Publisher: Bindery Books

Strange Beasts by Susan J. Morris Series: Harker & Moriarty #1 Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Gaslamp Fantasy, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Gothic, LGBTQ+, Mystery Published by Bindery Books on October 14, 2024 Format: eBook Pages: 372 In this fresh-yet-familiar gothic tale—part historical fantasy, part puzzle-box mystery—the worlds of Dracula and Sherlock Holmes collide in a thrilling exploration of feminine power.  At the dawn of the twentieth century in Paris, Samantha Harker, daughter of Dracula’s killer, works as a researcher for the Royal Society for the Study of Abnormal Phenomena. But no one realizes how abnormal she is. Sam is a channel into the minds of a power that could help her solve the gruesome deaths plaguing turn-of-the-century Paris—or have her thrown into an asylum.  Sam finds herself assigned to a case with Dr. Helena Moriarty, daughter of the criminal mastermind and famed nemesis of Sherlock Holmes and a notorious detective whom no one wants to work with on account of her previous partners’ mysterious murders. Ranging from the elite clubs of Paris to the dark underbelly of the catacombs, their investigation sweeps them into a race to stop a beast from its killing rampage, as Hel and Sam are pitted against men, …

Local Heavens by K.M. Fajardo Genres: Adult, LGBTQ+, Literary Fiction, Retelling, Science Fiction, Cyberpunk, Speculative Fiction Published by Bindery Books on October 13, 2025 Format: Hardcover Pages: 465 Source: Aardvark Book Club, Fae Crate A corporate hacker. An elusive billionaire. A society trying to survive the American Nightmare.  New York City, 2075. Filipino-American Nick Carraway has just moved to the heart of the fractured New Americas, where he’s struck by the city’s contradictions—shining corporate towers casting bleak shadows over the slums of a crumbling middle class.  When Nick meets alluring new-money Jay Gatsby, he falls for Gatsby’s frank charm and confident aura. But in a city where the wealthy flaunt tech-enhanced bodies to cheat death, surfaces aren’t all they seem—and as a corporate- sanctioned cyberspace hacker, Nick knows that no secret can stay buried forever. He’s the reason they don’t. And his latest assignment? Investigate Gatsby himself.  As Nick becomes entangled in the dark affairs of the elite—and the devastating fallout of their actions on the city’s most vulnerable—he must reckon with the limits of compassion and accountability across class and status. What takes precedence: Love, or truth? Heart, or soul?  A brilliant reimagining of Fitzgerald’s classic tale of glamour, …