Seattle homicide prosecutor David Brunelle faces an impossible choice that will define his entire career. An innocent young girl is murdered in a heinous, unforgivable way that shakes even seasoned investigators. The only evidence against the killer is the full confession of his accomplice—another young girl he victimized and controlled through terror and manipulation. Justice seems within reach until Brunelle confronts a devastating legal reality. 💔

The accomplice is charged with the murder as well, which means she has the constitutional right to remain silent. No prosecutor can force her to testify. No judge can compel her cooperation. And she’s so terrified of the killer that she refuses to take any deal to testify against him, even when offered complete immunity. Her fear runs deeper than her desire for freedom, leaving Brunelle watching his case collapse before trial even begins. ⚖️

Brunelle can’t just let the murderer walk free knowing he killed an innocent child. But how can he get a conviction when he has no admissible evidence beyond an unavailable confession? The killer sits protected by the presumption of innocence—the bedrock principle of American justice that now shields a monster. Every legal avenue leads to a dead end. Every ethical consideration pulls Brunelle in opposite directions. 🔍

The question becomes how far would you go to convict someone you know is guilty? Would you bend the rules that protect everyone’s rights? Would you risk your career, your reputation, your principles to ensure a killer faces justice? Brunelle must navigate the impossible space between legal ethics and moral imperatives, between protecting constitutional rights and protecting society from evil. The law is clear, but justice demands something the law cannot provide. ⚠️

What makes this gripping: Stephen Penner’s legal thriller follows Seattle prosecutor David Brunelle facing the most difficult case of his career—a murdered innocent girl whose killer can only be convicted through his terrified accomplice’s testimony, but she’s charged too and refuses to cooperate despite immunity offers, forcing Brunelle to choose between letting a murderer walk or compromising the principles protecting everyone’s rights.

Terminally ill millionaire Sterling Remington has watched his only son Seth waste years living as a playboy, squandering money on parties and avoiding anything resembling responsibility. With limited time remaining, Sterling makes a desperate final attempt at redemption through his will. The inheritance Seth expects won’t come automatically—he must earn it by proving he can commit to honest work at a harness racing stable. It’s Sterling’s last chance to give his son the character money never could. 🏇

Katie Murphy built her harness racing stable through relentless hard work and dedication that started in childhood. She knows horses, she knows discipline, and she’s skeptical when Sterling asks her to take on his spoiled son. Teaching Seth a work ethic seems impossible—he’s never held a real job, never stuck with anything requiring effort, never understood the satisfaction of earning rather than inheriting. But she agrees to try, honoring Sterling’s dying wish even when Seth proves exactly as difficult as she anticipated. 💪

The strict terms of Sterling’s will keep Seth and Katie at arm’s length, forbidding any romantic involvement that might undermine the redemption project. They struggle with growing attraction while maintaining professional distance, fighting chemistry while working side-by-side in the stables. Seth discovers muscles he didn’t know existed and skills he never imagined learning. Katie finds unexpected depth beneath the playboy exterior, glimpses of the man Seth could become if he’d stop running from responsibility. 💕

Then a devastating racing accident changes everything, forcing Seth to question how much he’s willing to risk. The inheritance suddenly matters less than the woman who believed he could change. But pursuing Katie means potentially losing everything Sterling worked to give him. Some rules exist for good reasons; others exist to be broken when love demands it. Seth must decide what kind of man he wants to be when the stakes involve more than just money. ⚠️

What makes this compelling: Sandy James’s contemporary romance follows playboy Seth Remington whose terminally ill millionaire father stipulates he must work for horse trainer Katie Murphy to earn his inheritance—raising Seth on hard work and dedication, Katie agrees despite doubts about instilling work ethic until their growing attraction and a devastating racing accident force Seth to risk everything for her love.

After more than two decades together, Andrew Lane and Miles Kettering-Lane are going through the nastiest divorce imaginable. They’re not just unraveling their relationship—they’re dismantling their entire shared life including the business that once defined them. Miles had a popular home show on cable with Andrew serving as producer and manager, a partnership that worked beautifully until it didn’t. Now the show’s failure hangs between them like accusation, each blaming the other for the collapse. They’d be thrilled to never see each other again. 💔

Then their beloved daughter Kelly announces she’s getting married, and that means one unavoidable thing: a wedding. More specifically, it means being thrown together at event after event—meeting the in-laws, planning details, throwing an elaborate engagement party. Every gathering becomes a battlefield where Andrew and Miles clash over everything from flowers to seating arrangements, their decades of intimacy now weaponized into perfectly aimed barbs. 💍

The situation escalates when Kelly’s future in-laws—Bradley and Pudge Lincoln plus Terry and Lissa Collins—attempt a hostile takeover of the entire wedding. The Lincoln-Collinses are extraordinarily wealthy, as Pudge enjoys explaining: “People think we’re in the one percent but that’s so embarrassing. We’re barely in the two percent!” Their vision for Kelly’s wedding involves excess that makes Andrew and Miles’s disagreements seem quaint by comparison. 💰

Suddenly, the feuding ex-husbands find themselves with a common enemy. Defending their daughter’s wishes against families with unlimited budgets and no understanding of restraint requires the kind of teamwork Andrew and Miles perfected during their best years together. Working side-by-side again, they remember why they fell in love in the first place—and question whether the divorce proceeding toward finalization is really what either of them wants. Sometimes it takes losing everything to remember what mattered most, and sometimes a wedding brings more than just the bride and groom together. 🌈

What makes this heartwarming: Marshall Thornton’s gay romance follows exes Andrew Lane and Miles Kettering-Lane going through a nasty divorce after two decades together, forced to collaborate on their daughter Kelly’s wedding while clashing at every event until her wealthy in-laws attempt taking over completely—giving the feuding ex-husbands a common enemy that reminds them why they fell in love.

She came home to fix a house. She didn’t expect to reopen a twelve-year heartbreak that never properly healed. When “Diamond” Jim McCall gambles on a fixer-upper for sentimental reasons, his house of cards implodes along with his health. His daughter Ruby’s ready for a job change, but agreeing to become her first crush’s apprentice might be her biggest mistake yet. She doesn’t doubt they can flip the derelict ranch house and save Summit Construction from bankruptcy, but at what cost to her heart? 🏡

After all, Boone Fielding became the son her father never had when she left for college twelve years ago. While Ruby pursued her career far from Montana, Boone stayed and became Diamond Jim’s protégé, filling the space she vacated. Now she’s back, and the dynamic feels wrong—she’s supposed to be Daddy’s little girl, not competing with Boone for her father’s approval while working side-by-side on a renovation that could save or sink the family business. 💔

Helping Ruby McCall and her sisters flip Diamond Jim’s “money pit” makes perfect financial sense for Boone, but he can’t partner with someone he doesn’t trust. And Boone hasn’t forgotten his last close encounter with Ruby—the night she left for college, the words she didn’t say, the future they never discussed. Twelve years of silence created walls between them that no amount of construction expertise can demolish. But every day on the job site reminds him of why he fell in love with her in the first place. 🔨

Ruby thought she’d moved past her first love, convinced herself that childhood crushes don’t survive into adulthood. Boone thought he’d built a life that didn’t include Ruby McCall in any romantic capacity. They were both wrong. The blueprint for flipping Diamond Jim’s ranch is clear; the blueprint for their hearts remains hopelessly complicated. Can they rebuild the house without reconstructing the relationship they abandoned, or will proximity force them to confront the twelve-year question they’ve both been avoiding: what if they’d chosen differently? 💕

What makes this touching: Debra Salonen’s second-chance romance follows Ruby McCall returning home to flip her father Diamond Jim’s fixer-upper ranch after his health crisis, reluctantly partnering with Boone Fielding—her first crush who became her father’s protégé when she left twelve years ago—discovering every day on the job reminds them why they fell in love before she left.

Attorney Cameron Thorne never expected his routine legal work to thrust him into a centuries-old mystery, but ancient artifacts don’t respect modern schedules. When evidence surfaces of a secret Templar Knights mission to North America in 1398—nearly a century before Columbus—Cam finds himself caught in a bloody tug-of-war involving secret societies, ruthless treasure hunters, and keepers of the Jesus bloodline secrets. What began as historical curiosity becomes a fight for survival. ⚔️

The artifacts are real, documented, and illustrated in detail throughout this thriller based on actual historical objects found in New England. The Westford Knight stone carving, the Newport Tower’s architectural mysteries, and other physical evidence suggest the Templars reached America’s shores generations before any officially recognized European explorer. But these relics encode more than just navigation routes—they contain secrets powerful groups have killed to protect for six hundred years. 🗝️

Joined by Amanda Spencer, an enchanting British researcher harboring secrets of her own, Cam races around New England following clues embedded in medieval stonework and cryptic carvings. She brings expertise he lacks and motivations she won’t fully explain, making her simultaneously the perfect partner and a potential threat. Their chemistry complicates an already dangerous investigation where trusting the wrong person means death. 💕

Every decoded message brings them closer to treasure beyond imagination and closer to people who view murder as acceptable cost of protecting their inheritance. Secret societies that survived centuries don’t surrender mysteries easily. Treasure hunters with nothing to lose make desperate, violent decisions. And keepers of the Jesus bloodline believe some truths must never surface, regardless of how many bodies pile up preventing revelation. Cam and Amanda have two choices: unravel the 600-year-old mysteries encoded in ancient artifacts scattered across New England, or die trying like everyone else who got too close to the truth. ⚠️

What makes this thrilling: David S. Brody’s alternative history thriller follows attorney Cameron Thorne thrust into bloody conflict over actual historical artifacts from Templar Knights’ secret 1398 North American mission, racing around New England with enigmatic British researcher Amanda to decode 600-year-old mysteries while secret societies, treasure hunters, and Jesus bloodline keepers kill to protect their inheritance.

Aurora Meridian dominates the tennis court with power and precision that made her a household name, but an ankle injury threatened everything she built. Held back by the kind of setback that ends careers, the tennis superstar fought through brutal rehabilitation to return to competitive form. She finally has her eyes set on a major tournament win that would prove the comeback complete. And she absolutely isn’t about to let death threats stand in her way, especially when her security detail comes in the form of a super-sexy former Navy SEAL. 🎾

Mason Stone learned his lesson the hard way about mixing business with attraction. After his last client falsely accused him of unwanted advances—lies that nearly destroyed his security company’s reputation—the former Navy SEAL maintains a strictly hands-off policy with clients. Professional distance, clear boundaries, zero emotional involvement. It’s worked perfectly protecting everyone from corporate executives to minor celebrities. But it’s borderline torture when sparks start flying with Aurora and all he can do is bury the feelings deeper while staying alert for threats. 💪

Frustrated by making zero headway with her scorching-hot bodyguard who treats her with polite professional detachment, Aurora finds herself increasingly unnerved by the still-flowing string of hate. The threats escalate from emails to packages, from words to actions that suggest someone’s getting bolder. Mason’s constant presence should feel suffocating; instead, it feels like safety she didn’t know she needed, protection she can’t help wanting to extend beyond just physical security. 💕

When Aurora is physically attacked despite every precaution Mason implemented, nothing will stop him from bringing down the hammer of justice on whoever dared hurt her. The professional distance shatters completely as Mason realizes his feelings go far deeper than any security protocol allows. His job is protecting her body; his heart demands protecting her happiness. But catching the person behind escalating threats while navigating their explosive attraction requires Mason to break every rule he established after the false accusations—and Aurora to trust that this bodyguard won’t break her heart while saving her life. ⚠️

What makes this intense: CB Samet’s romantic suspense follows tennis superstar Aurora Meridian fighting to return from injury for a major win despite death threats, assigned super-sexy former Navy SEAL bodyguard Mason Stone who maintains strictly hands-off relationships after false accusations—until Aurora’s physical attack shatters his professional distance and forces him to risk everything for her safety and love.

Aboard his renamed battleship Redemption, Grand Admiral Aatroxiss is sent to command the Frontier Fleet in the galaxy’s outer rim, nearly a year’s travel from the Imperial capitol of Kruko. His dual mission includes serving as the new Regional Governor of scattered colonies—a position that’s never existed because nobody important has wanted it. 🚀

The Frontier is the Empire’s trash heap. The Fleet stationed there comprises older ships crewed by officers nobody else wanted, commanded by leaders whose careers ended in disgrace. They’re cast-offs exiled to die slowly fighting endless wars against alien races refusing to submit to Imperial expansion. It’s where military careers die quietly. ⚔️

Embarrassed by persistent failures and frustrated that resources disappear without producing results, the Emperor makes a desperate move. He turns to Aatroxiss—a known former enemy whose loyalty remains suspect—and makes a deal shocking the military establishment. Do what trusted commanders have failed to accomplish for decades: bring actual order to the Frontier, transform these rejects into an effective force, and stop the endless defeats making the Empire look weak. 💫

The assignment represents either redemption or execution—possibly both. Aatroxiss inherits a command where every officer resents taking orders from a former enemy, where ships barely function, where morale has deteriorated beyond salvage, and where confident enemies expect easy victories. Success means creating discipline from chaos, earning respect from people who hate him, and winning wars with personnel everyone’s written off. Failure means dying forgotten in the galaxy’s most distant corner, which might be exactly what certain powerful people hope for. The Frontier is where the Empire sends things to die—Aatroxiss must prove that death isn’t inevitable. 🛡️

What makes this epic: Galactic space opera following Grand Admiral Aatroxiss, a former enemy sent to command the Frontier Fleet—cast-off ships and disgraced officers exiled to fight unwinnable wars—with orders to bring order where the Emperor’s own commanders failed for decades.

Maddie Castle built her reputation as a K9 handler through years of training that taught her to read dogs better than most people read humans. Her canine partners become extensions of her investigative instincts—loyal, focused, relentless. Together, they form a formidable team law enforcement calls when standard methods hit dead ends. 🐕

In The Handler, Maddie faces a case testing every skill she’s developed. When a young woman disappears under circumstances suggesting abduction, local police exhaust conventional leads and turn to Maddie’s tracking dog. But this case proves more complex than anticipated—the trail leads through terrain designed to confuse trackers, past locations where someone eliminated evidence, toward a darker conclusion with every mile. 🔍

Tracking Justice expands the investigation where Maddie’s expertise meets jurisdictional complications and resistance. Someone powerful doesn’t want her digging deeper into connections between this disappearance and cold cases sharing disturbing similarities. As she uncovers patterns law enforcement missed or ignored, she navigates political dangers alongside physical ones. Her K9 partner remains focused on the scent trail even when authorities try redirecting investigation away from uncomfortable truths. Every lead her dog confirms challenges official narratives. ⚠️

Hunting Grounds brings Maddie to the most dangerous phase—when hunter and hunted roles can reverse without warning. She’s narrowed the geographic area where the predator operates, identified victim selection patterns, and developed a psychological profile pointing toward someone evading detection far longer than anyone realized. But this killer is now aware of her investigation, watching her methods, studying her movements, planning countermeasures. The final confrontation requires Maddie and her K9 partner to trust their training completely, knowing one mistake could make them the next victims in carefully chosen hunting grounds. 🚨

What makes this gripping: Three-book thriller following K9 handler Maddie Castle tracking a disappearance connecting to disturbing cold cases, navigating jurisdictional resistance from authorities protecting uncomfortable truths, and confronting a predator who’s been hunting undetected—forcing Maddie to trust her dog’s instincts when human judgment fails.

Kennedy Hellebore has perfected keeping secrets—she’s been a witch-in-hiding her entire life, suppressing powers and avoiding anything exposing her magical heritage. She’s learned to blend seamlessly into normal society, to never let her guard down, to trust no one with the truth. But when she moves to Edinburgh for study-abroad, the enchanting city seems to have different plans for her carefully controlled existence. 🔮

Including magically bonding her to three unexpected new friends without consent or understanding. The magical bond appears suddenly, connecting Kennedy to women she barely knows, creating ties she never wanted and can’t immediately break. It’s exactly the supernatural complication she’s spent years avoiding, the type of exposure that could unravel everything she’s built. Now she’s navigating friendships with people who might discover her secrets while trying to understand a bond none of them asked for. 💫

Bennett MacKay never meant to literally run into his beautiful new neighbor, knocking her over in maximum embarrassment. He would do anything to make up for the disastrous first impression. Lucky for him, she needs help with Edinburgh lore—his specialty. It gives him the perfect excuse to spend time with her. 📚

Kennedy’s soon had enough of her gorgeous, persistent Scottish neighbor who keeps making a fool of himself trying to win over this grumpy beauty. She’s got complications managing her magical bond without adding a charming man whose sunny personality cracks through walls she built to keep everyone distant. As they research the city’s mystical history together, she can’t help being charmed. She’s spent her life hiding powers and protecting her heart. He’s learned what happens when those you love abandon you. Can they trust each other enough to risk their guarded hearts, or is love’s magic not strong enough to overcome years of necessary self-protection? 💕

What makes this enchanting: Witchy rom-com following Kennedy Hellebore, a witch who’s hidden her powers her entire life, moving to Edinburgh where she’s magically bonded to three unexpected friends and keeps running into Bennett MacKay—a charming Scottish neighbor who makes a fool of himself trying to win this grumpy beauty while helping her research mystical history.

Why is discussing sex incredibly hard even with the person who regularly sees you completely naked? The paradox seems absurd—you’re comfortable being physically vulnerable but paralyzed by verbal vulnerability about that physical intimacy. Yet this disconnect between physical and emotional openness around sexuality remains one of the most common relationship challenges couples face regardless of how long they’ve been together. 💑

You know intellectually that communication is important, but knowing it matters and actually knowing how to start are entirely different challenges. Maybe you’ve never talked openly about sex, and just thinking about initiating that conversation makes your palms sweat. Or you’re feeling so disconnected that sex has become the last thing on your mind, creating a frustrating cycle where lack of intimacy prevents the conversations that might restore it. 🗣️

Maybe you’re too scared to be honest about what you really want sexually, worried that revealing true desires will make you seem weird or incompatible. Or you genuinely have no idea what you want beyond vague notions something isn’t right, leaving you uncertain how to tell your partner anything helpful when you can’t articulate needs to yourself. These fears keep countless couples trapped in unsatisfying sexual relationships they don’t know how to improve. 💭

Sex Talks helps readers overcome destructive myths dragging relationships down and preventing the sexual intimacy they crave. Together, sex therapist Vanessa Marin and her husband Xander show readers that the best thing for your sex life doesn’t involve taking off clothes—it requires having five crucial conversations most couples never have. These conversations transform relationships by building the foundation of trust, honesty, and mutual understanding that extraordinary sexual intimacy requires. From overcoming communication paralysis to articulating needs you’re still discovering, this guide provides practical frameworks for the difficult discussions that create genuine connection. 💕

What makes this transformative: Sex therapist Vanessa Marin and her husband Xander’s guide addresses why discussing sex feels impossible even with intimate partners, helping couples overcome myths and fears preventing honest communication by teaching five crucial conversations building the trust and understanding required for extraordinary sexual intimacy—proving the best thing for sex life doesn’t require removing clothes.

Paisley considered herself carefree and content before meeting her best friend’s older brother—satisfied with her work, comfortable in routines, happy in her sunny disposition. Then Brody Benson walked into her world and wrecked her composure with a single glare communicating volumes of disapproval and dismissal. He’s broody, crass when basic manners would cost nothing, and far too attractive for someone treating her like an inconvenient presence he wishes would disappear. 🤠

As if Brody’s personality isn’t enough barrier, he earns more money monthly than Paisley will likely make in her lifetime—a financial gap underscoring how different their worlds are despite living in the same small town. They couldn’t be more different if designed specifically to clash. That’s why Paisley settles for catching quick glances in passing, for admiring from safe distance rather than risking rejection direct interaction would bring. Meanwhile, Brody prefers pretending she doesn’t exist at all. Then the unthinkable happens and changes everything. 💔

The death of Brody’s mother rocks the foundation their rustic ranch empire is built upon, shattering family stability. After the funeral, his sister flees to find comfort elsewhere. Dad shuts down emotionally, abandoning business responsibilities he’d handled for decades. That leaves Brody carrying the entire weight of keeping operations running during the worst period of his life—managing livestock, dealing with suppliers, making decisions while drowning in unprocessed grief. 🏡

That undertaking becomes more challenging because of Paisley Keaton. Now he’s constantly crossing paths with the sunny cowgirl his sister left in charge of the barn. Paisley tries earnestly to be helpful, stepping up to handle abandoned tasks, offering assistance Brody never asked for and doesn’t want. Which only agitates his barely-controlled animosity. He doesn’t miss opportunities to tell her where to stick that overly positive attitude grating against his raw grief. But rules can’t be broken if they don’t exist—and in this storm of loss, anger, and unwanted attraction, nobody wrote down rules about what happens when enemies start seeing each other differently. 💕

What makes this compelling: Enemies-to-lovers small-town romance following sunny cowgirl Paisley whose carefree life gets complicated by her best friend’s broody older brother Brody—who earns more monthly than she’ll make in a lifetime and pretends she doesn’t exist until his mother’s death leaves him running the ranch while working alongside the helpful cowgirl whose positive attitude he tells her to stick elsewhere.