#BookReview: Unraveled (The Stormbringer Saga #1) by @authorkitaldridge

Synopsis:
All that is unseen will be revealed.
All that binds can also break.
And all that burns shall rise again.

Reina and Meiryn only want to begin anew in southern, shining Ashuma, unburdened by the cruelty they’ve suffered in Ver Signia. But when Reina is wrongly accused of setting a fire-breathing dragon upon a woodland city, plans for escape go by the wayside.

Now captive to the dragon slayers of the Silver Order, a ghost from Reina’s past unwittingly throws her down a path that causes her to awaken a storm dragon’s lethal power—one that was always hers to wield. But Reina must hide this ancient magic from the Order’s watchful eye, or she risks becoming the kingdom’s newest target.

Meiryn has always sought comfort and security in the company of others, but Reina’s capture forces her to seek the help of the Hunters Guild, roguish rivals to the Silver Order. However, plans of rescue quickly fall to a darker scheme of vengeance as Meiryn watches the heroes of her childhood night tales become the very force that stops her from saving her friend.

Told in alternating perspectives, Unraveled is the fast-paced debut in an upcoming fantasy series about identity, hidden powers, and truths that are just as empowering as they are damning.

#BookReview: An Amateur Witch's Guide to Murder by @kvalentinwrites

Synopsis:
A wannabe witch tries to break a curse on a clueless client in this laugh-out-loud debut for fans of queer fantasy like TJ Klune and Tamsyn Muir.

Mateo Borrero has ninety-nine problems, and all of them hinge on the fact that his terrifying and currently-missing bruja mother trapped a demon in his body when he was born. His mother forbade him from ever using magic, but now that she’s gone, magic’s his only marketable skill, and he’d really like an exorcism—which costs money he doesn’t have. What’s the harm in making a quick buck by calling himself an Occult Specialist and chanting a few half-remembered spells in his crappy Spanish?

Enter Topher, a naive nepo baby with a curse that keeps killing people around him. Most importantly, he’s rich, and too clueless to clock that Mateo–and his (absolutely-not-the-assistant) astral-projecting best friend Ophelia–have never actually had a client before. Lifting Topher’s bad luck curse should be simple, but as luck would have it, nothing is simple, and Topher–who Mateo sort of, kind of likes–might be at the center of a deadly magical conspiracy. 

To make matters worse, the more magic Mateo does, the stronger the demon inside him grows and the more he wants to eat people. But would caving to the urges of an ancient evil really be that bad if it helps him get a payday?

Legends and Lattes meets A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer in this hilarious and charming contemporary fantasy readers won’t want to miss.

#CoverReveal for Something Resembling Love by @elizabeth.standish #GiveMeBooksPR

Title: Something Resembling Love

Series: Something Resembling #1

Author: Elizabeth Standish

Genres: Contemporary Women's Fiction

with Romance Elements

Tropes: Found Family/STEM Background

Medically Child-free/Chronic Illness Rep

Release Date: September 16, 2025

BLURB

Life has a way of uprooting us when we least expect it.

Jane Davenport has been shattered twice—once by the tragic loss of both her parents, and again by her own life-threatening diagnosis. She’s learned relying on people is risky, and the only thing she can count on is the scientific method.

Dr. Peter Livingston has always sought validation through achievement and professional success, masking self-doubt behind the expected uncertainty of his cancer research. Despite his dedication, Peter can’t shake the restless sense that life could offer something more. Even if he’s never stopped long enough to consider what more might be.

When Jane and Peter cross paths at Thanksgiving dinner, their shared fascination with scientific puzzles sparks a passion that’s as physical as it is intellectual. Sharing about her illness has always left Jane feeling like she’s on the outside, but with Peter, it seems she’s found someone who speaks a common language. Yet as their relationship deepens, the boundaries Jane has built to protect her heart and her life are challenged, and Peter begins to unearth the truth about his own desires.

Both must confront the fragile, often painful truth of what it means to truly love: that choosing themselves might mean letting go of each other.

Told from both Jane and Peter's perspectives, Something Resembling Love is a tender exploration of the ways love can both heal and hurt, how the choices we make echo throughout our lives, and how sometimes, the most significant love story we write is the one we create for ourselves.

#Teaser: Thor by @annekane @changelingpress @RABTBookTours

Riptide MC, Book 4

Motorcycle Club Romance, Age Gap, Suspense

Date Published: September 5, 2025

Janet -- Thor is an addiction I can’t seem to overcome. He’s everything I’ve ever wanted in a man, and everything I can never have. They call him Thor for a reason -- he looks like a modern-day Viking with that shaggy blond hair, piercing blue eyes, and ropes of muscles covered in intricate tattoos. And in bed the man is definitely a god who grants my every secret desire. I walked away from the marriage my parents tried to force me into, but I’m not naive enough to think they’re going to let me go. They have money. Power. Influence. They know how to bend people to their will. They will make sure I marry someone they approve of, and it doesn’t take a genius to figure out they will never approve of Thor.

Thor -- Janet is mine. I know she knows it, too. I can see it in her eyes, hear it in her voice, feel it every time we make love. But she refuses to wear my cut and freaks out if I mention anything permanent. I have no idea what the fuck her issue is, but it doesn’t matter. I want her, and I’m going to have her if it takes me the rest of my fucking life to convince her. I want her to come to me willingly. I love her enough not to force her.

Now I just have to stay alive long enough for that to happen, because someone wants me dead.

#PreOrderBlitz: The Retirees by @leahorr723 @RABTBookTours

 

Retirement has never felt so deadly

Cozy Mystery

Date Published: January 5, 2026

Publisher: Orrplace Press

Welcome to the idyllic yet eccentric retirement community of The Ocean’s Edge—where retirement has never felt so deadly.

Disco is dead, there’s a serial killer on the loose, the coffin dodgers are solving cold cases, and only the neighborhood cat knows where all the proverbial bodies are buried.

When sharp-tongued sugar heiress Diana is ousted from the empire she helped build, she retreats to a posh 55+ paradise expecting peace, maybe even a pool boy. Instead, she finds a ragtag group of retirees with a knack for solving cold cases—and a disturbing knack for attracting new ones. She quickly finds herself entangled with this quirky yet capable team of senior sleuths: a psychic, tarot-reading twin duo, a retired detective, a conspiracy-minded tech guru, and a nurse who might just talk to animals.

Among tarot cards, a talking cat, and dark web dives, this misfit crew uncovers more than just bingo night secrets. Because in a place this sunny, the shadows run deep, and someone at The Ocean’s Edge has blood on their hands.

As the group begins investigating cold cases, darker truths emerge, uncovering clues that tie back to mysterious pasts, hidden traumas, and residents with more secrets than memories.

Hilarious, heartwarming, and deliciously twisted, The Retirees is a witty, tightly woven, charming, cozy mystery that reminds us it’s never too late for redemption, reinvention, or revenge—and that sometimes the most unexpected heroes come with walkers, wisdom, and wildly colorful personalities.

#CoverReveal: Dangerous Decisions by @eviejacobsauthor @XpressoTours

Dangerous Decisions
Evie Jacobs
Publication date: September 30th 2025
Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense

They’re chasing the truth straight into each other’s arms.

When CIA agent Angie Liu disobeys orders by looking into the mysterious death of an informant, her investigation leads her to Jamaica. To get out of the U.S. undetected, she must turn to the last man she wants to ask for help–the sexy, one-night stand she ran out on who just happens to be her dead informant’s son.

Nate Hughes wrote his father off as a drug smuggler. But after his dad’s possible murder reveals another side of the story, Nate will stop at nothing to get answers. And when the beautiful woman who bolted from his hotel room shows up at his family airline in need of an unofficial ride to the Caribbean, he’s not about to let her out of his sight.

Angie doesn’t want to fall for the handsome-but-gruff son of a former asset, and Nate wants nothing to do with the organization that may have set his dad up to be murdered. But neither is prepared for the feelings that surface–or how much they’ll need the other to stay alive.

#BookReview: Remember to Eat & Other Stories by Meryl Ain

Synopsis:
For fans of Hilma Wolitzer and Jhumpa Lahiri comes a collection of short stories about a mother and daughter as they navigate their changing roles through tumultuous times. 

Following a Jewish family from before World War II to the not-too-distant future, this collection of loosely linked short stories explores the experiences of Marjorie, a baby boomer; her mother, Alice; and the friends and family that make up their community over the decades. As they each pursue higher education and choose career paths, both mother and daughter encounter challenges as they make choices within a changing society—from in-law problems to illness to antisemitism and beyond. 

Sometimes poignant, sometimes humorous, Remember to Eat takes on themes including patriarchy, technology, the changing role of women, the challenges of raising children, the COVID-19 pandemic, complex family relationships, and what it means to be a Jew with empathy and insight. Ultimately, the twenty-two stories contained in these pages offer not only an intimate journey into these women’s lives but also an illuminating portrait of the times in which they live.