The Fantastic World of A Reader

The Lost Man A.S. Kelly (From Connemara With Love, #6) Publication date: May 3rd 2023 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance I left at dawn on a rainy day. I left as he slept, believing that he’d still find me in his arms when he woke up. I left, taking everything I’d promised him. I took it all, and neither of us would ever have it again. I left, turning my back on everything I knew, believing I could never be part of it. I left the man who loved me, the family who raised me. I left my home, my roots, my dreams. I left my whole life behind in search of a past that was never mine. I hurt everyone who loved me, and broke him into so many pieces that I know I’ll never deserve his forgiveness. But I’m here, now, trying to rebuild everything I’ve destroyed. I’m trying to find what I thought I’d lost. And although he says that he’ll never be the same, though he says that there’s nothing left of him, I can’t abandon him again. I can’t say goodbye to us. They say that you always find yo...

Of Blood and Light C. Monk Publication date: April 30th 2023 Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Romance Arthurian legend, bodice-ripping, and capybaras: welcome to Thule. A girl with a secret . . . In the back of an ambulance, River Greer counts each breath her little sister takes until the final one: Sage’s body is giving up, ravaged by a mysterious illness. The late-night rush to the ER, however, turns into a surreal nightmare when River is abducted and ferried across the universe to the fabled Thule: a world beyond worlds, where Victorian mores collide with magic and Arthurian legend. . . . meets a knight on a mission to save his world. There, his grace Hadrian Landevale of Caid is fighting losing battles of his own: to recover Isolde, his runaway wife, and against the blight that threatens the ichor, the source of all life on Thule. To add insult to injury, the captured fugitive Thule pathfinders just brought back from Earth is not his duchess but an eerie doppelgänger. When it beco...

The Art of Husbandry Jay Hogan Publication date: June 1st 2023 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance When life drowns you in lemons, to hell with making lemonade. I wanted to burn the whole world. But eighteen months from the day my life was torn apart, I’m tired of the anger. Tired of the nightmares. Tired of putting one foot in front of the other just trying to survive. Three months on a high country sheep station in the middle of nowhere is exactly the reboot I need. A chance to break free. To breathe again. To find a way forward. I put my entire life on hold and head south to Mackenzie Country. But falling for the captivating young station boss was never part of the plan. Holden Miller might be smart and sexy and push all of my dusty buttons, but we come from two different worlds. I’m not looking for a relationship. I’m not interested in love. I’m done with all that. But Holden doesn’t care about my rules. Nestled safely in the arms of the spectacular Southern Alp...

A Guise of the Sea Jenna Mandarino Publication date: August 1st 2023 Genres: Adult, Historical, Women’s Fiction Embark on a High-Stakes Adventure in “A Guise of the Sea” – A Swashbuckling Tale of Love, Betrayal, and Redemption In a world of deception and danger, Emme Clark must unravel the mysteries of her past and navigate the treacherous waters of love, all while facing a deadly adversary with secrets of his own. A Desperate Quest for the Truth When Emme Clark’s husband mysteriously vanishes, she must obtain proof of his death to secure her future. But with no record of his demise, she has no choice but to follow him across the ocean by joining the crew of the privateering ship, the Bluebell. Under the command of the enigmatic Highlander-turned-privateer Captain Xander Lock, Emme must disguise herself as a man to avoid attracting attention from the British Crown. A Dangerous Alliance As Emme bears witness to a brutal murder committed by the ruthless Commodore Cobbe, she ...

Resonate Erin Wilkerson (The Avalon Series, #1) Publication date: May 1st 2023 Genres: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Young Adult Sixteen year old Tamar Linsky has had enough! After surviving twenty-two devastating quakes on an increasingly unstable Earth, she leaves the slow destruction of her world behind for an internship as far away from tragedy as she can get—humanity’s first lunar colony. Lunar Base One is a high-tech research facility brimming with the brightest young minds from all over the world, but through it all, she will beat her peers and make a name for herself as a groundbreaking scientist. Even if a good-looking prankster threatens to distract her—knowing relationships are forbidden—bringing more secrets and drama than Tamar can bear. Just when she thought she was getting a grip on the pressure, a geological catastrophe wipes out civilization back home. Now cut off from the Earth she was desperate to escape, Tamar and her crew must find a way to survive on the...

Brightest Kind of Darkness by P.T. Michelle Synopsis: Nara Collins is an average sixteen-year-old, with one exception: every night she dreams the events of the following day. Due to an incident in her past, Nara avoids using her special gift to change fate...until she dreams a future she can't ignore. After Nara prevents a bombing at Blue Ridge High, her ability to see the future starts to fade, while people at school are suddenly being injured at an unusually high rate. Grappling with her diminishing powers and the need to prevent another disaster, Nara meets Ethan Harris, a mysterious loner who seems to understand her better than anyone. Ethan and Nara forge an irresistible connection, but as their relationship heats up, so do her questions about his dark past. Review: Mysterious, alluring, and unquestionably addictive! Reading this book will be a decision you'll never regret! If you had the power to dream about what will happen tomorrow, how would you react? "Brightest ...

We Are All Villains Here Quinn Blackbird Publication date: July 1st 2023 Genres: Adult, Dark Romance, Romance, Thriller From the author of the DARK FAE comes this *dark slasher romance* in vein of our beloved 90s Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer. Sailors Bay has a bit of a problem… a serial killer problem. What should be a sleepy old fishing town—a place so silent and forgotten that it slips off the map—has murder in the air and secrets poisoning the heart of the town. Here… no one is safe when a masked killer starts terrorising the town. Blood Hood is coming after them: Billie—from the wrong side of the tracks—and her friends… The ones who have a deadly secret of their own, one they kept for seven years… a dark secret that Blood Hood seems to know all about. One by one, Blood Hood hunts them down to avenge the murder that started it all. And Billie finds herself running from Blood Hood as well as the love of her life and ex, Dalton. With slashed-up bodies pil...