Hello Lovely Readers
Congratulations! We’ve officially made it to Fall! Whether you joyously belt out “Sweater Weather” whenever you can, picnic among the pumpkins at one of the many festivals around town, or are putting the finishing touches on your Halloween costume (or all of the above), there’s a lot to be excited for this month…and that includes all of our fabulous releases headed your way! Keep reading to find your next favorite book!
October 6th:
The Step and the Walk by Kristina Elyse Butke:
Driven by loss, Andresh has bent his every study toward a single heresy—an end to death itself. At university, he finds the path: the Magnum Opus, an alchemical road to immortality, and a demon named Isabelle who trades in the secrets that line it. But the road has a toll. Each gate demands he sacrifice a piece of himself, and the first—Nigredo—asks for the one thing he never imagined surrendering: his desire.
Tempting Mr. Knightly by Kelly Collins
Lucy built her bakery from nothing. Knox Knightly is the arrogant billionaire who makes her heart race—and signed the documents that destroyed her family’s business. But when Lucy discovers the truth, their budding romance faces its most devastating test.
Immortal Vampires of London Box Set by Colleen Gleason
Dark and decadent, Immortal Vampires of London gathers three full-length Regency vampire romances—sultry, witty, and shadowed with danger—following the immortal Dracule and the mortal Woodmore siblings whose fates become bound to theirs.
Shadows & Light by Tanya Anne Crosby
After a lifetime of being labeled broken, wildlife photographer Cassie Eskelson returns to her deceased father’s home—and a family war that threatens everything she thought she knew. As buried secrets and decades of gaslighting come to light, Cassie must decide whether to run one more time or finally face the truth.
Irish Betrayal by Anne Gregor is our Editors’ Pick for October!
“No one writes sexual tension with more power and emotion than Anne Gregor.” —OHB Editor
Blair left Ireland and the only man she’d ever loved to escape a devastating secret. Nine years later, she’s finally ready to find her way back to Daniel—until the man she fled proves he’s not done with her. When obsession turns deadly and Blair disappears, Daniel will stop at nothing to bring her home. Because this time, she won’t face the darkness alone.
October 13th:
Thrill of the Knight by Gayle Callen
Newly orphaned, Lady Elizabeth Hutton refuses to bend to the ambitions of the neighboring lord who covets her lands—even when his soldiers lock her in her own bedchamber. So she takes a desperate gamble: she and her maid trade places, giving Elizabeth the freedom to save her people while hiding in plain sight.
The Outsider by Sherrilyn Kenyon writing as Kinley MacGregor
When Queen Adara seeks out the husband she barely knows to defend her throne, Christian of Acre wants nothing to do with crowns, kingdoms, or desire. But duty draws them together, and passion threatens to unravel every vow he’s ever made.
Shift of Shadows by S.E. Babin
As her friends search desperately for any trace of her, Moira grows weaker behind enemy lines, waiting for the single opportunity that could mean freedom—or death. She intends to make it count.
The Penitent’s Path by Ryan Kirk
Veynar has spent months seeking a master, carrying the weight of the lives he’s taken and a spirit bound to his own. He wants answers to the questions that have plagued him. The wilds have other plans.
The Fortune Hunter’s Gamble by Misty Urban
A Regency historical romance about a hard-won second chance, a wager with a heart on the line, and two childhood friends who betrayed each other once and can’t outrun the pull between them now.
October 20th:
Highland Daughters Box Set by Tanya Anne Crosby
From Tanya Anne Crosby, a Highland historical romance collection featuring women promised in marriage, taken captive, or caught between warring clans—and none willing to surrender. These women face dangerous loyalties, buried secrets, and men well accustomed to getting their way—and they meet every challenge with wit, resolve, and hearts fierce enough to risk everything for the people they love.
A Day at the Beach by Eileen Dreyer
Lady Eleanor Anne Winchell Long doesn’t recognize the man who bumps into her on the Marine Parade and asks how she’s been. Which is strange—because he is her husband. Stranger still, she stood at his graveside and watched him buried six years ago.
Vanguard: Galactic Crisis by O.R. Savage
Clement Reeber, a mythology professor, built his name debunking the Vanguards—impossibly powerful sentient starships no serious scholar believes in. Then Federation Security delivers him aboard one, a vessel with walls of liquid metal and a crew that glows from within, and a lifetime of certainty collapses in a single moment.
Cadell—the Dragon by Virginie Marconato
Lady Johanna thought she’d married the man of her dreams. Years of neglect forced her to accept the harsh reality: she was never enough for her husband. Now that he’s dead, she has to face life alone in a country hostile to everything she represents. Then a man from her past resurfaces. Is it too late to find out if he could be the man of her dreams?
Soaring Sweethearts by Leslie Vollard
Constance Pritchard knows one thing for certain: she will never fall for a pilot. When she marries, it will be to a stable, dependable man her family can lean on if the worst ever happens. She already has just the man in mind. And then her brother’s best friend and her own childhood crush, pilot Jack Thompson, upends every careful plan she’s made.
October 27th:
A Knight’s Reward by Catherine Kean
Gisela Anne Balewyne is desperate. To protect her young son from a violently abusive husband, she lives a clandestine life as a small-town tailor, saving what coin she can until she’s able to flee further north. And she dares not acknowledge the handsome crusader who insists he knows her—intimately.
Lily McIntire is alone in the creepiest mansion in town, at night, all because she couldn’t back down from a dare issued by her cocky, infuriatingly hot coworker, Marcus Black. She’ll be damned before she gives him the satisfaction of winning. What Lily doesn’t know is that Marcus has wanted her for ages and Marcus has other plans.
The Well-Guarded Truth by Kari Lee Townsend
Lyra Wells wants one uncomplicated autumn — woodsmoke in the meadow, lanterns along the square, and a WishFest that runs exactly the way she planned it. That hope for calm shatters when Harrison Pike, the estranged son of one of Wishville’s founding families, is found dead at the base of the Historical Society stairs.
The Silent Curse by Christy Carlyle
When a Scotland Yard detective asks for Electra Poole’s assistance in the disappearance of a young woman, her friend Detective Inspector Gideon Pierce urges her to refuse. Electra has already risked her reputation—and her safety—by aiding past investigations. This case is different. It is high-profile, and the threads are beginning to connect to a series of unsolved murders that have haunted London for months.
Levi thought death was the end. Instead he wakes in a ruined future far from home, pulled from the battlefield by a mysterious stranger and stranded in a world shaped by his greatest mistake. Because Emilia is gone. The woman he loved now rules as the vicious vampire Empress of Valtoria—soulless, transformed into the very monster she once fought.
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