by admin | Dec 18, 2025 | LGBTQ+ |
Louis thought he had it all figured out. He couldn’t have been more wrong.
If you ask Louis, he’s a rock star.
Just the right amount of snarky, cute, and only slightly delusional. He attends the best high school — in Paris no less — has the coolest best friend and the fiercest girlfriend, and he’s absolutely, a hundred per cent straight.
So no; Michael, the new British student, with his dark curls and sweet smiles, doesn’t interest him whatsoever. And when a teacher pairs the two to write an essay together and Louis gets all worked up about it, he can always tell himself he doesn’t have a choice.
Slowly and inevitably, the two of them become friends, and perhaps a little more. Soon, Michael’s presence in Louis’s life makes him question everything: his lifestyle, his friendships, and whether he actually ever liked girls.
Hilarious and endearing, I Want To Kiss You In Public is the first entry in the LGBTQ+ coming-of-age romance series Colette International, where students from a private high school find love and friendship while dealing with their personal issues. Positively reviewed for its realistic portrayal of messy teenagers and its snappy dialogue, this novel is a quick and uplifting read.
Content warnings are available at the beginning of the book.
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by admin | Dec 18, 2025 | Crime Fiction |
Welcome to the brutal heart of London’s East End, where loyalty is currency, family is everything, and power comes at a deadly price.
She didn’t choose this life. But now she’s in it, she’ll be damned if anyone takes it from her.
Ruby never wanted to be part of the family business. Sharp, ambitious, and brilliant in the courtroom, she was meant for a life far from the streets her father, Colm Byrne, ruled with fear and favours. But when a violent triad war leaves Colm fighting for his life and the Byrne firm exposed, Ruby is dragged into a world she thought she’d escaped – and quickly proves she’s more dangerous than anyone ever imagined.
As the Byrne brothers crumble under pressure, it’s Ruby who steps up. From shadowy assassinations to cut-throat deals with ruthless allies, Ruby’s transformation into a powerful, calculating leader is as shocking as it is unstoppable. But every decision comes at a cost and as enemies close in, alliances fracture, and bodies fall, Ruby learns the one truth her father never said aloud – the crown might be hers, but it’s built on blood.
And some debts can only be paid in violence.
Because she’s not just Colm Byrne’s daughter anymore. She’s The Matriarch. And she’s only just getting started…
She didn’t choose this life. But now she’s in it, she’ll be damned if anyone takes it from her.
Explosive, emotional, and laced with betrayal, Ruby Red is a hard-hitting saga of family, vengeance, and a woman who will do whatever it takes to protect what’s hers.
For fans of Martina Cole, Kimberley Chambers and Jessie Keane – meet your next obsession.
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by admin | Dec 18, 2025 | Teen & Young Adult |
Penny knows all about expectation. After all, she’s a seventh child and they’re always blessed, especially in a fairy-favored family like Penny’s. But Penny also knows all about disappointment. Because there’s nothing magical about her at all. She’s perfectly ordinary, even outshone by her own twin, Anneliese.
But maybe being ordinary is a good thing in this case, since gifts from the family’s fairy godfather, Mortimer, tend to lead to disaster. Which is why Penny is filled with dread when she discovers her twin has called on Mortimer for help. Anneliese ran away to find adventure, but now it sounds like she needs rescuing—if only Penny knew where to find her.
But soon Penny has far more problems than the location of her missing sister. When she’s forced to call on Mortimer herself, she’s soon embroiled with a rogue fairy, a tower without doors, a charming prince, and one highly inconvenient princess. With more and more people looking to Penny to secure their happily ever afters, will Penny ever have a chance to find one for herself? Find out in this twist on the classic fairy tale, Rapunzel.
An Inconvenient Princess is a romantic fairy tale novella. It can be read on its own, but is more fun when read as a part of the Entwined Tales, a series of interconnected fairy tales by six different authors. Each story follows the adventures of one of seven children from the same family as they seek out their own happily ever afters in spite of their reluctant fairy-godfather.
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by admin | Dec 18, 2025 | Dystopian & Apocalyptic |
It started like any other flu season. No one figured it would be the end of the world.
When a rushed H1N1 vaccine hits the public during a widespread outbreak, the cure becomes far worse than the disease. Victims convulse, collapse, die—then rise again with an insatiable hunger for human flesh.
Now, the dead walk, society crumbles overnight, and America becomes a blood-soaked wasteland.
Michael Talbot, former-Marine and self-proclaimed survivalist, never expected to use his doomsday prepping for real. But when the virus hits home, Mike must do everything in his power to protect his family and a ragtag group of survivors. With bullets, brains, and biting sarcasm, he faces a world gone mad—fighting off both the undead and his own slow slide into insanity.
But these aren’t your average zombies. They’re evolving. Organizing. Something darker is guiding them. A mysterious boy who is more than he seems may hold the key, and a terrifying zombie queen is building an army. In the fortress town of Little Turtle, Mike and what’s left of civilization prepare for a final stand.
This is the beginning of the end. And Mike’s just the guy to crack a joke while it all burns down.
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by admin | Dec 18, 2025 | Cozy Mystery |
With his dying breath, Bobby Lowell begs Ellison Russell, “Tell her I love her.” Unable to refuse, Ellison struggles to find the girl the murdered boy loved. Too bad an epically bad blind date, a vindictive graffiti artist, and multiple trips to the emergency room keep getting in the way.
Worse, a killer has Ellison in his sights, her newly rebellious daughter is missing, and there’s yet another body in her hostas. Mother won’t be pleased.
Now Ellison must track down not one but two runaway teenagers, keep her promise to Bobby, and elude the killer—all before her next charity gala committee meeting.
