This may or not become a regular feature, it depends on sourcing titles. I’m essentially looking at titles that are being released in eBook format without an accompanying hardback or paperback. Sometimes it’s a release ahead of those formats, sometimes it’s a release after and sometimes it’s only being released in eBook format. At the minute I have one reliable (free) source (not Amazon, which doesn’t work for this). So lets give it a go and see whether this idea has legs!
Just a reminder as I don’t see any advance copies, my choices are based on the cover, blurb, gut instinct and what takes my fancy at the time. Essentially that’s how I decide on my own purchases.
Shoot Your Shot by Hannah Gray
For better or for worse.
When I said those words in front of the pastor, I meant them. But that was before everything changed. Before it became clear that my wife would be better off without me. I had no choice but to sabotage us, and that was exactly what I did. Even though I pushed Paige to leave, it still hurt like hell, watching her do it. I’d never love another woman for as long as I lived. She was it for me.
I guess those are the sacrifices we make for the people we love. And if I couldn’t make her dreams come true, I had no right to keep her. Not completely anyway.
Fast-forward to a year and a half later, and not a day has gone by where I don’t miss my wife. But I made my bed, and now, it’s time for me to lie in it. And while the rest of my life might be in ruins, my career on the ice has never been better.
At least, until a direct hit to the chest almost kills me. And just like that, my wife, who is my emergency contact, is back. But she isn’t happy with me—because those divorce papers she sent months ago? Yeah … they somehow landed in the trash.
Realizing I will lose her again before I truly have her back, I offer her a deal. Ten days to prove we should have never separated. Ten days to redeem myself. And ten days to come clean about everything I’ve been hiding.
Should be easy enough, right?
Yeah, I didn’t think so either.
Cause of Action by Sandi Lynn
Roman
I built my career by being ruthless in the courtroom and meticulous in my strategies. I was a powerful and commanding attorney and never met a case I couldn’t win. My self-control is iron-clad, or it was until I met Morgan Ashley, a beautiful private investigator and gifted hacker with a past as secretive as her methods.
I couldn’t stop thinking about her after our one night together while on vacation. So, I tracked her down and flew her to Los Angeles to help with a high-profile case I was working on—a case where I needed new evidence to prove my client’s innocence.
But I got more than I bargained for when I fell for the woman who challenged me at every turn. I was treading in new territory and needed to be careful. Her expertise was as unmatched as her ability to keep people at arm’s length, and that’s exactly where she wanted to keep me. Now, I needed to prove to her that love wasn’t just another risk—it was the only fight worth winning.
Morgan
I learned early that the only person I could depend on was myself. My legendary hacker father raised and taught me everything about solving puzzles and exposing truths. After his untimely death, I turned those teachings into a career as a top private investigator and elite hacker. Secrets were my currency, and letting anyone get close to me was a risk I refused to take.
Being in control at all times had always been my number one survival rule until I met the ruggedly handsome, high-powered attorney Roman Hamilton. Not only was he sexy, but he also had a sharp mind and a reputation for winning at all costs. He was relentless in the courtroom, and even more so when it came to me with his dirty-talking ways and commanding presence in the bedroom. He started to chip away at the walls I’d spent years building, making me second guess my father’s last words: Never trust anyone.
The Boathouse by the Loch by Elise Darcy
With a new arrival at the boathouse, Robyn’s life is about to take an unexpected turn …
Robyn thought moving into the boathouse with her fiancé would be the beginning of the life she’d always dreamed of; a fresh start in a stunning home, a marriage proposal from the man she loves, and a chance to finally put her shadowy past behind her. But something about the boathouse stirs fragments of memories she can’t fully grasp—brief flashbacks that haunt her. She’s certain something happened there. If only she could remember.
David thought their move would bring them closer, but Robyn’s growing distance tells him otherwise. She’s secretive, evasive, and now frequently away in London for work. His idyllic vision of their new life begins to crack. When she refuses to let him accompany her to London, he suspects she has more than a commission there. Could she have found someone from her past?
A surprise getaway at Lark Lodge, where their love first blossomed, seems to rekindle their relationship. But even as the weekend strengthens their bond, Robyn’s reluctance to return to the boathouse grows impossible to ignore.
When her best friend, Gayle, suggests hosting a housewarming party, it seems like the perfect way to help Robyn settle into her new home. But the celebration takes a shocking turn when an unexpected guest arrives.
Now, there’s no escaping her past. The truth surfaces in a revelation that changes everything—for her, for David, and for everyone at the party.
The Path to Loving Him by Meghan Quinn
What does one do when they completely blow an interview?
If you’re me, you pick up a one-night stand with the most gorgeous man you’ve ever seen..
That’s right, after a lousy interview that could have changed everything for me, I headed over to the local small town bar to sulk when the one man I shouldn’t want walked in. And when my friend convinced me to take him back to my hotel room, I didn’t think about it, I just did it . . . well, I did him.
It was an unforgettable night, but I didn’t stay for breakfast. Instead, I got out of there and tried not to think about him again.
Everything was fine until I received a call from the interviewer saying I got the job as the assistant baseball coach at Almond Bay High. I’d be working directly under the one and only Ryland Rowley–my one-night stand.
Now, I’m not only working with him but renting the apartment above his garage. And I have to deal with the fact that he’s the man I dream about and can’t have while not letting my attraction get in the way of keeping the harmony between us. Sounds easy, doesn’t it?
It should have been, except the plan falls apart when my shower breaks, and night after night I have to slip into his house to use the bathroom only to find him in the kitchen, staring me down with those hungry, single dad eyes.
Steal My Heart by Laura Pavlov
She’s off limits…but I never did follow the rules
Henley Holloway is my boss’s daughter, and my biggest distraction…
I’m not looking for a student, but I’m determined to make partner at the firm, and this is the only thing standing in my way.
So, I agree to take the Princess under my wing.
Because I know that at the sight of any hard work, she’ll be begging me to leave her alone.
But from the day she walks into the office…I’m intrigued. She’s a Harvard grad. Her work ethic rivals mine. And she’s witty, funny, and beautiful all at the same time.
I always had a rule about relationships – it’s a hard no.
But weren’t rules meant to be broken anyway…?
The Puck Chase by GN Wright
Hockey is my life. It’s my only goal, my only escape, and everything was going according to plan. All I had to do was focus on the game, keep my head down, then get drafted into the NHL.
Starting my senior year at FU everything was as perfect as always, but sometimes just because you play on the same team, doesn’t mean you can play nice. And it turns out I enjoy taunting a certain teammate just as much as I enjoy being on the ice.
Daemon Forbes loathes me, but I love nothing more than fanning the flames of that hatred into an inferno.
Yet lately it seems that fire is burning even hotter than ever, and what I thought was a fun little game, is turning into something else entirely. It doesn’t matter that he hates me, it doesn’t even matter that we are teammates. No, it seems we were doomed the night we met and he found me occupied in his bedroom.
I know he has a dark past, and I know my sights should be on the ice and the life I want, but burning with him feels better than anything else.
But what do I do when the shadows that surround him threaten to consume me whole?
Promise Me Forever by Sadie Kincaid
How can you promise someone forever?
The simple truth is that you can’t.
At least that’s what I always thought. Until I met Amelia Ryder. It was a chance encounter. We were meant to go our separate ways and never see each other again.
So you can imagine my surprise when the woman I haven’t been able to stop thinking about turns up at my office two days after I sent her home—as my new secretary. And things are about to get a lot more complicated than either of us expected.
She’s occupying my every waking thought. If I’m not thinking about her smile or her scent, or the very unprofessional things I’d like to do to her on my desk, I’m definitely picturing her delicious curves—the ones I know in intimate detail.
But I’m Drake James, cold-hearted workaholic. I don’t do relationships, I don’t do commitment, and I definitely don’t do my secretary.
So why can’t my mind and body get with the program? Because staying away from the woman is pure torture. And as unfair as it is for her, I’m not prepared to give up whatever this thing is between us, no matter how toxic it gets.
Amelia Ryder is mine, and just because I can’t have her doesn’t mean I won’t.
The Heart of Winter by Jonathan Evison
The extraordinary new novel by Jonathan Evison, about a married couple in their golden years, from when they met across big ups, deep downs, and survive-it-all, opposites-attract love
Abe Winter and Ruth Warneke were never meant to be together—at least if you ask Ruth. Yet their catastrophic blind date in college evolved into a seventy-year marriage and a life on a farm on Bainbridge Island with their hens and beloved Labrador, Megs. Through the years, the Winters have fallen in and out of lockstep, and from their haunting losses and guarded secrets, a dependable partnership has been forged.
But when Ruth’s loose tooth turns out to be something much more malicious, the beautiful, reliable life they’ve created together comes to a crisis. As Ruth struggles with her crumbling independence, Abe must learn how to take care of her while their three living children question his ability to look after his wife. And once again, the couple has to reconfigure how to be there for each other.
In this bighearted and profound portrait of a marriage, Jonathan Evison explores seventy years of big moments in subtle ways, elegantly braiding the Winters’ turbulent history with their present-day battles, showing us how the oddly paired college kids became parents, fell apart and back together, andgrew into the Abe and Ruth of today. Endlessly heartwarming and moving, The Heart of Winter is a reminder that true love lives in small, everyday moments.
Home Seeking by Karissa Chen
There are moments when a single choice can define an entire life. Haiwen and Suchi are teenage sweethearts in 1940s Shanghai; their childhood friendship has blossomed into young love, and they believe that they are soulmates. But when Haiwen secretly decides to enlist in the army to keep his brother from the draft, their shared future is shattered. Their paths take them far afield from each other, with the exception of one pivotal chance encounter on the Hong Kong ferry in 1966.
Sixty years later, Haiwen, now in his late seventies, is bagging bananas at a 99 Ranch in Los Angeles when he lifts his head to once more see Suchi. As they begin to rekindle their friendship, it feels like they might have a second chance to live the life they were supposed to have together. But the weight of the past lives with them at every moment, and only time will tell if they are able to forge something new.
Told in alternating narratives, Homeseeking spans seven decades, through the most tumultuous period of modern Chinese history up to contemporary times, tracing the separated lovers as they migrate from Shanghai to Hong Kong, Taiwan, and America.
Gone Viral by Mary Stone and Angela Kay
How do you know what’s real in a world built on lies?
One mistake. One moment of fury. Margot Avondale’s past still bleeds beneath the surface.
But on the outside, everything sparkles.
As an influencer, she’s adored, admired, envied.
An inspiration. A star.
But Margot is lying—about her past, her photos, her perfect husband.
She thinks the truth is buried.
She’s wrong.
Someone’s watching. Someone knows the rot beneath the filters.
Her world isn’t just cracking…it’s collapsing.
And the truth she hides won’t just destroy her reputation.
It might kill her.
The Midnight Hour by Kate Hewitt
Seven months ago, our family left suburban Connecticut for my parents’ isolated lake house in a naïve attempt to reconnect. Life had imploded, or so I thought then. I hoped the change would reset us. A montage of Hallmark moments—card games in candlelight, hugs and healing chats. What I got was a nuclear holocaust five days after we arrived.
Last week, the lake house burned to the ground. Our last place of safety. Now, I watch my children huddle together, their faces lit up by our tiny campfire beneath the towering blackness of endless pine forests. I wonder what tomorrow will bring—for the world, but also for my family.
My daughters are so young. They’ve seen so little of life, but far too much. What future can they possibly have? I must keep them safe. No matter what lies ahead. Already I know it’s a promise I don’t have the power to make… but I’ll die trying to keep it.
The Teacher of Auschwitz by Wendy Holden
Fredy built a wall against suffering in their hearts…
At the dark heart of the Holocaust, there was a wooden hut whose walls were painted with cartoons; a place where children sang, staged plays and wrote poetry. Safely inside, but still in the shadow of the chimneys, they were given better food, kept free of vermin, and were even taught meditation to imagine full stomachs and a day without fear. The man who became their guiding light was a young Jewish prisoner named Fredy Hirsch.
But being a teacher in such a brutal concentration camp was no mean feat. Whether it was begging the SS for better provisions, or hiding his homosexuality from his persecutors, he risked his life every day for one thing: to protect the children from the mortal danger they all faced.
Time is running out for Fredy and the hundreds of children in his care. Can he find a way to teach them the one lesson they really need to know: how to survive?
Poetry on Ice by Jesse H Reign
I can’t tell if we’re fighting…or flirting?
Being traded to the Seattle Vipers has left me with mixed feelings. On the one hand, they’re my team, the team I’ve loved and supported since I was a kid, but on the other hand, he’s here. Him. Ant Decker. Infamous NHL bad boy. Right wing to my left. A man who’s made it his sole purpose in life to be better than me.
Well, the joke’s on him because I’m faster and my stats are better than his.
Not that I’m competing with him. Of course not. I wouldn’t stoop to his level.
He’s the most infuriating person I’ve ever met. A dark, chaotic presence that distracts me.
When we’re not coming to blows on the ice, he tries to provoke me by calling me Princess. And Pretty Boy…and Babygirl.
I hate it. Obviously, I do. It makes me so angry I can hardly see straight.
So why does my body react as if I like it?
The Note by Alafair Burke
It was only meant to be a prank . . .
May has always been the good girl, the rule follower.
But even good girls have secrets.
When she reunites with her two best friends for a holiday in the Hamptons, a drunken joke lands the trio in the middle of a missing persons investigation.
As the case takes a deadly turn, and long buried secrets are uncovered, the three friends are suddenly unsure who they can trust, least of all each other.
Into the Woods by Jenny Holiday
Summer camp heats up for a grumpy rockstar and a cynical dance instructor in this funny and heartwarming enemies-to-lovers romance.
Gretchen Miller is a bit of a badass. But even badasses get the blues when it comes to romance, and Gretchen could use a break from dating. So, when she gets the offer to be the summer dance instructor at Camp Wild Arts, she leaps at the chance to embrace clean air, nature, and her inner crone. But every forest has pests—and the biggest one at Wild Arts is none other than Tennyson “Teddy” Knight, the A) arrogant, B) infuriating, C) kinda hot if it weren’t for A & B rockstar who happens to be Gretchen’s fellow artist-in-residence.
Fresh off his band’s epic and ultra-public breakup, Teddy’s grouchier than a black bear in spring, and Gretchen is happy to ignore the unexpected heat she feels around him. Yet a wary friendship blooms, and before she knows it, Gretchen finds herself sneaking around to have one last summer fling with the broody musician before she swears off men for good. But as they grow closer, Gretchen has to figure out if she’s ready to take this summer camp romance out of the woods and into real life.
New Year in Kentbury by Claudia Burgoa
I can’t believe I’m calling Kentbury home. When I first arrived, I wasn’t planning on staying, but I’ve found my place here with Damian Harris. Our arrangement started off as some no-strings-attached fun, but somewhere between midnight kisses and secret touches, my heart got involved.
Now it’s almost New Year’s Eve, and I’m done being invisible. I’ve discovered how to love in Kentbury, learned who I really am—and I refuse to keep hiding behind locked doors. Damian may be tied to his powerful family name, but if he wants me by his side, he has to face the truth of who we are together.
If he won’t stand with me in the open, then I’ll have to ring in the new year on my own—because I can’t keep being his secret anymore.
The Vanishing Bookstore by Helen Phifer
‘Every story needs a happy ending. And you can’t have yours until you find the bookstore.’
1692. On the outskirts of Salem, a bookstore stands covered in overgrown vines. Inside, a young woman hides a linen-wrapped journal under a loose floorboard and runs away, panicked by the sound of hounds barking in the distance. The bookstore vanishes into thin air…
Present day. Stepping inside a pale-pink house on one of the oldest streets in Salem, Dora can’t believe she’s about to finally meet the mother she thought died tragically when she was just a child. But the excitement is short-lived. Dora’s mother has fear in her eyes, and with a trembling voice she whispers: ‘my life is in danger, and now so is yours…’
Desperate not to lose her mother all over again, Dora digs into her family’s mysterious past, and stumbles upon a seemingly impossible secret: the key to their survival is hidden in a bookstore that no one has seen for generations.
Losing herself amongst thorny brackens and twisted ferns, Dora eventually finds the path that leads to the bookstore. But someone is watching her. They’ve been waiting for her.
As she pushes open the beautiful blue door hidden amongst the sharp brambles, and stands in front of rows of crumbling leatherbound books with faded pages, she has no idea of the secrets she is about to uncover. Or that her life is in more danger than ever before…
So that’s all for this week.
Happy Reading!
