Looking to fall in love with some new romance reads? You’ll adore these exciting new novels! This week you can get your hands on books by bestselling authors Jan Sloane, Lena Michaels, Lexxi James, Elle Nicoll, M.L. Hall, and more. Enjoy your new romance books and happy reading!
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New Mystery and Thriller Books to Read | June 2
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 Karen McSpade, VV Sinclair, Mo Kramer, Zeljko Kalinic, Nick Cutter, and more. Enjoy your new mystery, thriller, and suspense novels. Happy reading!
The Buzziest Books of May | 2026
May settles in with quiet confidence, carrying the warmth of longer days, fuller gardens, and evenings that seem to linger just a little longer. It is a month that reminds us growth isn’t only found in beginnings but in everything we continue to nurture along the way. As May draws to a close, take a moment to appreciate what has taken root, whether it’s a new habit, a fresh perspective, or simply the small joys that have brightened ordinary days. Not every season of growth announces itself loudly; some of the most meaningful changes happen quietly, one day at a time. ✨

Critics' Requiem
by Michaela Riley
Release Date: May 1, 2026
Arthur Penwright’s elite life is a lie. When a viral critic shreds his reputation, his past as a hacker resurfaces. As Arthur hunts “The Silent Judge,” bodies appear near chemically scrubbed copies of his debut. Now, Detective Mercer is closing in, and Arthur realizes he’s just a character in a dead man’s masterpiece. The plot is blood-red.

Hope and the Guardians: The Darkside Awakens
by Donell Jackson
Release Date: April 18, 2026
The war has begun. Hope’s power is growing—and so is Seeroni, an ancient force feeding on fear and life itself. As the Guardians prepare him for what’s coming, his father descends into obsession, chasing the same power. Caught between darkness and destiny… Hope must rise or fall.

The Lies in the Lefse (A Cash Kristiansen Mystery Book 2)
by George Robstad
Release Date: April 9, 2026
A mayoral candidate is dead, and Salt Cliff Isle is full of secrets. Cash Kristiansen is pulled into a web of lies, shifting loyalties, and buried truths. In an island town that protects its own, uncovering the truth may cost more than anyone is ready to pay.

I Am Teresa Belluco
by Teresa Belluco & Lucia Manzinello
Release Date: April 20, 2026
Step into 2024 with I am Teresa Belluco: a true diary story. Teresa, a vibrant Gen Z teen, sees her life change in an instant as she faces synovial sarcoma, a rare but real cancer. Through challenges and a journey from Italy to America to Paris, she rediscovers herself. An intimate story of resilience, courage, and dreams—get inspired. Proceeds support Synovial Sarcoma.

The Orleans Lady (Wanee Mysteries Book 5)
by D. Z. Church
Release Date: April 15, 2026
On board “The Orleans Lady”, a glittering Mississippi riverboat, Cora Countryman teams with her protector and her opinionated chaperone to tease apart the identity of the mother who abandoned her. Only to discover an enemy intent on owning the river who will stop at nothing — not missing jewels, crooked poker games, or death on the Texas Deck.

Kane's Reckoning (Mill Creek Mystique Book 4)
by Bailey Thomas
Release Date: May 11, 2026
A billionaire nanny romance filled with forbidden love and intense opposite-world tensions. Kane Miller, the son of a powerful, wealthy family, defies expectations. Annika Bauer is escaping her past to start over. Neither expected their strong chemistry, but Kane’s father is determined to control Kane's future, which could cost them everything.

Always Yearning, Always Fraying, Yet Staying
by Kelly K. Lavender
Release Date: April 8, 2026
Paloma, a runner-up in the Tri-State Wink Think and Defend competition, regrets that she didn't win. But she knows the biggest regret of her life, by far—her hot traveling salesman husband, Jim. He also happens to be the hometown hero. Jim is the “Catch" that women discuss in whispery voices like giggling, giddy, silly schoolgirls. If only they knew...

Mars Colony Rescue (Interstellar Refugees Book 4)
by Daniel Ellrick
Release Date: May 8, 2026
Dead heroes are safe—but the threat to Mars won’t let Limei hide. A huge cometary fragment is headed for Hellas Planitia, and the math says it will trigger an Impact Winter, plunging Mars into a killing freeze. Limei, her sentient AI cowboy, and two aliens from Trappist-1 are the only hope Mars has left. Hard SF. Found family. Woman protagonist.

Love, Remembered
by David Andrew Ponton
Release Date: May 5, 2026
Love, Remembered brings together 17 true stories from modern history of love, loss, devotion, and what remains afterwards. Some of the lovers you will know, some not. These are not perfect romances, but real ones - where love endured through distance, illness, sacrifice, and time. Because even when love ends, something stays with us.

Revolution (Shadows of Endari Book 1)
by C.D. Tavenor
Release Date: March 26, 2026
REVOLUTION LEAVES NO SOUL UNSCATHED. For Selina to survive the war, she’ll need to uncover the secrets threatening to destroy the world. Enter a world where magic is everywhere, yet its true cost goes unseen by all. Join Selina and Edward in Shadows of Endari: Revolution! Books 1 through 3 are available now.

Malmorthael
by Pierce Novak
Release Date: February 13, 2026
In the cursed depths of a mountain that devours hope, a dead man rises. Once a legend, Malmorthael is now a leper haunted by the woman he failed. Exiled to rot, a prophecy drags him back—to stop an empire’s fall to something far worse than death inside the Engensis Chamber, a nightmare of forbidden sorcery hungry for souls.

Dubious (Belle Argo Escorts Book 4)
by Beth Christopher
Release Date: May 5, 2026
Dubious by Beth Christopher is a dark MMM late-bi-awakening age-gap romance. It contains a down-on-his-luck divorcé, two chaos gremlins who teach him how to have fun, and a potentially haunted bed-and-breakfast.

The Marriage Clause (The Kauffman Billionaire Series Book 1)
by Kenna King
Release Date: May 26, 2026
He fired her. But she really needs this job. So when she overhears that he needs a wife… she makes him an offer he knows he should refuse.
Fantasy & Sci-Fi: Worlds That Rewrite Themselves
Step into new Fantasy & Sci-Fi releases where reality is never fixed for long. These stories move between magic and technology, myth and mathematics, as worlds reshape under forces both ancient and futuristic. From collapsing timelines and sentient cities to arcane systems powered by science and science warped by magic, each book explores what happens when reality stops obeying its own rules. Perfect for readers who love immersive worldbuilding, genre fusion, and stories where anything can evolve into something else.
Revolution (Shadows of Endari Book 1)
by C.D. Tavenor
Release Date: March 26, 2026
REVOLUTION LEAVES NO SOUL UNSCATHED. For Selina to survive the war, she’ll need to uncover the secrets threatening to destroy the world. Enter a world where magic is everywhere, yet its true cost goes unseen by all. Join Selina and Edward in Shadows of Endari: Revolution! Books 1 through 3 are available now.
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Malmorthael
by Pierce Novak
Release Date: February 13, 2026
In the cursed depths of a mountain that devours hope, a dead man rises. Once a legend, Malmorthael is now a leper haunted by the woman he failed. Exiled to rot, a prophecy drags him back—to stop an empire’s fall to something far worse than death inside the Engensis Chamber, a nightmare of forbidden sorcery hungry for souls.
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Calculated Whisk (Tales from the Dragon Diner Book 1)
by Lindsay Buroker
Release Date: May 19, 2026
In this light-hearted adventure, Rylana, a former mercenary turned bookkeeper, must help a dragon chef turn around his flagging diner business before the landlord kicks them out.
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We Found a Starship (Journey to Earthrise Book 1)
by Daniel Arenson
Release Date: May 22, 2026
A buried starship. A forgotten past. A danger waiting to rise. When Marco Emery discovers a lost starship in the jungle, he uncovers the truth of humanity’s origins… and awakens something that should have remained buried. From USA Today bestselling author Daniel Arenson comes a thrilling sci-fi adventure.
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Infinity Upgrade
by J.N. Chaney
Release Date: April 28, 2026
The wrong guy just got the right AI. In a society where every citizen is given an AI at birth, Cal Bennett is one of the rare few who doesn't have one. These AIs can do all sorts of things, depending on how expensive they are, so the rich have the best and the poor have the worst.
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Banish the Stars (The Formless Book 1)
by Nathan Hystad
Release Date: May 12, 2026
We have arrived. Descent is in progress. Ryan Pierce traded military life for a peaceful existence in Napa Valley. Everything was fine until the starships appeared. As aliens overtake the land and obscure the sun, Ryan quickly grasps that no one’s coming to rescue them. He can’t save the world on his own. Ryan must build a team to confront humanity’s greatest threat.
Buy on AmazonLives Unfolding Off-Center: 6 Literary Fiction Books
Enter a collection of new Literary Fiction where no life moves in a straight line. These stories explore characters slightly out of sync with their worlds — navigating change, uncertainty, and the quiet disorientation of becoming someone new. From contemplative domestic dramas to reflective tales of reinvention and loss, each book captures the tension of lives unfolding just beyond balance. Perfect for readers who appreciate character-driven storytelling with emotional depth and complexity.
Barbados Jack
by Damian Bonsall
Release Date: May 1, 2026
In 1833, the master’s family, all the machinery, and a selection of choice slaves all moved to South Carolina and set up a new enterprise in the slave-holding state. Although slavery ended in Barbados in 1834, Jack endured many more years in servitude, all the while honing his craft and skills. During the Civil War, he became known as Barbados Jack.
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Westbound (A Shadow in History Book 1)
by Kerry H. Kimball
Release Date: May 26, 2026
Louise Kayser was on top of the world in October of 1860. She had wonderful parents, sweet little siblings, lived with them on an established farm, and was even proposed to by her true love, Gideon. But that world came crashing down when a letter arrived from her elderly grandparents.
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So This Is Love (The Bridge Series Book 2)
by Ashley N. Rostek
Release Date: May 23, 2026
I was supposed to die. It was all supposed to end. The pain. The fear. As I felt myself fading, I didn’t fight it. I was ready. But Mother wouldn’t let me go. Not because she cared about me. Because I was worth more to her alive.
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The Shippers
by Katherine Center
Release Date: May 19, 2026
After a whole lifetime of being bad at love, JoJo Burton decides to solve her intimacy issues once and for all at her sister’s destination wedding on a cruise ship. With the help of a little pop psychology, she diagnoses herself with a fixation on the neighborhood guy who was her first crush and first kiss (and who just happens to be a newly divorced wedding guest), and she decides to woo him...
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Come Back to the World
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Release Date: May 5, 2026
Amelia Booker, a journalist and expert in American literature, receives a photograph leading to the possible whereabouts of E. L. Swann, an author who vanished forty years ago after the success of her first and only novel. It’s too intriguing a literary mystery for Amelia not to follow.
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The Nowhere Sisters
by Jan Casey
Release Date: -
Berlin, 1938. She’ll do anything to protect the only family she has left. Twelve-year-old Margarete has lost everything — her parents, her home, and the fragile safety of the orphanage she once knew. When the Nazis target Jewish families across Germany, Margarete is placed on a Kindertransport train bound for England. She expects to face the terrifying journey alone.
Buy on AmazonThe Rules of Love Don’t Apply Here: Romance Picks For You
These new Romance picks explore connections that defy expectations, testing timing, circumstance, and everything characters thought they knew about their hearts. From slow-burning tension and emotionally charged reunions to forbidden attraction, complicated entanglements, and love that arrives at exactly the wrong moment, each story leans into the beautiful unpredictability of relationships.
The Marriage Clause (The Kauffman Billionaire Series Book 1)
by Kenna King
Release Date: May 26, 2026
He fired her. But she really needs this job. So when she overhears that he needs a wife… she makes him an offer he knows he should refuse.
Buy on Amazon
Dubious (Belle Argo Escorts Book 4)
by Beth Christopher
Release Date: May 5, 2026
Dubious by Beth Christopher is a dark MMM late-bi-awakening age-gap romance. It contains a down-on-his-luck divorcé, two chaos gremlins who teach him how to have fun, and a potentially haunted bed-and-breakfast.
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Queen of Shadows
by Anna Belfrage
Release Date: May 21, 2026
Leonor loved the sun, loved standing side by side with her man. But she should have stayed in the shadows... Based on the true story of Leonor de Guzmán and her lifelong love story with King Alfonso XI.
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Risking It All (The Naked Men Series Book 1)
by Christi Barth
Release Date: May 18, 2026
The risks Lt. Griffin Montgomery takes to save lives get him suspended. Letter writer Chloe Widmore is comfortable with her quiet existence. When the hottest man she’s ever seen invades her coffee shop, it’s a surprise how much she wants him. Griffin makes her deliciously uncomfortable. But falling for him is a risk she might not be ready to take.
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Hart's Landing
by Melanie Harlow
Release Date: May 12, 2026
Four friends made a promise to live one night like it was their last. That night changed everything. Ten years ago, Mila Ferguson left behind a devastating fire, a stolen kiss, and a shattered circle of friends in her hometown of Hart’s Landing. But when a crisis brings her back, Mila just wants to get in and get out, unscathed by her mother’s constant criticism and unseen by her former crush...
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Dolly All the Time
by Annabel Monaghan
Release Date: -
If they start by pretending, can they end with something real? Dolly Brick has never met a problem she couldn’t solve. Not when her mom left when she was twelve, and not at thirty-nine, when she moves with her son back to Whitfield, Rhode Island, for the summer to keep her dad and brother from losing the family home.
Buy on AmazonWhen Nothing Is What It Looks Like: Mysteries & Thrillers For You
Step into a world where certainty doesn’t survive for long. These new Mystery & Thriller releases unravel stories built on shifting truths, hidden motives, and the uneasy feeling that something is always just out of sight. From remote, atmospheric settings and psychological manipulation to vanished people, fractured trust, and crimes that refuse to stay buried, each book tightens the tension a little more with every page. Expect unsettling turns, layered mysteries, and the kind of suspense that lingers even after you’ve stopped reading. Perfect for readers who like their thrillers sharp, unpredictable, and just a little unnerving.
The Taverna at the Edge of Night: A twisty, atmospheric thriller mystery set in Greece (Deadly Destinations Thriller Collection)
by H.Y. Hanna
Release Date: May 12, 2026
‘The White Lotus’ meets Daphne du Maurier in this twisty, atmospheric psychological thriller: She arrives on the Greek island of Crete for a sun-drenched reunion with her best friend. But beneath the postcard paradise, she finds dark secrets, gaslighting, and murder. Perfect for fans of classic suspense and “vacation gone wrong” travel mysteries.
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The Consequence of Your Decision
by James Yates
Release Date: May 26, 2026
The Consequence of Your Decision is a domestic horror that has been likened to a thought experiment. How far would you go to save a loved one? How far would you go to protect your own comfort and selfish needs? Samuel is given the opportunity to save his wife, Selene, from terminal cancer with a Faustian bargain. But all may be not as it seems.
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The Final Target
by Nora Roberts
Release Date: May 26, 2026
He showed up at Arden Bowie’s debut author appearance with a copy of her novel and an eager smile. He showered her with compliments and got her autograph. Then he came to her next event. And the one after that.
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Mist and Malice (Haven Thrillers Book 2)
by Rachel Howzell Hall
Release Date: May 19, 2026
Private investigator Sonny Rush, the newest resident of Haven, California, knows that this fogbound coastal hamlet is every bit as dangerous as her hometown of Los Angeles. And when teenager and repeat runaway Honor Butler shows up at Sonny’s door with terror in her eyes, Sonny is immediately pulled into a new case that hits close to home.
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The Drowning Season
by Debra Webb
Release Date: May 12, 2026
Detective Adeline Cooper swore she’d never return to Mississippi, where her corrupt family rules through fear and her career was upended by betrayal. But then she receives a photograph of a local woman who has gone missing, along with a cryptic, chilling message: “Pretty, pretty princess. See her smile…see her die.”
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The Blackthorn Women
by Jess Lourey
Release Date: -
A terrible family curse threatens four generations of women in a spellbinding novel of haunting secrets, magic, and healing by the Edgar Award–nominated author of The Taken Ones. After her husband’s infidelity, devastated Katrine Blackthorn reluctantly returns to Faith Falls, Minnesota, to her family’s Queen Anne mansion on the hill and the magic that binds them all.
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