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The Lost Heiress: A Novel

Author: Elizabeth KlehfothNEW RELEASEHistorical Mysteries

Wealthy heiress Saoirse Towers vanished during her eighteenth birthday gala four decades ago. Now her remains have finally been found under Cliffhaven, the aristocratic family’s cliffside mansion on California’s windswept Central Coast. But the mystery only deepens—her skeleton is not alone. 💀

In vibrant 1982, Ana Rojas arrives to care for the supposedly frail Saoirse, who turns out to be a beautiful, spirited young woman straining against her family’s suffocating standards. But Ana bears secrets of her own. She’s come to Cliffhaven with a hidden agenda, one complicated by her growing feelings for Saoirse’s handsome brother. 💔

It’s formidable housekeeper Florence Talbot who truly holds the key to the past—a locked box teeming with secret betrayal, forbidden love, and hard-won redemption. Casting a long shadow, one tragedy binds the three women’s lives together. As the truth about Saoirse’s fate comes to light, the legacy of Cliffhaven will be forever changed. 🏰

Elizabeth Klehfoth delivers her second novel, a haunting and operatic tale of family secrets set in an aristocratic mansion overlooking the California coast. Klehfoth grew up in Elkhart, Indiana, and received her BFA in creative writing from Chapman University and her MFA from Indiana University, where she taught fiction writing and composition. Following her debut All These Beautiful Strangers, Klehfoth demonstrates her gift for Gothic atmosphere and layered mysteries spanning decades. Now based in Los Angeles, she crafts stories where past and present collide, secrets buried for decades demand revelation, and three women’s lives become inextricably linked by tragedy. This dual-timeline mystery combines forbidden romance, class tensions, and the kind of family secrets that echo through generations.

What makes this special: Gothic mystery meets dual timelines in a cliffside mansion where discovered remains reveal decades of buried secrets! 🌊

Moon Child: The Roots and Wings of a USAF Combat Special Missions Aviator

Author: Anthony DyerNEW RELEASEMilitary Memoirs

Born in the rugged Appalachian town of Sylva, North Carolina, Anthony Dyer was raised in a world of untamed adventure where resilience was a way of life. That same fearless spirit propelled him into the elite realm of Special Operations Aviation, where he spent over a decade as a USAF Combat Special Missions Aviator, flying into the world’s most volatile war zones.

Tasked with executing high-risk missions under relentless pressure, Anthony’s career was defined by precision, courage, and sacrifice. But what happens when the mission ends?

In Moon Child, Anthony delivers a raw, unfiltered account of his life in combat—the triumphs, burdens, and unseen wounds that follow Warriors home. He shares harrowing details of his most dangerous operations, including the 2018 Jolly Green Rescue Mission of the Year, where split-second decisions meant the difference between life and death.

Yet beyond the battlefield, Anthony faced a far deadlier enemy: the silent battles of addiction, trauma, and the search for purpose beyond war.

Anthony Dyer brings readers into the cockpit of Special Operations Aviation with unflinching honesty about both the missions that earn medals and the invisible wounds that last long after coming home. Growing up in Appalachia instilled the resilience that served him in combat, but as Dyer reveals, surviving war requires more than just physical toughness. This memoir stands apart from typical military narratives by confronting addiction and PTSD with the same courage Dyer showed in combat. For those who have known war, for those who have battled addiction, and for those still finding their way—Moon Child offers both witness and hope. This is more than a war story; it’s about the battle to reclaim yourself after the fighting stops.

A powerful military memoir about elite aviation missions—and the harder battle of coming home and finding purpose after war. 🎖️

If You Claim Me (The Toronto Terror Series)

Author: Helena HuntingNEW RELEASESports Romance

Hockey’s most hated player just asked me to marry him. 🏒

Connor Grace is the league’s bad boy—and my best friend’s worst enemy. He’s the fallen prince of a famous hotel chain dynasty. Me? I’m the foster kid who grew up to be a librarian. 📚

I never thought I’d end up in a marriage of convenience to make someone’s grandma happy, but here we are.

I have no plans to kiss my husband for any reason other than show. I have no plans to fall in love with the arrogant man dressed in custom suits hiding intricate tattoos. đź’‹

But when we’re alone, he drops the mask he wears for the rest of the world. He holds me like he means it when he says I’m his. And I want to believe him. 🔥

Too bad I learned early on that fairytales aren’t real, and nothing good lasts forever. 💔

NYT and USA Today bestselling author Helena Hunting delivers another swoony hockey romance in her Toronto Terror Series. Hunting lives outside Toronto with her amazing family and her adorable, emotional cat who thinks the best place to sleep is her keyboard. Known for writing everything from emotional contemporary romance to laugh-out-loud romantic comedies, Hunting excels at creating damaged heroes with soft centers and heroines who’ve learned not to trust fairytales. This standalone features all the best romance tropes: marriage of convenience, grumpy hockey player with a bad reputation, librarian heroine with a difficult past, fake relationship that becomes dangerously real, and a grandma who just wants to see her grandson settled. Expect custom suits hiding tattoos, a bad boy who’s actually a cinnamon roll when the cameras aren’t watching, and the kind of slow-burn chemistry that makes “just for show” kisses anything but fake.

Hockey bad boy meets librarian in a fake marriage that feels way too real—swoony Toronto Terror romance! 🔥



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