Logos of Cain by Seth W. James follows Francesca, a former high-ranking government director who is now a wanted woman after a very public scandal. Beside her is Cain, a professional mercenary who makes a living taking on the dangerous jobs that no one else...

Couple Valentino and Heleanne are shopping in the local market when they come across a stall selling ‘Assassin’s Treats.’ The salespeople appear to be gypsies, and Heleanne jokingly asks them if they’re assassins. Not given a complete answer, the couple is left wondering. Shortly thereafter,...

Glenn Hurst is a fifty-six-year-old ghostwriter in dire financial straits who also faces a bitter divorce. When crypto-millionaire Brad Thorsen hires him to write his "origin story" at the remote Mattison Alkaline Works, the "Maw," in rural Virginia, he believes it is the lifeline he...

The Sooner I Go by Heather Cumiskey is the story of Brynn Gallardo, a recent high school graduate who is still devastated by the simultaneous deaths of her boyfriend Cody and her musician parents in separate car accidents on the same night seven months ago....

Thomas R. Boniello’s A Symphony of Spies is an espionage thriller that bridges international intelligence and the rarefied world of classical music. Drew Reid is an intelligent subatomic physicist working on a classified project; he also suffers from limerence, a condition that makes him overshare...

It is 1941. World War II rages on, and its effects ripple through America. In Seward, Alaska, seventeen-year-old Josh Spark could tell business was bad on his Uncle Harry’s farm, where he worked. Following his uncle’s advice to get a job and avoid getting drafted,...

Where the Children Don't Play by J.L. Engel takes place in a remote mountain town called Lazarus. This small town is an idyllic place where the natural beauty hides some secrets of the past beneath the ground. The main character, Mason Sax, a deputy in...

Don’t Let It Out by N.A. Betts begins with an introduction to Daniela Rojas, a former Army Ranger completing her final FBI training exercise under intense physical and psychological strain. From the opening scene, where Dani fights through pepper spray and multiple attackers, the story...

Parallel Peril by Maria Lynn Barrs is an enthralling story that I rank among my top reads of the year, so far. Dallas TV journalist Vicky Robeson is on vacation and has just been promoted to News Director. While on a two-week vacation in California,...

Peter Van Oossanen’s When Mercy Died introduces Sam Stanton, who is an extraterrestrial raised on Earth. Sam is plunged into despair after his fiancée, Michelle Bennett, and her family are killed in revenge for his dismantling of the Scorpion cartel. He experiences grief and retreats...