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New Young Adult Books to Read | January 6

Are you an avid reader of Young Adult books? This week you are in luck! With all of these new novels, you’re bound to find a new favorite book to add to your reading list. This week includes new novels from bestselling authors Sean Oswald, Melanie Cellier, Bella Young, and more. Enjoy your new young adult books. Happy reading!



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From Cursed Legends to Future Wars: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Picks

From Cursed Legends to Future Wars: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Picks

If you’re drawn to defying fate, this list delivers. These books explore curses, time-bending threats, and battles for humanity’s future.



Moon Bound Desires (Conquering the Alpha's Heart Saga)

by Antonella Sinner

Release Date: December 21, 2025

A cursed wolf. A marked sacrifice. A fate neither can escape. Harper has no magic, no future, and no say in her fate. Aurora was once a legend, an Alpha brought low by defiance and cursed to guard the dark. When their paths cross, desire stirs where it shouldn’t. Loving Harper may be Aurora’s redemption… or the thing that destroys them both.

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Origin Lie: Three Girls and a Time Machine (The Frequency Chronicles Book 1)

by Donna Sobredo

Release Date: November 14, 2025

Three women. One sentient Time Machine.A hidden war against reptilian overlords controlling humanity’s fate. They must shatter the ancient hypnosis controlling humanity-or watch our future die.

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Big Lizard

by Joe R. Lansdale

Release Date: December 15, 2025

Buster Nix, overweight and frustrated with his life, finally finds a new job through the help of his aunt, who works at an employment agency. He has been given the position of security guard at the headquarters of a chain of fast-food restaurants called Pick-A-Chicken.

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Crown of Ruin and Redemption (Kingdom of Shadows Series Book 3)

by Joanna Maz

Release Date: December 28, 2025

Four months ago, a shapeshifter murdered my unborn son. Four months ago, Kaan chose to save me instead of our baby. Four months ago, our bond shattered beyond repair. Now Kaan's cousin Yasar has arrived with violet eyes and dangerous secrets. He says he's here to help. But when he touches my hand, I feel something I shouldn't—a pull I can't explain.

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Halo: Edge of Dawn

by Kelly Gay

Release Date: December 16, 2025

2560. After eliminating War Chief Escharum and sending the Banished leadership into chaos, the Master Chief continues the fight on Zeta Halo, accompanied by his new AI companion and their loyal pilot Fernando Esparza.

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The Last Compound

by James Hunt

Release Date: December 17, 2025

In the stunned quiet of a powerless Manhattan, a group of prepper families know exactly what this means: go now, or don’t go at all. Years of planning have led to one shot at escape. But in this new world, there are no easy choices, and every delay raises the risk of failure. As the city collapses, alliances are tested and loyalties fracture.

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Swoon-Worthy Romance Reads Filled with Secrets & Second Chances

Swoon-Worthy Romance Reads Filled with Secrets & Second Chances

If you love romance with heart, this list delivers. These books explore second chances, guarded emotions, and love that appears when it’s least expected.



Annabella: A Season With The Earl (The Kingsley Regency Series Book 1)

by Ann Cynthia

Release Date: December 12, 2025

Determined to clear her brother’s name and protect her sisters, Miss Annabella Kingsley enters London’s Season under uneasy sponsorship. With whispers of treason, a city on edge beneath Napoleonic threat, and her infuriating nemesis Lord Berkshire shadowing her every move, one misstep could ruin them all. Can Annabella uncover the truth and keep her heart?

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The Prototype Wife

by Nathan Parks

Release Date: December 22, 2025

A brilliant, ruthless architect rescued her family’s crumbling estate in Brazil—and married her in the same breath. Seven years later, Gabriela is living in England inside a flawless glass-and-stone cage, stripped of color, culture, and choice. Her Brazilian roots have been muted. Her voice curated. Her life was redesigned to suit her husband’s vision of perfection.

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Runaway Bride's Bodyguard

by Ella Brinkley

Release Date: December 28, 2025

I ditched my wedding and became America’s favorite scandal. Now I'm fake-married to my grumpy, hot bodyguard, who's also my brother’s best friend. To save my reputation and hide me from my ex, my PR team sends us to a tropical "honeymoon." Between forced smiles and kisses that are way too convincing, the lie starts to feel real. What do I do now?

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Mended (Bellmare High Book 2)

by Mary Wyne

Release Date: December 21, 2025

Hope Hanson has fictional characters where most people have friends. A loner at school, she thinks love is as fictional as the stories she reads. Real-life love shattered her parents' marriage with punches and screams, resulting in her Dad leaving them. Three months later, her new fractured reality is turned upside down when her Dad returns and Hope becomes his new target.

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The Mascot Who Stole Christmas (Sticks and Vows)

by Ginny Sterling

Release Date: December 23, 2025

Marcus Shaw wanted his chance on the ice, and yet a single lie could pull him from it permanently. Only to have the mascot of the Wolverines’ hockey team come to his rescue.

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In Your Dreams (When in Rome Book 4)

by Sarah Adams

Release Date: December 30, 2025

Madison Walker left Rome, Kentucky, determined to make it in the culinary world. But after years of chasing success in New York, all she has to show for it is her shattered confidence and a desperate need for a fresh start. Coming home isn’t part of the plan—until an unexpected job offer lands in her lap: the head chef position at a new farm-to-table restaurant in her hometown. The only catch? It comes from James Huxley, owner of Huxley Farm, her brother’s best friend.

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Secrets, Lies, and Deadly Consequences: Must-Read Mysteries & Thrillers

Secrets, Lies, and Deadly Consequences: Must-Read Mysteries & Thrillers

If you’re drawn to dangerous secrets, this list delivers. These stories unravel hidden crimes, unreliable motives, and high-stakes truths that refuse to stay buried.



DoubleHelix (The Helix Project Book 1)

by J.L. Calder

Release Date: November 24, 2025

In DoubleHelix, a reluctant crime writer uncovers a murdered woman’s Cold War secrets — and the deeper he digs, the closer he gets to a truth powerful enough to destroy him. From the backrooms of Washington's power to the shadows of post-Soviet Kiev, DoubleHelix is a twisting descent into lies, loyalty, and the cost of uncovering the wrong truth.

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Disappearing Act (Maddie Castle Book 8)

by L.T. Ryan & C.R Gray

Release Date: December 16, 2025

When private investigator Maddie Castle finds herself at the scene of a violent domestic dispute, what looks like a straightforward case quickly unravels. A young boy and his neighbor are missing. The father is in handcuffs. And the mother’s story doesn’t quite add up.

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Hard Sun (A Jon Reznick Thriller Book 15)

by J. B. Turner

Release Date: December 16, 2025

Jon Reznick doesn’t trust the CIA—but when operative Daniel Black shows up near his home in Maine, he listens. A high-value target has been taken out by a sniper in Mallorca. The kill was clean. Professional. And just the beginning.

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Pretty Little Lies

by Jessica Huntley

Release Date: December 10, 2025

Amelia thought she was starting a new life—but someone’s watching. Anonymous threats, lost clients, and a vanishing fiancé turn her world upside down. When a chilling photo confirms her worst fears, Amelia realizes the danger is real—and closer than she thinks. Pretty Little Lies is a twist-filled psychological thriller for fans of Lucy Foley and Freida McFadden.

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The Stormridge Con

by Jason Kasper

Release Date: December 16, 2025

After dismantling their biggest rival, the Sky Thieves scattered, each hoping to disappear. But when a surveillance drone tracks Blair Morgan and her husband, Sterling, to a secluded beach in the Maldives, their quiet escape turns into a high-speed getaway.

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The Wild Card (Mitch Turner Legal Thrillers Book 7)

by Dan Decker

Release Date: December 24, 2025

For the first time in his life, Mitch Turner is being investigated for possible criminal charges stemming from his shooting of Pace Brooks. While Mitch knows the prosecutors are just blowing smoke, he’s concerned they’ll find some small thing to prosecute.

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Interview with Donna Sobredo, Author of Origin Lie

What's the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Origin Lie-Three Girls and a Time Machine?

Three Girls and a Time Machine was born from a question that wouldn’t let me go. I traveled the world, visiting ancient cities, holy sites, and monumental ruins — places meant to tell the story of who we are and where we came from. But everywhere I went, something felt… incomplete. The history didn’t quite line up. The stories conflicted. The official explanations felt thinner than the structures that had survived for thousands of years. Later, while working in the medical field, I began to notice another pattern — one involving what we put into our bodies, what we are told is “normal,” and what we are never encouraged to question. At the same time, I watched how quickly education, music, and media transformed — not gradually, but abruptly — reshaping attention, values, and even identity in ways that felt profoundly different from when we were young. It began to feel as if something invisible was tightening — not around our bodies, but around our minds. This novel is a work of fiction woven from those questions — a story inspired by ancient mysteries, modern contradictions, and the sense that our past, our health, and even our future may be far more connected than we’ve been taught. It took years to write, and the story continues in books two and three — because some questions are too big for only one timeline.

If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of Origin Lie-Three Girls and a Time Machine, what would they be?

Dee- Teach Your Children” — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Claire -There’s Gonna Be a Showdown. ELO. Yasmine- The Season of the Witch, Donovan. Domhall.-Don’t Stop Me Now-Queen. Ben/Eon-I can feel it coming in the air tonight-Phil Collins. Hapthia,- Dust in the Wind” — Kansas (1977). Yaldabaoth- Personal Jesus” — Depeche Mode (1989). Sophia- Breathe Me” — Sia (2004). General Silas, Fortunate Son” — Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969). Humanity- Shiny Happy People” — R.E.M. (1991).

What's your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write?

I like many different genres, but mostly Conspiracy History, Revisionist History (fictional/speculative), Hidden History, Ancient Conspiracy Fiction, and Speculative Prophecy Fiction.

What books are on your TBR pile right now?

Six minute X-ray, The Apocryphon of John, The Book of Jubilees, The Secret Doctrine of the Rosicrucians, Entangled, The New World Order.

What scene in your book was your favorite to write?

The scene when Jesus is speaking to the beings who came to see who and what kind of human he was/is.

Do you have any quirky writing habits? (lucky mugs, cats on laps, etc.)

I like to write outside. I get inspiration and creative vibes from the trees.

Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?

Better to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission.

If you could choose one thing for readers to remember after reading your book, what would it be?

This is all a dream, best to dream happy than dream nightmares...

 

Donna Sobredo is the author of the new book Origin Lie-Three Girls and a Time Machine

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Interview with J.L. Calder, Author of DoubleHelix

What's the story behind the story? What inspired you to write DoubleHelix: Book One in the Helix Project?

I watched the fall of the Soviet Union as a teenager, and I remember seeing a news program about an orphanage in Ukraine. One of the kids was my age, and I thought, “Wow, that could just as easily be me.” From that, it bloomed into this idea of “what if you’re linked to global events and people and you had no idea?!”

If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of DoubleHelix: Book One in the Helix Project, what would they be?

"Brain Stew" by Green Day is Mike Green in a nutshell, whereas his muse, Delilah, is more of a Pink Floyd/ The Wall girl.

What's your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write?

I try not to read in genre because I'm afraid of accidental plagiarism = ) but yes, I do love a good political/military thriller.

What books are on your TBR pile right now?

I just downloaded the whole Sky Thieves series, and I'm obsessed!

What scene in your book was your favorite to write?

Oooh…I loved all the “inserts” of Mike’s pulp novels. His cheesy detective voice/dark conscience is so raw and campy, I always end up laughing.

Do you have any quirky writing habits? (lucky mugs, cats on laps, etc.)

I do my best writing in the summer - the hotter the better, and outside on the patio! (Or in Hawaii, is good too!)

Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?

You have a 100% success rate at living through the day (so far).

If you could choose one thing for readers to remember after reading your book, what would it be?

Its ok to make the wrong decision for the right reason.

J.L. Calder is the author of the new book DoubleHelix: Book One in the Helix Project

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New Mystery and Thriller Books to Read | December 30

Hold on to the edge of your seat as we hunt for clues and solve the case with these exciting new mystery and thriller books for the week! There are so many bestselling authors with new novels for you to dive into this week including J.L. Calder, Dan Decker, J. B. Turner, and more. Enjoy your new mystery, thriller, and suspense novels. Happy reading!



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New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books | December 30

Set off on an adventure to new worlds this week! This selection of new science fiction and fantasy books will surely please! Science Fiction fans should be excited about the latest from bestselling authors Donna Sobredo, Jack Hunt, James Hunt, and more. If Fantasy is what your library needs, you’ll be able to pick up the latest from Antonella Sinner, Joe R. Lansdale, Christopher Cohen, and more. Enjoy your new science fiction and fantasy books. Happy reading!


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