JB's Bookworms with Brandy Mulder

  Scifi / Fantasy Date Published : October 17, 2023 A secret war rages on our planet, hidden just below the thin veneer of our society. An existential battle between mankind and demons being, fought by brave men and women who struggle to protect us from a foe we’re almost entirely ignorant of. This is their story, and that of how a young group of friends were drawn into the conflict and how they could change everything.   About the Author J.S. Charette is an American Novelist and Veteran of the United States Navy. Before he began writing, J.S. earned a bachelor's in Computer Science and an M.S. in Information Systems. An avid reader with a lifelong love for the written word. J.S. is married with two beautiful daughters, who spent years demanding increasingly elaborate bedtime stories. As the girls grew, the stories matured with them, though the world and characters often stayed the same. Over a decade, fully flesh...

The Doomsday Code by Sara Yager Publication date: November 14th 2023 Genres: Adult, Thriller In an artificial intelligence lab in Shanghai, something has gone terribly wrong. Days after a major breakthrough in machine learning, CyberGen Industries’ lead AI scientist is dead—and their precious prototype has vanished into the ether. An investigation reveals that, against all odds, the lab’s “unhackable” system has been breached. The discovery, an algorithm mimicking human intelligence, is growing quickly—becoming more cunning and unpredictable with each passing hour. Soon its capabilities will eclipse its creators entirely. Who stole it? And more troubling, what do they plan to do with it? Ex-NSA hacker Adrian Pryor may be the only person on the planet capable of reining it in. He spent his career keeping the world safe, a vigilance for which he paid an enormous, personal price. Adrian knows there are people who will stop at nothing to control the powerful technology. He must find a wa...

Jumper by Ali Lucia Sky (Why Choose Romance, #5) Publication date: November 14th 2023 Genres: Adult, New Adult, Paranormal, Romance It’s so dark in his life that his Claimed mates may never get out. Becca Grimm is a Legion demon and has known one thing since she was a young girl: she would have a breeding pact. That her breeding pact partner turned out to be her Tether was a dream come true until he broke her heart, and then she wanted to break his face until he crawled back to kiss her feet. But Jumper’s world is darker and more secretive than he’s ever let on. Even with her guardian-Tethers, at her side, she can barely navigate it. And finding her way back to the light is impossible in a world where wickedness reigns. Becca can’t say no to the things Jumper demands of her. She loves the things that Tobin wants from her. And she can’t look away from the things she sees Jumper and Crux do together. Content warning coming. . It’s recommended that you read the series in order, beginn...

Flame & Shadow by AK Nevermore (The Dae Diaries, #1) Published by: The Wild Rose Press Publication date: November 13th 2023 Genres: Adult, Romance, Urban Fantasy Half-daemon Envy Starr is destined to die on Midsummer’s Eve, still a virgin, on some crappy cult’s live-stream feed. With thirty days left to live, the chance to escape her fate and get some action compels her into her absentee father’s world of beautifully cultured cruelty. Once there, she’s the object of a deadly game, slated to alter the Fae realm’s power structure. Worse, the rules keep changing, and everyone has an ulterior motive, including her dae-licious guide, Brennan. Under a geas he’s desperate to break, she can’t trust him, or herself. Stupid Stockholm syndrome. But unless she can come to terms with what lies in her heart, her unlikely survival will be a fate worse than death. For her, and the rest of Fae. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks EXCERPT: I stabbed a stupid crepe, trying not to t...

In The Pines by Mariah Stillbrook Genre: Paranormal Fantasy Publisher: Creative James Media Date of Publication: November 14, 2023 ISBN: 978-1-956183-50-4 Number of pages: 374 Word Count: 110,334 Cover Artist: Triumph Covers These witches have one month to end the spiritual threat to their bloodline. And not kill each other. Two witches, two secrets, and a curse that could tear a family apart. Olivia and Ellie have lived their lives knowing a dark entity is stalking their family, determined to kill them all. After the death of Olivia's son, she abandons her magic and her family, leaving Ellie in a nightmare of heartbreak, her marriage crumbling and her sister gone.  Determined to save their mother Arianna from a spell that left her comatose, the two sisters must come together to unravel the riddle of the curse that has haunted their family for generations. But as they delve into the past, the truth they uncover is more twisted and treacherous than they ever could have imagined. Wil...

A Christmas Tail   Animal and Holiday Fiction Date Published: November 16, 2023 Publisher: Acorn Publishing     It’s Christmas Eve in western Kansas and a snowstorm is gaining strength as Bear Bailey, a devoted Great Pyrenees, tries to comfort his beloved owner Mary. She’s in hot water with the local business villain, and Bear’s earlier altercation with this miser only seemed to make things worse. When Mary blurts out that she wishes for a different life, Bear blames himself for her despair and runs away. Meanwhile Jiff, a Labrador patiently waiting for his own human to meet him at the Rainbow Bridge, sees Bear shivering alone in the blizzard. Knowing Bear won’t survive the night without intervention, Jiff agrees to act as Bear’s guardian angel on Earth. He is determined to show the Great Pyrenees what the lives of the humans around him would have been like without his presence over the years. ...

Breaking Point by Bailey Thomas (Mill Creek Mystique) Publication date: October 9th 2023 Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense FBI analyst, Noah Parker, receives credible intelligence on a kidnapped woman from a ghost in his past who happens to be the man who shot him. The catch, he must act alone to obtain the geographic coordinates of her location. Terrified and alone, Jasmine West doesn’t know if she’ll survive another day. When a lone man appears in her makeshift prison, they forge an alliance to survive. Can they find the middle ground between analyzing and action when corruption and deceit surround them? Goodreads / Amazon Guest Post What was the inspiration of this book and your characters?”    Bailey Thomas: It’s a mixture of imagination and my summer trips to our family’s rustic cabin in the mountains­–as in no electricity. The aspen trees, creeks, pine trees, fresh air framed by the bluest skies, and puffy white clouds hooked me from youth. When I hear mountain l...