Publisher: Amazon Original Stories

Eleven Numbers by Lee Child Genres: Adult, Espionage, Fiction, Short Story, Thriller Published by Amazon Original Stories on February 1, 2025 Format: ARC, eBook Pages: 50 Source: Netgalley An American mathematician’s assignment in Russia spirals into a high-stakes maze of shifting loyalties and intrigue in a propulsive short thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child.  Nathan Tyler is an unassuming professor at a middling American university with a rather obscure specialty in mathematics—in short, a nobody from nowhere. So why is the White House calling? Summoned to Washington, DC, for a top-secret briefing, Nathan discovers that he’s the key to a massive foreign intelligence breakthrough. Reading between the lines of a cryptic series of equations, he could open a door straight into the heart of the Kremlin and change the global balance of power forever. All he has to do is get to a meeting with the renowned Russian mathematician who created it. But when Nathan crashes headlong into a dangerous new game, the odds against him suddenly look a lot steeper. The following review is based on a complimentary ARC provided by Amazon Original Stories via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Eleven Numbers is …

The Knight and the Butcherbird by Alix E. Harrow Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Fiction, LGBTQ+, Short Story Published by Amazon Original Stories on March 10, 2025 Format: ARC, eBook Pages: 36 Source: Netgalley New York Times bestselling author Alix E. Harrow weaves a dystopian fairy tale that follows the town storyteller as she struggles to protect a local demon from the knight hired to kill it.  In this gritty, haunting tale about doing whatever it takes for love, a small-town storyteller resolves to keep the local monster—and her own secrets—safe from a legendary knight.  Nestled deep in the steep hills, valleys, and surrounding woodlands lies Iron Hollow, a rural community beset by demons. Such horrors are common in the outlands, where most folks die young, if they don’t turn into monsters first. But what’s causing these transformations?  No one has the answer, not even the town’s oral historian, seventeen-year-old Shrike. And when a legendary knight is summoned to hunt down the latest beast to haunt their woods, Shrike has more reason than most to be concerned. Because that demon was her wife. And while Shrike is certain that May still recognizes her—that May is still human, somewhere beneath it all—she can’t …

With Any Luck by Ashley Poston Series: The Improbable Meet-Cute #5 Genres: Adult, Chick Lit, Contemporary Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Fiction, Romance, Short Story Published by Amazon Original Stories on January 22, 2024 Format: eBook Pages: 43 Every person she kisses finds their true love, and it’s never her—until now, in this funny and magically romantic short story by the New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics.  Audrey Love is cursed to be the person before you find your soulmate, the girl you dump for your true love. So when her best friend disappears hours before his Valentine’s Day wedding, Audrey fears that she did the unthinkable and kissed him at last night’s bachelor party. With help from the best man, she retraces her steps to find the missing groom and, with any luck, a true love of her own.  Ashley Poston’s With Any Luck is part of The Improbable Meet-Cute, irresistibly romantic stories about finding love when and where you least expect it. They can be read or listened to in one sitting. Let’s make a date of it.  This was short novella was fine and a quick sub-25 minute read. Part of the Amazon’s The Improbable Meet-Cute …