She was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and that one moment cracked her life in half. After witnessing a masked man murder her neighbor, there was only one place left to go — the one place she swore she’d never return to. Citrus Cove. The sleepy Florida town she escaped years ago, with all its memories and complications intact. 🌊
Cameron Harlow is one of those complications. Her old high school bully, all grown up — and infuriatingly, impossibly attractive. He has that lazy southern charm, a smile that shouldn’t work on her, and he calls her sunshine like he’s been waiting years to say it. She wants to hate him. She’s working on it. 🌴
Clio Evans writes romance with heat and emotional honesty, and Broken Beginnings delivers both in abundance. The enemies-to-lovers dynamic here has real teeth — Cameron’s past behavior isn’t glossed over, and the path to trust is appropriately complicated. Evans doesn’t let him off easy, and that restraint makes the eventual warmth between them feel genuinely earned. ☀️
But the danger she fled hasn’t stayed behind. Someone followed her to Citrus Cove, and the threatening notes and creeping surveillance make it increasingly clear that coming home may have been the most dangerous decision she could have made. Cameron goes from romantic complication to the only person standing between her and something very deadly. 😰
What makes this a must-read: Broken Beginnings hits the sweet spot between steamy small-town romance and genuine suspense — the threat is real, the chemistry is electric, and the emotional stakes keep climbing. A strong series opener for fans of Elle Kennedy and Penelope Douglas.
Retired state trooper Major Dave Elliott has built a good life on his rural farm — predictable, quiet, the kind of existence where neighbors know each other and doors stay unlocked. His granddaughter is with him. His dog is nearby. The rhythm of small-town life suits him just fine. Then the lights go out and don’t come back on. ⚡
A coordinated cyberattack has brought down the power grid, and within hours the world beyond the county roads begins to unravel in ways that Major recognizes from his years in law enforcement. No communication. No law enforcement response. No way of knowing what’s coming next. Families begin showing up at his gate, and Major does what his instincts demand — he opens it. 🌩️
Judith A. Barrett writes prepper survival fiction with a human core, and that’s what separates Danger in the Clouds from the grimmer entries in the genre. This is a story about community under pressure — about what people are capable of when they choose to protect each other rather than retreat into isolation. Major is a protagonist you trust immediately. 🚜
Then his granddaughter starts seeing things in the clouds. Formations that appear before danger strikes, warnings that no one else can perceive but that keep proving accurate. When her visions prevent a deadly attack on the farm, Major has to reckon with the fact that the blackout wasn’t random — it was engineered, and whatever force planned it is moving closer. ☁️
Why this deserves your attention: A survival thriller with genuine warmth and an eerie paranormal edge, Danger in the Clouds is perfect for readers who want their prepper fiction to come with compelling characters and a plot that builds toward something genuinely unsettling.
Everything changed the day her father’s oil rig went down. The disaster that took him from her also set three dangerous men on a collision course with her life — men who want answers she genuinely doesn’t have, and who will push every boundary to get them. Jax, Morgan, and Blake are not accustomed to hearing the word no. 🌊
What starts as intimidation and suspicion slowly reveals layers of something far more complicated. These men carry secrets of their own — secrets that are tied to the ocean, to the wreck, and to a hidden world that she’s only beginning to understand exists. Maya Nicole builds the mystery of Salinity Cove slowly and deliberately, letting each revelation reshape everything that came before. 🐚
The reverse harem dynamic here is handled with real skill. The relationships between the four main characters develop with genuine tension and emotional complexity rather than just heat — there’s mistrust to overcome, history to excavate, and a conspiracy that runs deeper than any of them initially realizes. Nicole doesn’t rush it. 🌺
The discovery at the heart of the series — about who she really is, what her connection to these men truly means, and what her father’s death actually set in motion — reframes the entire story in a way that makes the complete series format ideal. This is a narrative that builds and pays off across the full arc. 🔱
What makes this irresistible: Salinity Cove delivers the complete romantasy experience — ocean-drenched atmosphere, a heroine discovering her true nature, and three complex love interests who earn their place in the story. Perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout and Kate Messner.
No One Is Safe (Noone Thriller Book 1)
Simon Noone is a serial killer—but he doesn’t know it. Pulled from a river in Guatemala in 1982 with nothing, not even his memories, he returns to America five years later looking for answers. He finds work at an NYC meatpacking plant and meets rebel ex-cop turned private investigator Nomi Pace. But she has problems all her own. 😱
Ellie Marney writes serial killer thriller with a premise that hooks immediately—what if you were a murderer but your memories were erased? Nomi agrees to help Simon if he lends his mysterious talents to solving a child kidnapping case. The two team up and make headway on both investigations, growing closer with every step. But when Nomi discovers the dark truth about Simon’s murderous past, he quickly turns from asset to liability. 💀
Nomi contemplates her next move while the weight of Simon’s deeds hangs like a dripping carcass on a meat hook. Were his homicidal urges erased along with his memory, or is there a sinister reason why his deft hand itches for the butcher’s cleaver? Marney balances the investigation with the ticking clock of Simon’s potential relapse. 🔥
What makes this essential: A serial killer pulled from a river with no memories returns to America searching for answers—new release thriller with NYC meatpacking plant job, rebel ex-cop PI helping, child kidnapping case, growing closer, discovering his murderous past, and the question of whether homicidal urges were erased or just waiting.
At nineteen, Sienna MacKay believed she had it all—a promising career ahead of her and a young love destined to last forever. But a tragic accident shatters that idyllic existence, leaving her with a heartbreaking loss. Some loves never die. But only one will shape her future. 💔
Julianne MacLean writes Christian romance with magical realism and a woman caught between two worlds. Years later, Sienna has rebuilt her life: she’s a successful designer, a devoted mother, and a woman who has dared to love again with Nate, a passionate, rising-star chef. But as Nate drifts further into ambition, cracks surface in their once-bright marriage. A stormy confrontation ends in disaster, and Sienna becomes caught between two worlds—her near-perfect past and her more complicated present. 😰
Set on the majestic, rugged coastline of Nova Scotia, What Tomorrow Will Be asks: What is the price of true love and is she willing to pay? MacLean balances the first love with the second chance beautifully, exploring whether we get to choose our future or if fate makes the choice for us. 💫
What makes this special: A woman who lost her young love at nineteen is caught between two worlds after a stormy confrontation—new release Christian romance with successful designer life, devoted mother, rising-star chef husband drifting into ambition, Nova Scotia coastline, and finding the courage to stay or the will to go.
He’s the boss she’s been secretly in love with for three years. She’s the woman he thought he’d never deserve. Now they’re fake engaged, and the whole world is watching. Josh Huxley is a powerhouse attorney with a devastating smile, a ruthless legal mind, and a secret that keeps him up at night: he’s terrified he inherited his sociopathic mother’s darkest traits. To keep his family from worrying, he dates a revolving door of women he’ll never love—and keeps the one woman who silences his demons at a careful arm’s length. 💼
Nadia Lee writes workplace romance with genuine stakes and a fake engagement that feels dangerously real. Ailee Klein knows her place: she’s the overlooked twin, the family disappointment, the assistant who quietly adores her unattainable boss. When her cheating fiancé is exposed in a very public restaurant meltdown, Josh does the last thing anyone expects—he claims she’s his. 💕
One lie. Six months. A sapphire ring that feels dangerously real on her finger. Lee balances the fake relationship with Josh’s fear that he’s capable of his mother’s cruelty and Ailee’s certainty she’ll never be enough. 🔥
What makes this irresistible: An assistant secretly in love with her boss for three years becomes his fake fiancée after her cheating ex is exposed—new release workplace romance with powerhouse attorney terrified he inherited his sociopathic mother’s traits, overlooked twin who adores her unattainable boss, one lie, six months, and a sapphire ring feeling dangerously real.