Cover Reveal: Safe Haven by Hazel St. Lewis

BOOK DETAILS:

Safe Haven

by Hazel St. Lewis

(Fury Verse: Volume 1, #3)

Publication date: December 2026

Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Dark Romance, Romance

Synopsis:

He knows my name.

He knows I loved Blackwood.

But he still knows nothing at all.

For ten years, I’ve hunted the monsters who destroyed my life. For ten years, I was the Ghost men feared in the dark. But now my world is caving in. Because if Severin didn’t betray me, then everything I thought I knew is a lie.

I am unraveling. Piece by piece. But I will not break.

⸻

She’s alive.

My little dandelion. Moy oduvanchik.

She’s alive.

And I betrayed her.

I slept with another woman. I’m engaged to that woman. But worst of all, I never came for her. I never rescued her.

And that is my biggest sin.

So now, I will hunt down every last man who ever laid a hand on her. I will destroy them all.

I lost her once, but I will never lose her again.

AUTHOR BIO:

Hazel St. Lewis is a Romantasy author. Diagnosed with dyslexia at a young age, she struggled to read and write, but fantasy stories inspired her to start storytelling. Unfortunately, now, she is a little too obsessed with morally gray characters. When she isn’t writing, she can be found playing with her hoard of cats (too many to count…it’s a problem), singing songs to said cats, or painting.

Author links:

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https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/42825794.Hazel_St_Lewis

Cover Reveal : Captain Meets Captain by Lottie McLaren

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Captain Meets Captain

by Lottie McLaren

Publication date: November 16th 2026

Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance, Sports

Synopsis:

Atlas



Did I mean to rant on TV about the inconvenience of sharing the ice with San Jose’s brand-new women’s hockey team?

No, of course not. I’m not an idiot, whatever my second-grade teacher might have written in my quarterly progress reports.

But I probably should have noticed my teammates’ frantic arm movements. And I definitely shouldn’t have blurted out that I’m actually supportive of women’s hockey because I’m dating Diana Marsh, the captain of the San Jose Pumas.

Because the fact is… we’re not dating. Even if maybe, we sort of did, uh, sleep together. Before I ghosted her.

But now our teams’ billionaire owner is eager for our ‘romance’ to be public, and since my face is all over his health app, I can’t say no to him.

Besides, the Pumas will get publicity, and my reputation as captain of the San Jose Jackals will be salvaged.

Hopefully.

Once I explain the fake dating plan to Diana.

Cover Reveal: Blood Code by Hazel St. Lewis

BOOK DETAILS:

Blood Code

by Hazel St. Lewis

(Fury Verse: Volume 1, #2)

Publication date: October 15, 2026

Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Dark Romance, Romance

Synopsis:

I’ve spent years hiding in plain sight. The Russians call me a ghost. A myth. A monster lurking in the dark.

Good.

I am taunting Severin Volkov. I am hunting him. But the closer I get to crossing his name off my ledger, the harder it becomes to remember why I’m supposed to hate him. He should be my enemy and my final victim.

Instead, he’s becoming my greatest weakness.

⸻

The Ghost is no longer a rumor. Every lead points to a woman who shouldn’t exist. Every answer uncovers a new lie. Someone is manipulating my organization from within, feeding information to our enemies and staying one step ahead of me at every turn.

I will find the traitor.

I will find the Ghost.

And when I do, I’ll make them regret they were ever born. But as old secrets surface and loyalties begin to fracture, I’m forced to confront a possibility far more dangerous than betrayal: What if the woman I’m hunting is the one person I can’t afford to lose?

BLOOD CODE is book two in Fury Verse: Volume 1. It is a dark mafia romance featuring a female serial killer, enemies-to-lovers tension, and obsessive romance.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/256037781-blood-code

Pre-order: https://link.amazon/B0g2D38Hu

AUTHOR BIO:

Hazel St. Lewis is a Romantasy author. Diagnosed with dyslexia at a young age, she struggled to read and write, but fantasy stories inspired her to start storytelling. Unfortunately, now, she is a little too obsessed with morally gray characters. When she isn’t writing, she can be found playing with her hoard of cats (too many to count…it’s a problem), singing songs to said cats, or painting.

Author links:

https://www.hazelstlewis.com/

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https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/42825794.Hazel_St_Lewis

Cover Reveal: If You Were Mine by A.S. Kelly

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If You Were Mine

by A.S. Kelly

Publication date: October 14, 2026

Genres: Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance

Synopsis:

Levi Anderson has never felt more alone. Since saying goodbye to his husband, he has drifted between long shifts at the hospital and quiet, empty hours in his apartment, surrounded by boxes he can’t bring himself to unpack. He refuses to face the pain — or imagine a life without him.

Shay Miller has never been more furious. In one devastating moment, he lost the man he loved, his job, and the home they shared. He’s barely holding himself together. He’s tried to start over, but deep down, he knows he can’t move on until he lets go of the past — and stops hurting himself.

When fate brings Levi and Shay together, they immediately see how different they are and can’t imagine ever being drawn to one another. Levi is still learning how to live again, while Shay is learning how to forgive.

Yet, with this stranger who’s appeared out of nowhere, Levi slowly begins to open up and trust again. And with this man, terrified of letting himself go, Shay starts to long for someone he can protect and love.

For the first time, the future feels possible for both of them. But Levi doesn’t know Shay has lied about who he is — or that he’s hiding a secret capable of destroying everything, leaving Levi to hate the man he loves for the rest of his life.

AUTHOR BIO:

A. S. Kelly was born in Italy and now lives in Dublin, Ireland, with her husband, two children, two cats, and many plants. 

She worked as a literary translator for several years before she began writing full-time. Today, her books are available in English, Italian, and Spanish. 

A. S. Kelly writes emotional, heartfelt romantic fiction. Her most popular series are The O’Connor Brothers and From Connemara with Love. 

She enjoys yoga, running, and swimming. She also loves gardening, photography, and reading mystery and crime novels.

Author links:

https://www.authoraskelly.com/

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21195166.A_S_Kelly

https://www.facebook.com/askellywrites/

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Cover Reveal: Haunted Holiday by Lindsey Gray

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Haunted Holiday

by Lindsey Gray

(The Holiday Chronicles, #3)

Publication date: September 29, 2026

Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Holiday, Romance, Supernatural

Synopsis:

Everyone in Clarkstown believes they know who killed firefighter Zane Gravenhurst.

His girlfriend, Jillian, sits behind bars, accused of leaving him to die after a rainy night ended in tragedy. The case is all but closed.

Only Zane’s younger sister knows the truth, and it won’t stay buried forever.

She’s serious yet kooky and a little bit spooky.

Molly Gravenhurst has spent her entire life seeing ghosts. When Zane’s spirit appears with fragmented memories of his final hours, he insists Jillian is innocent. As the only person who can hear him, Molly is forced to investigate in secret, even as her own family publicly condemns the woman Zane loved.

He’s steady and true, and he’ll see it through.

Molly turns to Duncan Fielding, a true crime podcaster and gaming streamer whose quiet compassion slowly breaks through Molly’s grief. With help from Duncan’s cybersecurity analyst brother, Clay, they uncover hidden truths that suggest someone manipulated the crime scene after Zane’s fatal injury.

Every answer points back to the firehouse Zane called home.

As the anniversary of Zane’s death approaches, one man will risk everything to protect the lie that has cost an innocent woman her freedom.

Some ghosts haunt the living.

Others refuse to rest until justice is done.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258194857-haunted-holiday

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The Holiday Chronicles: https://books.by/lindsey-gray/the-holiday-chronicles

AUTHOR BIO:

Lindsey Gray is a writer, an over-thinker, and a chronic list-maker, but her passion for writing stories you’ll love always tops the list. Her author journey began in 2010 with the publication of her first novel, and she has spent the last decade creating worlds for readers to play in. In addition to her own work, Gray uses her skills in novel formatting for other authors and hosts the weekly show  Gray Matters on TMV Cafe Internet Radio. She lives and writes fueled by iced tea, her handsome hubby, and the beautiful chaos of mothering her children.

Author links:

Website: https://www.lindseygray.net/

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Cover Reveal: A Strange & Terrible Wonder by Nichole Louise

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A Strange & Terrible Wonder

by Nichole Louise

Publication date: August 18, 2026

Genres: Adult, Historical

Synopsis:

Eleanor Dare, daughter of Roanoke’s Governor John White, has no choice but to accompany her overly ambitious husband Ananias and her idealist, yet inexperienced father to England’s new colony. Manteo of Croatoan wants nothing more than to cast off his association with the English and return home. Haunted by memories of an unexplainable event, he sets out to find the truth about what was brought to Roanoke by the English two years before as a weapon against the Spanish.

Based on real people who vanished from history, Eleanor and Manteo form a taboo friendship as they work against unseen forces to end the violent and otherworldly attacks upon the settlement. In the midst of this survival scenario, both Eleanor and Manteo—once powerless and marginalized in England, emerge as unlikely leaders of the ravaged colony.

Blending 16th century science, occult, and the impacts of early colonialism, A Strange and Terrible Wonder reimagines what became of the Lost Colony.

AUTHOR BIO:

Nichole Louise is a speculative historical fiction writer and book reviewer (NicholeLouise.com). Raven Rock (2023), a prequel to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, was recognized by Writer’s Digest, the Historical Fiction Company, and the CIBAs. Her articles and book reviews have appeared in the Journal of the American Revolution. Her second title, A Strange and Terrible Wonder (2026) is a historical folk horror tale exploring the Lost Colony of Roanoke. When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading, gaming, and volunteering at Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society. 

Author links:

https://nicholelouise.com/

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7262199.Nichole_Louise

https://www.instagram.com/nichole__louise/

Review: To The Last Gram by Shreya Davies

Goodreads Blurb

Through her school days, where she must negotiate a precarious balancing act between her culture and fitting in, to her teenage years where appetites must be managed to keep up appearances, to her early adulthood where responsibilities feel overwhelming, Divya journeys from feelings of emptiness to finally finding fulfilment within.

To the Last Gram is an honest and hopeful story of feeling at odds with and finding a home in one’s community, family, and body, and of the yet-unfurling journey to embrace the fullness of life.

My Review: Rated 4 out of 5 stars

It is a powerful comic that details the struggles of having an eating disorder. We are surrounded by society’s ideals that having the perfect, skinny body is a sexy feature, and it will make you successful and accepted. As someone who wanted to be a model and wasn’t able to achieve that because I wasn’t skinny or tall enough to be considered a model. I still remember when someone in the modeling industry said I looked fat in my comp card pictures and that I was perfect for photoshopping with all my acne. Mind you, at the time, I was about a size 4. We are surrounded by false ideologies and bullying people to look a particular way in order for them to be accepted. The fashion, music, and movie industries are notorious for idealizing skinny models and actors.

Divya’s journey throughout this comic shows all the personal struggles she was facing to get skinny, and even when she was super skinny, she still viewed her body the same. It was an emotional rollercoaster that made me sad that I couldn’t help her see the negative impact the excessive exercising and lack of eating were having on her body. This book shared the good and the bad without shying away from the truth. This is a great book for teenagers to read, whether they have an eating disorder or not. Being able to see the signs can help someone in need who is silently struggling.

Review: The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits

Goodreads Blurb

What’s left when your kids grow up and leave home?

When Tom Layward’s wife had an affair he resolved to leave her as soon as his youngest daughter turned eighteen. Twelve years later, while driving her to Pittsburgh to start university, he remembers his pact, and keeps driving West.

He is also on the run from his own health issues, and the fact that he’s been put on leave at work after students complained about the politics of his law class – something he hasn’t yet told his wife.

So, after dropping Miriam off, he keeps driving, with the vague plan of visiting various people from his past – an old college friend, his ex-girlfriend, his brother, his son – on route, maybe, to his father’s grave in California.

An unforgettable road trip novel, The Rest of Our Lives beautifully explores the nuance and complications of a long term marriage.

My Review: Rated 2 out of 5 stars

This was the worst book chosen by the Barnes & Noble book club. This book was boring, and the ending was terrible. Since I always love finishing a book after I begin reading it, I had to painfully read this boring book about a man having a midlife crisis, and maybe even death is knocking on his door. I didn’t care for any of the characters, and the storyline didn’t do anything to keep my interest throughout the book. I dragged myself to read the book to get an ending with no answers.