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Hold Me Like A Grudge by Celine Ong Genres: Adult, LGBTQ+, New Adult, Romance, Contemporary Romance, Sports Romance Published by Berkley on March 31, 2026 Format: ARC, eBook Pages: 336 Source: Netgalley When a fierce rivalry between two professional wrestlers grows increasingly heated, neither man can fight the attraction burning between them, in this dazzling debut romance.  From dramatic character gimmicks to death-defying stunts, everything in the world of professional wrestling is an act. Asher Ross’s hatred for Caleb Knight, however, is not. When Asher gets drafted to Global Elite Wrestling’s main roster, playing the role of Caleb’s worst enemy—the face to his heel—should be easy. Stripping him of his World Championship title should be even easier. But as the two men trade barbs and blows across arenas, they’re each surprised to find their chemistry is so sizzling, it can’t just be for the cameras.  Through training sessions, rehearsals, and injuries, Caleb’s icy demeanor melts away, and Asher begins to see the real man behind the cruel persona GEW has molded Caleb into. An unlikely truce evolves into feelings neither want to deny, but the company won’t let them be seen as anything other than bitter rivals, both in and …

Cedar Mills by Dylan James Genres: Adult, Horror, Thriller, Suspense Published by Savage Realms Press on August 1, 2025 Format: ARC, eBook Pages: 320 Source: Publisher Provided Seeking to understand the recent deaths and disappearances in their town, a disgraced homicide detective and a group of grieving high schoolers unwittingly join forces. But what this ragtag bunch of answer-seekers find will not only force them into a fight to save themselves and their town, but all of humanity as we know it… Welcome to Cedar Mills. The following review is based on a complimentary ARC provided by the author and Savage Realms Press in exchange for an honest review. A derelict grist mill off the beaten path, a string of grisly deaths with no known perpetrator, and an earth-shattering roar in the night. High school senior Jake and his fellow school newspaper club friends find themselves caught in the middle of a dangerous predicament following a local tragedy that has eerie similarities to a familiar scene of mass carnage twenty-five years ago. When their paths cross with a disheveled personal investigator, the tension and mystery of what’s out in the forest only grows as suspicious outside agents soon show up …

The Call of Abaddon by Colin Searle Series: Abaddon Cycle #1 Genres: Adult, Dystopian, Fiction, Science Fiction Published by Searle Productions on July 29, 2025 Format: ARC, eBook Pages: 411 Source: Publisher Provided To save the human race from the ultimate cosmic threat, Jason will have to become something far beyond human.  New Toronto is a fractured city-arcology on a dying Earth, where hope is as scarce as clean air. For Jason, survival means scavenging the ruins beneath the city — where any day could be his last.  But everything changes when an ancient alien obelisk — the ABADDON BEACON — attacks Jason’s mind from afar, making his dormant psychic abilities spiral out of control. After barely surviving Abaddon’s psionic possession attempt, Jason and his companions are left with no choice but to find the obelisk before it consumes him.  Problem is, Abaddon has been sealed within a top-secret United Earth Federation research lab for over a century, silently worming its alien technologies into human society, presented as gifts with a far darker purpose. The Beacon doesn’t just speak; it infects, projecting its viral energies far beyond the walls of the lab.  And Jason isn’t the only one hearing Abaddon’s …

Not That Ridiculous by Isabel Murray Series: Not That #3 Genres: Adult, Comedy, Fiction, LGBTQ+, Romance, Contemporary Romance, British Literature Published by Independently Published on February 22, 2025 Format: eBook Pages: 332 Charlie Galloway is handling it, okay?  Yes, he’s been left to run the family coffee shop all on his own, he’s up to his eyeballs in mortgages and loans, and his fixer-upper dream house is falling down around his ears. Big deal. He can handle it.  Just like he can handle being secretly in love with Kevin Wallis, Chipping Fairford’s favourite handyman, best known for once finding a dead body in a storage tub under a client’s bedroom floor.  Only it turns out that while Kevin might come across as a total cinnamon roll with his gentle brown eyes and his sweet, calm nature, he really is…not.  He’s not straight—not when it comes to Charlie, anyway—the things he keeps doing to Charlie are definitely not sweet, and he’s not holding back from letting Charlie know what he wants.  Not a problem. Charlie can handle that, too.  Charlie can handle anything.  Right up until Kevin decides to bust out his sledgehammer, work his handyman magic on Charlie’s dream house, …

Not That Impossible by Isabel Murray Series: Not That #2 Genres: Adult, Comedy, Fiction, LGBTQ+, Romance, Contemporary Romance, British Literature Published by Independently Published on April 24, 2023 Format: eBook Pages: 306 If this was your classic Cotswolds murder mystery (it’s not) and Jasper Connolly was a proper journalist (he isn’t) then when a dead body is discovered in a local man’s house, Jasper would write an award-winning front-page article, and his journalism career would finally be up and running.  Instead, he gets scooped by his ex-English teacher, gets yelled at by his editor, and is starting to think that he’d be better off sticking to his actual career of being a personal trainer.  Meanwhile, Detective Chief Inspector Liam Nash, the straight, married man who has never shown even a tiny bit of interest in Jasper?  Turns out Liam is not straight, he’s not married anymore, he is definitely not a fan of Jasper showing up at his crime scenes…and he can not seem to stop kissing Jasper.  After years of thinking that his dreams of love and happily ever after were impossible, it’s starting to look like maybe, just maybe, Jasper was wrong.  Wouldn’t be the first time.  Not …