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NEW RELEASES
Monsters Under Mistletoe
includes story by
Melody Beckett
Released: 28 October
includes story by
Melody Beckett
Released: 28 October
What is more iconic for the holiday season than a mistletoe? Whether it's your workplace enemy, or your gym crush, all it takes is a tiptoe under the mistletoe and it's true love. From Minotaurs, Orcs, Aliens, to grumpy Trolls, we've got a kiss for every good little monster this holiday season.
Come get this monstrous holiday anthology where all the proceeds benefit Planned Parenthood. Snag a smooch under this mistletoe, and donate to a good cause!
Angelica Grymm
The Reckoning
Book 3, The Mendovan Alliance Chronicles
Released: 1 November
Payback Is A Bitch
They thought the Xjaran had been subdued.
They thought they were safe.
They thought wrong.
Kai’a is eager to accept her new commission as a pilot aboard the Lightship Odin to join the fight to protect the Alliance worlds. It also places her right under the supervision of the man she loves, a love she knows will never be returned.
Mak Corbin isn’t ready to accept Kai’a onto his flight deck. Not with his unspoken, all-consuming, forbidden attraction to her. She’s out of bounds, and he already has a squadron of pilots to look after. One more - this particular one - might just break him. But when the Xjaran attack the heart of the Alliance itself, Kai’a’s shuttle goes silent.
Fear and uncertainty decimates long-standing accords between species. Now Mak has to choose between what little is left of his shattered soul, and battling to hold the remnants of the Alliance together.
Dani Kristoff
Destiny's Blood
Book 3, Cursed OnesReleased: 5 November
Lily De Vere, half-witch, ex-cop and now private eye, has never had a family. Even the elders of the coven who raised her never knew what kind of creature fathered her.
Gene Cohen grew up in the Sydney werewolf pack, the son of its Alpha, surrounded by family. After the murder of his father, Gene becomes the Alpha, grappling with his need for revenge.
That’s not the only need he’s grappling with. This white-haired, pale-eyed half-witch PI investigating his father’s murder sets his werewolf blood sizzling, and when his mother forbids him to touch her, he only wants her more.
Lily has enough to deal with trying to solve the Alpha’s murder while keeping his tall, cocky, powerfully sexy son out of trouble, but as shared erotic dreams begin, the bond between them grows, and Lily can’t deny how he makes her feel.
As the killers come after Gene and a stranger arrives, bringing secrets of Lily’s heritage, these two will find that destiny is in the blood and in the heart.
Lana Pecherczyk
Castle of Nevers and Nightmares
Book 1, Fae Devils
Expected Release: 29 October in audio
Narrated by: June deBorahae, Fajer Al-Kaisi
Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
When winter comes to the Court of Dreams, the war against the Subterranean of Nightmares freezes.
To celebrate, the faerie queen holds a tournament where mortals compete for the prize of a dream come true. For outsider Willow Nightstalk, it's the only way to break the curse making her as ugly as she feels.
But the deadly tournament has a darker purpose—to flush out flawed mortal blights on the perfectly pretty fae society… and to kill them. Any left alive are conscripted when war returns in spring. When the coveted prize can give you anything your heart desires, allies are likelier to stab you in your sleep than save you.
Surviving means securing the highly contested patronage of the powerful fae nobility. But when the notoriously recluse House of Shadow is the only option left, the odds are stacked against her. Especially since it's led by the six beautiful fae boogeymen who ruined her life. Then, the unthinkable happens. For the first time in years, the House of Shadow chooses a protégé.
Her.
Nothing is as it seems in the Court of Dreams, least of all the Nightmares.
Castle of Nevers and Nightmares is a slow-burn dystopian fantasy romance novel where the underdog heroine finds her inner power and the six villains learn to love. The tension is hot, and the world-building is full of intrigue. It's the first in the Fae Devils series, a Fae Guardians spinoff that will continue with a standalone world and story. Listening to the Fae Guardians is unnecessary to enjoy this story, but it can enhance your listening experience as these characters have a past. It is recommended for mature listeners.
Trials of Dusk and Dreams
Book 2, Fae Devils
The only way for Willow to defeat an oppressive faerie queen is to make six villains remember they’re obsessed with her, except . . .
One hates her.
One confuses her.
One distrusts her.
One is encased in stone.
One rejects her, and,
One thinks she’s a dangerous distraction.
The task seems impossible. To make matters worse, Avorlorna’s mortal populace is starving and fodder in a looming faerie war. If they find out she’s the reason for their suffering, she’ll be dead before the Solstice Trials begin. But that’s months away. She still has time to rewrite the realm’s fate, remind six demigods they have hearts, and find the belonging she’s always yearned for.
She has time . . . until she doesn’t.
Moments before she’s thrust into the arena, she receives a chilling warning: “One will betray you. One will try to kill you.” With alliances shifting like quicksand, Willow faces an agonizing choice: fight for the love of villains or sacrifice everything for a realm that hates her.
Trials of Dusk and Dreams is a slow-burn, spicy “why choose” dystopian-fantasy romance novel where the underdog heroine finds her inner power, the tension is hot, and the world-building is full of intrigue. It’s the second in the Fae Devils series, a Fae Guardians spinoff. Reading the Fae Guardians is unnecessary to enjoy this story, but it can enhance your reading experience as these characters have a past. It is recommended for mature readers due to language, violence, horror, and explicit sexual and dark situations.
Losing my husband broke me, but crash-landing onto Nightmare Island might just kill me.
This isn’t just any island.
It’s where the feral are sent to die.
The ones with nothing left to lose.
And now, I’m trapped with the most vicious pack shifters alive.
I’ve survived before—endured a forced marriage.
But this? This is different.
The wild shifters watch me from the shadows.
Their glowing eyes track my every move.
Their growls vibrate in the air.
I’m their target.
A prize to be claimed.
Then he finds me.
Ghost.
He says he’ll help, but nothing comes without a price.
And he wants more than I’m willing to give.
Just when I think I’ve hit my limit…
I start to experience my first heat.
The question isn’t if I’ll survive this place.
It’s what I’ll become when the fire finally consumes me.
Author’s Note: The Exiled Sector series features three fast-paced, action-packed, standalone romance books. Each story guarantees a happily-ever-after ending and can be read in any order. Nightmare Island is a paranormal romance set in the Savage Sector and Shadowlands Sector world.
Non Spec-Fic
Annie Seaton
Undura
Book 2, Daughters of the Darling
Released: 31 October, second edition
Within the treacherous caves of Undara, a betrayal will test the bonds of friendship and family.
When entomologist Emlyn Rees arrives at Hidden Valley, she wants nothing more than to escape her marriage breakdown by burying herself in the research team's hunt for new species of insects in the depths of the dramatic Undara lava tubes. Little does she suspect she will be the key to solving a mystery that's more than one hundred years old.
Travis Carlyle is initially resistant to letting some city academics tramp over his cattle station. Still, soon, the researchers' findings and a growing friendship with Emlyn bring opportunities to turn around his struggling farm. With a broken marriage behind him and children to care for, Travis needs to plan for the future, and this could be his family's best chance.
But when things start going wrong for the farm and around the dig site, Emlyn and Travis are at a loss to understand why. Are they cursed with bad luck, or is there a more sinister force at play? Are the tall tales of enigmatic stockman Stanley true? As the unseen saboteur grows bolder, Emlyn and Travis are caught in a race against time to save the station ... and their lives.
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From Across the River
Book 2, Daughters of the Darling
Released: 1 November
Home again on Ceann Mara station, Roisín O'Byrne, a steadfast lawyer committed to protecting the environment, finds herself embroiled in a battle to protect the threatened Darling River that her family have called home for almost two centuries. But her dedication pits her against formidable adversaries within the government body entrusted with safeguarding water resources, including her enigmatic boss, Seth Brodie.
As her family continue in their quest to uncover the history of the settlement of Ceann Mara, and the hidden life of one of the first settlers, Samuel O’Byrne, Roisín delves deeper into the murky waters of corporate interests and governmental corruption.
When an unexpected twist complicates her pursuit of environmental protection—her undeniable attraction to Seth Brodie, a man whose ideals clash with her own yet whose magnetism is undeniable—Roisin has to make a choice.
Will she risk everything, including her happiness, to expose the truth and save the Darling River?
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SALES / FREE STORIES
K.E. Turner
Wolf's Keep
Book 1, The Wolves of Langeais
US 99c sale
He’s all she loathes. She’s everything he needs.
Time isn’t the only barrier she’ll cross to gain her heart’s desire.
Donna Maree Hanson
Vorn and the First Comers
Book 0, Tales from Argenterra
free from author store
A choice between life or death...
Kushlan Silvertongue has been commissioned to write the Tales of the First Comers, Tales of Argenterra.
Donna Maree Hanson
Argenterra
Book 1, Tales from Argenterra
99c from author store
In a land where oaths can’t be broken, be careful what promises you make. To break the binding oath is to risk the very magic of Argenterra.a.
Donna Maree Hanson
Shatterwing
Book 1, Dragon Wine
99c from author store
The world of Margra is a desolate wasteland after one of its moons shattered. Factions fight over resources as pieces of the broken moon rain down, bringing chaos, destruction and death.
Annie Seaton
Outback Escape: The Sister
Book 3, The Augathella Girls
$1.49 from Amazon ANZ for limited time
When Sophie Cartwright comes home to Augathella, she doesn’t get the welcome she expected.
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