Time Loops & Destiny Calls: Fantasy and Sci-Fi Picks
Time is breaking, alliances are shifting, and someone always knows more than they should. These science fiction and fantasy books pit flawed heroes against complex systems with stakes that could rewrite entire worlds. Buckle in for mind-bending plots and cosmic-level twists.
Stoneslayer (Fallout Book 2)
by Candace Lynn Talmadge
Release Date: August 5, 2025
Between healing the king and her friend, Azgard outcast Helen Andros clashes with her powerful father—leaving her scarred for life. Can Helen tell him she loves him before he faces brutal reprisal for his relationship with her mother? Can she endure a loveless marriage and outwit the Stoneslayer’s relentless pursuit of her green gem?
Buy on AmazonA Moth to the Flame
by Kata Čuić
Release Date: July 31, 2025
After a desperate wish at an ancient, cursed well, Cordelia and Duke swap bodies and are forced to walk a mile in their sworn enemy’s shoes literally. As their changed identities unravel long-buried secrets in their little Appalachian town, the thin line between love and hate blurs, and the battle between witches and fae reignites.
Buy on AmazonHex in the City (The Hex Files Book 1)
by Kelly Garcia
Release Date: August 4, 2025
Legally Blonde meets Ilona Andrews. After her two-timing ex—Chicago’s top divorce attorney—destroys her, 40-year-old Bella Hexley returns to the Enchanted District to reclaim her magic. With a demon loan to repay, her new law firm’s future hinges on winning her first case: reckless homicide. The charming defendant? Trouble in every way.
Buy on AmazonBlack Corrosion
by Costi Gurgu
Release Date: August 1, 2025
In Black Corrosion, Geo Woodman, the newly elected ruler of Silkers, alongside his loyal wife, remaining family, and close friends, tries to find his place in a corrosive dystopian world inhabited by Dream and Nightmare creatures—all the while struggling to prepare for the final battle against Han the Great, a powerful, genocide-driven warlord.
Buy on AmazonExtraterrestrial Noir
by Rich Leder
Release Date: July 22, 2025
An extraterrestrial crashes into a cul-de-sac Colonial, presents itself as two film noir icons, displays an appetite for suburban debauchery, depravity, decadence, and destruction, and seduces the unsuspecting family into its psychopathic criminal orbit with irresistible panache, alluring sexual charisma, and inconceivable intergalactic powers.
Buy on AmazonSanctuary (The Dragon Mage Book 3)
by Rohan M. Vider
Release Date: July 31, 2025
A magic apocalypse. A new world. Elves, orcs, dragons. And at the center of it all: THE DRAGON MAGE. The long-awaited third installment in the Dragon Mage Saga is coming soon! Jamie and Sierra have managed to establish a foothold in Overworld, but legions are those who hungrily eye their territory. Will Jamie be able to hold them at bay? Or will the inexorable might of the other races prove too great to bear?
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