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In Auroras & Ashes, Jordan Daniels retreats to his family cabin seeking peace, only to face disaster when a massive CME plunges the world into chaos.
Auroras & Ashes
Dystopian
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In Auroras & Ashes, Jordan Daniels retreats to his family cabin seeking peace, only to face disaster when a massive CME plunges the world into chaos. With infant Shyla as his unexpected partner, he leans on prepper skills to survive, discovering that people, not the elements, pose the greatest danger. With 4.5 stars on Amazon, this gripping tale blends heart and survival tension.
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A quiet life shatters in Auroras & Ashes, where a lone man’s promise to his parents becomes the anchor he clings to when the world falls apart. Jordan Daniels hoped the family cabin Up North would offer peace, a place to fish, heal, and build something steady after loss. Instead, conflict followed him, old grudges with an ex, tension with her family, and constant friction with his cantankerous neighbor.
When a massive CME strikes, those small battles vanish beneath a far greater threat. With nine week old Shyla as his only companion, Jordan relies on years of prepper instincts to survive the collapse. But food, gear, and planning can only go so far. The most dangerous challenge emerges in the darkness: desperate people.
With 4.5 stars on Amazon and matching praise on Goodreads, this post apocalyptic thriller blends heart, grit, and unflinching realism.
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A strong match for readers drawn to military thrillers, conspiracies, and highly controlled operatives.
Code Name Camelot
Thriller
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Framed for crimes committed by a superior officer, former soldier Noah Wolf faces execution by the country he served. His unusual emotional detachment and rigid personal code have made him an effective soldier, and an unexpected offer may give him a way out through covert work, with a 3.95-star average from more than 11,600 Goodreads ratings. A strong match for readers drawn to military thrillers, conspiracies, and highly controlled operatives.
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A man stripped of choice becomes the perfect weapon in Code Name Camelot. Noah Wolf has lived his entire life without emotion, shaped by childhood trauma that left him functioning through logic, observation, and rigid self-imposed rules. His ability to mimic normal behavior allows him to excel in the Army, where structure gives him purpose and order.
That order collapses when a superior officer’s crimes are pinned on him. Branded a traitor and facing execution for acts he never committed, Noah accepts his fate with the same clarity that guides every decision he makes. But a secret government organization sees value in the very qualities that set him apart. They offer him one chance at survival and a role only he can fill.
With 4.1 stars on Amazon and more than eleven thousand Goodreads ratings, this espionage thriller launches a bestselling series built on tension, betrayal, and lethal precision.
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Fear and survival collide when a woman is taken and sold to a creature she was taught to dread.
The Orc’s Auctioned Mate
Romantasy
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Fear and survival collide when a woman is taken and sold to a creature she was taught to dread. In The Orc's Auctioned Mate, Veronika Kane follows a captive who finds herself bound to an orc warrior with his own purpose and code. This is romantasy driven by forced proximity, shifting power, and emotional tension as trust forms in a world shaped by danger and desire.
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When the huge, terrifying orc bid on me, I thought my life was over. But could it be just the beginning?
On the midwinter full moon, I am dragged by bandits from the only home I know and stood on a chair in a tavern under the gazes of despicable men bidding on my innocence. But then the shadowy figure in the corner calls out the winning offer, and I realize he is like no one I’ve ever seen before.
Now I belong to Torvolk, Ranger of the Bloodfire Clan, and neither of us knows what this means. He’s taken me through the pathway in the standing stones to his world, where I discovered naught is as it has always seemed. Torvolk has a mission, and the longer I spend with my new keeper, the more I realize I might be able to help him.
The way he’s helped me.
Warning: Hot new orc romantasy with a grumpy/sunshine vibe, an innocence auction trope, and a delicious world you’re going to fall in love with. Have fun!
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In The Very Naughty List, a desperate mall Santa turns vengeful after being fired days before Christmas.
The Very Naughty List
Horror
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In The Very Naughty List, a desperate mall Santa turns vengeful after being fired days before Christmas. His return to Merryvale unleashes a spree of grisly, darkly comic surprises that leave shoppers and staff fighting to survive. With strong ratings on Amazon and Goodreads, this holiday horror blends outrageous humor with blood soaked chaos.
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A ruined holiday season turns deadly in The Very Naughty List, a darkly comic horror novel where Christmas cheer curdles into carnage. Days before the holiday rush, a struggling mall Santa is abruptly fired, pushed past his breaking point by the staff who dismissed him without warning. What begins as humiliation soon spirals into vengeance as he returns to Merryvale with a plan that is anything but merry.
The mall’s shoppers and employees quickly learn that this Santa carries more than toys in his sack. Each encounter reveals another grisly surprise, blending twisted humor with escalating terror as the body count rises. Beneath the gore lies a biting look at desperation, resentment, and the shadows hiding behind seasonal shine.
With strong Amazon and Goodreads ratings, this yuletide horror delivers gruesome laughs, chaotic mayhem, and a wicked holiday punch.
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A good pick for readers who enjoy revisionist Oz fantasy, witches, complicated legacies, and returning characters from Gregory Maguire’s world.
The Witch of Maracoor
Fantasy
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Rainary Ko, granddaughter of Oz’s Wicked Witch of the West, turns her attention back toward Oz as old relationships, the lingering power of the Grimmerie, and unfinished business draw her home, with a 3.8-star average from more than 1,000 Goodreads ratings. A good pick for readers who enjoy revisionist Oz fantasy, witches, complicated legacies, and returning characters from Gregory Maguire’s world.
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The "enchanting" (EW) conclusion to this epic fantasy series from the New York Times bestselling author of Wicked, the multimillion-copy bestseller and basis for the Tony Award–winning hit musical, now a major motion picture starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
Following a confrontation with her reclusive great-grandfather, the onetime Wizard of Oz, Rainary Ko, the granddaughter of Oz’s Wicked Witch of the West, has re-upped in a mission to settle a few scores and right a wrong or two. Her memory and her passions reviving, Rain turns her gaze back to her native Oz in this compelling coming of age fantasy. While the Grimmerie, which she had cast into the sea, retains its arcane power over her, the lover she left behind in Oz proves no less haunting. Once bewitched, twice bewitching, Rain Ko must consider how to achieve a life less suffused with grief than the one she is enduring.
Traveling such a distance is not without its perils to a young person more or less alone in a strange land. And, by now, Rain has debts to repay. To make good on promises, she must insist on a layover on an island emptied of its human population by a deadly plague. Revived there by love or magic (and is there a difference?), she sustains an assault on the high seas by pirates. The accumulation of her experience awakens within her a certain nascent magical power, which prepares her finally to touch down upon the far shores of Oz and address her own doubts and hesitations.
Traveling companions and arrivistes can befuddle a young witch coming into her own. In her fast-paced and stately progress, Rain may remind readers of the courage it takes to accept one’s full identity, unbridled and unruly though it may be.
The Witch of Maracoor delivers on the promises of its predecessors, The Brides of Maracoor and The Oracle of Maracoor, and concludes the epic tale of Rain’s castaway life with nothing less than enchantment.
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As Maracoor collapses under invasion, Rain escapes prison with Cossy, a child thief, and crosses a landscape where myth bleeds into reality.
The Oracle of Maracoor
Fantasy
Our take
As Maracoor collapses under invasion, Rain escapes prison with Cossy, a child thief, and crosses a landscape where myth bleeds into reality. To survive, they must seek the Oracle who may hold the key to Rain’s past and the future of the realm. The Oracle of Maracoor continues Gregory Maguire’s rich, atmospheric expansion of Oz’s wider world.
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When a world unravels, prophecy becomes the only map through chaos.
In The Oracle of Maracoor, the second volume of Gregory Maguire’s Another Day trilogy, Rain continues her journey through the distant land of Maracoor as war presses in from every border. After escaping a collapsing city with Cossy, a troubled child prisoner, Rain flees across a landscape alive with mythic creatures and shifting realities. Their former arresting officer, Lucikles, retreats with his family to higher ground, only to find that safety is a fleeting illusion.
Drawn toward the elusive Oracle, Rain seeks answers about her forgotten past and her uncertain future, while dark forces wield an artifact capable of draining life itself.
Maguire deepens his expansive Oz universe with a tale of upheaval, identity, and the fragile line between fate and choice.
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Ideal for readers who enjoy Oz-inspired fantasy, unusual magical societies, and political intrigue.
The Brides of Maracoor
Fantasy
Our take
Called “an exquisitely crafted introduction to a new fantasy trilogy” by People, this Wicked spinoff follows Elphaba's granddaughter, Rain, after she washes ashore on a secluded island inhabited by seven women devoted to mysterious rituals. As war threatens the mainland, Rain's unexpected arrival raises questions about her connection to the kingdom's troubles, with a 3.6-star average from more than 2,600 Goodreads ratings. Ideal for readers who enjoy Oz-inspired fantasy, unusual magical societies, and political intrigue.
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The first in a three-book series spun off the iconic Wicked Years from multimillion-copy bestselling author Gregory Maguire, featuring Elphaba’s granddaughter, the green-skinned Rain.
Ten years ago this season, Gregory Maguire wrapped up the series he began with Wicked by giving us the fourth and final volume of the Wicked Years, his elegiac Out of Oz.
But “out of Oz” isn’t “gone for good.” Maguire’s new series, Another Day, is here, twenty-five years after Wicked first flew into our lives.
Volume one, The Brides of Maracoor, finds Elphaba’s granddaughter, Rain, washing ashore on a foreign island. Comatose from crashing into the sea, Rain is taken in by a community of single women committed to obscure devotional practices.
As the mainland of Maracoor sustains an assault by a foreign navy, the island’s civil-servant overseer struggles to understand how an alien arriving on the shores of Maracoor could threaten the stability and wellbeing of an entire nation. Is it myth or magic at work, for good or for ill?
The trilogy Another Day will follow this green-skinned girl from the island outpost into the unmapped badlands of Maracoor before she learns how, and becomes ready, to turn her broom homeward, back to her family and her lover, back to Oz, which—in its beauty, suffering, mystery, injustice, and possibility—reminds us all too clearly of the troubled yet sacred terrain of our own lives.
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As Oz edges toward war, Rain, the granddaughter of Elphaba, becomes entangled in the political and magical forces reshaping the land.
Out of Oz
Fantasy
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As Oz edges toward war, Rain, the granddaughter of Elphaba, becomes entangled in the political and magical forces reshaping the land. With Glinda confined and the Lion in hiding, old legends resurface and long-held secrets demand resolution. Out of Oz is Gregory Maguire’s powerful finale to The Wicked Years, blending history, myth, and personal reckoning.
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When a land fractures, its legends must choose which way the wind carries them.
In Out of Oz, Gregory Maguire brings his reimagined world to a sweeping close as shifting alliances and rising unrest engulf the Emerald City. Glinda faces confinement, the Lion flees prosecution, and political forces pull Munchkinland and Oz toward open conflict. At the center of the turmoil stands Rain, the young granddaughter of Elphaba, whose emerging powers place her at the crossroads of a history she never asked to inherit.
As familiar figures return and old stories collide with new truths, Rain must navigate a world shaped by fear, prophecy, and the echoes of her family’s past.
Maguire concludes The Wicked Years with a rich, reflective tale of resistance, identity, and transformation.
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Gregory Maguire gives the Cowardly Lion his own voice in this dark, reflective journey through a war-torn Oz.
A Lion Among Men
Fantasy
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Gregory Maguire gives the Cowardly Lion his own voice in this dark, reflective journey through a war-torn Oz. As old secrets surface and political forces tighten their grip, the Lion must confront the past that shaped him and the courage he never believed he possessed. A Lion Among Men is a rich, character-driven tale of survival and truth.
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Every war creates its own kind of survivor, even in Oz.
In A Lion Among Men, Gregory Maguire turns his lens on the Cowardly Lion, revealing the hidden history behind a figure long treated as comic relief. Set against a kingdom fractured by fear, propaganda, and rising conflict, the Lion recounts the forces that shaped him: the cruelty he witnessed, the loyalties he questioned, and the courage he struggled to claim as his own.
Tasked with uncovering long-buried truths about Oz’s past, he confronts witches, soldiers, and the shadows of his own choices.
Maguire’s reimagined Oz blends political upheaval with personal reckoning, offering a portrait of a gentle soul navigating a world determined to harden him.
A Lion Among Men is a thoughtful, haunting tale of identity, survival, and reluctant bravery.
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Long before she dreamed of Mars, Kate Harris set out to cross the Silk Road by bicycle, seeking the thrill of exploration in a world already mapped.
Lands of Lost Borders
Biographies & Memoirs
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Long before she dreamed of Mars, Kate Harris set out to cross the Silk Road by bicycle, seeking the thrill of exploration in a world already mapped. Lands of Lost Borders is a lyrical travel memoir that blends adventure, science, and philosophy as Harris reflects on borders, freedom, and the desire to push beyond the lines that confine us.
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Exploration is not a place on a map but a way of moving through the world.
As a young woman, Kate Harris dreamed of becoming an astronaut, convinced that true discovery waited beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Yet between her studies at Oxford and MIT, she set out on a far more grounded expedition: a months-long bicycle journey along the Silk Road with a childhood friend. Crossing deserts, borderlands, and remote mountain passes, Harris confronts the limits we inherit and the boundaries we impose on ourselves.
Her journey becomes both an outward adventure and an inward reckoning, blending science, history, and wonder into a meditation on what it means to live fully in a mapped world.
Lands of Lost Borders is a vivid travelogue about wildness, belonging, and the human need to venture beyond the familiar.
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Raven Carver enters Brayshaw High with nothing to lose and everything stacked against her.
Boys of Brayshaw High
Romance · Teen + Young Adult · Dark Romance
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Raven Carver enters Brayshaw High with nothing to lose and everything stacked against her. Defiance puts her in the sights of the school’s ruling boys, turning hostility into a charged and dangerous pull. Boys of Brayshaw High by Meagan Brandy is a gritty New Adult romance about power, desire, and refusing to back down.
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Strength is currency at Brayshaw High, and Raven Carver arrives with none to spare.
Dropped into a school for troubled teens, Raven is warned to stay quiet and stay out of the way. But she refuses to bow to anyone, least of all the three boys who rule the halls with effortless power. Their leader watches her with sharp hostility, convinced she is a threat to their order. Every glance, every challenge, tightens the tension between them.
When Raven’s refusal to submit puts her directly in their path, she discovers that Brayshaw is more dangerous than she imagined. Power, loyalty, and desire collide, and every move carries a cost she may not be ready to pay.
Boys of Brayshaw High is a fierce, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance set in a world where weakness is unforgiven.
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In Sackett’s Land, Barnabas Sackett’s plan to build a new life in America is derailed when a powerful nobleman orders his death.
Sackett’s Land
Mystery · Thriller · Historical Mystery · Suspense
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In Sackett’s Land, Barnabas Sackett’s plan to build a new life in America is derailed when a powerful nobleman orders his death. Surviving kidnapping and pirates, he reaches the Carolina coast but must return to England to uncover his father’s secret. With 4.6 stars on Amazon, this classic adventure begins the legendary Sackett series.
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A discovery in the English marshes sets a young man on a perilous journey across continents in Sackett’s Land. When Barnabas Sackett unearths six ancient Roman coins, he uses his unexpected fortune to prepare for a new life in America. But the promise of opportunity quickly turns dangerous. Rupert Genester, an ambitious nobleman whose inheritance is threatened by a vow made to Sackett’s father, orders Barnabas’s death before he can sail.
Kidnapped and cast into the hold of a pirate ship, Barnabas survives through grit and determination, eventually reaching the wild Carolina coast. The untamed land offers hope, yet the shadow of England and the mystery of his father’s legacy demand resolution.
With 4.6 stars on Amazon and strong Goodreads ratings, this classic frontier adventure launches the iconic Sackett family saga.
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