Book#300, International Collection, Genre: YA/NA romance, Found family, Music industry realism They wanted a brand. The band brought truth. Sunnysky’s favorite trio finally gets a label’s attention—on one condition: become an all‑girl act for the “story.” One disguise becomes a contract clause, a clause becomes pressure, and pressure becomes harm. Aaron, Bianca, and Valerie write the songs … Read more
Book#311 The Bride Vote. International Collection. Genre: Political Thriller, Suspense, LGBTQ+ Literary Fiction, India Noir. They needed a daughter-in-law to hide a murder. They didn’t care who had to wear the sari. The protagonist is an ordinary copywriter in Kolkata, drafting mundane brochures for schools in Behala. But this quiet life is violently upended when … Read more
Book#302 The Widow Clause. International Collection. Genre: Legal Thriller, Queer Mystery, International Crime Noir, LGBTQ+ Literary Fiction. They erased the women by altering the maps. They didn’t expect the widow to read the fine print. Anila is playing a carefully constructed role: the grieving widow, a witness, a problem to be managed. But her true … Read more
Book #317: Lady Macbeth’s Maid. International Collection. Genre: Literary Fiction, Theatrical Meta-Fiction, Time-Slip Drama, Shakespeare Retelling. He knew the script by heart. He didn’t know he’d have to wash the blood from her hands. If you travel into the past, you enter a coherent reality. But what happens when you fall into the world of … Read more
Book #316: The Shield and the Scalpel. International Collection. Genre: Historical Fantasy, Time-Slip Drama, Medical Thriller, LGBTQ+ Literary Fiction. He knew the mechanics of the human body. He didn’t know he’d have to learn its soul while trapped in a Meiji-era apron. Nagito is a brilliant but unbearably arrogant third-year medical student at the University … Read more
Book#314 The Fake Widow. International Collection. Genre: Legal Thriller, Domestic Noir, LGBTQ+ Literary Fiction, British Crime He put on a dress to keep a roof over his orphaned niece’s head. He didn’t expect to have to defeat a ruthless property developer—or that the disguise would become his true identity. Arthur Ellis has spent years as … Read more
Book #313: Becoming Ryoko. International Collection. Genre: LGBTQ+ Literary Fiction, Asian World Literature (Japan), Contemporary Women’s Fiction (Domestic Life). He needed a paycheck to raise his niece. The publisher needed a woman to sell a story. Following the tragic death of his sister Kana, the protagonist retreats to Kyoto with his eight-year-old niece. Grief has … Read more
Book #309: The Blue Death. International Collection. Genre: Historical Fantasy, Time-Slip Drama, Medical Thriller, LGBTQ+ Literary Fiction. He knew the mathematics of an outbreak. He didn’t know he’d have to fight one in a corset. For a veteran epidemic specialist, managing a crisis is a matter of cold, hard data. He knows that risk is … Read more
Book#308 The Ninth Shrine. International Collection. Genre: Queer Literary Thriller, India Noir, Investigative Suspense, LGBTQ+ Literary Fiction. Correct numbers have drag in them. Perfect numbers hide bodies. Nila was trained to read false lives in columns and signatures. She knows that real systems leave lint, hanging threads, and misspelled names passed from a clerk in … Read more
Book #307: The Dressmaker of Pera Palace. International Collection. Genre: Historical Fiction, LGBTQ+ Literary Fiction, Political / Espionage Suspense. There are cities that seem to exist in a single tense. And then there is Istanbul in 1923. The Ottoman Empire has fallen, the Treaty of Lausanne has been signed, and Istanbul is a city crowded … Read more
Book#306 Hologram Bride. International Collection. Death didn’t stop her career. But her digital ghost needs a living body. RIN is not just a deceased pop star; she is a transnational entertainment asset. Through streaming, image licensing, and posthumous virtual performances, she continues to generate massive revenue for the Helix corporation. But keeping a digital ghost … Read more
Book #305: Living in Genji. International Collection. Genre: Historical Fantasy, Time-Slip Drama, LGBTQ+ Literary Fiction, Magical Realism. He taught Shakespeare’s heroines. He never expected to live a romance more impossible than any play. In a university seminar room under a Bloomsbury sky the color of dishwater, a professor tries to explain the gender-bending nuances of … Read more
The Lady Doctor of Coorg. International Collection. Genre: Historical Fantasy, Time-Slip Drama, LGBTQ+ Literary Fiction, Medical Thriller. He was unearthing a suppressed history. He didn’t know he was meant to live it. A modern archivist is sifting through the forgotten colonial records of a fever epidemic when he uncovers a metallic amulet that pulses with … Read more
Book #303: The Last Season of Emilia Glass. International collection. Literary / Showbiz Drama. “The audience is buying not just a production but a premise.” And you are no longer allowed to step out of it. Elin is an actor pushed to the absolute psychological limit. Cast in a high-stakes, controversial theatrical production about the … Read more
Book #298: The Withered Lily of Busan. International collection. Genre: Psychological Thriller, LGBTQ+ Literary Fiction (Tragedy), Noir / Crime Fiction. A passport is a leash. What happens when it breaks? He gave up his gender for love. He gave up his nationality for marriage. Now, he has nothing. Kaoru Mizuhara was a star on the … Read more
Book#273, International Collection, Themes: The Hidden Past / The Imposter / Fatherhood / Greek Tragedy, Keywords: Secret Identity, Father-Daughter Bond, Mediterranean Setting, Hidden Past, Revenge, Achilles/Greek Myth, Imposter Syndrome, Family Secrets, The “Lie” of Masculinity He built a perfect life on a foundation of stolen names. Under the shade of an olive tree, watching his … Read more
Book#253, International Collection, Themes: The Skin I Live In / Karmic Justice / The Doll / Identity Death, Keywords: Monster of Florence, True Crime Author, Kidnapping, Mortuary Science, Facial Feminization Surgery , FFS, Revenge, Bullying, Italy/Florence, Identity Theft, The Skin I Live In He hunted monsters. Now he is becoming one. Dean Baker is a … Read more
Book#252, International Collection, Themes: The Honey Trap / Gaslighting / Single Dad / The Pawn Strikes Back, Keywords: Manchester UK, Single Dad, Custody Battle, Gaslighting, Munchausen by Proxy, Corporate Corruption, Shopping Mall, Feminization, Beauty Pageant, Whistleblower He put on the dress to save his family. She gave him the tea to steal his soul. Finn … Read more
Book#249, International Collection, Themes: Gothic Horror / Occult Transformation / The Hunter Becomes the Hunted, Keyword: Dartmoor, Gothic Hotel, Incan Ritual, Human Trafficking, Feminization, Occult, Body Horror, Immortal Villain, Revenge, Kidnapping, The Moors The moors are silent. The hotel is hungry. And the guests are changing. Troy Carter travels from sunny Miami to the desolate, … Read more
Book#290, International Collection, Themes: Reincarnation / The Empath / Transgender Awakening / Healing the Past, Keywords: Reincarnation, Animal Telepathy, Animal Empathy, Kodagu, Coorg Culture, Generational Trauma, Transgender Awakening, Horse Whisperer, Time Slip, Family Secrets, New Jersey, Forbidden Love He was born with a man’s body, but a woman’s memory. Addy lives a quiet life in … Read more