Paranormal Romance: Red (The Myth That Burns Book 1) by Izzy Barry

Red (The Myth That Burns Book 1)
by Izzy Barry
September 16, 2026
Genre: Shifter Romance

• Werewolf shifters
• Hidden identity
• Forced proximity
• Found family
• Slow burn
• Touch-and-d!e energy (both ways)
• Pack politics

Forced into the home of an unyielding Alpha, a grieving girl bent on revenge ignites a slow-burn werewolf romance where loyalty is law—and legends burn.

Her brother is dead.
Her freedom stolen.
And her greatest danger may be the Alpha werewolf sworn to guard her.

Aloka Tutten never asked to live among the pack. To them, she’s just a human girl—too small, too fragile, an unwanted liability. Her unwilling protector, Stark Lamont, makes no effort to hide that he doesn’t want her in his territory.

But the walls between them aren’t as strong as they should be. His quiet strength pulls her closer. His touch lingers too long. And beneath the heat of his gaze, the truth inside her threatens to break free.

Aloka isn’t what they believe.
And as war looms, her secret will rise—either to save them all…or set their world on fire, even if it burns her too.

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Izzy Barry is a Canadian romance author based in Northern Ontario with her husband and one very energetic dog. When she isn’t writing, she’s coaching show jumpers or passing tools to her husband as he fixes something for the third time that week.

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Audiobook: Maya: Seed Takes Root (Narrated by Hugo Weaving)

Maya: Seed Takes Root
by Anand Gandhi (Author), Zain Memon (Author)
Simon & Schuster Audio
August 25, 2026
Genre: Sci-Fi/ Biological Science Fiction/ Biopunk
Cover Artist: Yohann Schepacz
Audiobook Narrated by Hugo Weaving (The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings)

• South-asian mythology
• Caste
• Romantasy
• Biopunk
• Metaverse

A science fiction epic about a world where the internet grows from trees. Its rulers control billions without armies; they shape desire itself. One boy never logged in.

An insect will soon go extinct. Seven years later, this will cause a civil war that kills millions.

The Divyas know this. Through their planetwide network of Maya trees, they can see all that is, and therefore, predict all that will be. They intervene invisibly. The insect will survive. The war will never happen. No one will ever know.

On Neh, seven species tether daily to Maya. The trees immerse them in play, fable, and the company of the living and the dead. The Divyas rule all of Neh without armies. Why force obedience when you can shape desire itself?

Now, the Divya Trials have been announced. Billions will compete. One will ascend to godhood. In every future predicted by the Maya network, the outcome is certain: the son of a god will win.

Kshar disagrees. He has rehearsed the scion’s assassination a hundred times in Maya’s simulations. In seventeen minutes, a single fruit will begin a cascade that ends in a riot. The plan is perfect. Every move predicted. Every breath choreographed.

Except one. Yachay. Nineteen years old. Maker of riddles.
His grandfather has staked their lives on him winning the Trials. But Yachay seeks what he has been kept away from. Maya. He doesn’t know:
When you gaze into Maya, Maya gazes back into you.

MAYA: Seed Takes Root is systems fiction for the age of big data, artificial intelligence, and institutionalized extraction. It asks the questions that define our time: Who controls our stories? Who profits from our data? And in an age of perfect prediction, is freedom still possible?

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Anand Gandhi is a defining voice in contemporary Indian cinema. His philosophical triptych Ship of Theseus and mythological horror Tumbbad are among the most celebrated films of their generation. His work has won honors at the international film festivals of Toronto, Venice, Transylvania, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.

Gandhi has produced films, games, VR experiences, documentaries, and shows. Many of them have been acquired or distributed by Disney, Netflix, Prime Video, BBC, and Channel 4. His work draws from cognitive biology and game theory to examine how stories shape beliefs and behaviors.

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Zain Memon is an acclaimed game designer. His bestselling board games SHASN and AZADI are played in over 70 countries. His work has won the Games for Change and IndieCade awards.

Together, Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon have produced films, games, VR experiences, documentaries, and shows. Many of them have been acquired or distributed by Disney, Netflix, Prime Video, BBC, and Channel 4. Their work draws from cognitive biology and game theory to examine how stories shape beliefs and behaviors. 

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Paranormal Horror: The Ruins (Soul Cursed Book 1) by Jonathan Pongratz

The Ruins (Soul Cursed Book 1)
by Jonathan Pongratz
Illustrator: Mario Lampic
Release Date: August 2024
Genre: Paranormal Horror
Tyler Collins has it all. Good looks, the perfect boyfriend, and a paranormal vlogging career on the precipice of greatness. Pursuing his dreams of hosting his own paranormal TV show with the backing of his agent, Tyler and his boyfriend Gabe travel to the small village of Altalona, Peru in search of the legendary ruins of Ayar Kachi.

Unfamiliar with their surroundings they quickly exhaust their options, but just when all seems lost a twist of fate leads them to their destination. The ruins of Ayar Kachi have lain dormant for centuries, a foreboding palace of crumbling stone and strange symbols that has never been filmed by a living being.

Eager to make their aspirations of success a reality, Tyler and Gabe descend into the depths, unknowing of the peril they have placed themselves in. For within the ancient grounds lies a great evil, one that threatens the lives of anyone who enters and will stop at nothing until its hunger for the living is sated.

Triggers: coarse language, brief sexual content (only in Chapter 2 but it's not super spicy), and scary death scenes/violence

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Jonathan Pongratz is a writer and author of action-packed horror, scifi, and other speculative fiction stories. His bold characters are resilient against the sinister and mysterious forces confronting them, but in real life Jonathan is afraid of bees, attics, and large bodies of water. Let’s face it. Jonathan wouldn’t last five minutes in one of his dark tales. 

Bone Year (Ashwell Academy Book One) by Ashley R. O'Donovan

Bone Year (Ashwell Academy Book One)
by Ashley R. O'Donovan
September 10, 2026
Genre: Dark Academia Romantasy
-Enemies to lovers
-Romantasy with Dark Academia vibes
-Morally gray vampire MMC
-Battlefield Healers
-Secrets in her blood
-Animal Eidolons
-Magical Academy
-Slow Burn
A DEAD HEALER SAVES NO ONE.
Maelis Rose is supposed to be a village healer like her father, but when he dies and a letter summons her to an academy she never applied to, she leaves behind everything she knows.
Her departure comes at the worst-possible time. The Cycle rips through Valen every hundred years, unleashing twisted creatures that decimate entire villages.

A BRUTAL ACADEMY.
Ashwell Academy trains Veilguards: battlefield surgeons who fight to save lives while war rages all around them. Most don't survive training.

Maelis is human in a school full of vampires, fae, shifters, angels, and demons. They see her as weak, disposable, already dead. The headmaster sees something else entirely, and his attention might be worse than their contempt.

A DANGEROUS OBSESSION.
Then there's Draven Alucar, a vampire with blood on his hands and a black wolf that watches her almost as much as he does. He tells her she doesn't belong and pushes her until she breaks, yet when danger finds her, he's always there first. She doesn't understand him but can't stop thinking about him either. He's hiding something.
So is she, though she doesn't know it yet.

A SECRET IN HER BLOOD.
Everyone at Ashwell has an agenda, but Maelis is fighting a war no one else can see. Her hands won't stop shaking, and her father's death haunts every cut she tries to make. If she can't learn to hold a scalpel steady, the Cycle won't be what kills her.
But the real question is—why did Ashwell summon her in the first place?

Content Warning
Before you begin: Bone Year is an adult romantasy that contains mature themes including graphic medical scenes, violence, blood, death, grief, parental loss, panic attacks, trauma, bullying, intimidation, morally gray characters, and sexually explicit scenes. Please read with care.

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Ashley R. O’Donovan is an author of fantasy romance currently working on her next novel. Drawing inspiration from her love of travel, Ashley enjoys exploring new cultures and experiences, particularly in Kenya and Uganda, where she finds endless inspiration for her stories.
Born and raised in Monterey, California, Ashley loves spending time with her friends and family, and when she’s not writing, you can almost always find her cuddled up with one of her dogs reading a book, or catching the latest horror movie with her husband.
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Sci-Fi Fantasy: Freedom's End by SE Estes

Freedom’s End is a mythic sci‑fi/fantasy saga about a reincarnating rebel fighting to break cycles of oppression across lifetimes.

Freedom's End
by SE Estes
May 5, 2026
genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Publisher: Manhattan Book Group
Born a slave in the mines of Septra, Paintr rises again and again—across bodies, eras, and worlds—to confront a necromancer who seeks to enslave every sentient mind. 

 

Blending science fiction, dark fantasy, and supernatural western elements, the story explores identity, liberation, trauma, and the cost of reclaiming one’s soul. 

 

With its emotional depth, genre fusion, and expansive worldbuilding, Freedom’s End speaks to readers who love character‑driven epics, mythic resonance, and stories about resilience in the face of impossible odds.

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Alone
We were pulling back in teams of two after a raid on a village, and I wondered aloud in the gray night, “Why do they fight?” I wasn’t expecting an answer, but my partner drew close.
“Perhaps to protect their homes.”
I didn’t understand. “Home?”
She glanced at me with sadness in her eyes. “Home is your family.”
I still didn’t understand. “Family?”
“Those you love.”
“Love?”
We walked on in thoughtful silence for a moment, and her eyes were distant when she answered quietly, “Love is something worth dying for.” We continued walking, then she paused and put a hand on my shoulder. “Worth living for.”

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SE Estes is a sci‑fi and fantasy author whose work blends mythic symbolism, emotional depth, and genre fusion. A multicultural military‑brat upbringing and early career in computing shaped SE’s fascination with identity, technology, and transformation. Now based in Indianapolis, SE writes expansive, character‑driven universes—including Freedom’s End, the first book in a multi‑volume saga about liberation and the soul’s long journey across lifetimes.