mystery

Obscura

by Taine

Tropes: slowburn, forbiddenlove, paranormal

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He heals fractured minds. She shatters them. But neither can resist the other. Psychologist Dr. Julian Cross is used to fixing broken people. But his newest patients share a terrifying pattern: shattered memories, hollow eyes, and a toxic obsession with a shadow they cannot name. Following the trail of ruined minds takes him straight into Obscura—a gothic nightclub ruled by a woman who defies every law of nature. Victoria Ashford is a centuries-old vampire. She is meticulous, lethal, and used to absolute control. To protect her kind's secret existence, mortals who cross her are swiftly erased. But Julian is a glitch in her world. He is the first human she cannot compel to forget. Instead of destroying him, she is drawn to him. Julian believes he's dealing with a normal human, but Victoria’s world is a dangerous, intoxicating unknown. As he dives deeper into her dark territory, a slow-burn tension ignites between them. Julian’s curiosity might get him killed. But Victoria’s choice to let him get close could destroy everything she has spent centuries protecting, especially as a dangerous figure from her past threatens to bring it all down. Obscura is an addictive, high-stakes vampire romance filled with intense yearning, forbidden love, danger and a powerful female lead. What to Expect: Forbidden Vampire Romance: Vampires must remain hidden from mortals Reverse Power Dynamic: Powerful Female Vampire & Mortal Male Doctor Slow Burn: Mutual restraint and yearning Gothic Aesthetics: A dark atmosphere with supernatural danger Dual POV: Get inside both of their heads **A note for ARC readers** Thank you so much for reading! My book is already live on Amazon and Goodreads, so you can post your honest review the exact moment you finish reading. Your support means the world to me. [Read More]

For Garnet Grove

by Nikki Theissen

Tropes: characterdriven, strongfmc, suspense

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Garnet Grove has a secret, and Abby Norton is determined to uncover it. ​ She's a tenacious investigative journalist with a keen eye for a story, and she's going to do whatever it takes to figure out exactly what a massive rocket manufacturer is hiding in a small town in northern California. Armed with a plot to cozy up to an insider and get the real scoop on Helios, she starts digging. But what she doesn't count on is meeting Noah, a shy but incredibly smart teacher, who works at the Garnet Grove elementary school and has ties to shady dealings done in the town decades ago. As they get closer, she realizes just how much they both stand to lose if she pursues this story. Standing at the precipice, she has one choice: protect Noah or expose the truth and risk everything for Garnet Grove. [Read More]

The City of the Gods: Silver

by Zach Erwin

Tropes: mystery, horror, urbanfantasy

They called them heroes. They were worshipping their executioners. When private investigator Skip Gibson takes on the murder case of a fallen hero in 1960s Empire City, he expects corruption and lies. What he finds instead is a conspiracy that reaches beyond human comprehension. The city's celebrated protectors, known as The Eternal, aren't heroes at all but dangerous gods wearing human skin, and someone has started hunting them down one by one. As Skip digs deeper into the shadows of Empire City, he uncovers decades of deception involving Nazi experiments, plague-inducing technology, and transformations that turn ordinary people into living weapons. A vigilante claims she's saving humanity by executing the gods, but every answer Skip finds only breeds more questions. In a world where heroes are monsters and salvation might come from assassins, trust becomes the deadliest currency. This dark superhero noir thriller deconstructs everything you thought you knew about capes and cowls, blending Cold War paranoia with body horror and moral ambiguity. This tale of corruption and impossible choices creates a paranoid tapestry where power always corrupts and heroism becomes indistinguishable from horror. Can you survive when the gods decide humanity is disposable? [Read More]

Song of the Chintāmani: A Steamy Fake-Marriage Romance in Ancient India

by M. P. Gupta

Tropes: forcedproximity, foundfamily, adventure

She is the only scholar who can decode a murdered woman’s secret. He is the warrior ordered to keep her alive. Gupta-era India, 400 CE. Vachana Devagupta has spent her life studying the scattered fragments her mother died protecting. When the imperial court sends her in search of the sacred relic concealed within them, she is placed under the protection of Commander Aryaman—a disciplined warrior who trusts duty far more than desire. Their search carries them across river roads, temple archives, gilded courts, and deadly ambushes. To move unseen, they must pose as husband and wife. One room. One bed. A marriage built on a lie. But the danger is real—and so is the desire growing between them. Song of the Chintāmani is a steamy, open-door historical romance featuring a brilliant scholar heroine, a protective warrior hero, fake marriage, forced proximity, political intrigue, found family, and an ancient mystery powerful men will kill to control. Perfect for readers who enjoy lush historical settings, high-stakes adventure, intense romantic tension, and a love story unlike anything they have read before. [Read More]

The City of the Gods: Gold

by Zach Erwin

Tropes: mystery, horror, urbanfantasy

They saved the world in wartime. Now their daughter has vanished into something far worse. When a child disappears through a secret tunnel beneath a hero's mansion, Detective Skip Gibson expects a ransom demand or a tragic accident. Instead, he uncovers occult rituals, demonic pacts, and conspiracies stretching back to blood-soaked ceremonies in 1940s Mexico. The city's most celebrated champions built their power on sacrifices that would make ordinary criminals look merciful. As mysterious technology begins transforming citizens into mechanical horrors, the investigation spirals beyond normal comprehension. Ancient vessels of unknown origin release contamination across Empire City while supernatural forces manifest through a possessed oracle speaking of apocalypse. Government cover-ups collide with cosmic entities, and every answer Gibson uncovers reveals that the heroes he trusted were never what they seemed. With humanity caught between demonic bargains and an invasion from the past, the line between savior and monster dissolves completely. Retired legends harbor secrets worth killing to protect, Cults operate in plain sight, and the truth about wartime heroics threatens to tear reality itself apart. In 1950s America, the greatest threat isn't communism or foreign enemies but the corruption festering behind patriotic masks. Can anyone survive when the protectors become the predators? [Read More]

The Ripples of an Evil Prince

by Rebeka Volarević

Tropes: characterdriven, adventure, strongfmc

When Faery escapes an arranged marriage by journeying to parallel worlds, a sinister bond with a mysterious prince forces her to question who she is before the secret within her destroys everything and everyone she has fought to protect. Faery thought she was escaping her destiny, putting it on hold. She never imagined she was running straight toward it. In a medieval world where the existence of other realms is almost commonplace, Faery, a noblewoman bound to an unwanted arranged marriage, longs for escape. When she meets Astrifer, a scientist from another realm, that dream becomes possible. Defying duty, Faery, her wary guard Gawain and Astrifer set out on a journey across worlds, joined by Leon, a modern-day judge quick to accept the impossible. But her path grows darker when Prince Lucius appears, drawn to her by a mysterious and unsettling bond. What begins as freedom turns dangerous, as hidden truths surface and Faery is forced to confront not only the fate she tried to outrun, but the possibility that her own identity holds the greatest secret of all. [Read More]

The Red Spring

by P M Fox

Tropes: slowburn, characterdriven, foundfamily

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Lizzy Stone loves her little Cornish island. She rises with the sun and she dances with the moon. She dives with the gannets and bathes with the seals. Her worship is hot and red. The Devil covets Lizzy’s island. He wants nothing more than its consumption, its integration into His calculating, mechanical designs. His desire is synthetic and bottomless. When the Devil comes a storm always comes with Him. Sort of a tradition. Only this time it will be different. THIS time His covetousness will be satiated. This time He’ll take the island for His own. Lizzy, new initiate into the order of sacred whores who protect the island, isn’t going to let Him. She’s fallen in love with Percy, a fellow apprentice. No one gets to threaten Percy’s first real home. And no one’s taking Lizzy's little sister away either, hopelessly dazzled by the glittering mainland lights as she may be. A storm will rage. Telephone poles will fall and bridges will be washed away. Say good night to the electrics and the moon and the stars. Lizzy and Percy were born in darkness, but even they’re not prepared for what’s coming. [Read More]