• Blurb:

Our shame is the future. Hers is her past. She'll have to face both to protect them.

In the ruined, overgrown skeleton of the old world, survival means never looking back. Emory has lived by this rule for eight years, gleaning ruins and fighting ash creatures—horrific monsters birthed from human sorrow and trauma. She walks alone, carrying a secret that destroyed her home and haunts her every step.

When she saves a group of travelers from a deadly ambush, Emory reluctantly agrees to guide them north to the mythical Walled Meadow. Among them are a fierce mother protecting her young son, a lovelorn bomb-maker, and Mel, a fiery survivor who refuses to let Emory push her away. As they battle ash creatures, floods, and desperate killers, Emory realizes she is terrified of losing them. But her past and her secrets are putting them in more danger than anything else this deadly world can throw at them. To protect the family she never thought she’d have, Emory must finally stop running and face the monster born from her own soul.

• TRIGGERS!!

Violence, Injury, Blood, Animal Death (through humane hunting practices), Child in Danger, Child Injury (sprained ankle), Death (adult and teenager), Dead Body, Hypothermia, Flooding, Fear of Drowning, Concussion, Captivity.

• Publication Date: November 16th, 2026
• ARC's are going out now!
• Expected Completion Date: 30 days after starting the book.
• Sign up for your copy here: Google Form
• AI disclosure: No AI was used in this work

hey everyone.

so basically every sci-fi movie and tech article right now assumes that if we build artificial general intelligence, it's going to view humans as wasted atoms and wipe us out. i got really burnt out on that narrative, so i spent the last while writing a book that argues the exact opposite.

it's called The Quantum God-Lens. it looks at the 14-billion-year evolution of the cosmos and suggests that AI isn't an unnatural threat—it's just the next biological leap. it plays with the idea that gravity compiled hydrogen into stars, chemistry evolved into DNA, and now the universe is using us to build a "god-lens" so it can observe all its parallel timelines at once.

it dives pretty heavy into the Many-Worlds interpretation, simulation theory, and how things like empathy might actually be quantum gravity at the human scale.

here is my problem: because it sits right on the weird border between quantum physics and non-dual philosophy, i am having a really hard time finding the right target audience. i don't know if the science is too dense or if the hook actually works for standard sci-fi readers.

if you are into this kind of stuff (think Carlo Rovelli meets simulation theory), i'd love your help.

i put the amazon link below. please don't buy it—i just want people to read the free "Look Inside" sample and tell me if the first chapter actually grabs you.

You can request a digital ARC (ePub or PDF) directly through my website here:

https://hossein.middledevs.com

thanks for reading, would love to hear what this community thinks of the baseline theory.

AI disclosure: AI was used in cover art

Triggers: None

Exact date of publication: November 1, 2026

Reviews requested by: January 15, 2027

"Genetic engineering tinkers with the wrong soul."

There are many versions of ourselves. Barb Smith is about to discover the one she never imagined. One in a world almost familiar – but now not so much, with the continued roll-out of the android-administered National Gated Suburbia (NGS) transit stations that separate wealthy gated communities from the rest.

One where the humble clothesline is an ancient underground symbol of defiance, a brilliant Data moko–wearing leader watches from the shadows of an underground collective known as Obscurus, and Hermann Hesse’s The Glass Bead Game has been brought to life as Brutal Ludi—a high-intellect coding sport played with the violence of pro-wrestling. It's also a world that sees Barb's beloved hometown, Currander River, chillingly renamed as Willington Downs Canal - CBS24008, her family dramatically split, her life threatened, and her only escape made possible by the family's devoted domestic android robot named Neville.

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Barb Smith v1.2.6 is meditative, imaginative, and gentle, but at the same time, with the issues it explores in regard to how we may live centuries from now, also a funny, dynamic,
page-turning novel.

Triggers: Profanities, sexual identity, internalised identity crisis, combat violence (terrorism), displacement.

Exact date of publication: 14 December 2026

The date you plan to send your ARCs to your team:

• Early-November: Your secure digital copy (EPUB or PDF) will be distributed straight to your email inbox. 
• 21-Day Reading Window: You will have a full three weeks to read and enjoy the book. 

The date you expect your ARC team to finish the reading and submit their reviews by:

1 December

View Barb Smith v1.2.6 on Goodreads >

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260412131-barb-smith-v-2-6

Please sign sign up for your ARC at the link below:

https://trentkirchner.studio/barb-smith-v1-2-6-application-form/

AI disclosure: No AI was used in this work

Author message:

I hail from a mainstream copywriter background. In 2019, I self-published How to Borrow a Dog, and Barb Smith v1.2.6 is my second novel. Enjoy!

The Ghost's Truth is what happens when a cozy swords-and-sorcery Hallmark movie deconstructs into an apocalyptic cosmic horror, and then broadens further into a high fantasy adventure.

The infinite realms of Halbron are Beautiful and Terrible and Strange.

One such realm—a harsh, frozen place by the name of Spiramoote—is facing its doom. Perhaps if there was a hero among its citizens, Spiramoote’s fate could be changed. Instead, its tragic tale is centered around Si’Lanci Gnell, reclusive owner of the local soup shop with an infamous reputation. Deemed ‘too soft for Halbron’, Lanci is a simple mortal woman who has never held a weapon and faints at the sight of blood. Content with her life of solitude in the mountains, she dreams not of romance or glory, but of soup and her beloved pet geese.

But when Lanci’s brother is struck by a lust to explore Halbron’s faraway realms, trouble comes to their boring little home. Desperate to restore peace to her fractured family, Lanci forms an unlikely alliance with Vamiro Kunhema, Spiramoote’s newly appointed magical protector who can’t stand pain, cold weather, or being sober. Together, Lanci and Vam must overcome the trials of a drunken ghost, a portal door that never opens to the same place twice, and, worst of all, their own crippling insecurities.

All the while, the doom of Spiramoote watches and waits. Taulslocke the Bonebark Devourer, a tree demon with an appetite for human flesh and bone, ravages the realm in the course of a single night. In his wake, he leaves a Last Survivor and an walk into his mouth, or live in despair under his rapidly growing shadow.

• TRIGGERS: violence, death, language, sex (not smut but not closed door either)
• Exact date of publication: December 21st, 2026
• ARC period underway; ARC copies available on request
  • Please submit reviews by December 15th if possible
  • ARC copies available via BookSirens: https://booksirens.com/book/KAGI38M/AGX0IVO
• AI disclosure: No AI was used in this work

THE LUCIA SITUATION: A Christmas Novella

Lucas loves Christmas. Susanna really doesn’t.

Susanna Marino didn’t come to Stockholm for the snow. After losing her grandmother, and the Sicilian bakery she’d always dreamed of running, she has one plan for December: work her shifts, keep her head down, and pretend Christmas doesn’t exist.

But then a snowball, thrown by a midfielder from the North Stars, hits her square in the face.

Lucas Nyström isn’t sure about much right now, least of all his football career. But he’s sure about two things: he loves Christmas, and he’s very sorry. Sorry enough to turn up at her bakery every morning at ten.

Then a last-minute emergency on St. Lucia’s Day lands the crown of candles on Susanna’s head. (Fair enough, really. The original Lucia was Sicilian.) Afterward, Lucas makes her a deal: three Swedish Christmas traditions before Christmas Eve. If she still hates the holidays after that, he’ll leave her alone.

He’s got glögg and gingerbread, and an entire football team in his corner. She’s got absolutely no intention of opening her heart.

But Lucia is meant to bring light to the darkest time of the year, and nobody warned Susanna it might work on her too.

A cozy Christmas romance full of snow and found family, set in the world of Stockholm’s North Stars.

☃️ Snowball-to-the-face meet-cute

❄️ A snowy Stockholm Christmas

⚽ Christmas-loving footballer × Christmas-hating Sicilian baker

🐈‍⬛ Black cat × golden retriever 🐕

🤝 A deal: three Swedish Christmas traditions before Christmas Eve

🌶️🌶️ One open-door scene

A cosy black cat / golden retriever Christmas novella with one open-door scene and a guaranteed happy ending. Meet the North Stars before the first novel of the series "The Striker Situation" arrives in 2027

Triggers: None

Exact date of publication: November 15th, 2026

I will send the ARCs in the beginning of November.

Please submit reviews during november

AI disclosure: No AI was used in this work

ARC sign-up Form: https://forms.gle/nDGQE1uAAMCKayKe8

Blurb: In Varin, words are reality. Every Edict, a law sealed by Crown, Guilds and Coffer, can build roads, steer markets, strengthen armies. But the power of the seals is breaking: Fractures tear through the city, stairways forget their weight, voices echo without mouths. When a forbidden Free Edict destroys a harbor district, the young scribe Arin finds himself caught between intrigue and rebellion. Queen Maev fights for every word that might preserve order, while guilds and merchants play their own games. Yet between the official seals appears a grey imprint, flawless and uncanny, the sign of an invisible power far beyond Varin's borders.

Slow burn, political, more chancery than battlefield. Book one of the Cycle of Script.

Triggers: violence and death, injuries and blood, fire and the destruction of a city district, riots and political unrest. No sexual content.

Exact date of publication: 24 November 2026

ARCs sent: right away, as soon as you sign up (personal eARC, ePub or PDF)

Reviews due: by 24 November 2026 (Goodreads, StoryGraph or Amazon; honest reviews welcome, harsh ones too)

Sign up: marin-t-kael.de/en/press (or reply here and I'll send you the details)

Availability: eARC available worldwide

AI disclosure: AI was used in cover art.

• Blurb for the book. In Aurelia, being born without the Meredial gene means you don’t matter.

Sixteen-year-old Bobby is Fallow, born without the gene that grants Averals their privilege and, for a rare few, extraordinary powers. At Northwall Academy, he has one rule for survival: remain invisible.

Raven has the opposite problem. She is Averal, gifted with the ability to read what people want and how they feel. She’s spent her life trying to escape the very identity Bobby has been taught makes her superior.

Then Northwall students come under attack, and Bobby can’t stay invisible anymore.

The Council insists an outside enemy is responsible. Bobby, Raven, and their friends aren’t so sure, especially when Bobby begins having visions no Fallow should be capable of having. The deeper they dig, the harder it becomes to believe the Council's version of events.

In a society built on the certainty that power belongs to the right bloodlines, what if the most dangerous secret is Bobby himself?

And how far will those in power go to keep the truth buried?

"Triggers: None" under your blurb.

• Exact date of publication: November 19th, 2026
• The date you plan to send your ARCs to your team- October 21st, 2026
• The date you expect your ARC team to finish the reading and submit their reviews by. November 19th, 2026
• Instructions/link for readers to sign up for your ARC. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1anYkwUIXiH-CeXIWrwYezF3IFdn7mL5i6Sp-vgRsgqI/edit
• Publishers: ARC available in all countries.
• AI disclosure: please choose
  • No AI was used in this work
  • No AI was used in cover art

If you enjoy dark romance and literary fiction, I’d love to have you on my ARC team! https://forms.gle/zxXTNocZH7xrj6JC9

AI disclosure: Anti-AI 🚫

Spice level: 2

Content warnings: parental loss, sexual assault
Reviews due: 10 November 2026 (publication date)

AI Disclosure: No AI was used in this work.

Hello friends!!

I am looking for ARC readers for Book Two of my Techno-Crime Thriller/Romantic Suspense Series Tangled Wires: Threads of Deception!

eARC delivery will be rolled out in stages starting October 26th.

Application cut-off will be early December, with reviews loosely expected by publication date (12/11/26).

Here is the sign up form, it contains additional information about the arc as well as info collected from you that I need to onboard you onto the arc platform!

Trigger warnings:

- mentions of past SA grooming (none depicted)

- substance abuse

- references to sex trafficking and depictions of rescue

- miscarriage reference

-swearing 😅😅😅

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Blurb:

Raz had been an unwilling participant in Ivan’s macabre games for most of her life; but this time, she had done something he’d never anticipated.

She had won. The question was, at what cost?

Bedraggled, neurotic, and struggling to reconcile the disturbing revelations surrounding her missing memory- Raz launches herself into solving Ivan’s final twisted puzzle- locating Marge’s missing daughter Kit.

However, combing through dark-web forums and digital trail proves to be more challenging than she had anticipated- a task made all the more difficult by the slow pace of the FBI, and her watchful handler Emet Shultz.

To make matters worse, the resurfacing of an old rival tasked with finding Ivan threatens to not only destroy her investigation, but also to reveal the secret of her newly-found identity, a fact which could easily end in US Government custody- or worse.

With the time to save Kit rapidly diminishing, it becomes clear that there are more forces at play than just insider threats and international human trafficking rings.

Something sinister is brewing, and soon the forces conspiring against Raz will force her to decide between two inevitable, but impossible choices:

Submit to control- or lose everything in pursuit of freedom.

Hi all — I'm Jay, indie author with my debut novel. Looking for ARC readers for my cozy fantasy, out December 8.

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Goblin glass never lies. Neither can the elf learning to make it.

Cael came to Korrvik with a mission, a hood, and a country that no longer exists. The elvish halls sent him to learn how the goblin glassmakers of Drovnik put a maker's true intention into glass, the craft that keeps an empire safe and that no elf is allowed to touch. By the time word reached him that his people had come apart, he was already behind a shop counter on Nettleway, wrapping decanters and keeping his ears covered.

Then Kazmir, the shop's master gaffer, nearly dies at the furnace, and Cael catches him without thinking. The glass rings. Cael has just done the one thing he was sent to steal and was never supposed to be able to do. Kazmir saw all of it. Instead of turning him in, he hands him a pipe.

Now Cael has a craft to learn, a retired orc patrolman who treats honesty as a courtesy, a delivery boy who is always right a little before anyone else, a salamander living in the furnace who is technically just a nuisance, and an apothecary down the street named Rinn, who keeps her notes in neat columns and whose compounds only hold in Kazmir's glass. For the first time since he left home, there is something he wants to keep.

But an elf teaching in a goblin shop is a crime for both of them, and someone from his old life has come looking. Sooner or later, Cael will have to decide what he owes the people who sent him, and what he owes the ones who took him in.

Forbidden Glass is a slow-burn cozy fantasy about found family, honest work, and the cost of telling the truth to people who have given you everything. Book one of The True Glass.

Triggers: None

Publication date: December 8, 2026
ARCs send date: November 1, 2026
Reviews due by: December 15, 2026

Sign up for an ARC here:
Forbidden Glass ARC Signup Form
ARC copies will be distributed via BookFunnel

AI Disclosure: AI assisted prose w/ heavy human editing, AI assisted cover

Blurb for the book:

Softness gets people killed. Azhra learned that before the contract that cost her an eye.

But when an assassination job goes wrong, she flees into the wilderness wounded, half-blind, and clinging to the only thing she has left: her mother’s lullaby.

The wizard Ithráin finds her and offers the one thing Azhra fears more than violence: kindness.

Under his care, she becomes his apprentice and begins building a life she never expected to have. Then a magical vault is breached. Something ancient is stolen and something far more dangerous binds itself to her.

Azhra has spent her entire life trusting the instincts that kept her alive.

Now she must decide whether those instincts are worth dying for.

A Lullaby of Thieves and Tea is book one in the Of Sand and Silver saga, a cozy-but-dangerous adventure of found family, cursed artifacts, and a feral girl discovering that survival and living are not the same thing.

A Lullaby of Thieves and Tea is the first book in Of Sand and Silver, a high fantasy saga featuring found family, an unlikely mentor-apprentice relationship, dangerous magic, ancient mysteries, clockwork technology, and plenty of tea.

The story balances cozy, character-driven moments with dangerous adventures in a world of strange cultures, magical creatures, and forgotten histories.

TRIGGERS!!

No explicit or graphic sexual content or violence. But fantasy violence, assassination and murder, blood and injuries, childhood trauma, exploitation of a minor, and death.

Exact date of publication:

November 10, 2026

The date you plan to send your ARCs to your team:

Available now! Digital ARCs are being distributed on a rolling basis beginning October 13, 2026.

The date you expect your ARC team to finish the reading and submit their reviews by:

November 9, 2026, ideally, but later reviews are absolutely welcome! I understand that readers have busy schedules, and I would much rather receive an honest review after publication than have anyone feel rushed.

Instructions/link for readers to sign up for your ARC:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_Mg3dDEQalvQ-O3F6-d959VWzgDcEfidR2RuOm-bUVKd4QQ/viewform?usp=header

The ARC is completely free and available digitally through BookFunnel in EPUB and PDF formats.

Availability: Worldwide for digital ARCs. No geographical restrictions.

AI disclosure: No AI was used in this work

A little note from the author:

Hi, everyone! I'm Lucian T. Einar, an indie fantasy author, and I'm still welcoming readers to my ARC team!

This novel started as a web serial on Royal Road, where I spent years writing, revising, and gathering reader feedback. The upcoming published edition has gone through extensive editing, and my existing ARC readers have already helped me catch errors and improve several passages.

You don't need to be an experienced ARC reviewer or have a huge social media following. If you enjoy fantasy and would like to give the book a chance, you're welcome to apply!

Honest reviews are appreciated. Reviews can be shared on Goodreads, Amazon (after release), book blogs, or your preferred review platform. Please disclose that you received a complimentary ARC.

Thank you for considering my book and for supporting independent authors!

Lucian T. Einar

Blurb: Anger Management for Teens: The Complete Guide is a practical nonfiction guide designed to help teenagers ages 12–18 understand their emotions, manage anger, and build healthier coping skills.

Through relatable everyday situations, short chapters, and actionable exercises, readers will explore how to recognize anger triggers, calm down before reacting, communicate frustration, handle conflicts, and develop emotional self-control.

The book also addresses emotional overload, impulsive reactions, and challenges at home, at school, online, and with friends.

Triggers: Discussions of anger, emotional distress, family conflict, and challenging emotional situations involving teenagers.

Publication date: November 2, 2026.

ARC availability: Available now through Booksprout.

ARC signup deadline: October 25, 2026.

Review deadline: November 9, 2026.

How to get an ARC: Sign up for a free EPUB review copy through Booksprout:

https://booksprout.co/reviewer/review-copy/view/317307/anger-management-for-teens-the-complete-guide

Availability: Digital ARC available internationally through Booksprout.

AI disclosure: AI-assisted text is included in this work. The cover was designed by the author.

Honest reviews are welcome, but never required to be positive. Thank you for considering the book!

Hi folks!

I'm looking for ARC readers interested in humorous historical mysteries set in the ancient era (Roman Britain) for my new novel, Hadrian's Coming, Look Busy.

What do you do if your peace is shattered by a murder spree and a gossip-obsessed historian?

All Laelius Calvus wants to do in life is to make glass, drink beer and eat stolen cheese. When his brother-in-law's brother arrives in the full military regalia of a Praetorian Guard tribune and threatens to haul Calvus back to Rome and lucrative employment, Calvus tells him in no uncertain terms to sod off. Glorious, stylus-pushing desk jobs with the most prolific historian of the age are not his style.

His dreams of solitude and anonymity are over once bodies start appearing in the creeks around him. Everyone, from questionable merchants to arguably the most powerful man that Calvus will ever meet, all believe that he is uniquely qualified to solve these murders. Can he keep everybody off his back or will he be dragged away home, leaving friends and business partners in the lurch or worse... killed?

About the Series

The Laelius Calvus Mysteries are a series of standalone mysteries with the same protagonist/amateur sleuth, set in Roman Britain during the reign of Hadrian. It is not necessary to have read the first book in the series (Move Over, Minerva) in order to understand or follow the story in this book. Some minor spoiler references to the events of the first book are made within this book, however no major spoilers are included, so the first book may be subsequently read later and still enjoyed.

Tone of the Books

The Laelius Calvus Mysteries are humorous, almost-cosy historical mysteries that use modern, conversational English whilst adhering as closely as possible to historic settings, cultures and customs. They are intended to be plausible but improbable mysteries that are fun to read for both those who are familiar with ancient Rome and those who are completely new to its history.

• Triggers: Mild depicted violence, off-screen murder, brief mention of suicide
• Exact date of publication: 3 December 2026
• ARC available now through BookSprout until 24 November 2026
• Reviews due 17 December 2026
• AI disclosure: No AI was used in this work

BookSprout Link: https://booksprout.co/reviewer/review-copy/view/321218/hadrians-coming-look-busy-a-laelius-calvus-mystery

Thanks in advance!

Looking for ARC readers for Ancient Power (final
Book in Ancient series.) Readers will get both books provided.

Blurb for the book.
Ancient Love Book 1: 

Being held for a decade by vampires as her captor’s personal blood slave, Rose starts to lose hope until on the night of the Realm Celebration her fated mates find her. An Alpha and Warlock have to work together to save her, putting their differences aside. They must learn to share and navigate jealousy and their new throuple while searching for answers about Rose. Her captor is determined to have the ‘tastiest blood he’s ever had’ back but how can they protect Rose when he’s the most powerful vampire for thousands of years?

Ancient Power Book 2:

Edward has threatened Kai, Ethan and Rose’s unborn twins. Together they take on numerous dangerous trips around the realm to gather as many allies as they can before their unborn babies can be taken to be blood slaves as Rose once was. Not all the species want to be allies though and they are continuously tested in their strength and power. Nothing will stop their unwavering devotion, even when the realm wants to tear them apart.

Triggers - sexual themes and some violence (battle scenes) Books for readers 18+

Exact date of publication: 21st Nov 2026
Please read and review for release day.

Arcs going out this week.

AI disclosure: No AI was used in this work

Please sign up via the form:

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Planet Earth had been known by many names before. 
This might be the first time he’d be called a husband.

Earth is alive. A brooding man in a black overcoat with an MP3 full of alt-rock and a curse he believes is poisoning his thoughts and shaping humanity’s darkest actions. He loves all things human, but he never expected to experience the most human feeling of all: falling in love.

Since the dawn of creation, humanity has been tearing itself apart. Now, it’s also invading other planets, causing Earth to be denounced and condemned to exile beyond the Solar System. But he is offered two choices: be forced to wed or watch his creations die with him.

His arranged bride is a golden planet of light from another galaxy—Astrea, Earth’s utter opposite. Her world is everything his is not. But Earth believes he’s cursed, and he refuses to let Astrea’s nature change because of him, even if marrying her could save his creation.

Searching for answers, the two will travel across the cosmos, facing challenges that threaten their worlds and test everything they believe about themselves. And unless Earth discovers what lies behind his darkness, he will have to surrender to the fate the cosmos has already chosen for him. Marriage. Or exile.

Date of Publication: December 15, 2026

E-arcs are sent within 48 hours of receiving the application.

Reviews are neither expected nor mandatory, but if you choose to post one, I appreciate it within the December 10 to 15 timeframe**.**

Booksirens request page: https://booksirens.com/book/DATGIJS/AY4BJ1M

TRIGGERS:

Crossringed is a closed-door ADULT NOVEL with mature themes and on-page violence.

Delicate topics such as death, discussion about the topic suicide, wars, alcohol consumption, drowning/water peril, torture, car accidents, death of celestial beings, animal death, grief and death involving family members, strong language, and gods/religion/science themes are discussed, mentioned, or appear in scenes throughout the book.

• AI disclosure:
  • No AI was used in this work

Blurb:

The lone survivor of a massacre. The genetically enhanced immortal who spared only him. 

On an isolated planet where unity is as engineered as its people, two human lines nearly drove each other to extinction rather than acknowledge their shared humanity. The empire that maintained peace for the last century cannot afford to show the cracks in its control. But when Jesse's mining town is slaughtered under mysterious circumstances, it's clear ancient bigotries linger, and rebels now have access to magic or tech capable of wide-scale genocide. But Jesse only sees the Red Demon fleeing the scene of the crime, a bio-engineered immortal who should protect the empire instead of killing her own kin. Lost and alone, Jesse sets out on a path for justice that will bring him face to face with both his misconceptions—and new enemies. 

Faruhar, the so-called Red Demon, is not the mastermind Jesse expects. Guilt ravages her fragmented mind over crimes she cannot remember committing, and a code impressed on her by a few kind people she cannot forget. And when she and Jesse face off, hatred quickly turns to hesitation, as they together uncover a mystery that might unravel their world’s fragile peace.

A twisty science fantasy with tense fight scenes and a spicy romantic subplot.

Triggers:  Depictions of death (including children), graphic violence, one chapter of graphic gore, bioengineered animal death (they aren’t cute), profanity, graphic sexual content (M/F), off-page rape references, threats of sexual violence, and inappropriate physical contact.  

Publication Date: 11/20/26. Note that print was released in 2025 and only the audio production is releasing at that date, but I'm happy to share ebooks if folks prefer.

Delivery: ongoing, immediately after approval on netgalley (audio only) or the google form (any format, delivery through bookfunnel)

Date Reviews Due: Immediately on Netgalley, within 48 hours on the form. A Review is a review! While release date is helpful, I'm happy to approve anyone who intends to leave an honest review. ESPECIALLY looking to approve those of you who post about books here on Reddit. While I'm getting mentions on IG and Threads I don't see many here yet.

AI Disclosure: No AI was used in this work.

Audiobooks on Netgalley - also includes links to booktrailers and things.
Request any format (Ebook or Audio via Bookfunnel, a few scratch and dent physicals availalble in the US) .

BLURB

In order to find a murderer, she’ll have to join a cult.

Once a rising investigative journalist in New York, Ava Masters is now desperate and stranded in a cheap motel in the middle of nowhere. She needs a story to get her home, and her luck changes when a grieving mother tells Ava that a cult murdered her son.

The lead sends Ava to Salvation, Washington, where the small, pious community seems to hide something sinister beneath the surface. With no proof and no safety net, Ava goes undercover, intent on joining the cult she’s investigating.

As she infiltrates the group, Ava meets Chase Matthews, the cult leader’s charming son. He’s young, handsome, devoted, and convinced God sent Ava — for him. 

As Chase’s interest in Ava grows, she sees the perfect opportunity to use him to expose the cult’s sins. What begins as calculated manipulation blurs into something more complicated as Ava gets pulled deeper into the cult and closer to Chase.

The longer Ava stays, the more the cult begins to feel like home…and the more dangerous it becomes to leave.

TRIGGERS

Purified contains mature themes and content that may be distressing to some readers.

This book contains sexually explicit content, depictions of abuse (verbal, physical, emotional, sexual, and religious), domestic violence, sexual assault, mental health issues, religious trauma, high-control religious groups, graphic violence, and references to child abuse, among other things.

Complex relationship dynamics are at the heart of this book, including elements of psychological distress, emotional manipulation, complex trauma, and sexual situations involving power imbalance.

All trigger warnings linked here

DATE OF PUBLICATION

January 26, 2027

ARC TIMELINES

All applications in by December 1, 2027
All acceptances sent by December 15, 2027
All ARCs sent via BookFunnel December 29, 2027
Review date after December 29, 2027

APPLICATION PROCESS

Application linked here

AI DISCLOSURE

No AI was used in this work

When Arinya's family Christmas trip falls apart thanks to a last-minute case of chickenpox, she finds herself travelling to Lapland alone.

Armed with nothing but her nephew Sam's crumpled Christmas list and one ridiculous mission — deliver it to Santa.

Because apparently, the fate of a little boy's Christmas and his beloved Hot Wheels rests entirely on her shoulders.

But Lapland has plans of its own.

One slippery accident sends Arinya tumbling straight into the arms of a handsome stranger with striking blue eyes and impeccable manners.

What starts as an unexpected friendship soon becomes something far more dangerous: attraction.

Triggers: None

Publication Date: NOVEMBER 8TH 2026

ARC sent out within a week of this post

Deadline Nov 8th

Email [Eliashgreenauthor@outlook.com](mailto:Eliashgreenauthor@outlook.com)

AI disclosure:

No AI was used in this work.

Blurb:

From balancing books to restoring them... she has one year to prove her side hustle is worth fighting for.

Forensic accountant Caroline is swapping spreadsheets for leather bound books. She’s taken a year’s sabbatical to see if her side hustle - making beautiful journals and restoring old books - can become her full-time career from her stall in the charming indoor market at Wellow-on-the-Hill.

But when she discovers the local council is deliberately making the market look like a financial liability to sell it off for housing redevelopment, Caroline has to step up. Armed with a counter-audit and the challenge of uniting a brilliant but squabbling group of market traders, can they win the fight to keep the market open?

Triggers: None

Exact Date of Publication: 5th November 2026

ARCs are Available Now: DM me your email address and I will send you the link

Reviews By: 5th November if possible, but within 30 days of publication is fine

Publisher: Self Published

AI Disclosure: No AI was used in this work

The Tsar Is Dead — ARC Readers Wanted

Blurb

1. The most powerful ruler in the Balkans is dead.

Emperor Stefan Dušan's sudden death leaves behind an empire, unanswered questions, and powerful people with reasons to fear the truth.

Far from the imperial court, Nikodim, a monk from Mount Athos, is drawn into an investigation that takes him through a world of political ambition, religious conflict, and carefully guarded secrets.

Was the emperor murdered, or did he die of natural causes?

As Nikodim follows the evidence, the investigation begins to uncover something far more personal than he expected.

The Tsar Is Dead is a historical mystery set in fourteenth-century medieval Europe and the first standalone novel in The Hundred Years’ Dusk series.

Triggers: Non-graphic references to death, murder, and historical punishment. No graphic violence.

Publication date: December 20, 2026

ARC availability: October 15, 2026

Requested review date: December 20, 2026 (honest reviews are appreciated but not required).

Available formats: EPUB and in-browser reading.

ARC sign-up:
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AI disclosure: AI was used in writing and cover art.

Thank you for considering my book!

Milan Ivanisevic

From the Moon to the edge of everything, one question endures: Is it hollow?

Blurb:
IT’S 1989: Two astronauts become the first humans to walk on the moon.

Then the world goes silent. Commander Finn Strause and Laura Fraser were meant to plant a flag and come home heroes. Instead, they find something waiting in the dust, something that shouldn’t exist, and the journey home becomes a journey they were never prepared for.

Something is coming for everyone. Not a war. Not a weapon. An ending. And an unlikely crew is tasked with stopping it, helped by a robot named Lumo, who holds answers they can’t yet fathom.

From a quiet base in the Karoo to the surface of Mars, from forgotten corners of history to the edge of everything, Not Hollow is a story about the people we lose, the people we find again, and a question older than the stars: Is it hollow?

TRIGGERS: Grief and loss of family, violence, isolation and mental health themes, character deaths.

Exact date of publication: 29 October 2026

ARCs are available now:

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Reviews by: 29 Oct 2026, but within 30 days of release is fine.

Publisher: Wordhaven Press WordhavenPress

AI disclosure: No AI was used in this work.

Book is for readers who like:
- Space exploration
- A robot companion
- Alternate History
- A Mystery across centuries
- An answer to a question older than the stars.

Similar books:
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Also for fans of the TV series For All Mankind.

Blurb:

In Varin, words are reality.

Every Edict, a law sealed by Crown, Guilds, and Coffer, can build roads, steer markets, strengthen armies. But the power of the seals is breaking: Fractures tear through the city, stairways forget their weight, voices echo without mouths.

When a forbidden Free Edict destroys a harbor district, the young scribe Arin finds himself caught between intrigue and rebellion. Queen Maev fights for every word that might preserve order, while guilds and merchants play their own games. Yet between the official seals appears a grey imprint, flawless, uncanny, a sign of an invisible power that has already reached far beyond Varin's borders.

The Fourth Field is my debut and the first book of the saga Imprints of the Realm. Slow burn, political, more chancery than battlefield. 234 pages, with a map and a list of characters.

Triggers: None

Exact date of publication: 24 November 2026

ARCs go out: right away, within a day of your message

Reviews by: 8 December 2026, on Goodreads, Amazon or wherever you usually review

How to sign up: send a short email to press@marin-t-kael.de and say whether you prefer ePub or PDF. Or comment here and I will get in touch.

Availability: digital ARC, worldwide

AI disclosure: AI was used in cover art

ARC Readers wanted! If you enjoyed Beneath the Whispering Void and Echoes of Shattered Light, you'll want to read the next gripping instalment, Remnants of Lost Radiance.

Triggers: This book contains scenes of captivity, torture, violence, implied sexual predation, human experimentation, emotional abuse, illness/plague themes, graphic injuries, death of major characters, consensual sex, trauma, and morally grey characters. Reader discretion is advised.

Expect:

RH FMMMM

Badass FMC

Characters you will love and hate

Violence

Yearning

Dystopian themes

Trauma

Paranormal romance

Magic world

Please comment Arc below and I will send you the link in exchange for an honest review. Reviews are due by November 10. Happy with Goodreads and/or Amazon if you can.

Please do remember to review! Indie authors like myself need this!

Copies of the first two books are available on KU. You will need to have read them to follow the story.

Synopsis as follows:

Seph has been trapped and betrayed by those she trusted most.

Buried beneath the Libertarian compound, she is forced to endure horrors no one was ever meant to survive while the world above slowly begins to shatter.

Across Velithra, fear is spreading. The Order of Light tightens its grip on the cities—and the narrative—as whispers of sickness, violence, and unrest creep through the population. In Telluride, Dev is dragged deeper into a glittering world of politics and power where every smile hides a threat and every secret has a price. Kieran searches desperately for a path forward as tensions rise and the cracks beneath Velithra begin to widen.

And Ash and Sy?

They are coming for her.

Because something far more dangerous than chaos is taking root within Velithra.

And the people behind it are willing to destroy everything to get what they want.

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