New Release: The Saltwater Curse by Avina St. Graves

The Saltwater Curse is now available and if you love the Hades and Persephone, Avina St. Graves has given us a beauty inspired by it but with a whole lot more tentacles! 

The Saltwater Curse
by Avina St. Graves
June 5, 2025
Genre: PNR/ Monster Romance
🐙 Hades & Persephone inspired
🐚 Stuffing
🐙 POVs from the animal companion
🐚 Captive x Captor
🐙 Fated Mates
A woman escaping her past…

Kristy Gallagher has slayed a monster before. When she could no longer live with her husband’s abuse, she plunged a knife into his neck. Then, she fled his family’s criminal empire—changing her name and traveling to the far reaches of the world, before finding her safe haven in Bali.

She’s used to looking over her shoulder but nothing could prepare her for the monster that lurks beyond the shore. Sharp claws, grasping tentacles—Krakens are real, and their King has decided she’s to be his bride.

A monster trying to end a curse…

Ordus is King of the Dead Lands, the last Kraken of his bloodline, and the final hope to break a terrible curse that plagues his lands. He must find his destined bride, his soul mate, and marry her to save his kingdom.

His fated mate shouldn’t be a human, but something about her calls to him like no other creature ever has. He drags her to his island, kicking and screaming, begging to be returned to the mainland.

Ordus must convince her he’s not a monster to be feared, but her soul mate who will protect her from anything and anyone who means her harm.

Including his own people.

A dark and delicious tale about what makes a monster—THE SALTWATER CURSE is inspired by the Hades/Persephone myth. Only with a lot more tentacles.

Triggers:
Stretching, sex, unconsented voyeurism, cannibalism (Depending on how you look at it), murder, gore, death by tentacles, shark attack (kind of?), kidnapping, health issues, toxic characters, trauma, PTSD, racism (by krakens toward humans). 

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About the Author:
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From an early age, romance author Avina St. Graves spent her days imagining fantasy worlds and dreamy fictional men, which spurred on from her introverted tendencies. In all her day dreaming, there seemed to be a reoccurring theme of morally grey female characters, love interests that belong in prison, and unnecessary trauma and bloodshed.

Much to everyone's misfortune, she now spends her days in a white collar job praying to every god known to man that she might be able to write full time and give the world more red flags to froth over.

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Whisked Away (Jewels of the Nine Kingdoms #1) by Enola M. Douglas

Whisked Away (Jewels of the Nine Kingdoms #1)
by Enola M. Douglas
June 12, 2025
Genre: Romantic Fantasy/ Why Choose
Escape doesn’t always mean freedom…

When Princess Reiyana unexpectedly presents as an Omega at age twenty, her future is no longer her own. Once a Beta with dreams of love and adventure, she is now a political prize—coveted by Alphas across the Nine Kingdoms.

But two half-brothers change everything.

Prince Kaelendrin and Prince Alarik of Asadia enter the royal tournament to claim her hand. Their strength and charm awaken something forbidden within Reiyana, unraveling not only her carefully guarded heart but also the beliefs she’s clung to her entire life.

Determined to reclaim control of her fate, Reiyana plots her escape. But betrayal leaves her stranded in a world where power is reserved for the chosen few—and no position is more perilous than that of an Omega. Now, she must navigate dangerous alliances, confront hidden truths, and embrace the desires she’s long denied—before her destiny is decided for her.

Whisked Away is a why-choose omegaverse romantasy filled with secrets, power struggles, and slow-building passion. It is Book One in the Jewels of the Nine Kingdoms series.

Note: While this series explores shared love, there is no M/M romance between the brothers. 

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About the Author:
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Enola M. Douglas was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, and now lives in Toronto, Canada with her husband, son, and their cat, Don Julio. She is just as happy dreaming about their next family vacation as she is planning it, but also loves to watch anything with Henry Cavill in it, read manga and fairy tales, try new recipes, and have conversations with book characters in her head.

From interior design to food photography, Enola is no stranger to creative work — but writing is her very favourite so far.

New Release: Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon by Annie Mare

Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon
by Annie Mare
June 3, 2025
A multiverse novel about two women who fall in love despite living in worlds that are five months apart, as they try to find a timeline that doesn’t end in disaster, in this debut novel by Annie Mare.

Tressa Fay Robeson has never been shy, which is how she’s made a name for herself as an in-demand hairstylist and social media star. So she can admit that spending her days at her hair salon and her nights with her tight-knit group of friends (and one grumpy cat) is not the kind of exciting life she’d hoped for.

When a misdirected text from a stranger leads to a flirty exchange, she surprises herself by suggesting an impulsive meetup. But the woman, Meryl, never shows. Tressa Fay brushes it off—until Meryl’s sister and friend show up at the salon demanding to know what’s going on. Because, you see, there’s no way Meryl could have texted her. Meryl has been missing for a month.

Tressa Fay and her tight-knit group of friends soon discover they aren’t dealing with a catfish, but a temporal paradox. As they come to terms with the idea of parallel universes, they realize how many times their paths have crossed like this before. But even as they understand the multiverse more and more, nothing keeps Meryl from vanishing.

As it draws closer to the moment of Meryl’s disappearance, there’s only one question left: Have they done enough to change the outcome, or have they done so much that none of them will make it past that fateful day in September?

Critics are raving:
“A heartwarming multiverse tale of fated love, family, and memory.”—Publishers Weekly

“Mare successfully blends speculative fiction with sapphic romance in this well-written multiverse love story.” —Library Journal

Booksellers & early fans agree:

“Feels like Inception meets Everything Everywhere All At Once—but with more heart, humor, and hair dye.” —Kaitlin L., NetGalley reviewer

“Utter perfection… had a vice grip on my heart the entire read.” —Meghan, Lark & Owl Booksellers

From the author:
“I think queerness is a multiplier of love. It means not just loving who we want—not just learning to love parts of ourselves we’ve been taught to ignore or deny—but falling in love with the universe that made the stars we’re made of. In Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon, I imagined a story-world where the smallest acts of our love for one another replicate and expand across all of time and space. Love times infinity.”

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About the Author:
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Annie Mare (she/they) writes queer contemporary mystery and romance. If you enjoy their books, check out the books they co-author with Ruthie Knox, including both queer romances (as Mae Marvel) and mysteries (as Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare). Annie's romances have been critically recognized and bestselling. Annie lives with her wife, two teenagers, two dogs, multiple fish, one cat, four hermit crabs, and a bazillion plants in a very old house with a garden.