2025 Best Debut Novel
Two modern-day siblings are swept back to the Caribbean’s Golden Age of Piracy and become entangled on opposite sides of a civil war. As they struggle to reunite and return home, they fall in love, uncover their brother's fate, and must decide whether to fight for their beliefs-no matter the cost.
After losing 100 pounds, Rob Rogers decided to try backpacking at a state park in Central Florida. When depression then forced him to take a medical sabbatical, he learned that backpacking helped him cope with his inner demons; it also fostered a love affair with the natural spaces near his home.
Autumn is a poignant tale of forgiveness, redemption, and the transformative power of human connection. It reminds us that, no matter our past mistakes or present struggles, love and friendship can bloom in the unlikeliest of places, bringing light to even the darkest corners of our lives.
The security situation in the Sahel has deteriorated. When an ambitious warlord acquires a hellfire missile from a crashed American drone, US intelligence officer Brent Cunningham must face his past on a fateful mission to prevent an atrocity in Niger, West Africa. Hopeless on his own, Brent...
A Sentient AI from an ancient civilization, transported to earth on a meteor fragment, infects then is unleased on the Internet and quickly ceases control of B-613, a shadow, deep-state cabal that has circumvented the five-eyes intelligence group. Humanity is offered abundance, but at what price?
From the innocent and prim surroundings of a Norfolk girls’ school to the secret, whip-lashed delights of the Tokyo BDSM scene, Elizabeth Hendrick shares with unflinching honesty the tortuous ordeals she endured at the hands of a Japanese dominatrix before finally coming to terms with her sexuality...
