Being the sister to the president of the Lotus MC has never been a problem. That is until the club’s issues start to bleed into my work as a doctor at the local hospital.
The last thing I need is to be shadowed by one of the MC brothers. Especially not him.
Hades.
I hate him or what I thought I knew about him. As danger lurks around every corner, I find myself being drawn to the man who is hiding who he truly is.
When everything hits the fan, my life spirals making me wonder if my future is burning in front of my face.
Hades
I always lived by one rule. Never settle into one place for too long.
Then I stopped in Vegas for a tattoo and ended up being patched in as a brother to the local MC.
I shouldn’t have wanted to stay, but then I met her.
Evelyn.
She’s trouble. I need to keep an eye on her to protect the club I have vowed my allegiance to.
Only the girl I thought was a nuisance has quickly become my sole reason for being. When the past comes to visit, I’m confronted with everything I have been avoiding. Will I be able to navigate my past and keep the girl who I want to be my future?
They couldn’t stand to be around each other. She’s his president’s sister and he’s had to watch over her several times, but they’re oil and water together, or are they?
When Evelyn gets pulled into the trouble the club is dealing with, and needs a bodyguard, Hades pulls the short straw. However, once he gets to really know Evelyn, he knows that the short straw was the best thing to happen to him. Now he won’t let anyone else protect her or watch over her.
I loved this story and I love the characters of the Lotus MC series and chapters. Hades and Evelyn are actually perfect for each other and Evelyn’s strength matches Hades perfectly. I love how Hades really learned her and who she was inside even though he had his mind made up of who she was. I look forward to more books with the Lotus MC guys and their women.
What if the greatest threat to America wasn’t war, terrorism, or China…but the trillions of dollars of debt we’ve pretended doesn’t exist?
U.S. Senator Rick Taylor has been warning anyone who’ll listen: the national debt is no longer a spreadsheet problem-it’s a ticking bomb. But in Washington, truth is toxic. Colleagues dismiss him, constituents scream about “cuts to my benefits,” and the media paints him as the villain who wants to gut Social Security.
Then the blackmail begins.
A shadowy network led by a ruthless operator making huge profits from unchecked government spending will stop at nothing to silence anyone who threatens the status quo. After Taylor’s wife is targeted in a terrifying swatting attack and a sniper’s bullet nearly ends Taylor’s life, the message is clear. Shut up… or die.
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Author Bio:
Jack was introduced to thrillers when Tom Clancy’s The Hunt for Red October was published. However, for most of his life, he was a reader rather than an author. During the 2000 Presidential election as he watched TV coverage of the Florida recount with ‘dimpled chads’ and ‘hanging chads,’ he thought an election conspiracy would be a great basis for a thriller. It wasn’t until 2020 when he retired from his career, which included management positions in corporate America and small business ownership as well as a brief stint in ministry, that he sat down to write Wayward Patriot: Preserving the Vote.
His unique approach to political thrillers rips headlines from the news and weaves them through a thrilling tale of patriotism, political corruption and crisis. He says, “when I see some major new issue or technology in the news I want to learn more about it. I enjoy sharing what I learn with others by wrapping a story around it that will engage and entertain readers.”
He and his wife, Barbara, have three grown children and seven grandchildren and divide their time between Colorado Springs and Tucson.
This was an intriguing, suspenseful, political thriller that I enjoyed listening to. While I know it’s fiction, it hits pretty close to truth with spending, costs, and the rise of living expenses and the stalemate of income rise.
Jack Meyer has written a story that has brought up a lot of questions on how this could happen now with so much history behind us and the sad fact that history has not taught us that we need to be a unified nation. I enjoy thrillers of all types and Debt Reckoning was a very good story to listen to.
It has all of the political corruption that you would expect in a political thriller and the intrigue, suspense and danger that goes along with most thriller and Jack Meyer knows how to keep that suspense going through the whole story and keep the reader interested in knowing who those are that are pulling the strings and keeping things going that make the story intriguing and so close to the news reports happening now.
I love a great thriller and mystery and this story had all of the suspense that I enjoy in a story that keeps my interest and keeps my mind working to figure out who the bad guy(s) are. This one was not an easy guess and it surprised me when I learned who it was that was causing all of the trouble.
This was my first story by Jack Meyer, but it won’t be my last. I will be looking for more of his stories to read or listen to in the future.
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Single Dad, Secret Identity
Forced Proximity, Forbidden Love, Found Family
Release Date: October 6, 2026
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From the bestselling author of the Broken Trilogy and Dark Water Series comes Breached— the explosive finale to the Stonewall Trilogy, where brotherhood is forged in blood, loyalty is tested, and no one escapes the cost of war.
Agent Paul thought he understood sacrifice.
He was wrong.
One second.
That’s all it takes for everything to change.
With ears still ringing, Paul is forced to confront one unbearable truth: the people he swore to protect are paying the price for a war that was never meant to reach them. Now they all must face the aftermath of his choices.
The deaths.
The carnage.
The pain.
Nicole spent her career documenting wars that belonged in someone else’s world.
Until now.
Now the lines between truth and deception have never been more dangerous. Yet the greatest betrayal may not come from the enemy closing in—but from the man she thought she knew.
Bruno is done playing defense.
After years of watching his empire crumble, he’s learned exactly where to strike. He isn’t waiting for Blackstone to cross the border.
For Blackstone, this isn’t just another mission. It’s the fight for everything they’ve built—and everyone they love.
I was in a battle zone. In the split second of the blast, I’d thrown my body over Olivia’s. The explosion hit us like a wall of fire. It was blistering and deafening all at once. The heat had been instant, unforgiving, and merciless. It crawled over us like a living thing.
I tried to keep my weight off Liv as I rolled us onto our sides. We both gasped for air that wasn’t there. The oxygen had been sucked away, along with any sound. The ringing in my ears was intense, and I fought to block it out. It wasn’t the first time I’d been through a blast like that, and I knew my ears would bother me for a while. My vision was spotty, but I blinked to see Olivia and quickly patted her down to make sure she was okay. My eyes kept going to the vehicles, but I had to check her out first.
She was like a zombie, and I knew she was in shock. I pressed a hand to her shoulder and made the motion to stay down. I had to assess the situation. Distant screams from all around us made me realize this was so much worse than I could have ever imagined. I spotted the tracker Liv had handed me where it lay on the ground. I rammed my fist into the face of the lion then stood and used my heel to crush it. Staying low, I moved quickly in the direction of the SUVs.
Holy shit. It might be a war zone, but this one included everyone I loved.
Chase! Nicole! Their faces pushed through my mind as I began to run. I looked for the guys and saw, like me, they’d transformed from husbands and fathers to combat soldiers. They moved swiftly about in the chaos. As I got close, I saw their faces were white with pain and shock as they tried to get everyone away from the still-burning vehicle. We all knew more could be coming.
What the hell had happened? How could this happen here?
Cries and shouts from our loved ones intermingled with the sounds of people as they arrived on the scene to help.
There was so much distraction, I couldn’t even fathom that Nicole and Chase’s SUV was the one that had been blown up.
John and Travis were quickly herding the wives and children to Zack’s entrance. Sloane raced past me, headed for Olivia. “I’ve got her.” Her voice sounded strangled and her face was pale.
Then I saw Savannah. Cat was at her side pulling her arm desperately to try to get her to move with the others toward the safety of Zack’s restaurant.
“Savi!” Zack appeared out of nowhere, and he sounded a mile away. He shook her shoulders, and she blinked out of the trance she was in. “Olivia! Easton!” she screamed.
“Olivia is over there. She’s okay.” He pointed to the stairs where Sloane half-carried Olivia up the restaurant steps. Savannah sobbed and ran for her daughter.
“Zack!” I yelled, making him look at me. “Check everyone for trackers!” He gave me a thumbs up, and I quickly veered around to head toward the inferno. I needed to see. I had to know. “No!” Mike’s voice boomed, and I whirled to see him intercept Cole as he hurled himself at the burning vehicle. “You don’t want to see that! Cole, stop!”
AUTHOR BIO
J.L. Drake is a bestselling author of contemporary romance and romantic suspense, known for her dark, gripping books with brooding heroes and passionate lovers. Her “World of Mayhem” offers interconnected series enjoyed individually. Originally from Nova Scotia, she now lives in Southern California. For more, visit her website.
The end of the Stonewall Series books was a devastating, enlightening, edge of your seat read. I’ve loved these characters since the start of the series, and some even before the Stonewall Series.
Paul and Nicole are both hurting, but they are made for each other. They just need to get through the secrets, betrayal, danger and the war before they can work things out and find their HEA. Nicole is just as independent, strong and loyal as the other women in the Blackstone family. These characters are strong, loyal, protective, and a very large family that will only get stronger with the bond they have when fighting the cartel that wants to destroy them.
I suggest that you have a strong drink, plenty of time, and a box of tissues next to you when you read this book. I stayed up past my bedtime because I hated to put it down once I started it. If I could give it more stars I would. This was such a great book. I love J. L. Drake’s books and can’t wait to read more of her stories.
When a vicious assassin is banished from the only life he’s ever known, he starts over only to be tempted by the goddaughter he hasn’t seen in almost twenty years.
Hades
Vindictive, malicious, some would even say sadistic…
I couldn’t argue with any of those assessments. We are who we are. I’m a vengeful assassin who will stop at nothing to make those who wronged me pay. And I’m thirsty for revenge.
Eighteen years ago, I took the fall for a man who was like a brother to me. I even vowed to protect his daughter by becoming her godfather— and then he betrayed me.
Two decades later, his daughter, now a stunning woman, strolls into my life, having no idea who I am or what I’m capable of. Capri takes an unhealthy interest in me, the older and dangerous man, and I don’t do anything to discourage her. I welcome her obsession because it suits me.
When her infatuation with me grows stronger, I prove just how vindictive, malicious, and sadistic I really am. Is she the opportunity I need to enact my revenge against her father or is she the reason I finally let this vendetta go?
USA Today Bestselling author Ella Jade writes dark mafia romances with dominating mob bosses, the strong women who challenge them, and suspenseful twists that keep her readers turning the pages.
When she isn’t reading or writing sexy, angsty, and intense words, she indulges in a well-crafted martini and binge watches episodes of Dallas, Falcon Crest, and Dynasty, where she learned at an early age how to spin an old-school cliffhanger. She also enjoys spoiling her two chihuahua writing companions.
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MY REVIEW: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 OUT OF 5
This was a great story with great characters.
Curiosity spurs her to want more information on the man that she can’t seem to stop obsessing over. When Capri plans to meet a friend at the bar Hades owns she meets the man after a dangerous situation occurs and he steps in.
Hades is a man that lost everything once and had to start over in a different place. He’s now settled and has a good life, but when Capri shows up in his life all bets are off. Now she’s in his sights and when he learns who she is, he begins to plot and plan.
I really enjoyed this story and the characters were great! This book had danger, deceit, secrets, and the need for vengeance. It was well written and left me wanting more.
Small-town romantic suspense Second chance romance Protective former military hero Hollywood actress heroine A killer recreating scenes from a movie
Someone’s turning fiction into reality…and she’s the target.
Five years ago, Emily Prior was ready to turn down the role of a lifetime for the man she loved. But Ryan refused to let her sacrifice her career for a relationship built around his deployments. So he broke her heart to save her future. Now she’s one of Hollywood’s biggest actresses, and she’s filming her new movie in the small town of Deep River—Ryan’s new home. Emily always told herself she hated him for what he did. But face to face once again, she’s not so sure that’s true.
Ryan Slade did the right thing. Or at least, that’s what he tells himself every time he watches one of Emily’s movies or sees her name in a headline…which is a lot. Five years later, he’s now out of the military, working search and rescue with his team, and Deep River has given him something close to peace. Until Emi arrives. With one glance, any reason he had for letting her go dissolves and he’s questioning every moment since.
When strange accidents surrounding the movie’s cast go from alarming to lethal, Ryan’s protective instincts kick in fast. Someone’s recreating scenes from the movie in real life. Now it’s a race to find the killer before they finish their deadly script. And if Ryan fails Emily this time, he won’t just lose her to her career—he’ll lose her forever.
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My Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 out of 5
I loved this story of a second chance for Ryan and Emily.
Ryan gave Emily up so she could pursue her dreams. Thinking she’s been living the charmed life he had hoped she’d have, he’s suffered alone for five year. He finished his career in the military and relocated to Deep River with his team to start up the Search and Rescue team. They’ve had their fare share of issues in Deep River, and when Ryan finds out that Emily will be there filming a movie, he’s not happy. Until he sees her again and then he can’t seem to stay away from her.
Ryan and Emily have some things to discuss and overcome, one being the danger that is happening around the movie set and with the characters and others involved. When I thought it was one person, I found that was wrong. Nyssa Kathryn has a way of building up the suspense and leading the reader in one direction only to have them find out that their leads were false. I love reading Nyssa Kathryn’s books with the suspense, danger, and the love that the characters find along the way. I love the town of Deep River and the quaint things that happen there. I can’t wait to read more of this series to come.
I loved Yak in the Mountain River MC books and I was very happy to get his story. I wish there had been a bit more.
Yak has moved his life to help his brother with the thoughts that it is temporary, however, life has other plans for him. After meeting Julie, and trying as hard as he can to stay away from her, he gives in and his life takes another turn.
Julie has always felt safe in her life and has always had a protector in her father. However, one night changes her life and her protector.
Yak and Julie are great together and I am hoping that we get more of Yak’s life in his brother’s story coming up next. I loved their Bonus Epilogue too!
I love the characters already in the KoAMC, Oakheart, Ontario Chapter and I can’t wait to read more of their HEA’s or HFN’s.
From USA Today Bestselling Authors India R Adams and Nikki Landis, Tethered by the Sea is a moving, coming-of-age love story that blends a touch of dark mythology with aching humanity.
While raised in the shadow of a motorcycle club, Maddox was unaware that a boundless oath protected him. But on his tenth birthday, tragedy tore his world apart when gunfire erupted and a disastrous accident took place on a bridge, sending Maddox over the edge and into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.
He should have died.
Instead, something in the water saved him.
Now without his protectors, Maddox spends the rest of his childhood running from his past and into a newfound family that he never saw coming. Even though they hold the broken pieces together with the tender thread of healing, none of that stops the ancient hold that followed him from the Atlantic.
Maddox’s grief hardens him into a dangerous, scorned young man who continues to be tethered to a mystical presence waiting beneath the tide.
His past refuses to stay buried because the ocean never truly let him go.
Award-winning and USA Today bestselling author India R. Adams writes stories for the souls that refuse to stay broken.
An author of emotionally intense, darkly luminous stories, India creates worlds where even the most damaged souls are worthy of love and rebirth.
From dark motorcycle club romances and paranormal adventures to contemporary fiction, her books explore loss, healing, redemption, and the strength it takes to rise from the ashes of our past. Her characters are flawed, wounded, and beautifully human. They stumble. They fall. They fight. Yet no matter how dark the road gets, they become stronger than what tried to destroy them.
If you have ever loved too deeply, lost pieces of yourself, or fought your way back from the fire, you’ll find yourself at home within India’s pages.
Because she believes damaged souls are worth saving—and there is nothing more beautiful than a soul on fire.
Nikki Landis is a romance enthusiast, tea addict, and book hoarder. She’s the USA Today Bestselling Author of over seventy novels, including her widely popular Tonopah, NV GBMC series. She writes wickedly fierce, spicy romances featuring dirty talkin’ bikers, deadly, possessive reapers, wild bad boys, and the feisty, independent women they love. Nikki loves to write character-driven, emotionally raw stories where protective, morally gray anti-heroes fall hard for their ride-or-die. She’s a mom to six sons, two of whom are Marines. Books are her favorite escape.
This is the second book in the series. The characters keep fighting against the danger and the secrets keep finding the light of day. The move to Stormwind Squadron was to keep them contained, but more secrets have been revealed and more danger is coming.
More secrets and powers are revealed from the House of Vaelthorne and Mara’s powers keep growing. Kael knew all along who she was but he kept it to himself. Now Mara is questioning why and if she can trust him.
I am loving this series and can’t wait to read more to come. Great characters and a lot of secrets, danger, and deception going on. I look foward to the reveal of more.
A lake shrouded in superstition, a notorious crime family and a team of detectives chasing phantoms.
Chapman’s Lake has a story behind it, and it’s a dark one. But when the body of a half-naked woman is pulled out of the water, Detective Smith and the other detectives hunting her killer focus all their attention on the strange symbol branded onto her skin.
This is their first mistake. The murder of the woman is just the beginning, and it’s something that Smith couldn’t have predicted in a million years.
The lake has many secrets, and Smith is going to have to change the way he looks at murder if he’s going to stand a chance of solving the most bizarre murder case of his career.
BOOKS BY STEWART GILES DS JASON SMITH SERIES Book 0.5 – Phobia Book 1 – Smith Book 2 – Boomerang Book 3 – Ladybird Book 4 – Occam’s Razor Book 5 – Harlequin Book 6 – Selene Book 7 – Horsemen Book 8 – Unworthy Book 9 – Venom Book 10 – Severed Book 11 – Demons Book 12 – Deadeye Book 13 – Motive Book 14 – Australia Book 16 – Wishbone Book 17 – Ghosts Book 18 – The Scarecrow Book 19 – The Bluesman Book 20 – The Librarian Book 21 – The Viaduct Book 22 – The Twin Book 23 – The Dogwalker Book 24 – The Flytrap Book 25 – The Electrician Book 26 – The Cellar Book 27 – The Loner Book 28 – The Painter Book 29 – The Hitchhiker Book 30 – The Creed Book 31 – The Workshop Book 32 – The Preacher Book 33 – The Professor Book 34 – The Graveyard Book 35 – The Optician Book 36 – The Spider Book 37 – The Gambler Book 38 – The Lake
DI O’REILLY MYSTERIES Book 1 – Blood on the Island Book 2 – Lies on the Island Book 3 – Fear on the Island Book 4 – Malice on the Island Book 5 – Revenge on the Island Book 6 – Christmas on the Island Book 7 – Silence on the Island Book 8 – Secrets on the Island Book 9 – Chaos on the Island Book 10 – Sadness on the Island Book 11 – Danger on the Island Book 12 – Evil on the Island Book 13 – Fire on the Island Book 14 – Madness on the Island Book 15 – Fury on the Island Book 16 – Sickness on the Island
JAN NORGE HILDA BAKER SERIES
Book 1 – Hakuna Matata Book 2 – 27
DC HARRIET TAYLOR SERIES Book 1-The Beekeeper Book 2-The Perfect Murder Book 3-The Backpacker
DS JASON SMITH & DC HARRIET TAYLOR SERIES Book 1 – The Enigma Book 2 – Dropzone Book 3 – The Raven Girl
THE MIRANDA TRILOGY (psychological thrillers) Miranda Mistress Medusa
STANDALONE NOVELS Horror – The Divide Thriller – The Ghostwriter Thriller – The Guests
Stewart Giles – Author Bio
After reading English at 3 Universities and graduating from none of them, I set off travelling around the world with my wife, Ann, finally settling in South Africa, where we still live.
In 2014 Ann dropped a rather large speaker on my head and I came up with the idea for a detective series. DS Jason Smith was born. Smith, the first in the series was finished a few months later.
3 years and 8 DS Smith books later, Joffe Books wondered if I would be interested in working with them. As a self-published author, I agreed. However, we decided on a new series – the DC Harriet Taylor: Cornwall series.
The Beekeeper was published and soon hit the number one spot in Australia. The second in the series, The Perfect Murder did just as well.
I continued to self-publish the Smith series and Unworthy hit the shelves in 2018 with amazing results. I therefore made the decision to self-publish The Backpacker which is book 3 in the Detective Harriet Taylor series which was published in July 2018.
After The Backpacker I had an idea for a totally new start to a series – a collaboration between the Smith and Harriet thrillers and The Enigma was born. It brought together the broody, enigmatic Jason Smith and the more level-headed Harriet Taylor.
The Miranda trilogy is something totally different. A psychological thriller trilogy. It is a real departure from anything else I’ve written before.
The Detective Jason Smith series continues to grow. I also have another series featuring an Irish detective who relocated to Guernsey, the Detective Liam O’Reilly series. There are also 3 stand alone novels.
A great read! A story full of twisted minds, twists and turns and the great characters that are always present in the DS Jason Smith Thrillers.
DS Jason Smith and his team find themselves in the midst of a real mystery when bodies of women begin to surface at Chapman’s Lake. No only is DS Smith dealing with these murders and trying to find and stop the murderer, but he also has personal things popping up and causing him trouble.
I love the characters in the DS Jason Smith Thrillers, they all work well together and they aren’t afraid to say what’s on their minds when something comes up that one might question. They work like a family that can be themselves and say what they think, even if it might not be something about the case or even the correct thing to say to a co-worker.
DI Smyth has to put up with a lot from this crew, but they work well together and they find their suspect, even if they have to do a few things against the books.
Tropes: Small Town + Spice; Opposites Attract; Secret Baby; Shared Past; Overprotective/Cocky Alpha Male; Biker Romance with PNR; Forced Proximity; Touch Her & 💀
Release Date: July 25, 2026
Natalya:
Autumn is my favorite season, and as a blogger who embraces all things spooky, I can’t resist taking a tour of the historic haunted Mayfield Inn.
I invite my brother along, and we take a trip to Raven’s Crest, where the hotel isn’t the only attraction. There’s the Fear Farm, plenty of spooky shops, and a giant corn maze. That’s just the beginning.
But when my brother disappears before the end of the tour, and the guide is anything but helpful, I turn to the sheriff for help. It’s only when I see him talking to a big group of bikers wearing leather vests that I realize this town protects its own.
I’ll have to investigate my brother’s disappearance and find out what happened without help.
Only the biker club, Kings of Anarchy MC, doesn’t like me poking around or taking snapshots of their bikes. And that’s when I meet Hayride. He’s a cocky, muscled, tattooed barrier between me and the truth.
There’s a rising body count in Raven’s Crest, and someone is copying the kills of the infamous Hillside Stalker. Lengths of rope aren’t just props. They’re the killer’s favorite tools, and he loves tourists.
Now I’m racing against the clock to find my brother and avoid the killer, hoping I’m not next to die.
Hayride becomes one of the few that I can trust. He swears to protect me and help find my brother. But he’s got secrets, too. And they’re deadly enough to kill.
I’m about to find out if the biker who claims I’m his to protect and owns his heart is willing to risk everything to save my family.
Nikki Landis is a romance enthusiast, tea addict, and book hoarder. She’s the USA Today Bestselling Author of over fifty novels, including her widely popular Tonopah, NV RBMC series. She writes wickedly fierce, spicy romances featuring dirty talkin’ bikers, deadly, possessive reapers, wild bad boys, and the feisty, independent women they love. She’s a mom to six sons, two of them Marines. Books are her favorite escape. Nikki also writes steamy alien and monster romance under the pen name Synna Star.
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My Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 out of 5
I loved this third book in the Kings of Anarchy MC, Ohio series. Hayride and Natalya are great characters and their story was great. As is the case with all of Nikki Landis’ books, in my opinion, the characters are great and the stories seem to pull me into the scenes. I love her strong FMLs that can stand up for themselves, but also are willing to let the men in their lives back them up and protect them as well.
This town has secrets and if you aren’t careful, you could find out the hard way that secrets are best kept hiddin in Raven’s Crest. This story has suspense, danger, great characters, and a wonderful story. I do wish there were a little more on the history, but overall the story was great and I read it pretty quickly.
I look forward to more of this series to come, and more stories of the Kings falling for their women.
Explore world literature and making meaning of life with scholar Neriman Kuyucu. Deep reflections on postcolonial narratives, migration, and the craft of writing.
I read lots of books, from mythology retellings to literary fiction and I love to reread books from childhood, this is a place to voice my thoughts for fun. I also like to ramble about things such as art or nature every now and again.
Small-town romantic suspense
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