Excerpt: Murder in Petrograd by Asya M. Pereltsvaig
Petrograd, 1916. As Russia is swept up in the maelstrom of war, Oswald Rayner, a bookish Oxford graduate, is sent by British Intelligence to Petrograd.
His mission is to curb Rasputin's influence and eliminate the man himself if needed. But Oswald soon realizes that his remit goes against his morals. Will he shirk his duty or be forever haunted by the blood on his hands and the burden of secrecy?
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Spotlight: Leonor (Queens of Portugal #2) by Catherine Mathis
A queen’s ambition. A kingdom on the edge. One woman’s hunger for power will set Portugal ablaze—unless she’s devoured first.
Portugal, 1367. The court is a powder keg, and Leonor Teles de Meneses is the spark. Born noble, married off for duty, Leonor aches for more—freedom, passion, a place at the heart of power. Her wit is sharp, her enemies sharper. Her king? He’s both lover and battleground.
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Excerpt, Guest Post, & Giveaway: Too Many Steps (A Radic & Mulroy Mystery #3) by Bill Gormley
When an eccentric British developer proposes to replace Pittsburgh’s historic South Side Slopes steps with an open-air escalator, citizen activists organize a protest. A bitter public relations battle erupts in television ads, featuring Ella, a robot who is to be part of the construction crew. Days later, the leading opponent of the escalator is shot to death while jogging the steps.
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3 days ago
Excerpt, Guest Post, & Giveaway: Murder is Personal (Jake Powell Mysteries #1) by BJ Condike
Jake Powell came to Rattlesnake Bend to disappear.
The small Texas town was the perfect place to outrun his past: no questions, no connections, no reminders of the life he left behind in Massachusetts. He kept his head down, worked for a local woodworker, drank beer at the Cock ‘N’ Bull, and tried to forget April Hunter – the woman he abandoned without explanation years ago.
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6 days ago
Excerpt & Giveaway: Santa Baby Daddy (Hollow Reign #4) by Paula Dombrowiak
My pregnancy hormones are running wild, which is inconvenient when I’m designing naughty costumes for a Vegas Christmas show.
All I want for Christmas is a no-strings fling, and Hollow Reign’s resident playboy is perfect for the job… until he goes and falls for both of us.
After my baby daddy blocked my number when I told him I was pregnant, spending the holidays in Vegas gave me some much-needed space to figure out motherhood on my own.
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Nov 5
Spotlight: Grace by Helen Steadman
Longstone Lighthouse, 1838.
Grace Darling wakens to the howl of wind screaming over stone and the sight of a ship smashed against the rocks. No stranger to the fury of the sea, she braves the raging waters, risking her life to save nine survivors.
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Nov 4
Excerpt, Guest Post, & Giveaway: Resurrection Kill by Laura Joh Rowland
An amnesic psychiatrist returns to the hospital where she was institutionalized as a teen to find answers, perfect for fans of The Silent Patient and Shutter Island.
Forgetting can be dangerous. Remembering can be fatal.
New York State, 1953. Dr. Claire Kendall is a psychiatrist-in-training at Resurrection Kill Hospital, a luxurious private and isolated mental institution for the wealthy. But under her mask of professionalism, Claire has a secret: She was a patient at the h
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Nov 3
Review: The White Deer by Regina McBride
In the summer of 1879, on his way to Moscow to study medicine, 19-year-old Anton Chekhov, from a bankrupt merchant class family, stops to spend a restful few weeks in the Ukrainian countryside, staying with his friend, Dr. Mitrofan, who is worried about Anton’s lingering bronchitis. It is here that Anton meets Vera Denisova, also 19, a budding actress, the daughter of theater aristocrats from Volkhov, a neighboring estate. The two spend much of their time wandering Volkhov’s
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Nov 2
Excerpt: To Failure (MM Physique #1) by CJ Ashworth
In a sport that runs on the word more — more size, more chemistry, more — Eli has spent fifteen years on the opposite one: enough.
He competes natural, carving his body down to exactly what it should be and no further — a shape that has to win on proportion, because it gave up winning on size. He trains before dawn, alone — the hand at everyone else's back on the last brutal rep, and no one at his. He calls that strength. Knowing when to stop.
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Oct 30
Guest Post: The Lark by Laura C. Rader
When The Wizard of Oz graced the silver screen in 1939, it changed cinema and popular culture forever. But the true story began decades earlier with the young composer who risked everything to bring it to the Broadway stage.
At the turn of the century, twenty-three-year-old Paul Tietjens is a gifted classical pianist with dreams of greatness and a non-refundable ticket to Europe to study with the master composers of his time.
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Oct 29
Excerpt: Unveiled (Monarchs of Magic #1) by Susan Mac Nicol
In the mist-shrouded Scottish Highlands, a centuries-old legend stirs to life when a mysterious town appears during a fierce storm.
Through the Mists of Time
Like a place in fables and fairytales, the town of Glengàill is filled with secrets and enchantments.
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Oct 28
Excerpt: WhiteGrass by Richard Smith
At its core, WhiteGrass is a gripping near-future climate change thriller about family survival, technological power, and the terrifying moment when artificial intelligence stops serving humanity—and starts judging it.
Blending nanotechnology science fiction, AI humanoid emotional evolution, and hard-science realism, WhiteGrass delivers relentless pacing, cinematic stakes, and deeply human emotion. It is a story about parents willing to risk everything to protect their child
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Oct 27
Excerpt: How Can I Help You Today? by Julia L. Rule
At Ashwood High, everyone uses Pulse. It offers perfect, convincing advice at your fingertips. Always available, always validating.
Emma needs a scholarship. Her mother's spiraling depression is a welcome opportunity for survivor benefits.
Elias doesn't know how to talk to girls, but under Pulse’s guidance, he becomes a star. He might need some serious therapy now, though.
Riley only cares about increasing her follower count. Pulse calculates that a breast augmentation is
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Oct 26
Excerpt: The Declan Hunt Mysteries by Peter E. Fenton
Declan Hunt is good at solving mysteries, but cracking the case of his evolving relationship with his new office assistant Charlie Watts is proving to be more challenging than expected.
This four part detective series is filled with emotional twists and turns, secrets, crimes of passion and an unlikely partnership that simmers beneath the surface.
Declan and Charlie's adventures take them from the skyscrapers of downtown Calgary, to the prairies near The Badlands of Alberta
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Oct 23
Guest Post & Giveaway: The Lost Photograph by Archana Maniar
A forgotten photograph. A trailblazing ancestor. And a modern woman about to discover that her family’s past holds the key to her future.
When overworked surgeon Jaanvi Chowdhury finds a mysterious photograph and a small stack of letters hidden in her Boston attic, she uncovers the remarkable story of her great-aunt Kalyani Joshi―one of the first Indian women to study medicine in 1920s London.
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Oct 22
Excerpt, Guest Post, & Giveaway: Shifta (Bazaar Series #2) by Miles Joyner
An act of domestic terrorism during a cultural parade in downtown D.C. inflicts multiple casualties, including the life of a young Congressman, and law enforcement agencies are quick to conclude it was carried out by a mentally ill lone wolf manipulated by a chatbot.
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Oct 20
Review: When the Stones Held by David E. Owen
When The Stones Held is an unforgettable historical novel inspired by the true story of William Edwards, the self taught Welsh stonemason who built one of the greatest bridges of the eighteenth century.
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Oct 19
Ash and his Dragon (Colorado Dragons #4) by Victoria Sue
Ash Thorne doesn’t trust easy smiles, loud laughter, or men like Max Renaud. He learned young that attention always comes at a painful price—and he’s spent his life making sure no one ever gets close enough to collect.
As a forward for the Colorado Dragons, Ash keeps his head down, his game sharp, and his distance absolute—even from the teammate everyone else can’t get enough of.
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Oct 17
Review: Learning To Breathe Again (The Work of Becoming #1) by Tonya Cam
Miami, 1933. Mary Simons was supposed to fill her scrapbook with photos of her baby's first smiles, locks of fine hair, and handwritten milestones. Instead, she records respiration rates and temperatures, hoping science can save what love can't. When her baby dies, the future she imagined dies with her.
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Oct 16
Review & Excerpt: No Man’s Territory (The Long Shadow Series) by Duncan Gaye
Lieutenant Alistair Harrow knows the rules of survival during wartime: stay alert, maintain control, and never let the men see you crack. Then, his world explodes. An artillery attack leaves him broken and half-buried beneath the wreckage of a collapsed trench, certain he will die alone.
Until he is rescued by a giant Polish volunteer.
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Oct 15