Author: A. D. Davies

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Genre: Men’s Adventure Fiction

A girl on the run. A PI dragged out of retirement. A deadly syndicate that won’t stop until they’re both dead.

Adam Park thought he’d left the PI life behind for good. But when an old friend’s niece steals a fortune from a ruthless criminal, Adam is forced back into a world of violence and high stakes. His mission: find her before the syndicate does — or they’ll both pay the price.

From the beaches of southern England to the Parisian underworld and into the searing heat of Asia, Adam races across continents to outsmart brutal killers and save the girl. With every step, he’s drawn deeper into a web of international crime — where betrayal is currency and mercy is a myth.

The body count rises as the clock ticks.

To survive, Adam will have to confront more than just the syndicate hunting him down — he’ll need to face the dark secrets that drove him out of the PI business in the first place.

What you’re getting: 🌍 Davies delivers a globe-trotting thriller that moves from English beaches to Paris to Asia, giving you the international scope of a Lee Child novel with a protagonist forced back into action. 💥 The “dragged out of retirement” setup promises both rusty skills being sharpened and old demons resurfacing, while the ticking-clock race against a syndicate creates relentless momentum. 🎯 The dark secrets angle suggests Adam’s past might be as dangerous as his present—this is action with emotional stakes.

Author: Brooke St. James

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Genre: Contemporary Romance

My name is Rae, and this is my story. Regretfully, it begins on a sad note. Everything was taken from me when my husband died in a tragic car accident. The only person on Earth who could have possibly been hurting more than me was my beloved mother-in-law, Laura, who lost her husband and only sons in the same accident.

Laura was forced to leave Arizona and return to New York, and I decided to go with her. I packed my things with no prospects or expectations; all I had was the undeniable urge to remain with her. As a result of becoming a widow at twenty-three, I was in a surreal frame of mind, and making a new start with my mother-in-law seemed like the only logical decision.

Less than two weeks after the accident we were on our way to New York. I trusted we’d make it somehow, but never imagined someone greater than us already had a plan in place—a plan as romantic as a fairy-tale.

Here’s what you’re getting: 📖 St. James reimagines the biblical Ruth and Boaz story for contemporary readers, centering on a young widow whose loyalty to her mother-in-law leads her somewhere unexpected. 💔 The tragedy hits hard—Rae loses her husband while Laura loses her husband and both sons in one accident—creating a foundation of shared grief that makes their bond achingly real. ✨ The promise of a “plan as romantic as a fairy-tale” suggests hope and healing emerge from devastating loss, offering readers the emotional catharsis of watching broken hearts find their way to wholeness.

Author: Cristin Harber

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Genre: Contemporary Romance

HER OLDER BROTHER’S BEST FRIEND Nicola Hart grew up under the heels of her older brother’s best friend, Cash Garrison. Years of ignoring their spark has transformed their friendship into a slow-burning sizzle. One night with him could ruin everything, or it could be more than she ever dreamed.

HE CAN’T STAY AWAY FROM She’s the definition of hands-off, and Cash has tried to ignore her for years. Those innocent eyes and her smile that screams kiss-me-if-you-dare… Instead, he’s looked at every pretty little thing who’s crossed his path, all to ignore the girl he seems destined to want. When his hard-partying ways get old and staying away becomes too hard, it’s time to stake a claim and hold the hand of the one he really loves.

Why this works: 💖 Harber delivers one of romance’s most beloved tropes—the brother’s best friend—with years of built-up tension ready to explode. 🔥 Cash’s history of deliberately pursuing other women to avoid Nicola adds depth to what could be simple attraction, showing a man fighting what he wants because he knows the stakes. ⚡ The “slow-burning sizzle” that’s been years in the making promises a payoff that’s worth the wait, where one night really could change everything.

Author: Bree Kraemer

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Genre: Christmas Holiday Romance

3 steamy instalove stories to get you ready for the holidays!

DecorHATE for the Holidays

What happens when one neighbor likes to decorate their house for Christmas and the other neighbor hates it? A scorching holiday that neither will ever forget, that’s what.

Falling Over You

Spending a week with her family over Christmas was the last thing Eve wanted to do. Until she collides with another skier, falling over him. When she gets her first good look at him, she starts thinking falling might not be that bad.

Light Me Up

A new town, a snowstorm, and a power outage. Oh, and a very hot guy. What could possibly go wrong?

Here’s the appeal: ❄️ Kraemer packages three standalone instalove stories with classic holiday romance setups—feuding neighbors, ski slope collisions, and snowstorm strangers. 🔥 The “steamy” promise means these aren’t your grandmother’s Christmas romances, delivering heat along with the holiday cheer. 🎁 Each story offers a complete arc without commitment, perfect for sampling different scenarios and finding your favorite flavor of festive romance.

Author: J.A. Konrath

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Genre: Police Procedurals

TRAPPED WITH A SERIAL KILLER… SURROUNDED BY SNIPERS…

Things are going well for Lieutenant Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels of the Chicago Police Department. She has solved some of the city’s toughest and most high-profile homicides. Her personal life is finally in order. Her friends and family are safe and happy. And she just got a call that eased her mind like nothing else could: Alex Kork, one of the most dangerous criminals Jack ever arrested, killed herself while in jail.

But things sour quickly when a group of vigilantes on a murderous spree decide to take down a cop and the people she cares about… and they turn downright awful when Jack discovers that Kork may not be dead after all.

Trapped in her house with a psycho and everyone she cares about, and unable to leave because she’s surrounded by snipers, the next eight hours will be the worst of Jack’s life. And that’s saying something.

What you’re getting: 🏠 Konrath traps Jack Daniels in a home-invasion thriller with impossible stakes—everyone she loves is inside, snipers surround the house, and her most dangerous adversary may have returned from the dead. ⏰ The eight-hour time frame creates a pressure-cooker scenario where Jack can’t call for backup and can’t escape, forcing her to protect her family with limited resources. 💀 The Alex Kork twist—a supposedly dead serial killer coming back—adds psychological terror to the physical danger, making this a siege story with genuine dread.

Author: Chani Lynn Feener

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Genre: Young Adult Alien Science Fiction

Aliens? Old news. Being abducted by aliens and stuck on another planet with the fate of a few worlds and a hot alien bodyguard’s heart in your hands? Now that’s another story.

Delaney is just a regular girl, but by the time anyone believes that she’s not the missing alien princess, Lissa Olena, she’s been kidnapped by the princess’ bodyguard, Ruckus, and imprisoned in an alien palace far away from everything she’s ever known. And until Olena can be found, Delaney’s case of mistaken identity will have to stay hidden. The consequences of failure? A bloody alien war and a hostile take over of Earth.

No pressure or anything.

If she could stay in Ruckus’ arms, the ruse might even hold up, but Trystan, the princess’ cruel, cunning betrothed is quite taken with his future bride’s new attitude and seems intent on unraveling all her secrets. To keep herself and her planet safe, Delaney will need to stay out of his way and off of his mind.

Here’s what you’re getting: A high-stakes sci-fi romance with a delicious love triangle setup—the protective bodyguard versus the dangerous betrothed, both drawn to an ordinary girl forced to play princess. The premise delivers maximum tension: one slip and Earth faces invasion. Feener balances palace intrigue with genuine chemistry, creating a YA series opener that gives you both swoon-worthy moments and legitimate plot stakes.

Author: May Sarton

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Genre: Medical Professional Biographies

The bestselling feminist author’s “lyrical, candid, sensitive” account of her efforts to regain her health, art, and sense of self after a stroke (Publishers Weekly).

Feeling cut off and isolated—from herself most of all—after suffering a stroke at age 73, May Sarton began a journal that helped her along the road to recovery. She wrote every day without fail, even if illness sometimes prevented her from penning more than a few lines.

From her sprawling house off the coast of Maine, Sarton shares the quotidian details of her life in the aftermath of what her doctors identified as a small brain hemorrhage. What they did not tell her was the effect it would have on her life and work. Sarton’s journal is filled with daily accounts of the weather, her garden, beloved pets, and her concerns about losing psychic energy and no longer feeling completely whole. A woman who had always prized her solitude, Sarton experiences feelings of intense loneliness. When overwhelmed by the past, she tries to find comfort in soothing remembrances of her travels, and struggles to learn to live moment by moment. As Sarton begins to regain her strength, she rejoices in the life “recaptured and in all that still lies ahead.”

Interspersed with heartfelt recollections about fellow poets and aspiring writers who see in Sarton a powerful muse, this is a wise and moving memoir about life after illness.

Why this matters: May Sarton brings a poet’s eye to the brutally honest work of recovery, capturing both the daily struggle and the hard-won victories. Her commitment to writing even when she could barely manage a few lines becomes its own act of reclamation. This isn’t a sanitized recovery narrative—it’s the real experience of losing parts of yourself and fighting to piece together what remains, told by a writer who understood that solitude and loneliness are not the same thing.

Author: Ewald Arenz

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Sixteen-year-old Frieder’s plans for the summer are shattered when he fails two subjects. In order to move up to the next school year in the Autumn, he must resit his exams. So, instead of going on holiday with his family, he now faces the daunting and boring prospect of staying at his grandparents’ house, studying with his strict and formal step-grandfather.

On the bright side, he’ll spend time with his grandmother Nana, his sister Alma and his best friend Johann. And he meets Beate, the girl in the beautiful green swimsuit…

The next few weeks will bring friendship, fear and first love—one grand summer that will change and shape his entire life.

Heartbreaking, poignant and warmly funny, One Grand Summer is an unforgettable, tender novel that captures those exquisite and painful moments that make us who we are.

For readers who loved Sarah Winman’s When God Was a Rabbit

What you’re getting: Arenz captures that perfect alchemy of teenage summers—the forced slowdown that creates space for life to actually happen. What starts as punishment becomes transformation through small moments: conversations with Nana, afternoons with Johann, stolen glances at Beate. The comparison to Sarah Winman signals the book’s emotional intelligence and its ability to find profound meaning in seemingly ordinary experiences. This is literary fiction that understands how we become ourselves.

Author: Jill Selkowitz

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Genre: Comfort Food Cooking

Your go-to reference for easy-to-prepare, perfectly pressure-cooked and flavorful recipes that will satisfy your hungry family any time of day.

Your family’s favorite meals are here . . . in a fraction of the time!

If you’ve got a pressure cooker or an Instant Pot and you need easy, delicious, everyday recipes that will keep your family coming back for more, then This Old Gal’s Pressure Cooker Cookbook is for you!

Get tasty easy-to-prepare meals on your table in a fraction of the time. Millions of people visit Jill Selkowitz’s This Old Gal to access her incredibly effortless and satisfying pressure cooker recipes, and now you can get her classic favorites at your fingertips, along with brand-new, never-before-seen recipes. This Old Gal’s Pressure Cooker Cookbook features 120 recipes, tips for getting the most from your pressure cooker, and the quickest, tastiest dishes that will keep ’em coming back for more.

Want to learn how to make Creamy Tuscan Garlic Chicken? How about Drive-Thru Tacos? Salisbury Steak? Or Penne alla Vodka? With beautiful photographs and step-by-step instructions, as well as freezer-meal tips, pot-in-pot recipes, and more, Jill will show you how to use your pressure cooker to make anything, including appetizers, pastas, meats, and desserts—you’ll never be at a loss for a delicious meal! Stop wasting money and time on mediocre take-out meals and make dinner fun again with your pressure cooker. Your family will thank you.

Here’s the appeal: Selkowitz built her reputation through millions of blog visits, meaning these recipes have been tested by real home cooks dealing with real weeknight dinner chaos. The range hits all the comfort food classics—Creamy Tuscan Garlic Chicken, Drive-Thru Tacos, Salisbury Steak—reimagined for modern pressure cooking. With freezer-meal tips and pot-in-pot techniques, this goes beyond just recipes to become a genuine pressure cooker education.

Authors: Lori Baird, Marcel Brousseau, Amber Rose

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Genre: Historical Study Reference

Take a tour of America with this outstanding reference—including photos, maps, and extensive facts about each state’s geography, history—and more.

What was the last state to join the Union? What does the state quarter for Alabama look like? What is the state bird of Texas? How did Vermont get its name? All the answers are contained in Fifty States: Every Question Answered!

Whether you’re a student or just a history buff, this book is a great reference manual to each state’s geography, history, factual details, and ecology. Beautiful color photos and maps also provide a view of how the landscape has changed over the years. Young and old alike will enjoy this adventurous, wide-ranging walk through the United States of America.

Why this works: This is the reference book that makes learning about America actually engaging instead of tedious. The question-and-answer format means you can dip in anywhere—checking state quarters, birds, etymology, or admission dates—while the color photos and maps give you visual context that static text can’t provide. It’s equally useful for students tackling homework and adults who realize they’ve forgotten most of what they learned in school.