge-of-your-seat suspense.

MURDER ON SEA (Rina Martin Book 1)

Author: ADAMS, JANE

FREE

Cozy Murder Mystery

Meet Rina Martin, a retired actress with a taste for tea, gardening and crime solving.

She played a TV sleuth for years, but now she has to do it for real.

She retires to the sleepy town of Frantham-on-Sea. Here on the Dorset coast, she runs her own immaculate guest house and life is blissfully quiet.

Until . . .

A few doors down, harmless old Mrs Freer is bludgeoned to death, and Rina can’t help but be drawn into the mystery.

Mrs Freer’s home was ransacked, but this was no ordinary burglary.

Who knew the old lady kept a gun stashed under her pillow?And who wanted it badly enough to kill?

Detective Sebastian McGregor is called in to solve this baffling case.

But with her neighbours’ safety at stake, Rina knows she needs to give him a helping hand.

Bad Night Stand

Author: Faber, Elise

FREE

Contemporary Romance

I’d brought him home thinking that for once in my life I would live a little.Then he’d walked out, and I’d chalked the experience up to a bad one-night stand.Now weeks later I was puking my guts up and had a pink stick with a plus sign on it declaring my future.And because my life was my life, I was pregnant, alone, and starting a new job.And whose company was I working for?Jordan. Jordan O’Keith.The man who’d I’d brought home that night. The man whose baby was currently residing in my belly. The man I hadn’t recognized…And the man who was my father’s arch enemy

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Because You’re Mine (Sins & Deceit)

Author: Contreras, Claire

FREE

Mafia Romance

From New York Times best-seller Claire Contreras comes a new, sexy stand-alone mafia romance novel . . .

I’m OFF LIMITS, but he doesn’t care.When you grow up in a family like mine, it’s easy to identify the kind of men that are bad news.They’re the ones with experience.The ones with secrets.The ones that exude sex just by saying your name.From the moment I laid eyes on Lorenzo, I knew he wasn’t just bad news.He was the headline.But my head and my heart are at war.He’s too mysterious, too gorgeous, too wild, and now, he wants me.I should run far away.So why am I racing toward him?I’m totally going to get burned.I know it.A man like Lorenzo won’t leave me unscathed.He’ll make ashes of me.

Officer Jones (JP Warner Book 1)

Author: Ciccone, Derek

FREE

International Mystery & Crime

Do you like your reporters old school? Fearless, willing to risk their life for the truth, and a bit complicated?Then JP Warner is your man.JP is the dashing international correspondent for GNZ News, who appears to have it all. But a life-changing event causes him to leave the industry and his globetrotting lifestyle, to seek solace in the small Connecticut town he’d grown up in.Home is where the heart is (specifically his lost love, Gwen Delaney), but it’s also where his worst nightmare is lurking. And when JP peers into the eyes of Officer Jones, he recognizes the look, and the trouble it represents.Along with Gwen, and an unforgettable cast of characters, including the outrageous but lovable former pro wrestler Coldblooded Carter, JP races to cover the biggest story of his life. All while trying to save Jones’ next victim. Because this one is personal.This fast-paced thriller is full of mystery, suspense, and romance. But the biggest praise has been for the genuine, memorable characters that suck you in and keep the pages turning well past your bedtime.Read Officer Jones because you’ll love JP. Read it because you’ll hate him. Read it because you’ll want to find out what happens to him next!

The Complete Christmas Books and Stories

Author: Dickens, Charles

FREE

Classic Holiday Literature

Celebrate the spirit of Christmas with the complete collection of Charles Dickens’s beloved holiday tales—stories filled with warmth, compassion, reflection, and the timeless magic of the season.The Complete Christmas Books and Stories gathers all of Dickens’s festive works, offering readers an immersive journey into the heart of Victorian storytelling and the origins of many cherished holiday traditions.

At the center of this collection is A Christmas Carol, the immortal tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, whose transformation from miserliness to generosity has inspired readers for generations. Alongside it are Dickens’s other Christmas masterpieces, including The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, The Haunted Man, and a rich selection of Christmas stories and seasonal writings that explore themes of redemption, family, gratitude, and human kindness.

Dickens’s holiday works combine vivid characters, moral insight, gentle humor, and glowing atmosphere to create stories that resonate across time. His vision helped shape Christmas as we know it today, renewing the values of goodwill, community, and compassion.This beautifully formatted edition is ideal for families, collectors, students, and anyone who loves classic literature or the comforting nostalgia of holiday storytelling.

Whether revisited each December or enjoyed year-round, these tales continue to warm hearts and remind readers of the transformative power of generosity and love.

Gone by Dawn (Val Costa Book 1)

Author: Christie, H.K.

FREE

Crime Thriller

You kissed your daughter goodnight. By morning, she’s gone.

Two days ago, FBI Agent Val Costa came face to face with a serial killer known as the Bear. One of only two women ever to survive, she’s forever branded with his signature: a curling ā€œSā€ carved into her skin. Val knows it’s only a matter of time before he takes another victim.

Forced home to recover, Val returns to Red Rose County, California, to be with her son. But the very next day she finds the close-knit community panic-stricken over the disappearance of blonde-haired, freckled-faced local teen, Scarlett Douglas.Defying orders, Val interviews the Douglas family at their farmhouse and uncovers a less-than-idyllic picture. Housebound since a devastating diagnosis, Scarlett’s world was crumbling. The sight of Scarlett’s unworn prom dress hanging in her room brings a tear to Val’s eye. She won’t sleep until this sweet girl is home and safe.

Val and her team search the nearby towering redwoods for any clue to what happened the morning Scarlett disappeared. But the case takes a sinister turn when a little pink teddy bear is delivered to Val’s door. Did the Bear follow her to Red Rose County? Is her family now in terrible danger? Could Scarlett be his latest victim?

When Evil Rules: A True Story of Vengeance and Murder on Cape Cod

Michele R. McPhee

Regularly $17.99, Today $2.99

Biographies & Memoirs of Criminals

The true crime story of a notorious arsonist and murderer who kept a Cape Cod town in fear thanks to crooked cops. šŸ”„

The Cape Cod beach town of Falmouth seemed like a lovely place to visit. šŸ–ļø But those who lived there year-round knew its other, darker side… Local businessman and infamous bully Melvin Reine had started setting the homes of his so-called enemies on fire. 😱 Few of his victims—or even the police—ever dared to implicate him. Because those who did would pay the price…

Mysterious events kept creeping up in Falmouth. šŸ’€ The disappearance of Melvin’s wife, a dead man found in a cranberry bog, a teenager slated to testify against Melvin who boarded a ferry, never to be seen again—was Melvin somehow responsible? Only one police officer, John Busby, had the guts to press him for answers. šŸ’Ŗ One day he found himself on the wrong end of a sawed-off shotgun…but managed to survive the attack. This is the shocking true story about what can happen to an all-American town when evil rules. šŸ”«

What you’re getting: Michele R. McPhee exposes the terrifying true story of Melvin Reine, a Cape Cod businessman who terrorized Falmouth with arson and murder while crooked cops looked the other way, until one brave officer dared to stand up to him. If you love true crime that reveals how evil can take over an entire community, this chilling account is essential reading!

The Mercy of Thin Air: A Novel

Ronlyn Domingue

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Magical Realism

In 1920s New Orleans, Raziela Nolan’s magnificent love affair is interrupted by her untimely and tragic death. šŸ’” Immediately after, she chooses to stay between -- a realm that exists after life and before whatever lies beyond it. From this remarkable vantage point, Razi narrates the story of her lost love as well as of the relationship of Amy and Scott, a young couple whose house she haunts seventy years later. šŸ‘»

It is their own troubled story that finally compels Razi to slowly unravel the mystery of what happened to her first and only passion, Andrew, and to confront a long-hidden secret. šŸ’•

The Mercy of Thin Air entwines two heartbreaking and redemptive love stories that echo across three generations and culminates in a finish that will leave readers breathless. ✨ It is a poignant and brilliant first novel that beautifully captures the nature of love and shows how it transcends all barriers—even death. 🌟

Here’s why this matters: Ronlyn Domingue crafts a luminous debut that weaves together two love stories across three generations, following a woman who died in 1920s New Orleans and remains ā€œbetweenā€ to narrate both her lost romance and the troubled relationship of the couple whose house she haunts seventy years later. Perfect for readers who love magical realism that explores how love transcends death itself!

A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age: Scientific Habits of Mind

David J. Helfand

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Propaganda & Political Psychology

Learning how to tell news from fake news from fake fake news: An ā€œimportant and timelyā€ book on protecting ourselves, and society, from the infodemic (Library Journal). šŸ“°

We have billions of bytes of data at our fingertips. But how much of it is misinformation—or even disinformation? šŸ¤” A lot of it is, and your search engine can’t tell the difference.

As a result, an avalanche of misinformation threatens to overwhelm the discourse we so desperately need to address complex social problems such as climate change, the food and water crises, biodiversity collapse, and emerging threats to public health. šŸŒ This book provides an inoculation against the misinformation epidemic by cultivating scientific habits of mind. Anyone can do it—indeed, everyone must do it if our species is to survive on this crowded and finite planet. 🧠

This survival guide supplies an essential set of apps for the prefrontal cortex while making science both accessible and entertaining. šŸ”¬ It will dissolve your fear of numbers, demystify graphs, and elucidate the key concepts of probability, all while celebrating the precise use of language and logic. David Helfand, one of our nation’s leading astronomers and science educators, has taught scientific habits of mind to generations in the classroom, where he continues to wage a provocative battle against sloppy thinking and the encroachment of misinformation. ⭐

What drew me in: Leading astronomer and science educator David J. Helfand delivers an essential survival guide for the misinformation age, teaching readers how to cultivate scientific habits of mind—dissolving fear of numbers, demystifying graphs, and sharpening logic—to navigate the avalanche of fake news threatening rational discourse. If you want to inoculate yourself against misinformation while making science entertaining, this is your essential toolkit!

False Colors

Alex Beecroft

Regularly $11.99, Today $1.99

Military Romance

1762, The Georgian Age of Sail: For his first command, John Cavendish is given a ship—the HMS Meteor—and a crew, both in need of repair and discipline. āš“ He’s determined to make a success of their first mission, and hopes the well-liked lieutenant Alfred Donwell will stand by his side as he leads his new crew into battle: stopping the slave trade off the coast of Algiers. 🌊

Alfie knows their mission is futile, and that their superiors back in England will use the demise of this crew as impetus for war with the Ottoman Empire. 😤 But the darker secret he keeps is his growing attraction for his commanding officer—a secret punishable by death. šŸ’”

With the arrival of his former captain—and lover—on the scene of the disastrous mission, Alfie is torn between the security of his past and the uncertain promise of a future with the straight-laced John. šŸ”„

Against a backdrop of war, intrigue, and personal betrayal, the high seas will carry these men through dangerous waters from England to Africa to the West Indies in search of a safe harbor. šŸ“ā€ā˜ ļø

Here’s the deal: Alex Beecroft delivers a sweeping Georgian-era naval romance where a new captain and his lieutenant navigate dangerous waters—both literal and emotional—as they battle slave traders off the Algerian coast while hiding a forbidden attraction punishable by death. Perfect for fans of Patrick O’Brian-style naval adventures with LGBTQ+ romance, historical authenticity, and high-seas drama!

The Phyllis A. Whitney Collection Volume Four: The Turquoise Mask, The Trembling Hills, and The Quicksilver Pool

Phyllis A. Whitney

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Gothic Romance

The Turquoise Mask: Manhattan illustrator Amanda Austin is summoned to her grandfather’s Santa Fe hacienda to get to know distant relatives of her late mother, who died years ago under mysterious circumstances. šŸŽØ But once there, everyone greets her like an unwelcome guest. After a little investigating, she begins to fear the real reason she was invited . . . 😱

The Trembling Hills: In 1906, Sara Bishop is off to San Francisco to win back her childhood sweetheart, Ritchie Temple. šŸ’• Her mother, however, is not only concerned with her daughter’s pursuit of an elusive romance, but also with the city itself—and the secret she and Sara’s father buried there years ago . . . 🌁

The Quicksilver Pool: After the Civil War, Lora, a young Confederate bride moves north to live with Wade, her Union soldier husband, in his Staten Island mansion. šŸ’ Waiting for her there are a bitterly unwelcoming family and the shadows of Wade’s past. šŸ‘»

What you’re getting: This collection brings together three classic gothic romances from Phyllis A. Whitney, featuring heroines who journey to Santa Fe haciendas, earthquake-threatened San Francisco, and post-Civil War Staten Island mansions, where family secrets, mysterious deaths, and unwelcoming relatives await. If you love atmospheric gothic mysteries with strong female protagonists uncovering dangerous truths, this three-in-one volume is perfect!

The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion

Meghan Daum

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Literary Criticism

Nearly fifteen years after her debut collection, My Misspent Youth, captured the ambitions and anxieties of a generation, Meghan Daum returns to the personal essay with The Unspeakable, a powerful collection of ten new works. šŸ“š

Where her previous collection explores what it is to be a struggling twenty-something urban dweller with an overdrawn bank account and oversized ambition, The Unspeakable contends with parental death, the decision not to have children, and more—a new set of challenges tackled by a writer at her best, investigated in the same uncompromising voice that made Daum one of the most engaging thinkers writing today. āœļø

In The Unspeakable, Daum pushes back against the false sentimentality and shrink-wrapped platitudes that surround so much of the contemporary American experience. šŸ’Ŗ But Daum also operates in a comic register. With perfect precision, she reveals the absurdities of the New Age search for the ā€œBest Possible Experience,ā€ champions the merits of cream-of-mushroom-soup casserole, and gleefully recounts a quintessential ā€œonly-in-L.A.ā€ story of playing charades at a famous person’s home. šŸ˜‚

Combining the piercing insight of Joan Didion with humor reminiscent of Nora Ephron’s, Daum dissects our culture’s most dangerous illusions while retaining her own joy and compassion. ✨ Through it all, she dramatizes the search for an authentic self in a world where achieving an identity is never simple and never complete. 🌟

Here’s why this matters: Meghan Daum returns fifteen years after her generation-defining debut with ten essays tackling parental death, childlessness, and cultural platitudes with the piercing insight of Joan Didion and the humor of Nora Ephron. If you love personal essays that push back against false sentimentality while celebrating cream-of-mushroom-soup casserole, this is essential contemporary nonfiction!

Sins and Needles (The Artists Trilogy Book 1)

Karina Halle

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Erotic Suspense

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Ship of Bones and Teeth comes a spicy, dark romance about a woman on the run for fans of Katee Robert and Sophia Lark. šŸ”„

Ellie Watt is a woman on the run. šŸƒā€ā™€ļø After making the mistake of falling for a vicious mob boss, she hopes to find refuge at her uncle’s farm in quiet Palm Valley, California. Ellie swears she’s through with her life of crime. But before she knows it, she’s right back in the game when she meets an easy mark who’s too good—and too hot—to be true. 😈

Master tattoo artist Camden McQueen is nothing like the awkward kid who crushed on Ellie back in high school. šŸ’Ŗ Now, as the owner of the wildly successful Sins & Needles, he’s got tats to kill for, muscles to die for, and money to burn. Ellie can’t believe the transformation—and can’t resist pulling off one last con. šŸŽÆ

But when Camden catches Ellie red-handed, the tables are turned. 😱 The mark becomes the master. And when the ultimate player gets played, you never know who’s going to end up on top . . . šŸ”„

What drew me in: New York Times bestselling author Karina Halle kicks off The Artists Trilogy with this dark, spicy romance where a con artist on the run from a mob boss targets her former high school crush—now a tattooed, wealthy artist—only to have the tables turned when he catches her and the game becomes deadly serious. Perfect for fans of Katee Robert and Sophia Lark who love criminal antiheroes, tattoo artists, and dangerous chemistry!

Security Detail: Faith in the Face of Crime (Secret Service Agents Book 1)

Lisa Phillips

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Christian Mystery & Suspense

GUARDING THE FIRST DAUGHTER šŸ•µļøā€ā™‚ļø

Stopping to pick up a file late at night, former president’s daughter Kayla Harris discovers her law office has been ransacked—and the culprit is still there. 😱 But undercover Secret Service agent Conner Thorne comes to her rescue, and he knows exactly who is after her—just not why. šŸ”

Conner and Kayla go way back to their time in the White House when she was the rebellious first daughter and he was the rookie who saved her neck. šŸ’• Now Conner will put his life on the line again to keep Kayla away from the mobster he’s investigating. And it’s about much more than his job, because this time the woman he’s sworn to protect is also the woman who’s claimed his heart. šŸ’”

Here’s the deal: Lisa Phillips launches the Secret Service Agents series with this Christian romantic suspense where a former president’s daughter discovers her office ransacked and her undercover Secret Service protector from White House days must save her again—this time from a mobster and from losing the woman who’s claimed his heart. Perfect for fans of protective heroes, second chances, and faith-based romantic suspense!

To Sing of War

Catherine McKinnon

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Historical World War II Fiction

ā€˜Transcends the boundaries of historical fiction’ Books+Publishing ⭐

DECEMBER 1944 šŸ“… In New Guinea, a young Australian nurse, Lotte Wyld, chances upon her first love, Virgil Nicholson, a soldier in the Allies’ hard-fought jungle campaign. šŸ’• At Los Alamos in the United States, idealistic physicists Miriam Carver and Fred Johnson join Robert Oppenheimer and a team of brilliant scientists in a collective dream to build a weapon that will stop all war, while Kitty Oppenheimer wrestles with restrictions on her freedom. šŸ’£ And on the sacred island of Miyajima in Japan, Hiroko Narushima is doing her best to protect her family. šŸÆ

Each of these people yearns to belong, yet each fiercely protects their independence. šŸ’Ŗ Secrets, misunderstandings and fears burden them; shame shapes them; hope and imagination lift them up. They are caught in a moment of history, both enthralled and appalled by actions they must undertake. šŸ˜”

A beautiful, rich and intricately woven novel, To Sing of War asks how one person can make a difference in a world that is wondrous, thrilling and endangered. šŸŒ It insists on our interconnectedness, hums with the energy of the world and is a blazingly powerful and deeply moving account of friendship, love and war. ✨

ā€˜Deeply intelligent and very affecting’ The Saturday Paper šŸ“°

What you’re getting: Catherine McKinnon weaves together three storylines across the Pacific in December 1944—an Australian nurse reuniting with her first love in New Guinea, physicists building the atomic bomb at Los Alamos, and a Japanese woman protecting her family—asking how individuals make a difference when caught in history’s most devastating moment. Books+Publishing calls it a work that ā€œtranscends the boundaries of historical fiction!ā€

NEW RELEASES

NYPD Red 8: The 11:59 Bomber

Marshall Karp

NEW RELEASE

Crime Thrillers

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Marshall Karp comes the next installment in the endlessly thrilling NYPD Red series. 🚨

It’s 11:59. ā°

And the city that never sleeps is afraid to get out of bed. 😱

A bomb explodes in a crowded New York subway station at exactly 11:59 a.m. šŸ’„ The next day, a second blast rips through a busy department store—again at 11:59.

As the bombs go off with clockwork precision, the death toll climbs and businesses shut their doors as the city hunkers down in fear. šŸ”„

NYPD Red Detectives Kylie MacDonald and Zach Jordan face their most twisted case ever, as they race against the clock in search of one man who has vowed ā€œto destroy New York City the way it destroyed my family.ā€ šŸ•µļø

Here’s why this matters: #1 New York Times bestselling author Marshall Karp returns with the eighth NYPD Red thriller, where detectives Kylie MacDonald and Zach Jordan race to stop a bomber striking at exactly 11:59 every day, sending New York into terrified lockdown as the death toll climbs. If you love ticking-clock thrillers with methodical killers and elite detectives, this is your next must-read!

Winter Wishlist

Elliott Rose

NEW RELEASE

Bisexual Romance

A librarian, a former pro rugby player, and a cowboy walk into a bar at Christmas… šŸŽ„

What’s a girl to do when stuck at a mountain ranch for the holidays, unexpectedly flying solo? šŸ˜” Festive activities don’t quite sound so jolly when my best friend isn’t able to make it at the last minute, and I can’t retreat home to stuff my nose in a book.

To make matters worse, that guy I’d been seeing? Yeah, he just proposed to his girlfriend of five minutes… and they’re getting cozy in the cabin next to mine. šŸ’”

One chance encounter in a bookstore sends a miracle drifting my way, with kind eyes and massive… hands. šŸ˜ When he swoops in pretending to be my boyfriend, I should be saying no, yet find myself agreeing to a harmless little ruse for Christmas.

He’s taken, and I’m leaving town in a couple of days. No harm could come of it, right? šŸ¤”

I didn’t expect it to be anything more than a bit of fun. šŸ”„

I certainly didn’t expect two men to open their home and their bed to me as part of this game. 😱

Suddenly, a little merriment turns from fake to living out my every fantasy. šŸ’•

What drew me in: Elliott Rose delivers a cozy holiday MMF romance where a librarian stuck solo at a Christmas ranch agrees to a fake boyfriend arrangement that unexpectedly evolves into two men welcoming her into their home and their bed. Perfect for fans of bisexual romance, MMF threesomes, fake relationship tropes, and holiday magic that turns fantasies into reality!

When She’s Stuffed: A Risdaverse Holiday Short

Ruby Dixon

NEW RELEASE

Science Fiction Romance

Pamela loves her job on Risda III - as cook to Lord and Lady va’Rin, she is responsible for creating delicious meals. šŸ½ļø What better way to show her appreciation for her new life than a Thanksgiving feast? 🦃

Alien guardsman Toghar has adored Pamela in silence for years now. šŸ˜ Is today the day to speak up? Or should he wait until she stops shoving her hand into that dead bird on the counter? šŸ˜‚

Will the holidays bring these two together? (The answer is yes, of course.) šŸ’•

This is a short, stand-alone story set in the Risdaverse featuring a human woman, an alien hero who has no idea what Thanksgiving is, and some stuff that probably shouldn’t happen in a kitchen, but does anyhow. šŸ”„

Here’s the deal: Ruby Dixon returns to the beloved Risdaverse with this spicy holiday short where a human cook preparing Thanksgiving dinner finally catches the attention of the alien guardsman who’s adored her for years—leading to activities that definitely shouldn’t happen in the kitchen but absolutely do. Perfect for fans of ice planet barbarians who want a quick, steamy holiday treat!



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