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✭ NBJ TOP RECOMMENDATION | ALPHA HERO + FORCED PROXIMITY + MYSTERY ROMANCE
Historical fiction writer, Vivienne Dupree, is hoping to unravel the mystery of her WWII soldier, great-grandfather’s doomed love affair with the lovely Lady Harmony. A woman he met convalescing at the sweeping English country estate, The Downs.
Vivienne jumps at the invitation to spend time at this magnificent property, doing so with unfettered access to family papers.
What she doesn’t expect is to come face-to-face—and immediately go head-to-head—with Battle Talyn, the ludicrously handsome, imposing, ridiculously arrogant Duke of Burleigh.
From the start, Vivi and Battle match wits, but it doesn’t take long for Vivi to realize something is amiss at The Downs. She dives into her research to figure it out, at the same time Battle launches a campaign that Vivi doesn’t quite understand.
The game is on, and a mystery is afoot.
What kept the doomed lovers apart all those years ago? What’s happening in the ballroom? Is there a curse on The Downs?
And what does all of this have to do with Battle and Vivi?
This is the second book in the Manors and Mysteries series of standalone novels with interconnected characters.
Series recommended reading order: Too Good to Be True | Perfect In Every Way
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✭ NBJ TOP RECOMMENDATION | ROMANTIC FANTASY
An outcast burdened with a curse. A mercenary out for himself. A kingdom that must be saved.
In the deep, dark, dead of night, passions rise, and empires fall…
The Fulcrum is failing, and demons are slipping into the mortal world.
No one is safe.
Especially not Sorrel. An orphan and an outcast within the walls of her small village because of her mystical abilities. She wants to survive…and find somewhere she can call her true home. But Fate has other plans.
Sorrel has been chosen. Cursed.
She must cross the Badlands to return the Queen’s crown and convince the fearsome female to save their world from destruction.
Well aware she’s no brave hero, Sorrel makes a dangerous deal with Merc, a brooding, commanding mercenary known only by his unscrupulous profession.
The deal? A night in his bed that she will never forget, in exchange for her safe passage.
But Merc has secrets of his own, and even though desire runs hot between them, adventure, danger, and betrayal lurk around every corner.
This is the first book in the all-new Kingdoms of the Compass series.
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✭ NBJ TOP RECOMMENDATION | BILLIONAIRE + HIDDEN IDENTITY + SECRET RELATIONSHIP + GRUMPY/SUNSHINE + FORCED PROXIMITY
Two weeks. One villa. A dangerous game of seduction and lies.
My job is simple: get close, get the intel, get out.
Then Locke Maris walks into my op.
He’s cold. Controlled. Heir to a billion-dollar shipping fortune. And so aggressively straight he doesn’t even look at me twice…
Until he does.
Locke makes me an offer: play his assistant by day, be his secret lover by night, at a house party where the world’s elite will gather to sip champagne, enjoy the Italian sun… and play a dangerous game called Paxis.
In this ancient variation of chess, humans are pawns and each coded move could start or stop wars. I should report this to my agency immediately. Walk away clean.
But I can’t walk away.
Because in the privacy of his suite, the moves Locke makes are just as dangerous, the words he murmurs in my ear as devastating, and the growing devotion I feel as destructive as any global war.
At the end of this, I’ll have to disappear like I always do.
I don’t get to want things that could ruin my cover—or my career.But Locke Maris is ruthless about protecting what’s his, and as far as he’s concerned he owns me.
When everything falls apart, I’ll find out exactly how far he’ll go to keep me.
This is a standalone novel in the Made Marian Legacy series, a spin-off from the Made Marian and The Billionaire Brotherhood series.
Series recommended reading order: Rescuing Dr. Marian | Burning for Alexander | Owning Jett | Tracking Wolfe (TBA)
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ROMANTIC FANTASY
Welcome to Harker Academy for Deviant Defense. Keep your daggers sharp, and your wits even sharper.
Viv Abbot is an average twenty-one-year-old girl. She lives in an expensive city where the rent is too high, works long hours at a thankless job, and is dating a guy she doesn’t even like in the hopes of winning her prickly mother’s approval.
She also happens to be a demon hunter.
Ever since her father’s murder, she’s been forced to hunt deviants alone, meaning everyone, including her family, sees her as an outsider . . . until the day she crosses paths with a dangerously alluring demon, Reid Graveheart. The reformed deviant tells her of a school for people just like her: Harker Academy for Deviant Defense. If she enrolls, she’ll learn to hone her craft, work with other hunters, and never be alone again.
But Viv has a deadly secret. One that not even her new friends at Harker can know about, not if the school might hold the answers to untangling the mystery surrounding Viv’s father’s death. When strange occurrences begin to plague the students, Viv will have to figure out who she can trust, all while trying to ace her classes, avoid falling for a demon, and make it through her first year at Harker in one piece. How hard could that be?
This is the first book in the all-new Harker Academy series.
Series reading order: Half City | Cursed City (Oct 2026)
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PARANORMAL ROMANCE + SHIFTERS
Loyalty is fragile. Blood is currency. And the biggest threat comes from within.
Caidrik McGregor has spent his life as a mercenary, fighting for those who could afford his blade and walking away before the dust settled. Now, he’s been offered something far more dangerous—a chance to claim the Alpha seat of the Slate Pack, the same pack that cast out his family generations ago. To take it, he must survive the brutal trials, silence the doubters, and crush the rivals waiting for him to fail. The prize isn’t just power. It’s Nadia Hodge, the newly discovered daughter of the current Alpha, bound to him if he survives.
Nadia never needed a pack, let alone an Alpha deciding her fate. She didn’t grow up with their rules, wasn’t raised to play their games, and has no intention of letting a hardened outsider control her future. But war is coming, led by Caidrik’s half-brother, and someone inside their own ranks is leaving bodies behind. If she wants to protect the people who now call her family, she may have no choice but to stand at Caidrik’s side.
With enemies circling and trust in short supply, Caidrik and Nadia must decide what matters most—vengeance, power, or the unexpected pull of a bond neither of them saw coming.
This is a standalone novel in the Stope Packs series.
Series recommended reading order: Wolf | Alpha | Shifter | Predator | Enforcer
BEST FRIENDS TO LOVERS + FORCED PROXIMITY + SMALL TOWN
Two best friends reunite at Triple Creek Ranch, proving that home is where love finds its way…
Fifteen years ago, my best friend found salvation at the Triple Creek Ranch, transforming from an angry foster kid into a hockey legend. Now, with his adoptive father’s death forcing him home, Ryker’s trading his hockey stick for ranch life—and I’m not sure my heart can handle having him this close again.
I’ve spent the past decade raising my troubled nephew alone while building my career as an audiobook narrator. When my boy needs a fresh start, Ryker offers us sanctuary at the ranch. But living under the same roof with the man who’s always owned my heart ignites feelings I’ve tried hard to bury.
Between helping manage a struggling ranch, watching my nephew find his way, and dealing with the shadows of Ryker’s fame, we discover our connection is stronger than ever. But when threats from his past surface, we’ll have to decide if our second chance is worth fighting for.
This is a standalone novel in the all-new Triple Creek Ranch series.
Series recommended reading order: Safe Haven | Safe Keeping (Apr 2026)
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ROMANTIC FANTASY
The Vulture God of Aos needs a partner.
Or more accurately, a watchdog. It’s my job to escort him through the phenomenon called the Anticipation. If I make sure he stays alive until the very end, the fates will save my brother’s life.
Of course I say yes. Who wouldn’t?
I expected Kalos to be repugnant, not an elegant, world-weary man with silvery hair and tired green eyes. I expected him to be cruel and uncaring. As we get to know each other, I find that his caustic commentary shields a soft heart that’s been betrayed too many times before.
He’s used to everyone hating him. He doesn’t know how to handle love, or understanding. He doesn’t know what to do when I don’t turn away from him, and kiss him instead.
Most of all, Kalos doesn’t know that I’m doomed to leave his side, no matter how this ends.
This is a standalone novel in the Aspect and Anchor series.
Series recommended reading order: Bound to the Battle God | Sworn to the Shadow God | Wed to the Wild God | Servant to the Spidae | Vowed to the Vulture God
BILLIONAIRE + ENEMIES TO LOVERS + DARK ROMANCE
She betrayed him. Now, he’s back to claim everything—including her.
Gabriel Grimm was supposed to be dead.
Once, he was the golden heir—untouchable, unstoppable—until a scandal shattered his world, leaving his name in ruins and his body in a shallow grave. But Gabriel didn’t die. He disappeared, forging himself into something harder, colder, unbreakable. And now, after years in the shadows, he’s ready to take back what was stolen.
Starting with her.Isabella Hart was everything to him. His love. His salvation. And the woman who stood by while her father destroyed him. Now, she’s at the heart of the empire he’s about to dismantle. But taking down her father isn’t enough. Gabriel wants Bella, too. Ruined. Broken. His.
She swears she wasn’t part of the betrayal. That she fought for him. That the past isn’t what he believes.
But Gabriel stopped believing in love the day he died.Now, he only believes in vengeance.
Yet every time he touches her, the past comes roaring back. The hunger. The need. The lie he tells himself—that breaking her will make him whole again.
But if he’s wrong, then claiming her won’t be his triumph… it will be his downfall. And her undoing.
This is a standalone novel in the Billionaire Brothers Grimm series.
Series recommended reading order: The Tower | The Wolf | The Beast
ROMANTIC FANTASY
Take back your Kingdom…
Gisela Bloodthorn is trained to kill. She has spent her life enslaved as an assassin in the court of the Centaurs, where only the strongest survive.
Now, the Centaur queen has a final assignment for her: protect the Oath Keeper who holds the contract that will keep their enemy at bay and kill the queen’s enemies and Gisela will go free.
But when Gisela discovers her first Outlaw known as Xaydin, Gisela learns that the Outlaws aren’t what they seem. Nor are they easily slain.
Xaydin isn’t just a bastard half-troll, he’s an assassin who has dedicated his life to ridding the Thirteen Kingdoms of the Oath Keepers, especially the one who holds the contract Gisela has been sworn to protect.
But trust doesn’t come easy to either of them. If they can’t find common ground and fight their real enemy, both of them will lose everything and everyone they care for.
This is the second book in the Myths & Outlaws series.
Series recommended reading order: House of Fire and Magic | House of Ice and Shadows
FAKE RELATIONSHIP + BEST FRIEND’S BROTHER + HE FALLS FIRST + BASEBALL ROMANCE
Raising my cousin’s three kids wasn’t in my five-year plan.
Actually, it wasn’t in any plan.One minute I’m a single labor and delivery nurse living a quiet life and the next, I’m navigating guardianship hearings, meltdowns, and homework I’m pretty sure requires a math degree.
Enter Hayes Carlisle.
My best friend’s older brother.
Chicago Colts newest catcher.
And the man I once kissed and immediately pretended I didn’t.So, when the custody battle I’ve been dreading becomes a reality, I shouldn’t be surprised that Hayes swoops in with a wild idea—a fake relationship. According to him, pretending we’re together will polish his image and prove to the court I’m not taking on an instant family alone.
But pretending to be Hayes’ girlfriend is a terrible idea.
Because he remembers how to make me laugh.
Because he looks at me like our kiss wasn’t a one-time mistake.
Because the kids start asking him to read bedtime stories.
Because my heart starts wanting things my life doesn’t have room for.I can manage the chaos. I can fight for these kids.
But pretending not to fall for Hayes Carlisle?That might be the one thing I can’t do.
This is a standalone novel in the all-new The Dugout series.
Series recommended reading order: The Hotshot | The Wild Card (Apr 2026) | The Rulebreaker (May 2026) | The Troublemaker (June 2026)
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FRIENDS TO LOVERS + FORCED PROXIMITY + SECOND CHANCES + SMALL TOWN
When Callan Hunt arrived at Ryemont High senior year, I couldn’t have predicted the hot Irish football player would become my everything … and end up breaking my heart.
College and dreams of a career in interior design were my sole focus until my new neighbor bulldozed his way into my life.
Callan had ambitions too. He planned to leave Vermont after graduation to pursue his dream of playing for an English Premier League club.
We weren’t looking for love, but fate had other plans.
When Callan was scouted during our freshman year of college, I couldn’t have been prouder.
Until everything came crashing down in one crippling blow.
I was devastated, and it took years to recover.
After finally moving on from the heartache of my past, I now have a successful career and a billionaire CEO fiancé.
Then my first love reappears.
Callan says it’s time I learned the truth about that night.
He claims he’s never stopped loving me and vows to fight for me in a way he couldn’t before.
He seems determined to keep every promise he ever made me, but how is it possible after everything that’s happened?
This is a standalone novel.
ENEMIES TO LOVERS + EX’S BROTHER + FORBIDDEN + HOCKEY ROMANCE
Hating Patterson Cross is easy.
Keeping my hands off him? Not so much.He’s my ex-fiancé’s identical twin brother, my father’s star hockey player, and the man I’ve despised for years. That’s three very logical reasons I shouldn’t ask Pattycakes to be my hookup for the season. But I recklessly do it anyway.
To my surprise, my biggest hater says yes.We agree to keep it secret. Behind closed doors, I’m his. In public, nothing changes. It’s so much harder than it sounds. Because the more time I spend with Patterson, the more I realize hate was never the problem. It was just easier than admitting the truth.
This is a standalone novel in the Billionaire Situation series.
Series recommended reading order: The Wife Situation | The Friend Situation | The Boss Situation | The Bodyguard Situation | The Hookup Situation | The Hockey Situation | The Royal Situation (May 2026)
ADVENTURE THRILLER
Former Justice Department operative, Cotton Malone, is called to Sweden when the younger sister of King Wilhelm I is kidnapped. The ransom demand? Hand over an 800-year-old book, the Codex Gigas—the largest illuminated medieval manuscript in the world. Claimed as war loot from Bohemia in 1648, it’s been kept in Stockholm for nearly 400 years. Along the way it also acquired another more mysterious moniker … The Devil’s Bible.
Now the Czech Republic wants the codex back, and Sweden has agreed to return it, but forces are at work to stop that deal from happening. The likely instigator? Russia. Who is also top of the list for possible kidnappers. It’s up to Cotton and Cassiopeia Vitt to locate the king’s sister, secure the codex, and thwart the Russians. Yet nothing is as it seems.
Trusted allies become hostile enemies. Long-standing enemies suddenly shift into partners. Making matters worse, an array of conflicting personalities re-emerge from Cotton’s past, transforming an already chaotic international situation into something far more personal and deadly.
From the cobbled streets of Stockholm with its placid waterways and picturesque islands, to the hostile skies over the Baltic Sea, and finally onto a fabled 16th century Swedish warship, Cotton and Cassiopeia come face-to-face with the unthinkable—changing both of their lives forever.
This is a standalone novel in the Cotton Malone series.
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PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
Who is watching Nell Masters?
Nell Masters is certain someone is following her. The hairs on the back of her neck rise when she travels to and from work, there are silent calls to her office, and a huge bouquet of flowers arrives without a card. And Nell has a reason to be looking over her shoulder, because she has a secret that she’s hiding from everyone in her life, including her new partner, Alex. But Alex also has secrets of his own.
Fourteen years earlier, when Nell went by the name Elle Nugent, she witnessed a student, Bryony Sanders, getting into a stranger’s car. When Bryony was found murdered, Elle became obsessed with finding the person responsible. She was convinced she knew who it was and her fixation with Brett Parker, the man she accused, led her down a dangerous path . . .
Now, Nell tries to convince herself that this unnerving feeling of being watched is all in her mind. Has someone from her past discovered her new identity? Has the stalker become the stalked? Or is there something even more deadly at play?
This is a standalone novel.
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