"NEURAL
STATUS: Pulse stable. Respiratory functions approaching baseline. Someone elses' memories buzzing to the surface.
I sit at the edge of a pier, between a cormorant preening with its orange beak, and a white fluffy dog sniffing a river-damp coil of rope. It's quiet here. Few people, no crackle of radiation detectors, no smell of burnt rock and human effusion. Just old jazz music drifting from a shop along a busy promenade, distant ducks and insects calling, wooden boat hulls knocking, and water lapping at pylons below. Water that's safe to touch."
- Until We Meet Again by JL Peridot
NEW RELEASES
Melinda Sørensen
The Solstice Queen
Book 1, The Oak King & the Holly KingReleased:
22 November
Their story always begins this way. This time she'll decide how it ends.
Rory's plans for her post-grad trip to England? Cute villages. Cozy pubs. A little history on the side. What she didn't expect was to be dragged into a hidden fairytale world where the tall, gorgeous rulers of Summer and Winter both want her.
Rivals for centuries, the two kings agree on one thing. Rory is the key to saving the seasons (and stopping climate change) before their world - and ours - falls apart. The catch? She needs to fall in love with one of them. No pressure, right?
As the two kings turn up the charm, and the heat, to win Rory's allegiance, secrets are revealed and the dark side of their world exposed, putting her life in danger.
Will she survive to choose one of the immortal guardians, when in this battle, love is the most dangerous weapon of all?
TJ Nichols
Palaces and Other Prisons
Tinsel and Tentacles
Released:
21 November
Sometimes the world is actually ending…
Dawson Hill is used to the routine and isolation of working on an oil platform in the North Sea. He’s woken up by what he thinks is an emergency drill, then the platform shudders and tilts like it’s about to fall into the sea…but the sea is gone. The oil platform is now on an island. And the island is inhabited by all kinds of beings. It soon becomes clear that rescue isn’t coming, and they are running out of food.
Magic is gone, and the water tastes different. Is different. King Ul doesn’t know what to tell his people when they look to him for answers about what happened or what the metal contraption is. The invaders must have answers, so when they leave the metal boxes, he has them arrested, which is how he discovers the marks on his skin glow in the presence of one man. His mate.
Even though Ul wants to get his tentacles on Dawson, he doesn’t have time for love while his kingdom is in trouble.
A gay solstice romance in the Mytho Collapse world, which is set when the mythological world collapses into the human world, stranding all kinds of beings from myth.
Lilliana Rose
The Green Man
Ebook release:
14 November
I went looking for escape and found it in the last place I ever expected.
Lost, injured, and miles from anything familiar, I stumbled into his world. Or maybe it called to me.
He’s raw elemental power and ancient secrets wrapped in a form that shouldn’t exist. He healed me.
Keeps me safe. Keeps me here.
This impossible sanctuary is my prison, yet the longer I stay, the more entangled I become in its mysteries… and in him. There’s a connection between us, thrumming with magic—terrifying, irresistible, and binding.
Is he my guardian? My jailer?
Or something far more dangerous to the life I thought I wanted back?
Kelly Ethan
Ghosts and Gold Dust
Book 1, The Ghost Vein Mine Cozy Paranormal Mysteries
21 November
Welcome to Ghost Vein, Nevada. Where the mine runs deep and so do the lies. The gold's cursed, the ghosts are chatty, and murder never stays buried for long.
Down on her luck, Rue Maddox inherits a haunted saloon turned bookshop café in a cursed wild West reeinactment mining town. The last thing she expects is to find a dead body behind her building or to be accused of murder. Now Rue is suspect number one in a crime she didn't commit.
But Ghost Vein isn't your average tourist trap. The mine is haunted, the locals are obsessed with cowboy costumes, and Rue's late Great Aunt Ruth turned out to be the town's last curse-breaking witch.
With a dead tour guide, a too attractive grumpy sheriff, a town full of ghosts and secrets, Rue must solve the mystery before another body drops or she ends up six feet under with only ghosts and gold dust for company.
Small town life just got weirder. And Rue? She might be the only thing standing between Ghost Vein and something far worse than bad tourist reviews.
Perfect for fans of paranormal cozy mysteries, haunted Western towns, and amateur sleuths.
Unlock the lighthearted magic and mayhem in Ghosts and Gold Dust. Book one in The Ghost Vein Mine Cozy Paranormal Mysteries by Kelly Ethan.
Tropes
Quirky Characters
Amateur Sleuth
Twisty Mystery
Nosy Animal
Magical Mayhem
Found Family
Slow Burn Romance
Ghosts
Curses
Old Western Mining Town
K.E. Turner
The Wolves and their Cipher
Book 2, The Descendants
Released:
2 December
They’re double trouble. She doesn’t stand a chance.
Melinda Cheng is a master of reinvention—a skilled cipher who creates new lives for those desperate to leave their past behind. For years, she’s helped survivors of domestic violence vanish into the anonymity of carefully crafted identities. Her latest case seems simple enough—an unassuming old lady Melinda’s determined to keep safe no matter who’s hired to track her down.
Twins, Pierre and Louis Montagne, do everything together. They live together, work together and share their women. As the Langeais wolf pack’s tech team, they’re a cyber force unrivaled. Nobody can hide from them. Not even a time traveling witch who’s been a thorn in their pack’s side for centuries. Wherever she is, they’ll find her. It’s only a matter of time. One clever little cipher isn’t going to stop them.
When the hunt for her client turns to tracking her down, Melinda is drawn into a world of werewolves and witches. Where a woman in her eighties may not be as innocent as she seems, and cyber specialists come in the form of two hot as hell Frenchmen.
Melinda will risk everything to protect her client. Pierre and Louis will do anything to find their target. Discovering Melinda means more to them than an opportunity to complete their mission, changes everything. Pierre and Louis must decide what truly matters—capturing the witch or claiming their mate.
Annie Seaton
A Magic Christmas
Book 1, The Enchanted Village
Released:
1 December
Australian author Dimity Armstrong is visiting London, on the cusp of Hollywood success, when a devastating fall results in vision impairment. Retreating to her late great-aunt’s cottage in the Cotswolds to meet her looming book deadline, she arranges for an editor to help complete her latest steamy mystery novel. But when Vivian Edwards arrives at Bramble Cottage, Dimity discovers her carefully arranged plan has a major complication: Vivian is most definitely not the woman she was expecting, but a deep-voiced male editor who now must help her write the most intimate scenes of her career.
As Christmas approaches in the picture-perfect village, the cottage seems determined to work its legendary matchmaking magic. The antique dwelling has a history of bringing lonely hearts together during the holidays, and despite Dimity’s pragmatic nature, magical coincidences begin to pile up. With her confidence still shattered from childhood taunts, she struggles to believe that someone like Vivian could see beyond her ordinary appearance.
Meanwhile, Vivian finds himself increasingly drawn to the brilliant mind and resilient spirit behind the bestselling novels he’s long admired. As her deadline approaches, Dimity must decide whether to trust in the magic of the cottage and open her heart to honesty or retreat into the worlds she creates on the page, where she can control every happy ending but her own.
A heartwarming Christmas romance about learning to see with more than just your eyes and finding love where you least expect it.
As Christmas approaches in the picture-perfect village, the cottage seems determined to work its legendary matchmaking magic. The antique dwelling has a history of bringing lonely hearts together during the holidays, and despite Dimity’s pragmatic nature, magical coincidences begin to pile up. With her confidence still shattered from childhood taunts, she struggles to believe that someone like Vivian could see beyond her ordinary appearance.
Meanwhile, Vivian finds himself increasingly drawn to the brilliant mind and resilient spirit behind the bestselling novels he’s long admired. As her deadline approaches, Dimity must decide whether to trust in the magic of the cottage and open her heart to honesty or retreat into the worlds she creates on the page, where she can control every happy ending but her own.
A heartwarming Christmas romance about learning to see with more than just your eyes and finding love where you least expect it.
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Lana Pecherczyk
Season of the Vampire
Books 4-6, Fae GuardiansReleased:
24 October
All three Fae Guardians Season of the Vampire books in one delicious, bingeable volume. This trilogy serves as a new entry point into this best-selling Best of Booktok Epic Romantasy series. Over 700 pages of delicious enemies-to-lovers action!
Including the books:
The Secrets in Shadow and Blood
When Violet wakes up thousands of years after a nuclear holocaust, the world is a dangerous place. Magical Fae exist—including vampires. They’re vicious, greedy, and if they’re not feeding on humans, they’re banishing them to the wasteland. After escaping a brutal attack, she vows to slay every last vampire, seeking revenge for all mankind. And she’s good at it. But when the thing she hunts saves her life, injuring himself in the process … her crystal clarity suddenly becomes blurry. Vampires are meant to be monsters, not protectors … not charismatic, annoyingly handsome, loyal, and … everything.
A Labyrinth of Fangs and Thorns
Since Peaches woke up in a fantasy world full of monsters and fae, she’s been treated like a piece of tasty human meat. She should be used to being overlooked since she’s five feet tall. After six years as a blood slave to vampires and the evil Unseelie queen – beholden to all, and master of none – there’s nothing left but a broken shell with a fractured soul. Until a deadly warrior turns up unannounced in her room. A seven-foot-tall Vampire.
A Symphony of Savage Hearts
Silver is a beautiful liar. She’s human. And a fierce killer of fae. She marks her kills on a silver vambrace so everyone can see her savagery and stay away. As long as she keeps protecting humans from fae monsters and hiding the real reason she wears magic-cutting silver, then her loneliness is of no consequence. Selected for a high-priority mission, she bravely heads into Elphyne, never expecting one of their worst to be waiting for her. Wanting her. Craving her.
If you love your books full of page-turning enemies-to-lovers action, protective and possessive heroes, fish-out-of-water heroines finding their inner strength, and world-building you can get lost in, then this series is for you.
Non Spec-Fic
Danni Line
An Eye on the Prize
Book 5, Trinket Bay K9 Mysteries
Released:
17 November
When secrets collide, survival demands impossible choices—and the truth might cost them everything.
Jack Robson! It had been a while since he thought about that name, or the person he once was. That man was long gone, buried in the past, along with the life he’d once known. All because he’d done his job, and he’d done it well. Or so he believed.
Katherine (Kit) Malone’s questionable decisions have kept her alive this long, but she’s done with being a pawn in anyone’s game. One last job for her employer promises freedom, or so she hopes. As she closes in on her target, unexpected emotions threaten to unravel her plans.
With lies revealed and trust hanging by a thread, can they overcome the danger closing in—or will their pasts doom them both?
An Eye on the Prize, the fifth book in the Trinket Bay K9 Mystery Series, is a contemporary romantic suspense novel set in the fictional town of Trinket Bay in South Western Australia. While each book is a standalone, they’re best read in series order.
Christina Phillips
Abducted by the Highlander
Book 5, Daughters of the Isle
Released:
2 December
She dreams of a future with her noble Scot—only to discover he’s an outlaw from his clan.
Roisin MacDonald lost her heart to Hugh the day she met him, but despite his promises to return to her, after he left her isle, she never heard from him again. And yet she cannot forget him and harbors the secret hope that one day their paths will cross again.
Traveling in the Highlands to visit her sister, Roisin’s party is ambushed. When she tries to escape, she’s horrified to discover one of the bandits is none other than Hugh Campbell. She scarcely recognizes this menacing stranger and yet there’s no denying the passion that still blazes between them.
He saves her from ruin, but who will save her from him…
Commanded to spy for the Earl of Argyll, Hugh Campbell leaves everything to go undercover in a rebel MacGregor clan. Forced to survive as a mercenary, it’s only the memory of sweet Roisin MacDonald that keeps the darkness at bay. One day, he hopes to make her his, but as he falls deeper into the shadows of subterfuge, he despairs he’ll ever escape this life, never mind be worthy enough to seek her hand.
Hugh can’t believe the one woman he hoped would never discover this side of his life is now ensnared with the rebels. Every moment she stays with him puts her in peril, and he swears he’ll protect her and return her to her kin. He’ll keep her safe whatever it takes, but his pledge to keep his distance from her shatters with their first illicit kiss.
As danger closes in, Hugh knows he must risk everything to ensure Roisin survives.
But how can he let her go, when he knows it means they will never see each other again?
Tropes you'll love:
- Protector hero
- Touch her and die
- Forced proximity
- First love
- Unrequited love
- Fish out of water
- She falls first, he falls harder
- Rekindled romance
Claire Boston
Repairing Dreams
Book 1, Lilydale Cottage
Released:
5 December
Chelsea McGinnis thought she had her life together until it all came crashing down. Fired from her PR job with no prospects in sight and facing eviction, she reluctantly returns to Lilydale Cottage, her late aunt's sprawling estate in rural Western Australia. The garden cottage holds cherished memories, but it also harbours the reminder of her first heartbreak—the boy who left her behind without explanation.
Special Forces operator Ethan Ward is used to overcoming impossible odds, but his latest injury has sidelined him from the only life he's ever known. Against medical advice and his commander's orders, he's determined to prove he's fit for duty. When he discovers Chelsea at Lilydale, the place that once gave him refuge from a troubled childhood, old feelings resurface. But so do the reasons he walked away from her all those years ago.
As they work together to restore Lilydale's neglected gardens, Chelsea and Ethan discover a property developer eager to buy the land. And when random acts of vandalism start occurring, they realise the developer might be more ruthless than they first thought.
Amid the chaos, old feelings reignite. Can they repair the dreams they once shared and risk their hearts once more, or will they let the shadows of the past keep them apart forever?
Perfect for fans of heart-pounding suspense and tender second chances, Repairing Dreams is a tale of love, resilience, and finding home where you least expect it..
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Annie Seaton
Beneath Still Waters
Book 4, Daughters of the Darling
Released:
20 November
In the aftermath of a personal decision, Shea O’Byrne has retreated to Melbourne, abandoning her career as a vet nurse to counsel women through pregnancy loss—a pain she understands all too well. When her father’s genealogical research uncovers a long-buried scandal involving the family’s forgotten ancestor, Samuel O’Byrne, Shea reluctantly agrees to help investigate.
Her search leads her to Professor Eliza Westfield and her compelling brother, Heath, a cardiologist whose gentle persistence begins to crack the walls around Shea’s heart. But as Tom delves deeper into the life of Clara O’Byrne—Samuel’s rebellious daughter, whose story eerily mirrors Shea’s—past and present collide in unexpected ways.
When Shea’s former lover follows her to Ceann Mara, bringing with him the painful secret she’s kept from everyone, she must finally confront the choices that have shaped her life. A sudden storm at the billabong forces Shea to decide whether some secrets are worth keeping—and if the O’Byrne family legacy of resilience and love lives on in her.
Spanning two centuries of family history, heartbreak, and healing, Beneath Still Waters continues the sweeping saga of the O’Byrne family, where every discovery on the banks of the Darling River reveals that our most personal struggles often echo through generations.
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Annie Seaton
Duckinwilla Days Books 1-3
Released:
14 November
Volume 1: Coming Home, Secrets and Surprises, Wishes and Whispers.
Join the Johnsons on their journey as they rediscover love, laughter, and the unbreakable ties that make them a family in the quaint township of Duckinwilla Creek.
When the six Johnson siblings are called home to Duckinwilla Creek, they find themselves tangled in a web of drama and unresolved secrets. Each of them carries their own secrets—failed relationships, career setbacks, and personal tragedy. Yet, as they come home to the community where they grew up, they discover that this small town holds the key to healing and happiness.
Amidst the laughter, heartache, and the warmth of family and community bonds, the Johnsons are reminded of the strengths of family and friendship.
Will they each learn that sometimes, returning to where it all began is the first step toward finding true contentment?
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Annie Seaton
Duckinwilla Days Books 4-6
Released:
16 November
Volume 2: Chasing Dreams, New Beginnings, All Together Now.
Join the Johnsons on their journey as they rediscover love, laughter, and the unbreakable ties that make them a family in the quaint township of Duckinwilla Creek.
When the six Johnson siblings are called home to Duckinwilla Creek, they find themselves tangled in a web of drama and unresolved secrets. Each of them carries their own secrets—failed relationships, career setbacks, and personal tragedy. Yet, as they come home to the community where they grew up, they discover that this small town holds the key to healing and happiness.
Amidst the laughter, heartache, and the warmth of family and community bonds, the Johnsons are reminded of the strengths of family and friendship.
Will they each learn that sometimes, returning to where it all began is the first step toward finding true contentment?
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Anna Hackett
Burn The World Down
Book 1, Unsanctioned
Released:
3 December
I’ll burn the world down for her.
Nash
I left my hometown behind. I joined the military, disappeared into black ops, and became a weapon for my country. I have no regrets.
Except one with pretty hazel eyes.
Now I’m retired, living a quiet life hiding in plain sight in Las Vegas. I still think of her. The prettiest girl I ever knew. My best friend’s little sister.
But I swore to leave her alone to live a normal life. That I wouldn’t drag her into the darkness.
Then I find out her life isn’t golden.
She’s in danger and I have the right set of skills to save her.
Georgie
Your life can change in an instant. One second, you have a happy family and a crush on your brother’s best friend.
The next, you’ve lost everyone you ever loved.
My family is dead and my sister fell prey to a predator. A rich, connected man who promised her the world.
And gave her hell instead.
Now, I have nothing left but a burning need for vengeance.
Until I collide with the boy who left me behind. A boy who’s now a tough, dangerous man.
He says he’ll protect me. He says he’ll help me take down my sister’s killer.
I might survive my revenge, but will I survive when he walks away from me again?
Maggie Rose
The Big Book of Romance
contains cosy small town romance storyRunaway Love
Released:
1 December
Love across genres: A Romance Anthology
Thirteen established romance authors give us a tantalising glimpse into their book worlds with these compelling and enchanting short stories. A teaser - a quickie if you will – that will whet your appetite for more!
Contemporary Romance: explore the challenges of modern-day love with Kate Flora, Viola Russell, Meredith Kazer, and Joanne Guidoccio.
Small Town Romance: cosy up with cherished friends with Maggie Rose.
Suspense Romance: Thrills and love are a perilous combination, as told by J.E.Prim.
Paranormal Romance: delight to tales of love amidst things that go bump in the night with Raven Hudgins, Carole Ann Moleti, and Janina Grey.
Fantasy Romance: take a wild trip into the imagination of Claire Davon.
Time Travel Romance: travel back in time for some olde worlde action and adventure with Cindy Tomamichel.
Science Fiction Romance: leave today behind and explore what love looks like in the future with S.C. Mitchell and G.S. Kenney.
Ever read a story and wished the author wrote more? This anthology is for you.
SALES
Lilliana Rose
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