Happy book birthday to these new releases this week!
This Wretched Alchemy by. Tina Mars
BETRAYAL.
In a fractured realm ruled by warring noble Houses and the tyrannical Prime, the most coveted power lies in god-shards – divine fragments that grant extraordinary abilities to those who possess them.
Revel’s brother was murdered in pursuit of one.
A DEADLY GAME.
For avenging him, Revel’s life is on the line. Forced into a treacherous bargain, she must compete in the Call – a bloody contest of heirs vying for the throne – on behalf of her enemies, and assassinate the realm’s most formidable alchemist, the Warbringer.
Victory means her family’s freedom. Failure means death.
A MONSTROUS POWER.
The Prime sets the heirs on a brutal race to find the god-shard that could shift the balance of the realms. Everyone wants the win, but Revel just wants the kill. Except, the Warbringer isn’t the monster she was promised. Bound by secrets of his own, he is as dangerous as he is disarming.
With betrayals mounting and desire warring with duty, Revel must decide who to trust in a game where even the gods have their favorites. This Wretched Alchemy by Tina Mars is a dark, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romantasy where love and loyalty become the very weapons that could destroy everything.
A LOVE THAT CAN CUT DEEPER THAN ANY BLADE.
Lavender & Hemlock by. Lili Wilkinson
A housemaid’s quiet life is disrupted when the arrival of a mysterious visitor causes her to question the nature of her seemingly-charming cottage home in this sweet, cozy romantasy with a dark heart.
Step into the Oubliette and forget your troubles….
Housemaid Tansy’s days are all the same. Her only duties are to tend to her charge, old Lady Aster, and take care of their quaint cottage home. The seaside house is charming, peaceful, and above all, isolated. Tansy can’t remember the last time she left…or when she arrived.
Merit is a Carrion Knight. A servant of the dark entity the Unmaker, she has been raised to be a monster. But when she’s wounded during a routine raid, she stumbles through a mysterious door… and finds herself tumbling into the Oubliette.
When the two meet, an instant connection forms, and a crack appears in Oubliette’s perfect façade. As the bond between Merit and Tansy grows and powerful feelings rise to the surface, Tansy must question not only what she wants, but who she is. Because the origins of this charming world are darker than she could imagine—and the key to uncovering them might lie with Tansy herself.
The Sign of the Raven by. Pippa Dunn
Sixteen-year-old Ashlyn Threadneedle lives a double life in a world where dreams are more real than ever before.
By day she works as a government messenger, by night she escapes into vivid, lucid dreams, navigating a world called the Stream. When her long-dead mother appears in a dream, Ashlyn is thrown into a world where time bends and thoughts are weaponized. She joins The Corvi Signum, a secret society of dreamers who are fighting to protect the Stream. But their fight is against a powerful enemy who wants to control it, manipulate people’s thoughts, and seize control of London.
Join Ashlyn as she navigates a world of dreams and danger, where the only way to save her friends and fight for freedom is to change the past.
Pippa Dunn is an author, teacher and creative facilitator based in East London. She began her career by founding an independent Scottish arts festival, and then moved to London to work with a whole host of cultural and change-making charities. Most recently, she has co-curated Wayne Infinite Bodies, a landmark exhibition at Somerset House. Now, she can usually be found scribbling in one of her local coffee shops, exploring London’s hidden history, or waiting for the house lights to go down at one of the city’s many theatres.
Blood of Silver by. Allie Nguyen
A RICH, DARKLY WHIMSICAL FANTASY WITH A TOUCH OF HORROR AND A SLOW-BURN ROMANCE.
Linh’s mother was just buried this morning. At the funeral, Linh is visited by a strange boy who hints at secrets to her mother’s past. Desperate to learn more, Linh is thrust into another world – Ebrirene, a realm governed by ancient magics – where the mysterious boy, Elior, happens to be Crown Prince.
Here, Linh learns that the kingdom is under attack by vicious demons who threaten to break free from a portal her mother sealed years ago, and the Crown believes Linh possesses the power to seal it once more. But not everyone in Ebrirene wishes Linh well. Someone enters Linh in a deadly Tournament against her will, and a mysterious Captain, leader of the mage hunters, is determined to seek her out. Now Linh must fight for her own survival or surrender to the monsters that might be closer to her than she thinks.
You, Me, & the Conspiracy by. Emma Barry
Perfect for fans of Jo Segura, You, Me, & the Conspiracy is an academic adventure romance that finds two history professors trying to unmask a deadly secret society.
After a bruising book rejection, tenure-track history professor Jessica Wilson is scrambling for something new to publish to secure her spot at the top of the academic food chain. While researching in the archives, she discovers a coded message written by one of the founding fathers with the power to change her—and the world’s—understanding of American history forever. But first, she’s got to prove it’s real.
Desperate for answers, Jess searches out Calloway Morgan, a Harvard PhD student turned adjunct professor. Cal was forced to leave graduate school after presenting theories about a shadowy revolutionary organization. Jess heard his conference presentation and thought his findings were absurd, but now, she believes he was on something.
With their fates intertwined by their discoveries, the two begin to work together, but danger lurks around every corner. The clandestine fraternity that they’ve uncovered still exists and is ready to kill. With it hot on their heels, the embers of Jess and Cal’s attraction grow. But unless they can make their findings public, they’ll soon become the conspiracy’s latest victims…
Too Cold For Comfort by. Nisha J. Tuli
The arctic heats up when a photographer who rarely holds anything back is forced to share a private wing with a grumpy lodge owner who holds everything in.
Photographer Aadya Williams has trekked all the way to northern Canada to nab a career-making shot of a polar bear . . . and to put 1,500 miles between her and a messy breakup. Despite expecting freezing temperatures, nothing’s colder than the welcome she gets from Reid Doerksen, the gruff owner of the Northern Wilderness Polar Bear Lodge. Even worse, the lodge is overbooked, so now she has to share the private family wing with him for the next two weeks.
At least Aadya has plenty to keep her occupied when she’s not out searching for the perfect photo op. But when a storm strands Aadya and Reid together at the lodge, it’s impossible to avoid the heat simmering between them. As the snow comes down, so do Reid’s walls, and Aadya begins to realize the most important shot of her life may not be one she takes with her camera.
The Secrets of Clarence Manor by. Devney Perry
Aston University might be teeming with prestigious and wealthy students, but the currency on campus isn’t their millions. It’s their secrets. And the three women living at Clarence Manor are filthy rich.
Cassia came to Aston to escape the demons of her past.
Elora pretends to be an ice princess to guard a shattered spirit.
Ivy disguises the pain of her mistakes with a beautiful mask.
Maybe they could have kept the skeletons in their closets neatly tucked away, except love has a way of lifting the veil. And as each woman meets a man determined to win her heart, there’s no such thing as a buried secret.
Who’s hiding the ugliest truths?
Step through the gates of Clarence Manor and judge for yourself.
The Heist Before Christmas by. Lucy Score
#1 New York Times bestselling author Lucy Score brings a psychic twist to Christmas in this hilarious all-new Riley Thorn adventure, the fifth in the romantic mystery series.
‘Tis the season for mayhem, mistletoe, and one very unfortunate mall uniform.
Engaged. Overwhelmed. Running a small business with a purple-haired octogenarian who thinks “Rhonda El Bano” is a convincing alias. For reluctant psychic Riley Thorn, the holidays are less “magic in the air” and more “fire in the living room.” Between the backlog of invoices, a PI license teetering on revocation, a disapproving grandmother lobbing ominous predictions about the upcoming wedding, and the fact that Riley cannot see a single thing about her own future with Nick Santiago, she just wants to survive until December 26th.
Nick Santiago doesn’t do “mellow.” He does Christmas. Hard. He’s the man who owns a twelve-foot inflatable Santa and feels no shame about it. So if closing out the year means going undercover at the East Shore Mall to catch a slippery theft ring―even if it costs him one truly terrible security uniform and several shifts with the world’s most punchable assistant manager―fine. The sooner he catches the bad guy, the sooner he can haul his fiancée under the mistletoe and convince her everything is going to be fine.
Between mall chaos, psychic guild parties, warring families descending for Christmas Eve dinner, and one stray kitten who has personally destroyed two rooms and a dog’s dignity, they have five days to catch a thief, save a license―
And figure out why the future looks so suspiciously blank.
Are you getting any new books this week?
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