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The Black Unicorn by Heather E.F. Carter Publication date: June 1st 2021 Genres: Adult, Historical Romance The Year is 1792. The French Revolution rages in Paris, the French monarchy abolished, and William Pitt is about to declare war on the Revolutionary government. But all London Society can talk about is the enigmatic highwayman known as the Black Unicorn. Newly widowed Elina has no time for highwaymen or politics. Freed from her brutal seven-year-marriage, she is fiercely protective of two things: her new freedom, and her two sisters. But when Elina’s family is mistakenly stopped by the Black Unicorn on their way up to the North Yorkshire Moors, and her sister is savagely attacked by one of his men, revenge consumes Elina. For the sake of her sister, she will destroy the Black Unicorn. And the shooting party at Scarcliffe Towers seems the perfect place to ensnare the mysterious figure. Another guest at the party, Ashby Harcourt, is known to London Society as the beautiful Portugu...

Trust No One by Glenn Dyer (Conor Thorn Series, #4) Publication date: December 11th 2023 Genres: Adult, Historical, Thriller Loyalists meant to rid their country of a double-dealing collaborator. Instead, they created a threat that could destroy Allied unity. Algiers. Winter 1942. Conor Thorn is devastated. He’s been fired from the OSS. His wife, Emily, has been fired from MI6. They allowed their morals to bend certain truths concerning the outcome of their last mission. Forever dedicated to defeating Axis powers, these skilled operatives jump at the chance to secretly help General Eisenhower deal with a political time bomb threatening Allied harmony and to redeem their honorable standing. To recover a rumored archive holding the truth about an assassination plot, they must travel deep into perilous Axis territory. In the crosshairs of those determined to keep the information out of Allied hands, Conor and Emily fall victim to a violent assault. Though the resulting injuries leave hi...

Slither The Shadow and Ink Series  Book Two by Nikki Rae Genre: Dark Paranormal Monster Romance Publisher: Nikki Rae Date of Publication: December 14, 2023 ASIN:  B0CNSFBY1V Number of pages: 340 Word Count: 98,921 Cover Artist: Nikki Rae Some cycles repeat for a reason, but is this one worth fulfilling? Plunged into darkness after an eerie ritual, Corbin finds herself torn between the reality of her life with her mother and the nights she spends with Six. Even though she wakes alone every morning, the nights they spend together are worth it. Suspicion and unease surround her, drawing Jordan closer and closer while Six disappears deeper into the shadows. Obsessed, Corbin sketches only him. As his monstrous image becomes clearer, etched in ink and gold, the pair and Jordan are enticed into a sensual world meant to feed him. Six is reluctantly forthcoming with information about his origins and the mystical connection between the three of them. He has no control and little concern...

Fantasy / Mythology / Folklore Date Published: September 13, 2023 For as long as Win can remember, she has seen things that no one else can see, horrific hallucinations that feel nearly real. After a decades-long parade of visions, Win rarely questions her condition. When the hallucinations arrive, she simply braces herself and waits for them to pass. Every other aspect of Win’s life is perfectly ordinary and vaguely disappointing: a mind-numbing job, mounting debt, and a lackluster social life. It all changes for Win in a moment, when a tragic vision brings her face to face with a stranger who claims Win is more than an ordinary woman, mired in the ordinary world. Her visions, more than terrifying fantasies, reveal truths that only she can see, truths that others would do anything to control. Win’s arcane ability endangers her as much as it empowers her, and she finds herself hunted by a mysterious force. Her only option is to leave the life she knows and seek out who she is. ...

The Rogue Mage The Sundered Web  Book Two by Alex Thornbury Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Shadow Lore Publishing Date of Publication: 5th December 2023 ISBN: 978-0-6454970-4-5 ASIN: B0BW35KXPZ Number of pages: 550 Word Count: 190,000 Cover Artist: Alejandro Colucci For humankind, she would be the monsters’ monster. She would be their fear in the night. She would be the terror come for them.  Elika crosses the Bridge to Magic to find the world ruled by magic, where nothing is as it seems. Mages run the streets, whilst the tsaren, their masters, war with each other. Though it is men who pay the price with their lives. Faced with the injustice of the mages and the new world order, Elika discovers her own untapped gifts that may yet shift the balance of power back into the hands of men. But her dabbling in the power she does not understand draws the attention of the dreaded demigod Syn’Moreg. Elika must now outwit the shadow that hunts her, whilst seeking a way to free mankind from th...

Abandon Station The Dyson Bridge Series,  Book One by V. G. Harrison Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Mocha Memoirs Press Date of Publication: 1/31/2024 Number of pages: 84 Word Count: 22,000 Cover Artist: Maya Preisler Some planets just aren't worth saving. An explosion rocks the Bridgeway Space Station. Mechanical Engineer Meridia Vail and her crew wake to find themselves on an alternate Earth where the technology is decades behind theirs, and so are the politics.  When she realizes their space station survived the interdimensional transport to an alternate space and time, she and her crew have only one mission. Get back to the Bridgeway so they can return to their real home. Time is running out. If the metabolic changes that come with their teleported space station don’t kill them, the politics and secret agendas will.  Returning home makes sense, but that’s assuming there’s a home to return to. When Meridia learns the Bridgeway’s decaying orbit threatens to annihilat...

  Boise Montague, Book 3 Noir Crime/Murder Mystery Date Published: December 12, 2023 Publisher: Acorn Publishing Three bodies. One suspect. Zero time. After his girlfriend ditches him at a concert, private investigator Boise Montague makes the latest bad mistake in a long line of them. Only this time, instead of waking up with a hangover and some woman he doesn’t know, he wakes up with a hangover on a Caribbean beach, along with three women. All of whom are dead. With the dead women’s blood all over his clothes, no memory of what happened, and no way for Boise to explain it, the cops and the prosecutors think it’s a slam dunk. Boise knows he didn’t do it, but no one’s willing to listen—so he’ll have to find the killer himself. But whoever said the truth will set you free never saw anything like this. The people behind it are powerful, careful…and they want Boise out of the picture for good. Soon, Boise will face not only present danger, but past pain, because the...