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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 …

The Crimson Throne by Sara Raasch, Beth Revis Series: Spy and Guardian #1 Genres: Fantasy, Fae, Historical Fantasy, Low Fantasy, Magic, Romantasy, Fiction, Folklore, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Scottish Literature Published by Sourcebooks Fire on October 6, 2025 Format: ARC, eBook Pages: 368 Source: Netgalley From the New York Times bestselling authors of Night of the Witch comes an enemies-to-lovers romantasy set in the dazzling and dangerous Scottish court where a fae guardian of the realm falls in love with a charming Elizabethan spy who could also be the key to her world’s undoing.   Samson Calthorpe’s curse has isolated him from everyone he has ever cared about. So, when the opportunity arises to break the curse, he grabs it. All he has to do for his freedom is risk his life and become a royal spy, using every bit of the skills and resolve he’s picked up on the streets of London to infiltrate the court of the Scottish Queen and uncover a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.   For years, Alyth Graham has been protecting Mary Queen of Scots from threats both physical and magical, including the Queen’s own husband, Lord Darnley. Alyth is more than meets the …

A Killer Getaway by Sienna Sharpe Genres: Adult, Contemporary Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Fiction, LGBTQ+, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Romance, Thriller, Travel Published by Sourcebooks Landmark on August 12, 2025 Format: ARC, eBook Pages: 320 Source: Netgalley Falling in love can be murder…  No one in Lily Lennox’s life can understand why, for each of the past five summers, she has shut her successful business and chosen instead to be paid minimum wage lifeguarding at the exclusive Riovan Wellness Resort on a sun-soaked Caribbean island. Fortunately for her, they also aren’t aware of the mysterious deaths that have occurred on the island every time she’s there.  Lily always does her best not to attract attention. She is determined to make toxic people pay for the damage they do – and when your mission is murder, it’s best not to draw suspicious eyes. But this year a very attractive journalist, Daniel Black, is asking a few too many inconvenient questions. Is he there to hunt her down? And if so, how will she manage her growing attraction towards him – at the same time as getting away with murder? This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to …

A Mannequin for Christmas by Timothy Janovsky Genres: Adult, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Holiday, LGBTQ+, Romance, Contemporary Romance Published by St. Martin’s Griffin on September 29, 2025 Format: ARC, eBook Pages: 352 Source: Netgalley A Christmas romance for Barbie fans who wished Ken and Allan got their own love story.  Henry Aster swears he is unlucky when it comes to love. He thought he’d finally found The One, but a sudden break-up has left him hopeless right before the holiday season.  Facing another family Christmas alone, Henry makes a wish for “The Perfect Man.” The next morning, when he arrives at the Jersey Shore vintage shop he manages, he finds one of the male display mannequins has sprung to life and entirely wrecked the place.  The magicked man is gorgeous, of course, but he comes with a Cinderella-style If he doesn’t experience true, human love before the midnight chime on New Year’s Eve, he will turn back into a mannequin for good.  Now Henry doesn’t have to show up to family Christmas alone. The catch? This new man—self-named Aidan Smith—knows nothing about being a human. Henry has one month to teach Aidan how to be a functioning person in the modern …

The Love Haters by Katherine Center Genres: Adult, Chick Lit, Comedy, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Travel Published by St. Martin’s Press, St. Martin’s Griffin on May 20, 2025 Format: ARC, eBook Pages: 320 Source: Netgalley It’s a thin line between love and love-hating.  Katie Vaughn has been burned by love in the past—now she may be lighting her career on fire. She has two choices: wait to get laid off from her job as a video producer or, at her coworker Cole’s request, take a career-making gig profiling Tom “Hutch” Hutcheson, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer in Key West.  The catch? Katie’s not exactly qualified. She can’t swim—but fakes it that she can.  Plus: Cole is Hutch’s brother. And they don’t get along. Next stop paradise!  But paradise is messier than it seems. As Katie gets entangled with Hutch (the most scientifically good looking man she has ever seen . . . but also a bit of a love hater), along with his colorful Aunt Rue and his rescue Great Dane, she gets trapped in a lie. Or two.  Swim lessons, helicopter flights, conga lines, drinking contests, hurricanes, and stolen kisses ensue—along with chances to tell the truth, to face old …