Independent imprint · Four new stories every month
Stories for the hours after midnight.
Dark romance, romantasy, thrillers and cozy mysteries. Read them early on the ARC team, get one email the day each book drops, or join the Club for four new novellas a month.
On the shelf
Coming to the shelf.
Four new series launch this season. Readers on the release list hear about each one first.
NIGHTSHELF
The Ashwick Debts
Dark romance · Book 1
The Ashwick Debts
She owes a crime family a fortune. He’s the collector who keeps forgetting to collect.
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Saltmarsh Murders
Cozy mystery · Book 1
Saltmarsh Murders
A retired ferry pilot, a tide table, and a body that arrived on the wrong boat.
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Crown of Embers
Romantasy · Book 1
Crown of Embers
The dragon queen’s new scribe was sent to kill her. Writing her letters keeps getting in the way.
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Zero Margin
Thriller · Book 1
Zero Margin
A trader learns the algorithm that crashed the market was trained on her own diary.
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Nightshelf Club
Four novellas a month.
$9.99 a month for a new story in every series, two weeks before retail, plus the full ebook backlist.
Nightshelf Club
Four novellas a month. Two weeks before anyone else.
One new story for each series, one every week. At the end of the month, members vote on where the next one goes.
$9.99 /month
Free book · J.S. Bates
Snowbound with the Billionaire Next Door
A steamy forced-proximity romance
After her fiancé abandons her on the eve of their wedding, bestselling fantasy author Ariadne Sam escapes to North Dakota and buys a crumbling historic mansion. Her intimidating billionaire neighbor, Storm Byron, wanted the property for himself. One rescue, one kiss and one catastrophic blizzard change everything.
Billionaire next door · Snowed in · Jilted bride · Protective hero · Happily ever after
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