The Crazy Lives of Suffering Authors
The poor authors involved in the Based Book Romance Sale have suffered so many indignities, due to Amazon purging and then restoring their books, that I am going to just share the whole sale with you here.
If you could help these folks out by sharing this wherever you hang out on social media, we would all be astonishingly grateful!
The categories are:
Clean — No sex, maybe a kiss
Mild Spice — some physicality, but nothing erotic
Spicy — anything goes
Love Story — A solid story, SF, Fantasy, etc, with a romantic plot or subplot
Without further ado
CLEAN:
Sweet romance, no heat
The Lavender Queen
J. Callahan
Princess Raven is prepared to rule alone until the sacred Crown of Solaryn chooses the last man she could ever trust, Saegor, the ruthless prince of a rival kingdom. Their magical bond ignites storms, awakens forbidden fire, and ties their souls together before an entire court that wants them separated.
But the deeper their connection grows, the more terrifying the truth becomes.
As betrayal poisons the palace and old lies rise from the ashes of forgotten rulers, Raven and Saegor must decide whether to surrender to the bond between them or let a broken kingdom destroy them the way it destroyed every Crown-Pair before them.
Because together they are powerful enough to remake the throne itself.
And powerful enough to burn the world for each other.
nture on treacherous waters.
Silver Wing
Rose Marie Brown
Some bonds were never meant to break.
Some flames were never meant to kneel.
Raven Rose has spent her life hiding weakness behind sharp wit and stubborn survival. At Drakemere War Academy, riders die young, dragons choose the ruthless, and power belongs to those strong enough to take it.
Raven was never supposed to survive the first trial.
Then a silver dragon chooses her.
And everything changes.
Because silver dragons vanished generations ago.
Because the kingdom hunts the bloodline tied to silver flame.
And because Kaizen Ryker—the feared shadow rider every cadet whispers about, looks at Raven like he already knows exactly what she is.
Kaizen carries shadows beneath his skin and violence in his silence. He warns Raven to stay away from him while watching her too closely, protecting her too often, and touching her like restraint is becoming painful.
But when a brutal attack uncovers secrets buried beneath the kingdom, Raven and Kaizen are pulled into a deadly world of hidden cities, chained dragons, forbidden magic, and a war the Crown thought it buried long ago.
The deeper Raven falls into silver flame and shadowed truths, the more she realizes the kingdom is built on stolen power.
And Kaizen may be the only thing standing between her and destruction.
But loving a shadow rider comes with a terrible cost.
Because shadows do not surrender quietly.
And some chains leave scars even after they break.
The Dagger and the Daisy
(Book 1 — book two is in Mild)
Leisha Xaden
Daisy Snow has spent her life surviving kingdoms built for men like Zarek Veyn.
Feared across the realm as the king’s deadliest assassin, Zarek is a blade wrapped in shadow, blood, and whispered legend. He does not hesitate. He does not forgive. And he certainly does not fail.
Zarek Veyn has killed for kings without regret.
Then he meets Daisy Snow.
The girl who looks at him like he is still human beneath the blood on his hands.
So when he is sent to this quiet young woman tied to a dangerous secret, he expects another mission.
Not obsession.
Not the way her softness unsettles him.Not the way her courage follows him into darkness.
And certainly not the way she begins to feel like the only good thing left in a kingdom rotting from the inside out.
As war closes in and betrayal spreads through the court, Zarek is forced to choose between the orders that made him and the woman who makes him wish he were something more than a weapon.
Because loving Daisy Snow may destroy him.
Unfortunately for everyone involved, Zarek would rather destroy the world than lose her.
This Hollow Crown
Grace Brekker
He was the fae prince she was never supposed to trust.
When the cursed crown that protects her kingdom begins stealing her memories, Rosalie must join forces with her political rival to uncover the truth. But the deeper they dig, the more impossible it becomes to ignore the bond growing between them.
Saving the kingdom was supposed to be the hard part.
Falling for him might destroy them both.
Enemies to lovers
Fae prince and human queen
Forced proximity
Magical bond
Spicy
He falls first
Touch her and die
All This Golden Ruin
(A This Hollow Crown Novella)
Grace Brekker
The city beneath Evermere was supposed to stay buried.
When golden fractures begin tearing through the kingdom, Lady Seraphine Veyne is sent to uncover the truth. Instead, she discovers Aurandel, a lost city hidden beneath the world, a betrayal erased from history, and a power that threatens to destroy everything she loves.
The only person standing between her and disaster is Cassian Thornvale.
A reckless fae commander.
A man haunted by a failed seal.
And the one person she absolutely should not want.
As ancient grudges awaken and a buried kingdom demands justice, Seraphine and Cassian are forced into an uneasy alliance that quickly becomes something far more dangerous. Because the closer they get to the truth, the harder it becomes to ignore the bond growing between them.
Now a traitor is tearing Evermere apart from within, Aurandel is rising from the ruins, and Seraphine must decide whether the past deserves vengeance or a future worth fighting for.
Fey and The Cursed Sea
Ann Larson
The sea around Isle had been cursed for a hundred years.
Ships vanished beneath fog. Sailors returned speaking in strange tongue. And every full moon, the ocean sang with the cries of those it had claimed.
No one dared sail there anymore.
Except Fey Marrow.
She was a smuggler, a liar, and entirely too stubborn to fear old stories. When she hears of a fortune hidden beneath the cursed waters, Fey takes map and steals a ship before sunrise and begin her adventure on treacherous waters.
Silver Wings and Starlight
Daisy Collins
A human mapmaker accidentally saves a wounded fae prince with silver wings… and starts a bond that could change the entire sky realm.
Nyssara never expected to leave the lower port.
Then Caelum falls into her life, bleeding, exhausted, and hiding the fact that fae magic itself is slowly dying.
Now they are traveling through floating kingdoms, secret sky passages, magical gates, and forgotten routes, searching for the Starwell before the realms fall apart completely.
And the worst part?
They were never supposed to fall in love.
The Inner Light
Pamela Marcantel
In the rolling hills of colonial Pennsylvania, Quaker physician Richard Stackhouse lives a life of quiet faith, devotion to family, and service to others — until a fateful journey to Virginia upends everything.
When his horse throws a shoe, Richard is led by Providence to the isolated farm of a cruel master and his broken bond servant, Rebecca Willets. Starved, beaten, and silenced by unimaginable suffering, Rebecca has all but lost hope. Moved by compassion and guided by the Inner Light, Richard buys her indenture not to own her, but to set her free.
What begins as an act of mercy becomes a profound journey of healing, faith, and unexpected love. As Rebecca finds sanctuary with the Stackhouse family and slowly reclaims her voice and spirit, Richard must confront his own deepest fears: the risk of surrendering his heart, the power of redemptive love, and whether two wounded souls can truly build a life together in a world on the brink of revolution.
Quaker Moon: Volume One – The Inner Light is a sweeping tale of courage, forgiveness, and the transformative power of divine Light amid the darkness of cruelty and doubt. Perfect for fans of historical romance and faith-filled fiction, this heartfelt saga explores the enduring strength of family, community, and the quiet heroism of ordinary people.
Making a Better World
Michael Lacoy
From the author of The Mystical Adventures of Stavros Papadakis comes a comic novel about family, faith, and second chances.
Oscar Perilloux, a middle-age widower and cash-strapped artist, is trying to be good: a good father, a good brother, a good son. But it’s not easy. His conniving, ne’er-do-well mother has just been kicked out of a retirement home and needs a place to live. His rich, egomaniacal brother is dating the woman he secretly desires. And his seven-year-old daughter, whose innocence Oscar is trying mightily to preserve, is becoming more and more interested in the grown-up world. Meanwhile, Oscar’s childhood pal, whose life reached its high-point in high school, becomes the object of a social-media firestorm that threatens to destroy the harmony of their idyllic New Hampshire hometown.
A mix of satire and romance, family drama and social commentary, the novel touches on a number of today’s hot-button issues: internet cancel culture, woke capital, the crisis in the Catholic Church, the treatment of the elderly, and the raising of children. Witty and big-hearted, Making a Better World takes a playful look at the way we live now
‘til Death Do Us Part
Various
The stories are a mix of Fantasy, Science Fiction, and a few realistic Thrillers. What they all have in common is the lead characters, who are married couples. Happy, healthy relationships, men and women supporting each other through adversity. I like to think we are bucking the trend here, and doing it successfully. There is no infidelity, or abuse, or deep dark secrets gnawing away at the partners. These aren’t stories about the psychological torment of being trapped in a loveless marriage. The men and women in these stories love each other and are happy to be joined together for life.
How about that?
And yet, I don’t think there is a boring story in the mix.
Introduction by John C. Wright
Return of the Knave
Milo James Fowler
A teenage girl in medieval times must keep her father from killing the only boy she’s ever loved. In the process, she must also save her village from an evil sorcerer and his mutant henchmen. It’s just another day in the life of this indomitable farmer’s daughter.
Pride & Planetoids
Mel Dunay
With only three years remaining on Albion’s hundred-year lease in the Kuiper Belt, Elizabeth Bennet has rather more pressing concerns than her mother’s nerves. Terrorist attacks on Albion by a rival power are increasing. Mrs. DeBourgh is buying up shares in the Bennets’ mining consortium, with an eye towards gaining control. And events keep putting William Darcy, commander of Albion’s most powerful warship, in Elizabeth’s path.
His manners are cold, his judgment unerring, and he’s Mrs. DeBourgh’s nephew. Elizabeth isn’t sure which one is his worst trait, but she is sure that they are all unforgiveable...
Except that she has misjudged him. Considerably. He shares her vision of Albion’s future, and he’s willing to risk everything to bring it to life.
A Jane Austen fan fiction retelling of Pride and Prejudice in space, for readers of Lois McMaster Bujold and Georgette Heye
Shieldmaiden’s Suitor
Cathy Smith
In a village where shieldmaidens are remembered only in songs, Elsa’s cunning victory over a raider wins her scorn, not glory. Denied the warrior’s path and trapped by tradition, she discovers her family has bartered her future to settle a debt. To win her freedom, she must face a berserker in a duel to the death, armed with nothing but a borrowed sword and a fierce will to choose her own fate. And waiting in the shadows is a suitor from another world, who values her strength and does not see it as a flaw
For fans of fierce Norse heroines and love stories forged in fire, The Shieldmaiden’s Suitor is a bold adventure of honor, defiance, and the courage to seize your own destiny.
The Lives of Velnin: The Dark Empire
Brian Heming
1.7 million enemy soldiers. One reincarnating prince. Who will win?
Swords. Love. Magic. Epic Battles. Reincarnation.
A year and a day after the death of his first incarnation, Prince Veldin rekindles his romance with the beautiful Princess Aloree, his first incarnation’s beloved widow. But these happy times are cut short as he is sent to repel the invasion of the Dark Empire: 1.7 million men, four thousand ships, all led by the Dark Empress Soraina, a beautiful maiden to whom the prince feels a mysterious but intense connection.
Stopping the invasion from destroying all he holds dear may cost him everything. To protect his people and triumph against impossible odds, must he sacrifice not just his lives, but even his love and his very soul?
Combining the most amazing battles in history with swords, love, and magic, The Dark Empire is sure to please fans of swords & sorcery, adventure romance, and military fiction alike. A fast-paced epic fantasy of swords, love, magic, and battles.
Praise for The Lives of Velnin:
“Incredibly fast-paced, with just enough romance thrown in to have you rooting for the characters immediately.” -Sam. M. Ridge, author of Swirls of Shadow
“Razor-sharp action at a blistering pace.” -Michael Gorman, author of Scions of the Tuatha Dé
“Fast, Fierce, and Full of Surprises” -Eva Everquill, author of The Storm Through the Tide
The Lives of Velnin: Final Life
Brian Heming
Swords. Love. Magic. Epic Battles. Reincarnation.
The recording cut off with the image of a blast of white-blue flame. I sat up from my stasis chamber, looked at the inscription, and read, “Velnin.” So, I was the last—number 9. My other remaining brothers had either died too fast to leave dying words at all, or been killed in stasis before this last one had died.
Velnin awakes in a stasis chamber deep in a hidden cave base, with only the memories of his first brother Velwin, and the dying words of three more. On his ninth and final life, Velnin must unravel the mysteries of what has happened to his missing brothers, retrieve his legendary blade Swelfalster, and decide where his true love and loyalty ultimately lies—whether with the charming Princess Aloree, the swordfighting Dark Empress Soraina, or somewhere else entirely.
Combining ancient history with swords, love, and magic, Final Life is sure to please fans of swords & sorcery, adventure romance, and military fiction alike.
A fast-paced epic fantasy of swords, love, magic, and battles.
Praise for The Lives of Velnin:
“Interesting questions of identity and other surprises await” -Bill Hiatt, author of the Spell Weaver series.
“excels with fast paced action.” -Anthony Alves, author of Blood and Qi.
“Incredibly fast-paced, with just enough romance thrown in to have you rooting for the characters immediately.” -Sam M. Ridge, author of Swirls of Shadow.
Irrational Pai
Clayton Barnett
“She fell out of her plane? She wants to marry me?”
Six months after his mother’s death, Graf Winstead must fill the void she left behind and look after his aging father and little sister. When a young woman falls onto him from the sky, his simple life is transformed as he suddenly finds himself in the middle of two empires and the focus of a girl he cannot take his eyes from. A girl who is more than she seems
Complications lead to politics, taking them to the edge of the first civil war the Polar Alliance has faced in four generations.
Captain’s Vow
Nikki Root
A fake marriage to save the galaxy... what could possibly go wrong?
Spatial anomalies and spies? No problem.
Ending his bachelorhood? May get them all killed.
Captain Leo Ananda has made vows. Protect his crew. Win the war. Never get too close. When MAP Command requests the unthinkable, a political marriage to his haunted first officer, Leo can’t refuse.
The beloved captain, desperate to hide his inner turmoil, is suddenly very married to the one woman who sees straight through him.
Commander Alice Chateau doesn’t have time for fake vows. She’s a secret telepath hunted by creatures no one else can see, monsters threatening to unravel the fabric of the galaxy.
As war ignites and a critical mission plunges them into danger, their pretend marriage begins to feel uncomfortably real. Trust is fragile. Secrets run deep. And in the middle of it all, someone dares to kiss someone they probably shouldn’t have.
The galaxy is at war.
Leo and Alice must decide where their true allegiance lies: with MAP Command… or with each other. This wasn’t in the Fleet handbook.
Perfect for fans of found family, starship drama, telepathic tension, and slow-burn sci-fi romance with emotional depth, no spice, and plenty of banter.
Love in the Time of Campaigning
Leigh Kimmel
As Frank Correra brings his family to a lunar settlement to get them away from a worsening political situation on Earth, he reminisces about how he and his wife met.
Frank had always dreamed of the skies. As a clone of an astronaut who subsequently became a US Senator, Frank thought he had a clear path ahead of him. But when it comes time to apply for the Air Force Academy, it is an election year. His ur-brother can’t promise a nomination until he’s won another term, and this year promises a hard race to run. When the other side puts up an ugly attack ad, can Frank find a way to discredit it before it destroys his ur-brother’s chance of re-election, and with it Frank’s slot at an Academy appointment?
A short story of the Grissom timeline.
Ancestors of Jaiya Collection
Mel Dunay
Four Books in One! Welcome to the land of Jaiya, where humans share their lands with strange creatures, and where darker powers lurk in the shadows!
Slaying a Tyrant: the dancer Vanti dreams only of perfecting her art, until her family names her their gladiator in a deadly tournament that will decide her country’s fate. Her reluctant mentor, the brooding warrior Gurion, may hold the knowledge she needs to survive. But as the tournament approaches, Vanti discovers that she will need more than speed or strength to defeat the magical powers of King Obiar the Conqueror.
Saving a Queen: Prasa escapes her city as it falls to imperial forces, with only a few allies and a desperate desire to save her fleeing people. Her only hope of escape lies with Nirav, a dashing smuggler who pilots a balloon through dangerous mountain passes. As they soar over breathtaking landscapes, Prasa finds herself caught between her royal duty and her growing attraction to the mysterious pilot. In a world where humans share their lands with strange creatures, and where darker powers lurk in the shadows, Prasa faces her most difficult decision. She must choose her own path: a new war against her enemies, or a new start for her people, with new allies at her side. But Nirav carries a secret cargo that makes their balloon a target for a monstrous creature out of the old legends.
Scapegoating a Hero: Anora hides her rare and unsettling power: the ability to steal other people’s memories with a single touch. By day, she plays the respectable wife to Naval officer Rijal in their arranged marriage. By night, she reluctantly uses her abilities as a spy to protect her nation’s hard-won freedom. When Rijal kills the sleazy businessman who was blackmailing Anora, he’s immediately arrested. Their marriage of convenience becomes anything but convenient, as Anora discovers feelings she never expected to have for her husband.
Seeking the Quantum Tree: secret agent Sena must warn the neighboring land of Avugah about a planned invasion by the ruthless General Drozniya. When Drozniya attacks ahead of schedule, Sena finds herself trapped behind enemy lines. Aided by handsome businessman Taavid, she must try to save the other Jaiyans trapped in the occupied zone. In a world where humans share their lands with strange creatures, and where darker powers lurk in the shadows, Sena uncovers General Drozniya’s true obsession: the Quantum Tree, a legendary source of mystical power that could rewrite reality.
Starfire Angels
Melanie Nilles
They’ve been coming here for thousands of years, using Earth as a sanctuary to escape threats from their own kind. Mankind knows them as angels, and one of them left a child upon her death to be raised as a human.
Raea is now a high school senior and her life as a human is about to end. The crystal shard she bears is not a pretty pendant; it’s a collective of powerful entities who chose her as their Keeper, a protector of one of the four shards that power a machine capable of destroying whole worlds. Those who desire the Starfire’s power have sent an agent to find her, but she’s too busy evading a nosy reporter ready to exploit her secret and dating a hot new foreign student to notice. Nevermind learning what she really is.
Only one person on Earth can help her, the last person she ever expected. But he’s not from Earth. Life as a human would be so much easier.
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Starfire Angels is the first of the five-book Dark Angel Chronicles series, which also includes Broken Wings, Crystal Tomb, Origins of Dark Angel, and Forever Dark.
For C.
I. C. Castle
On the sun-bleached cliffs of Lesbos, where Sappho once sang, a failed poet named Lukas Ysort unearths the power to summon a muse.
Calliope offers him love, fame, and fortune – at a price.
Now Lukas must choose between his fame and the woman who gave it to him.
Who could have foreseen this?
For C. is a tragic tale about a poet, his muse, and what remains when memory itself decides to forget.
Birthright of Scars: Rising
Laurisa Brandt
“The problem with a dead legend, is that there’s always the threat of him resurrecting. And anytime he does will be inconvenient for those in power.”
The Tourmaline Renegade rises in this epic new series.
Falling in love with his bounty hunter was never part of the plan.
After the Kobalt empire spent decades suppressing Pyron culture, Emperor Cinnabar designed the walled Pyron sector with only one purpose: extermination.
Disrel of Tourmal has little left except his sister, but he won’t accept death without a fight. When the state mandates that all Pyrons relocate to the walled sector, Disrel does not hesitate to don a mask and replace the capitol flag with one that proclaims Pyron is free. What he didn’t count on was a simple act of defiance becoming the symbol of an empire-wide revolution. By the time dawn breaks, a sable commander renowned for catching renegades is on his trail, and Disrel is driven into the center of the resistance against the state.
Decorated Sable Commander Ambrosia is ready for the challenge of pulling Pyron resistors off Tourmal’s streets. But the layers of unrest in the capitol go deeper than a masked renegade inciting insurrection, locking her in a deadly dance between conviction and duty, comrades and terrorists—one that requires a flawless loyalty to the state to survive. And the unassumingly charming Disrel keeps getting in her way.
Disrel and Ambrosia are thrust into each other’s paths—as renegade and sable, as citizens of the empire struggling to survive the upheaval. But as their feelings for each other grow, they’ll have to choose: one love destined to destroy them both, or the fate of an empire?
Birthright of Scars: Rising is followed by Birthright of Scars: Choosing
Birthright of Scars: Choosing
Laurisa Brandt
The cost of loving her was always his destiny.
Disrel has stolen the keys to the imperial regime’s murder machine, but the Pyron sector continues swallowing innocent human life by the thousands. The outside world is just as eager to devour them, with the military executing Pyrons on sight, arresting any who shelter them, and pitting prisoners against each other in deadly arena games in exchange for pardon.
As Disrel wrestles impossible odds to keep himself and his sister free of the walls, his identity as the Tourmaline Renegade becomes increasingly difficult to hide from his enemies and the people he loves most.
Sable Commander Ambrosia can no longer deny that the masked renegade she hunts is a hero, and she can’t convince Disrel—or herself—she loves him while leaving thousands of his people to die of starvation behind the Pyron sector walls. As her emperor demands more from her, she is faced with the choice of following orders or damning herself to a traitor’s cross.
But as her love for Disrel grows, so does the Tourmaline Renegade’s ability to see all her secrets, making him the most dangerous opponent she has ever faced.
As the Pyron people’s situation turns dire, Disrel and Ambrosia must decide if their lives are worth risking for a future neither of them can see, or if the price of freedom requires betrayal, despair, and their blood on each other’s hands.
The Undercover Bride
Kimberley Montpetit
She had three rules:
Never date her boss.
Never trust the man who broke her heart.
And never let Liam Esposito back into her life.
Chloe Romano broke them all.
Once a rising star in the FBI, Chloe trained under her brilliant, infuriatingly handsome team leader, Liam Esposito. Their forbidden attraction crackled beneath sharp banter and stolen glances—until a sting operation went horribly wrong and Chloe learned Liam was the last person to see her best friend alive.
Grief shattered trust. Love became unbearable, and Chloe quit the Bureau—and him.
Now she wrangles wedding disasters as a bridesmaid-for-hire, keeping her heart safely locked down. Until Liam shows up again, carrying regret, secrets, and a dangerous request: help him stop a diamond thief targeting her cousin’s lavish mansion wedding.
The chemistry is still combustible. The danger is real. And this time, Chloe isn’t just undercover—she’s the target when someone tries to drown her in the estate’s swimming pool, then locks her inside the mansion after setting it ablaze, turning a fairy-tale wedding into a deadly trap.
When the fire rages out of control, and Liam disappears, Chloe makes an impossible choice—to run back into the burning house to save the man she never stopped loving.
To survive, Chloe must uncover the truth about the mission that destroyed them… and decide if love is worth trusting again.
A flirty, fast-paced romantic suspense filled with sizzling banter, guilt, redemption, and a heart-pounding finale, THE UNDERCOVER BRIDESMAID delivers second-chance love under fire.
Kill The Beast
Graham Bradley
In this spoof on a classic fairy tale, village hero Gautier must get past his recent spurning by local heartthrob Robinette, who has gone missing from their French mountain town. When newcomer Danielle arrives in the middle of the night, claiming to have been attacked in the woods by a giant beast, Gautier sets out to find it and put it down...only to learn that Robinette is involved and that his love for her might not be true.
From Now Until Forever
Sherry Gloag
For Prince Liam, families meant bad news, unwanted commitments, and the loss of his personal freedom. Love spawned white picket fences, slippers at the hearth with a wife and kids making demands, so why did those despised images disappear when he met Melanie Babcott?
Melanie Babcott fought hard to escape the horrors of her youth and vowed to remain single and free, so when paid to protect Prince Liam from insurgents why did her personal pledge fly out the window?
From the thud of gunfire to the final, breathless kiss, this novella flies and never stops!
The Curse Breaker
April Kelly Jones
Eris’s sister is missing and nobody, not even their parents, can remember her, and so magic is definitely to blame! Eris knows only magic can bring her back, but even as a Light magic-born, is she strong enough to find — and save — her sister?
In the capitol city, Prince Knox is cursed to spend his days as a corpse and his nights trying to find the prophesized girl who can break the curse. If he can’t find her by his 20th birthday, he’ll stay dead forever.
Eris and Knox will discover there are scarier things in their path than curses and half-truths. If the Queen of the Underworld has her way, everything and everyone will die. The only thing standing in her way is the curse breaker, and Eris will have to choose between saving herself or everyone she loves.
Scandal on Half Moon Street
Vivian Roycroft
Delight in this sweet, cozy Regency series where a playful duke orchestrates hilarious pranks to spark true love—fake flirtations, jealous sparks, and heartwarming resolutions await in London’s ton!
All the Honorable Anne Kirkhoven wants is to be wrapped in the arms of the man she loves, Frederick Shaw, Esquire, barrister, solicitor, writer of the best Gothic romance novels in England, and surely a future Member of Parliament. But despite Frederick’s many perfections, Anne’s mama has forbidden her to speak with him, much less marry him, and until Anne attains her majority, all they can do is wait.
But now the most notorious duke in the ton, Ernst Anton Oldenburg, the First Duke of Cumberland (and some say a foreign prince), is making a public point of assessing her… attributes, sending shivers to portions of her anatomy she’d rather not name. Who’s the right man? And will her reputation survive the duke’s assault long enough for her to figure it out?
The Partridge and The Peartree
Patricia Kiyono
Phillip Peartree, Duke of Bartlett, dreamed of a peaceful life with a suitable mate until a hunting accident left him scarred and nearly deaf. Resigned to spending the rest of his days alone, Phillip has devoted himself to rebuilding his family estate. But a chance encounter with a lovely young woman in a dusty bookstore rekindles his almost-forgotten hopes and dreams.
Lady Amelia Partridge has no time for the frivolity of the London social scene. In addition to her work with the Ladies Literary Society, she has a mission — educating poor children in the city. She also has a secret life, one she fears might drive away the young duke who has become increasingly important to her.
Heartsight
Kay Springsteen
On a secluded beach in North Carolina, three lonely people find hope in each other.
Trish Evers is an artist and single mother who has inherited her grandmother’s bed and breakfast in a North Carolina coastal town. Though she must sell the house, she decides to bring her daughter to the beach for one last summer vacation in her childhood town.
Bella is a six-year-old girl with Down syndrome. Rejected by her father, Trish is the only parent she’s ever known. Bella likes to explore the beach and has a tendency to wander off. One day, Bella goes exploring on her own, and Trish finds her in the company of an intriguing stranger.
Dan Conway is a U.S. Marine born into a family of Marines. Now blind as a result of combat injuries and unable to suit up, he feels he no longer has a purpose in life. He’s come home to the beach, where he spends his days in solitude. Dan must learn to believe in himself and to love life again, which he begins to do through his interactions with Bella and Trish. When a hurricane strikes and Bella wanders off again, her only hope for rescue is Dan.
But how can a blind man search for a little girl and bring her to safety in any situation, much less a hurricane?
Beauty’s Curse
C. S. Johnson
For four years, Princess Aurora of Rhone - Rose, to her friends - has searched the world for a way to break the curse placed on her by Magdalina, the wicked ruler of the fairies at war with her kingdom.
Under the curse, Rose is doomed to die on her 18th birthday after pricking her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel. And time is running out.
On the eve of her 17th birthday, Rose makes the journey home with her friends - Theo, a priest with a penchant for revenge; Mary, a young and talented fairy; and Ethan and Sophia, siblings with a troubled past - as pressure from her father King Stefanos leaves her with two equally unsatisfying options: Abdicate the throne, or get married
The White Elephant of Panschin
Odessa Moon
A dark past. A uncertain future.
Under Mars’ domed city, four people’s destinies collide
Near the Martian north pole, six linked domes form the mining city of Panschin. For generations, they have burrowed into the Martian underworld, digging tunnels, mining ore, and uncovering its secrets.
At Panschin’s mining conference, Airik, the daimyo of Shelleen, hopes to find allies to exploit his family’s newly discovered Red Mercury lode. But the prospect of fabulous wealth has drawn a target on Airik’s back: for con artists and their schemes, companies hoping to scam him, and women wanting to become his wife. Overwhelmed, Airik flees the attention with his aide, secretary and bodyguard, searching for a quiet place to work in peace.
For Veronica Bradwell, her family’s disgrace after her father’s financial scandal and suicide forces her to open the doors of their last asset, the mansion nicknamed the White Elephant to boarders. And while Airik and his “cousins” look suspicious, they are well-mannered and, most important, paid in advance.
But Veronica has more concerns. Younger sister Shelby wants to become an artist, and her education at Panschin University. requires opening the White Elephant to a gallery showing led by Professor Vitebskin, whose ideas of art clashes with Shelby’s instinct for beauty and color. As Shelby struggles, she forms an attachment with Malcolm Cobb, a young bank executive who masks his mining background with a serious ambition to rise in Panschin’s hierarchy.
When a sinister thug approaches Veronica demanding to buy the White Elephant, she learns that old sins cast long shadows, that some people never forget, and that the mysterious guest Airik is hiding secrets of his own.
“The White Elephant of Panschin” is the second book in Odessa Moon’s “Steppes of Mars” series. Set on a terraformed Mars hundreds of years from now, the peoples descended from Olde Earthe’s cultures struggle with the planet’s mysteries, the elite’s quest for power, and the longings of their human hearts.
This is Book Two. Book One, Three, and Four, The Bride from Dairapaska , is in the Mild category below.
Roses Beneath the Water
E .L. Tildon
At the prestigious Rosemere Academy of Magic, two students have spent four years trying to destroy each other’s reputation.
She is the academy’s golden prodigy.
He is the reckless heir everyone fears will either become legendary… or disastrous.
Every duel between them becomes gossip.
Every argument turns explosive.
Every ballroom event ends in humiliation for one of them.
Then the academy announces the Trials:
A magical competition where pairs are soul-linked for one month.
The winning pair earns a place beside the royals.
The catch?
The bond amplifies every emotions.
And the academy forces them together.
Written in Velvet
Jess R. Bennett
A hidden dragon.
A forbidden bond.
A kingdom built on lies.
Sierra Voss never expected to be chosen by the rarest dragon in the world.
Now the palace wants her magic.
The temple wants the dragon.
And the man she was never supposed to fall for keeps looking at her like she is the only real thing in the kingdom.
Orion was raised to protect the crown.
Sierra was never meant to stand beside him.
But when an ivory dragon hatches between them, fate binds their hearts together in ways neither of them can escape.
The Last Rose of Dusk
Fiya Farza
Ruby Vale wants nothing to do with Rylen Ashthorne, the cold heir to the most powerful house in the kingdom.
Unfortunately, their magic disagrees.
After one accidental touch unleashes a rare silver resonance between them in front of the entire royal court, avoiding each other becomes impossible. Every glance turns heated. Every argument feels dangerous. And every kiss makes the bond stronger.
Rylen is calm, controlled, and completely ruined for her.
Ruby keeps trying to resist him.
Rylen keeps looking at her like she already belongs beside him.
And when political enemies come for her family, Rylen is prepared to destroy anyone who threatens her.
A romantasy filled with moonlit castles, silver magic, longing, forbidden, and a man who falls so deeply in love that the entire kingdom notices.
Music of the Night
A. L. Hayes
He was the ghost beneath the opera house.
She was the voice that made him want to be human again.
Selene Moreau arrives at Velmont Opera House dreaming of becoming a star, but behind its velvet curtains and candlelit halls, the theater hides dangerous secrets. Somewhere beneath the stage lives Bram Marlowe, a masked composer feared by everyone and understood by no one.
He watches from the shadows.
He writes music only for her.
And the more Selene falls for him, the more dangerous Velmont becomes.
Because Bram’s love is not gentle.
It is consuming.
As chandeliers fall, fires rise, and obsession tightens around them both, one question remains:
When does love cross the boundary and become obsession?
A Curse of Pearls and Fire
Joy Harlege
Everyone knows the King is a monster.
When twenty-year-old Alira Alcott is chosen as the century’s sacrifice, she expects to die beyond the Veil like every maiden before her.
Instead, she finds a ruined kingdom shrouded in shadows and a king far different from the monster described in stories.
Soren Nightfall is feared across the realm, blamed for centuries of death and darkness that is scattered across the kingdom. Yet beneath the cold mask lies a man carrying the burden of a secret that could destroy everything Alira has ever known.
With war approaching and a deadly ritual drawing near, Alira must decide whether to trust the king everyone fears or watch the world fall into darkness.
Ashes of Blue
Olivia Jay Parker
Lyris Haven enters the Trials to save her brother, never expecting to survive long enough for the kingdom to notice her. But when she is paired with Cyrus Vale, the capital’s most feared competitor, the two become the center of a brutal game built on blood, spectacle, and impossible choices.
The kingdom expects betrayal.
Instead, they fall for each other.
And in a world where survival demands sacrifice, love may become the most dangerous choice of all.
The Moonflower Crown
E J Stevens
A quiet gardener’s daughter was never supposed to survive anything, let alone the deadly royal trials.
But when flowers begin turning toward Hia Arven and the kingdom’s dying magic starts whispering her name, she is pulled into a palace filled with secrets, corruption, and a prince who cannot stop watching her.
Perfect for readers who love One Dark Window, Powerless, Divine Rivals, and The Cruel Prince.
Don’t Bet On It
(Novella)
J L Salter
Chloe Watson wants to keep her place in line for the Electronics Super Sale, but really needs a restroom break. Might that handsome jogger be willing to stand still and hold her place for fifteen minutes for $10?
Brett Hardy agrees, but bets it will take her longer than fifteen minutes to return. If Chloe wins, she owes him nothing, but if Brett wins, she has to accept his invitation to dinner.
How long could the lines be at the ladies room? As it turns out, too long, and Chloe’s stuck with an unwanted date.
After that, Brett has even more surprises up his sleeve — and if a bet won’t get him a second date with Chloe, maybe a bribe will. For her part, Chloe can’t understand why Brett resorts to gimmicks instead of just asking her out.
Of course, if he did ask, she’d probably have to say “Don’t bet on it.”
What’s Wrong with Being a Princess?
(Short story)
Ilene Kaye
What happens when a Fae princess wakes up in a mortal’s bed? TROUBLE!
Eglantine - ‘Tina’ to her friends - just wanted to visit the mortal realm to help her forget her upcoming marriage to a minor demon lord. She didn’t expect him to follow her!
Boat Night is always crazy, but he never expected to be picked up by a Faerie princess!
Brad was just working his shift at the bar when he was suddenly compelled to take the pointy-eared girl home with him. Now he’s being chased by winged hellhounds and an annoyed demon lord.
It’s the morning after neither one of them expected. The question is: Can they survive the day?
MILD
Some heat, no erotica
Buckingham Runner
Fred Himebaugh
I’m sixteen and I’m living in a prison. It’s called Buckingham Palace. I’m Alfred, Prince of Wales.
My parents are dead. My grandma–the Queen–has lost her mind. My only friend is an alcoholic corgi named Wormwood. I’m being raised by bureaucrats. Who hate me.
The tabloids call me ROYAL BRAT. That’s for getting kicked out of Eton. For setting fire to the chapel. And stabbing the headmaster in the foot with a syringe.
I’m doing a runner. Someone’s got to help me!
Maybe those kids can. Yeah, them. In the Westminster School uniforms. The clever clogs, raising their hands, answering the teacher’s questions. The athlete, the genius, the girlboss, the babe. Each with a brilliant future. At Oxford. Or Cambridge.
Would they throw that away for my sake? Would they risk getting sacked from London’s top school to help a poor tosser like me? When guards are watching my every move, listening in on every conversation? Me, with a bloody GPS tracker in my hip?
I’m a hot mess. They’ve got it all together. I’m a prisoner. They can go anywhere. I’ll never escape–unless they take pity on me.
They better. I’m this close to striking the match that burns Buckingham Palace to the ground.
Best: Baneberry Hall
Fred Himebaugh
As he would be first to admit, Mason Best is a genius. He lied—oops, charmed—his way into Baneberry Hall, the nation’s top prep school, didn’t he? Angel Ferguson, the intimidating student body president, wants him at her side. The headmaster, the trustees, the top jocks: everyone wants a piece of him.
Mason wins at every game he tries—but being best is exhausting. Fortunately, Mason has a tower hideout he shares only with his friends:
Miles Coffin: eccentric boy billionaire, addicted to candy cigarettes
Sapphire Moon: glamour girl, born performer
Eve Shepherd: matriarch of the hideout, with whom Mason is definitely not falling in love
Mason Best: political player – loyal friend. Can Mason be both kinds of person? Can he stay loyal when his political patrons demand he betray the people he loves, one by one?
Mason’s a smart kid. He’ll find a way to make it work. Of course he will. He’s sure of it.
The Moonlight Veil
L A Carter
My kingdom sent me to marry a god.
The problem?
He doesn’t want a bride.
He doesn’t want visitors.
And after one night inside his mountain, I’m starting to understand why every woman sent before me disappeared.
Velvet and Venom
A E Jones
Velvet and Venom is a dark romantasy featuring a God of Death hero, forced marriage, forbidden love, soul bonds, gothic fantasy, and a happily ever after.
When healer Aria Starlin makes a bargain with the God of Death to save her plague-ridden village, she never expects the price to be becoming his wife.
Taken to the Underworld, Aria discovers that Morian is far more than the monster whispered about in mortal legends. As a mysterious force begins tearing apart the balance between life and death, she finds herself at the center of a prophecy that could destroy every realm.
With imprisoned souls to save, a fallen god rising from the shadows, and an impossible bond growing between her and Death himself, Aria must decide how much she is willing to sacrifice for the people she loves.
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The Ritual
Dick Lichter
A gripping sci-fi romance odyssey.
In the shadow of a cosmic heist, IEA detective Sarah Kelly hunts fugitive Jake, the bearer of a stolen artifact, the Ebon Shard, across the treacherous wilds of Tarsus IV. Through raging rivers, searing lava fields, and howling winds, their pursuit becomes a perilous alliance, tested by the planet’s harsh environment. Bound by shared scars and a fleeting connection, Sarah and Jake must confront their pasts.
The Hero Next Door
Graham Bradley
Meet Nick Stavros: cheerleader extraordinaire and hopeless comic book addict. Senior year is about to begin, and if he plays his cards right, he’ll get a scholarship to a school far from the watchful eyes of his helicopter parents.
That all goes out the window when Penny Tarkanian moves into the house behind Nick’s. Tall, dark, and gorgeous, she instantly grabs Nick’s attention, though he can’t seem to get hers.
Then one night at a football game, he sees her dressed in Amazon warrior garb, fighting monsters under the bleachers. Monsters that nobody else can see...except for Nick.
With countless pages of comic book knowledge to prepare him, Nick makes the boldest move of his life and decides to become a superhero. After all, he’s immune to the monsters Penny hunts. Maybe if he helps her finish her mission, she’ll finally take a close look at the boy next door...
Kingdom of Ash and Soot
C. S. Johnson
Everyone Lies.
PRAGUE, 1870.
For the last ten years, nineteen-year-old Eleanora Svobodová has worked as a servant in her stepmother’s household. Along with her older brother, she dreams of the day they will be free to live life on their own terms.
But everything changes when their estranged grandmother comes to Prague on behalf of Queen Victoria. Throughout Bohemia, a string of murders and secret whispers hint at a larger coup. As the leader of the Order of the Crystal Daggers, an ancient order of spies and soldiers that protect kingdoms and their rulers, Lady Penelope is determined to discover the perpetrators. Now, Eleanora must make the choice between a life of intrigue and saving the lives of others.
Can Eleanora find a way do the right thing and still find freedom?
FROM THE BOOK:
“I want to be free.” The words came rushing out of me before I could think through their implications and consequences.
“There are two things you need to know about yourself if you want to be free—what you stand for, and what you stand against.” Lady Penelope held up her hands, brandishing a pair of daggers that had been hidden in her skirts. “This world lives enslaved to its destruction, and so long as you are living, as long as you are fighting, you will be free.”
I gazed at the daggers, transfixed. Each blade was clothed in a leather scabbard, but the silver and obsidian of the daggers’ hilts winked at me, as though it was calling for me.
FROM THE AUTHOR:
With a fun blend of historical fiction, true love, castle intrigue, and family dysfunction, The Order of the Crystal Daggers is my latest adventure series!
WHAT REVIEWERS ARE SAYING:
5 STARS! ~ Reader’s Favorite
This story was fantastic! Definitely one of my favorite reads of this year! ~ Laura A. Grace, Unicorn Quester Book Review
Selinon
Diana Pool
In Selinon, Holle is the exiled princess of the ruling family of the ancient seafaring kingdom of Solinacea, who is gradually learning to love the seaport of Selinon to which she was appointed as the Sovereign. She was ostensibly sent to the distant, isolated, and somewhat decrepit backwater port seven years previously to learn the skills of administration befitting her royal status, but was painfully aware that it was the direct result of political fallout resulting from her rejecting a suitor from the family of an important ally. Having seen her success in turning the port into a flourishing and rapidly growing hub of trade, she begins to realize that she has made it a prize worth seizing. And she is suddenly aware that the recently colonized town in the wild and treacherous country on the far side of the cliffs surrounding the seaport are also beginning to flourish under the hand of an unknown leader of the men who live there. Who is this Faolán, where did he come from, and most importantly, what are his connections to the outside world and his potential threat to her Selinon?
Selinon is set in the 16th century in the mythical port of Selinon midway between Holle’s home of Solinacea and distant trading destinations. As Holle learns more about Faolán, she begins to appreciate the hardships and sacrifices he and his people have gone through to succeed in taming the wild lands where so many others have attempted and failed and died. She also appreciates that he might be a formidable enemy if his intent is to be a threat to her small kingdom. His past is a mysterious mixture of combat experience, education in the natural arts, and courtly graces, hinting at some sort of elevated social status. Most disturbingly, he assumes a familiarity with her to which she is unaccustomed and from which her best friend, Elizabeth, the Apothecary, is deriving far too much amusement. Elizabeth likes and greatly respects Faolán, is intrigued by his cloak of mystery, and can see what Holle can’t, that she hasn’t a prayer of escaping his attractions. She just hopes it will end well for Holle and is reasonably sure her hopes are well-founded. Reasonably sure.
As the story unfolds, Holle’s fears of losing her Selinon suddenly become a reality, not from Faolán and his men, but from an external threat to take away all of her hard work and seize the Port she has come to love. Faolán, to her utter horror, is revealed to be someone entirely unexpected and most assuredly an adversary when he is trapped with her in the web of the invasion. But even more unexpectedly, he becomes her hope for the future when they escape from their imprisonment to mount a counterattack, only to join forces with the invaders out of necessity to attempt to survive a surprise attack from a cruel and debased common enemy of both of their countries. Faolán takes control of the defense of the Port, and all hangs in the balance. Holle suddenly realizes she couldn’t bear to lose him if things go wrong, will have to face Elizabeth’s friendly mockery if they do survive, and really and truly hopes Faolán knows what he is about.
The Heights of Perdition
C. S. Johnson
Falling in love was out of the question ... until it was the answer.
There is nothing Aeris St. Cloud wants more than to win her father’s love and the acceptance of her family unit by joining the Military Academy at New Hope. But after she is captured by the fearsome space pirate, Captain Chainsword, Aerie is certain falling in love with her nation’s arch enemy is the last possible way to earn their coveted esteem.
Driven by vengeance, Exton Shepherd never set out to save anyone. As he circles the war-torn world in his pirated starship, the Perdition, he only sees his father’s ghost lurking around every corner and the looming darkness on the horizon. When Aerie unexpectedly tumbles into his life, he finds he cannot trust her, anymore than he can ignore her. But just like the raging war down on Earth, it’s tempting to think he can ...
When the war ascends to the heights of the Perdition, Aerie’s loyalty, and Exton’s heart, are put to the test. But will love be enough to save them -- and others -- from certain destruction?
FROM THE AUTHOR:
The Heights of Perdition is the first book in the Divine Space Pirates trilogy, a futuristic romance series where family, faith, and freedom take center stage.
FROM THE BOOK:
“Tell me your name. It’s a good place to start, don’t you think?”
“I’ll never give you any information. How could I, knowing what I know about you?”
“Perhaps there’s more to me than you realize.”
“You’re a hateful monster! What else do I possibly need to know?”
Aerie regretted her outburst less than a second later. The captain immediately left his chair and came close to her. Instinctively, she pulled back, but the pad behind her did not allow her to go far.
As he drew near, she got a good look at his face; though no longer adorned with the pirate’s wig and beard, she could see he was still masked. The apathy, the cynicism, the playful whimsy—all of it hid a deep crevice of pain inside of him.
The sudden urge to reach out and touch him shot through her. It was quickly followed by alarm and self-disgust.
“From your comments, I would assume you have yet to learn a great many things,” he told her, his voice sharp.
“What do you mean by that?” she asked, boldly meeting his gaze.
“First, your name is no small matter,” he said. “Destinies can be made and shaped by your name, though whether good or bad, it is up to you.”
He turned away from her abruptly and began pacing by her bed. Aerie listened to his steps resonate with certainty and distinctness, like a military cadence, as she tried to breathe properly.
“Second,” he continued, glancing at her from over his shoulder, “Despite what you might think, I am not a monster; merely a man.”
“I hardly see the difference,” she retorted, still rattled by his presence.
“I would expect that, given your education with the URS. Over the past decade, your beloved Daddy Dictator has managed to ensure your education, rigorous as it is, consists of really only following instructions, repeating the lies they prefer to the truth, and ignoring any logic that would unravel them or undermine their authority.”
WHAT REVIEWERS ARE SAYING:
Questions raised about government, religion, and human nature were peppered throughout the narrative, elevating The Heights of Perdition from a mere space fantasy to something much more thought-provoking. ~ Author Jess Jesinghaus
4th Place in Best RF Christian Sci-Fi & Fantasy for 2018
To Trick a Trickster
Susana Imaginario
Psyche is a willful mortal held prisoner by the god of love.
Loki is a mischievous god driven by his lust for power.
Together, they will break the universe. And their own hearts.
Ruins
Lara Brooks
A jaded photographer meets a mysterious woman online.
Curiosity turns into obsession as he uncovers a connection that defies coincidence. And when their paths finally cross, passion ignites amidst the ruins.
But fate is a cruel architect, binding them in ways neither could imagine.
Haunted by solitude, lost loves, toxic families, and the ruins of their own lives, they must confront whether redemption lies in restoration or in letting go.
Ruins is a captivating tale of serendipity, heartbreak, and second chances, where the past demands to be heard before the future can rise from the ashes. Perfect for fans of evocative, destiny-driven romance blended with Ireland’s atmospheric allure and brooding lore.
Return to Alder Grove
Celia Hayes
Love in all the wrong places – Caro Robertson was a professional researcher, employee and occasional on-air reporter for a national public radio outlet; the perfect job, the perfect condo, the perfect fiancée. She had the college education, the job, the social position, the perfect life … and then in one fell swoop, everything went sour. Wrong. Disastrously wrong. In the space of a single week, she lost her beloved pet, the perfect fiancée and then her job. What was left for her, but to return to Alder Grove, the little town in Texas where she lived as a child and try to rebuild that life and a new career?
Mark Bascomb – owner of a small fabrication business, small-town handyman, veteran and high-school drop-out; everything in life that Caro Robertson wasn’t. Could they find common ground with each other, a common interest, even love, when they are so different?
Find out when the sparks fly in Alder Grove, in this short romance novel by the author of the Chronicles of Luna City, and the Adelsverein Trilogy.
Miss Adams
A. J. Fox
“You torment me, Miss Adams. From the moment I first saw you, it has been nothing but torment. I cannot think, cannot sleep, without your face forcing itself upon my mind. You walk into a room, and I am undone. It is as though you were sent to ruin me.”
— Mr. Ashford
In a world where every glance is judged and every misstep could ruin her, Miss Adams has always obeyed the rules… until desire finds her.
Mr. Ashford, the firm’s enigmatic and magnetic manager, ignites a fire she cannot resist. At first, she resists, careful to protect her reputation and her heart. But the more she tries to deny him, the stronger the pull becomes—an undeniable craving that sears through her every thought.
He is forbidden. She is cautious. And yet, with every secret glance, every stolen touch, their longing grows impossible to ignore. Society may demand restraint, but passion does not ask permission.
Caught between duty and desire, Miss Adams must decide: surrender to a temptation that could consume them both… or risk losing the only man who has ever stirred her soul.
The narrative weaves a complex tale of secrecy, longing, and the delicate dance between love and duty, with the backdrop of elegant balls and societal expectations. As Miss Adams and Mr. Ashford navigate their internal and external dilemmas, they must confront their feelings in a world that demands adherence to its rigid moral codes, all while exploring the power of attraction and the consequences of their actions.
Miss Adams : Vile and Virtue
A. J. Fox
Exile was meant to set her free.
Instead, it awakens everything she was taught to deny.
Cast out of Milton by the very man who first claimed her heart, Miss Amara Adams returns determined to live by her own will. No patron. No protection. No man to decide her future. Yet independence comes at a price—and the world beyond respectability is neither kind nor safe.
Haunted by past temptation and shaken by a brush with real danger, Amara begins to confront the desires she once buried. Old friendships resurface. New longings take shape. And virtue, once her shield, begins to feel like a fragile lie.
When fate draws her back to Milton for a single, unavoidable event, Amara finds that distance has changed nothing. Mr. Ashford remains bound by duty, yet consumed by jealousy. The pull between them has only sharpened—dangerous now, relentless, and impossible to ignore.
Torn between what is proper and what is true, Amara must decide whether virtue is worth the loneliness it demands…
or whether surrendering to vice is the only way to claim her life as her own.
A tale of longing, power, and forbidden desire, Miss Adams: Vile and Virtue explores the cost of freedom—and the perilous line between restraint and ruin.
Bluefire
Isabelle Jones
The dragons were never meant to choose her. Dragons belong to the Crown, the riders, the powerful -- not girls from starving villages.
Nerys Mercer has spent her entire life surviving. All she’s ever been good at is a bow and arrow, and all she’s ever known is survival. She’s lived by hunting in frozen forests and stealing scraps to feed her siblings, keeping her family alive while the kingdom looks the other way.
But when Nerys discovers a dying dragon guarding a single black hatchling deep within the mountains, everything changes.
Because the hatchling chooses her.
Now hunted by the kingdom and dragged into the brutal world of dragon riders, Nerys is forced into the Crown’s deadly trials...where survival means bloodshed, betrayal, and learning who to trust among enemies dressed as allies. Especially Commander Kyros Crowe, the cold and dangerous rider tasked with watching her every move.
He should have turned her in.
She should hate him.
Instead, the bond between them becomes far more dangerous than the dragons themselves.
Perfect for readers who love fierce heroines, deadly trials, slow-burn romance, dragon bonds, and rebellions born in fire, Bluefire is an addictive romantasy filled with danger, betrayal, and secrets buried beneath the snow.
Midnight Bound
Hazel Muir
A girl searching for a lost book.
A cursed librarian trapped for centuries.
A magical library that tests your heart before it gives you answers.
When Lynea Sora follows her father’s clues into the hidden Library of Evermere, she expects to find a way to save her family’s failing archive.
She does not expect paper gardens, living books, secret keys, stolen magic, or Kaos—the infuriatingly handsome guardian who has spent centuries believing he will never be free.
As they search for a legendary book capable of restoring lost stories, they uncover a mystery buried beneath the library itself. One that could save Evermere... or destroy it.
The Priestess and the Blade
(Book 2)
Leisha Xaden
Seraphine has spent years carrying a kingdom that no longer knows how to survive without her.
As High Priestess of Valenreach, she is revered, feared, and impossibly alone beneath the weight of sacred duty. The dead whisper beneath the city. Ancient seals are failing. And every answer she uncovers leads deeper into the grave.
Then Captain Rhyse Valen arrives at her side.
Sharp-tongued, reckless, and infuriatingly loyal, Rhyse was never supposed to become her weakness. Yet somewhere between haunted catacombs, collapsing kingdoms, and the dead calling her name, the soldier she tried to keep at a distance becomes the one person she cannot bear to lose.
Ink and Ruin
Evelyn Nielsen
Marcus Thorne hated reckless mages.
Elysia Gray hated arrogant men with too much power.
Unfortunately for both of them, a forbidden spellbook decided they belonged together.
After a midnight break-in inside the academy’s restricted library binds them through a powerful magical bond, Marcus and Elysia are forced into a connection neither of them can escape. Every spell pulls them closer. Every secret deepens the bond. And every stolen touch threatens to consume them completely.
But the spellbook is hiding a far more terrifying truth.
The deeper the bond grows, the more their hearts, magic, and souls begin to intertwine. Powerful forces within the royal council will do anything to tear them apart before the final bond is sealed forever.
As enemies become lovers and desire turns impossible to resist, Marcus and Elysia must decide whether love is worth risking everything for.
Because some magic was never meant to be controlled.
And some loves refuse to be broken.
Seven Nights of Crimson
Joy Doyle
Selene was taken by monsters.
She never expected one of them to ruin her for anyone else.
Dragged into the glittering brutality of the Crimson Court, Selene becomes the unwilling center of a forbidden vampire ritual that binds her to Acer Woodrow, the cold heir to a kingdom built on blood and secrets. The court expects fear and obedience, then, finally, surrender from her. Instead, they get war.
The Shadow Lily
Vivian Williams
The sea has demanded a bride for generations.
This time, it chose the wrong woman.
Fira Dawn arrives in the storm-ruled kingdom of Nareth expecting a political marriage, a cold husband, and a life trapped inside a palace drowning beneath curses and secrets. What she does not expect is Kartos Oberon — the feared sea king whose touch stirs tides, whose grief has become legend, and whose eyes look at her like he is already preparing to lose her.
The kingdom whispers that every royal bride dies.
The sea itself seems hungry for her.
And beneath the palace, something ancient and furious waits within the black water, calling Kartos back to the tide that created him.
Fira should fear him.
Instead, she finds herself drawn to the man behind the storm. To the quiet loneliness hidden beneath his crown. To the dangerous heat between them that deepens every time their bond tightens.
Now she must decide whether she can save the man the sea has claimed for centuries… or watch the kingdom drown beside him.
The Shadow Lily is a high-spice romantasy filled with yearning, forced proximity, magical bonds, storm-soaked castles, cursed seas, and a love powerful enough to rewrite an entire kingdom.
The Keeper, the Cat, and the Gate
(Novella)
Ilene Kaye
A Letter from out of the Blue,
a Puzzle with a Missing Piece,
a Cat that’s not really a Cat.
Do they mean more trouble than Nan can handle?
When Nan receives a box of wooden blocks and an enigmatic letter from a long-lost relative, she’s not certain what it means. There’s definitely something strange - one might even say magical - about the blocks, but what are they really for? And why is her newly acquired cat, Patch, so interested in them?
Patch has been tracking the blocks for over two hundred years. They’re the key to him becoming a man again and returning to his own time and place. If Nan can figure out how to use them.
But others are interested in the blocks, too. How are an inexperienced Keeper and a cat supposed to protect them?
The Bride from Dairapaska
|Odessa Moon
On a terraformed Mars, young Debbie Miller was sent far from her rural village as part of a marriage compact between the rulers of two demesnes. A peasant who knew only obedience, she accepted her duty to bear her husband’s children and work alongside him. But when they were sent to build a village in a barren patch of nowhere, her abusive husband forces her to take action. She flees with her children and their dog into the vast open steppes where dying was preferable to life with him.
Debbie only wanted to escape, but her encounter with the Steppes Riders, and especially Yannick of Kenyatta, unwittingly ignites changes that attract the attention of Mars’ ruling families. Left to her own resources, Debbie must adapt to her new life and figure out how to defend her adopted people.
The Steppes of Mars series imagines a transformed world where a disaster on Earth decades ago cut off all contact with its wealth and resources. Experience a Mars where its genetically modified inhabitants have developed their own cultures, beliefs, and religions. A semi-feudal world where ruling families control vast demesnes under a central government at Barsoom. A world of limited resources where train travel is possible but cars and planes are not. A world of free-cities — open and domed — villages, vast fields and steppes, and people banding together to survive and thrive in this harsh new world.
Book Two is in Mild
The Vanished Pearls of Orlov
Odessa Moon
Betrothed to a Brutal Ruler, She Seeks A Way Out
Sent on a Mission to Barsoom, He Seeks His Family’s Respect
Everyone Better Hope They Never Meet
As the young daughter of a minor noble, Yilanda “Lannie” DelFino lived a sheltered life of ease and pleasure. So she was shocked to learn that life would end when her father announced that she would marry the daimyo of Orlov. Her unhappiness turned to terror when she learned her future husband was a brutal drunkard suspected of murdering his previous wife.
Lannie’s protests were ignored. Her father needed her bride price not only to rebuild his estate, but to get medical treatment for her sick mother. There was no other choice. The family’s future depended on Lannie marrying Rastislav Orlov in Barsoom.
Meanwhile, far in the northern horselands, Fenrick HighTower is tasked to ride south to the vast capital city of Barsoom to pay the demesne’s taxes and represent the family in the assembly. While it appears to be an honor, Fen knew it wasn’t. He was a necessary errand boy. As a younger son, he was the most expendable.
Unknowingly, Lannie and Fen embark on dangerous journeys creating waves that will ripple across the terraformed Mars and affect the lives of their families, allies, friends, and strangers. And when they encounter the fabulous Pearls of Orlov, it will awaken in them temptations they didn’t know existed: for wealth, power, and each other.
“The Vanished Pearls of Orlov” is the third book in Odessa Moon’s “Steppes of Mars” series set on a terraformed Mars.
Escape to HighTower
Odessa Moon
Continuing the story begun in “The Vanished Pearls of Orlov,” Lannie DelFino is free from her overbearing, grasping noble family and a dangerous marriage to the daimyo of Orlov, but she faces an uncertain future.
She’s escaping north with Fen HighTower, the youngest son of his demesne’s ruling family. Although he willingly helped spirit her out of the capital city of Barsoom, they’ll be riding away from civilization and into the open country where the horse lords rule. Is he up to protecting her? Does he want to? And what will happen at night if their attraction to each other leads to something more?
The DelFino and Orlov families are frantic. They’re worried about Lannie, but for different reasons. Charlton DelFino wants to rescue his sister. The Orlovs want to avenge themselves on the woman who held them up to ridicule.
Worse, Lannie stole the fabulous Pearls of Orlov, the family treasure that ensnares the soul of anyone who sees them. Failure to recover them could throw the Orlov family out of power. They’ll hire any thugs and commit any crimes to find them.
The Pearls worry Lannie the most. She’s hidden them from Fen. Out on the steppes, alone with a man she knows nothing about, what will happen to her if he discovers them?
“Escape to HighTower” is the fourth book in Odessa Moon’s “Steppes of Mars” series set on a terraformed Mars in the far-flung future.
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SPICE
Hot and spicy
A New Dawn
Leslie Tayler
“Most girls in Eldoria learn embroidery, dancing, court manners, or whatever noble daughters are taught so they can smile beautifully while pretending politics does not bore them to tears. I learn how to calm a frightened hatchling, how to clean a cracked scale, how to avoid standing behind a dragon with an upset stomach, and how to tell whether a roar means hunger, pain, or simple dramatic outrage.”
Zivra Evergreen has spent her entire life among dragons. As the daughter of a dragonkeeper, she never expected to become part of history. Dragons bond only with royalty, and girls like Zivra are meant to care for them from the ground, never soar beside them in the sky.
Everything changes when a dragon chooses her.
Suddenly, Zivra finds herself at the center of a secret hidden for centuries, one powerful enough to shake the foundations of Eldoria. With nobles demanding answers and enemies determined to claim the dragon for themselves, she is forced to leave the only home she has ever known and journey across the kingdom with Crown Prince Silvan Aurelius.
With war threatening the realm and powerful forces willing to do anything to preserve the old order, Zivra must decide whether she is willing to risk everything for the truth.
Because some bonds can change a life.
And some can change an entire kingdom.
A Waltz Beneath The Stars
Valentina Sterling
She is a violinist from the marketplace.
He is the crown prince.
And the stars seem determined to bring them together.
When Arven Willow is invited to perform at the royal palace, she expects music, noble guests, and a night she will never forget.
She does not expect something mysterious.
She does not expect strange constellations appearing across the sky.
And she definitely does not expect Crown Prince Cedar Romanov.
As secrets begin to surface and an old mystery starts to awaken, Arven finds herself traveling far beyond the life she has always known. Along the way, she discovers that some songs have been waiting centuries to be heard.
Note: Amazon has reverted this book back to the old cover and title: The Poison Wings. Same book.
The Dragon Bride Contract
Ann Rachel
He was supposed to execute her.
Instead, he put a ring on her finger.
Nyx Winters is a thief with quick knives, terrible impulse control, and exactly one regret: stealing a royal dragon egg from the most dangerous palace in the kingdom.
Now she is trapped in a fake engagement with Aon Draven, the arrogant dragon rider captain who caught her red-handed.
There is only one problem.
The dragon refuses to bond unless it believes they are in love.
So now they have to share rooms.
Share rides.
Attend royal balls together.
Pretend to be desperately obsessed with each other in front of an entire kingdom.
And somehow avoid killing each other first.
Which becomes difficult when the dragon growls every time they argue, the bond overheats whenever they touch, and Aon keeps looking at her mouth like he has already forgotten this relationship is supposed to be fake.
Especially after the one-bed scene.
The bathing injury incident.
And the night dragon heat magic leaves them tangled together and dangerously close to forgetting what is fake.
“You are unbearable.”
“Then stop staring at my mouth.”
For readers who love enemies to lovers, forced proximity, fake engagement, one-bed tension, possessive dragon riders, sharp-tongued heroines, and touch-triggered magical bonds.
Midnight Vow
Evelyn Brown
Some houses are built to keep darkness out.
Valecroft Manor was built to keep it in.
When Arabella Harrow is forced into marriage with the infamous Duke of Valecroft to save her disgraced family, she expects cruelty, coldness, and a life trapped inside a haunted estate perched above storm-ravaged cliffs.
What she does not expect is Raphael Valecroft.
A duke wrapped in shadows.
A man whispered about in royal courts.
Beautiful in the way dangerous things often are.
But beneath the cursed halls of Valecroft, something ancient is waiting to wake, and the manor has already begun watching Arabella far too closely.
Doors open on their own.
Black ribbons appear where no one left them.
And every secret inside the house seems to whisper the same warning:
Leave before the darkness chooses you too.
As the bond between Arabella and Raphael deepens into something neither of them can resist, Arabella discovers the darkness haunting Valecroft is far older and far more dangerous than anyone ever feared.
Now the manor is watching them both.
Because for the first time in centuries, the Shadow Duke has found something the darkness cannot control:
Someone to love.
The Black Valentine
K. E. Byrne
A Beauty and the Beast retelling with a dark gothic twist.
Everyone in the kingdom knows the story.
The prince died thirteen years ago.
And beneath Blackthorn Castle, a monster took his place.
Valentina Moreau has spent her life serving nobles who never notice her, but when she discovers a hidden passage beneath the castle, she comes face to face with the creature whispered about in every terrifying legend. Horned, cursed, and shrouded in shadows, the monster should inspire fear.
Instead, he awakens her curiosity.
The creature is no monster at all.
He is Zephyros Bane, the kingdom’s lost prince, betrayed by his own blood and condemned to live in darkness while a stolen crown sits upon the throne above.
As Valentina risks everything to uncover the truth, an unexpected bond forms between servant and prince. What begins as cautious friendship soon ignites into a forbidden love powerful enough to challenge kingdoms. But the deeper they dig into the secrets surrounding Zephyros’s curse, the more dangerous the truth becomes.
Because the royal family will kill to keep their lies buried.
And the closer Zephyros comes to reclaiming his throne, the harder it becomes to control the darkness growing inside him.
With a kingdom on the brink of war and enemies closing in from every side, Valentina must decide whether she can trust the man beneath the monster...or risk losing him to the curse forever.
For Readers who love Beauty and the Beast retellings, cursed princes, gothic castles, forbidden romance, and dark romantasy filled with secrets, betrayal, and slow-burning love.
Ravens and Arrows
Saoirse Callahan
For three years, Morwenna Blackthorn has outrun every hunter the kingdom sent after her.
Every hunter except Eldrin Vale.
When a stolen relic unleashes a darkness buried beneath the kingdom, witch and hunter are forced into an uneasy alliance. But the deeper they travel into a web of broken seals, royal lies, and forgotten magic, the more impossible it becomes to ignore the pull between them.
Now a king long thought dead is rising, a war is coming, and Morwenna must choose between saving the world or saving the man she loves.
Because some obsessions were never meant to survive.
Eryx Grove
Maya Myers
A midnight auction.
A woman in a silver mask.
Nysa only wanted one thing from Blackwater Palace:
Steal the egg.
Leave alive.
Never see Hayes Eryx again.
That plan fails immediately.
Now she is trapped inside a palace full of dragonfire politics, enemies who want her dead, and one terrifyingly possessive heir who looks at her like she already belongs to him.
Meanwhile, the baby dragon ships them harder than the entire kingdom.
Wealthgiver
(Series)
Daniel Bensen
Fleeing an execution order, Russian army doctor Andrei Trakhanov stumbles into the secret world or ruthless, cave-dwelling pagans.
For over a thousand years, the Thracians have survived in secret, guarding their traditions and killing any outsider who dares approach. But the modern world is closing in, and they must emerge from the shadows or face destruction.
Their prophetess Kori has selected Andrei to be the first to learn of her cult’s existence, but her chief priest Nikolai sees Andrei as a rival. Torn between survival and the role thrust upon him, Andrei must do more than merely survive, more even than steal a bride or build a nation. Andrei must become a god.
Deep Penetration
Elci Tate
This book goes where most won’t—into the real body of awakening.
Deep Penetration is a powerful story of transformation—told through the raw, intimate experience of one woman’s awakening.
It’s spiritual.
It’s emotional.
It’s erotic.
If you’re drawn to spiritual awakening, personal growth, or emotional healing—but tired of books that stay on the surface—this one goes deep.
Part One dives into the moment everything changes—when the life you were living no longer fits, and something new starts rising.
Part Two returns with clarity and strength, showing what it means to come back to yourself fully.
This is not about becoming perfect.
It’s about becoming real.
If you’re holding this book, you’re already in the middle of it.
You didn’t find it by accident.
It found you—because it’s time.
Cursed Hearts
Clayton Barnett
Even with San Diego occupied by the Mexican Army, Katarina Sosabowski pursues her MBA at UCSD, and is happy to welcome and put up her visiting step-cousin from Japan, Christopher Dennou, for a night so he can complete his enrollment the following day. But a minor earthquake brings a major surprise: Chris’s younger sister, Maya, murders their mother and escapes Neuroi Institute, the research facility that created them. While Chris and ‘Cat’ grow closer to one another, Maya inexorably crosses an ocean and half a continent to take back her brother, killing anyone who gets in her way.
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LOVE STORY
Solid Fantasy and Science Fiction with a Romantic Subplot
Honor at Stake
Declan Finn
A 2016 Dragon Award Nominee for Best Horror Novel!
One is a heartless, bloodthirsty killer. The other is a vampire.
College freshman, Amanda Colt knows few people and wants to know fewer still. She enjoys fencing and prefers facing a challenge every once in a while. She is beautiful, smart, and possibly the most interesting person on campus.
Then she finds the smart, intense Marco Catalano in her fencing class. With a mind like a computer and manners of a medieval knight, he scares most people - but not Amanda. They both have secrets, for they are both monsters.
As they draw closer, they must find the line between how much they can trust each other, and how much they can care for each other. Each carries a secret that can destroy the other. But they must come to grips with their personal drama soon because a darkness rises around them. Bodies keep turning up all over New York, and an army of vampires closes in on all sides.
They have only one hope - each other.
Upstream Reviews: Two reviews of Honor at Stake. Here and here.
The Neck Romancer
Declan Finn
They’re going to make it to the Church on time. And God help anyone who gets in their way.
Marco Catalano and Amanda Colt have survived vampire legions, unkillable demons, supernatural assassins and a full on army of darkness. With their allies, they have taken down the paranormal Illuminati called simply “The Council.”
Now they have to deal with their next threat: marriage.
Can Marco and Amanda survive the preparations for their own wedding? And if they manage that, can they fight their way through their honeymoon?
But the biggest question of all: Who invited the zombies to the ceremony?
Phantoms’ Lodge
Richard Paolinelli
Enter the Enigmatic World of “Phantoms’ Lodge”
A Haunting Mystery Awaits: Step into the life of Eric Christopher, an heir finder whose latest case leads him not just through the records of the living, but into the realm of the departed. When a search for a missing person turns into an encounter with the paranormal, Eric’s understanding of reality is forever altered.
The Ghosts Among Us: You’ve sensed them—the flicker in your peripheral vision, the unexplained chill, the whisper in a silent room. “Phantoms’ Lodge” isn’t just a story; it’s an exploration of what might be lurking just beyond the veil of our everyday lives.
A Journey Beyond Life:
The Heir Finder’s Quest: Follow Eric as his mission to find a long-lost heir unveils secrets of the afterlife.
The Lodge of the Deceased: Discover the lodge where spirits linger, not by choice but by unfinished business, seeking aid from this world to help them move on.
A Tale of Love, Loss, and Redemption: Witness the emotional saga of Michael Collier, whose life was forever changed by tragedy, leading him to an existence among specters.
“Phantoms’ Lodge” by Richard Paolinelli invites you into a narrative where the line between life and death blurs. Will Eric embrace his new role as a ‘ghost fixer’, or will the mysteries of the lodge remain unsolved? Experience this chilling tale from the “Dreams of the Storyteller” series, where every ghost has a story, and every story has a ghost waiting to tell it.
The Timeless
Richard Paolinelli and Gibson Buffa
Earth’s Past Is Under Attack!
In the far distant future, with the galaxy locked in an area of dark space where electronics will not work, Little John Singapore sits in a prison cell on Pluto awaiting execution. Singapore is the First Mate of the pirate ship, the Timeless. As he awaits his fate he agrees to tell a young author one story each day about his ship and his Captain, Rock Congo.
Singapore tells how the Governor of the Sol system Garabaldi enlisted the ship and her crew to pursue Duchess Moran. Moran is an infamous interstellar thief tired of her plans being interfered with by the Earth-led Alliance. She has stolen the Amulet of Geraint, allowing her to travel through time at will. Her target is ancient Greece, where she plans to prevent democracy from ever taking hold by stopping King Leonidas from reaching the famed Battle of Thermopylae. By changing Earth’s past she hopes to prevent the Alliance from ever forming.
The Timeless, a ship that can sail through space, air and water with equal ease, is the only ship capable of time travel, and Earth’s only hope to save its past, present and future. Despite being crewed by pirates, Garabaldi sends them through time in pursuit of Moran.
When the Timeless arrives in ancient Sparta, the find Moran has already been there and has kidnapped Leonidas and his Queen. Now they have just a matter of days to find her and the King to keep his appointment with King Xerxes of Persia and preserve Earth’s history.
The first book of the Timeless series, a middle grade/YA science fiction/steampunk hybrid, is sure to be a hit with readers of all ages. As well as fans of historical fiction as the Timeless and her crew will be very busy in Earth’s storied past in future books in the series.
Holding the Line
Roy M. Griffis
“Holding the Line is a paranormal YA military school story featuring ghosts, monsters, and boot camp life. This first book of The Long Watch combines weird horror chills and military boarding school hijinks. It’s a sincere YA school story and a spooky weird horror tale combined in a satisfying read. I look forward to reading more of The Long Watch!”
𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟖-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫.
His mother had died so long ago, he could barely remember her. Now he lives with his alcoholic janitor father in the basement of the 150-year-old New Territorial Military Institute. Growing up at the prestigious, low-profile military academy, Danny had watched as the Territorial discretely provided a college education for the sons and daughters of politicians and royal families across the world, as well as the children of the rich and dysfunctional.
Beginning his freshman year at the Territorial on a “child of an employee” scholarship, Danny has a simple plan: graduate, leave behind his widowed drunk of a dad, and get the hell out of Wyoming.
That was before his home exploded. Before he met the sickly, spooky Tatiana who could See. Before the whispers in the night.
And that was before things got really weird.
“𝐀𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐲. 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨!”
“𝑨 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒙 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆!”
Upstream Reviews — review of Holding the Line
By the Hands of Men
Roy M. Griffis
A soldier fights for his soul in the trenches of France. A field hospital nurse battles death every day. When duty and honor are not enough of a reason to go on in the hell of a world at war, love gives purpose to their lives.
A mere mile from the blood-drenched front lines, Russian refugee and nurse Charlotte Braninov encounters English Lieutenant Robert Fitzgerald, who helps her save the life of another soldier. Robert’s calm, courtly manner lingers in Charlotte’s mind, a comforting memory amid the deluge of suffering that surrounds her when she returns to the hospital.
Wounded during an unauthorized mission of mercy and then demoted to a Medical Supply Officer, Robert Fitzgerald once more meets the brave young Russian nurse. When Charlotte volunteers to help the Lieutenant learn about his duties in this new life of service, a quiet friendship blooms and love grows in that harshest of soils, even as the war rages on. But human cruelty and endemic disease claw at their lives. Can love survive in a world torn by warfare, greed, and deception?
The Old World is the first volume of the epic globe-spanning By the Hands of Men series. From World War I France, it follows Robert and Charlotte through civil-war torn Russia to pre-revolution Shanghai, across the superstition-haunted swamps of the Congo and the timeless deserts of Central Africa, through Paris and London, and into the dream factory of Hollywood in the late 1930s.
Immersive, exciting, and emotionally compelling, By the Hands of Men is a gripping saga of fate, loss, redemption, and undying love.
A Towering Achievement
This book, and the entire By the Hands of Men series, is an incredible achievement by a talented author. It is, by turns, a fascinating look at the early twentieth century, a riveting adventure, an insightful and biting political commentary, and a sweeping romance. The characters are wonderfully and deeply drawn, and I found myself emotionally engaged and borne along by the same set of awful circumstances they faced throughout these wonderful books. This series should be required reading in every high school. I envy those just starting out reading this series... you’re in for a rare treat!
-- Amazon Reviewer, 5 stars
A literary portrayal of love in a time of brutal warfare
Easily the best book I have read in a decade. A moving portrayal of a tragic time in history. I can’t wait to devour the rest of the series.
-- Amazon Reviewer, 5 stars
Talk to a Real, Live Girl
Paul Clayton
2021 !WINNER! in Science Fiction -- Los Angeles Book Festival! Readers’ Favorite 5 Star review: Talk to a Real, Live Girl And Other Stories by Paul Clayton is a short collection of light sci-fi tales. The flagship story is Talk to a Real, Live Girl. Disillusioned with the extreme societal and political changes on Earth and a ruined relationship, Alex leaves home to work at a mine on Kratos, a distant planet. Kratos also offers some free time diversions, one being particularly appealing to men far from home; robot females who are perfect and always willing. Alex has no real interest in them, despite his loneliness. Then, one day he meets Traci, a “real, live” girl. Do Alex and Traci have any real hope of a future together?
In the next story, The Lawn, Bob Hanlon struggles mightily to come to terms with his forced retirement and the strange presence that seems to have taken up residence in his overgrown yard. In the third story, Happy Acres, a couple finds their new life on Mars less perfect than what they had been promised. Finally, the first two chapters of a novel-in-progress about the fabled Lost Colony of Roanoke complete this collection of stories.
In Talk to a Real, Live Girl And Other Stories by Paul Clayton, readers find entertaining stories that almost read like episodes of beloved classic sci-fi TV series. The main story, a poignant tale of loss, new possibilities, and adventure, makes some subtle, near humorous observations about contemporary American society and what the future could hold. The other two stories, while lighter fare and shorter, are no less interesting. These stories are a quick, enjoyable read, and Paul Clayton has a talent for immersing readers almost immediately in their narrative, including the bonus chapters at the end. Any message the author is trying to convey does not get in the way of the basic flow of the stories, which is a desirable feature. He also draws attention to other stories he has written, and readers will find themselves willing to invest time in reading these. Alex has fled a broken marriage and a society on Earth grown hostile toward men. Landing on the mining planet, Kratos, known to its male work force as “Boyz Wurld,” he hopes to lose himself in hard work, drinking, and the illusion of female companionship provided by robots. Will that be enough? In time, Alex finds himself longing to Talk to a Real, Live Girl. Predictably, there aren’t many on Kratos. Then he finds Traci, as well as the dream of a new beginning back on Earth—a normal life—if only the forces controlling Kratos will permit it.A genuine love story, Talk to a Real, Live Girl explores consequences of a #MeToo movement run amok, and of adaptations brave individuals may be forced to make.
Fatgirl: Origins
C. S. Johnson
A girl, her grandmother, and half a dozen radioactive doughnuts....
There’s nothing that 17-year-old Kallie Grande-White hungers for more than to be a famous model like her mother - except maybe actually food. But that’s a small inconvenience, especially with the Model Middle America reality show holding auditions for the Next Top Heartland Teen Heartthrob Model right in Kallie’s hometown.
Now that she has a chance to make her dream come true, Kallie is determined not to let anything stand in her way - not her best frenemy, Amory Franklin, not her lacrosse-playing crush, Blake Turner, and especially not the new, awkward fat kid in her computer class.
And while the sudden appearance of her PhD-in-nuclear-nanotechnologist grandmother definitely throws Kallie off, the rest of the world will soon find out that it’s not over until the fat lady sings - or in this case, it’s not over until Fatgirl sits on a terrorist’s face.
You’ll never look at doughnuts the same way again.
Perfect for anyone who’s ever felt out of place in high school and never felt good enough for others to love you for who you are.
Fatgirl: Origins: Part One is the first in a new series featuring a satirical science fiction superhero take on growing up, PC culture, and diet culture from award-winning, genre-hopping author C. S. Johnson.
The Monkey and The Amazon
Tom Veal
Alexander the Great is dead. For a dozen years, his generals have fought for control of his empire. One of them, Seleukos, has lodged himself in Babylon, Alexander’s capital, where he awaits the onslaught of his most powerful rival, Antigonos One-Eye, General of All Asia. At his court are two insignificant figures: a homely slave girl reputed to be the daughter of an Amazon warrior and the pet monkey of an ambassador from distant India. Each possesses a secret that it would be death or worse for the world to know. Then they find themselves allied and endangered in a city filled with magic and intrigue.
Note: This story is also available in Strange Tales for Strange Times.
Shadowlove
Tom Veal
For a man pushing into his thirties without a love life, Shadowloves, the lushest of singles resorts, offers the promise of finding once again The One and Only from whom he parted years ago. But once he has found her, will she ever let him go?
Note: This story is also available in the collection Strange Tales for Strange Times.
The Raven, the Elf, and Rachel
L. Jagi Lamplighter
It’s hard to obey rules when the world is in danger, and no one will listen.
Before coming to Roanoke Academy, Rachel Griffin had been an obedient girl. Now, she’s eavesdropping on Wisecraft Agents and breaking a great many regulations. Because if the adults will not believe her, then it is up to Rachel and her friends--crazy, orphan-boy Sigfried the Dragonslayer and Nastasia, the Princess of Magical Australia--to stop the insidious Mortimer Egg from destroying the world.
But first, she must survive truth spells, fights with her brother, detention, Alchemy experiments, talking to elves, and conjuring class. Oh, and the Raven with blood-red eyes continues to watch her. It is said to be the omen of the Doom of Worlds. Will her attempts to save her world bring the Raven’s wrath down upon her?
And as if that is not bad enough, someone has just turned the boy she likes into a sheep.
“The British boarding school mystery meets the best imagined of fantasies at breakneck speed and with fully realized characters.” Sarah A. Hoyt, author of The Darkship Thieves
This is the Second Book of Unexpected Enlightenment because this is where the couple comes together. The First Book of Unexpected Enlightenment is also on sale for .99
Upstream Reviews — review of The Raven, The Elf, and Rachel
Prospero In Hell
L. Jagi Lamplighter
The Dread Magician Prospero is imprisoned in Hell...but alive!
Against all odds, Miranda has gathered her estranged siblings. Now she needs to convince them that their untouchably powerful father is truly in danger. Even if she can bring her siblings to agree to help, how does one rescue a man from Hell?
Worse, it seems there may be traitors in the family.
“Featuring glimpses into a rich and wondrous world of the unseen, this is no ordinary urban fantasy, but a treasure trove of nifty ideas and intriguing revelations.” – Publisher’s Weekly Starred review.
This is Book Two, because this is where the romance comes onstage. Book One is also on sale for .99
Keepers of the Wind
J. M. Anjewierden
For a thousand years the outlawed priestesses of Meda have preserved the religion of the Fris, safeguarding what scraps and fragments they could.
For a thousand years the Alven Empire stamped out all other religions in favor of their false gods.
But the Alven dug too deep, releasing the demons of earth, terrible monsters they cannot hope to fight.
All that can stand against them is Fleur and the other priestesses.
Five young girls.
Alone.
Even as Fleur’s powers weaken, the Goddess sees fit to drop a mysterious Alven--half-dead and without his memories--into her life. Can she trust him, or is he a threat to her people?
Armored Heart
J. M. Anjewierden
May returned home from the Second Augment War having left parts of herself behind, emotionally and literally. An inventor at heart, she built herself cybernetic legs to regain her mobility, and then a suit of powered armor to regain a purpose in her life as the superhero Escuda.
But can she balance being a superhero with a love life?
The country’s most celebrated superhero, Steel Patriot, has moved to her town. Sure, Escuda will be able to work with him easily enough, but can May get his attention, while also dealing with a new breed of supervillain on the rise?
Onslaught
Bowen Greenwood
Exiled mutants and mind-controlling telepaths invade Human Space. Langston Wheeler is the only thing standing in their way.
The Union of Human Space sent Langston on a simple mission: Hunt down a potential threat and neutralize it. But the threat is worse than anyone imagined. War is coming, and the peaceful merchant world known as Felicitas is woefully unprepared. Wheeler must survive the invasion and warn the Union that their centuries of peace are at an end. He has a past, though, and the leader of the Felicitan people makes overcoming it that much harder.
As the Executive of Felicitas, Tia Dynn glides through a wealthy society that doesn’t even remember war. When ravenous pig-human hybrids and mind-controlling telepaths blitzkrieg her planet, Tia leaves cocktail parties and poll numbers behind to become a true leader. Rival political factions make it harder, though, and so does the handsome stranger from off world.
The only official path into orbit costs a fortune. Ray Pilak can get there for half the price, if the buyer doesn’t mind the risk of arrest. His dicey relationship with the law is the main reason he’s not involved with Tia Dynn anymore. When the war breaks out, though, suddenly a pilot who can dodge the powers that be looks a lot more valuable. Ray must grow into more than a smuggler if Felicitas is to have any hope at all.
The three of them will discover what they really value, what they’re willing to sacrifice, and who they really are. Human Space is at war for the first time in hundreds of years, and only Langston, Tia and Ray have any hope of stopping it.
The Exile War series is 100% complete, with seven main books and a prequel novella. Get your first taste of a universe with rich backstory, detailed world-building, and hardcore sci fi action when you grab your copy of Onslaught today.
The entire series is available here.
The Deepest Cut
Bowen Greenwood
Betrayed. Hunted. Accused of murder.
In the shadowy heart of 1980s Panama, a communist insurgency threatens to ignite World War III.
Clara Verona, a brilliant young CIA officer hungry to prove herself on the front lines of the Cold War, goes deep undercover to infiltrate the guerrillas. But when her mission explodes, Clara finds herself hunted through jungle trails and urban alleys.
Framed for murder and racing against a ticking doomsday clock, Clara must master corrupt cops, Russian spies, and her own heart. One wrong move, and the deepest cut won’t just end her career—it could end the world.
A gripping Cold War thriller of espionage, betrayal, and high-stakes heroism, The Deepest Cut is perfect for fans of Tom Clancy and Daniel Silva.
The Maze, the Manor, and the Unicorn
Mary Catelli
A short story of banishment and magical intrigues.
Cecily had been a lady-in-waiting. Exiled to Clearwater -- for her health -- after she angered Queen Blanche, she has nothing to do but wait.
Until an ambassador is sent there, for his health, and Cecily finds that the court intrigues reach farther than she had known they could.
Werrolyn: Full Moon
Anise Barboza
Hillary has a monthly problem... not the one you’re thinking of. It only occurs when the moon is full and lasts for about the forty hours the moon remains full. Yes, she is a werewolf and has no memory of being the wolf when the period is over.
She assumes she is merely waiting in the cage her father built until the phase passes.
And then she wakes up in a different world.
Another afflicted person, Ben, assists her is coming to grips with the fact that she is NOT the wolf but rather sent into another world for the forty hours while a similarly afflicted person from Werrolyn - the world she awakes in - is sent to Earth as a wolf. It takes her a while to wrap her mind around the insanity but she knows from the start that she wants to find a way to end this recurring problem.
Ben has been awake in Werrolyn for years and she enlists his help to understand how and why this thing is happening to them.
Whereas many people in the world of Werrolyn tolerate the monthly visitors for the sake of their own children who vanish every month, there are those who resent them and want to stop the recurring invasion. Some even want to do them harm, regardless of the reciprocal damage it would do to the exchange partners, their neighbors who have been translated to Earth.
Hillary and Ben seem to be in some bizarre race trying to uncover the mystery of the affliction while avoiding getting killed by a handful of lunatics on Werrolyn.
It is fortunate that they receive assistance from a few Werrolyners as well as associates back home. But will it be too little too late?
Infection Zone
Nikki Root
The deadliest weapon in the galaxy isn’t a ship—it’s you. If you can think, you can win their war.
A single alien marble was all it took to change everything.
When Captain Leo Ananda and the crew of the Pegasus begin investigating the mysterious Crell infection, they expect a threat they can contain. What they find instead is far more dangerous. People aren’t just being infected. They’re being used.
Because the Crell don’t need armies. Yours will do.
As Leo races to save a lost crewman, the line between duty and chaos begins to blur. Political marriage aside, he and Commander Alice Chateau are being drawn closer than either of them is prepared for.
Alice is already closer than anyone realizes. Gifted with powerful telepathic abilities, she feels the infection at a cost she can’t afford. Each time she reaches into another mind, something pushes back. Something vast. Something hungry.
Something that might break her—and the universe.
Far from the Pegasus, Professor “Duster” James is alive, but cut off, captured, and forced into a fight he never trained for. To survive, he’ll have to use his mind in ways he never imagined.
In this war, strength isn’t measured in firepower. It’s measured in thought.
And every mind is a battlefield.
You don’t see the enemy.
You become it.
Perfect for fans of found family, slow-burn romance, psychological sci fi, and creeping cosmic suspense.
Iron Chamber of Memory
John C Wright
“An eerie, suspenseful, romantic fantasy in the mood of C. S. Lewis and Charles Williams”
Hal Landfall, penniless graduate student at Magdalen College, arrives at the strange, high house of Wrongerwood, looking for his missing friend, Manfred Hathaway, the new lord of Sark Island. On the doorstep, he meets the lovely, green-eyed Laurel, a beautiful, sultry young woman from Cornwall who is Manfred’s wife-to-be.
Erected by Merlin in ancient days, Wrongerwood contains many secrets, including rooms where one can remember one’s true and forgotten self. When Hal and Laurel step inside, they begin to remember, with fear and wonder, that they have met before and that they share a forbidden secret they are forced to forget when they step outside.
The small island of Sark in the English Channel was, until recently the last feudal government in Europe. By law, no motor vehicles run on the road, and no lights burn at night. Only the lord of the island may keep hounds. An eerily magical setting for an eerily magical book.
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Songless: The Desert
Heidi Hill
Songless: The Desert sweeps readers into a rugged frontier where redemption waits beneath a mythic sky.
In the Valley of the Oaks, only the chosen—beautiful, willing, and blessed with song—rise as Princesses, their voices a shield against the Vanishers. Hawthorne Arden had it all until her song was stolen, thrusting her toward exile in a brutal, enchanted sprawl of forts, deserts and whispering waters. Desperate, she turns to the women on the mountain—but will she reclaim her voice or find her heart drawn to a new fate?
This is not commercial fantasy. This is for readers who want to feel haunted, humbled, and healed.
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A fusion of fantasy and frontier grit, pulling you into a world that feels both vast and intimate. The story crackles with energy—tense showdowns and quiet, soulful moments that weave together seamlessly, driven by a pair of leads whose chemistry leaps off the page. The setting is a triumph: a harsh, otherworldly landscape alive with eerie deserts, whispering waters, and a looming, godlike presence that haunts every corner.
It is an epic journeys laced with heart that explores the borderlands of faith and the torturous path we travel before we turn to love.
Far Away, The Pale Blue Dot
Lucca DeJardins
Unveil an epic tale of courage, survival, and love with Far Away, The Pale Blue Dot by Lucca DeJardins.
An Unexpected Journey: Join Michael “Mac” McMullin, a seasoned journalist turned astronaut, on a mission that defies all odds. When offered a spot on the first manned mission to establish a colony on Mars, Mac leaps from his quiet seaside life into the vast unknown, driven by a legacy of storytelling and an unquenchable thirst for adventure.
A Tale of Survival and Loss: Follow Mac as he navigates the perils of space, the challenges of Martian colonization, and the heart-wrenching tragedies that test the limits of human endurance. Experience his bond with his crew, his love, and the sacrifices made in the name of discovery.
A Legacy Beyond Earth: Mac’s journey is not just about reaching Mars; it’s about leaving a mark on humanity’s history. His story weaves through the fabric of human spirit, from the camaraderie aboard the Mayflower to the solitude of being the last Earthling on an alien world.
Dive into a story where journalism meets exploration, and where the red dust of Mars meets the blue dreams of Earth.
Why You Can’t Miss It:
Realistic portrayal of space travel and Martian life
Emotional depth exploring themes of love, loss, and legacy
Inspirational journey of one man’s commitment to his mission and his crew
Embark on this unforgettable voyage with Mac McMullin. Far Away, The Pale Blue Dot isn’t just a book; it’s an experience that stretches from the tranquil shores of Oregon to the distant horizons of Mars. Get your copy and witness a story where humanity reaches for the stars, and one man’s life becomes a beacon for all to follow.
But Verify
Zaklog the Great
In the ruins of post-breakup U.S. in 2036, Josh is sixteen, alone, and running a fever in a cabin twenty miles from the nearest help. No car he can drive. No one to call. The only thing standing between him and death is a robot dog, a few lengths of rope, and a stubborn refusal to give up. But getting to town is only half the problem. Once he’s there, keeping his secret might be the harder fight.
The Sakura Element
S C Vincent
When tradition means damnation, and the future is the past…
Alia Academia - school for the elite. Genetically modified Oka Latellay faces discrimination orchestrated by fellow student Allen Debois. Allen enforces a caste system by the Purveyors of Tradition, keeping modified people in the bottom rung of society. But Oka’s gumption inspires him to start a fencing tourney where everything is at stake. If she loses, her life in high society is over. But if she wins, so ends the bullying of all mods in the school.
Oka struggles with her fencing bouts and growing feelings for Allen as he reveals there is more to him than the cold cruelty he portrays. Simultaneously, Allen is torn between adoration for Oka and the Purveyors of Tradition influence. Choosing the former could risk his family’s wealth and good name.
Little do the two know how much their struggles intertwine when Allen’s friend begins to vie for Oka’s affections, and Allen finds himself blackmailed about his family’s past.
In a post-World War world where society functions on sleight of hand and discrimination, Oka and Allen must find the one thing that will save them. Love.
Heart of Fire Time of Ice
E S Martell
She’s an emotional wreck. He’s lost everything that matters. Will surviving glaciers and tribal conflict open them up to love?
Kathleen Whitby can’t trust easily. Scarred from a traumatic childhood, the particle physicist has poured her soul into a ground-breaking time-manipulation discovery. But when a coworker murders her mentor and tries to steal her formula, the terrified scientist triggers her research and gets flung back to the Ice Age.
Cadeyrin roams the snow-covered Pleistocene terrain waiting for death. Grieving the loss of his mate and his father, the Clovis-culture hunter has no home with his tribe massacred. But after he rescues an oddly dressed stranger from a saber-toothed tiger, he’s surprised by his reawakening feelings for the frightened woman.
Though Kathleen is wary of her muscle-bound protector, she accepts his help despite believing she’s not worthy. And as Cadeyrin battles beasts and the unforgiving land in search of sanctuary, he fears the fragile new hope he’s found in her won’t remain for long.
Can the troubled couple unfreeze their spirits to keep their future?
Heart of Fire Time of Ice is the dramatic first book in the Love through Time science fiction time travel romance series. If you like well-drawn characters, fascinating science, and rugged settings, then you’ll adore E. S. Martell’s journey into the wilderness.
Buy Heart of Fire Time of Ice to melt into passion today!
Dragons of Dunmoray
Kate Kelly
What can you see? Can you see dragons?
Dragons have always been part of our world – from the cloud dragons of the storm to the fire dragons of an erupting volcano – only most of us cannot see them.
Alba MacGregor can see the dragons. She thinks she is alone in this, or that maybe they are all in her head. But when she meets Al she realises, not only that the dragons are real, but that there are others like her, spread across the world.
The dragons are stirring. There’s a war coming. A war that has been ongoing for millennia. Only Alba can break this cycle, but to do so she must first defeat a foe much closer to home and far more human.
B.E. Gordon’s 21st Century Pulp Fiction:
Special Romantic Issue
Brendan Gordon
Ten stories. Six archetypes. One framework, applied to the men at the center of every romance — whether they’re the protagonist or the man the protagonist falls for.
This special issue of B.E. Gordon’s 21st Century Pulp Fiction puts romance at the center of every story while keeping the genre engine running underneath: space opera, military fantasy, horror, heist thriller, and conspiracy mystery, organized around Vox Day’s sociosexual hierarchy.
Part I follows six male leads through the full range of the hierarchy. An Alpha admiral commits his own ship as bait and finds his match across enemy lines in Command and Conquest. A Bravo executive officer negotiates with an ancient fungal intelligence growing through his colony ship in Loyalty’s Edge. A Delta farm-equipment repairman becomes the last line of defense against a spreading magical rot in The Ordinary Upgrade. A Gamma man’s lifetime of resentment meets the one woman who won’t let him manipulate her opinion of him in The Calculated Heart. An Omega signals officer becomes host to a telepathic parasite that may be the rebellion’s last hope in Signal’s Whisper. And a Sigma heist specialist discovers that compartmentalized detachment has limits in Detached Alliance.
Part II shifts to four female protagonists — and the male love interests whose archetypes define the shape of each romance. In Queen’s Gambit, a fleet logistics officer falls for an Alpha warlord whose legend precedes him into every room. In Steadfast Bond, a noblewoman survives a Voidborn siege alongside a Bravo knight who never asks for credit. In Everyday Anchor, a cursed noblewoman facing her family’s unraveling finds steady, unasked-for support in a Delta man who simply keeps showing up — competent, unglamorous, and entirely without an agenda of his own. And in Invisible Thread, an investigator unraveling a planet-scale conspiracy guards against the one complication her methodology never accounted for: a Sigma man working an angle of his own.
Romance with genuine genre stakes, character archetypes drawn with real psychological precision, and ten different answers to the same question: what does it look like when the right kind of man shows up for the right kind of woman.
Dark Fantasies
Misha Burnett
This short story collection will keep you on the edge of your seat to the last sentence. Misha Burnett has been published in a wide variety of modern fiction magazines, and here we’ve collected some of his best work.
From the introduction:
“I’m a tourist, not a colonist. I want to take a couple of pictures, hit an antique mall, get a meal, and get back on the highway. And that’s what I write—what you’ll get in this book is the casual visitor’s view of other worlds than ours. I promise to have you back safe in your own home town by nightfall.
“That having been said, I do revisit the same locations several times. These nine stories are trips to four settings, more or less. I like to think that these worlds are interesting enough to warrant the return trips.
The first two stories, “A Hill Of Stars” and “In The Gloaming O My Darling” are set in what I like to call the Eldritch Earth. Early pulp writers were often fascinated by great antiquity, and I share that fascination. So I basically took Robert Howard’s prehistoric Cimmeria and pushed it back in time—waaay back, all the way to Lovecraft’s Precambrian Era of elder gods and alien monstrosities.
“It’s a mashup of time periods, with human beings and dinosaurs and shoggoths all existing on the same Pangaea-style continent. The concept has both obvious absurdities and an odd charm, and I was able to convince a few other authors to take a stab at the setting.
“The next story, “Nox Invictus” is a one-off. The germ of the idea came from a discussion of elves in Fantasy being avatars of chaos, with the lawlessness of Elfland contrasted with the order of Christendom in works such as Poul Anderson’s Three Hearts And Three Lions. I happened to be reading the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius at the time, so I thought I’d see how a Roman Stoic would fare in the realm of the fair folk—specifically the Svartalfheim of Norse mythology.
“It was fun, writing the clash of three very different cultures, the civilized Empire, the Celtic barbarians, and the decadent Dark Elves. I hope you enjoy the trip.
“The next stop on our itinerary doesn’t have an official name, but the three stories “Candlemass Night”, “Conessa’s Sword”, and “Through Dry Places” are all set in the same world. It’s about the closest that I’ve written to a “typical” Fantasy world—vaguely Central European, vaguely Medieval. Adventurers from a Dungeons & Dragons campaign would feel at home here. The stories do have an Ashkenazi flavor—it’s influenced by my love of Russian Jewish folklore and the places are more Anatevka than Lankhmar.
“Next stop, Dracoheim. The last three stories, “She That Was So Proud And Wild,” “The Hopeful Bodies Of The Young,” and “An Interrupted Scandal” are set in the same Fantasy city. It’s different than most Urban Fantasy, though, in that it isn’t modern Earth with the addition of fantastic elements but instead a Fantasy world that has “grown up” into modern technology. Well, relatively modern, anyway—say mid-20th Century.”
Transmutation Texas
R. H. Snow
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The Happening wreaked havoc as Humanity got a hard reset from a deadly gender-cidal Virus - and for TransMutated Survivors like The Watcher, life in Post-Apocalyptic Texas just got a whole lot bloodier and a whole lot lonelier. In a cyberpunk Wild West gone awry, The Watcher was a Rebel without a clue under the System: a brutal, high-tech Social Construct engineered to serve the Enlightened and oppress the Damned. But that’s all about to change, thanks to a cheeky chaos agent named Rose...
Now The Watcher must lead a Revolution to save Rose from the System He helped create, or Rose will die - and Humanity will die with her.
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