I thought dying in prison was my only option after being convicted for crimes I barely remember committing. Then I was given a choice that seemed impossible: board an alien spaceship with 400 fellow criminals or rot in prison on a freezing Earth that’s dying anyway. I can either accept passage on an alien spacecraft with 400 fellow criminals whose offenses range from petty theft to murder, or rot in prison on a freezing Earth that’s in its final death throes. The spacecraft’s captain, a handsome alien who looks remarkably human despite being from another world, has been visiting me in my dreams for over a year during my solitary confinement. 🚀
He has given me the companionship I desperately needed during my time locked up in solitary where human contact was forbidden, and the way he holds me in my mind makes me forget the Earth is on the brink of extinction and I’m facing a life sentence. But was that nothing but my imagination conjuring comfort, or something real? The alien in question doesn’t seem to know anything about the hours we spent together in my dreams when I finally meet him in person, acting like I’m just another criminal he’s transporting. 💫
Humanity will be wiped out soon by the climate catastrophe, and despite all of this confusion and his apparent amnesia about our dream meetings, if I get on that ship I have a chance at surviving. And I’m a survivor above all else. Only a deadly disease is spreading among the aliens on the ship and has already killed the majority of their population before we even boarded. It appears to be a virus based on symptoms, but as the aliens continue dying despite all precautions and quarantine protocols, I begin to wonder if the disease is something else entirely—and whether the dreams were warning rather than comfort. Joynell Schultz launches Earth’s Only Hope with romantic sci-fi adventure about survival, destiny, and dreams that might be real. 🌟
What makes this essential: A romantic sci-fi adventure launching Earth’s Only Hope where imprisoned narrator chooses boarding an alien spaceship with 400 fellow criminals over rotting in prison on dying Earth—discovering the handsome alien captain has been visiting her dreams for a year during solitary confinement, but he doesn’t remember their hours together as a deadly disease spreads among aliens despite precautions, making her wonder if it’s something else entirely and if dreams were warnings.
I’m marrying my enemy in a marriage of convenience. Fortunately, the arrangement has an expiration date—or so I keep telling myself. Ten years ago, I set my roots in Manhattan after immigrating for school and work. It’s my home now, the city where I’ve built my career and life. Until a careless oversight in my visa paperwork threatens my ability to stay in the country, and everything I’ve worked for is suddenly at risk of being taken away by bureaucratic technicality. 🗽
But my best friend comes up with a solution that seems both brilliant and insane: a marriage of convenience. With her brother. And somehow she guilt-trips him into agreeing through a combination of family obligation and emotional manipulation. Reluctantly, because Caleb van den Linden makes it very clear he’s doing this under duress. So I swallow my pride and accept despite knowing this is potentially the worst idea ever. It’s only on paper after all, a business arrangement to satisfy immigration requirements. 💍
Which is a good thing because while Caleb van den Linden’s smile might disarm everyone else in Manhattan’s elite social circles, I know the sworn bachelor is an arrogant playboy who’s never taken anything seriously in his privileged life. I doubt I can keep my sanity once I become his wife, even temporarily. My billionaire husband might be gorgeous with that jawline and those eyes, but he’s never been my fairytale hero—he’s always been my enemy in the constant war of words we’ve waged for years. There is a strict expiration date on our arrangement so I feel safe from any real emotional entanglement. Until he demands more than I am willing to “pay” for my visa, pushing boundaries I thought were firmly established. Maxine Henri delivers billionaire romance with marriage of convenience and enemies-to-lovers tension. 🔥
What makes this essential: A billionaire marriage of convenience romance where a careless visa oversight threatens her Manhattan life after ten years—accepting her best friend’s solution to marry her brother Caleb van den Linden, the arrogant sworn bachelor playboy who reluctantly agrees, creating a temporary arrangement with strict expiration date until he demands more than she’s willing to pay for her visa, pushing boundaries and proving enemies can become something else entirely.
When a small group of ex-military prisoners emerge from a maximum security prison, the world had already ended. But can they survive what comes next? In a remote part of the New Mexico desert where the government sends prisoners it wants forgotten, all the cell doors in a high security military prison open simultaneously without explanation. Zach, Abbey, and other prisoners at first believe they are being tested by prison authorities looking for excuses to extend sentences or put them in solitary, but soon realize the world around them has changed in fundamental ways and the human race is fighting to survive against threats they can’t yet comprehend. 🏜️
Phil Maxey launches the Cascade series with post-apocalyptic science fiction examining what happens when the people society has locked away for crimes against it suddenly become humanity’s potential saviors—or its greatest threat. These ex-military prisoners have skills the new world desperately needs, but can people who’ve been conditioned by years of incarceration to distrust authority and each other learn to work together before whatever ended the world finds them in that New Mexico desert? ⚠️
What makes this essential: Post-apocalyptic science fiction launching Cascade where ex-military prisoners Zach, Abbey and others emerge from maximum security in remote New Mexico desert to find all cell doors open and the world already ended—at first believing it’s a test before realizing the human race is fighting to survive, forcing them to decide if their skills make them humanity’s saviors or its greatest threat.
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She’s a first-grade teacher with a chronic illness and a heart too big for her own good. He’s a widowed Alpha trying to keep his small family safe after losing his mate years ago. Neither planned on falling in love at this stage in their lives—but sometimes fate turns a parent–teacher meeting into a second chance neither expected. Roxie Ray delivers later-in-life romance examining how love finds people when they’ve stopped looking for it, when responsibility and caution have replaced the recklessness of youth, and when a simple parent-teacher conference becomes the beginning of something that challenges everything they thought they knew about starting over. 💕
What makes this essential: A later-in-life romance where a first-grade teacher with chronic illness and a heart too big meets a widowed Alpha trying to keep his small family safe—neither planning on falling in love until fate turns a parent–teacher meeting into a second chance at happiness neither expected.
Amber Wright has one goal this Christmas: survive it. Between her son’s impossible-to-assemble bike that came with instructions clearly written by someone who hates humanity, a half-finished bottle of wine that’s becoming a full-finished bottle, and the ghost of a marriage gone wrong that haunts every holiday tradition, she’s barely holding it together as a single mom trying to create magic for her kid. Then a stranger’s voice crackles through her son’s walkie-talkie one evening, warm, kind, and wickedly funny in ways that make her laugh for the first time in months. 🎄
“Saint Nick,” he calls himself, claiming to be a neighbor who’s just being friendly. A good one. The kind who checks in on her through the walkie-talkie’s static, makes her laugh when she forgets how, and somehow knows exactly what to say when the loneliness of single parenting threatens to overwhelm her. But the more they talk, the less neighborly it feels—what starts as lighthearted banter about Christmas disasters turns into late-night confessions, laughter that lasts past midnight, and a spark that lingers long after the signal fades. 📻
Saint Nick seems nice based on his voice and his kindness, but Amber can’t shake the feeling he might also be a little naughty given the increasingly flirtatious turn their conversations are taking. Maybe she should invite him over and find out who this mysterious neighbor really is? Lexi Davis delivers spicy holiday novella about connection, Christmas magic, and whether anonymous walkie-talkie conversations can lead to real-life romance when single mom finally decides to risk her heart again. 🎅
What makes this essential: A spicy holiday novella where single mom Amber Wright survives Christmas barely holding it together—until a stranger’s voice crackles through her son’s walkie-talkie calling himself “Saint Nick,” a kind neighbor whose lighthearted banter turns into late-night confessions and sparks, making Amber wonder if she should invite him over to discover if he’s naughty or nice.
How to kill your wife and get away with it. Emily thought marrying bestselling author Stephen Dyer was her fairy tale ending after years of dating—the successful writer who swept her off her feet, the man who seemed to understand her completely because he made his living understanding human psychology. Until she glances at his laptop one afternoon and sees his search history filled with queries about poisons, alibis, and methods of murder that make her blood run cold. 💀
Stephen insists it’s research for his next psychological thriller, showing her his outline and notes to prove he’s just being thorough in his craft. She wants to believe him desperately, needs to believe that the man she married isn’t planning her death. But he knows her routine down to the minute, her fears from late-night confessions, and her weaknesses from years of intimate observation. What if she’s not his wife anymore—just a character he’s planning to kill off in the most permanent way possible, using all the knowledge he’s accumulated about her to stage the perfect crime? 😰
As her paranoia spirals and she starts seeing sinister intent in every loving gesture, Emily uncovers a truth far darker than any fiction Stephen’s ever written. In this marriage, the most dangerous plot twist is the one you never see coming, and Emily must decide if she’s being driven mad by suspicion or if her instincts are the only thing keeping her alive. James Caine delivers psychological thriller examining how well we really know our spouses, and whether trusting the person who knows you best is the ultimate act of faith or the deadliest mistake you’ll ever make. 📖
What makes this essential: A James Caine psychological thriller where Emily thought marrying bestselling author Stephen Dyer was her fairy tale—until seeing his search history about killing wives, which he insists is research for his next thriller, but he knows her routine, fears, and weaknesses, making her wonder if she’s not his wife anymore but just a character he’s planning to kill off in the most dangerous plot twist.