"The prison guard's narrowed gaze conveyed his contempt when Sebastian stopped beside him. He smirked back, content with the knowledge of who was the superior of the two. Like his client, there were police officers and guards who believed they were above the law. Some of them were right, but that's because expert lawyers like him had convinced him a judge and jury of their peers that his client was the victim. They might not be completely innocent, but their crimes were the result of unfortunate circumstances and honest mistakes. Was it true? Not in the slightest. Did it pay well just the same? Yes, it did."
- An Eye on the Prize (Book 5, Trinket Bay K9 Mysteries) by Danni Line
NEW RELEASES
TJ Nichols
Dragons and Other Dreams
Mytho Collapse novella
Released:
14 December
Hallix Nen was nine when his world was destroyed. He survived the collapse of the mythological world thanks to the nymphs who took care of him. Living in the southern part of Tasmania has kept the mythos safe from humans since then, but ten years later, Hallix longs for more. He wants to find other water dragons, other people. He’s seen humans on the boats and played with their lobster pots…
Jack Webster is once again spending his summer break on his uncle’s rock lobster boat. The money is good, the work is hard, and he loves the wildness of the southern coast inhabited only by mythos. Like most people his age, he doesn’t remember much of the world before the collapse, and he’s fascinated by the mythos and their customs. Other people, like his uncle, hate the mythos. He blames them for lost pots and bad weather.
When a storm hits the boat, Jack finds his life in the hands of a water dragon, and Hallix has the chance to learn all about human men. But what happens when the storm passes?
TJ Nichols
Palaces and Other Prisons
Mytho Collapse story
Released:
December in audio format
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 Christmas/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.
Ruby St. George
Natural Magic
Book 2, Touch of Magic
Released:
28 November
Most witches have cute kittens as their Familiar, but I ended up bonded to a cranky wolf shifter who’s only the half of my problems.
On the run from the Witch clan who raised her, Darcy has convinced cranky wolf shifter, Jones, to help. But as they cross his pack borders, she’s captured by a new player, Jett—a hunter who believes the only good witch is a dead witch.
Escaping from Jett isn’t easy, and when she finally makes it to the safety of the pack, she begins to question how safe she really is. With the clan still chasing her, a hunter who wants her dead, and Jones hiding something, Darcy’s running out of options. And she still doesn’t have a clue how her strange magic works.
Cementing the bond with Jones seems to be the only answer, but his secret could get them both killed. Now, surrounded by enemies, she faces a difficult choice: her freedom…or her life. But what’s a life worth living without freedom?
There’s only one option left. And as they say, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
… Right?
Fans of Ilona Andrews, Faith Hunter and Keri Arthur will love this slow burn paranormal romance.
Ruby St. George
True Magic
Book 3, Touch of Magic
Released:
30 December
Bonding with a cranky wolf shifter might have been my biggest mistake, but leaving him could mean war.
After a disaster with her strange magic Darcy realizes she is never going to get the help she needs with the wolves, so when someone close to her is threatened by the clan leader she does the only thing she can– she returns to the clan compound to save them, hoping to also find out the truth about her magic.
But returning was a mistake and with the clan pushing its own agenda she might never get free. Her bond with her wolf shifter, Jones, is growing and he will do anything to bring her home, even if it means war.
Then her mother reveals the truth about her heritage and her world is turned upside down. Now she can no longer trust anything she thought was true.
Caught between the clan and her bonded wolf, there's one chance to save them all, even if it means sacrificing herself, and Darcy has to make the toughest choice she’s ever made.
Her family or her heart.
Fans of Ilona Andrews, Faith Hunter and Keri Arthur will love this slow burn paranormal romance.
Donna Maree Hanson
The Prudential Light
Book 4, Cry Havoc
16 December
Imogene Nix
Flight In Time
Book 1, Snatched Through TimeReleased:
3 September
When Nala boarded the plane, she had no idea what lay ahead. Snatched through a wormhole, the plane from the 1950's is transported to the future, one where everything and everyone she knows is ancient history. Thrust upon her too is a responsibility as a leader, and with that, the task of assisting to find a killer.
Alric, is surprised by her fortitude and inner resilience. But more, she captivates him against a backdrop of danger that travelled with Nala.
Given the joint task of taking down the brutal killer keeps them in close proximity as they investigate, and with that, an opportunity to know more about each other and to explore their growing attraction. In the end, something has to give, and they both hope it's not them or the possibility of a future together.
Kelly Ethan
Point Muse Christmas Cozy Paranormal Mystery Boxed Set
Point Muse Christmas Cozy
Released:
15 December
*PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED SEPARATELY*
Winter wonderland carnage, frost nipping at toes, and a cozy Librarian turned sleuth. Let the mayhem begin…
Christmas in the quirky, small town of Point Muse isn’t all ho, ho, ho…it’s more die, die, die.
There's always something happening…especially at Christmas. Unfortunately, for librarian Alexandra Meyers-Braun, aka Xandie, it generally involves a higher-than-average mayhem count, her wicked witch grandmother, Elspeth Harrow, and her newfound witchy family.
Join Xandie and her family of chaos-causing and mayhem-loving witches as they dodge furry, shifter law enforcement while solving mysteries and murder at Christmas.
If you like snarky dialogue, murder, and a touch of mistletoe and mayhem, then you’ll love Kelly Ethan’s Christmas cozy paranormal mysteries.
This complete boxed set includes four PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED Christmas themed books set in the completed Point Muse Cozy Paranormal Mystery series:
The Wicked Witch and the Christmas Chaos.
The Wicked Witch and the Killer Grinch.
The Wicked Witch and the Stolen Snow Globe.
The Wicked Witch and the Abominable Snowman.
Unlock the Mayhem now!
Carolyn Wren
Silent Memory
Book 3, Stolen Ones
Released:
30 September
Sebastian Regent’s life was irrevocably altered the moment he crossed paths with Dashiell Dante, a vampire whose name drips with lore and power. Unlike the blood-stained histories of his friends, Sebastian's human life was carved from a quieter grief, the kind that leaves no scars yet never truly heals. Now an expert in vampire genealogy, he vows to find the stolen ones, souls broken and bent under the cruelty of the vampire Jed.
When the ancient Zarush claims Dashiell’s Beloved for her training, Dashiell’s fury is palpable. Terry must master her newfound abilities before she can return to the ones she loves. Dee helps calm Dashiell’s shattered nerves, until Sebastian delivers his news, another victim of Jed has surfaced. Antoinette Harding, Jed’s first experiment in suffering. Their shared torment binds them, and Dee’s salvation, earned through the love of Dash, Terry, and Chris, must now be passed on.
As Sebastian and Antoinette’s connection deepens, unease coils in the air. Her silence, once perceived as survival, reveals itself as something darker. Behind her eyes flickers a truth steeped in torment. And none of them are ready for what Antoinette truly harbours.
Carolyn Wren
Secret Memory
Book 4, Stolen Ones
Released:
31 October
Sebastian Regent’s life was irrevocably altered the moment he crossed paths with Dashiell Dante, a vampire whose name drips with lore and power. Unlike the blood-stained histories of his friends, Sebastian's human life was carved from a quieter grief, the kind that leaves no scars yet never truly heals. Now an expert in vampire genealogy, he vows to find the stolen ones, souls broken and bent under the cruelty of the vampire Jed.
When the ancient Zarush claims Dashiell’s Beloved for her training, Dashiell’s fury is palpable. Terry must master her newfound abilities before she can return to the ones she loves. Dee helps calm Dashiell’s shattered nerves, until Sebastian delivers his news, another victim of Jed has surfaced. Antoinette Harding, Jed’s first experiment in suffering. Their shared torment binds them, and Dee’s salvation, earned through the love of Dash, Terry, and Chris, must now be passed on.
As Sebastian and Antoinette’s connection deepens, unease coils in the air. Her silence, once perceived as survival, reveals itself as something darker. Behind her eyes flickers a truth steeped in torment. And none of them are ready for what Antoinette truly harbours.
Annie Seaton*
The Forest Keeps
Released:
30 December
Some secrets refuse to stay buried.
Detective Catherine Snowden has learned to trust her instincts. But when a young girl's body is discovered in an ancient oak forest, Catherine experiences something she can't explain—a vision, a presence, a desperate plea from beyond the grave.
Find us. There are more of us buried in the forest.
The dead girl has a name: Eliza Symonds. Twelve years old. Missing for three years. Written off as a runaway by a system that didn't care enough to look.
Now Eliza has found a way to reach Catherine from the other side, determined to expose the man who murdered her—and the others he's buried beneath the oaks. But the killer is still hunting, still free, and Catherine's superiors dismiss her theories as the desperate obsession of an overworked detective.
As the boundaries between the living and the dead begin to blur, Catherine must decide: trust what she can see, or believe in what she can feel?
Because in the ancient forest, the trees remember everything. And some spirits won't rest until justice is served—no matter the cost..
*this is no longer being written under the pen name, Claire Cross.
Annie Seaton
January Joy
Book 2, The Enchanted Village
Released:
31 December
Sometimes the coldest season brings the warmest beginnings...
Joanna Hartwell arrives at Hawthorn Cottage with nothing but a battered suitcase and a lifetime of wounds. After a decade of caregiving and a marriage that ended in betrayal, she's forgotten who she is beyond being useful to others. The cottage should be temporary—just somewhere to hide while she works out what comes next.
But Hawthorn Cottage has other ideas.
Fires that light themselves. Warmth that defies winter's grip. An amaryllis that blooms impossibly fast. The cottage is trying to heal her, but Joanna has spent so long being broken she's not sure she remembers how to be whole.
Then she meets Hugh Morrison, the quiet bookshop owner with kind eyes and his own carefully hidden grief; he knows what it's like to feel guilty for wanting happiness again.
As January deepens and the village works its gentle magic, Joanna must decide: will she keep hiding behind her walls, or will she allow herself to bloom—even in the coldest season?
Sometimes healing isn't about forgetting the past. Sometimes it's about having the courage to reach for the future.
A tender story of second chances, found family, and the quiet magic that lives in the spaces between winter and spring.
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Mila Young and other authors
All Hallow's Eve
Immortal Vices & Virtues
Released:
January
as a Special Edition Hardcover
A limited run Kickstarter Special Edition Hardcover book collecting stories from all your favorite authors featured in The Immortal Vices and Virtues: All Hallow's Eve series
Seven paranormal and romantasy stories in one stunning edition with sprayed edges, a foiled cover, and lots of custom art!
Within these seven standalones you'll find shifters, fated mates, enemies-to-lovers, second-chance romance, and so much more! Each written by these best-selling authors: Heather Renee, Ines Johnson, Everly Frost, Heather Hildenbrand, Annie Anderson, Mila Young, and Amanda Pillar!
There is something for every Paranormal Fantasy Romance reader inside these pages—steam, suspense, humor, and a splash of darkness because who doesn't love a few morally grey men?
Non Spec-Fic
Mel Teshco
Wolf
Book 3, Sons of the Sheikh
Released:
31 December
His bite is as fierce as his reputation
Sheikh Sharif Al-Hadid isn’t known for his gentleness. Like the territorial and savage wolf he was named after, he rules his province without mercy. He can’t be any other way. His enemies would cut him down quicker than a lightning bolt if they suspected he had a soft spot. It’s why he pretends not to care about his new fiancée, Elmira. If he showed her even a speck of love and tenderness his enemies wouldn’t stop at hurting her to hurt him.
But how long can he keep up the pretense and continue to unintentionally offend the woman he secretly loves?
Though Elmira Bakir is deeply in love with her future husband, she’s as deeply wounded by him. He is as cold and dismissive of her as any man could possibly be. A stranger would show her more warmth and compassion. That she senses beneath his icy façade is a burning passion waiting to be unleashed is her only hope, and she’ll break every rule in her culture to seduce him and know for sure if they have a future together.
Because there is no way she’ll tolerate the same loveless marriage her parents had. She deserves so much more than that. But can she fight for a man who mightn’t deem her worthy to fight for in return?
D.K. Hood
Watch Over Me
Book 28, Detectives Kane and Alton
Released:
16 December
Stepping onto the icy sidewalk, she doesn’t see a soul around her. But as she nears the safety of her vehicle, she hears the sound of heavy footsteps. She barely has time to take a breath before a sack is thrown over her head, and her world goes dark…
It’s Christmas in Black Rock Falls, and as the snow falls, schoolteacher Ellie McBride races to the office of Sheriff Jenna Alton and Deputy David Kane. She says she escaped being kidnapped. Days later, when a deadly message is written on the whiteboard in Ellie’s classroom, it’s clear whoever took her still has her in his sights.
Jenna is determined to catch the person responsible, and as she watches footage of the attempted kidnapping, something doesn’t add up. Why is Ellie missing from the footage? Did the kidnapper cover his tracks, or is Ellie telling lies about what happened?
Days later, social worker Laney Prescott is reported missing. Worried that it could be the same person, Jenna rushes to Laney’s small home, but she’s already too late. Taking in Laney’s long dark hair, which hangs limp over her face, and the thick cord wrapped around her neck, Jenna fears that a twisted monster is stalking vulnerable women. She vows to hunt them down and bring them to justice.
But as heavy snow begins to block off roads and homes in the small town, the murderer uses the opportunity to take his next victim. A young nurse is missing, and as Jenna closes in on the killer, she finds herself in unthinkable danger thanks to the treacherous conditions. Can Jenna survive and catch the murderer, or will this be her last case?
If you love reading Lisa Regan, Melinda Leigh and Kendra Elliot, you will adore this truly addictive crime thriller from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author D.K. Hood.
**Each Kane and Alton book can be read as part of the series or as a standalone**
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Mila Young
Annie Seaton
Annie Seaton
From Across the Sea
Book 1, Daughters of the Darling
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Print at special price of $21.99 from author store.
Annie Seaton
L.A. Monteiro
50 Shades of Orc
Seasonal Spice
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