Month: October 2026

New Release Blitz: Fear and Jonathan Friend by Barry Creyton

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Title: Fear and Jonathan Friend

Author: Barry Creyton

Publisher: NineStar Press

Release Date: 10/20/2026

Heat Level: 2 – Fade to Black Sex

Pairing: Male/Male

Length: 34600

Genre: Horror/thriller, M/M romance, psychological thriller, no sex but offhand mention of M/F affair, amnesia, author, newspaper reporter, hurt/comfort, mental illness, PTSD/post-traumatic stress

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Description

Jonathan Friend, a successful novelist, is left shattered by the tragic death of his husband, Andy. He suffers a breakdown, spends months of therapy in London, and returns to the US, only to endure a catastrophic plane crash in which he is the sole survivor.

After recuperating in the hospital, he returns to his rural Connecticut home. Here, Jonathan is haunted by a paralyzing fear of the cellar where Andy died and plagued by surreal nightmares, often reliving Andy’s death by impalement on garden shears. His rationality declines further when he discovers disturbing truths about the crash.
Bernie Jensen, local newspaper editor, seeks an interview with Jonathan. Initially met with hostility, over time, a romantic bond forms. As Jonathan confides his fears and hallucinations to Bernie, he investigates Jonathan’s claims.

As shocking truths are revealed, Jonathan loses his grip on reality and attacks Bernie, wounding him. He is arrested, but escapes custody to confront his fears at his home. Here, the devastating truth about Andy’s death is finally revealed.

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New Release Blitz: Dies Irae by Autumn Montague

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Title: Dies Irae

Author: Autumn Montague

Cover Art: Bryan Keller

Genres: Action Adventure, Mystery /Suspense /Intrigue, New Releases, Paranormal, Romance

Themes: Capture Fantasy, Dark Romance, Historical (Dark Ages, Regency, Victorian/Gaslamp & Edwardian), LGBTQ+ Gay, Vampires

Series: Blood Sworn (#2)

Book Length: Novel

Page Count: 148

Synopsis

London, 1816. Someone is killing vampires and their Hosts, leaving brutalized bodies on display in the heart of London. Makoto Morinaga, minore and lead hunter for the Baron of Colbourne, must find and stop the madman. Yet the mission is in peril almost from the moment it starts. In despair over loving his master’s Host, he breaks his oath and finds himself bound through Compulsion to the last person he would choose as his Host — the flamboyant young man who has spent years pining over their master. Makoto can ill afford this appalling distraction while he hunts for a monstrous killer.

Will Carter is an experienced Host who has offered up body and blood to vampires since reaching his majority. He spent years learning the duties of the Colbourne Host, only to have his dreams crumble when his master finds a man more perfect than Will. In his frustration, he taunts Colbourne’s lead hunter into committing a forbidden act. His punishment? Being bound to the last person he would ever wish to hold his contract — Makoto Morinaga, a man whose body he knows well, but whose heart is a dark mystery and whose stoicism grates on Will’s every nerve.

An unexpected emotional connection heats their hearts even as their Host bond heats their bodies. Just as they begin to find common ground, the madman strikes again. Finding the madman’s lair might end the violence, but the price might destroy them both.

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New Release Blitz: Dangerous Times by Ishmael Winter

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Title: Dangerous Times

Series: Augment, Book One

Author: Ishmael Winter

Publisher: NineStar Press

Release Date: 09/29/2026

Heat Level: 3 – Some Sex

Pairing: NB/NB

Length: 265

Genre: Science Fiction, Romance, sci-fi, action, other-world, nonbinary, alien species, war, capture, mind control

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Reviled for their parasitic nature, the Augment are a cybernetic species that require organic tissues to process food into usable fuel. Now, their Empire tears itself apart in civil war as the cruel King Taen attempts to put down the rebellion of Lord Mavren, who seeks to end the brutal inequality of the Empire’s social stratification.

Young and ambitious Nact moves swiftly up the ranks of Mavren’s rebel army to the coveted post of General. To cement nir position and prove once and for all the lower castes are just as capable as the highest nobility, ne has one task left to accomplish: capture Lord General Aiomonni, the brilliant, lethal head of King Taen’s military…and Mavren’s defected lover.

When the disastrous aftermath of a battle flings Nact and Aiomonni beyond the charted galaxy to land on a hostile planet, their only hope of survival lies in each other. But no matter how compelling Nact finds the beautiful, intelligent Aiomonni, it’s hard to trust someone known not only for nir brilliance, but for nir treachery…

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