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Ashley Thomas Sheikh’s Kentucky Blood is a dark Southern Gothic thriller and multi-award winner, including Best Psychological Thriller (BookFest 2025) and Best Intrigue (PenCraft Awards 2025).
Kentucky Blood
Thriller · Horror · Psychological Thriller
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Ashley Thomas Sheikh’s Kentucky Blood is a dark Southern Gothic thriller and multi-award winner, including Best Psychological Thriller (BookFest 2025) and Best Intrigue (PenCraft Awards 2025). With 4.2 stars, this violent family saga spans decades, weaving prophecy, obsession, and brutality into a haunting tale of power and ruin. A gripping start to The Kentucky Blood Series.
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In a 90s-era Kentucky fueled by sex, drugs, and violence, the Cunninghams will stop at nothing to find The Temple, a place of unimaginable wealth and glory. To unlock its secrets, they imprison victims in their garage, each kidnapping leading them closer to their coveted prize.
“We’re gonna find it, Daddy…”
“The Temple…”
But dark secrets threaten to tear the family apart. Rhonda, the eldest daughter, harbors a thirst for violence that may jeopardize everything. Bill, her father, struggles to balance parenthood with the brutal demands of their Quest. Then there’s Bobby, the current prisoner, who may be more dangerous than they realize...
Meanwhile, in the 1970s, a young Bill embarks on a violent rise to power. Driven by prophetic dreams, he forms a ruthless “Posse” determined to rule the Tri County. Standing in his way are the Smoketown Boys, led by Tommy Glick, a rival haunted by visions of his dead brother and a place called "The Temple." In the battle for dominance, both sides spiral deeper into a conflict they can’t control; a warning of the horrors in Bill’s family’s future.
Two timelines. One family. One destiny.
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Chad Miller’s The Confession delivers a chilling historical thriller inspired by the Lizzie Borden murders.
The Confession
Horror
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Chad Miller’s The Confession delivers a chilling historical thriller inspired by the Lizzie Borden murders. With 4.2 out of 5 stars, this sensational courtroom drama unravels buried secrets, betrayal, and shocking twists in 1887 Pennsylvania. Dark, atmospheric, and impossible to put down, it is a gripping start to the Founders Universe series.
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Temple, Pennsylvania, 1887. The Strohmeyer home falls silent except for the drip of blood. Isabella stands frozen, her father and stepmother hacked to death at her feet. Overnight, the family’s bitter secrets erupt into horror.
Whispers coil through the town. Suspicions shift like shadows. As rumors spread, everyone looks over their shoulder, wondering who will be accused next. When an arrest is made, the quiet streets of Temple give way to a trial that grips the nation, turning neighbor against neighbor.
Inspired by the infamous Lizzie Borden case, The Confession unearths the betrayals, secrets, and resentments festering beneath a close-knit community. One axe. Two murders. A courtroom packed with lies. And a truth that refuses to stay buried until the final page.
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Seth Ring’s Chain of Feathers, from the bestselling author of Battle Mage Farmer and Nova Terra, launches a fierce new LitRPG series.
Chain of Feathers
Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
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Seth Ring’s Chain of Feathers, from the bestselling author of Battle Mage Farmer and Nova Terra, launches a fierce new LitRPG series. Betrayed and forced into a deadly training camp, Mateo is saddled with the weakest Root Card, but survival demands strength, cunning, and grit. With a 4.6 out of 5 stars Amazon rating, this fantasy adventure is unmissable.
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Roll over and die, or become so strong nothing can stop him.
Cast into a brutal military camp by his once loving master, Mateo feels like the last six wonderful years of his life have been a lie. With the mysteries surrounding him growing, Mateo knows that his only option is becoming one of the supernaturally powerful Duelists and growing in power until he can take his fate into his own hands.
That plan is thwarted from the beginning when he gets stuck with the lowest ranked Root Card against his will, ensuring that his growth as a Duelist will always be excruciatingly slow. To make matters worse, the camp he has been thrown into is completely cutthroat and survival isn’t guaranteed by a long shot.
Saddled with two other kids that he has never met before and a crow spirit bound to him by an ethereal chain, Mateo will need every ounce of courage, resilience, and mental acuity he can muster if he wants to make it out of the training camp alive.
Don't miss the start of the next great Fantasy LitRPG Series by Seth Ring, author of the best selling Battle Mage Farmer and Nova Terra. Grab your copy today and join Mateo as he ascends through the flames of war.
About the Series: Following a weak-to-strong protagonist, this series mixes epic fantasy action, mystery, cultivation, and a world with endless depth where little is as it first appears. This LitRPG/GameLit series is perfect for readers who enjoy exploring rich worlds and complex characters.
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Ruby Dixon’s The King’s Spinster Bride launches the Royal Wedding series with 4.3 out of 5 stars from more than 5,600 Amazon reviews.
The King’s Spinster Bride
Romantasy
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Ruby Dixon’s The King’s Spinster Bride launches the Royal Wedding series with 4.3 out of 5 stars from more than 5,600 Amazon reviews. A forgotten princess. A warrior king who never stopped loving her. With passion, politics, and dangerous traditions, this fan-favorite romance proves Dixon’s reign as queen of fantasy romance shows no sign of ending.
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Princess Halla of Yshrem once saved a boy’s life and lost her entire kingdom on the same day. Sixteen years later, she lives as a forgotten spinster in a lonely temple, the last of her royal line. She hopes obscurity keeps her safe, because to be remembered by her enemies is to invite death.
But one man has never forgotten her. Mathior, the boy she once saved, is now king of the Cyclopae. His advisors urge him to end Yshrem’s royal bloodline. Instead, he has another plan.
He has loved Halla for years, and he will claim her as his bride. Yet barbarian wedding customs are nothing like the ones she knows, and survival may demand surrender of more than her crown.
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A #1 bestseller in Child Psychology, The Decision to Kill follows Cherie Wier as she searches for answers after her teenage son kills her husband and struggles with…
The Decision to Kill
Biographies & Memoirs · True Crime
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A #1 bestseller in Child Psychology, The Decision to Kill follows Cherie Wier as she searches for answers after her teenage son kills her husband and struggles with grief, courtroom testimony, and the difficult process of forgiving her son, with a 4.1-star rating from more than 400 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for true crime readers interested in family tragedy, courtroom accounts, grief, forgiveness, and the search for motive.
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A family tragedy propels this gripping true crime debut as a mother searches for answers in the shocking murder of her husband—and conviction of her son.
In the early morning of October 18, 1986, Cherie Wier’s life collapses when her teenage son takes the life of her beloved husband. For years, Cherie grapples with events preceding and following the crime, struggling to overcome the consuming grief she suffers from her loss and the difficulty she faces as she attempts to forgive her son. The courtroom accounts of gruesome details and the shocking testimonies from experts, only add to Cherie’s yearning to make sense of the crime. She is tormented, wanting to know how and WHY this tragedy happened and if there was anything she could have done to prevent it . . .
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Neal Shusterman’s Scythe, a Printz Honor winner and Time’s “Best YA Book of All Time,” launches the Arc of a Scythe trilogy.
Scythe
Dystopian · Fantasy · Teen + Young Adult
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Neal Shusterman’s Scythe, a Printz Honor winner and Time’s “Best YA Book of All Time,” launches the Arc of a Scythe trilogy. In a world without death, two teens are forced to master the art of killing. With a 4.7 out of 5 stars Amazon rating, this dystopian masterpiece is chilling, thought-provoking, and impossible to put down.
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Humanity has conquered death. No hunger, no disease, no war. Immortality is reality, and only one force remains to keep balance: the Scythes. They decide who lives, who dies, and how to keep the world from collapsing under its own perfection.
Citra and Rowan never wanted this power, but they are chosen as apprentices to a Scythe. Their training demands they master the art of killing, even as it tests their morality, courage, and loyalty. The price of failure is death, and the cost of success may be worse.
As they navigate a world where compassion collides with cruelty, the teens learn that power is never clean.
In a flawless society, what happens when the Scythes themselves are corrupted?
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A great civilization carries on as if nothing is wrong, even while disaster gathers beneath its feet.
Pompeii
Historical Fiction · Pre-History | Ancient History
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A great civilization carries on as if nothing is wrong, even while disaster gathers beneath its feet. When engineer Marcus Attilius Primus investigates failing springs and a damaged aqueduct, he uncovers corruption, violence, and a city already edging toward ruin. This historical thriller pairs Roman politics and mounting dread with the relentless pull of an approaching cataclysm.
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#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
"Terrific . . . gripping . . . A literally shattering climax."—The New York Times Book Review
All along the Mediterranean coast, the Roman empire’s richest citizens are relaxing in their luxurious villas, enjoying the last days of summer. The world’s largest navy lies peacefully at anchor in Misenum. The tourists are spending their money in the seaside resorts of Baiae, Herculaneum, and Pompeii.
But the carefree lifestyle and gorgeous weather belie an impending cataclysm, and only one man is worried. The young engineer Marcus Attilius Primus has just taken charge of the Aqua Augusta, the enormous aqueduct that brings fresh water to a quarter of a million people in nine towns around the Bay of Naples. His predecessor has disappeared. Springs are failing for the first time in generations. And now there is a crisis on the Augusta’ s sixty-mile main line—somewhere to the north of Pompeii, on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius.
Attilius—decent, practical, and incorruptible—promises Pliny, the famous scholar who commands the navy, that he can repair the aqueduct before the reservoir runs dry. His plan is to travel to Pompeii and put together an expedition, then head out to the place where he believes the fault lies. But Pompeii proves to be a corrupt and violent town, and Attilius soon discovers that there are powerful forces at work—both natural and man-made—threatening to destroy him.
With his trademark elegance and intelligence, Robert Harris, bestselling author of Archangel and Fatherland, re-creates a world on the brink of disaster.
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A Reese’s Book Club pick and Kirkus Prize finalist, Allegra Goodman’s Isola is a spellbinding survival epic inspired by true history.
Isola
Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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A Reese’s Book Club pick and Kirkus Prize finalist, Allegra Goodman’s Isola is a spellbinding survival epic inspired by true history. Called “extraordinary” by Vogue and “lushly painted” by People, this tale of love, faith, and defiance has earned a 4.5 out of 5 stars Amazon rating. A powerful novel of endurance you will not forget.
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Marguerite was born to wealth and refinement, her future mapped out in pearls and privilege. That life ends when she is orphaned, her fortune squandered by a volatile guardian, and dragged across the sea to New France.
Accused of betrayal, she is abandoned on a desolate island with only her wits and her will to survive. Stripped of silks and safety, Marguerite learns to face hunger, ice, and loneliness with a strength she never knew she possessed.
What begins as punishment becomes a test of endurance, faith, and defiance. Inspired by the true story of a sixteenth-century heroine, Isola is both a survival thriller and an intimate portrait of transformation.
Can Marguerite outlast the island, or will it claim her as its final secret?
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A lively pick for fantasy readers who enjoy unconventional magic, clever tricks, and underdog heroes.
Spellslinger
Fantasy · Teen + Young Adult · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure
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Spellslinger, a Carnegie Medal nominee, follows Kellen, a would-be mage whose fading magic threatens him with exile before his spellcasting trials. An enigmatic traveler offers him another path built on cunning and deception, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 2,800 Amazon reviewers. A lively pick for fantasy readers who enjoy unconventional magic, clever tricks, and underdog heroes.
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A would-be mage with no magic of his own has to defeat powerful enemies with only cunning and deception in the first book of an exciting adventure fantasy series from Sebastien de Castell.
Kellen is moments away from facing his first duel and proving his worth as a spellcaster. There's just one problem: his magic is fading.
Facing exile unless he can pass the mage trials, Kellen is willing to risk everything -- even his own life -- in search of a way to restore his magic. But when the enigmatic Ferius Parfax arrives in town, she challenges him to take a different path.
One of the elusive Argosi, Ferius is a traveller who lives by her wits and the cards she carries. Daring, unpredictable, and wielding magic Kellen has never seen before, she may be his only hope.
The first novel in a compelling six-book series, bursting with tricks, humor, and a whole new way to look at magic.
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Rachel Aaron’s Nice Dragons Finish Last kicks off the Heartstriker series with sharp humor, clever worldbuilding, and a dragon you can’t help rooting for.
Nice Dragons Finish Last
Fantasy · Urban Fantasy
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Rachel Aaron’s Nice Dragons Finish Last kicks off the Heartstriker series with sharp humor, clever worldbuilding, and a dragon you can’t help rooting for. Winner of the Audie Award for Fantasy and part of the RT Magazine Reviewers’ Choice Award–winning series, this urban fantasy favorite holds a 4.6 out of 5 stars Amazon rating. A fan-favorite gem.
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Julius is a dragon, technically. Unfortunately, he is also the smallest and meekest member of the ruthless Heartstriker clan. His survival strategy has always been simple: keep quiet, avoid fights, and hope no one notices him. His mother has finally noticed.
Fed up with his timid ways, Bethesda strips Julius of his true form and casts him into the DFZ, a dangerous vertical city built on the ruins of Old Detroit. He has one month to prove he can be ruthless enough to earn back his scales or lose his dragon self forever.
In a world of mages, spirits, and cutthroat schemes, Julius will need allies, courage, and luck.
Because in this city, nice dragons do not just finish last—they rarely finish at all.
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Perfect for fans of snarky antiheroes and clever, fast-paced worldbuilding.
The Book of Jhereg
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
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Steven Brust’s The Book of Jhereg brings together the first three adventures of Vlad Taltos, the assassin with a sharp tongue and a dragon-like sidekick. A fantasy classic praised for its wit, action, and intrigue, this omnibus carries a 4.6 out of 5 stars Amazon rating. Perfect for fans of snarky antiheroes and clever, fast-paced worldbuilding.
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Meet Vlad Taltos, an assassin with more sarcasm than sense and a knack for finding trouble in every corner of the Empire. With his dragon-like familiar at his side, Vlad navigates the underworld of sorcery, crime, and politics, one dangerous contract at a time.
In Jhereg, his first job as a crime boss’s enforcer goes wildly off script. Yendi pits him against rivals who might just be smarter than he is. And in Teckla, he discovers that revolution is messy, especially when it drags friends and loyalties into the fight.
Collected in one volume, The Book of Jhereg captures Vlad at his sharp-tongued, blade-swinging best.
The question isn’t whether he’ll get out alive—it’s how much havoc he’ll cause along the way.
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Naomi Novik’s Spinning Silver reimagines Rumpelstiltskin in a dazzling tale of magic and survival.
Spinning Silver
Teen + Young Adult · Fantasy
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Naomi Novik’s Spinning Silver reimagines Rumpelstiltskin in a dazzling tale of magic and survival. A Nebula and Hugo finalist, it was named one of the best books of the year by NPR, The New York Times, and more. With a 4.6 out of 5 stars Amazon rating, this bestseller is rich, complex, and utterly unforgettable.
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Miryem has inherited her family’s moneylending business, but not her father’s softness. Determined to pull her family out of poverty, she hardens her heart and earns a reputation for turning silver into gold. That boast catches the ear of the Staryk, a fey king of ice and shadow who demands she prove her gift.
Drawn into his world, Miryem must face an impossible challenge with two unlikely allies by her side. Together, they uncover a secret powerful enough to shatter both human and Staryk kingdoms.
Naomi Novik spins a tale of magic, bargains, and survival where wonder walks hand in hand with terror.
The question is not whether Miryem can turn silver into gold, but whether she can turn it into freedom.
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