"Mackay, March 2019Bethany Kristensen frowned as Lady Stella 2 shuddered and pulled to starboard, She corrected the helm and cocked her head, listening to the note of the engines; for a brief second, one of the diesel motors had missed. She shook her head as the engines purred quietly; a rogue wave must have caught the side of the vessel. They skirted Oom Shoal, and she looked to the east, keen to get home. No matter how fast the trip was down through the Whitsunday Passage, the last few nautical miles into Mackay Harbour always seemed to take longer than the rest of the trip.The call of home."
- Osprey Reef by Annie Seaton
NEW RELEASES
Lilliana Rose
Clockwork Hearts
Book 1, A Timeless Affair
Released:
10 August
Time is fragile. I never expected it to shatter—and take me with it.
Everything changed the day I opened a package containing a glowing pendant that shouldn’t have existed. The world shifted, and I fell through time itself.
Now, I’m stranded in a past where the line between science and magic blurs, and the man with the mechanical heart—Thaddeus—holds the key to both. He has built the chronarium, which is connected with power and time. It could be my only way home, but I’m not the only one who wants it. I
might never return to my time—or the life I thought I wanted. But in this fractured world, I’ve found something unexpected—a cause worth fighting for and a man worth risking everything to save.
Time is running out. But if I’ve learned one thing, it’s that even monsters can fight for the future.
Lilliana Rose
Dragon Desire
Book 3, Ochre Dragon Shifter
Released:
11 July
I thought my fear of heights was the biggest danger I’d face. Then I fell for a dragon.
Getting on that plane was supposed to be my victory. Instead, it was the beginning of something far more terrifying and infinitely more thrilling. Blaze, the pilot who coaxed me past my fear, was more than just a handsome face—he was a spark that ignited a firestorm within me. Our chemistry was undeniable, a force I couldn’t resist.
But Blaze carried a secret that could destroy us both—he’s a dragon shifter bound by the ancient laws of his Ochre Clan. And his fear? A torn wing that keeps him from the sky in his true form, a vulnerability that mirrors my own in the most unexpected way.
When his clan discovers our connection, I’m no longer just Keili—I’m a human entanglement, a threat to their existence. They want me gone. Can Blaze defy his powerful kin and the traditions that demand his loyalty? And am I strong enough to stand by a man whose love means stepping into a world of magic, danger, and creatures I never dreamed existed?
Lilliana Rose
Dragon Defiance
Book 4, Ochre Dragon Shifter
Released:
4 August
He soared into my life like a blaze of fire and fate. Falling for him was inevitable—surviving it might not be.
Blaze is a dragon shifter bound by ancient laws that don’t welcome humans, especially not the kind carrying a child prophesied to change everything. I didn’t ask to be part of his world. But now it’s in my blood and growing inside me.
His clan wants control. The enemies in the shadows want power.
And all I want is to protect the life we created.
Even if I have to become something more than human to do it.
TJ Nichols
The Blood and the Seer
Book 2, Hunting Hearts
Released:
28 July
Joel Reid is either escaping into fantasy books and crossword puzzles, or he’s cleaning up a vampire mess to keep them safe from humans. He needs something for himself but doesn’t know what when the Reid family consumes everything they touch.
For Aiden Green, being a vampire means danger. He was raised to avoid others of his kind and warned about being sucked into another family’s drama. His mother fled Ireland because she wanted more for her life and the lives of her children. Now, the trouble has found him, and the Orlan vampire crime family has convinced his brother to join them, and his brother is demanding Aiden follow suit.
Being sent to tidy up any remaining Orlan problems in what was neutral territory puts Aiden in Joel’s sights, and he must confront his duty to the Reid family and his desire for Aiden. But the Orlans are determined to keep the precarious toehold no matter the cost.
Flesh and Fangs is book 2 in the Hunting Hearts vampire crime family series. Join the fight between the Reid family and the Orlans in this enemies to lovers mm mafia romance.
TJ Nichols
Magic and Other Mishaps
Book 2, Mytho Collapse
Released:
July
in audio format
One moment, Pan is partying with the selkies; the next, he’s on a strange beach surrounded by broken bodies.
There’s no magic. And he’s stuck in the human world. How is a god supposed to survive without magic?
Without followers to whisper his name?
Wearing only a selkie’s coat, Pan goes in search…
Noah has spent the last eighteen months living with his aunt in Wales, working in his grandmother’s pub and avoiding going home. When the earth shakes and buildings fall as new ones grow, the world as he knows is gone. And it’s not just new buildings—there are new people and creatures that belong in myth.
In the wake of the global catastrophe, borders close.
No one is going home…
TJ Nichols
Magic and Other Mishaps
Book 1, Mytho Collapse
Released:
August
in audio format
Agent Kavi Dhillon has dedicated two years to hunting the elusive thief known as Wraith. But capturing his image—or catching him—is a feat yet to be achieved. Now, Wraith is after the ultimate prize: a phoenix egg. Is it a real phoenix egg? No one knows. But the Coven wants it, along with the thief and the mysterious buyer.
Adrian Tanner didn’t choose a life of thievery—it chose him when survival meant breaking the rules at sixteen. Two decades later, he’s a master of magic and stealth, earning his reputation as Wraith through carefully selected, high-stakes jobs. By day, Adrian is a reclusive business owner; by night, he’s a shadow in the world of crime. When he’s hired to steal the phoenix egg, the money and the challenge are irresistible. The only hitch? He’s not the only thief on the job.
Two opposites come together in this MM fated mates romance between a scarred, enigmatic thief and the charismatic tiger shifter determined to catch him. Secrets, passion, and danger ignite as their worlds—and hearts—collide.
K.E. Turner
The Wolf and the Witch
Book 1, The Descendants
Released:
22 July
He gave her up once. He won’t make that mistake again.
Annabelle Jackson loathes everything about Christmas. Three years ago, beneath the Christmas lights of the Champs Elysees, the love of her life walked away. Christmas hasn’t been the same since. No man has ever captured her heart or stirred her body the way Gabriel did. Now she dedicates her time to her family, her job and the coven she will one day rule. Until the man who abandoned her walks back into her life.
Gabriel Montagne, head of security for the Langeais wolves, met his mate in Paris three years ago. She wasn’t ready for the truth about him, and when pack business called him in, he didn’t look back. Something he’s regretted every day since.
Almost three years to the day, when the San Francisco Bayside coven takes an interest in his ancestor’s arch enemy, Gabriel comes face to face with Annabelle. His Annabelle. Best Christmas present ever.
Trusting the man who left her isn’t on Annabelle’s agenda, but with the coven divided, and Annabelle’s suitability to rule it questioned, she’s forced to work with him on a crucial mission. There’s more than broken trust and power struggles at stake. The fate of witchcraft and the Langeais wolves hangs in the balance.
This time, Gabriel’s not leaving without her.
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Mila Young
Their Pretty Little Monster
Released:
8 August
In their arms, danger becomes desire.
Every year, monsters demand their Offerings—women like me. This year, I thought I escaped. I thought I was safe. Then he arrived.
The Viscount.
Dangerous and ruthless, he declares me a late Offering.
Swept into the deadly realm of the Shadowfen, I realize I’m not here by chance.
They want to rule, and I’m their key. My reality crumbles, and as much as we act like enemies, they refuse to let me go. Their touch ignites a fire I can’t resist, fueling desires I never expected.
They call me their little monster.
Maybe they’re right.
Angelica Grymm
You Had Me at Mutant
Monster Brides
multi-author series
Released:
22 June
Nyx lives in the night, thrives in it.
It hides his and his brothers' clandestine care of the city and the unsuspecting people in it.
It hides that he's not human.
Created in a laboratory out of reptilian and human DNA he is a hybrid, a super soldier who is almost impossible to kill. Someone trained to do the government's dirty work.
After escaping the clutches of The Facility years ago, he and his brothers hide in the shadows, forever outcast. Monsters. The only night he can move about freely is Halloween, and he plans to have the best night ever.
Then he sees her.
The most beautiful woman he's ever laid eyes on. All softness and curves, the complete opposite of his harsh, plated angles and genetically-toughened hide. Nyx aches to touch, to stroke, to hold—even if only for the night. Just once. To finally know the softness of a gentle hand. To finally know kindness.
Andi shows him all that, and more. One night of pure pleasure.
Then it all falls apart. Somehow, The Facility knows, and they’re coming for him.
Even worse—they’re coming for Andi.
Carolyn Wren
Stolen Memory
Book 1, Stolen Ones
Released:
21 July
Who are The Stolen Ones?
In the heart of a savage Scottish winter, reclusive author Christopher Dawn is thrust into a perilous role when he rescues a woman from a blazing car wreck. She recovers from her ordeal with no memory, her only clue a crude 'D' tattooed on her skin.
Haunted by disturbing visions, Dee teeters on the edge of reality and nightmare, questioning her very essence. As she battles to reclaim her identity, a sinister dread takes root. Is someone searching for her, or is a darker force at play?
Christopher becomes her beacon in a storm of uncertainty, even as he conceals his own dark secret—he is a vampire with a shadowy past. Enter Marie Therese, a medical expert with ancient ties to Christopher, and their charismatically lethal creator, Dashiell Dante. As Dante's interest ignites, the tension escalates.
Three vampires, bound by a tangled history of friendship and animosity, must unravel the mystery of Dee's stolen memory and restore her place in the human world, all while guarding their own secrets from the light.
Carolyn Wren
Bonded Memory
Bonded Memory
Book 2, Stolen Ones
Released:
28 July
Who are The Stolen Ones?
Dee has uncovered the horrifying truth behind her abduction, and the shattered fragments of her stolen past. She isn’t just a survivor. She’s a weapon. A ticking time bomb. And the life growing inside her may be the ultimate victim.
Haunted by the shadow of a captor whose identity remains a deadly mystery, Dee is running out of time. He could be dead. Or worse watching, waiting, ready to strike again. Her only chance lies with three vampires bound to her by blood, secrets, and something far more dangerous, love.
Christopher Dawn, the fierce protector who pulled her from the brink and now claims her heart as his own. Terry Day, the brilliant scientist whose groundbreaking blood research could revolutionize vampire lives. Dashiell Dante, a dangerously seductive enigma with a past soaked in blood and betrayal. He may be the only one capable of dismantling the compulsions threatening Dee’s mind before her unborn child pays the price.
As their fates collide, loyalties are tested, and dark desires surface. Terry’s carefully controlled world begins to spiral, drawing her into the arms of someone she never expected.
But in the shadows, Yvette waits. Twisted by jealousy and driven by obsession, she’ll stop at nothing to reclaim Christopher, even if it means destroying everyone close to him.
M.L. Tompsett
Kept in the Dark of Lies and DeceitReleased:
8 August
Stripped of their memories, Malisty and Xavier are thrust into the unknown—a world where danger lurks in the shadows and whispered secrets threaten their lives at every turn.
Their identities—fractured. Their pasts—erased. Will they reclaim the shattered pieces of who they once were, or will they be lost forever, molded into breeding vessels for weapons for a great shifter war?
Time is slipping away, and Braven races against an unknown enemy who holds more than just power—he holds Misty and Xavier captive. A ruthless mastermind bent on creating a super race of wolf shifters, he will stop at nothing in his pursuit of perfection. The cost? Irrelevant. The casualties? Insignificant. Which includes his mate.
Braven has vowed to bring them home. But reaching them is half the battle—saving them from a ruthless shifter will test everything he has. When the ashes settle, will he fight for his family, or will his pride stand in his way, costing him the one he swore to protect, cherish, and love?
Yet buried beneath layers of deception and forced captivity, Malisty’s past is waiting. The truth, once uncovered, will change everything.
Because she isn’t just powerful, she’s more dangerous than anyone ever dared to believe.
Eternal
Mel Teshco
Re-Released:
9 August
formerly released as Dark Lord and then as Blood Chance
Sometimes the monster you seek is the one you should fear most.
To save her dying mother, dhampir Kia Montana must do the one thing she swore she'd never do—seek help from a vampire.
The Ancient One, Sean Maximillus, is the oldest and most deadly bloodsucker alive, but he's also her mother's only hope. When Kia sets off to find him, she expects danger. What she doesn't expect is Ronan.
Gorgeous, mysterious, and radiating the kind of power that makes lesser vampires bow, Ronan promises to take her to the Vampire Lord—but only after he's taken her to his bed. There's something unsettling about how much he knows about her, secrets she's never shared with anyone. And why does he speak of Sean Maximillus with such familiarity?
As Kia is drawn deeper into Ronan's dark world, she realizes he isn't just offering her passage to the Ancient One. He's offering her truths that will shatter everything she believes about herself—and a desire that might be worth risking her soul.
Non Spec-Fic
Falcon
Mel Teshco
Book 2, Sons of the Sheikh
Released:
31 July
His strike is as sharp as his intellect.
Sheikh Zayn Al-Hadid might love his province, but he doesn’t much care about the politics and legislations in running it. He’d much prefer hanging out with his falcons—the very same bird that has become his nickname—than sitting in the great hall of his palace solving his people’s every dispute.
Using cameras mounted on his falcons, the last thing he expects is for a western woman to capture his attention. After observing her for days, he realizes he must have her with or without her consent.
After her cheating boyfriend breaks her heart, Dolly Clark leaves her homeland of Australia and heads to the Middle East. She wants to go someplace faraway, somewhere with a different culture, a different perspective and far different people. What she doesn’t expect is to be kidnapped by a stalker with his seeing-eye falcon. Even less expected is her attraction toward him or her growing feelings.
But no matter how tempted she is by him, surely nothing and no one can rebuild her trust in men?
Annie Seaton
Chasing Days
Book 4, Duckinwilla Days
Released:
1 July
When Elena Santiago joins the Johnsons’ seasonal crew at the cane farm in Duckinwilla Creek, she plans to stay only three months—just long enough to complete the final leg of her journey before returning to Brazil to reshape her family’s fifth-generation farm. But from the moment Guy Johnson sees the quiet, yet confident woman with bright ideas and a deep connection to the land, something shifts.
As they work together on the farm, their professional respect slowly deepens through shared sunrises in the fields, stargazing at night, and long talks about generational farming.
As Elena’s departure draws near, Guy faces a choice he never expected: hold on to the comfort of the familiar or follow the woman who’s quietly captured his heart.
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