Category: Psychological

Spotlight – The Good Mother Test by Michael R. French

  Synopsis When Emily, a bright but impulsive UCLA student, gives birth to her daughter Violet, she vows to be the kind of mother she never had: endlessly loving and fiercely protective. But single motherhood is a test with no right answers. As Violet’s brilliance and independence unfold, Emily’s instincts clash with a world obsessed […]

Excerpt – Evil at Our Table by Samantha Stein

      From inside the prison system, Evil at Our Table by Samantha Stein, PsyD presents a firsthand account of forensic evaluations that shape lives. The story focuses on the careful, often unsettling process of assessing risk when the consequences of error are extreme. As a forensic psychologist working under California’s Sexually Violent Predator […]

Review & Giveaway – Her Last Best Friend by Nellie H. Steele

    Her Last Best Friend (Shadow Lake Ranch Murders) Psychological Thriller 1st in Series Setting – Shadow Lake Ranch, a working ranch in Montana Publisher ‏ : ‎ A Novel Idea Publishing, LLC Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 23, 2025 Print length ‏ : ‎ 316 pages Synopsis A friendship. A betrayal. A […]

Guest Post & Excerpt – NightBorn by Theresa Cheung

  Synopsis What if the line between your waking life and your darkest dreams disappeared forever? Alice Sinclair, a driven psychology professor, is about to find out. When thousands of people begin experiencing terrifying, vivid nightmares … all centered around her, Alice’s quiet academic life is shattered. Haunted by the question of why she’s become […]

Excerpt – Frantic by Brent Bradley

      The growing power of AI—and the veiled forces advancing it—drives the tension in FRANTIC by Brent Bradley. What begins as an unsettling session inside a prison quickly expands into a high-stakes chase across Texas, where psychological insight becomes a weapon and every new discovery intensifies the countdown. Dr. Brian Heiser dismisses most […]

Review – The Lie She Wears by Elle Marr

  Synopsis Pearl Davis always had a strained relationship with her mother, Sally. Growing up, she rarely felt her mother’s love. So many things about her mother’s behavior never added up. But when Sally dies unexpectedly, she leaves Pearl a letter from the grave…confessing to murder. Suddenly, Pearl has even more questions than she has […]

Review & Giveaway – Bald-Faced Liar by Victoria Helen Stone

  Synopsis Living a lie becomes a matter of life and death for a woman hiding from her past in a novel of mounting psychological suspense by the bestselling author of Jane Doe and The Hook. Traveling nurse Elizabeth May has a promising new home in Santa Cruz. And another new identity. It’s a pattern […]

Review – Tell Me What You Did by Carter Wilson

  Synopsis She gets people to confess their crimes for a living. He knows she’s hiding a terrible secret. It’s time for the truth to come out… Poe Webb, host of a popular true crime podcast, invites people to anonymously confess crimes they’ve committed to her audience. She can’t guarantee the police won’t come after […]

Excerpt – Schroeder by Neal Cassidy

  Synopsis A gripping new psychological thriller by author Neal Cassidy, SCHROEDER, weaves together elements of the literary thriller/horror genre, stream-of-consciousness narration, and critical social commentary. When an ordinary young man wakes up in his quiet neighborhood on a day seemingly like all the others, the city he’s lived in all his life has no […]

New Release – You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Synopsis Influencer Meredith Lee didn’t teach Aspen Palmer how to blossom on social media just to be ditched as soon as Aspen became big. So can anyone blame her for doing a little stalking? Can anyone blame her for swiping one of Aspen’s kids iPads and accessing all of her social media accounts? Yes, she […]