He was never meant to be a hero. Now he’s humanity’s last chance.
In a post-apocalyptic world scorched by flame and fear, fifteen-year-old Finn Camlock is nothing more than a burden. Powerless. Unwanted. Forgotten.
While others wield nova energy to protect their crumbling settlements, Finn scrapes by with menial tasks—until a journey to the Iron Mountain awakens something unexpected. Something impossible.
Now hunted by enemies of shadow and fire, Finn must forge his own strength or be consumed by the chaos rising around him. His blade is quick, but the war ahead moves quicker. And if he fails, the last remnants of humanity might fall with him.
Perfect for fans of Red Rising and The Hunger Games, this explosive coming-of-age tale delivers high-octane danger, searing emotion, and the thrill of finding power when all hope seems lost.
Until Grandpapa sent me here to the convent for the nuns to fix me.
Evil ensnares my mind and sunders my soul.
Or that’s what they tell me, at least.
Reverend Mother demands penance.
Grandpapa demands punishment.
And three men threaten it all.
The Professor, whose words drip with arctic arrogance.
The Priest, whose dark eyes linger on me for too long.
And the Devil of Saint Margaret’s, the chilling specter I hope isn’t real.
I’ll need to suffer them all to get out of here, beginning with my Professor.
He is an enigma behind midnight-black eyes.
He doesn’t want to be here.
He loathes tutoring me.
But, sometimes, in the quiet of the classroom … I catch him staring at me.
And I feel the scorch of his gaze feather my skin.
He’ll eat me alive if I give him the chance.
But the darkness in me wants the lines between us to blur.
A habit and a veil won’t protect me within the Convent’s walls.
May God save my undeserving soul.
Author’s Note: Hail Mary is a dark age-gap gothic romance featuring three male love interests and one female protagonist. It is recommended for those 18+ and features mature themes.
This book is the first of three novels in the Saint Margaret of Castello Convent series and ends on a cliffhanger.
**Please read the content/trigger warnings carefully before reading, linked on my Amazon author page or through the Look-Inside feature in the book. **
I’ve always been a good girl. I listened to my parents, worked hard in school, and was always home by curfew. I should be away at college, but a bad investment left my college fund cleared out. I’m done chasing my parents’ pride and affection. Why should I when I’m barely living off my paycheck and college feels like a point in the distance I’ll never reach?
A year ago, I would have run in the other direction when Kendrick Watts comes roaring back into Seneca Falls after leaving the town behind. He’s the bad boy that your parents warn you about and the rumor mill loves to talk about. I never caught his eye, and I didn’t want to.
Something is different when he comes home this time. He comes into my work and looks at me like I’m the answer to every prayer he’s whispered, if a man like Kendrick says prayers. I’m tired of being good all the time, just as much as I’m tired of being thankful and grateful. Spending time with Kendrick is just for me; it’s not like he’ll be sticking around. I’ll just make sure to protect my heart from him.
KENDRICK
When I left Seneca Falls, I wasn’t planning on coming back. Not when I’m known as the black sheep of the family and the bad boy of our small town. Who wants that kind of attention?
My father having a heart attack brings me home, roaring for a fight and counting down until I can put my hometown in my rearview again. Before I can get back to my life, I’ll have to make sure my pops can go back to the only thing he loves—working on Watts Ranch. The last thing I expected was crossing paths with Eliza.
She’s a good girl, too good for me, but that doesn’t matter because one thing becomes clear—she’s mine. Maybe I won’t be leaving Seneca Falls after all. I’ve never had something to be thankful for before Eliza, but now I can see a future together. Making Watts Ranch my home isn’t without problems, but I’ll do anything for my woman.
🖤𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 ✔️Cowboy Romance ✔️Good Girl & Bad Boy ✔️Make Their Own Family ✔️Small Town Romance ✔️Opposites Attract ✔️Prodigal Son Returns ✔️Instalove
❤️Review Since finishing high Eliza has been going through the motions while she decides what comes next while facing pressure from her parents to attend college. When Kendrick returns home her future becomes much clearer and she is now going to follow her own path even if no one else seems to agree.
Kendrick was used to facing the disapproval of the town, so he knows that his return home isn’t going to be welcomed. After his father’s heart attack, he came back to help on the family ranch but once he meets Eliza that isn’t the only reason he is going to stay.
The feelings between Eliza and Kendrick was never in doubt and he isn’t about to let anyone hurt the woman he loves and gives her the strength to build the life that she wants not the life that others want for her.
Heads or tails? The flip of my coin decides how I end your life.
My obsession with Sage Everett runs deeper and darker than the water of Black River—the boundary that divides our land.
I’ve spent years watching the girl next door from beneath the brim of my cowboy hat. Tragedy and family feuds separate us, so I’ve kept my presence in her life unknown.
Until her monsters creep out of the shadows.
My wildflower seeks a savior, and all this gambler needed was a reason.
And that’s how I end up with blood on my hands for the girl tangled up in my heart.
God can’t save you from The Gambler. Not when there’s a debt to collect.
As the CEO of a major department store, I know firsthand that Christmas joy can be bought and sold just like anything else.
That’s right. When it comes to the most wonderful time of the year, I’m a grinch in a penthouse.
But when a gorgeous, red-headed firefighter saves me from a heart attack with a kiss and a whispered plea, even I can’t begrudge her a simple favor – be her date at her younger brother’s holiday wedding.
Turns out, there’s nothing simple about it.
Suddenly, I’m ice skating on frozen ponds, baking cookies with her family, kissing under mistletoes, and finding a little fa-la-la in the season. I don’t even recognize myself.
Because she’s like the spirit of Christmas present, haunting my thoughts, sparking something in my cold heart, and making me crave things past-me would never have considered asking the big man in red for – a future.
Once upon a time, a scrooge like me vowed to transform. The only thing he didn’t get in the end was the girl. I’m determined that won’t happen to me.
It’s either give up my selfish ways or lose the love of a truly elf-ish woman.
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L.B. Dunbar is back with another Holiday Hottie certain to heat the season and be your reason to fall in love this November. The fourth book among these Chicago firefighters can be read as a complete standalone, but we’re sure you’ll want to check out the rest of the department once you finish this one.
Nalia never expected to move back to her hometown, especially not with her ten-year-old sister in tow. But when her biological mother is sent to prison, she finds herself stepping into the role of parent. Overwhelmed with her new reality, she turns to the one place she has always felt safe. Home with her family.
What she doesn’t expect when she moves home is him.
After getting divorced, Logan Rafe is not interested in another relationship. His world revolves around his two kids and the auto shop he built from the ground up.
But then he meets Nalia Mayson. Beautiful, brave, and completely uninterested.
Using everything at his disposal, including their kids’ friendship, as an excuse to get closer, Logan slowly breaks down her walls. And before long, what began as an unlikely friendship becomes something deeper, something only he saw coming.
But healing takes time, and Nalia will need to accept herself and her past before she can fully let herself fall in love. And the two of them, well, the two of them will need to navigate having children, a school bully, and a complex family situation if they are going to find their happily ever after.
The Christmas Playbook by S.J. Sylvis & S. Massery is now live in audio!
Narrated by: Lee Samuels & Rose Dioro
One cabin. One week. One fake relationship.
Winter break was supposed to be easy: one last trip with my best friends, a little snowboarding, maybe some hot cocoa spiked with something stronger. No drama, no strings.
Then my cabin got double-booked.
Enter Mira Winters—my childhood neighbor and crush. And somehow, the girl managed to get even prettier since the last time I saw her.
She’s got one problem: her family makes mine look like a walk in the park, and she’d rather fake a boyfriend than deal with their constant judgement.
Guess who she asks to step up? Yours truly.
It’s supposed to be for show. Hold her hand. Steal a kiss under the mistletoe. Pretend I’m head over heels for her. Easy. Right?
Except the more we play this game, the more I want it to be real. And suddenly I’m less worried about the score her family is keeping and more about what happens when the week is over—because for the first time in a long time, I’m all in.
This Christmas, I don’t just want to win the game. I want the girl.
This spicy, forced proximity holiday romance is a sweet companion novella to the Shadow Valley U series. It can be enjoyed as a standalone.
🎧Review🎧 Mira’s family vacation with her family is an event to get through and not one to be enjoyed as she always finds herself on the receiving end of their jokes and she now finds herself staying alone as her family forget to include her in their reservations. Her vacation takes another turn when she realizes that the cabin has been double-booked and she finds herself staying with Rhys, her childhood neighbor.
Now that Rhys has finished school, he is looking forward to the next phase in his life which hopefully includes playing football professionally. A holiday trip with his friends before they go their separate ways gets interesting when he finds out he has a roommate. After giving in to the chemistry between them the one thing he does know is he wants much more than a vacation fling.
The chemistry between them is intense as what started out as a pretend relationship soon becomes very real. Lee Samuels gruff voice only enhances how protective he is of Mia while Rose Dioro brings out both the sensitive and sassy sides of Mira.
She was always ours. Ours to protect. Ours to love.
🖤Completed Duet 🖤Enemies to Lovers 🖤MFM 🖤Mafia/ Cartel 🖤Groveling 🖤Burn the world down for her 🖤Found Family 🖤Dangerous FMC
🖤Review🖤 The story of Gio, Preston and Kingston continues and it doesn’t disappoint. The loyalty and love that Presley shows for those she loves was never in question even if she finds herself in a situation she never wanted and separated from the two men who own her heart. That being said she is going to own her future even and isn’t waiting to be rescued by any man.
Gio and Kingston did what they thought was best for Preston but the love and devotion they had for her never wavered. They know that she isn’t about to forgive and forget but there is nothing they won’t do to reclaim the woman they love and give her the happiness and future she deserves.
Preston’s strength and resilience shines through while Gio and Kingston show that she is their destiny. They take us on quite the ride that is filled with surprises that keep you on edge, emotions that are both inspiring and devastating and a love that can’t be denied.
Eric Vail has always loved a challenge. After leaving the Navy, he mastered his passion for cooking. As the sous chef at Top, one of Dallas’s hottest restaurants, his skills are pushed to the limit every night. Unfortunately, his ultimate prize still eludes him. Server Deena Holmes is the sweetest thing he’s seen in forever, but she’s as distant as she is beautiful. When they’re put together in the same training class at the infamous club Sanctum, he knows this is his shot. And this former SEAL never misses.
A Woman Who Lost Her Taste for Love…
Deena thinks Eric is the most gorgeous man she’s ever seen, but her heart has been burned too many times before. She’s sworn off relationships for good and she can’t trust herself with a man that easy to fall in love with. She takes a spot as a trainee at Sanctum in the hopes of finding a safe place to explore and experiment. When she discovers her partner is the same chef she dreams about every night, Deena knows she may have bitten off more than she can chew.
A Perfect Recipe for Passion
While exploring the world of Sanctum, Eric and Deena find themselves learning about each other and finding an intimacy neither expected. But when the ghosts of her past resurface, old wounds are reopened. Can their newfound love survive when it’s put to the test?
🎧Review🎧 Due to her divorce Deena is not looking for love or a relationship and her faith in men has been severely compromised. She has decided that she wants to have exposure to the BDSM lifestyle and decide if it is the lifestyle she wants however she had concerns about Eric being her training Dom due to the attraction she has for him.
After his career in the Navy ended Eric found himself working as a chef at Top. He has been attracted to Deena, his co-worker, since he first saw her so when he is paired as her Dom he believes it will give him an opportunity to not only show her the life is for her but that he is as well.
Eric is so supportive and understanding as he helps Deena heal from her past and show her that she is strong in all areas of her life and not just her career. Sebastian York was a great choice to narrate this story as he brings out both the heat and emotion between the characters.
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