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YESTERYEAR CARO CLAIRE BURKE ***** 'My name is Natalie Heller Mills, and I was perfect at being alive…' Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle – and has the social media accounts to prove it. Her charming farmhouse on her working ranch is artfully cluttered, her husband is a handsome cowboy, her homemade sourdough boules are each more beautiful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers and industrial-grade ovens behind the scenes? What Natalie’s followers don’t

YOUR BEHAVIOUR WILL BE MONITORED JUSTIN FEINSTEIN ***** Megacorporation UniView is poised to cement their reputation as “the most trusted name in AI.” After pioneering self-driving and HR bots, UniView is now barreling toward an audacious new launch. That is, if they can pull it off in time. Enter Noah. A down-and-out copywriter reeling from a midlife crisis, he isn’t the typical hire for a groundbreaking tech company full of brilliant engineers and run by a cutthroat CEO. Bu

WOLF WORM T. KINGFISHER ***** The year is 1899 and Sonia Wilson is a scientific illustrator without work, prospects or hope. When the reclusive Dr. Halder offers her a position illustrating his vast collection of insects, Sonia jumps at the chance to move to his North Carolina manor house and put her talents to use. But soon enough she finds that there are darker things at work in the Carolina woods. What happened to her predecessor, Halder’s wife? Why are animals acting so s

IT ENDS HERE HEIDI PERKS ***** You are one of five strangers whose day will start with the worst phone call imaginable.Your loved one is in danger. They are part of a group trapped in a café in a sleepy marina town. The young barista on the early shift The bestselling novelist looking for a writing spot The husband on his way back from a work trip The influencer mum whose picture-perfect life isn’t the whole truth The woman starting her birthday with a quiet coffee As the hou

THE OTHER YOU CARYS GREEN **** Elena and Stu are barely holding it together. Their newborn screams through the night, their nerves are frayed, and their marriage is hanging by a thread. Then comes More You: a company offering an impossible solution — a clone. For a price, they can have another Elena. One who is fresh. Alert. At first, it feels like salvation. The clone is calm, capable, perfect. But soon she starts to pick up Elena’s habits. Her voice. Her smile. And in the q

HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER REBECCA PHILIPSON ***** EVERY SERIAL KILLER HAS A STORY TO TELL . . . Denver Brady claims to be the most successful serial killer of our time – and that’s precisely why you’ve never heard of him.But with the publication of his manual for aspiring serial killers, How to Get Away with Murder , that’s about to change.When a copy is found at the home of a girl who was tragically murdered, DI Samantha Hansen is given the job of tracking down the elusive

MOTHERFAKER ANNA BROOK-MITCHELL ***** HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO FOR A YEAR OFF WORK? Meet Barri Brown. Respected teacher. Upstanding citizen of Guernsey. Down for a bit of law-breaking . . . Barri is preparing for a year’s paid maternity leave but there’s a catch: She isn’t pregnant. With seven foam bumps, a wardrobe full of smock dresses and a great pregnancy heist planned, all Barri has to do is blag it until she can disappear for good, without getting caught and being sent to p

OPERATION BOUNCE HOUSE MATT DINNIMAN ***** All New Sonoran colonist Oliver Lewis ever wanted to do is run the family ranch and keep their aging fleet of intelligent agriculture bots ticking. But now the colossal Apex Corporation has been hired to commence an “eviction action” – exterminate all life on New Sonora in preparation for a reboot. And they charge bored Earthers for the opportunity to design their own war machines, remotely pilot them, and make it a game. The game is

WARNING SIGNS TRACY SIERRA ***** Be sure to check out my review for Tracy Sierra's other novel: Nightwatching , which was a Kindig Gem of 2024! You can look for danger. And danger can look for you. There’s something out there in the darkness. By morning, bones lie in the snow, picked clean. Zach knows the moods of the mountains – his mother taught him before she was gone. His father and the other men on the ski weekend think they know better though. Drinking and boasting, the

ROOM 706 ELLIE LEVENSON **** Kate stretches her legs and turns on the TV while James washes away the traces of their morning. She watches in horror at the unfolding news: the hotel they are staying in has been taken under siege. She should be making her way home, working on appearing normal, getting ready to re-enter family life with her loving husband Vic and their two adored children. Instead, she is trapped somewhere she shouldn't be, with a man she definitely doesn't love

WE CALL THEM WITCHES INDIA-ROSE BOWER **** Britain, two years after they came . . . Most people have been devoured by the eldritch creatures. Sara and her family have been fighting for survival. And the only thing that works against these monsters – these Witches - is their knowledge of folklore and pagan rituals. But when a girl named Parsley suddenly appears in the garden of their current camp, she cannot remember where she came from or why she’s there. As Sara and Parsley

BEST OFFER WINS MARISA KASHINO ***** How far would you go to get the perfect home? There was a time when Margo thought she knew. But that was before a soul-destroying eighteen months of house-hunting hell. Now she’s not sure. Her life, her marriage, her family, her career are dangerously out of control and all she needs is a new home to get them all back on track. So when the ideal house comes up, desperate measures are called for. A little online stalking. Some sneaky survei

ARBORESCENCE RHETT DAVIS **** What makes a person want to be a tree? Bren and his partner Caelyn are feeling at a standstill in their lives. One day they come across a video of people in the forest who believe that if they stand still for long enough they will transform into trees. The idea is absurd. But it's spreading. Soon, people start to go missing and trees appear in unlikely places. As cities decay and the world becomes greener, Caelyn becomes more and more convinced t

KINDIG GEMS OF 2025 PART 2 2025 has been a great year for new book releases! I have found some GEMS this year, so lets explore them together: SEASON OF FEAR EMILY COOPER BLOOD SPILLS FROM VEINS, SKIN STARTS TO CRACK,  IGNORE THE FOREST; TURN BACK, TURN BACK . . . In the village of Heulensee, Ilse Odenwald dreams of being afraid. Because in Heulensee, fearfulness is next to godliness. A monstrous forest borders the village – the Hexenwald. Its horrors attack every time the sky

KINDIG GEMS OF 2025 PART 1 2025 has been a great year for new book releases! I have found some GEMS this year, so lets explore them together: THE GARDEN NICK NEWMAN In a place and time unknown, two elderly sisters live in a walled garden, secluded from the outside world. For as long as they can remember, Evelyn and Lily have only had each other. What was before the garden, they have forgotten; what lies beyond it, they do not know. Each day is spent in languid service to thei

I, MEDUSA AYANA GRAY ***** Meddy has spent her whole life as a footnote in someone else's story. Out of place next to her beautiful, immortal sisters and her parents-both gods, albeit minor ones-she dreams of leaving her family's island for a life of adventure. So when she catches the eye of the goddess Athena, who invites her to train as an esteemed priestess in her temple, Meddy leaps at the chance to see the world beyond her home. In Athens' colourful market streets and th

SLOW GODS CLAIRE NORTH ***** My name is Mawukana na-Vdnaze, and I am a very poor copy of myself. In telling my story, there are certain...

THE MURDER AT WORLD'S END ROSS MONTGOMERY ***** Secrets, murder and mayhem collide as this unlikely sleuthing duo - an under-butler and a...

HEMO SAPIENS EMILY WEEDON ***** These women are out for blood. Detective Luke Stockton is preparing for his first child with his wife,...

THE SCALD CROW GRACE DALY ***** Brigid—that’s the Irish Breej, not “Bridge-id,” though it’s not like she’d correct you—has had a rough go...