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The Curse of Aldebaran

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The Curse of Aldebaran

The Construction of Shadows, Book Two

Dakota Jackson

Two spirits. One body. No way out.

When Suraya and Meiling’s second year at the Academy begins with paired reconnaissance training, neither of them expects it to end in disaster. But when a mysterious agent of the Miyako family attacks, Meiling throws herself into the line of fire—and her spirit is torn from her body…only to bind itself to Suraya instead.

Now trapped together in a single body while Meiling’s empty form lies dying in the intensive care unit, the two girls are forced into an alliance neither of them wants.

But the Mikayo family is still out there, draining spirits, hunting power…and closing in on Suraya for a reason no one understands.

As Suraya is hailed as Ataru Reborn, her power grows more unstable—and more dangerous. Meanwhile, Meiling is running out of time to reclaim her body before she’s lost for good…or killed like her uncle before her.

The Curse of Aldebaran publishes June 5th.

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The Man Who Remembered

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The Man Who Remembered

John Caulfield

A guilt-ridden man who cannot remember. An enigmatic woman who cannot forget.

When Alice Chase stumbles across photographs of a bikini-clad woman on her husband’s computer, she decides to hire renowned private investigator, James Lee, to uncover the truth. But she accidentally telephones a failing lawyer of the same name.

Stricken by memory loss and formless guilt, the lawyer impulsively pretends to be the investigator Alice is looking for and agrees to take on the case.

Lee follows Alice’s husband to Thailand, where he tracks down the woman in the photographs and finds himself drawn into a dreamlike otherworld where reality disintegrates and his identity begins to unravel.

As he digs deeper, he realizes there is far more to the investigation than meets the eye. This isn’t just a case. It’s his past, his identity, his very life. And the woman controlling it will not relent until Lee has remembered—everything.

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Chorus of Crows

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Chorus of Crows

Sharon Wagner

When retired farmer Oren Walton meets a mysterious woman in his old RV, he believes he’s received a final mercy—a brief escape from loneliness, grief, and the slow theft of his body by Parkinson’s disease.

But there’s a problem: his daughter, Sedona, thinks he hallucinated the whole affair. Oren insists the woman is real; Sedona only sees the familiar signs of illness and delusion.

The girl in the RV is just the beginning. Sedona watches her father unravel as stories of strange visitors and malevolent crows escalate into inexplicable farm machinery mishaps, dangerous encounters with intruders, and a battle with a terrifying creature on the porch.

Through her late mother’s diaries, Sedona finds a brief respite from the harsh realities entwining her peculiar new life on the farm. When the land itself begins to feel watchful, Sedona wonders if something else is at work, something that took root long ago at the spot—a place behind the barn that changed the family’s lives forever.

As hallucination and horror blur into one, father and daughter must ask the same question: Is Oren losing his mind, or is there something far worse than madness at play?

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The Enigma’s Secret

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The Enigma's Secret

Jenn Graham

A murdered lover. A false conviction. A galaxy on the brink of annihilation.

Tim Scott believed his life had ended the night he was framed for murdering the woman he loved. Condemned to rot in a prison orbiting a dead world, he has nothing left—until an alien device called Enigma offers him the one thing he craves: the truth.

But unlocking his memories awakens something far worse. The Aphra—an ancient, machine-born species bent on consuming all biological life—are rising again. And Enigma herself is no machine at all, but the last living fragment of the Aphra’s creators…and their only possible weapon against them.

Now hunted across the stars, Tim and a mismatched crew must chase scattered clues to the fabled Nightfallen—the legendary beings who once shaped the galaxy. If they fail, the Aphra will enslave every mind in existence.

And if they succeed? The truth they uncover may be worse than extinction.

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Stray Bullet

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Stray Bullet

Jay Heron

He shot his husband. Now he’s living with a cop.

LAPD Detective Mel Daniels never expected a reckless traffic stop to upend his life—but when a bruised twink named Colt turns himself in for attempted murder, Mel finds himself protecting the star witness in a DEA cartel case. Colt’s husband, a charismatic real estate mogul with cartel ties, survived the shooting. Now he wants his prize back.

To keep Colt safe, Mel takes him into his home. But safety is relative—and desire even more so. As Colt’s trauma unravels, so does Mel’s objectivity. Bound by secrecy, scarred by violence, and drawn to each other in ways neither can control, the two men tumble into a dangerous dance of power, pain, and seduction.

In a city where nothing is what it seems, Stray Bullet is a taut, erotic thriller about love, lies, and what it costs to break free.

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Bryn’s Virtues: Courage

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Bryn's Virtues: Courage

TreVaughn Malik Roach-Carter

She wanted a foot in the door. She didn’t expect to break it down.

Bryn Gonzalez-Ortiz has always known she was different—especially with her supernatural strength—just not how different. A trans girl of color with dreams of fashion journalism and a closet full of self-made designs, all she wants is a chance to be seen for who she is.

After landing a dream job at a powerhouse magazine, Bryn discovers a truth more extraordinary than she ever imagined: she’s an Amazon—descended from ancient warriors, destined to lead, and feared by gods.

Bryn is hunted by a vengeful demigod and thrown into a world of myth, monsters, and legacy. As her strength grows, so does the risk—to her dreams, her found family, and maybe the world. She must uncover the full extent of her power before everything she loves is destroyed.

Bryn’s Virtues: Courage is a fierce, emotional journey of self-discovery, identity, and power—a superhero origin story where queerness isn’t a weakness, it’s the source of everything heroic.

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Maybe I’ll Tell

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Maybe I'll Tell

The St. Ursula Tales, Book Two

Jay Heron

Besides its stained glass, cathedral ceilings, and yellow roses, the Saint Ursula Institute is known for its bottomless well of secrets—a business opportunity a certain TikTokker named TellTale McSnitch can't resist. Each video they post hints at someone's salacious secret, and that secret can be bought for public consumption for the mere price of $1,000 in the Secret Lover Auction. Slowly, but surely, secrets get revealed one by one.

Being in the spotlight is Cadey's worst nightmare, and that nightmare comes true when she's the first target of TellTale McSnitch's terror. The only upside, according to her best friend Maisy, is that with new secrets being auctioned off, the school will soon forget hers. But when TellTale targets her crush Peter and his gay best friend Leo, the four students set out to unmask the malicious TikTokker and end Saint Ursula's torment.

The hunt for TellTale McSnitch, however, leads them on a winding path with sharp turns and roadblocks. Meanwhile, fear and violence paint the halls of Saint Ursula as more and more secrets come to light. Can the team of friends put a stop to TellTale's wicked plans? Or will his big TikTok finale explode across the internet first?

Publisher's Note:
Please be advised this novel contains a depiction of a school shooting.

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The Construction of Shadows

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The Construction of Shadows

The Construction of Shadows, Book One

Dakota Jackson

In a world where 74% of the population possesses unique abilities passed down by the 16 Divinities of the Sun and Moon, it takes a miracle to stand out…

Or a disaster.

Meiling Katz is a nobody. With no Divine blood and a mysterious illness that’s plagued her since the Lunar Eclipse Massacre killed her parents thirteen years ago, she’s powerless. Nevertheless, Meiling is determined to attend the prestigious Zialitos Academy for Sun-Gifted Children and rise in the ranks of their country’s lawmakers.

Suraya Zialitos is a living legend. As the heir to the most powerful lineage in the world—those descended from Ataru, Divinity of the Sun—Suraya is destined for greatness. But Suraya does not want greatness, she wants revenge for her family slaughtered by the notorious Miyako family in the Massacre.

When the childhood best friends arrive at the Academy only to find a string of terrorist attacks linked to the Miyakos, their initial plans go up in flames. With their friendship unraveling and the country in terror, they realize there’s only one way to solve this: together.

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Unlikable

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Unlikable

Lotte van den Noort

Victorian London, 1889.
Jack the Ripper was only the beginning…

A new killer, dubbed Junior R by the newspapers, is picking up where Jack left off and doing a more gruesome job of it. He leaves bodies behind as though it’s nothing.

After Eleonora Prime temporarily moves from Canterbury to Kennington, she finds herself living with a man who had made her miserable since their very first encounter: the irresistible architect, Felix Clifton. Felix wants nothing to do with Eleonora, and he makes his disdain abundantly clear, but when you live together in the same house, avoiding each other becomes nearly impossible.

Meanwhile, the murders in London escalate from bad to worse. It is strongly advised that women and children be kept off the streets. When Eleonora unknowingly crosses paths with Junior R, she has no inkling that, from that moment on, the bloodthirsty killer will fixate solely on her.

But while Eleonora has no knowledge of what dangers surround her, Junior R is in for a few surprises as well. His motives might be sinister and indiscernible, but Eleonora is not what he expects, and secrets have many faces…

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Ezra and the Great Bin Jah Meen

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Ezra and the Great Bin Jah Meen

R. D. Stevens

Illustrations by Juliette Caron

Eleven-year-old Ezra Ben Castle of 23 Somerset Drive isn’t your regular type of hero. He has a super-fast brain, a miniature schnauzer called Parker for a best friend, and a lingering sense that he’s always been a little bit...elsewhere.

Primary school is almost over, but when the last day of term arrives, Ezra’s granny is taken ill. With his adoptive parents preoccupied, non-stop rain soaking the garden, and the looming torture of secondary school to come, the summer holidays are definitely not looking good.

Meanwhile, in the distant world of Ankh Bah, the mysterious and powerful Great Bin Jah Meen has appeared out of nowhere, stopping the sun in the sky and using his dark magic to cast all who live there into the depths of anger and despair. Desperate for help, the Sahs—Ankh Bah’s small, furry residents—end up somewhere unexpected.

When a half-sized steam train bursts out of a spinning portal at the bottom of Ezra’s garden and two Sahs hop out, his dreary summer suddenly looks much more interesting, even if peril awaits…

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