The Spirit of Vanderlaan (The Samantha Hayes Series) Paranormal Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Setting: This story is set on the fictitious campus of Vanderlaan University, in the Midwest or Midsouth region of the United States Publisher : Wild Rose Press Publication date : December 2, 2024 Synopsis When […]
Some stories are written in the margins—half-formed, unfinished, too painful to revisit. But sometimes, those are the stories that matter most. In The Side Project, Laurel Osterkamp brings emotional honesty and quiet tension to a tale of two people navigating the messy space between past heartbreak and present possibility. Rylee never expected to […]
Funerals and Familiars (A Cozy Midlife Witch Mystery) Willowmere Mysteries Paranormal Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Setting – Oregon Independently Published (May 23, 2025) Synopsis Midlife can be murder – or magic… Almost fifty and freshly divorced, Bex Merriweather is going through The Change – battling hot flashes and night sweats. Little […]
There are stories that entertain—and then there are stories that haunt you. A Sister to Butterflies is the latter, a novel of quiet power and lyrical grace that bridges the gap between the fantastic and the deeply human. The story is framed as a confession—a creature neither human nor fully otherworldly speaks to a child, […]
“Twists, Turns, and Unlikely Heroes” Every page of Kinney’s Quarry delivers something unexpected. Kinney, haunted by a near-death experience, won’t kill again—but that doesn’t stop him from dismantling criminal schemes and sidestepping danger with his resourceful partner Reed. Their mission spirals through fake murders, international intrigue, and jaw-dropping betrayals, each chapter raising the stakes. Verlin Darrow […]
“The Story of One Young Man—and Thousands of Children” With war raging, infrastructure failing, and panic overtaking Saigon, the final days of the Vietnam War gave birth to one of the largest child evacuation efforts the world has ever seen. Operation Babylift was a logistical and emotional challenge: thousands of orphans, many without […]
Caleb Ellison is the central figure in The Prophet of Central Park, a novel that takes place in a speculative but familiar America, where culture wars and ideological division have intensified. After leaving behind a strict evangelical community, Caleb finds himself unexpectedly at the center of a national conversation when he prevents a violent […]
One Sharp Stitch (A Nimble Needle Mystery) Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Setting – North Carolina Publisher : Kensington Cozies (March 25, 2025) Hardcover : 256 pages When thirty-something Shelby Phillips returns to her quiet hometown just outside of Asheville, North Carolina, she reluctantly takes over her mother’s Nimble […]
Synopsis Emeline Upswatch, a naive 20-year-old bride, is grief-stricken after the deaths of both of her beloved parents. Now, Emeline believes she has made a grave error in moving with her husband, Randy, from her California Delta childhood home to unknown Charles Town, Virginia. She questions her marriage and herself. Marooned in grief […]
Trap, Neuter, Die: A DeeLo Myer Cat Rescue Mystery Cozy Mystery 1st of Series Setting – Georgia Publisher : Level Best Books (October 29, 2024) Paperback : 286 pages Synopsis DeeLo Myer, newly transplanted from Los Angeles to Pecan Point, Georgia, gets sentenced to forty hours of community […]