2025 Best Debut Novel
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.
Tragic childhood events open up a dark and terrifying side to an artist's life over which he has no control, ultimately raining down nightmare consequences on the complicated ill-fated relationship triangle he forms. When love, morality, jealousy and deceit collide justice must be served, but is it?
Tweens have questions—and Auntie Aisha is here to answer them! In a world full of confusing misinformation about growing up, you may not know who to turn to for reliable, nonjudgmental guidance. Enter Auntie Aisha! Aisha’s no-nonsense advice is there for you for turbulent tween years and beyond.
What if Lolita told her own story? When a girl feels complicit in her own abuse, how does that thwart the adult woman? Uncompromising and sparing no one, What Was Lost propels the reader on a psychological tale of forgiveness and revenge, revealing how abuse reverberates through generations.
On the eve of her five-year wedding anniversary, a devastating terrorist attack in Paris thrusts former CIA analyst Kate Preacher into a lethal cat-and-mouse game of kill or be killed…Is Kate just a pawn in a deadly international plot, or can she outplay a ruthless killer?
Moving to a new home, Lou is drawn to a nearby field, with strange trees beckoning to be explored. With her sister Kerry and friend Tim, she discovers something sinister and unexpected. Together they navigate a summer of bullies, young love, and one horrible event that will forever change them all.
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...
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.
After a devastating divorce, a military wife swaps city life for the Appalachian Mountains where she navigates disastrous and hilarious attempts to start over, faces heartbreaking loss, and inspires resilience with optimism and uncommon humor in her haphazard challenge to move on.
A fantastic adventure! When art curator Katie Bauer discovers a mysterious painting, her search for its provenance takes her from Texas to New York and Tuscany. As she uncovers its secrets, a reclusive vintner may hold the key to its past. The Lost Canvas celebrates resilience of the human spirit.
A boy with no name escapes from the hole in which he has been imprisoned for his entire life and finds the last remaining monsters of the Old World. When they discover he can mimic any ability he sees, including theirs, they follow him in an uprising against the world's greatest monster: humanity.
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.
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...
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?
When a black GI in 1943 is unjustly accused of murder, will the inhabitants of the Devon town in which he is based put aside prejudice to uncover the truth?
Four paranormal investigators search for a missing friend, spooky sleuth Kevin Starkly, and stumble into a terrifying conspiracy involving the 1897 crash of a UFO in Aurora, Texas and the alien creature allegedly buried in the local cemetery. What price will the world pay for Starkly's curiosity?
