The long weekend is at an end and I’m sure quite a few of us were sunburned, possibly slightly singed on our fingers, and quite possibly a bit hungover – and if your party went through the weekend, you might still be a bit hungover this morning! Don’t worry! We have a solution for any of those issues – some nice books you can read quietly to take your mind off of everything else!
I have 4 phenomenal books launching this week and the first book is here after a long holiday weekend!
This Week’s New Releases
Title: Dust to Dust
Series: Hellhound Academy Book 2
Release Date: 07/07/2025
Being undead was the easy part. Now Robin has a target on her back—and secrets buried deeper than the grave.
After surviving the Gauntlet and claiming a top spot at Hellhound Academy, Robin Sullivan should be gaining answers. Instead, she’s collecting enemies. Someone in the Academy wants her gone—again—and this time, forever. The deeper she digs into her past, the more dangerous her second chance at some kind of life becomes.
The ghosts in Austin are getting louder. Possessions spike across the city, and a mysterious underworld figure known as the Memory Merchant is stealing more than memories—he may hold the key to Robin’s murder. With her squad by her side and her hound mark pulsing with new, unstable power, Robin must walk a razor’s edge between loyalty and rebellion.
Worse, the ledger is watching. And it never forgets.
If Robin fails this time, it won’t just be her afterlife on the line—it’ll be everyone she’s come to care about.
Continue the pulse-pounding journey in Dust to Dust—Book Two of the Hellhound Academy series. Book Three, Bone to Bone, is coming soon. Secrets won’t stay buried forever.
Title: The Dragon Queen’s Oath
Series: The Flamesworn Saga Book 2
Release Date: 07/09/2025
Slaying dragons is easier than guarding her heart.
Shadowslayer Maisie Fairborne has one mission: find Queen Calindra and help break the curse that turned the king and queen into dragons. It’s dangerous work—and definitely not the time to fall for the brooding knight who guards her back like it’s his sacred duty.
Sir Castian is a grumpy loner sworn to protect the Fairborne sisters on their quest. He was perfectly content with his solitude—until Maisie upended his world. Now he’s watching her too closely, feeling too much, and when she goes missing, there’s nothing he won’t burn to bring her home.
Maisie’s trying not to catch feelings for Sir Castian. Her sister warned her not to get attached. She’s trying. She really is.
Long nights at camp, deadly battles, and memories of being in each other’s arms are forging a bond between them that neither expected. As necromancers close in to stop them from breaking the dragon-curse, one truth becomes impossible to ignore:
The biggest threat to this quest might be the way they feel about each other.
Fans of Carissa Broadbent’s fierce heroines and Jennifer L. Armentrout’s forbidden romances will fall hard for Maisie and Castian’s quest to save a dragon-cursed kingdom.
The dragon curse could doom the kingdom. Falling in love might save it.
Title: Fire and Water
Series: The Elemental Chronicles
Release Date: 07/10/2025
When fire loves water, worlds burn.
In a realm divided by ancient elemental powers, Ember, a fierce fire mage from Ignis, has always been taught that water is her natural enemy. Her loyalty to her homeland has never been questioned—until now.
When mysterious sabotage begins affecting all four elemental domains, Ember is tasked with investigating the growing crisis alongside Marius, a calm and steady water mage from Aqua.
Their elements should repel each other. Their kingdoms have been rivals for generations.
They find themselves drawn together by a powerful connection that defies everything they’ve been taught. As they track a dangerous radical named Ronan across Eldoria’s fractured lands, Ember and Marius discover their magic creates not destruction, but perfect harmony.
Forces more ancient and sinister than they imagined are at work. The dryness spreading across the land is no accident—it’s an orchestrated plot to destabilize the elemental balance and seize control.
To save Eldoria, they must locate the fragments of the legendary Sealing Chalice while fighting not only Ronan’s followers but also the deep-rooted prejudices of their own people. Their growing feelings for each other only complicate matters in a world where fire and water have never been allowed to mix.
Can their forbidden bond become the key to restoring balance? Or will the pressure of choosing between their duty and their hearts tear them apart, leaving Eldoria to crumble into elemental chaos?
Begin the epic journey where passion meets magic in Book One of The Elemental Chronicles. Available now!
Title: Jury Rigged
Series: The Unsponsored Chronicles Book 1
Release Date: 07/11/2025
One scrap-born rebel. One shot at something bigger.
When pirates attack his frontier outpost, Peter fights back with bombs made from scrap and desperate cunning. His improvised heroics catch the Federation Academy’s attention thrusting him into a world where sponsor money buys deadly advantages.
What happens when merit meets money?
The Academy’s neural-link training is brutal enough without mysterious “DLN” sabotage targeting expensive gear. While aristocrats like Rowan DuLain rely on House-funded modules,
Peter survives on salvage instincts and his mismatched squad: Sage’s tech skills, Kiera’s coding genius, and Mimi’s unstoppable force.
Who’s pulling the strings behind the sabotage?
But why does sabotage hunt sponsor equipment? Who controls the Academy’s hidden morality tests? And when corporate Houses demand results at any cost, how many cadets will sacrifice integrity for survival?
From VR simulations to piloting massive doppelganger war-suits, Peter discovers the Federation’s training hides situations with a darker purpose. Sponsor corruption runs deeper than anyone imagined.
Can integrity survive in a system rigged by wealth?
The real enemy isn’t aliens but the system itself. Can a salvage rat’s determination overcome aristocratic privilege?
Will Peter’s squad expose the conspiracy before the Three-Strike system destroys them?
The frontier worlds need honest officers. But first, they must survive an Academy where integrity is the deadliest weapon.
The opportunities are waiting for those who … think different.