A preacher is found brutally murdered in a Tennessee motel room, and a beautiful, mysterious young girl is accused—in this bestselling debut, criminal defense lawyer Joe Dillard has become jaded over the years as he’s tried to balance his career against his conscience. Scott Pratt launches Joe Dillard with legal thriller where savvy but cynical, Dillard wants to quit doing criminal defense, but he can’t resist the chance to represent someone who might actually be innocent, with his drug-addicted sister just released from prison and his mother succumbing to Alzheimer’s, but Dillard’s commitment to the case never wavers despite the personal troubles and professional demands that threaten to destroy him. ⚖️Pratt explores what happens when a jaded lawyer finds the one thing that can rekindle his sense of justice—a client who might genuinely be innocent—examining how defending someone you believe in changes everything even when your personal life is falling apart. The author balances courtroom drama with family tragedy, creating stakes where professional success means nothing if Dillard loses everyone he loves in the process. 💔

The debut delivers legal thriller where criminal defense becomes personal when the lawyer’s family crises mirror his client’s desperate situation, proving that sometimes the hardest cases to win are the ones where you actually care about the outcome. Pratt writes a protagonist whose cynicism about the justice system battles against his need to believe innocence still matters, creating tension where taking this case could save his soul or finish destroying his life. The first Joe Dillard novel establishes a lawyer willing to risk everything for someone who might actually deserve it. 🎯

Why I’m including this: Legal thriller launching Joe Dillard where a preacher is found brutally murdered in a Tennessee motel room and a beautiful mysterious young girl is accused—criminal defense lawyer Joe Dillard has become jaded over years trying to balance career against conscience, savvy but cynical and wanting to quit criminal defense but unable to resist the chance to represent someone who might actually be innocent as his drug-addicted sister is just released from prison and his mother succumbs to Alzheimer’s, but Dillard’s commitment to the case never wavers despite personal troubles and professional demands threatening to destroy him.

John Phault has the quiet life he wants, investigating infidelity and insurance fraud—until a missing person case plunges him into a deadly conspiracy. James Tarr launches James Tarr series with conspiracy thriller where as the former DEA agent delves into the case of a missing honor student, he finds more questions than answers: why would a promising young man arm himself heavily and vanish without a trace? 🔍As Phault races to unravel the mystery, he finds himself entangled in a web of secrets and lies and a serious threat to his own life. Tarr explores what happens when routine missing person investigations expose conspiracies powerful enough to kill, examining how former agents can’t escape their pasts when those pasts involved the kinds of enemies who never forget. ⚠️

The author delivers conspiracy thriller where investigating infidelity pays the bills but investigating disappearances gets you killed, proving that sometimes the quiet life isn’t an option when you stumble onto the wrong case. Tarr writes a former DEA agent whose investigative instincts won’t let him walk away even when the evidence suggests the missing honor student was preparing for something deadly. The first James Tarr novel establishes stakes where finding the missing person might mean becoming one himself. 💀

What makes this compelling: Conspiracy thriller launching James Tarr series where John Phault has the quiet life he wants investigating infidelity and insurance fraud until a missing person case plunges him into deadly conspiracy—as the former DEA agent delves into the case of a missing honor student, he finds more questions than answers, asking why a promising young man would arm himself heavily and vanish without a trace as Phault races to unravel the mystery, finding himself entangled in a web of secrets and lies and a serious threat to his own life.

The brutal murders of a young couple send Detective Carrie Lloyd and her partner, Guy Maclin, into a South Memphis neighborhood on New Year’s Eve—the confusing crime scene gives them little to go on and progress is slow. John C Dalglish launches The City Murders with police procedural where in a case that will test their resolve and leave them questioning their decisions, the detectives must put aside their own feelings to solve a twisted case of MEMPHIS HOMICIDE. 🚨Dalglish explores what happens when brutal murders offer no clear motive or evidence, examining how detectives maintain objectivity when cases become personal and the pressure to solve them threatens professional judgment. The author balances investigative procedure with emotional stakes, creating tension where solving the case requires ignoring instincts that might be warning them away. 🔍

The police procedural delivers Memphis homicide where New Year’s Eve murders test detective partnerships, proving that sometimes the most confusing crime scenes hide the most twisted motivations. Dalglish writes detective partners whose different approaches must merge to solve cases that challenge everything they believe about justice and procedure. The first City Murders novel establishes Memphis as a city where brutality and confusion intersect. 💔

Why I’m including this: Police procedural launching The City Murders where the brutal murders of a young couple send Detective Carrie Lloyd and her partner Guy Maclin into a South Memphis neighborhood on New Year’s Eve—the confusing crime scene gives them little to go on and progress is slow in a case that will test their resolve and leave them questioning their decisions as the detectives must put aside their own feelings to solve a twisted case of MEMPHIS HOMICIDE.

They call him Papa—a tough and rugged old biker that’s never been tamed by any woman who lives by the code of his club and stands by it no matter what, who’d die for his brothers and the MC they fought so hard to build, and in fact, he nearly did. Nikki Landis delivers GBMC Tonopah action and adventure romance where loss has tarnished his soul and left him a bitter man who’ll never be anything else, but when a single mother and her young son move in next door, he’s tested in ways he never imagined as his heart begins to beat again—and then the past decides to invade Tonopah and threaten what’s mine. 🏍️Little Noah is missing, and his distraught mother shows up on Papa’s doorstep begging for help—he doesn’t hesitate to go in guns blazing, but this rescue mission isn’t like any other. Landis explores what happens when bitter bikers find reasons to feel again, examining how protecting a neighbor’s child reopens hearts that loss had closed permanently. Torn between duty, loyalty, and his selfish heart, he’ll have to make a decision that impacts more than just his own life—this Christmas he’s bringing gifts, and it’s a Noel full of hidden surprises. 🎄

The author delivers action and adventure romance where MC codes meet paternal instincts, proving that sometimes the toughest bikers are the ones most worth trusting with your life. Landis writes a protagonist whose loss made him bitter but whose capacity for protection never died, creating stakes where rescuing a child means confronting everything he thought he’d lost forever. The GBMC Tonopah novel asks whether broken men can heal when given something worth fighting for. 💪

What makes this special: Action and adventure romance GBMC Tonopah where they call him Papa—a tough rugged old biker never tamed by any woman who lives by his club’s code no matter what, who’d die for his brothers and the MC they fought to build and nearly did as loss tarnished his soul leaving him a bitter man who’ll never be anything else—until a single mother and her young son move next door testing him in ways he never imagined as his heart begins to beat again before the past invades Tonopah threatening what’s his, with little Noah missing and his distraught mother showing up begging for help as Papa doesn’t hesitate to go in guns blazing for a rescue mission unlike any other, torn between duty, loyalty, and his selfish heart while making decisions impacting more than his own life this Christmas bringing gifts in a Noel full of hidden surprises.

Magee knows as much about mountain biking as Justin knows about demi-bras—when ad exec Magee needs to land the biggest client of her career, she agrees to fake-date her grumpy mountain biker client Justin for a weekend at a mountain resort. Cindy Procter-King continues Love in the Pacific Northwest with romantic comedy where one bed in his family’s cabin? She can work her way around that. Needing to use a fake name? Sort of annoying. When his ex shows up? Just a minor complication—unless you count the part where opposites attract and fake affection starts feeling very, very real. 💕Procter-King explores what happens when fake dating arrangements meet actual attraction, examining how pretending to be in love becomes complicated when the pretending stops being an act. The author balances professional stakes with romantic tension, creating scenarios where maintaining the ruse means ignoring genuine feelings that threaten everything. 🎿

The romantic comedy delivers fake dating where business deals require romantic performances, proving that sometimes the best relationships start with elaborate lies to impress clients. Procter-King writes protagonists whose complete incompatibility on paper becomes perfect chemistry in practice, creating stakes where admitting real feelings means risking both the business deal and the friendship. The Love in the Pacific Northwest novel asks whether you can fake your way into actual love. 😄

What makes this compelling: Romantic comedy continuing Love in the Pacific Northwest where Magee knows as much about mountain biking as Justin knows about demi-bras—when ad exec Magee needs to land the biggest client of her career, she agrees to fake-date her grumpy mountain biker client Justin for a weekend at a mountain resort with one bed in his family’s cabin (she can work around that), needing a fake name (sort of annoying), and his ex showing up (just a minor complication) unless you count the part where opposites attract and fake affection starts feeling very, very real.

When an alpha hero falls hard for the woman who was never meant to be his mission, sparks and bullets fly in this electric military romance—rescuing Seraphina Torres wasn’t part of Delta Shield Security’s plan, until an undercover operation gone sideways changed that. Brittney Sahin delivers Delta Shield Security alpha male romance where but as quickly as this beautiful and mysterious woman enters Ryder Lawson’s life, she disappears, and his team’s new mission is simple: track Seraphina down and turn her over to the government, but from the moment they find her, nothing goes according to plan because Seraphina isn’t just running—she’s hunting, and she refuses to let anyone stand in the way of her revenge, not even Ryder. 🔥But when a deadly conspiracy pulls them both into the crosshairs, their only chance for survival is by working together—trusting the wrong person could get them killed, and trusting each other might be even more dangerous, but the deeper they go, the stronger the fire between them burns, and soon, it’s not just their lives at stake, but their hearts. Sahin explores what happens when rescue missions become manhunts, examining how protecting someone who doesn’t want protection complicates both professional duty and personal attraction. ⚡

The author delivers alpha male romance where Delta Shield operatives fall for the targets they’re supposed to capture, proving that sometimes the most dangerous mission is the one where your heart gets involved. Sahin writes military heroes whose tactical training doesn’t prepare them for women on revenge missions, creating stakes where working together means trusting enemies while fighting conspiracies. The Delta Shield Security novel asks whether you can fall in love with someone you’re supposed to betray. 💕

Why I’m including this: Alpha male romance from Delta Shield Security where when an alpha hero falls hard for the woman who was never meant to be his mission, sparks and bullets fly—rescuing Seraphina Torres wasn’t part of Delta Shield Security’s plan until an undercover operation gone sideways changed that, but as quickly as this beautiful mysterious woman enters Ryder Lawson’s life she disappears with his team’s new mission simple: track Seraphina down and turn her over to the government, except from the moment they find her nothing goes according to plan because Seraphina isn’t just running, she’s hunting and refuses to let anyone stand in her revenge’s way, not even Ryder, but when a deadly conspiracy pulls them both into crosshairs their only survival chance is working together as trusting the wrong person could get them killed and trusting each other might be even more dangerous, though the deeper they go the stronger the fire between them burns with soon not just their lives at stake but their hearts.

Since Bailey Rae Rigby’s adoptive aunt Winnie passed, Bent Oak, South Carolina, doesn’t have much of a hold on her anymore—Bailey Rae aims to settle the small estate and, armed with her aunt’s inspiring personal cookbook, buy a food truck with an ocean view in Myrtle Beach. Catherine Mann delivers small town and rural fiction where everything goes awry when a distraught young mother arrives in town clutching a copy of that same cookbook with a code embedded inside that promises a safe place in Bent Oak for desperate women on the run, opening up a world of questions for Bailey Rae: who really was the beloved aunt she’s known most of her life? 📖Winnie Ballard’s story reaches back fifty years—one of a Southern debutante’s harrowing marriage, of her escape and reinvention, and the galvanizing friendship of three resilient women who overcame their traumas, created a shelter, and found purpose, but there’s more to Winnie’s deliverance and long-held secrets than Bailey Rae imagines. Mann explores what happens when cookbooks contain codes for underground railroads, examining how beloved aunts can hide entire secret lives helping desperate women escape. ⚠️

With each revelation, Bailey Rae draws on her aunt’s courage to find purpose herself—for now, whatever threats may come, Bailey Rae isn’t going anywhere. The author delivers small town fiction where settling estates reveals family legacies of rescue and resistance, proving that sometimes the most important inheritance isn’t property but purpose. Mann writes a heroine whose plans for ocean-view food trucks get derailed by discovering her aunt’s decades-long mission to save women’s lives. 💪

What makes this essential: Small town and rural fiction where since adoptive aunt Winnie passed, Bent Oak, South Carolina doesn’t have much hold on Bailey Rae Rigby anymore—she aims to settle the small estate and armed with her aunt’s inspiring personal cookbook buy a food truck with ocean view in Myrtle Beach, but everything goes awry when a distraught young mother arrives clutching a copy of that same cookbook with an embedded code promising a safe place in Bent Oak for desperate women on the run, opening questions for Bailey Rae about who her beloved aunt really was as Winnie Ballard’s story reaches back fifty years—a Southern debutante’s harrowing marriage, her escape and reinvention, and galvanizing friendship of three resilient women who overcame traumas, created a shelter, and found purpose with more to Winnie’s deliverance and long-held secrets than Bailey Rae imagines, drawing on her aunt’s courage to find purpose herself as whatever threats may come, Bailey Rae isn’t going anywhere.

Freshly fired from her third job in a row, Bonnie St. James has lost her way—so when she and her best friend stumble upon a “help wanted” post to run a coffee shop in the Scottish Highlands, they apply on a whim. Meghan Quinn delivers romantic comedy where who knows? Maybe traveling to a new place is just what she needs to figure out her next move, and when the friends arrive in the tiny idyllic town of Corsekelly, they instantly fall for the gorgeous Highland landscape and friendly townspeople—but Bonnie finds a less-than-warm welcome in Rowan MacGregor, the rugged local handyman busy wrestling his own demons who’s in no mood to deal with the quirky American, even if she is a bonny lass. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿As Bonnie and Rowan’s paths inevitably cross, insults—and sparks—fly. Quinn explores what happens when job-hopping Americans invade Scottish Highlands expecting charm and find grumpy handymen instead, examining how passionate tempers can fuel both arguments and attraction. Can the pair build on their similarities to help each other find purpose and direction and maybe romance too? Or will their passionate tempers fling them apart? ☕

The author delivers romantic comedy where coffee shop jobs in Scotland come with rugged handymen who are deeply unimpressed by Americans, proving that sometimes finding yourself means annoying the locals first. Quinn writes a heroine whose third firing leads to Highland relocation where the gorgeous landscape is only matched by the infuriating handyman she can’t stop fighting with. The novel asks whether you can fall in love with someone whose first impression was wanting you to leave. 💕

Why I’m including this: Romantic comedy where freshly fired from her third job in a row, Bonnie St. James has lost her way—so when she and her best friend stumble upon a “help wanted” post to run a coffee shop in the Scottish Highlands they apply on a whim as maybe traveling to a new place is just what she needs to figure out her next move—when friends arrive in tiny idyllic town of Corsekelly they instantly fall for gorgeous Highland landscape and friendly townspeople, but Bonnie finds less-than-warm welcome in Rowan MacGregor, the rugged local handyman busy wrestling his own demons who’s in no mood to deal with the quirky American even if she is a bonny lass, as Bonnie and Rowan’s paths inevitably cross with insults and sparks flying, asking whether the pair can build on their similarities to help each other find purpose and direction and maybe romance too or if their passionate tempers will fling them apart.

The death of a legendary actress reveals a wealth of Hollywood secrets in a breathtaking novel about betrayal, rivalry, and the punishing brutality of fame—one of the brightest stars of Hollywood’s golden age was Lily Adams, the beloved picture of all-American innocence, and why she suddenly vanished from the spotlight was a mystery even to those closest to her. Sara Blaydes delivers historical romance where upon Lily’s death seventy years later, her granddaughter Carolyn Prior struggles to understand a woman she loved but never really knew, and then, sifting through the memorabilia of a once-glamorous career, Carolyn comes across a letter from her grandmother—it’s the trembling admission of a secret life and a story that begins and ends with superstar Stella Lane, Lily’s archrival of the silver screen, a bombshell who was brutally murdered. 🎬As Carolyn unearths her grandmother’s connection to the notorious unsolved slaying, her life collides with Lily’s in the most shocking ways, and with each stunning new revelation, Carolyn must decide how much she is willing to risk to unlock the truth. Blaydes explores what happens when golden age Hollywood secrets resurface seventy years later, examining how rivalries between actresses can end in murder and silence. ⭐

The author delivers historical romance where legendary actresses hide connections to brutal murders, proving that sometimes the all-American innocence was the best performance of all. Blaydes writes dual timelines where granddaughter’s investigation mirrors grandmother’s confession, creating stakes where uncovering family history means exposing scandals that destroyed lives. The novel asks whether truth is worth the cost when it shatters the image of someone you loved. 💔

What makes this special: Historical romance where the death of legendary actress reveals Hollywood secrets in a breathtaking novel about betrayal, rivalry, and fame’s punishing brutality—one of Hollywood’s golden age brightest stars was Lily Adams, beloved picture of all-American innocence, with why she suddenly vanished from the spotlight a mystery even to those closest to her—upon Lily’s death seventy years later, granddaughter Carolyn Prior struggles to understand a woman she loved but never really knew, sifting through once-glamorous career memorabilia to find a letter from her grandmother, the trembling admission of a secret life and story beginning and ending with superstar Stella Lane, Lily’s archrival of the silver screen brutally murdered, as Carolyn unearths her grandmother’s connection to the notorious unsolved slaying with her life colliding with Lily’s in shocking ways and each stunning revelation forcing her to decide how much she’s willing to risk to unlock the truth.

Michael Woodbine was seven years old when a near-fatal fireworks accident scarred him and led to his placement in foster care—now a college freshman, he is still trying to hide the effects of his trauma from his classmates, his adoptive family, and himself. Catherine Ryan Hyde delivers coming of age fiction where when Michael signs up for a film class, he meets Robert Dunning, a teacher who wears his own scars unapologetically, and Robert encourages Michael to make a documentary that explores body image and self-perception—Michael places an ad seeking people who feel unattractive and rejected by society and is surprised to learn that this is essentially everyone. 🎥Although some participants are recovering from injuries or surgeries, others are dealing with more everyday factors like aging or the changes to a body from giving birth—as he collects these stories and finally tells his own, Michael feels more connected to the world than he ever has before, but he knows his journey of self-acceptance has one more obstacle: his crushing doubts about why his birth parents wouldn’t fight to keep him. Hyde explores what happens when documenting others’ trauma helps you process your own, examining how self-acceptance requires confronting not just physical scars but emotional wounds about abandonment. 💔

The author delivers coming of age fiction where film projects become healing journeys, proving that sometimes the best way to accept yourself is hearing that everyone feels rejected by society. Hyde writes a protagonist whose visible scars mirror invisible wounds, creating stakes where documentary completion means facing the one question he’s been avoiding: why wasn’t he worth keeping? The novel asks whether you can love yourself when the people who should have loved you first didn’t. 🎬

Why I’m including this: Coming of age fiction where Michael Woodbine was seven when a near-fatal fireworks accident scarred him and led to foster care placement—now a college freshman still trying to hide trauma’s effects from classmates, adoptive family, and himself, he signs up for a film class meeting teacher Robert Dunning who wears his own scars unapologetically, encouraging Michael to make a documentary exploring body image and self-perception—Michael places an ad seeking people who feel unattractive and rejected by society, surprised to learn this is essentially everyone, and although some participants recover from injuries or surgeries, others deal with more everyday factors like aging or body changes from giving birth, with collecting these stories and finally telling his own making Michael feel more connected to the world than ever before, but knowing his self-acceptance journey has one more obstacle: his crushing doubts about why his birth parents wouldn’t fight to keep him.