The Widow's Game
Some women collect recipes. Chloe Sterling collects versions of herself. The world believes Chloe is a victim-a beautiful, tragic widow twice over. But beneath the facade of fragile sorrow is a cold, calculating mind, an architect of elaborate, flawless lies. Her second husband, David, was murdered in a staged break-in; her lover, Mark, was convinced to eliminate him before being neatly disposed of as a guilt-ridden suicide. Now, Chloe is free, sitting in her multi-million pound house, ready for her final victory. But two new players have entered the board: Detective Maria Rossi, a tenacious bloodhound who sees through the victim narrative and suspects the "accidents" are too tidy. A mysterious blackmailer named "Silent_Witness87," a next-door neighbor who possesses terrifying photographic evidence that places Chloe at the scene of the crime. As Chloe races to eliminate the blackmail threat by making her neighbor the chief suspect in her lover's death, Detective Rossi closes in, following a forensic trail that threatens to expose Chloe's full, deadly history, including the "accidental" death of her first husband, James. In a game where every player is a carefully manipulated pawn, Chloe must fight to protect her masterpiece, learning that the most dangerous secrets are always buried beneath the most pristine surfaces.
★★★★★
(44 reviews)
Juror Number Two
Sara Mitchell never wanted to be Juror Number Two. A single mother barely scraping by, the last thing she needs is a high-profile murder trial tearing her life apart. But when she's locked away with eleven strangers to decide the fate of a powerful pharmaceutical executive, she quickly realizes the evidence-a stolen gun, shady corporate motives, and shaky cell data-doesn't add up. Driven by a haunting family tragedy, Sara throws herself against the overwhelming majority pushing for a guilty verdict. But when the arguments become too fierce and the votes too close, the stakes suddenly turn deadly. One juror is murdered, the scene staged to look like a suicide, and the killer is still in the room. Now, Sara and the few remaining honest jurors must risk everything to expose a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of corporate power. Because the fight for justice is no longer about finding the real killer-it's about surviving the jury room. "Justice isn't given. It's earned. And truth doesn't prevail automatically. It prevails when people fight for it." -Sara Mitchell, Juror Number Two
★★★★★
(31 reviews)
The 21st Juror
Charlotte Reed, a brilliant defense attorney with a perfect winning record, lives by one rule: guilt is an emotion, and the law deals only in evidence. Her meticulously ordered world is shattered when she takes the case of Senator Marcus David Gray, the magnetic frontrunner for the U.S. Presidency, who is charged with the cold-blooded murder of his Chief of Staff. The evidence is overwhelming, but Charlotte's gut tells her the Senator is innocent of the murder-but deeply complicit in a terrifying, hidden plot. Her suspicion is confirmed by two explosive facts: An anonymous warning points to Townhome 21-a shadow operative base next door. A frantic whisper from her vanishing partner reveals a massive, untraceable wire transfer to a foreign shell company linked to political espionage. Now, Charlotte must form a reckless, illegal alliance with Detective Anne Austin, the lead investigator who is simultaneously hunting the real killer and running from a professional clean-up crew. As the evidence of a staged murder and a sophisticated foreign insertion plot mounts, Charlotte realizes the Judge presiding over the case, Joseph Lomax, Sr., is compromised and actively steering the trial to protect the conspirators. Caught in a race against a global network, Charlotte must risk her life, her career, and her perfect record to break the Judge, expose the treason, and win a high-stakes battle where legal ethics must yield to moral necessity. The fight for the truth is no longer a search for a verdict-it's a war against a shadow political network that has installed its own 21st Juror to silence the rule of law.
★★★★★
(32 reviews)
The Boy Who Saved Christmas
In the snow-dusted village of Oakhaven, Christmas is the heartbeat of the town. But when a bitter winter settles in, young Leo's family is left without warmth, and their hope begins to fade. Refusing to let Christmas slip away , Leo makes a wish-not for gifts, but for the people he loves most. Guided by courage, kindness, and the unshakable magic of belief , he sets out on a quiet yet extraordinary journey. From the shimmering Wishing Tree to a mysterious light that dances across the snow , Leo discovers that the truest miracles are born from love ... and that even one small spark of hope can light an entire world.
★★★★★
(50 reviews)
When The Radio Whispers
Vespera Luminaire is a pioneering radio engineer at the BBC, blessed-or cursed-with synesthesia: she sees electromagnetic waves as ribbons of color and light. Alone in her laboratory one midnight, Vespera intercepts a signal that defies all science: the voices of the recently deceased. She learns a terrifying truth: consciousness survives death as electromagnetic energy, and a mysterious figure known only as The Collector is trapping these souls to power a dark machine called the Eternal Engine. Vespera is his next target, marked for her unique ability to see the spectrum of the dead. Forced into a desperate alliance with occult antiquarian Aurelius Grimwald, psychic medium Minerva Blackheart, and the skeptical Detective Inspector Marcus Nightingale, Vespera must race against the Collector to uncover the real purpose of the Engine: not eternal life, but mass psychological control. The trail of suppressed scientific research leads from the shadowy backstreets of Bloomsbury to the highest echelons of Whitehall, where powerful patrons are waiting to weaponize the ultimate secret: the human mind itself. To save London's free will, Vespera must use her impossible sight to fight a monster who has mastered the frequency of the soul, before the whispers silence the world forever.
★★★★★
(34 reviews)
The Tethering Light
Love is not a flaw in the system. It's the architecture of the world. For Penelope Lowell, a razor-sharp London lawyer, emotions are statistical noise, and love is a critical flaw. Her world is defined by the unyielding architecture of law and the clean burn of ambition. But when she inherits her great-aunt's derelict manor, Sunlit Grove, she is pulled into a quiet English village that defies her logic. There, she is confronted by Rhys Penrose, a brooding bookseller who serves as the estate's Guardian. Rhys is hostile, believing Penelope-the cynical, city-born heir-will sell the property to developers. But when Penelope's sight abruptly awakens, she sees the world transformed: a hidden tapestry of luminous threads-the "heartlines"-weaving together every bond of life and love. She is the new Seer, and the thread between her and Rhys, the one she cannot logically explain, is the key to a lineage sworn to protect the land. When a powerful multinational corporation, Omni Corp, moves to acquire the Grove to "bottle" its unique energy, Penelope must abandon her life of cold logic to fight a battle of magic and will. She must discover how to mend a broken world and choose the messy, beautiful path of a Guardian's Thread.
★★★★★
(51 reviews)
Thorns Of The Veil
For Elara of Oakhaven, the world is a quiet rhythm of brewing teas and ancient lore. But when her gaze lingers too long at the edge of the Whispering Woods, her touch awakens a subtle hum-a resonance with the Veil, the shimmering barrier that separates the mortal realm from the Faewild. Her quiet life is shattered when Kaelen, Prince of the Unseelie Fae, appears. Burdened by a devastating, centuries-old curse that is slowly consuming his bloodline and fracturing the Veil itself, Kaelen seeks Elara's unique gift: an ability to touch and mend the delicate boundary between worlds. Forced into the viper's nest of the opulent, treacherous Unseelie Court of Dusk , Elara must navigate ancient Fae ambition, insidious betrayal, and the magnetic, forbidden pull of her cursed Prince. The discovery of a powerful artifact-the Heartstone-offers a path to salvation, but the cost may be their very lives. As civil war threatens to engulf the Faewild and shatter the Veil completely, Elara and Kaelen must channel their combined courage and fierce, undeniable love into a desperate, final ritual. In a world that demands a steep price for survival, can a mortal's compassion and a prince's desperate hope mend the wound of a world-and forge a future together? Thorns of the Veil is an epic tale where love blossoms in the shadows, destiny is a choice, and the broken can still bloom.
★★★★★
(28 reviews)
The Glimmerwood Key
The world, for Arthur Pensive, is a museum of noise, and he is its solitary curator of silence. Overlooked at school and in his own home, Arthur's unique gift is his resonance-his ability to feel the faint, emotional patina that time leaves on objects. One night, Arthur discovers a heavy, dark key hidden in his grandfather's trunk. It leads him not to a treasure chest, but to the Glimmerwood -a secret world where every tree is a memory and every shimmer is a powerful, poignant story. But this beautiful realm is under silent, creeping siege. The Alchemist of Absence is erasing the forest's stories, consuming them with a terrifyingly efficient stillness. Teaming up with Fig, an Echo-Folk woven from leaf-shadow and old secrets, Arthur learns that his greatest flaw is his only weapon. He must undertake an impossible quest to retrieve the realm's foundational memories-the Lost Cores -before the Great Amnesia consumes the world entirely. Arthur must sing where he was silent, be defiantly loud in the face of nothingness, and risk his soul to save a world that taught him the true power of listening. The Glimmerwood Key is a profound, breathtaking quest into the essence of memory, belonging, and finding the loudest truth in the quietest things.
★★★★★
(33 reviews)
The Frost Murders
The Frost Murders: A Victorian Christmas Mystery "The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them." London, 1895. The city is blanketed in snow, but beneath the festive white lies a crimson trail of vengeance. On the morning of December 23rd, the first body arrives on the morning frost. Lady Catherine Pemberton, a wealthy widow and prominent philanthropist, is found strangled in her Belgravia drawing room. Above her head hangs a grotesque gift: a red velvet stocking overflowing with her own blood-soaked jewellery and a single golden pear ornament. For consulting detective Octavius Frost, a man haunted by a childhood promise to never remain silent in the face of injustice, the symbolism is chillingly clear. A killer is performing a masterpiece—a "Twelve Days of Christmas" carol written in blood. Frost must partner with the formidable Dr. Helena Ashford, a pioneering female physician and forensic specialist, to decode a pattern of "accidental" deaths that have been occurring across London for over a week. As they unearth a dark conspiracy involving the Society of St. Nicholas, Frost is forced to confront the corruption in his own aristocratic family’s past and a tragedy twenty years in the making. The Frost Murders is the first investigation in the gripping Octavius Frost Mysteries, a planned 10-book series combining meticulous historical research with the atmospheric tension of classic Victorian crime fiction.
★★★★★
(60 reviews)
Sutured Monuments
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. In the heart of Manhattan's financial district, a grotesque masterpiece is unveiled: a woman’s remains, meticulously sutured into a position of eternal repose, her own skin fashioned into pages documenting her hidden crimes. For Detective Margaret Quillen, the scene is a sensory assault. Her synesthesia translates the world into a kaleidoscope of colors—and these murders scream in shades of burgundy and gold. As more "monuments" appear across the city, Margaret realizes she isn't just hunting a killer; she is witnessing a manifesto. The killer, known as The Surgeon, is selecting victims who escaped justice, transforming their sins into permanent anatomical displays. But the investigation is a trap. The Surgeon has been watching Margaret for a decade, waiting for the perfect moment to collect the final piece of a living masterpiece. To save her estranged daughter and stop the slaughter, Margaret must confront a monster she herself helped create—and a past that was never truly sutured shut. The first pulse-pounding installment of THE ANATOMICAL MURDERS series.
★★★★★
(0 reviews)
The Chronicles Of The Winter Hearth
The Hearth of the World is fractured. The cure is a physics problem. Leila, a thirteen-year-old scientist who believes magic is merely a "system boundary breach" , measures a constant, unexplainable cold emanating from an ancient Tattered Advent Tapestry. But when the tapestry violently rips open, Leila and her younger brother, Jem-the wide-eyed believer-are plunged into the Hearthlands, a realm where Eternal Cold is consuming the world. The crystalline capital, Solaraeth, is in crisis. Lord Valerion, the Usurper, shattered the great Luminarion Stone to seize its power. The Queen, using the destruction as a shield, scattered its seven core fragments-the Vesperlights. Leila and Jem are immediately thrust into a desperate quest to recover the Vesperlights before Valerion corrupts them all. Guided by Roric Hearthson, a sentinel of the Queen, the pragmatic children must face down Grimlin armies and overcome the perilous Sorrowing Sea. Their journey demands the impossible: to defeat the cosmic despair of Yfelheim with logic, courage, and the truth of sacrifice. Leila must surrender her certainty and Jem must find the warrior within, for the ultimate battle for the world's light has just begun.
★★★★★
(25 reviews)
Tutor In The Shadows
He came to save a life. He stayed to become the perfect victim. When empathetic live-in tutor Cillian Rains accepts a high-paying position at the secluded Ashworth Estate, he believes he is rescuing Rhys, the Senator's fragile teenage son, from his cold, controlling mother, Anya. The evidence is overwhelming: Cillian witnesses a physical mark, discovers Anya's chilling journal entries detailing "containment", and uncovers a plot to exile Rhys to an overseas facility. Blinded by his protective instinct, Cillian plots a desperate escape, convinced he is fighting a monster in a cream suit. But the house is not what it seems. Cillian's conviction only tightens the noose. Every stolen key, every desperate phone call, and every secret confession to Rhys is a calculated step in a frame being meticulously constructed by the very boy he sought to save. Cillian's frantic actions are documented in his own desperate words, painting him as an unstable, obsessive psychopath. The climax arrives when Cillian gives Rhys a single sedative to calm him before their escape. The next morning, the police arrive-not to arrest Anya, but to find both parents in critical condition from a massive overdose. The hero son, Rhys, is weeping, pointing the finger directly at Cillian. Cillian thought his empathy was his strength. Rhys knew it was his weakness. The only remaining witness to the true killer is Anya, trapped in a permanent coma, while the perfect son inherits his kingdom.
★★★★★
(52 reviews)
Where the Mistletoe Grows
Holly Sutton never planned to spend her entire life in Evergreen Hollow, Vermont. But when her grandmother left her The Rolling Pin bakery, Holly couldn't bear to let the family legacy crumble. Now, ten years later, the bakery is thriving—but the town around it is dying. With Main Street businesses closing one by one, Holly has pinned all her hopes on a desperate holiday contest that could save everything she loves. The last person she expects to see is Noel Bishop. Once upon a December, they were inseparable—two kids with big dreams and a promise carved into the old covered bridge. Noel was going to leave, become an architect, and return to build them a beautiful life together. But he never came back. He never even called. Now he's here, hired as the slick consultant from Chicago tasked with "revitalizing" Evergreen Hollow—which means tearing down its history to make way for the new. And Holly? She's standing directly in his path. Forced to work together to save the town's Christmas festival, old wounds resurface and forgotten sparks reignite. But as the snow falls and the lights twinkle, Holly and Noel must confront the truth about the night that tore them apart—and decide if some promises are worth keeping, even when they've been broken. In a town where everyone knows your history, can you rewrite your future? A heartwarming second-chance Christmas romance about coming home, finding forgiveness, and discovering that the greatest gift of all is love.
★★★★★
(25 reviews)
Undelivered
High-powered marketing consultant Harper Delaney traded her Wisconsin hometown for a corner office in Chicago, chasing a life that felt important. Now, after quitting her soul-crushing job, she’s back in Willow Creek to handle the unexpected inheritance of her grandmother Stella’s century-old post office. Harper plans to liquidate the failing business and run, until she finds a hidden cache in Stella’s desk: twenty-five undelivered love letters from 1973, tied with a faded blue ribbon, all addressed to a local woman, Nora Whitfield. The letters are raw, desperate, and heartbreaking, written by a young man named Jamie who thought Nora had rejected him. Suddenly, Harper’s three-week stay has a purpose: deliver the truth. She teams up with her handsome, steady-as-a-rock local mail carrier, Colby Hayes. Colby is everything Harper ran from, small-town, patient, and deeply rooted, but as they trace a decades-old heartbreak, they find themselves falling into a messy, inconvenient love of their own. But with a ruthless developer threatening to bulldoze the historic post office, and the community counting on her to fight for Stella's legacy, Harper must confront her own fear of commitment.
★★★★★
(49 reviews)
The Scion Of Static
Lyssa Varen was meant for a life of quiet scholarship in the Archives . But when her mother, the ruthless General Varen, forces her into the lethal Aetherian Conduit quadrant, Lyssa's world becomes a brutal military academy with a fifty-percent mortality rate . Fragile and physically weak, she must rely on her intellect and a rare, anomalous power of "stillness" to survive . Her greatest threat is her new Wingleader: Teron Draken. Lethal, powerful, and radiating a dark Void energy, Teron is the son of the rebel leader her mother executed. He's sworn to see her fail. But when Lyssa's research uncovers a devastating lie at the heart of the Spires-a secret that proves Teron's father was a martyr, not a traitor-her most dangerous enemy becomes her only possible ally . Forced into a clandestine pact, their secret training becomes a volatile fusion of his crushing "Void" density and her neutralizing "Kinetic" stillness . As they conspire to expose the General and save the Spires from a threat far greater than either of them imagined, their shared hatred ignites into a forbidden, all-consuming passion . Hunted by the General and betrayed by their allies, Lyssa and Teron must master their bond. But in a world where stillness is a weapon, their love might be the most dangerous chaos of all. Their victory was absolute. Their exile is the price.
★★★★★
(27 reviews)