A man in hiding, a gang of outlaws searching for retribution—this is no time for cupcakes. Colin Conway launches The Cozy Up Series with amateur sleuth mystery where today is Brody Steele’s first day as the new owner of The Red Herring, Pleasant Valley, Maine’s only mystery bookstore with a cute shop, loyal customer base, and ornery cat—unfortunately, Brody doesn’t know the first thing about running a legitimate business, he doesn’t want to be in the small town, and he hates cats, and on top of all that, he hasn’t read a book since high school. 📚When a woman walks into the store, he thinks his bad luck is about to change—but as she starts asking about the previous owner’s whereabouts, his safe new existence begins to unravel. Conway explores what happens when men in hiding inherit mystery bookstores with ornery cats, examining how for Brody Steele is a man with a secret he must protect at all costs as the U.S. Government has invested a lot to keep it hidden, and his enemies will stop at nothing to expose him—does happiness or death await Brody in this charming seaside community? 😱

The author delivers amateur sleuth mystery where owning mystery bookstores requires knowing something about books or at least not hating cats, proving that sometimes safe new existences unravel when women ask about previous owners. Conway writes a protagonist whose witness protection life in Pleasant Valley gets complicated by loyal customers and questions he can’t answer. The first Cozy Up Series novel asks whether you can run legitimate businesses when governments hide your secrets and enemies search for retribution. 🐱

Why I’m including this: Amateur sleuth mystery launching The Cozy Up Series where a man in hiding, a gang of outlaws searching for retribution—this is no time for cupcakes—today is Brody Steele’s first day as the new owner of The Red Herring, Pleasant Valley, Maine’s only mystery bookstore with a cute shop, loyal customer base, and ornery cat—unfortunately Brody doesn’t know the first thing about running a legitimate business, he doesn’t want to be in the small town, and he hates cats, and on top of all that he hasn’t read a book since high school—when a woman walks into the store he thinks his bad luck is about to change, but as she starts asking about the previous owner’s whereabouts his safe new existence begins to unravel—for Brody Steele is a man with a secret he must protect at all costs as the U.S. Government has invested a lot to keep it hidden and his enemies will stop at nothing to expose him, asking does happiness or death await Brody in this charming seaside community?

Ordinary, typical, conformed, are words never used to describe her—she’s never been one to play by the rules as it’s her world, her life and she does things her way, seeing the way they stare at her body covered in tattoos and her lavender hair but just not giving a damn. Evan Grace delivers multicultural romance where there is only one thing in this world that can get her fired up, that’s screwing with her daughter—as a single mom, it’s her job to protect her, fight for her, with her daughter always her top priority. 💜So, when she gets a call that her daughter’s in trouble at school, with a boy no less, her claws are out and ready to strike—and the boy’s father, some high society stockbroker, isn’t about to deter her as she doesn’t care how sexy, smart and rugged he is. Grace explores what happens when lavender-haired tattooed single moms meet high society stockbrokers at school trouble meetings, examining how opposites may attract and she’s been down that road before, it’s one she never plans to travel again—a man like that would never be interested in a woman like me, that she knows for certain, after all she’s a realist. 💕

The author delivers multicultural romance where body-covered tattoos and lavender hair make you unconventional until your daughter gets in trouble with stockbrokers’ sons, proving that sometimes opposites attract despite being certain no high society man would want a tattooed realist. Grace writes a single mom whose claws come out protecting her daughter even when the boy’s father is sexy, smart and rugged. The novel asks whether realists can believe in attraction when they’ve traveled that opposite road before. 🎨

What makes this special: Multicultural romance where ordinary, typical, conformed are words never used to describe her—she’s never been one to play by the rules as it’s her world, her life and she does things her way, seeing the way they stare at her body covered in tattoos and her lavender hair but just not giving a damn—there is only one thing in this world that can get her fired up, that’s screwing with her daughter as a single mom’s job is to protect her, fight for her with her daughter always her top priority—so when she gets a call that her daughter’s in trouble at school with a boy no less her claws are out and ready to strike, and the boy’s father some high society stockbroker isn’t about to deter her as she doesn’t care how sexy, smart and rugged he is—opposites may attract and she’s been down that road before, it’s one she never plans to travel again with a man like that never interested in a woman like her, that she knows for certain, after all she’s a realist.

Kyle Montello is a man with many secrets—and one of them is about to end his life. Solomon Carter continues The Roberts and Bradley with private detective mystery where after receiving coded threats against his life, renowned artist Kyle Montello is forced to call for help as private investigators Eva Roberts and Dan Bradley are hired to crack the code and identify the suspects before the stalker’s sickening threats can turn into brutal reality. 🎨But the mission is complicated by the artist’s notorious cadre of fans, followers and critics—and the private investigators are facing yet another crisis as Dan Bradley gets caught up in a deadly gang conflict at the worst possible time. Carter explores what happens when renowned artists with many secrets receive coded threats requiring private investigators to crack codes, examining how the mission gets complicated by notorious cadres while partners get caught up in deadly gang conflicts at worst possible times. 😱

The author delivers private detective mystery where coded threats against artists’ lives require cracking before sickening threats turn brutal, proving that sometimes the worst time for gang conflicts is when you’re supposed to be identifying stalkers. Carter writes investigators whose artist protection gets complicated by fans, followers, critics, and Dan Bradley’s deadly gang involvement. The 33rd Roberts and Bradley novel asks whether you can crack codes when one of you is caught up in gang conflicts. 🔍

Why I’m including this: Private detective mystery continuing The Roberts and Bradley where Kyle Montello is a man with many secrets and one of them is about to end his life—after receiving coded threats against his life, renowned artist Kyle Montello is forced to call for help as private investigators Eva Roberts and Dan Bradley are hired to crack the code and identify the suspects before the stalker’s sickening threats can turn into brutal reality—but the mission is complicated by the artist’s notorious cadre of fans, followers and critics, and the private investigators are facing yet another crisis as Dan Bradley gets caught up in a deadly gang conflict at the worst possible time.

A reluctant hunter becomes the prey—desperate to provide for her young daughter, accountant Shanna Clarke accepts an invitation to go on a company hunting trip in the Wind River Mountains, even though she’s never shot anything in her life, and if she can get through it without embarrassing herself, maybe that sought-after promotion will be hers. Ann Voss Peterson delivers Rocky Mountain thriller with contemporary western romantic suspense where but then her boss starts shooting at her—dodging gunfire and struggling to survive in the Wyoming wilderness, Shanna stows away in the back of a rancher’s truck. 🏔️A snowstorm, a grizzly bear, and a murder rap can’t keep Shanna and her rescuer, Jace Lantry, from discovering why she was targeted—but knowing the reason is only half the battle, and the rest has a good chance of killing them both. Peterson explores what happens when accountants accept company hunting trips to get promotions then bosses start shooting at them, examining how snowstorms, grizzly bears, and murder raps complicate discovering why you were targeted in Wyoming wilderness. 😱

The author delivers contemporary western romantic suspense where desperate single mom hunting trips turn into manhunts when bosses pull triggers, proving that sometimes knowing why you were targeted is only half the battle with the rest likely to kill you. Peterson writes an accountant whose never-shot-anything-in-her-life status becomes irrelevant when dodging gunfire and stowing away in ranchers’ trucks. The Rocky Mountain thriller asks whether you can survive Wind River Mountains when the promotion you wanted comes with attempted murder. 🐻

What makes this compelling: Contemporary western romantic suspense Rocky Mountain thriller where a reluctant hunter becomes the prey—desperate to provide for her young daughter, accountant Shanna Clarke accepts an invitation to go on a company hunting trip in the Wind River Mountains even though she’s never shot anything in her life, and if she can get through it without embarrassing herself maybe that sought-after promotion will be hers—but then her boss starts shooting at her—dodging gunfire and struggling to survive in the Wyoming wilderness Shanna stows away in the back of a rancher’s truck—a snowstorm, a grizzly bear, and a murder rap can’t keep Shanna and her rescuer Jace Lantry from discovering why she was targeted, but knowing the reason is only half the battle and the rest has a good chance of killing them both.

In prison, they called him Savage—Falcon Bellamy spent years locked up for a crime he didn’t commit, which shattered his dream of serving his country as a Navy SEAL, and when he’s granted early parole to help with a family emergency, he’s determined to reclaim his life. Helen Hardt launches Bellamy Brothers with romantic suspense where the last thing Falcon wants or needs is a relationship, but when he meets his beautiful parole officer, he knows he’s in trouble—Savannah Gallo is supposed to keep Falcon on the straight and narrow, but she can’t help getting drawn into his brooding darkness and intensity as her gorgeous parolee is off-limits, but their chemistry proves too explosive to ignore. 🔥Between the sheets they can escape the secrets they’re both keeping—secrets that spell danger for them and those they love—but secrets never stay hidden forever, and when theirs collide, the fallout could be devastating. Hardt explores what happens when wrongly imprisoned Navy SEAL dreamers meet beautiful parole officers whose job is keeping them straight and narrow, examining how brooding darkness and intensity draw parole officers into chemistry too explosive to ignore despite off-limits rules. 😱

The author delivers romantic suspense where prison nicknames like Savage stick when early parole for family emergencies puts you in your parole officer’s path, proving that sometimes between-the-sheets escapes from secrets only delay devastating fallout when secrets collide. Hardt writes a Bellamy brother whose years locked up for crimes he didn’t commit shattered dreams until meeting Savannah makes him want relationships he swore off. The first Bellamy Brothers novel asks whether you can reclaim life when the parole officer keeping you straight is the one you want. 💔

Why I’m including this: Romantic suspense launching Bellamy Brothers where in prison they called him Savage—Falcon Bellamy spent years locked up for a crime he didn’t commit which shattered his dream of serving his country as a Navy SEAL, and when he’s granted early parole to help with a family emergency he’s determined to reclaim his life—the last thing Falcon wants or needs is a relationship, but when he meets his beautiful parole officer he knows he’s in trouble—Savannah Gallo is supposed to keep Falcon on the straight and narrow but she can’t help getting drawn into his brooding darkness and intensity as her gorgeous parolee is off-limits, but their chemistry proves too explosive to ignore—between the sheets they can escape the secrets they’re both keeping, secrets that spell danger for them and those they love, but secrets never stay hidden forever and when theirs collide the fallout could be devastating.

One masquerade, one misplaced slipper, one very unexpected betrothal—when Elizabeth Bennet dons the mask of Athena at a glittering Twelfth Night masquerade, she expects only an evening of diversion, not disaster. Melanie Rachel delivers Pride and Prejudice variation with Regency historical romance where but after a misadventure involving a determined rake, a lost shoe, and a most inconvenient encounter in the garden, she finds herself at the centre of London’s latest scandal—Fitzwilliam Darcy prides himself on propriety, but when he spots a lady in distress at a ball and gallantly steps in to help, he doesn’t rescue her from trouble, he walks straight into it with her—one country maiden, a moonlight encounter, and a slipper in the wrong hands is all it takes: the ton believes them engaged, or worse. 👠Now entangled with the quick-witted, sharp-tongued Miss Elizabeth Bennet, his carefully ordered, predictable world begins to unravel—Darcy is prepared to do what honour demands, but Elizabeth is prepared to do anything to escape the engagement, including leveraging her intellect, wit, and every ounce of stubborn determination she possesses. Rachel explores what happens when Athena-masked Elizabeth dons slippers at Twelfth Night masquerades then determined rakes and lost shoes create London scandals, examining how unfortunately for her, Mr. Darcy is equally resolved not to let society destroy their reputations or to let her go. 💕

The author delivers Regency historical romance Pride and Prejudice variation where gallantly stepping in to help ladies in distress means walking straight into trouble with them, proving that sometimes propriety-priding gentlemen get entangled with quick-witted sharp-tongued misses when slippers end up in wrong hands. Rachel writes protagonists whose carefully ordered worlds unravel when honour demands engagement but Elizabeth leverages intellect escaping it. The variation asks whether Darcy can prevent her escape when both their reputations need saving. 🎭

Why I’m including this: Regency historical romance Pride and Prejudice variation where one masquerade, one misplaced slipper, one very unexpected betrothal—when Elizabeth Bennet dons the mask of Athena at a glittering Twelfth Night masquerade she expects only an evening of diversion not disaster, but after a misadventure involving a determined rake, a lost shoe, and a most inconvenient encounter in the garden she finds herself at the centre of London’s latest scandal—Fitzwilliam Darcy prides himself on propriety but when he spots a lady in distress at a ball and gallantly steps in to help he doesn’t rescue her from trouble, he walks straight into it with her—one country maiden, a moonlight encounter, and a slipper in the wrong hands is all it takes: the ton believes them engaged or worse—now entangled with the quick-witted sharp-tongued Miss Elizabeth Bennet his carefully ordered predictable world begins to unravel—Darcy is prepared to do what honour demands but Elizabeth is prepared to do anything to escape the engagement including leveraging her intellect, wit, and every ounce of stubborn determination she possesses, with unfortunately for her Mr. Darcy equally resolved not to let society destroy their reputations or to let her go.

Send help and wine—her sister is trying to set her up with the grump next door. Angela Casella launches Unlucky in Love with bad boy romantic comedy where a few hours after losing her job, Claire gets a call from a stranger who claims she’s inherited property from her father, and she assumes it’s a scam because her dad is very much alive—turns out her mother is the liar, and she boards a flight to her bio-dad’s hometown hoping for answers, but the turbulence is so bad she worries they won’t make it. ✈️When the plane freefalls for half a second, Declan, the hot, tattooed hunk next to her, kisses her with the passion of a man who thinks he’s about to die—he seems to regret it immediately afterward, and they both regret it when they discover he’s her new next door neighbor, a complication neither of them wants. Casella explores what happens when job losses lead to inherited property calls from strangers then plane turbulence creates passionate kisses with hot tattooed hunks who become next door neighbors, examining how to make matters worse, it turns out her bio-dad’s cabin is only half hers with the rest belonging to a half-sister she didn’t know she had—Nicole, a pink-haired private investigator and possible psychopath—if she weren’t unemployed and broke, she’d leave, but this crappy half-a-house is her only possession, so she stays in the hopes that she can convince her to sell, but unfortunately, she seems intent on setting her up with Declan, among other manipulations, and her matchmaking tactics are extreme. 😱

The author delivers bad boy romantic comedy where mothers being liars means bio-dads leave cabins to daughters who kiss tattooed hunks during plane freefalls, proving that sometimes the worst complications are grumpy next door neighbors you’ve already kissed passionately. Casella writes protagonists whose half-house inheritance comes with pink-haired half-sisters whose extreme matchmaking tactics complicate everything. The first Unlucky in Love novel asks whether you can resist being set up when your sister is a possible psychopath with extreme tactics. 💕

What makes this compelling: Bad boy romantic comedy launching Unlucky in Love where send help and wine as her sister is trying to set her up with the grump next door—a few hours after losing her job Claire gets a call from a stranger who claims she’s inherited property from her father and she assumes it’s a scam because her dad is very much alive, turns out her mother is the liar—she boards a flight to her bio-dad’s hometown hoping for answers but the turbulence is so bad she worries they won’t make it—when the plane freefalls for half a second Declan, the hot tattooed hunk next to her, kisses her with the passion of a man who thinks he’s about to die, seeming to regret it immediately afterward with they both regretting it when they discover he’s her new next door neighbor, a complication neither of them wants—to make matters worse it turns out her bio-dad’s cabin is only half hers with the rest belonging to a half-sister she didn’t know she had: Nicole, a pink-haired private investigator and possible psychopath—if she weren’t unemployed and broke she’d leave but this crappy half-a-house is her only possession so she stays in the hopes she can convince her to sell, but unfortunately she seems intent on setting her up with Declan among other manipulations and her matchmaking tactics are extreme.

A suspicious death mirrors a serial killer signature, a ghostly visitor might hold the answer, Cassie must decipher the cryptic message whispered in the bones of the dead if she hopes to help solve the crime and save herself in the process. L.T. Ryan and K.M. Rought continue Cassie Quinn Series with kidnapping thriller mystery with a hint of paranormal where a dead man has investigators stumped as his death mirrors the work of a serial killer who’d dropped off the face of the earth and believed to be dead—a visit from a strange new ghost forces Cassie’s involvement, and unsure the entity’s purpose for haunting her, Cassie is both intrigued and terrified at its potential implications. 👻In a desperate race against the clock, Cassie must determine if the spirit guiding her is friend or foe—she must listen carefully to the whispers of bones if she hopes to solve the crime and, in the process, remain among the living. Ryan and Rought explore what happens when suspicious deaths mirror serial killers believed dead forcing ghostly visitors to involve reluctant investigators, examining how as the twisted truth forces Cassie to face her complicated feelings, she learns that no matter how far you run from your past, it always catches up to you in the end. 😱

The authors deliver kidnapping thriller where dead men stump investigators until strange new ghosts force involvement through cryptic messages, proving that sometimes whispers of bones guide you if you’re both intrigued and terrified at potential implications. Ryan and Rought write a Cassie Quinn whose desperate race against clock requires determining if spirit guiding her is friend or foe. The series continuation asks whether you can remain among the living while listening to bones whisper. 💀

Why I’m including this: Kidnapping thriller continuing Cassie Quinn Series where a suspicious death mirrors a serial killer signature, a ghostly visitor might hold the answer, Cassie must decipher the cryptic message whispered in the bones of the dead if she hopes to help solve the crime and save herself in the process—a dead man has investigators stumped with his death mirroring the work of a serial killer who’d dropped off the face of the earth and believed to be dead—a visit from a strange new ghost forces Cassie’s involvement and unsure the entity’s purpose for haunting her, Cassie is both intrigued and terrified at its potential implications—in a desperate race against the clock Cassie must determine if the spirit guiding her is friend or foe as she must listen carefully to the whispers of bones if she hopes to solve the crime and in the process remain among the living.

He’s a tattooed shirtless bad boy, her best friend’s brother, and the jerk on the other side of her bed—she didn’t know bridesmaid was code for babysitter for the bride’s brother, but if that’s what her best friend needs of her for her dream wedding to go off without a hitch, that’s what she’ll do. Pippa Grant launches Three BFFs and a Wedding with romantic comedy where even if Theo Monroe has been a pain in her rear since third grade, even if he should be responsible enough to not wreak havoc at his sister’s destination wedding, and even if it means they have to share a hotel room in Hawaii, which might be the final duty that breaks her. 🌺Not only does Theo know exactly how to push her buttons, but he never wears clothes, he’s hiding a litter of kittens in his room, and he keeps showing up with fresh-baked cookies that seemingly come from nowhere—also? She has no idea what’s up with the tension between him and the groom, or why he’s so proud of the world’s strangest wedding gift. Grant explores what happens when bridesmaid duties include babysitting best friends’ brothers who’ve been pains since third grade, examining how sharing Hawaiian hotel rooms with tattooed shirtless bad boys who never wear clothes and hide kitten litters tests final duty breaking points. 😱

The author delivers romantic comedy where destination wedding babysitting assignments put you in hotel rooms with button-pushing jerks who produce fresh-baked cookies from nowhere, proving that sometimes the worst wedding dates are best friends’ brothers with strange wedding gifts and mysterious groom tensions. Grant writes protagonists whose third-grade pain history gets complicated by Hawaiian room sharing and hidden kittens. The first Three BFFs and a Wedding novel asks whether you can survive bridesmaid duty when Theo Monroe never wears clothes. 🍪

What makes this special: Romantic comedy launching Three BFFs and a Wedding where he’s a tattooed shirtless bad boy, her best friend’s brother, and the jerk on the other side of her bed—she didn’t know bridesmaid was code for babysitter for the bride’s brother but if that’s what her best friend needs of her for her dream wedding to go off without a hitch that’s what she’ll do—even if Theo Monroe has been a pain in her rear since third grade, even if he should be responsible enough to not wreak havoc at his sister’s destination wedding, and even if it means they have to share a hotel room in Hawaii which might be the final duty that breaks her—not only does Theo know exactly how to push her buttons but he never wears clothes, he’s hiding a litter of kittens in his room, and he keeps showing up with fresh-baked cookies that seemingly come from nowhere—also? She has no idea what’s up with the tension between him and the groom or why he’s so proud of the world’s strangest wedding gift.

A modern-day homicide detective finds herself in Victorian Scotland—in an unfamiliar body—with a killer on the loose. Kelley Armstrong launches Rip Through Time Novels with time travel science fiction where May 20, 2019: Homicide detective Mallory Atkinson is in Edinburgh to be with her dying grandmother, and while out on a jog one evening, Mallory hears a woman in distress, drawn to an alley where she is attacked and loses consciousness—May 20, 1869: Housemaid Catriona Mitchell had been enjoying a half day off, only to be discovered that night strangled and left for dead, exactly one hundred and fifty years before Mallory is strangled in the same spot. ⏰When Mallory wakes up in Catriona’s body in 1869, she must put aside her shock and adjust quickly to her new reality: life as a housemaid to an undertaker in Victorian Scotland—she soon discovers that her boss, Dr. Gray, also moonlights as a medical examiner and has just taken on an intriguing case, the strangulation of a young man, similar to the attack on herself. Armstrong explores what happens when modern homicide detectives wake up in Victorian housemaids’ bodies after being strangled in same spots 150 years apart, examining how her only hope is that catching the murderer can lead her back to her modern life before it’s too late. 😱

The author delivers time travel science fiction where Edinburgh jogs to visit dying grandmothers result in alley attacks sending you 150 years backward into housemaid bodies, proving that sometimes the only way back to 2019 is catching Victorian strangulation murderers. Armstrong writes a detective whose modern investigative skills must navigate 1869 undertaker households while moonlighting medical examiner bosses take on intriguing similar cases. The first Rip Through Time novel asks whether catching the murderer can lead you back before it’s too late. 🔍

Why I’m including this: Time travel science fiction launching Rip Through Time Novels where a modern-day homicide detective finds herself in Victorian Scotland in an unfamiliar body with a killer on the loose—May 20, 2019: Homicide detective Mallory Atkinson is in Edinburgh to be with her dying grandmother and while out on a jog one evening Mallory hears a woman in distress, drawn to an alley where she is attacked and loses consciousness—May 20, 1869: Housemaid Catriona Mitchell had been enjoying a half day off only to be discovered that night strangled and left for dead, exactly one hundred and fifty years before Mallory is strangled in the same spot—when Mallory wakes up in Catriona’s body in 1869 she must put aside her shock and adjust quickly to her new reality: life as a housemaid to an undertaker in Victorian Scotland—she soon discovers that her boss Dr. Gray also moonlights as a medical examiner and has just taken on an intriguing case, the strangulation of a young man similar to the attack on herself with her only hope being that catching the murderer can lead her back to her modern life before it’s too late.