Annie and Lewis search for the son of an old enemy, who may hold the key to ending Annie’s curse. Their investigations lead back to the past, uncovering something that could destroy the most powerful people in the country. The compelling, chilling next instalment in the Annie Jackson Mysteries series…
Two men, centuries apart, dream of being a wolf.
One is burned at the stake.
Another is locked in a psychiatric hospital for most of his life.
And Annie Jackson is about to find out why…
Vowing once again to remove herself from society, Annie is back living alone in her little cottage by the shores of a loch. But when an old enemy – now locked up in a high security hospital – comes calling, begging her to find the son that she was forced to give up at the age of seventeen, Annie is tempted out of seclusion. The missing boy holds the key to ending Annie’s curse, and he may be the only chance that both she and Lewis have of real happiness.
Annie and Lewis begin an investigation that takes them back to the past, a time etched in Scottish folklore, a period of history that may just be repeating itself. And what they uncover could destroy not just some of the most powerful people in the country, who will stop at nothing to protect their wealth and their secrets, but also Annie’s life, and everything she holds dear…
Dark, immersive, and utterly compelling, The Howling is a story of deception, betrayal, and misplaced power, and a reminder that the most public of faces can hide the darkest of hearts…
“A single man can change the course of history. At the heart of the harshest of its winters, at the heart of the bloodiest war in its history, Finland saw the birth of a legend. The legend of Simo Häyhä, the White Death.”
Three months after the beginning of WWII, in November 1939, the Soviet Union invaded their tiny and relatively defenceless neighbour Finland. So began what is known as the Winter War. Against overwhelming odds the makeshift Finnish army not only resisted the Red Army, they forced it to offer terms for peace.
Olivier Norek’s breathtaking novel is the story of one company at the heart of the defence of its country in the face of a horrific invasion. The Russians so far outnumbered their enemy that but for the almost unimaginable folly of their commanders and but for the heroism of the Finnish Army their neighbours would have been overrun. Nor had they taken into account the spirit of the defenders.
There are countless stories of courage and some of unmatched heroism – among them the record of Simo Häyhä, who became known as the White Death and whose skill as a sniper will perhaps never be matched.
Tomorrowland, known globally for their larger-than-life themed music festivals and organizer of the second biggest social media live entertainment event in the world after the Olympics, have penned a fantasy trilogy to bring the unique magic of the festival alive in story form, together with their core values of unity, hope, love and nature.
Teaming up with genre publishing experts Black Crow, they will be working on building their brand in the publishing sphere, working closely with booksellers, influencers and readers who love fantasy fiction.
The Great Library of Tomorrow, book 1 in the trilogy, is out now in HB, audio and ebook, with the paperback scheduled for September, just ahead of the November release of the sequel, The Sky of Sacrifice. More info/pre-order: www.thegreatlibraryoftomorrow.com
THE GREAT LIBRARY OF TOMORROW – Book 1 in The Book of Wisdom trilogy – Helia has served as the Sage of Hope for the Great Library of Tomorrow for centuries. She is one of the chosen few who embody and protect the values of humanity across the numerous realms of Paperworld, which are connected within the Library itself via magical Portals controlled by the Book of Wisdom. But even Helia’s hope is tested when attacked and confronted by a deadly figure known as the Ash Man. Surrounded by destruction in the famous Rose Garden of Silvyra, and its dragon protector missing, Helia must return home to warn the other Sages. But there she finds the Book of Wisdom—always a guide to the Sages—eerily silent. With the Ash Man gaining strength, Helia soon finds herself in a race against time, searching for clues to the origins of their foe—and any possible way to defeat him. THE SKY OF SACRIFICE – Book 2 in The Book of Wisdom trilogy – As the Great Library of Tomorrow prepares for a momentous celebration Nu embraces both newfound love and her role as the Sage of Truth. However, if fresh nightmares prove to be the harbingers of Suttaru’s malevolent forces, romance must take a back seat to her responsibilities. When a savage act sends shockwaves through the Great Library, the return of an old friend brings to light a hidden relic from the Book of Wisdom’s past. To stop the enemy, the Sages must pursue multiple paths. For Nu and Robin, this means travelling the realms in search of a mysterious figure from long ago. Meanwhile Veer and his companions brave a realm of darkness and despair, where even the strongest can become undone. . .
The Princess plays a fatal game, and the stakes are higher than she ever could have imagined.
Princess Asherah Delmar, the former heir to the throne of Atlantis, makes a heart-wrenching sacrifice as she embarks on a perilous journey into the enemy realm of Corenathia. Under the cunning guise of Prince Lux Nacan’s betrothed, she must retrieve the goddess’s artifact. One only she can find.
As Atlantis slides further into darkness, Asherah leaves behind her unbonded mate, Commander Draevyn Eliron, and risks the lives of the humans in Atlantis, a decision she does not take lightly.
When Asherah arrives in Corenathia, she discovers a treacherous world that will challenge her integrity and shake her will to stay silent. But with help from the most unlikely of allies, she’s determined to find the hidden artifact and escape Queen Sessi’s realm in time to save Atlantis and solidify the bond with Draevyn.
Though Asherah doesn’t realize she’s playing a deadly game with a wicked queen who holds all the cards.
Including hers.
The Forever Queen is the second book in the Heir of Atlantis series and is intended for readers ages 18+. It is recommended you read the series in order, beginning with The Veiled Heir. Trigger and Content Warnings are listed in the front of the book and on the author’s website. Please read with care.
One close-knit choir. Twenty members, singing in perfect harmony — but two won’t live to see the next rehearsal.
Welcome to sleepy Kings Richington, where nothing ever happens . . .until local butcher and bass singer Charlie Snell turns up murdered! He’s been conked on the head and dumped in the woods.
Detective Jack Dawes is on the case, with an endless list of suspects to interrogate. In life, Snell was a nasty piece of work, with a talent for making enemies wherever he went. From his jealous wife to the pretty young sopranos he groped — and the ambitious mayoral candidate who happened to ‘trip over’ his body. Anyone could be guilty. And anyone could be next.
Just when Jack thinks he’s getting somewhere, a second singer turns up dead. Is the killer picking off choir members one by one — or singing from their own twisted hymn sheet? It’s up to Detective Jack to find out before the body count rises again.
Frances Lloyd was born in Essex but spent a nomadic childhood being carted between RAF stations until mercifully, she was allowed a crack at a proper education in Cheltenham, studying English and Classics. As an adult, she became something of a wandering minstrel with no physical or spiritual roots apart from a strong work ethic. Frances has always been a writer. The job that paid the mortgage was in government communications, She also worked as a freelance journalist and photographer but her ambition was always to write crime novels. She now lives in Northumberland – “Vera” territory – and writes full time. She has published ten DI Dawes murder mysteries. Married three times but now a widow, Frances’ hobbies are reading, wine tasting and cooking
Byrdfyre Covenant is about desperation and loss, unbreakable bonds and old Gods, and a young woman locked into a deal with a dark stranger that stole her humanity and chained her to him for eternity.
And the young man who refused to do the same.
My mother died on the same day my father went mad. He tried to kill me.
With his bare hands, he gripped my throat, stole my breath, meant to tear me from the world.
I survived, but I changed.
That was the beginning of the plague that devoured us. I would be its ending.
I am Astrid, my mother’s first child, promised to an ancient, odious priest and surrounded by brothers who love me to varying degrees, but don’t respect me at all. Still, I love my family and my home, and I would do anything to save them, to save everything I can from the sickness that’s come to our shores, but no one will listen to me.
No one but him — the mysterious foreigner, Will Green.
Kind, intelligent, but strangely changeable, he stands by my side when others won’t, whispers ideas in my ear as we bury our dead. They are mounting up by the day, by the very minute. He tempts me with logic about what we owe one another.
If we are to survive this, my sincere belief is that our only chance is to run. Some of the women are on my side, but being women, at most, we must work in the shadows, constrained by husbands, children, and the church.
What if no one follows?
If they won’t, Will says, would it be so wrong to force their hand?
I trust him, because Will Green is good and I believe in good, and in sacrifice, even in myself. And we do need to act … but sometimes his eyes burn with a strange flame, and I’m not sure he isn’t more than he seems. I’m not sure of anything. Not what to do, not who to trust … Sometimes, I’m not sure if I’m even alive.
Fire destroys, but it also tempers. It makes things strong. And I’ve been through hell. If I can harness it, and if I am careful, it might be our salvation. Or… In the late Middle Ages, the Black Plague devoured half the population of Europe, arriving in Norway via a “ghost ship” that was entirely unmanned. After the pestilence burned itself out, stories emerged about seemingly-otherworldly lone-survivors, including one made so feral by her long abandonment, she was called Rype, or “wild bird”. We remember the fleas and the rats, even her name, but we don’t remember everything. What if there were more to the stories of the past than we ever imagined? Byrdfyre Covenant is about the survivors the fates failed to claim.
Jayne Starwing is a new pen name for seasoned author Olivia M. Jacques (Women’s Fiction, The Madisons), who is also the co-author of The Lightbringers series (Fantasy Romance). Byrdfyre Covenant merges Dark Fantasy Romance and Speculative Historical Fiction and will appeal to fans of V.E. Schwab (The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue), Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler’s Wife) and Sarah J. Maas (Throne of Glass). Expect heart-pounding action, swoony slow-burn romance, twists and turns you won’t expect, and a chilling and heart-rending cliffhanger ending … because there’s always more to the story.
A fallen king. A hunted queen. Bound by fate, divided by war.
As a relentless enemy sweeps through the mountains in search of a legendary power, Elara rules a fractured realm. Her grip on power is fragile and her heart is caught between duty — and the haunted king who once vowed to fight by her side.
Once the king of Norrandale, Cai is now an exile. He has lost everything. Everything . . . except her.
Their only hope of survival is a lost diary, said to have belonged to the first king of Everness. Its pages hold answers buried in ancient magic, cursed relics and a war that never truly ended. If they can find it, it could change everything.
As Elara and Cai’s enemies close in, the line between truth and legend begins to blur. Now, the fate of two kingdoms — and one forbidden love — hangs in the balance.
And the crown may demand the greatest sacrifice of all.
Leané Giliomee is a romantasy and historical fiction writer from South Africa. She fell in love with writing in high school and has wanted to be a full-time author ever since. If she’s not reading or watching movies, you’ll find her with her cat (and most trusted writing partner), Loki, working on the next novel.
We’re proud to present the cover of The Seventh Sister by M.A. Brown. The release date for this beauty is August 6th, but you can pre-order a copy now!
The Seventh Sister
Expected Release: August 6, 2025
Genre: Epic Dark Romantasy
“Witcher & Viking Vibes”
Balance the Scales As Above So Below
When Ertha is stolen away to the dark shores of the enemy kingdom she’s thrust into a tangled web of political intrigue and deadly secrets that leaves her wondering who she can trust. The otherworldly right hand of the king, who is her keeper? Or the soldier she healed who has vowed to protect her at all costs?
When it becomes clear she wasn’t just taken by chance– that there are much more powerful entities with their hands steering her fate— she’s forced to confront that nothing is as it seems, not the men who protect her, the world she knows, or even herself.
Snowblind – 10th Anniversary edition, including NEW Dark Iceland series prequel, Fadeout.
Siglufjörður: an idyllically quiet fishing village in Northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors – accessible only via a small mountain tunnel. Ari Thór Arason: a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his girlfriend in Reykjavik – with a past that he’s unable to leave behind. When a young woman is found lying half-naked in the snow, bleeding and unconscious, and a highly esteemed, elderly writer falls to his death in the local theatre, Ari is dragged straight into the heart of a community where he can trust no one, and secrets and lies are a way of life.
An avalanche and unremitting snowstorms close the mountain pass, and the 24-hour darkness threatens to push Ari over the edge, as curtains begin to twitch, and his investigation becomes increasingly complex, chilling and personal. Past plays tag with the present and the claustrophobic tension mounts, while Ari is thrust ever deeper into his own darkness – blinded by snow, and with a killer on the loose.
Taut and terrifying, Snowblind is a startling debut from an extraordinary new talent, taking Nordic Noir to soaring new heights.
Take a summer break to stunning Northumberland via the pages of this feel-good romantic comedy by award winning writer Kimberley Adams. Full of love and laughter, it will leave you yearning to visit this iconic location in person!
When a stranger appears in the middle of a very important celebration, no one can foresee the island connections that will later come to light. Kittiwake Penaluna is drawn to the island at a sad time in her life; she’s broken, but it doesn’t take long for the islanders to rally round and take her under their wing.
Ellie and Zen are busier than they’ve ever been, jumping from task to task with little time for themselves. Will they ever find a moment together away from all the drama that constantly follows them around the island?
The forthcoming arrival of nine new mini animals puts even more pressure on the islanders, but Bert is resolute, and it’s all hands to the pump to prepare for their arrival. The Mini-Fest fundraiser gets off to a great start, until a despised face from the past appears and throws everything into chaos.
Full of heart, Love Forever Lindisfarne is a story steeped in love and community. You’ll reunite with beloved characters who feel like old friends and meet a few lively newcomers with big personalities! Each page will pull you deeper into island life and leave you with a wide smile and a warm glow!
Praise for Kimberley Adams taken from Amazon reviews:
‘Kimberley’s books often feel more like a chat between friends than reading a book, she has the knack of making the reader feel they are part of the action and at the heart of the story.’ Ginger Book Geek Reviewer.
‘The characters just jump off the page and charm you and are so well drawn you can almost see them.’ Amazon customer.
‘I want to visit Lindisfarne even more after reading Kim’s books.’ June, Australia.
‘Thank you for writing such a beautiful love letter to Northumberland.’ Kindle Customer.
‘Witty, great storytelling and a wonderful mix of characters that keep you engaged and invested.’ Orapps.
Pre-order Links
Publication Date: 26th June 2025
Author Bio – Kim writes heartwarming romantic comedies which are set in glorious Northumberland on the iconic Holy Island of Lindisfarne. Kim is an award-winning writer and her books are amongst the highest rated romcoms on Amazon. Kim’s beautiful book covers are bespoke artwork by a Northumbrian artist and a representation of a scene within the book!
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