Bridgette Connor is a woman on the edge—a career as a rising young journalist in New Mexico, shattered, a broken relationship, and the weight of a devastating loss have driven her to do what she’s always done when life spirals out of control: she runs. Betta Ferrendelli delivers contemporary women’s fiction where she runs until a violent car crash near a rural Kentucky town leaves her battered and alone, stranded at the end of the line. 🚗Alexis Parker is a woman in control—a fiercely loyal friend, an unstoppable force in business, and a devoted mother to the daughter she never gave up on, Alexis thrives in a world she built from perseverance, hope and love, but when Bridgette collapses on her doorstep one rain-driven night, bloodied and broken, Alexis faces a choice that will alter both their lives forever. Ferrendelli explores what happens when women on the edge with shattered careers, broken relationships, and devastating loss weights run until violent car crashes near rural Kentucky towns leave them battered and alone stranded at end of line, examining how women in control as fiercely loyal friends, unstoppable business forces, and devoted mothers thriving in worlds built from perseverance, hope and love face choices altering both lives forever when rain-driven night doorstep collapses bring bloodied and broken strangers. 😱
The author delivers contemporary women’s fiction where rising young journalist careers shattered create running until violent crashes strand you, proving that sometimes what you’ve always done when life spirals out of control meets women in control facing choices when you collapse bloodied and broken on doorsteps. Ferrendelli writes protagonists whose edge-living running meets control-thriving perseverance creating life-altering choices. The contemporary women’s fiction asks whether choices alter both lives forever when rain-driven nights bring doorstep collapses. 💔
Why I’m including this: Contemporary women’s fiction where Bridgette Connor is a woman on the edge—a career as a rising young journalist in New Mexico shattered, a broken relationship, and the weight of a devastating loss have driven her to do what she’s always done when life spirals out of control: she runs, and she runs until a violent car crash near a rural Kentucky town leaves her battered and alone stranded at the end of the line—Alexis Parker is a woman in control as a fiercely loyal friend, an unstoppable force in business, and a devoted mother to the daughter she never gave up on with Alexis thriving in a world she built from perseverance, hope and love, but when Bridgette collapses on her doorstep one rain-driven night bloodied and broken Alexis faces a choice that will alter both their lives forever.
What started out as a joke turns into something more, something that could cost me the best friend I’ve ever had. Romeo Alexander launches Heroes of Port Dale with bisexual romance where okay, so an already tense lunch with my mother probably wasn’t the best time to blurt out that I’ve started dating my best friend, especially since I’ve never dated another man before—and it’s not exactly the truth, in fact, it’s a big fat lie as despite the teasing we’ve endured from the guys at the firehouse over the years, Elias and I aren’t actually in a relationship. 🚒Now, thanks to my big mouth, we’re stuck pretending to be madly in love to keep my mother, and the woman she’s trying to set me up with, at bay—only, it doesn’t feel like we’re pretending anymore as it’s beginning to feel like I just found everything I ever wanted, in the last place I would have thought to look. Alexander explores what happens when what started out as jokes turn into something more that could cost best friends you’ve ever had, examining how now I have to decide if the possibility of forever is worth sacrificing the friendship we already have. The author balances already tense lunches with mothers with blurting out you’ve started dating best friends when you’ve never dated another man before, creating stakes where big fat lies about not actually being in relationships despite firehouse teasing means stuck pretending to be madly in love keeping mothers at bay. 😱
The novel delivers bisexual romance where thanks to big mouths stuck pretending to be madly in love doesn’t feel like pretending anymore, proving that sometimes it’s beginning to feel like you just found everything you ever wanted in last places you would have thought to look. Alexander writes protagonists whose possibility of forever requires deciding if worth sacrificing friendships already had. The first Heroes of Port Dale novel asks whether forever possibilities are worth friendship sacrifices when pretending stops feeling like pretending. 💕
What makes this compelling: Bisexual romance launching Heroes of Port Dale where what started out as a joke turns into something more, something that could cost me the best friend I’ve ever had—okay so an already tense lunch with my mother probably wasn’t the best time to blurt out that I’ve started dating my best friend especially since I’ve never dated another man before—and it’s not exactly the truth, in fact it’s a big fat lie as despite the teasing we’ve endured from the guys at the firehouse over the years Elias and I aren’t actually in a relationship—now thanks to my big mouth we’re stuck pretending to be madly in love to keep my mother and the woman she’s trying to set me up with at bay—only it doesn’t feel like we’re pretending anymore as it’s beginning to feel like I just found everything I ever wanted in the last place I would have thought to look—now I have to decide if the possibility of forever is worth sacrificing the friendship we already have.
Everyone tells you that a reckless tryst at a party will ruin your life, but somehow I ended up with a hot billionaire with a royal secret. Blair Babylon delivers romantic suspense where I’m just a small-town girl, and I messed up and lost my college scholarship, and I was broke—but then I met tall, ripped, tantalizing Wulf, whose sapphire-blue eyes warmed when I was joking around while we waltzed, and I did something that anyone would tell you is stupid. 💎I found out that night that he was ripped under his tuxedo, with broad shoulders and biceps like steel—and then I found out he was wealthy, not rich but wealthy, and I’d already figured out he was into some wild stuff, but he was more than I thought, so much more, and that was the problem. Babylon explores what happens when everyone tells you reckless trysts at parties will ruin your life but somehow you ended up with hot billionaires with royal secrets, examining how small-town girls messing up and losing college scholarships leaving you broke meet tall, ripped, tantalizing Wulf whose sapphire-blue eyes warm when joking around while waltzing making you do something anyone would tell you is stupid. 😱
The author delivers romantic suspense where finding out that night he was ripped under tuxedo with broad shoulders and biceps like steel then finding out he was wealthy not rich but wealthy, proving that sometimes already figuring out he was into wild stuff means he was more than you thought, so much more, and that was the problem. Babylon writes protagonists whose reckless party trysts become hot billionaire royal secrets when small-town broke meets sapphire-blue eye warmth. The romantic suspense asks whether he was more than you thought when that becomes the problem. 💔
Why I’m including this: Romantic suspense where everyone tells you that a reckless tryst at a party will ruin your life but somehow I ended up with a hot billionaire with a royal secret—I’m just a small-town girl and I messed up and lost my college scholarship and I was broke—but then I met tall, ripped, tantalizing Wulf whose sapphire-blue eyes warmed when I was joking around while we waltzed and I did something that anyone would tell you is stupid—I found out that night that he was ripped under his tuxedo with broad shoulders and biceps like steel—and then I found out he was wealthy, not rich but wealthy—I’d already figured out he was into some wild stuff—but he was more than I thought, so much more, and that was the problem.
The Florence Letter
Claire arrives at her new job as researcher at a grand English country house, nursing a broken heart—but tucked into the back of a long-forgotten drawer she finds a letter written in an elegant hand, and it tells of a wartime secret about the beautiful Lady Violet, whose passionate affair with an Italian prisoner of war scandalised the village and ended in tragedy. Anita Chapman delivers women’s historical fiction where captivated, Claire promises to find Violet’s daughter, Tabitha, and reunite her with a priceless piece of her mother’s jewellery, and with only the name of an Italian bakery, Pasticceria Mancini, to guide her, and the help of her handsome neighbour Jim, Claire travels to Tabitha’s last known location—Florence. 💎Chapman explores what happens when arriving at new researcher jobs at grand English country houses nursing broken hearts means finding letters in long-forgotten drawers telling wartime secrets about beautiful Lady Violets whose passionate Italian prisoner of war affairs scandalised villages ending in tragedy. The author balances being captivated into promising finding daughters and reuniting them with priceless mother’s jewellery with having only Italian bakery names to guide you, creating stakes where handsome neighbour Jim’s help means traveling to Florence for last known locations. 😱
The novel delivers women’s historical fiction where elegant hand letters in forgotten drawers reveal wartime secrets about passionate affairs scandalising villages, proving that sometimes nursing broken hearts at new jobs means promises finding daughters with only bakery names guiding Florence travels. Chapman writes protagonists whose researcher positions become reuniting missions with handsome neighbour help. The historical fiction asks whether you can reunite daughters with priceless jewellery when only Pasticceria Mancini guides you. 💔
What makes this compelling: Women’s historical fiction where Claire arrives at her new job as researcher at a grand English country house nursing a broken heart—but tucked into the back of a long-forgotten drawer she finds a letter written in an elegant hand and it tells of a wartime secret about the beautiful Lady Violet whose passionate affair with an Italian prisoner of war scandalised the village and ended in tragedy—captivated, Claire promises to find Violet’s daughter Tabitha and reunite her with a priceless piece of her mother’s jewellery, and with only the name of an Italian bakery Pasticceria Mancini to guide her and the help of her handsome neighbour Jim, Claire travels to Tabitha’s last known location—Florence.
In April 1942, the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy was at the zenith of its power—it had struck a severe blow against the US Navy at Pearl Harbor in December 1941, before spearheading the Japanese advance through Southeast Asia and rampaging across the South Pacific, and only a few months later, in June 1942, the US Navy managed to inflict a decisive defeat on this mighty force off Midway Atoll and the strategic initiative in the Pacific Theater passed to the US Navy. Mark Stille delivers military naval history where Midway is one of the most mythologized battles of World War II, and the traditional view of the battle, popularized in its immediate aftermath and surviving through to the present day, is of a heavily outnumbered American force snatching victory in the face of overwhelming odds—this view is simplistic and, in many respects, wrong. ⚓Pacific War expert Mark E. Stille provides a detailed analysis of this pivotal battle, and argues that Midway was neither a miraculous American victory, nor a product of good fortune, but that the plans, personalities, doctrines, ships and weapons of the two sides meant that a Japanese defeat was the more likely outcome. Stille explores what happens when April 1942 Combined Fleet Imperial Japanese Navy zenith power strikes severe blows at Pearl Harbor before spearheading advances then few months later June 1942 US Navy inflicts decisive defeats off Midway Atoll passing strategic initiatives, examining how the traditional view of heavily outnumbered American forces snatching victories facing overwhelming odds is simplistic and in many respects wrong as Pacific War expert detailed analysis argues Midway was neither miraculous American victory nor good fortune product but plans, personalities, doctrines, ships and weapons meant Japanese defeat was more likely outcome. 🎖️
The author delivers military naval history where most mythologized World War II battles get detailed analysis providing pivotal battle arguments, proving that sometimes traditional views popularized in immediate aftermath surviving through present day are simplistic and wrong when expert analysis reveals likely outcomes. Stille writes Pacific War expert analysis where plans, personalities, doctrines, ships and weapons determine more likely outcomes. The military naval history asks whether Midway was miraculous victory or more likely Japanese defeat outcome. 📚
What makes this essential: Military naval history where in April 1942 the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy was at the zenith of its power—it had struck a severe blow against the US Navy at Pearl Harbor in December 1941 before spearheading the Japanese advance through Southeast Asia and rampaging across the South Pacific, and only a few months later in June 1942 the US Navy managed to inflict a decisive defeat on this mighty force off Midway Atoll and the strategic initiative in the Pacific Theater passed to the US Navy—Midway is one of the most mythologized battles of World War II with the traditional view of the battle popularized in its immediate aftermath and surviving through to the present day being of a heavily outnumbered American force snatching victory in the face of overwhelming odds—this view is simplistic and in many respects wrong—Pacific War expert Mark E. Stille provides a detailed analysis of this pivotal battle and argues that Midway was neither a miraculous American victory nor a product of good fortune but that the plans, personalities, doctrines, ships and weapons of the two sides meant that a Japanese defeat was the more likely outcome.
Anything can happen behind closed doors—when estate agent Laura Bradley is asked to sell number 1 Aspen Hollow, it feels like a dream come true as the house is beautiful: five bedrooms and a perfect garden, surrounded by lush woodland, and Laura loves finding a family their dream home, even as each night she returns to a cramped single room. Caroline Mitchell delivers crime thriller where Laura tries to ignore the red paint thrown at the walls of the house, the strange noises upstairs and the threatening messages she is receiving, and whatever its history, the beautiful house deserves a second chance. 🏡But by the time Laura finds out what really happened to the family at number 1, it is far too late—someone doesn’t want the house to be sold, for its secrets to surface, and they have killed before and they are willing to kill again to keep the truth hidden. Mitchell explores what happens when estate agents asked to sell Aspen Hollow number 1 feel like dreams come true finding families their dream homes despite returning to cramped single rooms, examining how trying to ignore red paint thrown at walls, strange noises upstairs, and threatening messages receiving means by the time you find out what really happened to families it is far too late as someone doesn’t want houses sold or secrets surfacing and they have killed before willing to kill again keeping truth hidden. 😱
The author delivers crime thriller where beautiful five bedroom perfect garden houses surrounded by lush woodland deserve second chances whatever their history, proving that sometimes finding families dream homes means someone doesn’t want houses sold willing to kill again. Mitchell writes estate agents whose cramped single room returns don’t prevent loving finding dream homes until red paint, strange noises, and threatening messages reveal too late truths. The crime thriller asks whether you can survive when someone’s willing to kill again keeping truth hidden. 💔
Why I’m including this: Crime thriller where anything can happen behind closed doors—when estate agent Laura Bradley is asked to sell number 1 Aspen Hollow it feels like a dream come true as the house is beautiful: five bedrooms and a perfect garden surrounded by lush woodland, and Laura loves finding a family their dream home even as each night she returns to a cramped single room—Laura tries to ignore the red paint thrown at the walls of the house, the strange noises upstairs and the threatening messages she is receiving, and whatever its history the beautiful house deserves a second chance—but by the time Laura finds out what really happened to the family at number 1 it is far too late—someone doesn’t want the house to be sold for its secrets to surface and they have killed before and they are willing to kill again to keep the truth hidden.
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