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Birthspell - Book 1 - Part 1

by Miriam Khan

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With a voice similar to Kendare Blake, Gayle Forman, and Brittni Chenelle, if you’ve enjoyed Anna Dressed in Blood, Girl of Nightmares, If I Stay, or The Gifted Fae Academy Collection, you will love this book! Sabrina Jackson -Amazon reviewer...FIVE STARS. Fans of Stephanie Meyer's "Twilight" series and Patrica Briggs's "Mercy Thompson" series will fall in love with this book by Miriam Khan, and keep an eye out eagerly for the next book in the series. KK jones book reviews - Amazon reviewer - FIVE STARS I had always longed for a family, but some bonds come at a price. After spending my whole life in group homes, I finally have somewhere to belong. Blacksville, West Virginia, isn’t much—quiet, forgotten, a little too empty—but it’s home to the only family I have left: The Lockes. They’re everything I never expected: wealthy, refined, and eager to claim me as one of their own. After a lifetime of being unwanted, I tell myself not to question it. But something in Blacksville feels wrong. Secrets seep through the cracks of the town, and the Lockes begin to act strange and erratic, too watchful, almost afraid. The truth always seems to circle back to Thorncrest Manor. I didn’t expect it to involve a spell cast a century ago. I definitely didn’t expect it to involve crossed bloodlines and something waiting to be born. Because the people of Blacksville already know what I’m starting to see: there’s something I'm supposed to uncover, something powerful and life-changing. And whatever has been haunting my family for generations is waiting for its moment to rise and take reign, which is why it's time for me to find out not only who, but what I am, and save my kind before it’s too late. A spell-binding new adult paranormal romance with a touch of gothic... Part 1 novella length of 145 pages. Part 2 available on Amazon. Book 2 released July/August. [Read More]

Earned

by Lilly Manning

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Elena Varela built her career on reading people. Adrian West is the first one who reads her back. As a crisis intelligence analyst newly recruited by the secretive Directorate, she's trained for difficult assignments. She isn't trained for Adrian West—controlled, severe, infuriatingly attractive, and convinced she has no business in his world of covert operations and lethal drawing rooms. Their first mission together should be straightforward. Infiltrate an elite private auction at an English country estate, and pose as Mr. and Mrs. Blackwood. Locate a young woman believed to be under coercion before she disappears into a network of stolen art, forged provenance, and powerful people who prefer their crimes wrapped in silk and champagne. But covers have a way of becoming complicated. In public, they stand close enough to convince a room full of watchers they belong together. In private, every correction, every touch, every near-miss turns the performance into something harder to dismiss. Adrian is all control and restraint—a man shaped by one failure he refuses to repeat. Elena is the one variable he can't manage, and the one woman he can't seem to keep at a safe distance. When the mission moves from the estate to a luxury yacht on the Thames, the line between performance and desire finally breaks. To save the woman they came for, they'll have to trust each other with more than the operation. By the time the cover falls, neither of them will be able to pretend it was ever only a lie. EARNED is a slow-burn romantic suspense novella featuring fake marriage, forced proximity, and an enemies-to-lovers dynamic set against the backdrop of London's most dangerous social circles. Book I of The Alias Series. [Read More]

Because Fate Said So

by R. B. Gourley

A guarded heart. An unyielding wall of morals. And a collision course with destiny. Connor Byrne is a dedicated Brisa Heights paramedic whose life is governed by a tight routine. He manages the raw chaos of the first-responder ranks with effortless clinical skill, but off-duty, he keeps his heart under lock and key. Trapped behind a multi-generational legacy of family tragedy, Connor weaponizes a flawless moral high ground like a protective shield. His rigid rules are a psychological bunker designed to prevent him from ever being vulnerable enough to risk failing in a relationship. But when a cold morning call for service completely fractures his world with a shattering discovery of betrayal, his carefully guarded perimeter is permanently breached. Enter Brandi Schmidt: a sharp, fiercely independent, and quick-witted Brisa Heights Police Officer. A former Marine and a martial arts black belt, Brandi is a formidable force on the street who commands absolute authority. Yet, she approaches her private life with a resilient, clear-eyed honesty. She is the last person Connor ever expected to pull him out of the wreckage of his life. Intrigued by the quiet, capable paramedic she has crossed paths with on mutual-aid calls, Brandi intentionally shifts her world to cross his path, meeting his stubborn, guarded distance with an unforced warmth that begins to systematically thaw his defenses. WHAT ARC READERS CAN EXPECT: * Dual-POV, Slow-Burn Pacing: An organic intimacy built through raucous weekly group dinners. * Mutual Competence: Hyper-competent leads who protect each other as equal partners on and off the street. * A Mature Subversion of the Genre: A sophisticated, deeply moving look at how two people can do the hard work to salvage a protective post-divorce friendship. * Healing Multi-Generational Trauma: A profound thematic payoff about throwing away the fear of vulnerability to build a foundation designed to last. [Read More]

Protocol

by Alison Austin

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Dr. Cassia Hayes has spent months trying, and failing, to create a vaccine for a novel pathogen at biotech giant Baker and Pryor. Her research is going nowhere, and the only bright spot in her day is her ongoing flirtationship with the janitor, Elias Correa. But when the pathogen escapes containment and the facility erupts into chaos, Cassia learns two things very quickly: The virus is more dangerous than anyone admitted. Elias is not a janitor. He’s armed, trained, and the only person standing between her and a kill order she doesn’t understand. They’re fugitives, running from the same people who created the outbreak, and Cassia is the only one who can stop it. She just has to survive long enough to finish the vaccine… and figure out why Elias saved her. [Read More]

From Planet #817 With Love

by Chad Morris

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SHOULD HE FIGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY... OR FOR LOVE? That’s the question 23-year-old Jax Martin will eventually have to consider. You see, right now his life is rather idyllic. He’s an android technician with a good job, an exceptional family, and a charming fiancée. He couldn’t ask for more. But there’s just one problem: he lives on a tumultuous exoplanet. Orbiting a giant blue star, the world is home to oversized scorpions, defective AI, flying reptiles, and corporate monopolies. Unknown to Jax, an explosive war looms on the horizon—one that threatens to upend his tranquil life completely. Everything will be on the line, including his relationship with his fiancée. Can they survive the approaching calamity? From Planet #817 With Love is their incredible story. [Read More]

Justice Denied

by Marle Berry

A kidnapped criminal defense lawyer branded a fugitive by police and a rule-breaking, rogue detective who tries to help her must get over their past combative roles. A history of suspicion and underlying attraction, suppressed and never explored, makes their cooperation a challenge. Their fateful decisions expose them to unforeseen deadly threats and life changing consequences. [Read More]