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Shelley Russell Nolan
TJ Nichols
NEW RELEASES
Spell Search
Shelley Russell Nolan
Book 4, The Devil's Gate
Released: 22 July
When freedom comes with a cost, would you pay the price?
Imprisoned by the mage guild and cut off from her friends and her magic, Merry’s hope of returning to her own world seems impossible. With hidden adversaries ready to strike, a desperate escape attempt could land her in even more trouble. But she will not give up on her quest to stop witch hunters from entering Tirana.
Her allies are scattered and time is running out, so Merry must do the unthinkable; journey into enemy territory in search of aid. Danger looms at every turn, and she will be pushed to the brink to have any hope of success. The alternative is to lose control of her magic forever.
Will Merry find the help she needs to save Tirana? Or will her search lead to the downfall of everyone she cares about?
Find out in this magical portal fantasy adventure!
Cursed Wolf
Mila Young
Book 4, Savage
Released: 28 August
They were once my enemy…Now I’ll burn down the world to save them.
There was a time when I believed I’d never find love. That females like me were only good for one thing.
After all, my fated mate had rejected me, then tried to kill me.
I’m just not that lost wolf girl anymore. I’m stronger and have a few secrets of my own.
Now my ex-fated mate has returned for me, ready to destroy the bond I have with my four Viking alphas.
Yet he has no idea the lengths I’ll go to protect those I love…
Cursed Wolf is the final book in the Savage Series where the heroine ends up with multiple love interest and comes with a happily ever after. 18+
Darkest Sin: Part One
Mila Young and Harper A. Brooks
Book 1-3, Sin Demons
Released: 25 August
They say never make a deal with a demon…but what if I didn’t have a choice?
On my eighteenth birthday, my soul was traded to three sin demons as payment for my foster-father’s gambling debts.
Little did I know that being with them would unleash my own desires and Hell on Earth.
Literally.
But these tempting devils aren’t the only ones with ungodly powers because I’m no angel myself.
My dark secret can end up destroying us all.
Sin Demons is a fiery paranormal romance series full of dominating hellions, gritty humor, underworld mystery, and a lost heroine embracing her faults to find her true power. This is a reverse harem/why choose series.
This set includes the first three books in the Sin Demons Series—Playing with Hellfire, Hell in a Handbasket, and All Shot to Hell—plus exclusive bonus content and character illustrations.
Darkest Sin: Part Two
Mila Young and Harper A. Brooks
Book 4-6, Sin Demons
Released: 1 September
Falling in love can be Hell...
As the danger increases around me, Sayah’s darkness grows inside me.
Scariest of all… I’m starting to like it.
My sin demons will risk it all to save me from eternal damnation. But my biggest enemy may not be Lucifer.
It may be the monster that lurks inside me.
And when we meet the devil at the gates of Hell, will I be strong enough to make the ultimate sacrifice to save us all? Or will I lose everyone I love to the fire?
Sin Demons is a fiery paranormal romance series full of dominating hellions, gritty humor, underworld mystery, and a lost heroine embracing her faults to find her true power. This is a reverse harem/why choose series.
This set includes the last three books in the Sin Demons Series—To Hell and Back, When Hell Freezes Over, and Hell on Earth—plus new exclusive bonus content and character illustrations.
Warlock in Training
TJ Nichols
Book 1, Studies in Demonology
Released: 1 August in audio format
Angus Donohue doesn’t want to be a warlock.
He believes draining demons for magic is evil, but it’s a dangerous opinion to have—his father is a powerful and well-connected warlock, and Angus is expected to follow the family tradition.
His only way out is to fail the demon summoning class. Failure means expulsion from the Warlock College. Despite Angus’s best efforts to fumble the summoning, it works. Although not the way anyone expects.
Angus’s demon, Saka, is a powerful mage with his own need for a warlock. Saka wants to use Angus in a ritual to rebalance the magic that is being stripped from Demonside by warlocks. If Angus survives his demon’s desires and the perils of Demonside, he’ll have to face the Warlock College and their demands.
Angus must choose: obey the College and forget about Demonside or trust Saka and try to fix the damage before it’s too late. Whatever he does, he is in the middle of a war he isn’t qualified to fight.
The Rock Star's Familiar
TJ Nichols
Book 3, Familiar Mates
Released: in audio format
currently on sale
All he wants is to be loved, but no one trusts a snake…
Ten years ago, Dylan Lynch left home against his mother’s wishes to pursue a music career. Now he’s riding the waves of being a rock star with number one albums and more money than he ever imagined, and he did it without using his deadly magic. But when his brother dies, Dylan knows it’s only a matter of time until he is summoned home to take his place as heir to a business he doesn’t want.
Eamon Cutler is a snake shifter working as an enforcer for the Lynch family, hex witches who grant wishes with a price to be collected in the future. Usually he is sent after humans who welch on their side of the deal. But when he’s sent after Dylan, a man he has wanted from afar and admired for his willingness to stand up to his family, Eamon questions his career path.
The attraction between Eamon and Dylan simmers, but both are reluctant to give in. Hex witches don’t sleep with shifters, and if Eamon wants to keep his job—and his life—he shouldn’t sleep with the boss’s son.
But to find freedom, some rules must be broken.
For readers who like fated mates, fake relationships and road trips where there’s only one bed.
The Firefighter's Familiar
TJ Nichols
Book 9, Familiar Mates
Released: 28 August
Join firefighter witch Callum as he navigates his accidental familiar bond and tries to explain magic to his human boyfriend.
Discover the world of the Familiar Mates mm fated mates shifter witch romance series.
Each book in the Familiar Mates series has a new couple and a HEA with no cliffhangers.
Ellie's New Life
Susannah Kate
Book 1, Light the Way
Released: 5 August
Ellie's not expecting any big surprises at Christmas in the small community of Rook Island, but it would be nice if her housemate, Kaen showed some interest in her.
When she's zapped from Earth and discovers Kaen is her centuries old secret guardian, she reassesses everything she thought she knew and reconsiders her attraction to him.
Out of her depth traversing a strange new world, pursued by enemies, she has little choice but to trust the devil she knows, at least until she learns how to use her supposed new abilities and determine her own future.
Non spec-fic
Idolize
Maggie Rose
Book 1, Hollywood Heartthrobs
Released: 25 August
Declan
I have fame and fortune. I gained the lead role in a the TV show Dark Storm and I can have a different woman in my bed every night. I thought this was what I wanted. That was until I met Callie. We had one night of passion and I want more, but who I am means nothing to her.
Callie
I moved to LA to escape a violent past and all I want is anonymity for myself and my son. I was starting to get my life back on track when I met Declan Reed. He is latest hit on the Hollywood scene. I can get the love of a TV star, and the fame that comes with it. I might also get a past that comes back to haunt me with what could be fatal consequences.
Encore
Luci Hart
Book 5, Blue Phoenix
Released: 20 August
The final book in the Blue Phoenix rock star romance series returns to lead singer Dylan and Sky as the challenged of their new life together in the spotlight.
Sky and Dylan have found their forever, wrapped in a world away from rock star Dylan's fame. For Sky, a future with Dylan is a life with the man who closed the book on his past for a future with her.
The deeper into her new life Sky goes, the harder she finds dealing with the public scrutiny and holding onto who she is. When a third person enters her new life with Dylan, Sky also struggles to meet the expectations she has of herself.
Dylan believes in fairy tale endings and his unwavering love for Sky, and he will fight anything that threatens their life together. But the world can throw curveballs that even the strongest couple would struggle to dodge. Including a face from the past.
What Were You Thinking Paige Taylor?
Amanda Ashby
Released: July in audio format
After her carefully ordered world imploded, Paige Taylor cracks up. On her tenth self-help book, it seemed like a good idea at the time to reinvent herself-move from Manhattan to the tiny beachside town of St. Clair-and take over the local bookstore.
But instead of discovering her spiritual Nirvana, she's neck-deep in a floundering business, the locals treat her like a plague victim, and her mom's suddenly decided to visit-with no end in sight-and keeps coming home with one surprise after the next.
Added to that pot of crazy, the one guy who sets her pulse racing has sworn off women forever. He's got a Samsonite filled with baggage, but damn he looks good hauling it down the street. And giving her those sexy half-smiles. And tempting her to take him for a test ride.
Soon Paige discovers that reinventing herself takes more than just a change of address and a pithy quote on Instagram. She needs to face the truth about her life, and that's something she can't do alone.
Once in a Blue Moon
Amanda Ashby
Released: July in audio format
Florist Laney George has a successful business, amazing friends, and big, big dreams-oh, and a broken heart. But she's working through that last one. Then the man she hoped to never see again shows up-and Laney's carefully ordered plans are experiencing technical difficulties.
Celebrated Author Adam Fitzpatrick planned to be in St. Clair for no more than a day. Sign the books, and get out. Same story, different day. What he didn't count on was Laney George, who happens to be the star of his somewhat fictional tale. She broke his heart years ago, and he'd gone a bit mad. Okay, maybe a lot mad-and he put everything in his book, never imagining it would be a world-wide best seller.
Now that he's seen her again, he wants answers. But it isn't just her that draws him in. It's the town, something is happening and for the first time in years . . . he can write again. If only he could convince the woman who hates him most to start a new chapter in their story.
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A Court Beyond the Mists
LJ Swallow
Book 1, Fae Fantasy Romance
Expected Release: 15 September
A hidden human princess. A seductive fae prince. A dangerous prophecy.
Never trust those from beyond the Mists.
Twenty years ago, Talia’s father believed he’d made a bargain with the fae. But the fae’s trickery cost the human king everything—the queen’s life and their daughter’s freedom. Since that day, Talia has lived in a hidden court surrounded by thorns. Now, only marriage to a human prince will end the princess’s exile and allow her to rejoin the kingdom.
Unless the fae reclaim her on the day that the roses bloom.
Three years ago, a seer whispered a prophecy to a fae prince. If Jaren returns the girl stolen from the fae, he’ll secure his throne. But when he finds Talia, Jaren discovers the seer didn’t tell him everything about the hidden princess. Talia’s silver scars aren’t only from the thorns that surround her prison—the marks hide a dangerous secret.
Once over, the humans and fae lived in harmony until the kingdoms became threatened by fae magic and they declared war on the fae. In response, the fae created the Mists to divide two lands. Humans who step beyond the Mists never return. Fae who walk through are killed on sight.
The handsome and deadly fae captures Talia’s heart of thorns and frees her from the shackles of her kingdom. Jaren knows that if he crosses through the Mists with Talia and returns to his court, her life is at risk. But if she stays in the human kingdom, he’ll lose the princess who must become his queen.
And Jaren isn’t prepared to let her go.
Can the bond between Talia and the man with dark secrets bring her the life and love she desires? Or will the fae prince’s deadly ambition destroy them both and bring destruction to the fae realm?
Witch Bond
LJ Swallow
Book 2, Nightfall University
Expected Release: 16 January 2023
Witch Bond is the second book in a college-age RH paranormal academy duet. Midnight Coven should be read first and is available now.
The Nightfall University duet is filled with seductive magic, steamy scenes, multiple love interests, and dark elements.
These books are part of the Nightworld Academy universe but take place over twenty years before the original Nightworld Academy series. The main characters are not connected by anything apart from history and there are no spoilers between the two series.
One Wolf Next Door
Efthalia
Book 1, The Willow Witch Chronicles
Expected Release: 22 November
A Witch. A Wolf. And defective magic.
Samantha Willow is a defective witch. Her magical powers are useless, and her coven has turned its back on her. Her comfortable and serene lifestyle is short-lived when a new neighbor moves in next door. Romance was not on the agenda. To add to her problems, one of her customers ends up dead, and the police want answers.
Dex Lycophron, wolf, and immortal warrior has had enough of fighting for humanity. He wants to put his feet up and relax, but when he gets a whiff of his delectable witchy neighbor, he knows he's not going to rest until he claims her as his mate. But to do that he must return to the world and connections he left behind.
Will the Witch admit that they belong together?
Wraith's Revenge
Keri Arthur
Book 10, Lizzie Grace
Expected Release: 28 February 2023
You can’t run from the past forever…
Lizzie Grace has finally returned to Canberra, the city where she grew up and a place that holds so many bad memories. Not only does she have to testify at her father’s trial, but also deal with her ex’s will and relatives unhappy that she’s inherited a good chunk of his assets.
Yet Canberra holds more than just memories of an unwanted marriage. It’s where her sister was murdered, and the man responsible was never caught.
Witches are once again being ritualistically sacrificed, and it holds terrible echoes of those past deaths.
As the murders draw closer to home, Lizzie finds herself in a race to hunt down the wraith of a man after the ultimate revenge…the soul of the woman who once escaped him.
Sword of Darkness
Keri Arthur
Book 2, Relic Hunters
Expected Release: 25 October
The race to claim Agrona’s Claws before the world is forever altered continues
Monster's Obsession
Mila Young and C.R. Jane
Book 2, Monster and Me
Expected Release: 29 September
Non Spec-Fic
Her Bleeding Heart
D.K. Hood
Book 16, Detectives Kane and Alton
Expected Release: 12 September
Rain soaks her clothes as she runs from the large, isolated family home and hides behind the beaten-up pickup truck parked out front. Miles from safety, her heart thuds as footsteps draw closer. He’s found her…
The rain had been falling for weeks when Black Rock Falls Sheriff, Jenna Alton, receives a panicked phone call from a local forest ranger. The lifeless body of a woman has washed up on the banks of a swollen river.
Rushing to the scene, Jenna and her deputy, David Kane, find the young girl laying face up in the dirt, her long brown hair spilling out around her, her perfect pale skin showing no signs of struggle. Leaning in for a closer look, she finds a jack of hearts playing card tucked into the girl’s underwear. This was no accident—someone killed this innocent soul, and left a twisted calling card…
Days later, another young woman is found slumped in the back of car at a local truck stop on the outskirts of town, angry red marks around her neck. Jenna’s head spins when she finds a second playing card in her clothing. Is this killer escalating? And does he have a next victim already in his sights?
As a landslide shuts the town off from the outside world, Jenna and her team battle raging storms in their search for answers. Jenna is convinced the playing cards link these victims to a twisted serial killer the FBI have been hunting for over a decade. If she’s right, she’s chasing America’s most dangerous and elusive killer. Can she catch him before Black Rock Falls loses another innocent young life?
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Cadence
Luci Hart
Book 1, Ruby Riot
Expected Release: 20 September
Explosive chemistry, heat, and humour combine in this British rock star romance.
Jax Lewis, lead guitarist of Ruby Riot is hot property and loving every minute of his new found fame. Touring Europe and supporting the world's biggest rock band Blue Phoenix, he's living his rock star life to the full.
Until Tegan walks into his world and puts the brakes on.
Tegan Hughes swapped college life for a gap year and has her sights set on touring Europe with her big brother's band. Blue Phoenix drummer Bryn isn't happy when his sister arrives unannounced at his hotel in Lisbon, but Tegan is determined to join the tour.
Jax sets his sights on Tegan but she's related to a member of Blue Phoenix and knows exactly why girls should keep their hearts away from rock stars
The pair attempt to keep a handle on their growing attraction, but that proves harder than they thought. Tegan doesn't want to be the sexy rocker's latest conquest but Jax is up to the challenge.
Add in her protective big brother and watch the sparks fly.
Cadence is the first standalone book in the Ruby Riot rock star romance series. Perfect for fans of captivating steamy romance, hot and brooding British rock stars, and strong, sassy heroines.
Note: this book was originally published in 2016 as Cadence by Lisa Swallow and only contains minor changes.
Christmas Wishes & New Year's Kiss
contains novella by
Susannah Kade
Expected Release: 14 November
Christmas Wishes and New Year's Kisses is a wonderfully festive collection of holiday-themed novellas and short stories from some of the world's most loved indie authors.
Rough and Ready
Cathleen Ross
Book 2, Outlaw Warriors
Expected Release: 20 September
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Before special ops soldier Hugo Boudreaux can move on, he has one last thing to do-fulfill a wartime debt to the friend who saved his life. He must infiltrate a vicious Louisiana MC club to stop their next illegal weapons shipment and send the president to jail. What he didn't plan on was ending up an unwilling bodyguard to the man's daughter-innocent and attractive nurse Alice Kaintuck. Alice wants a normal life with a nice guy. But her rough-edged bodyguard is the sexiest man she's ever met. Suddenly she can't stop thinking about just how hot he makes her. Before she knows it, she's tumbling into his muscular arms . . . though she'll be damned if she'll fall in love with a man as dangerous as her father. Only Hugo doesn't make love, he consumes her and turns her life upside down with his carnal, erotic sex. Dreams of nice guys vanish when her enemy becomes her obsession . . . Contains mature themes.
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Her Wicked Scot
Christina Phillips
Book 4, The Highland Warrior Chronicles
Expected Release: 3 October
A warrior rumored to have no heart. An ice princess, who has vowed never to love again. A forced marriage that could break them both…
Sent into Pictland to discover the identity of a desperate assassin, Ewan MacKinnon fights his fascination with the aloof princess, Briana. Although he wants nothing more than to take her into his arms, he won’t taint her with the curse that has blighted him all his life.
After her first disastrous marriage, Briana is determined to dedicate her life in service to Pictland and her beloved goddess. But her goddess is elusive, sending only visions of a splintered future–a future that is tied irrevocably to the one man she fears could shatter her heart forever. The enemy of her people, Scots warrior Ewan MacKinnon.
Coerced into a marriage of convenience, Briana and Ewan battle both duty and desire as political intrigue tightens its noose around them. But with the assassin edging ever closer they must forsake the shackles of their past and risk their fragile love for a chance of surviving an ultimate betrayal.
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The Seahorse Prince's Mate
TJ Nichols
Novella, Familiar Mates
Currently FREE if you're a member of TJ's newsletter group.
When biologist Beau Evans goes on holiday to enjoy a week of snorkeling and diving, he isn’t planning to have a holiday fling…or for that fling to turn out to be his mate.
As first-born twin seahorse shifter Kai was raised to rule, not just beneath the sea but also run the seahorse land-based businesses that employs many seahorse shifters and enriches them all. Falling into bed with the hot guy who looks like he needs some fun was not supposed to end up with him being consumed by the mating heat and getting pregnant.
Now instead of doing what he loves, he has to disappear into the ocean for three months. Beau doesn’t know how to deal with a mate or the twins Kai carries, but he does know that he isn’t going to walk away, no matter how complicated things get with seahorse politics.
Killer's Kiss
Keri Arthur
Book 11, Lizzie Grace
Expected Release: 31 October 2023
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The Fire Dancer's Familiar
TJ Nichols
Short story, Familiar Mates
Currently FREE if you sign up to TJ's newsletter.
Hundreds of years ago dragon shifter Prys was tasked with guarding his unhatched sister. To do that he needs the help of a rare fire witch. He's almost ready to give up when he finds Aaron.
Aaron has found a way to use his magic in public, the last thing he expects after a show is for a dragon to approach him asking for a favor. But is he ready to have a mate and raise a baby dragon? A short story that's part of the Familiar Mates world.
Her Savage Scot
Christina Phillips
Book 1, Highland Warrior Chronicles
is currently FREE in Christina's Shop
Scots warrior Connor will do anything to protect Aila from the Vikings. But to save her he must defy his king, betray his country, and forsake his honor...
When tough Scot warrior Connor MacKenzie rides into the barbaric lands of the Picts on a mission for his king, he never expects to be captivated by a beautiful Pictish widow. Drawn under her spell, yet unaware of her true identity, he risks everything for one passionate night in her arms.
Aila, princess of Pictland, swore, after watching her husband die, that she would never marry again. But after meeting Connor, her frozen heart thaws and once again she imagines a future filled with love and passion.
When Connor delivers the message from his king, Aila becomes a pawn in a deadly game of politics. Her heart belongs to Connor, but she must marry the prince of Dal Riada – Connor’s half-brother. But as dangerous secrets unravel, both Connor and Aila must find a way to outwit their enemies if they want a chance of surviving, together, in this fractured new world.
Cursed Wolf - Bonus Epilogue
Mila Young
Book 4, Savage
Currently FREE
Bonus epilogue and see what Narah, Harmony, and the four Viking Alphas are up to now…
OTHER
D.K. Hood
Not a Tear has been released in French.
Bring Me Flowers, Her Broken Wings, and Where the Angels Fear made it to the Bookauthority's 100 Best Detective Audiobooks of All Time. Numbers 16, 62, and 75 respectively!
Christina Phillips
Keri Arthur
Cathleen Ross
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