Some weeks arrive quietly and some arrive swinging. Either way, the right book has a way of putting everything back into perspective. This week we’re bringing you stories that comfort, challenge, and captivate—whatever you need most right now. And after this holiday weekend, a little bit of peace, quiet and comfort might be needed for some of you!
I have 2 amazing books launching this week and both of them launch later in the week. That gives you some time to recover from the weekend AND catch up on previous releases!
This Week’s New Releases
Title: Beloved
Series: Hearts of Ember Book 6
Release Date: 07/09/2026
Smoke one hour, flesh the next—and something patient is calling him home.
She got Kaelen back. Mostly. He returned from a year inside the wound between worlds translucent at the edges, his hands passing through hers on his worst mornings, the between-space still whispering his name like an old friend.
Now the road south fills with people who were never meant to walk it together—hundreds of bonded pairs, baby dragons on their shoulders, pulled toward the Forge by a signal that feels like a hand opening in the dark. Serenya watches them come, her husband beside her, the morning light passing straight through his shoulder.
They have come to the one place the between-space is strongest. The one place it can finish what it started.
The waking eggs hold a secret older than the Pact: a covenant that could heal the wound forever and anchor Kaelen to the living world at last. The cost is one hundred and fifty-three bonded pairs, one attempt, no second try.
Will their love be enough to forge a new world—or will the space between worlds finally claim the man Serenya already fought a year to keep? Pick up Beloved and step into the Forge.
Title: Crucible
Series: Animus Book 15
Release Date: 07/08/2026
Kaiden Jericho has made a career out of bad decisions. This one might be his last.
Flying into the part of space the cartographers literally labeled “suicide” wasn’t Kaiden Jericho’s worst call. It cracked the top five, though.
An ancient alien signal said something was waiting at the galaxy’s edge, so naturally Kaiden pointed the Resolute straight at it. What’s waiting turns out to be a graveyard—eighty civilizations smarter, older, and far better armed than humanity, every one of them reduced to ash by something that hunts along a scar through the void and has never once needed to hurry.
His EI partner, Chief, calls it the Harvester. Kaiden calls it a very good reason to turn around. Except the Trinity fleet is shadowing them as expendable bait, the dead zone keeps whispering, and the thing in the dark has noticed someone is finally listening.
A street kid and a damaged orb against the predator that ended worlds. Those are the odds. They’ve survived worse on less.
Does the bond no one thought possible hold the one weapon that works—or just buy the galaxy one more name to forget? Dive into Crucible, Book 15 of Animus, now.