January this year saw us kick off with one release each week in genres ranging from young adult science fiction to erotic urban fantasy romance. These releases were as follows:
5th - The Queen's Game by C.M. Simpson
Never get involved with the Otherworld Fey. Take
my word for it. I saved the Queen of Summer, and was betrothed to a lord of
Winter by way of thanks—and then the human underworld got involved. So what do
I do, when every choice is bad? What would you
choose: death by troll, or the mercy of an elf?
13th - A Planet's Ransom by Carlie Simonsen
Made hostages for a world
whose international leaders didn’t know how to behave, we ended up on a new
world, one we have to make our own, where every step of civilisation has to be
earned, all over again. It’s meant to be a world to hide the secret of our
survival—but not all the aliens believe we have a right to survive. Torn
between two rival factions of an alien race, we have to save our keepers,
defeat our hunters, and get a message to the stars.
And that’s just if we want
to live.
Making
a place for humanity, is another task altogether.
A
Planet’s Ransom is the second book in the Space Adventures
series, a series of science fiction adventures set in space, or on the colonies
of newly discovered worlds. Each book is a stand-alone story that can be read
without needing to read other books in the series.
20th - In Full Flight by Carlie Simonsen
Jack’s dad has a secret—a sad secret. He has never
told Jack how he lost his wings. One day he does, and Jack’s world changes. At
the same time, someone from his parents’ past comes into their present, and
they must work out how to stop things from the past happening all over again.
In Full Flight is the third book in
the Wings chapter book series, set
around a family with wings and bird-like feet. This book is darker than the
other two, dealing with themes of difference, discrimination at a state level,
and finding a place to belong.
27th - Welcome to the Fruit Platter by Ellie Moonwater
Swept into a whirlwind courtship with two werewolves,
Louise has just one problem—the secret she is keeping from the pack. When her
mates discover what she’s been holding back, will they stand by her? And what
of the pack? Louise must choose: trust in them, or run? Either way, sanctuary
seems a lifetime away.
WARNING: Welcome
to the Fruit Platter contains explicit, consensual and kinky sex, some
spanking, two very lust-driven werewolves, multiple scenes of menage, mfm, and
some wizards on the prowl.