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New Releases for June 2023

The Camping Trip

by Steve Altier

Whether told around a campfire or with a storm raging outside, ghost stories aren’t always just stories.

When the power fails in the middle of a storm, Zack and Daniel turn to their father, John Malone, for comfort. Feeling that the boys are old enough to learn the truth about his childhood, John divulges a family secret, one he’s kept locked away, a secret that changed John’s life forever.

In a small Pennsylvania town called Lizardville, Johnny and his friends set out on a weekend camping trip along the banks of Big Fishing Creek. On the first night, as the boys gather around the campfire, Parker shares the legend of the Ax Factory murders. Soon after, strange, mysterious things begin to happen. Little do the boys realize, they have awakened a spirit called Annabelle. She is searching for something and knows the boys are hiding what she seeks. Could the secret lie in an old puzzle box?

As this spine-tingling, edge-of-your-seat adventure unfolds, one question remains: will they survive the weekend?

Blood Magic

by Kait Disner-Leugers

Blood is a powerful magic, but love is even more so.

Lily Everett comes from a long line of powerful witches. It’s her duty to continue the Everett line and pass her gifts down to future generations. But Lily has fallen in love with Albert Hsu, a vampire, and her family is less than thrilled about their relationship.

With Lily fighting against her family to defend her love, a new threat arrives in town that threatens everything Lily and Albert have built together. Thirty years after running away from his vampire family, Albert’s maker and his brood of vampires return to claim Albert once again. Can the love of a witch and vampire overcome their blood families, or will they have to sacrifice their happiness to appease old hostilities?

The West Haven Undead

by Nick Savage

After Jack’s death, the young Legends of West Haven are forced to face the changing landscapes of their lives.

A mysterious stranger called Ashby is selling promises of self empowerment to the town’s misguided youth via a mysterious drug which seems to be doing more harm than good. As the death rate rises, Ashby arms himself with lies that could destroy The Nation.

With the adults distracted by their own problems surrounding The Nation, the Legends will have to reach out to the Normals Duncan and Rex to help track down the elusive drug dealer. The team falters, however, as Bri and Duncan’s relationship grows stronger; something not lost on Allison, who still struggles with feelings for Bri.

Together, the friends must help Rex through his revelation that West Haven is not as quiet as it seems, stop Ashby, and overcome their own insecurities about who they are before believing the falsehoods they are told.

My GIF is Bigger than Your GIF

by Nova Embers

Jake has a talent for fixing broken office equipment and satisfying uptight office ladies.

Charlotte is an overanxious perfectionist with a propensity to wait for the last minute before turning in her work. When her company Erotic Overseas Adventures tasks her with finishing the fall’s marketing campaign, Charlotte does what she always does: she procrastinates. When she finally gets to work mere hours before the deadline, she finds that the copy machine is broken.

Jake Ryan fixes copy machines for a living. He’s handsome and meticulous– and definitely not a corporate spy.

Charlotte thinks he’s up to no good. He thinks she’s crazy—hot, but crazy. When she finds out she’s mistaken, she will have to do a whole lot of groveling on her knees if she wants the copy machine fixed.

What’s a girl to do?

Nothing Will Be Left

by October Kane

Albert Turner was only supposed to be visiting Quill Point, but now he may never leave.

Quill Point, Illinois, used to be like any other small town. Most of its citizens have lived there their entire lives. Each of them is a part of a larger community of friends, neighbors, and coworkers.

When the sky changed, no one saw it for what it was: the beginning of the end. Now, as horrors and monsters rise, and the population of Quill Point dwindles, the remaining citizens must try to survive the evil machinations at the heart of this new apocalypse. They are in the middle of something beyond human understanding. Something primal and hostile.

Nothing Will Be Left is the first book in the terrifying Quill Point Chronicles. A cosmic horror anthology series told from multiple perspectives. It’s full of existential terror, body horror, and unknowable destruction waiting to be unleashed.

Beating it with Bloody Mary

by Honey Cummings

Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary…

Mary Emyrs finds herself trapped in a mirror world and doesn’t know how—or when—she got there. Bored out of her mind, she spies on a man through his mirror. Suddenly, her eye candy falls into her world, and they have an amazing night of sex!

CJ Galdur can’t stop thinking about his strange rendezvous with the woman in the mirror. Did he really just get laid by the mythical Bloody Mary? He can’t stop beating it to thoughts of her. When he calls for her, things heat up and a dark changeling makes his presence known.

Will Mary be free of the mirror, or will CJ find himself sucked into her world?

A New Day Starts Here

by Mark Atley

In the Tulsa underworld, everyone is connected.

The consequences of Renaldo’s death reverberate through Gabriella’s life. As his mother seeks answers, she learns just how far she is willing to go to get revenge for her son’s murder.

Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Gabriella, Cattle Cop Frankfort Corbin is on the case. After meeting Siriano in prison, Frank is tasked with uncovering what happened to Renaldo in order to destroy the organization he built. Frank quickly becomes ensnared in events that exceed his original mission. He meets the shrewd Kevin Alexander, who is on a collision course with fate and hellbent on destroying the Siriano Organization.

Big cities can feel like small towns, and that is especially true for twins Jerilyn Kissee and Jeremy Hall. Jeremy can’t seem to escape the town he grew up in, finding himself back home after bad luck at the Vegas poker tables. Jerilyn can’t escape her dead-end job or her dead-beat husband Wayne. But when opportunity presents itself in the form of Deputy Tanner Brogdon, it does so with disastrous consequences that affect not only their lives, but Gabriella’s, Frank’s, and Kevin’s in this explosive conclusion to the Tulsa Underworld Trilogy.

Destination: Lake Tahoe

by Ann Shepphird

An avalanche is the least of Sam’s problems.

On her third outing as a travel writer for “Carmel Today” magazine, former investigative reporter Samantha “Sam” Powers is invited to cover the reopening of the historic Lake Tahoe Mountain Lodge. The press trip has all the hallmarks of an amazing adventure, offering winter activities like skiing with a former Olympian, snowshoeing, dog sledding, and riding in a horse-drawn sleigh.

At the Lodge, a huge storm hits and guests start vanishing. As Sam begins to investigate the disappearances—with help from her best friend Lizzy—she stumbles into the culprit’s sights. When she finds herself dangling off a mountain peak, Sam wonders if her nose for mystery may have taken her too far this time.

“Destination: Lake Tahoe” is the third in the Destination Murder Mystery series, which combines exotic locales and a behind-the-scenes look at the travel industry with the twists and turns expected from a good mystery.

The Sea of the Vanities

by Lou Kemp

The ocean is vast and deep. What lurks beneath can tear boats asunder.

Richard Shaw, an insurance investigator from Lloyds of London, arrives in Rio de Janeiro in 1851. He is there to discover why so many of the great sailing ships of the world are disappearing in the south Atlantic, never making it to or from the Pacific Ocean.

From each side of the continent, two ships set sail: one helmed by Captain Peech to hunt for treasure and the other ferrying passengers like Cassandra Coulter, who only hopes for safe passage. Both ships encounter murder and supernatural forces. When the survivors unwillingly rendezvous in Cape Horn, they run straight into Richard Shaw.

The Sea of the Vanities is a supernatural sea adventure that answers the question: should death be feared? Or is it a mercy?

Kimmi and the Sea Dragon

by J.B. Moonstar

“It looks like its tail is broken! Let’s make sure it gets home!”

Young mermaid Kimmi has been chosen to raise a baby sea dragon until it is large enough to live with its parents in the open ocean. Although warned not to go beyond the reef with her young charge, after Kimmi’s necklace breaks and the pearls scatter, they forget the warning and swim out to find the lost pearls.

When a ghost net threatens the mermaids’ kelp garden and the sea creatures who live there, Kimmi and Snappy must be brave in order to save the day. Will they make it back to the safety of the reef?

Shadow Guardian and the Big Bad Wolf

by Robert J. Lewis

How far will they go to rescue the ones they love?

Esmerelda and Freddy have spent lifetimes trying to find the prison of the demon Don Marcos so they can break the curse and find Freddy’s lost love. Everything seems to be lining up, but Don Marcos’s prison slips through their fingers yet again. When a new demon rises to take his place, they must trust their friends with the truth and hope they can end this curse.

Meanwhile, Diego and Alex are attacked by a wolf-like beast that no one wants to admit knowing about. Determined to get to the truth and stop the Big Bad Wolf from getting to Alex, Diego heads out into the city as Shadow Guardian. With Alex watching his back in the command center, Diego will stop at nothing to stop this threat to his community—and his boyfriend.

Death

by Valerie Willis

When death comes, life can at last begin again…

Which will prevail: Life or Death? Iapetos has come back into the lives of Talib and Hotan, but what will happen when his own memories come flooding back? Hotan must come to terms with his emotions regarding his father while also deciphering his newfound feelings for Abigail.

Meanwhile, Iapetos faces past regrets and must decide whether to let the past continue to haunt him or choose a life more fitting for who he wants to be. Talib can only wait for judgments to be made and decide if he even has the right to intervene in a century’s worth of familial struggles.

Includes bonus materials from the author including artwork, a complete list of Immortals and their powers, playlists for all three books, and the backstory of the trilogy.