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Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Series Spotlight: Carrie Ann Ryan's Ashford Creek Series

 


Welcome to Ashford Creek. Carrie Ann Ryan delivers an exciting and fun series set around a small town filled with intriguing characters and small town secrets.

About Ashford Creek:

A small town. Big secrets. And a fallen founding family. Ashford Creek is waiting.

The Ashfords were once the leaders of their small town, but that was generations ago. Now they’re the children of the town drunk—a man that most likely murdered not one wife, but two. Or at least that’s what current gossip says.

Now it’s time for the Ashfords and their friends to reclaim their names and uncover the town secrets that shroud their every movement.

But in order to do that, they’ll need to right the wrongs they’ve made and take a few chances none of them saw coming.

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The Ashford Creek series is a small town, contemporary romantic suspense series full of enemies to lovers, best friends saying yes, a few (or more) single dads, and all the heat the best book boyfriends can take.

Series Reading Order:

Buy Links and Series Page HERE


Careless
Book 0.5 in Series
Contemporary Romance

On my 21st birthday, I know there’s only one wish I’m making when I blow out my candles.

A chance with him.

Only I’m his best friend’s little sister, so that means I’m beyond off limits.

And did I mention he’s older?

I’m ready to be seen as my own person and to take the next step.

But I know it can’t be with him.

Yet when I’m backed in a corner, there’s only one person I can call for help.

Him.

Careless is the prequel to the Ashford Creek series. Learn how Callum Ashford and Felicity Carter fall into a careless mistake before their full story in Legacy.


Legacy
Book 1 in Series
Contemporary Romance

With one scowl, I fell just that much harder for Callum Ashford—NFL star turned small town brewer. He’s not only older, but he’s my brother’s best friend. Two very important reasons I should stay away.

Only two years ago, after the worst night of my life, he kissed me and I can’t keep him off my mind.

When the only house available to rent in town happens to be the one across the street from him, the close proximity does its work.

We can’t keep our hands off each other. Yet as the heat rises, so do feelings. He might want me, but he wants peace more.

There’s a darkness within him I know he fights. Just as there are secrets his family needs to uncover. But when the danger comes full force, it won’t be from the obvious corner. No, we both have our pasts we chose to hide.

And our fears.

Yet when I break, he catches me.

And I hope I have the strength to do the same.

**Legacy is an age gap, best friend’s little sister, small town romance and the first in the Ashford Creek series featuring Callum and Felicity. Each one can be read as a complete standalone. A HEA is guaranteed!**


Crossroads
Book 2 in Series
Contemporary Romance

When Kiera West needs a place to hide from the media and her ex, she never thought Bodhi Ashford—the man the small town of Ashford Creek once thought a murderer—would be her salvation.

The reclusive, bearded, mountain man has secrets of his own and with one growl, she knew she’d be safe. Sure, he might only talk to her to ask who hurt her, but at least the quiet will let her heal.

When the elusive drummer from one of the biggest rock bands in the world shows up on Bodhi’s doorstep, he needs her to leave yesterday. As soon as he sees the bruises, he knows she needs to stay.

A fire took everything from him once, and the town he thought he could trust turned on him before he could grieve. Falling for a woman in the spotlight is the last thing he needs.

Yet it might be the one thing that could save them both when the darkness of their pasts finally catches up with them.

**Crossroads is a rock star, widower, second chance, small town contemporary suspense in the Ashford Creek series featuring Bodhi and Kiera. Each one can be read as a complete standalone. A HEA is guaranteed!**


Westward
Book 3 in Series
Coming July 27th, 2026
Contemporary Romance

Atlas Carter has it all.
One of the best careers in the NHL as a star goalie.
A family that sacrificed everything to get him where he is.
And a small town that praises him as their golden boy.
What he doesn’t have is the girl he left behind.
But when Atlas gets hurt and is forced to spend his recovery in Ashford Creek, he finally has a second chance.

Elizabeth loves her life—her small town, her family, and her job.
Only she knows she can’t love Atlas Carter.
They parted ways for a reason, and those who judge her from her town don’t need to know the truth. She knows what it feels like to have the town’s eyes on her when it comes to Atlas Carter. So when she finally gives in, she’s prepared for the heat.

At least that’s what they both tell themselves. Because the season is almost here and choices will have to be made.

Only they aren’t the only two forced to make a choice. Somebody doesn’t want Atlas to return…and small towns keep their secrets for a reason.

**Westward is right person, wrong time, hockey hero, small town romance in the Ashford Creek series featuring Atlas and Elizabeth. Each book can be read as a complete standalone. A HEA is guaranteed!**


Patience
Book 4 in Series
Coming December 2026
Contemporary Romance

I fell in love with Rush Dawson before I realized what love was. When I was forced to go home to my small town after my father committed the worst of sins, I told myself to never look back.

Yet I couldn’t help but wonder about the one who got away.

When Rush moves from London to Ashford Creek years later, however, there is no escaping the chemistry.

And this history.

Now he’s a single father and trying his best to keep his daughter safe. His connections to my family are a surprise, but not unwelcome.

With one accidental encounter in a hidden hallway, memories come rushing back to the surface and I know I might have to risk everything and take that leap.

Only someone doesn’t want us to be together and if we’re not careful, family secrets could take away our choices before we even get a chance.

Patience is small town, single dad, right person, wrong time romance in the Ashford Creek series featuring Teagan and Rush. Each book can be read as a complete standalone. A HEA is guaranteed!

Check Out the Ashford Creek Family Tree HERE




Friday, January 17, 2025

Cover Reveal: The Stolen Bride by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe

 



The Stolen Bride
Series: Kings of Fury Book 2
Paranormal/Fantasy Romance
Release date: March 2025

Clover Deering is living her best life. Kind of. Maybe. Okay, so, not at all. The owner of Fur-Ever Pet Spa is deeply in debt and battling a temper that scares even herself. Things go from bad to catastrophe when a terrifying man claiming to be a berserker king demands an impossible mission: force a rival royal to welcome evil into his heart. In exchange, he’ll gift her with a prize she cannot resist-meeting the twin she never knew existed. The problem? King Viktor Endris isn’t just scary, he’s downright feral.

When captured by Viktor, Clover enacts her own plan. Tame the unhinged warrior, turn him into an ally, and use him to rescue her sister. Not an easy task as Viktor is at war with ferocious turul-shifters, talks to an invisible friend and flips from controlled to chaos in an instant. As their undeniable connection deepens, she discovers a heartbreaking truth. Falling for her is Viktor’s only path to ruin. Yet without his downfall, her twin’s fate is sealed. The worst part? Clover just might be falling for him, too. But in the end, only one can survive. Her man, or her sister.


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Monday, July 29, 2024

Book Spotlight: Trust is Earned by Emily Carrington

 


Medically Necessary 1 (of 3): Trust Is Earned

Coming to Changeling Press in mid-August

Paranormal/Urban Fantasy MM Shifter Romance

Medically Necessary 1: Trust is Earned Universal Book Link:

https://books2read.com/u/bwgLMe

 

When you’re a submissive wolf from a foreign land, it’s hard to trust any dominant.

 

Amir is a General Practitioner for magical creatures, particularly werewolves and some of the less-numerous supernatural people. When the leader of all werewolves comes to him with a problem that presents like psychosis, Amir needs help, but as a submissive wolf, he’s hesitant to trust anyone. The dominants have always tried to abuse their power.

 

Oliver almost defeated the beta of his home pack. He’s nursing a grieving heart and a chip on his shoulder. Still, when Amir asks for his help, he jumps at the chance. The submissive wolf is beautiful.

 

For Amir and Oliver, the threat to all werewolf kind draws them together as much as their physical attraction. But the truth is, their wounds may rip them apart. Can either of them learn to trust?

 

Author’s Note: This is the first book in a three-book series called Medically Necessary. The second book will be out some time in October 2024.

 

Excerpt:

 

Dr. Amir Othman’s pulse picked up. He responded to her message, saying he’d be in Exam Room Three in under five minutes. Then he did a deep breathing exercise, using the five senses trick he’d learned as a young wolf when he first realized he wanted to become a doctor and so would therefore be around blood and anxious magical creatures.

Five things he could see… His fidgety hands. By crossing his eyes, he could see his nose. His computer screen, which held everything his clinic had on the alpha above all alphas. Trying to look farther away in an attempt to slow his racing heart, he looked at the carpet in front of his desk. It was a boring brown that didn’t hold his attention. Finally, he looked at the door where he’d hung a poster of a Great Pyrenees, which was the closest breed to his family’s usually white wolf forms.

Four things he could hear… The thudding of his heart. The rush of blood in his veins, which meant he was really keyed up still because even though he was a werewolf with acute hearing, he didn’t usually pay attention to the sounds of his own or others’ bodies. He struggled hard to refocus and heard the buzzing of the fluorescent light in the ceiling. He needed one more thing, so he made his chair creak. Oddly, the sound of something he could completely control helped him breathe a little easier.

Three things he could touch… The pen in his hand, which he’d been nervously twirling. He set it down. The feel of the chair under him, with its suit coat slung over the back. He could also feel his toes in his shoes. He breathed in more deeply than he’d managed so far and felt still a bit better.

Two things he could smell… He could no longer smell adrenaline. That was a good thing. He lifted his hand to his nose and smelled the soap he’d washed with maybe ten minutes ago.

And one thing he could taste, which was his cold lavender matcha latte.

 

 

Coming soon to www.changelingpress.com

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Upcoming Book Release: Michael Thompson's How to be Remembered

 


How to Be Remembered

On-Sale: June 27, 2023

 ISBN:  9781728265803

Trade Paperback Original | $16.99 U.S. | Fiction/Magical Realism 

 

HOW TO BE REMEMBERED by Michael Thompson (Trade Paperback Original, $16.99, June 27) is a life-affirming meditation on the choices we make, how we impact others, and the distances we will go for those we love. In the novel, The Midnight Library meets The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, combining a heartfelt coming-of-age tale, the blossoming of unconditional love, and a poignant speculative touch to create a story that will resonate with readers for years to come.

The Reset: it’s the phenomenon that has kept Tommy Llewellyn from having a real life. You see, every year on Tommy’s birthday, his existence is erased. His life becomes a blank slate. Everyone he met that year simply forgets he ever existed.

 

 So…Tommy grows up. He builds a new life each year. He never lets himself imagine a future where he can make a lasting impact, live a life worth remembering, or even win over Carey, the girl of his dreams.

 

Until he realizes there may be a way to trick The Reset and control his destiny.

 

In HOW TO BE REMEMBERED, readers will see themselves reflected in the characters’ very human struggles and triumphs. But the novel is also a welcome escape from reality: a fulfilling tale about a loveable protagonist and charming supporting characters you can’t help but root for as they all persevere through seemingly hopeless times to ultimately achieve rewarding, impactful lives.

 

From reviewers and authors:

·       "Jost tugs at the heartstrings in her tearjerker debut...Anyone who has ever wished for a do-over will see themselves in Jost’s poignant tale of love lost and found." —Publishers Weekly

·       "An engaging debut…reminiscent of Matt Haig's The Midnight Library and Rebecca Serle's In Five Years." —Booklist

·       "Brilliant…a compassionate ode to the beautiful messiness of being human." — Glendy Vanderah, bestselling author of Where the Forest Meets the Stars

·       "Sarah Jost takes an irresistible concept and imbues it with tenderness and introspection.” –Margarita Montimore, USA Today bestselling author of Oona Out of Order


About the Author

MICHAEL THOMPSON is an Australian journalist, producer and media executive.  He was the Executive Producer of the nationally- broadcast Ray Hadley Morning Show, then the Head of Content for Macquarie Media, and has won numerous professional awards including a Kennedy Award for Journalism. He now owns a podcast production company, and is the co-host of one of the highest-ranked podcasts in Australia with around 500,000 downloads per month. He has extensive content marketing experience using social media, having previously built and maintained pages with 100,000+ followers. He lives in Sydney with his wife and two young children.


Saturday, April 8, 2023

Coming from Shayla Black: Tempt Me from Darkness

 


Check out the next installment in Shayla Black's Doomsday Brethren, Tempt Me from Darkness, coming October 2023.

TEMPT ME WITH DARKNESS by Shayla Black

Arriving October 24, 2023

THE ONE WOMAN WHO CAN GRANT HIM THE VENGEANCE HE’S CRAVED FOR CENTURIES IS THE ONLY WOMAN HE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT…

⏩ https://geni.us/temptdarkness


Saturday, January 29, 2022

A Few Books I am Eager for in 2022

 Here are a few upcoming books releaseing in 2022 that I am itching to dive into. Some are new to me authors, others are my autobuys but all are in a range of genres and tropes. So if one looks inviting to you, check it out as I included amazon links to them as well.



Someone Like You
A Wild Widows Series, Book 1
Spin-off of Fatal Series
Contemporary Romance, Fiction, Women's Fiction
Available February 15th, 2022 
Check it out at Amazon, Author Website

My thoughts: We met Roni in the Fatal series and I am thrilled we see how she navigates being a new widow at such a young age. This is her story of afterwards and according to the author, Marie Force, the Wild Widows are a hoot. So get ready for this wonderful, emotional ride.

Roni
After I suddenly lose my husband, Patrick, in a senseless shooting, I’m lost in a sea of well-meaning people trying to make the unimaginable seem possible. How am I supposed to go on without the man who's been at the center of my life for nearly a decade? My friends and family do what they can for me, but I quickly realize that surviving this loss is going to be on me. One day to the next, I have to make the decision to go on, but life isn’t done throwing me ringers, and just when I think I’ve got this young widow game figured out, I find out how wrong I am. When a friend of my sister’s connects me to the Wild Widows, I find a group of fellow travelers who understand my new reality in a way no one else in my life ever could. The Wild Widows have one requirement for membership to their group—I must be open to the possibility of a Chapter 2, which is what they call a second chance at love. While I’m not in any way looking for or ready for a Chapter 2, if I’ve learned anything it’s that I’m not in control of where this journey will take me.

Come along as Roni and the other Wild Widows navigate their new realities with grace, humor and compassion. They will make you laugh and cry and root for each and every one of them in this exciting, heartfelt new series from New York Times bestselling author Marie Force.

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Kingdom of Bones
A Sigma Force Novel, Book 16
Thriller/Mystery, Contemporary Fiction
Available April 19th, 2022
Check it out at Amazon

My Thoughts: James Rollins delivers a pulse pounding ride from start to finish as he combines historical aspects, science and contemporary genres all in a series that has always kept me transfixed and eager for more since the very first book, Subterrarn. 

From #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins, the latest riveting, deeply imaginative thriller in the Sigma Force series, told with his trademark blend of cutting-edge science, historical mystery, and pulse-pounding action.

It begins in Africa . . .

A United Nations relief team in a small village in the Congo makes an alarming discovery. An unknown force is leveling the evolutionary playing field. Men, women, and children have been reduced to a dull, catatonic state. The environment surrounding them—plants and animals—has grown more cunning and predatory, evolving at an exponential pace. The insidious phenomenon is spreading from a cursed site in the jungle — known to locals as the Kingdom of Bones —and sweeping across Africa, threatening the rest of the world.

What has made the biosphere run amok? Is it a natural event? Or more terrifyingly, did someone engineer it?

Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force are prepared for the extraordinary and have kept the world safe, vigilance for which they have paid a tragic personal price. Yet, even these brilliant and seasoned scientific warriors do not understand what is behind this frightening development—or know how to stop it. As they race to find answers, the members of Sigma quickly realize they have become the prey.

To head off global catastrophe, Sigma Force must risk their lives to uncover the shattering secret at the heart of the African continent—a truth that will illuminate who we are as a species and where we may be headed . . . sooner than we know.

Mother Nature—red in tooth and claw—is turning against humankind, propelling the entire world into the Kingdom of Bones.


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The Poisoned Forest
A Wild Hunt Adventure/Hedge Dragon Series, Book 1
Paranormal/Fantasy Romance

My thoughts: I love Yasmine Galenorn's awesome world building and stories and was thrilled to see she is spinning off her wildly popular Wild Hunt Series with a few new characters that sound fascinating. This is one of the spin-offs on track for readers to devour and enjoy.

To the Rakshasa who enslaved my sister: you just made the worst mistake you'll ever make in your life.

Yes, I'm a Hedge Dragon. An abomination, or so they call my kind. I'm a loner, but I'm also loyal to my sister. Turns out, the rest of the family couldn't care less. I'm the only one willing to go after her when she vanishes.

She’s being held in the Poisoned Forest, one of the darkest, deadliest places in Wildemoone. But the Lord of the Hunt and his Lady take pity on me and offer me help.

Now, together with a small band of rogues who I swear are more trouble than they’re worth, I'm out to save my sister before she’s lost forever, and before the forest does all of us in.

This is a spinoff of the Wild Hunt Series. You do not need to read the Wild Hunt Series to read the Hedge Dragon Series.

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Crowbones
The World of the Others Book 3
Paranromal, Fantasy Fiction, Action/Adventure, Mystery
Available on March 8th, 2022
Check it out at Amazon

My Thoughts: I love the Others series and was thrilled to see the author expand past those borders and we got to meet some more interesting characters and events that take place around the same time the books of the Others series is going on.

In this engrossing and gripping fantasy set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Others series, an inn owner and her friends must find a killer—before it’s too late.…

Crowbones will gitcha if you don’t watch out!

Deep in the territory controlled by the Others—shape-shifters, vampires, and even deadlier paranormal beings—Vicki DeVine has made a new life for herself running The Jumble, a rustic resort. When she decides to host a gathering of friends and guests for Trickster Night, at first everything is going well between the humans and the Others.
 
But then someone arrives dressed as Crowbones, the Crowgard bogeyman. When the impostor is killed along with a shape-shifting Crow, and the deaths are clearly connected, everyone fears that the real Crowbones may have come to The Jumble—and that could mean serious trouble.
 
To “encourage” humans to help them find some answers, the Elders and Elementals close all the roads, locking in suspects and victims alike. Now Vicki, human police chief Grimshaw, vampire lawyer Ilya Sanguinati, and the rest of their friends have to figure out who is manipulating events designed to pit humans against Others—and who may have put Vicki DeVine in the crosshairs of a powerful hunter.


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Soul Taken
A Mercy Thompson Series, Book 13
Paranormal/Fantasy, Mystery/Suspense, Action-Adventure
Available June 21st, 2022
Available at Amazon

My Thoughts: This series is one of my Autobuys as I adore Mercy Thompson and the cast of characters that invade the books are diverse, interesting and the sort of series I can not put down.

Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, must face her greatest fears in this chilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

The vampire Wulfe is missing. Since he’s deadly, possibly insane, and his current idea of “fun” is stalking Mercy, some may see it as no great loss. But when he disappears, the Tri-Cities pack is blamed. The mistress of the vampire seethe informs Mercy that the pack must produce Wulfe to prove their innocence, or the loose alliance between the local vampires and werewolves is over.
 
So Mercy goes out to find her stalker—and discovers more than just Wulfe have disappeared. Someone is taking people from locked rooms, from the aisles of stores, and even from crowded parties. And these are not just ordinary people but supernatural beings. Until Wulfe vanished, all of them were powerless loners, many of whom quietly moved to the Tri-Cities in the hope that the safety promised by Mercy and Adam’s pack would extend to them as well.
 
Who is taking them? As Mercy investigates, she learns of the legend of the Harvester, who travels by less-trodden paths and reaps the souls that are ripe with a great black scythe. . .

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Abandoned In Death
An In Death Novel, Book 54
Fiction, Romantic Suspense, Mystery
Available on February 8th, 2022
Available at Amazon

My Thoughts: JD Robb/Nora Roberts is one of go to authors I reread repeatedly. Her books are so good, thrilling and full of characters that let me imagine being there with them. She is one of the few autobuys I have that no matter what is coming from the author, once I see it is up for preorder, I am there. 

Homicide detective Eve Dallas must untangle a twisted family history while a hostage’s life hangs in the balance—in Abandoned in Death by New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb.

The woman’s body was found in the early morning, on a bench in a New York City playground. She was clean, her hair neatly arranged, her makeup carefully applied. But other things were very wrong—like the tattoo and piercings, clearly new. The clothes, decades out of date. The fatal wound hidden beneath a ribbon around her neck. And the note: Bad Mommy, written in crayon as if by a child.

Eve Dallas turns to the department’s top profiler, who confirms what seems obvious to Eve: They’re dealing with a killer whose childhood involved some sort of trauma—a situation Eve is all too familiar with herself. Yet the clues suggest a perpetrator who’d be roughly sixty years old, and there are no records of old crimes with a similar MO. What was the trigger that apparently reopened such an old wound and sent someone over the edge?

When Eve discovers that other young women—who physically resemble the first victim—have vanished, the clock starts ticking louder. But to solve this case she will need to find her way into a hidden place of dim light and concrete, into the distant past, and into the cold depths of a shattered mind.





Book Spotlight Tour Stop: This Never Happened

  Title: This Never Happened Author: Kent Heckenlively Publisher: Manhattan Book Group Publication Date: June 23, 2026 Pages: 403 ...