Author: Ben Cheetham
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British Horror Fiction

What really haunts Fenton House? 👻🏰

After the tragic death of their eleven-year-old son, Adam and Ella are fighting to keep their family from falling apart. Then comes an opportunity that seems too good to be true. They win a competition to live for free in a breathtakingly beautiful mansion on the Cornish Lizard Peninsula. There’s just one catch: the house is supposedly haunted. 😱

Mystery has always swirled around Fenton House. In 1920 the house’s original owner, reclusive industrialist Walter Lewarne, hanged himself from its highest turret. In 1996, the then inhabitants, George Trehearne, his wife Sofia, and their young daughter Heloise vanished without a trace. Neither mystery was ever solved. 🔍💀

Adam is not the type to believe in ghosts. As far as he’s concerned, ghosts are simply memories. Everywhere he looks in their cramped London home he sees his dead son. 💔 Despite misgivings, the chance to start afresh is too tempting to pass up. Adam, Ella, and their surviving son Henry move into Fenton House. At first, the change of scenery gives them all a new lease of life. But as the house starts to reveal its secrets, they come to suspect that they may not be alone after all… ⚠️

Don’t Look Back is the first standalone novel in The Devil’s Ledger series, a chilling collection of supernatural thrillers filled with haunted houses, cursed families, tragic pasts, and the unquiet dead. Perfect for fans of gothic horror, psychological suspense, and ghost stories that linger long after the last page. 📚✨

What makes this special: Ben Cheetham delivers British gothic horror with genuine emotional weight—this isn’t just jump scares and creaky floorboards, it’s a grieving family seeking escape who walk straight into something darker. 🌫️ The Cornish setting provides that windswept, isolated atmosphere perfect for supernatural dread, while the dual historical mysteries (1920 suicide, 1996 disappearance) add layers of tragic backstory. Cheetham’s hook is brilliant: Adam sees ghosts everywhere already—the memory of his dead son haunts every corner of their London home—so moving to an actually haunted house becomes a meditation on grief versus genuine supernatural threat. The “too good to be true” competition win adds modern believability (we’ve all seen those clickbait contests). Perfect for readers who loved The Haunting of Hill House, Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black, or anyone seeking horror that explores how grief makes us vulnerable to darker forces. This launches a series but works as standalone, promising atmospheric British horror with psychological depth. 👻📖

Author: Marie Force
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Contemporary Romance

When you’re living one step at a time, the next one could change your life…forever. 💕✨

Love is the last thing on Jack Harrington’s mind when he sets out to meet Andi Walsh’s flight. Recently back to work after spending more than a year tending to his comatose wife, Jack is focused on getting through each day and caring for his three daughters. 💔 However, the moment he sets eyes on Andrea Walsh, the interior designer who has come to decorate the hotel his company is building in Newport, Rhode Island, Jack begins to wonder if Andi might be his second chance.

After a disastrous marriage, Andi, single mom to a hearing-impaired son, isn’t exactly looking for love, either, but that’s what she finds with Jack. 👨‍👩‍👧 The two embark on a long-distance relationship fraught with challenges as they balance the needs of their children and dueling careers while Jack continues to care for his wife, Clare. Just when Jack thinks his life is once again settled, he is confronted with a new challenge that tests him in ways he never could’ve imagined, leaving him to wonder if “happily ever after” is in the cards for him. 💫

Here’s why this matters: Marie Force is a USA Today bestselling romance powerhouse with over 100 published novels, and Treading Water tackles one of contemporary romance’s most emotionally complex scenarios: falling in love while your spouse is in a coma. 😢 This isn’t simple forbidden romance—it’s a profound exploration of grief, guilt, caregiving exhaustion, and the right to happiness when your life is suspended in limbo. Force doesn’t shy away from the moral complexity: Jack has been faithful for over a year to a wife who may never wake up, raising three daughters alone, and then meets someone who makes him feel alive again. The title is perfect—he’s been treading water, barely surviving, until Andi arrives. The Newport, Rhode Island setting adds New England charm, while both leads bringing children with special needs (hearing-impaired son, grieving daughters) creates realistic obstacles beyond just the comatose wife. Perfect for readers who appreciate emotionally mature romance, Nicholas Sparks-level feelings, or anyone seeking love stories that grapple with real moral dilemmas. Bring tissues. 💕📚

Author: Ruby Hill
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Small Town Romance

After her life falls apart, a little competition helps Fiona find her Christmas spirit! ☕🎄

Fiona is forced to leave her job and her home. Chaotic doesn’t even begin to describe her current situation. 💔

But she’s determined to pursue her dreams, even if it seems like the world is against her. 💪

She lands in Frosty Pines, just in time for Christmas. After accepting a job at the local coffee shop, Fiona starts to fall in love with her boss. ☕❤️

But if he discovers why she had to leave her old life behind, her newfound happiness could be shattered. 😰

This is a sweet, standalone Christmas romance with a happily ever after. ✨🎁

Why you’ll love this: Ruby Hill delivers cozy Christmas romance with small-town charm and a coffee shop setting—basically wrapping readers in a warm blanket with a peppermint mocha. 🧣 Fiona arriving in Frosty Pines (adorable name!) with secrets and a fresh start is classic holiday romance territory, while falling for her boss adds forbidden workplace tension. The “little competition” mentioned in the tagline suggests holiday bake-offs or decoration contests that bring the community together, staples of feel-good Christmas fiction. Hill keeps this sweet (no steam), making it perfect for readers seeking wholesome holiday romance they can read with family around or gift to their mom. The secret from her past adds just enough tension to keep pages turning without darkening the festive mood. Perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber’s Christmas books, Virgin River holiday episodes, or anyone building their seasonal TBR pile. This is the literary equivalent of Hallmark Channel—predictable in the best way, guaranteed HEA, and festive enough to make you crave gingerbread. Short, sweet, and satisfying. 🎄📖

Author: James Clay
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Action & Adventure Fantasy

Zed is a washed-up MMA fighter that is starting to realize that there isn’t much of a future ahead of him. While hitting the bar with friends to forget his sorrows for a while, he meets an attractive woman who has an interesting story for him—aliens are going to take over the solar system in two years. 👽⚡ Thinking that she is either crazy or he’s had a few too many, Zed writes her off—until she shows him things that aren’t possible, including healing his chronic injuries and showing him what she actually looks like (hint, not human). 🛸

There is no stopping the takeover, but humanity is going to be sent to an already populated planet and will have to find a way to survive in a hostile world. A few humans will be sent ahead to prepare the way, to give humanity a chance. They are the Forerunners. 🌌💪

What caught my attention: James Clay taps into the wildly popular LitRPG/GameLit progression fantasy subgenre that’s dominating fantasy sales, combining it with an alien invasion premise and a down-on-his-luck MMA fighter protagonist. 🥊 The setup is pure wish-fulfillment: washed-up fighter meets mysterious woman in a bar, discovers aliens exist, gets his chronic injuries healed, and becomes humanity’s advance scout on an alien planet. Clay promises progression mechanics (characters leveling up, gaining abilities, becoming more powerful) that GameLit readers devour, combined with the high stakes of preparing a hostile alien world for human colonization. The “already populated planet” detail suggests political intrigue and existing power structures Zed must navigate. This appeals to readers who loved Ready Player One, Dungeon Crawler Carl, or anyone who grew up gaming and wants fantasy that incorporates RPG elements. The MMA background means our hero has combat training, making action sequences believable, while the two-year countdown creates urgency. Perfect for readers seeking fast-paced sci-fi fantasy with clear progression systems and underdog-to-hero arcs. 🎮📚

Author: Michelle Vernal
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Women’s Humorous Fiction

When Aisling O’Mara traded her high-flying career for the chaos of running her family’s Dublin guesthouse, she knew it wouldn’t be easy. With a menopausal receptionist who speaks her mind, a cleaner who believes in resting more than scrubbing, a hot-tempered cook, and a cunning fox who treats the rubbish bin like an all-you-can-eat buffet, every day is an adventure. 🦊😂 Add in a revolving door of quirky guests, and O’Mara’s is never dull.

Aisling tells herself she’s too busy for romance, especially with her heart still tender from a recent heartbreak. 💔 But when Una Brennan checks in, something shifts. Una once passed by O’Mara’s as a young girl, brimming with dreams. Now she’s back—older, wiser, and carrying secrets Aisling is determined to uncover. 🔍✨

Because at O’Mara’s, everyone has a story. Some bring laughter, some bring tears—but a few have the power to change everything… and reveal what’s been right in front of you all along. 💕

The appeal: Michelle Vernal delivers Irish humor and heart with a guesthouse full of eccentric characters who feel like they walked straight out of a Maeve Binchy novel. 🇮🇪 The Dublin setting provides authentic Irish charm, while the ensemble cast—menopausal receptionist with no filter (!), lazy cleaner, temperamental cook, and that rubbish-raiding fox—promises laugh-out-loud moments and found family dynamics. What makes this special is that it’s women’s fiction with a sapphic romance at its center, offering LGBTQ+ representation in the cozy, character-driven Irish fiction space. Una returning to O’Mara’s “older, wiser, and carrying secrets” suggests a second-chance romance or mystery that will unfold across the series. Vernal writes with warmth and wit, creating the kind of book that makes you want to book a flight to Dublin and check into a guesthouse with a colorful cast of characters. Perfect for readers who loved PS, I Love You, Marian Keyes’ humor, or anyone seeking Irish fiction that’s both funny and touching, with LGBTQ+ visibility. This launches a series that promises to be your new comfort read. ☘️📚

Author: S. M. Govett
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Domestic Thrillers

A woman wronged and the detective investigating her husband’s suspected crime must work through a chilling and puzzling case in this twisty dual-narrator thriller where nothing is as it seems, perfect for fans of Hayley Scrivener and Lisa Jewell. 💔🔍

Natalie Campbell loses time. She’ll wake up in different places with no memory of how she got there. The blackouts are a symptom of her PTSD, which began after she was sexually assaulted by her boss, who was found not guilty. 😢 But she found ways to cope by setting up routines and relying on her supportive husband, Ryan. Then one day, her husband is accused of committing the same crime that ruined her life.

Natalie desperately wants to believe he is innocent, but when Alice Lytton, the young woman who accused him, is found murdered in the woods near their house, she begins to doubt the man she married. 💀⚡

DI Helen Stratton is also healing from old wounds. Her older sister disappeared when she was 16, and the police didn’t bother to investigate. Vowing to help other lost and vulnerable girls, she joined the force. Stratton is ready to do whatever it takes to catch the killer and bring justice to her sister and Alice. 👮‍♀️💪

Here’s why this matters: S. M. Govett crafts a psychological thriller with layers of trauma, unreliable memory, and the devastating question: can you trust the person you married? 🎭 Natalie’s PTSD-induced blackouts make her an unreliable narrator in the best thriller tradition, while her trauma from sexual assault that went unpunished adds bitter irony when her husband is accused of the same crime. The dual-narrator structure (traumatized wife, damaged detective) gives us two perspectives on the truth, both compromised by their pasts. DI Stratton’s missing sister backstory ensures she’s personally invested, potentially clouding her judgment. The murdered accuser raises the stakes impossibly high—is Ryan a killer? Is Natalie being gaslit? Did she do something during a blackout? Govett explores how trauma reshapes memory and trust, making this more than a simple whodunit. Perfect for fans of The Woman in the Window, Behind Closed Doors, or anyone who loves domestic noir where the real horror is realizing you never knew your spouse at all. Twisty, dark, and psychologically astute. 🌪️📚

Author: David Murrow
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Men’s Gender Studies

“Church is boring.” “It’s irrelevant.” “It’s full of hypocrites.” You’ve heard the excuses—now learn the real reasons men and boys are fleeing churches of every kind, all over the world, and what we can do about it. ⛪💭

Women comprise more than 60% of the adults in a typical worship service in America. Some overseas congregations report ten women for every man in attendance. Men are less likely to lead, volunteer, and give in the church. They pray less, share their faith less, and read the Bible less. 📊

In Why Men Hate Going to Church, David Murrow identifies the barriers keeping many men from going to church, explains why it’s so hard to motivate the men who do attend, and also takes you inside several fast-growing congregations that are winning the hearts of men and boys. 💪 In this completely revised, reorganized, and rewritten edition of the classic book, with more than 70 percent new content, explore topics like:

• The increase and decrease in male church attendance during the past 500 years
• Why Christian churches are more feminine even though men are often still the leaders
• The difference between the type of God men and women like to worship
• The lack of volunteering and ministry opportunities for men
• The benefits men get from attending church regularly

Men need the church but, more importantly, the church needs men. The presence of enthusiastic men is one of the surest predictors of church health, growth, giving, and expansion. Why Men Hate Going to Church does not call men back to church—it calls the church back to men. 🙏✨

What caught my attention: David Murrow addresses the elephant in the sanctuary that churches don’t want to acknowledge: men are abandoning organized religion in droves, and it’s not just a “they’re stubborn sinners” problem—it’s a structural problem with how modern Christianity is practiced. 📖 The statistics are stark (60%+ women in most congregations) and the implications serious: churches need men for vitality, leadership, and generational continuity. Murrow’s thesis is controversial but backed by research: modern worship has become feminized in ways that don’t resonate with typical masculine psychology. This isn’t about toxic masculinity or sexism—it’s about honest examination of why men disengage. The completely revised edition (70%+ new content) shows this is evolving research, not stuck in 2006 assumptions. Murrow spotlights churches successfully engaging men, offering practical solutions rather than just criticism. Essential reading for pastors, church leaders, anyone concerned about declining male participation in faith communities, or men trying to articulate why church feels wrong. Whether you agree with his thesis or not, the conversation is necessary. This is sociology meets theology. 💡📚

Author: Carmel Harrington
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Family Saga Fiction

‘Carmel truly reigns as the queen of emotional Irish fiction!’ AMANDA GEARD 👑✨

FOUR WOMEN. ONE SECRET. WHO WILL REVEAL THE TRUTH? 🔦💔

On the windswept Cork coast, the wives of the lighthouse keepers wait for the return of their husbands. 🌊

When faced with a dangerous threat, the four women band together to protect everything they hold dear. And they vow never to tell what they have done. 🤐⚡

Seventy years later, Mollie Kenefick is sent an anonymous note: Family secrets never stay buried. Someone knows what happened in the summer of 1951. Will they tell? 📨👻

Why you’ll love this: Carmel Harrington is Ireland’s “queen of emotional fiction” for good reason—she writes sweeping family sagas that make you ugly-cry while turning pages frantically. 😢 The Lighthouse Secret delivers her signature blend: dual timelines (1951 and present day), Irish coastal atmosphere, female solidarity under pressure, and a decades-old secret that refuses to stay buried. The lighthouse keeper wives premise is brilliant—these women are isolated, waiting, and when danger comes, they have only each other. Their pact to never speak of what they did creates the central mystery that Mollie must unravel seventy years later. Harrington excels at intergenerational stories where the past haunts the present, and the Cork coastline provides moody, windswept backdrop. The anonymous note device ups the stakes—someone knows, someone’s threatening to tell, time is running out. Perfect for readers who loved The Lost Girls of Paris, Kate Morton’s mysteries, or anyone seeking Irish family sagas with secrets, strong women, and atmospheric settings. Harrington delivers emotional depth alongside page-turning mystery. At this price, it’s an absolute steal. 🌊📚

Author: Madeleine L’Engle
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Historical Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

From the National Book Award–winning author of A Wrinkle in Time, an atmospheric novel of a young British bride in the American South after the Civil War. 🌅💍

When nineteen-year-old Stella marries Theron

Renier, she has no idea what kind of clan she’s joined. Soon after their arrival at Illyria, the Reniers’ rambling beachside home, Theron is sent on a diplomatic mission, leaving Stella alone with his family. 🏚️💔

As she tries to settle into her new life, Stella quickly discovers that the Reniers are not what they seem. Trapped in a world unlike anything she’s ever known, vulnerable Stella attempts to uncover her new family’s dangerous secrets—and stirs up a darkness that was meant to stay buried. 🌊👻

From the beloved, National Book Award–winning author of A Wrinkle in Time, The Other Side of the Sun showcases Madeleine L’Engle’s talent for involving and suspenseful storytelling. ✨📖

What pulled me in: Most people know Madeleine L’Engle for A Wrinkle in Time, but this National Book Award winner wrote stunning adult fiction too, and The Other Side of the Sun is a gothic masterpiece. 🏆 Set in post-Civil War Florida, this is Southern gothic at its finest: a naïve British bride abandoned by her new husband in a decaying mansion with a family harboring dark secrets. L’Engle brings the same imaginative power she wielded in her children’s classics to adult psychological suspense, creating atmosphere so thick you can feel the humidity and dread. The Reconstruction-era South provides perfect gothic territory—old money crumbling, racial tensions simmering, families clinging to Lost Cause mythology. Stella’s outsider British perspective lets L’Engle examine American darkness through fresh eyes. The title itself suggests hidden truths, things that can only be seen from certain angles. Perfect for readers who loved Rebecca, Mexican Gothic, or anyone seeking literary Southern gothic with genuine suspense. L’Engle proves she’s a master of any genre she attempts. This deserves to be as famous as her sci-fi fantasy work. 🌟📚

Author: Erik Henry Vick
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Supernatural Thriller

Ancient evils lurk in the Western New York town of Oneka Falls, and they are hungry. 👹💀

Only three children have encountered them and lived. Psyches fractured, each child has survived as best they could – wrapped in fantasy, the comfort of amnesia, or the silence of isolation. 😢

When those evils intrude on their lives a second time, it sets a chain of events in action that can only end in destruction. But who will be destroyed, the children or the ancient evils that plague the town? ⚡🔥

Here’s the deal: Erik Henry Vick delivers horror that understands childhood trauma creates vulnerabilities that ancient evil can exploit. 👻 The premise is chilling: three kids survived encounters with supernatural forces but paid the price—fractured psyches, coping mechanisms that barely hold them together (fantasy, amnesia, isolation). Now adults, they must face those same evils again, except this time their childhood coping strategies won’t work. Vick taps into Stephen King territory—small-town horror, childhood trauma, ancient evil that’s patient—with shades of IT and The Outsider. The Western New York setting (Oneka Falls) grounds the supernatural in specific geography, while the “Evil Walks Among Us” series title promises this horror universe extends beyond one book. The question “who will be destroyed?” is genuinely suspenseful because Vick seems willing to let his characters lose. Perfect for readers who love King’s character-driven horror, Peter Straub’s Ghost Story, or anyone seeking supernatural thrillers where trauma and evil intertwine. This is dark, this is scary, and this doesn’t promise easy victories. Horror fans will eat this up. 🌑📖