Release: Shadow of Sin

SHADOW OF SIN
Kristen Luciani
Release Date: August 13

AVAILABLE IN KINDLE UNLIMITED

A standalone dark mafia romance where a wrongly convicted hacker heroine meets her match — an obsessed, neurodivergent tech genius who's been watching her for two years.

I went to prison for a crime I didn't commit.

Fourteen months behind bars because I trusted the wrong man. When I got out, I swore I'd never make that mistake again.

Then a Russian gangster turned my brother Sal into leverage and gave me a choice: hack for him, or watch Sal pay the price.

So I became a ghost. The best in the city. Untraceable. Untouchable. Invisible.

Until I broke into the wrong network and discovered someone had already been inside mine.

His name is Wolfe Molloy. He's the tech genius behind Boston's most powerful Irish crime family. He's quiet, intense, and brutally intelligent. He doesn't do small talk. He doesn't do charm. He eats cereal for dinner and forgets to sleep and his brain never, ever shuts off.

Except when he's near me.

There's just one problem.

He's been watching me for two years. He knows my real name, my aliases, my conviction, and every move I've made since I walked out of that prison. He says he wants to protect me and my brother. He says he needs my skills to take down the man who controls my life.

What he's not saying is what scares me.

Because Wolfe Molloy is hiding something. A secret about my past that could set me free or shatter every reason I have to trust him.

The closer I get, the harder he is to resist. He touches me like I'm something precious. He stands between me and every threat like his body is a wall he built just for me. He looks at me like I'm the only thing in this world his mind can't take apart and put back together.

And when the truth comes out — when I find out what he's been keeping from me — I'll have to decide if the man who buried my freedom is the same man who'd bleed to protect it.

Because in this world, love isn't just dangerous.

It's the one thing neither of us knows how to survive.

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H4X66XJF

Meet Kristen Luciani:

Mafia romance is her passion…and her poison.

Kristen Luciani is a USA Today bestselling author of steamy and suspense-filled romance. She’s addicted to kickboxing, Starburst jelly beans, and swooning over dark, broken anti-heroes. Kristen is happily married to her own real-life hero of over 20 years. In addition to penning spicy stories, she also has a part-time job as her three kids’ personal Uber driver, which she manages to successfully juggle along with her other tasks: laundry, cleaning, laundry, cooking, laundry, and caring for her adorable Boston Terrier puppy.

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Release: Vandal Unbound

✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for VANDAL UNBOUND by @scarlettcole! Grab it in KU! 

 

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Why you need to #ONECLICK this book…

🏍️ motorcycle club romance

❤️ enforcer x single mom

☀️ sunshine heroine / grumpy hero

☠️ Touch them and die

❣️ Broken MMC x hurt comfort

🔥 Slow Burn with Explosive Chemistry

🌻 Soft FMC / Dangerous MMC

👀 He falls first / he falls hardest

 

DAISY

The day I ran, I left behind everything except my daughter.

I knew I couldn’t beat the men who wanted to take Elsie from me. Men with money, power, and enough lawyers to make sure she’d grow up visiting the father she never deserved. So I disappeared instead.

We’ve spent years looking over our shoulders. Never staying anywhere long enough to belong. Never trusting anyone enough to call them home.

Then one wrong phone call changes everything.

Vandal is a wall of tattoos, silence, and scars that tell stories he never will. The kind of man every sensible woman should fear.

Instead, I find myself wondering if the safest place I’ve ever been is in the arms of the most dangerous man I’ve ever met.

 

VANDAL

The men who took me thought they could break me, and maybe they did.

Physically, I get better every day. But my head is still so messed up, I can’t tell the difference between a memory and a nightmare. The club says I survived. Most days, it doesn’t feel like it.

Then a little girl calls my phone by mistake.

One wrong number puts Daisy and Elsie right in the middle of my wrecked life. Daisy with her gentle touch and guarded eyes. And Elsie clutching her teddy bear, looking at me like I’m someone safe.

I’m not.

I’m an Iron Outlaw. Damaged. Barely holding myself together.

But Daisy’s running from dangerous men. And I start wanting things I stopped believing I deserved; a home, a family, and her.

So, when Daisy’s past finally catches up to her, they’re going to learn exactly how dangerous a broken man can be when you threaten the only people keeping him alive.

 

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Release: The Long Way Found

✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for THE LONG WAY FOUND by @cjchamberswrites! Grab it in KU!

 

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Why you need to #ONECLICK this book...
🔥Second Chance

🔥Small Town

🔥Retired Military MMC

🔥Steamy MM Romance

🔥Return to Hometown

🔥First Loves

 

Two decades ago, Jack Garrison boarded a plane for West Point and left Luke Calder behind.

 

Luke stopped waiting. Eventually.

 

Now, as he approaches forty, Luke has built a life he loves in Calder Ridge, the Colorado mountain town he's always called home. The past is finally where it belongs.

 

Then Jack comes back.

 

After a decorated Army career, a failed marriage, and a lifetime spent wondering about the boy he left behind, Jack plans only a brief stop.

 

Everything changes when he sees Luke again. Confident. Stronger. Somehow even more handsome than Jack remembered.

 

Their attraction flares to life again, but desire is the easy part. Heartache and distrust don't disappear overnight. What happens when the boys who lost each other grow into men who finally have a chance to get it right?

 

Some first loves fade into the past. But some are worth taking the long way to find again.

 

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Teaser: The Human Language

Develop psychological safety, improve your relationships, transform your life. Launching The MECAnism, a practical framework

Non-Fiction, Self-Help, Business, Parenting, Mind/Body/Soul, Inspirational

Date Published: September 2026

Publisher: Serapis Bey Publishing

 

TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE WITH THE WAY YOU SPEAK

As human beings, we have a deep need for social connection, yet our primitive fight-or-flight response can be a major barrier to achieving it, leading to misunderstanding, conflict and disconnection.

Fortunately, there is a solution.

The Human Language delivers a compelling message. By replacing our habitual, learned patterns of communication we can experience greater understanding, empathy and connection in our relationships, transforming our lives.

Through easy-to-follow chapters, this book introduces The MECAnism, to calm your instinctive reactions, gain emotional clarity and develop psychological safety. It gives you the practical tools and techniques to listen, speak and act in your daily life with compassion, for yourself and others, enabling you to meet your needs with confidence.

"I will recommend using The Human Language 1000 times. It helps me verbalise my feelings and work through moments of overwhelm. There are applications across all areas of life.It can, and will be, a transformative book."

Pam Bryant, Oxford, UK

"Penny uses just enough science to help the reader understand why they behave the way they do while focusing on simple techniques to get to the heart of change.

The Human Language should be required reading for anybody who has to work or live with other people, which is most of us."

Diana D'Ascoli, Philadelphia, US

Excerpt

We all have the ability to re-engineer our relationships, and trade self-defence, blame and inauthenticity for understanding, compassion and trust, leading us to a greater sense of inner peace. We just need to find the right way to communicate.

The Human Language provides just the solution. Through practical tools and techniques, its MECAnism framework empowers you to foster a healthier mindset, to listen empathically, speak authentically and ask for what you truly need, turning conflict into understanding and connection.

In doing so, we not only bring about personal improvements in productivity, relationships and self-worth but also create a world where seeking understanding becomes the default approach.

About the Author

 

 Penny Newton-Hurley is the founder of CommPassion Ltd. She has worked with large private organisations in the UK and globally, and in the public sector across the areas of government, military, healthcare and education for more than 30 years. CommPassion provides training in interpersonal communication skills, resolving conflict between individuals and building psychological safety within teams for higher workplace and relationship performance.

In 2025, her company launched their first four online courses, taking their expertise and experience from the world of business directly to individuals in all areas of their lives. This book reveals the details behind her courses and supports the learning of improved communications skills.

Communication has been a fascination for Penny since childhood, when she spoke with her father in Morse Code! After a few exciting years spent working in International Marketing, Penny had an opportunity to be involved in the nascent field of Internal Communication where she began to understand the importance of humanto-human connection in the workplace. In 2005, she was introduced to the teachings of nonviolent communication. From that moment on, it became her purpose to spread this message as far as possible, a mission to change the way we talk and listen and communicate with each other; to change the way the world speaks.

Today, she is a trainer of compassionate communication techniques, Workplace Mediator, Certified Psychological Safety Facilitator with the Fearless Organisation; as well as a UK Samaritans Listening Volunteer. Penny holds a BA (Combined Honours) in Modern Languages (French/Spanish) with Politics, Economics and Linguistics.

 

Contact Links

Website

Instagram: @pennynewtonhurley

Facebook: Penny Newton-Hurley

LinkedIn: Penny Newton-Hurley

TikTok: @pennynewtonhurley

YouTube: Penny Newton-Hurley

Book Blast : Heidenröslein: The Little Rose on the Heath

 

This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. Christopher Whittaker will be awarding a $10 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour.

Two men. Two worlds.

One war that will remake them both.

Peter Schiller, a disciplined officer from privilege, is trained to lead—but not for what war truly demands.

Günther Klein, a working-class recruit, is thrown into the trenches and forced to learn fast or die.

In the mud and ruin of the Great War, rank and class begin to dissolve. Orders blur into instinct. Honour bends under necessity. What remains is survival—and the thin, unspoken bond forged between two men who should never have met.

But war does not end when the guns fall silent.

Heidenröslein is a powerful, unflinching story of war, brotherhood, and the quiet, irreversible cost of becoming what the battlefield demands.

Read an Excerpt

1914

The kitchen was small, but it carried the quiet dignity of people who owned little and cared for everything.

Against one wall stood a heavy sideboard of dark timber, polished by years of careful hands rather than luxury. Fine China sat arranged behind glass doors, each piece positioned with deliberate precision. The plates were reserved for Sundays, feast days, or visits important enough to justify the risk of using something fragile. Crystal wine glasses hung above them, catching the weak morning light and holding it in muted amber reflections.

Nothing in the room was fashionable.

Everything in it was treasured.

In the center stood a small round table worn smooth at the edges where elbows, plates, and years of conversation had rubbed away the varnish. The stove and icebox stood side by side beneath the far wall, black iron beside chipped white enamel, both old enough to have become part of the family itself. Beneath the kitchen window ran a long washing trough, damp to the touch, carrying the faint scent of soap, starch, and boiled cabbage that seemed to linger permanently in the wood.

At it stood Frau Klein.

She held a cup beneath the water, slowly moving the cloth around its rim although it had already been cleaned twice over. Her hands worked from instinct now, broad and reddened from years of labour, fingers thickened from kneading dough, wringing cloth, hauling water, carrying coal, and doing every invisible task required to keep a household alive.

She had once been handsome in the soft, rosy-cheeked way of country girls.

Now life had settled heavily upon her.

About the Author: Chris lives in Perth, Western Australia with his wife Dianne.

Amazon: https://amazon.com/dp/183454193X

Audiobook Tour: Living At the Edge of the World - Summer

 

Twelve-year-old Tabitha returns to the remote Shetland island of Papala expecting adventure – not a mystery linked to an ancient selkie legend.

As pollution threatens the coastline and the island faces an uncertain future, Tabitha and her twin brother Timothy, must uncover the truth before the islanders lose both their livelihood and their home.

Living at the Edge of the World – Summer

The Papala Island Adventure Series Book 3

written by S. J. Barratt

narrated by Gill Mills

Genre: Middle Grade Eco Adventure 

When twelve-year-old Tabitha returns to the remote Shetland island of Papala, she expects adventure with her twin brother and friends–not trouble.

As their ferry approaches Papala, Tabitha discovers what appears to be a selkie skin drifting in the harbour. Local legend says the skin belongs to a mythical creature–half human, half seal–and that if it is not returned before midnight, the island will be cursed with generations of bad luck.

But Papala is already under threat. Pollution creeps along the coast, the bird sanctuary is at risk, and the island’s owner plans to sell. With time running out, Tabitha and her brother must uncover the truth and convince the islanders to protect their home.

A lyrical eco-adventure for those who enjoy atmospheric island stories like The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle, with the adventurous spirit of Malamander by Thomas Taylor.

 

“Educational storytelling doesn't come any better than this.”  Dieter Korger, Science fiction author for adults.

This story has a little of everything that 9-12+year-olds love to read: ocean life, adventure, animals, science and suspense. The list goes on and the pages keep turning!" - Janet Ashmore, children’s writer

“The fast pace and beautifully vivid descriptions add to the richness of the story. Judy Wollin, Writer Fun Fast Reads” 

 “I am still as thrilled with this third volume of the Papala Island Adventure Series: the writing is top-notch, the plot is gripping, and we are getting attached to the characters. This time, the main themes are environmental conscience, and whether it's even worth fighting against a global problem.

An uplifting and important read for young people.” - Anne-Chat – Amazon 5 star review

 

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Don’t miss the first two Papala Island Adventures!

Living at the Edge of the World – Winter

The Papala Island Adventure Series Book 1

Audible * Amazon ebook

 

Living at the Edge of the World – Spring

The Papala Island Adventure Series Book 2

Audible * Amazon ebook

S. J. Barratt is a self-published, professionally edited children’s author whose eco-themed stories celebrate the connection between people and the natural world. Rooted in an English countryside upbringing and shaped by a career in agriculture, she blends a gardener’s curiosity with a storyteller’s warmth to her writing. Now based in Lyon, France, Suzanne creates tales that inspire middle-grade readers to swap screen time for green time—and rediscover the wonders waiting just outside their door.

 

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A former BBC broadcaster and journalist, Gill Mills brings over 20 years of experience in entertainment to her narration. Known for her warm, resonant voice, she began her voice career while DJing on BBC Radio 1 and has since voiced numerous TV and audio productions. She now runs a content company specialising in podcast and film production from her studio in East London.

 

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Cover Reveal: Head Over Heels

Monica Murphy has revealed the cover for Head Over Heels!

Releasing: April 20, 2027

Cover Designer: Larissa Ezell

From New York Times and USA Todaybestselling author Monica Murphy—author of Lonely for You Only and the Lancaster Prep Series—comes her next sweet and sexy summer romance set in the same world as When Sparks Fly.

Nate has wanted Paige for as long as he can remember. But Paige is the town’s golden girl—beautiful, kind, funny, and smart—and he’s always believed she’s far out of his league. Convinced he’s protecting them both from heartbreak, Nate pushes her away again and again, never realizing how deeply he’s hurting the woman he loves.

Then a health scare forces him to face what truly matters. This time, he’s determined to fight for the future he’s always wanted.

But Paige has finally reached her limit. The attraction between them has never faded, yet trusting Nate with her heart feels like the biggest risk of all. Keeping him at arm’s length is the only way she knows to protect herself.

Now Nate will have to prove that love is worth the leap—and when he finally finds the courage to declare his feelings for Paige in front of the entire town, he’ll discover that winning her heart may be his greatest challenge yet.

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