2025 Most Intriguing Book Title

Genre: Sci-Fi

A childhood accident gave Faer a perfect memory—and a glimpse of something not human. Now trapped in the 1960s with a ghost at his side and an alien predator in his past, Faer must solve a mystery buried in time before history resets with him erased.

Genre: Horror

Reborn and haunted by lives she can’t remember, Scarlet discovers she’s the source of eternal youth—a living myth cursed to be worshiped, weaponized, and destroyed. Some want her blood. Others want her soul. No one wants her free.

It is the story of Vinoda, a young and beautiful girl who dreams of becoming a prominent actress in the Indo-Greek kingdom of Menander. As she gains recognition from the royal family, her conscience is tested. She struggles with a deep secret, torn between love and loyalty.

Genre: Crime

Finding herself under suspicion, Rita, determined to clear her name and expose the real villains, embarks on a perilous hunt for the truth. She swaps Wellington's mean streets for a Cambodian rehab, but the bodies keep piling up.

Goddess of creation Mona is ready to wipe out humanity—until her twin sister dares her to live as one of them first. One town, one overly cheerful nature nerd, and one very inconvenient mortal heart later… the apocalypse may need a rain check.

Joy, an interior designer, discovers the sudden death of her colleague when she meets her love interest, Edward, but murders close to home lead to prime suspects and her loved ones may be in danger.

Gabriella's world is turned upside down when someone she knows dies tragically while a stalker watches; and Jesse, Gabriella’s best friend’s brother, still grieves the death of his girlfriend Erica, convinced it wasn’t suicide but he won't let anything happen to Gabriella despite a killer targeting...

Ellie moves from the city to a small farm where her mother takes a private teaching job for a scientist who's son may be a vampire.

Roberto and his siblings strive to keep their family afloat as their parents struggle to survive financially in post-war Italy when a family friend, Salvatore helps, but a villain tries to destroy the family and all they’ve worked for, so they must fight for their lives against a deadly predator.

Moira, Deirdre and Nuala are at it again as they help unsettled spirits in their journey on the Otherside.

Genre: Fantasy

On a remote mountain two hundred years after the K’tul Wars, the King of Yand fights a pride of shibal to win a woman's love—all over again.

Genre: Sci-Fi

Two untested young mages, one on the planet, the other on the moon, lead their worlds’ last defense against a savage intergalactic marauder while, impossibly, their romance blossoms amidst the chaos.

This is the story of a girl who was born in wartime and grew up in postwar Germany, in the aftermath of the Nazi regime; a family on the run, with the added burden of a father lost at the front. Ignored in recorded history is the plight of the victims: the common man, woman, and child.

Cass Taylor’s songwriting career is thriving, but her love life’s is out of tune. When the rock star who broke her heart in 1976 returns, asking for another chance, she must decide if reopening old wounds is worth the risk—or if some songs are better left unfinished.

Genre: Fantasy

After a mystical clan saves the life of an 18th-century archaeologist in the Amazon jungle, it sets off a series of events that impact the supernatural world two centuries later, when a contemporary guardian of the fae is approached by the Amazon clan's leader to help fight for their survival.

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.

Moira, Deirdre and Nuala Gallagher, the three-sisters team of Gallagher Investigations, experience more encounters with troubled spirits needing their assistance before they can move on in the Afterlife.

Genre: Romance

Personalities class and relationships explode when Maggie is forced to choose between the man she hoped to marry and her dream of becoming a thoroughbred jockey, and she learns some horsemen will do anything in the pursuit of success, but one man will do anything to win her love.

Genre: Sci-Fi

A mage prodigy attempts to rescue a beloved woman from a beast while navigating the uncharted waters of his new marriage to a fellow young mage.

Spirits, little people, witches and fetishes fill the pages of Five Stories Short, A Supernatural Quintet, where truth and fiction meld and magic happens throughout, with the premise that the mystical world is closer than you think

Genre: Horror

Trapped beside a god in borrowed skin, Scarlet must survive long enough to reclaim her truth. As ancient powers rise from the sea and her memories begin to unravel, she must face the monster who once loved her—and decide if she’d rather burn than belong.

Moira Gallagher has been conversing with ghosts since she was five. Now as an adult, she's finally putting that gift to good use.

An outbreak of war with the Hittites is imminent. Queen Nefertari of Pharaoh Ramses II resolves to preserve peace with the help of a Hittite and a shaman. It is the story behind the first Peace Treaety between ancient power, a copy of which is displayed in the UN Headquarters in New York City.

Genre: Memoir

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...

With the wind in her hair and the salt tickling her nose, a Captain heads out for a day on the brine. A story within a story, rhythm, rhyme, and repetition introduces life forms found in the Indian Ocean, while the imaging hints at the cycle of life.

Genre: Fantasy

Abandoned as a newborn, Anita’s only clue to her ancestry is a pendant, until, lost in Dancing Valley, she spies a fairy, a creature she'd seen as a child, but was told she'd only imagined, who leads her to Caroline, a guardian of the fae, and together they discover Anita’s heritage and her destiny...

Valeria works hard on the family farm in Italy; torn between family duty and desire for freedom from her strict, domineering father, and finds solace in Dario until Gregorio, obsesses over her, leading to a series of suspicious accidents, but Valeria is determined to keep her loved ones safe.

Genre: Fantasy

When the elemental powers merge in an event that shakes the very fabric of existence, the Madigans are thrust into the ultimate battle of magic, family, and fate. They will discover that the true cost of power is not just what they’re willing to sacrifice, but who.

Comedy crime. The most dangerous gig of his life. A fading British rock star finds himself on the run, framed for a political assassination in the Caribbean.

Jungle Jim takes Fred and his friends camping. They went for walks, learned about mushrooms and berries, tried hang-gliding and white-water rafting. And a cookout. "Having finished all the chores, it's surely time to make S'mors. Marshmallows with chocolate bits taosted by the fire on sticks"

Desperate to save his career, a local journalist stumbles on a scoop that could make his name, but to sell it he has to tell a small lie - and put a boy’s life at risk.

Genre: Sci-Fi

A Yandar ambassador on a human spaceship in uncharted space encounters her ancient enemy, the one with the celestial cannons—but this time, she, too, has the use of big guns.

Genre: Memoir

Syrup Sandwiches is a powerful memoir that celebrates resilience and the crucial impact of positive male role models. It inspires readers not to be defined or defeated by their traumas, but to believe in themselves and their faith, and to never surrender in the face of challenges.

Jamie struggles with the death of a teenage patient too gravely injured to save before her father is arrested for murdering the girl when she meets her love interest, Angelo, the new detective investigating the gruesome murders, but Jamie is targeted by an unknown stalker resurfacing from her past.