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EVENTS
Romantic Rendezvous 2024
Various locations
March 2024
Efthalia joins the lineup in Sydney.
Readers Take Denver
Denver, USA
18-21 April 2024
will feature DarkSiders:
Lana Pecherczyk
HM Hodgson
Apollycon
Washington DC, USA
25-28 April 2024
will feature DarkSider:
Lana Pecherczyk
NEW RELEASES
The Rebel's Prize
Book 3, Daughter of the Ravens
M.J. Scott
Released: 17 October
Hunting traitors is easier than facing the man she never meant to love…
In the wake of treachery and broken bonds, Chloe de Roche has fled Illvya and a marriage that was never supposed to be real, to hunt the rebel mages trying to topple the empire. Bringing them to justice is the only way to clear her name and salvage something of the life she’s been fighting for. But leaving Lucien behind might be even harder than finding the truth about the treachery buried in the heart of the empire…
Faced with Chloe’s desertion, magic that undermines his ability to know the truth, and a threat to the emperor he is sworn to serve, Lucien de Roche is reeling. But even though his hopes that Chloe might grow to love him have been shattered, he can’t turn his back on his wife. Bound by vows and honor, he has no choice but to follow her, even if she might break his heart…
Defeating those who seek to tear their world apart will not only take all their powers but an admission that they are stronger together than apart. But are they willing to risk their lives—and their hearts—to save an empire?
The Rebel’s Prize is the third and final book in the Daughter of Ravens series, a romantic historical fantasy series from set in the same world as the Four Arts series. This series has old friends turned enemies (and then enemies to lovers), a heroine looking for a second chance, a smitten hero, political intrigue, royal witches, inconvenient marriages, sexy times and more. Enjoy!
Knighthunter
Book 2, Oronis Knights
Anna Hackett
Released: 19 September in audio format
She vows to bring her abducted queen home…even if she has to work with the man she hates.
Knightmaster Nea Laurier is tough, dedicated, and lives to be the best Oronis knight she can be. All her life, she’s worked hard to live up to her prestigious family name. She will do whatever it takes to rescue Knightqueen Carys from their enemy, the vicious Gek’Dragar…she just wishes it didn’t involve the most cunning and dangerous man she knows. A man she detested when they were at the Academy, and a man she still detests—Knighthunter Kaden Galath.
Now she’s headed deep into enemy space, and the only person guarding her back is a man she’ll never trust.
Knighthunter Kaden Galath was born in the darkness and came from nothing. Being a knighthunter—a spy for his people—is the perfect job for him. He uses all his unique and deadly abilities to keep the Oronis safe, even the beautiful, perfect, do-gooder Knightmaster Nea. He’s vowed to always stay alone in the shadows…but Nea might be the weakness he never expected.
As Kaden and Nea embark on a mission to some of the deadliest enemy planets, they fight side by side, and uncover each other’s darkest secrets. Following the trail leading to their captive queen, Nea and Kaden will face their most dangerous battle yet, and a fiery passion that will engulf them both.
A War of Ruin and Reckoning
Book 9, Season of the Elf, Fae Guardians
Lana Pecherczyk
Released: 16 October
A reckoning is coming… but who will it hurt the most?
When environmental activist Nova Morales wakes thousands of years after a nuclear fallout, she is surrounded by magic, monsters, and war. The earth she fought to protect is in pieces, along with her heart. Everyone she loved is dead. All she wants is to find answers, but instead, she finds herself the unwilling prize in an Unseelie mate hunt.
Elf Guardian Leaf has always prioritized duty to the Well. His fate is his own, despite what the Prime and that insufferable psychic Clarke say about him being fated to a human from the old world. He doesn’t have time for love when a blight on their magic source has the enemy breathing down their necks. But when avoiding his duty throws him into the path of a beautiful war prize who claims they used to be lovers, he’s forced to question everything—even his memory.
The trouble with questions is they lead to answers better left buried. And as more painful secrets come to light, Leaf starts to wonder who the truth will ruin most—the Prime with her machinations, the unhinged Unseelie Queen and her war of vengeance, the crow shifter with a chip on his wings, the lost daughter of an ally… or Nova, the woman he’s falling in love with.
Book Nine in the Fae Guardians series features Leaf, the Cadre of Twelve team leader, and Nova Morales.
My True Love Gave to Me
anthology including stories from
Dakota Harrison, HM Hodgson, Melanie Pickering
Released: 17 October
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me … twelve sweet, short, swoony stories!
Twelve authors have interpreted a day of the Christmas carol, Twelve Days of Christmas, to bring you sweet holiday romance reads centred around a Christmas tree farm, “Pining for You”.
A snowstorm makes Miss Partridge crash into a pear tree, needing rescue from a burly tow truck driver. There are mistletoe kisses and missiles of mistletoe as witches chase thieving swans under a full moon at Yule while another coven performs a ritual with five golden rings.
Eleven pipers in kilts herald the lighting of the Christmas tree and a marriage celebrant and wedding photographer meet at another’s nuptials. An artisan has a very goosey meet-cute with a handsome Englishman, a goat farmer meets a beautiful woman rescuing kittens, and there’s an unexpected reunion with an ex which could lead to a second chance. An art historian has a chance encounter with an auctioneer, and it’s jingle bell rock when twelve drummers audition to join a band and one is up against her childhood crush.
Get ready to laugh-out-loud and cosy up with the sweet Christmas romance anthology full of heart, love and joy featuring award-winning and best-selling authors.
Contributing authors in story order are: Clarissa Morgan, Emma Hussey, Sara Hartland, Melanie Pickering, HM Hodgson, Savannah Blaize, Louisa Duval, Caitlyn Lynch, Dakota Harrison, Georgia Moore, Fiona M Marsden and Sharyn Swanepoel.
Non Spec-Fic
Where Hidden Souls Lie
Book 20, Detectives Kane and Alton
D.K. Hood
Released: 11 October
As she opens her eyes and takes in the dark, damp earth, her heart races. She tries to move but the rope binding her feet cuts tight—she’s trapped underground. Heavy footsteps pace above. A tear falls down her cheek as she stifles a scream. He’s walking away. He’s left her for dead…
When a shallow grave is discovered in the dark pine forest surrounding Black Rock Falls, Sheriff Jenna Alton rushes to investigate. After unearthing the old bones, Jenna scours the area for clues: and her heart beats wildly when she bumps into a teenage girl, breathless and covered in dirt. Wanda Beauchamp tells Jenna she was kidnapped from her foster home and buried alive. Could the kidnapper be linked to the shallow grave?
Taking in Wanda’s thin frame, Jenna knows the poor girl is close to death. She’ll do everything she can to save her, but they’re miles from anywhere and night is falling fast. When Wanda falls, the kidnapper makes his move and Jenna is powerless to stop him taking the young girl’s life. Escaping the same fate, she is wracked with guilt and vows to catch the ruthless killer and bring him to justice.
When another girl is reported missing from a foster home, Jenna and her deputy David Kane know they must act fast to save her. Jenna believes the murderer lives off-grid, and a clue at a local supply store finally leads her to a remote cabin in the woods.
Still haunted by Wanda’s last moments, can Jenna lay a trap to outsmart this twisted killer praying on young girls? Or did she just put herself in unthinkable danger?
PRE-ORDERS
Live to Tell
Book 4, Thornwood Academy
LJ Swallow
Expected Release: 7 February 2024
Thornwood Academy’s darkling detective is back for more as she investigates the secrets of the mysterious tiara and pursues those plotting against the supernatural council.
Live To Tell is the fourth book in a new YA supernatural academy series from LJ Swallow, author of the Nightworld Academy books. The Thornwood Academy series features a girl who isn't afraid to use her dark side, a magic school where humans mix with vampires and witches, and the three guys who she’d like to stay alive.
Live To Tell begins a new mystery for Violet and her three guys and continues the slow burn but simmering romance. Other books in the series must be read first.
More details soon.
Release date will be moved forward.
Winterfall Destiny
Book 10, Nightworld Academy
LJ Swallow
Expected Release: 13 May 2024
The Winterfall series is a 'life after academy' series featuring all the characters from the original Nightworld Academy series.
More details soon!
Release date expected to be brought forward.
Wings of Ivory and Ice
Book 3, Her Dragons Reborn
LJ Swallow
Expected Release: 2 December
Wings of Ivory and Ice is the final book in the dragon shifter romanceseries Her Dragons Reborn.
If you like sexy dragon shifters, steamy romance, fated mates, magic, courts and royalty, plus a strong heroine who doesn't have to choose her prince, start the series today with Wings of Ruby and Flame.
The book will be available much sooner than the listed date.
Wicked Ways
Book 5, Techwitch
M.J. Scott
Expected Release: 28 May 2024
An exciting dark and sexy futuristic urban fantasy series from RITA® Award nominated author M.J. Scott.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about the magical world, it’s that you never know what’s coming next. Monsters lurk in the dark, and even in the light, danger is never far away. And when you get caught between old troubles and new loyalties, there’s no guarantee you’ll find a way out…
Wicked Ways is the fifth book in the TechWitch series, exciting dark and sexy futuristic urban fantasy from RITA® Award nominated author M.J. Scott. This series has witches, demons, an ongoing relationship that will have an HEA, sexy times, and a lot of computer geeks. Perfect if you like the idea of a strong heroine, a hot protective billionaire and magic and technology colliding. Enjoy!
Author's note: For tropes and CW, please check the author's website.
Fae's Witch
Book 5, Fated Mates of the Fae Royals
Helen Walton
Expected Release: 20 October
Loathe to want her. Annoyed to want him. Destined for more.
Pepper
Everyone wants the services of a witch. Spells and potions are my commodities, even though humans are skeptics and supernatural creatures are in hiding, making it harder than ever to make a living. When a distant relative asks for my help, I try to say no. Dreams of my death haunt me whenever I’m in this town, but I can’t deny the only family I have left. And then I meet him. The Fae Prince. He despises me on sight, but I want him more than I’ve ever wanted another man. What’s up with that?
Lorcan
The past never leaves me. It’s left a bloodstain on my hands I can’t seem to scrub clean even though it’s been centuries since I killed the Trappers. The Fae King has given me the task of bringing my sister home to the Summer Court. A task I relish until I meet her. The witch. Now the past is in my face. A beautiful face that I want to kiss when I should loathe the sight of her. I can’t stop thinking about her. The more time I spend near her, the worse my obsession gets. Then the past becomes the present, and I’m faced with losing more than I ever imagined possible.
Fae’s Witch is the fifth standalone romance in the Summer Court fantasy romance series featuring powerful Fae royals who find their fated mates on their quest to save the Fae.
It’s perfect for fans of portal worlds, intrigue, suspense, heartfelt emotions, explosive chemistry, love, and happily ever after.
The Sinner and the Priest
Book 3, Sinner Sisterhood
Lana Pecherczyk
Expected Release: 27 June 2024
The Sinner and the Priest is the third book in the Sinnerhood Sisterhood series.
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Non Spec-Fic
Their Wicked Games
Book 19, Detectives Kane and Alton
D.K. Hood
Expected Release: January 2024
As she steps out of the shower and wraps herself in a warm towel, her breath catches. There’s writing scrawled in the condensation on the mirror. I’m going to kill you. She doesn’t even have time to scream…
It’s Halloween when a young woman is reported missing from the small town of Black Rock Falls and Sheriff Jenna Alton and her partner, Deputy David Kane, race to her remote home. But all they find are signs of a struggle and blood on the bathroom floor. Freya Richardson has vanished.
With no leads on Freya’s whereabouts, Jenna hits a wall in the investigation. Then the bodies of three women are discovered buried in a local forest. Each one has been wrapped in a blanket. As Jenna takes in their pretty faces and long blond hair, her blood runs cold. Freya isn’t here: but each body looks shockingly like her…
Jenna soon links the victixms with an unsolved case where the killer attacked blonde-haired women in their homes and buried the bodies. She’s convinced it’s the same murderer, and seeing that he always takes three victims, she realises that two more women could be in serious danger…
Working around the clock, Jenna’s heart sinks when a beloved friend makes a terrifying call telling her there’s an intruder in her house. Begging her to hide, Jenna and Dave race to the woman’s house. But can they get there in time to stop another innocent life from being taken?
SALES / FREE READS
The Exile's Curse
Book 1, Daughter of the Ravens
M.J. Scott
On sale for a limited time
Chloe de Montesse never thought she’d return from exile. Now she has a chance to reclaim the life she fled after her husband was executed for treason. But coming home again isn’t as simple as it sounds. Her magic is rusty, her family want her to wrap her in cotton wool, and Illvyan society views her as a scandal waiting to happen. Worse, her new life keeps throwing her into the path of the man who destroyed her old one.
Lucien de Roche’s magic bares the truth for all to see. He’s used it to serve the empire, but there’s one secret he’s always kept hidden. The fact that he fell in love with his best friend’s wife. And that he’s never quite fallen out again. Now Chloe is back and it’s no secret at all that she loathes him for his part in her husband’s death. A sensible man would forget her…but he’s tired of being sensible. And determined to keep her safe.
When a mission from the emperor takes them both into the wildest heart of the empire, to a country where power and loyalties collide, and old plots simmer back to life, Chloe finds herself dragged back into the past she wants to leave behind. And her only way out might be Lucien. The man she thinks she can never trust. The man she wants to hate. Or hates to want…
Their Wicked Games
Book 19, Detectives Kane and Alton
D.K. Hood
On sale for 99c for a limited time only!
As she scans the dark pine forest, the unmistakable sound of a twig snapping breaks the silent stillness. She isn’t alone. She begins to run but she hardly has time to scream before her world goes black…
On a secluded path near Black Rock Falls, three bodies lie bloodied and still—the arrows that killed them removed, and polished penny coins carefully placed on their frozen eyes. When Sheriff Jenna Alton and Deputy David Kane are called in, they are shocked to recognise the hallmarks of an infamous serial killer. But he’s been in prison for ten years.
Jenna is convinced that the attacker knew the trio and lured them into the forest. But who would want to harm three innocent teenagers? And how does a convicted murderer fit in? Jenna knows she must question James Earl Stafford—one of America’s most dangerous killers—if she’s to save more innocent young lives.
With Stafford refusing to give answers, Jenna is convinced that a copycat killer is stalking her small town. And her worst fears are realised when a local fisherman discovers another teenager’s lifeless body floating in the shallows of a local watering hole with the same penny coins covering her eyes.
As parents panic for their children’s lives, Jenna works around the clock to track down the murderer, but little does she know that one of her own team is now being watched. Can Jenna play the killer’s wicked game and prevent another life from being taken?
Undiscovered
Book 1, Treasure Hunter Security
Anna Hackett
On sale for October at Amazon US and CA only!
A former Navy SEAL will do anything to keep a beautiful archeologist safe.
Finding undiscovered treasures is always daring, dangerous, and deadly. Perfect for the men of Treasure Hunter Security. Former Navy SEAL Declan Ward is haunted by the demons of his past and throws everything he has into his security business—Treasure Hunter Security. Dangerous archeological digs – no problem. Daring expeditions – sure thing. Museum security for invaluable exhibits – easy. But on a simple dig in the Egyptian desert, he collides with a stubborn, smart archeologist, Dr. Layne Rush, and together they get swept into a deadly treasure hunt for a mythical lost oasis. When an evil from his past reappears, Declan vows to do anything to protect Layne.
COVERS
Sleuth Without A Clue
Book 2, Kangaroo Cove Mysteries
Janni Nell
Expected Release: TBA
The Finding
Book 1, The Mendovan Alliance Chronicles
Angelica Grymm
Expected Release: October
Abducted.
Abused.
Sold.
Reece Halliday will find a way back home, even if it kills her. Abducted from Earth and auctioned off on the other side of the galaxy, a scarred starship XO buys her as a birthday present for his boss–as a pleasure slave.
Ruthless starship officer Calin Aubron will do anything to climb the ranks of the Mendovan Alliance and regain the respect stolen from him. Life has taught him a harsh lesson: there is only duty, position, and honor.
Neither Reece nor Calin expect to find a deep, abiding solace in each other’s company, a solace that leads Calin to dig deeper into Reece’s background and her claims of kidnapping.
But the Rathian slave traders behind the kidnappings refuse to let one small, worthless human derail their lucrative income stream from reaped worlds.
They will kill her first.
Two Times The Curse
Book 2, The Willow Witch Chronicles
Efthalia
Expected Release: 2024
A Witch. A curse. And a secret of epic proportions.
Samantha Willow’s defective powers have been the bane of her existence, but when new information is leaked about her backfiring magic, her whole world comes crashing down. She needs her wolf’s support to find those responsible.
Dex Lycophron will move heaven and earth to help his witchy mate get full use of her abilities. When they find out she has been cursed by not one, but several Greek gods, they have to track down any possible leads. Fortunately, he has a mega supernatural network to help him get answers.
Can they face the unknown and succeed?
Keep
Book 2, Fury Brothers
Anna Hackett
Expected Release: 19 October
My boss is a tough, grumpy bounty hunter—and a hot single dad—and now he’s sworn to keep me safe, whether I like it or not.
My name’s Macy, and I always look on the bright side of things. Life’s too short not to. Super grump extraordinaire Colton Fury is the total opposite. Luckily for him, along with the muscled bod, tattoos, and rugged face, it works for him.
When I start getting creepy calls at the office and someone breaks into my house, it becomes clear I’m a target, and Colt sort of…loses his mind. He turns even bossier and more protective.
Now I’m living with him and his super cute daughter, and trying very hard to remember that I can’t let myself fall for him.
Before long, there’s kissing, touching, and a whole lot more. Colt tells me—okay, more like growls at me—that he doesn’t do relationships. And I promise him no strings or complications.
Every day that passes, the complications are growing and I’m starting to realize I want them. All of them.
But soon, it’s not only me in danger, and it’s not only Colt who’ll risk it all to save the people he loves.
OTHER
Efthalia
HM Hodgson
HM has a Kickstarter campaign to fund a Limited Edition Foiled Hardcover versions of The Relics & Legends series.
D.K. Hood
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Happy Reading everyone. Be safe & well.
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