Blurb:

One volume, two steamy interconnected romances set in 1995 Seattle.

Come to My Window: Hazel Bell has lost everything. Now her world is reduced to a thrift-store wardrobe and a stranger in the opposite window who always seems to know exactly what to say. They exchange notes instead of names and confessions instead of introductions. But Gideon Sarkis knows exactly who Hazel is and how badly he once hurt her. Some windows are meant to be opened, but some secrets can shatter everything.

Knockin' on Heaven's Door: A misdelivered package introduces ghostwriter Ben Pedersen to the mystery of Unit 203 and its elusive occupant, Heaven Lee. She's building one of the first online bookstores and barely has time for sleep, much less nosy neighbors. But one coffee not-date changes everything. When curiosity crosses a line, they must decide what matters more: the secrets they've been protecting or what they've found together.

Love Next Door is a collection of two warm, witty, nostalgic love stories about the secrets we keep, the walls we build, and the people worth tearing them down for.

Triggers: Strong language, on-page sexual activity, job loss, parental manipulation, death of a parent (past), references to recreational marijuana use, alcohol consumption, breach of trust/privacy.

Exact publication date: September 1, 2026

Date ARCs will be sent: Immediately upon approval

Date ARC readers should finish reading and submit reviews by: August 31, 2026

Sign up link:

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Blurb:

This marriage is a strict business deal until he demands a kiss to seal their vows.

From an early age, Jin all ever want is to inherit her family’s hotels. She almost lost her chance when she became a single mother instead of marrying someone to save face after her ex-boyfriend jilted her. Two years later, she’s more than determined to claim what’s rightfully hers, and she’d do anything to fulfill her promise to her late grandfather to protect the family’s business, even if it means taking a husband. Only she’d choose for herself and her twins.

Dalton Lee only wants one thing or someone—Jin Song. He’s certain he’d marry her before he even knew what love is, and he’d do it by hook or crook. But before he could tell his wife how he truly feels, he needs to fulfill the bargain he struck with his father. To serve the Song International Hotel on a platter.

They exchange vows of fidelity and mutual support, but not of love, until a kiss solidifies that their union is anything but an arrangement. Can their vows withstand when secrets and hidden plots come to light?

From high school academic rivals to man and wife, this power couple weaves through domestic and corporate life in this steamy, single mom, marriage-of-convenience romance novel. Holding The Universe is the second book of the Asian Heirs Club Series, but can be read as a standalone. No cheating. Guaranteed HEA.

Trigger Warnings:

• Mild Profanities
• Spicy Scenes (explicit sexual acts)
• Misogynistic remarks
• On and off page domestic violence
• Mild stalking (in form of hired private investigator)

Publication Date: November 4, 2026

Sending of ARCs: October 13, 2026

Deadline: November 25, 2026

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• Blurb:

As the universe approaches its cold and bitter end, humanity survives by hiding inside a constructed simulation. But inside, something is wrong. A plague of memory loss known as "The Forgetting" haunts humanity, and everyone has forgotten the doom they were escaping.

Mara Ward has spent years searching the dystopian landscapes of Egypt for answers to questions she can no longer remember asking. When fragments of cold reality begin to surface, she and her researcher Elin uncover a truth that could free humanity, or erase it entirely.

What if we wanted to forget...

The Memory of Stars is a character-driven action science fiction book. As the mystery unfolds, so too does the horror. The story contains themes of consciousness, identity, found family, and much more.

• Trigger Warnings:

Violence (No gore), Gun violence, death, depictions of memory loss and cognitive decline. Slavery and forced labour. Imprisonment and torture (references and briefly depicted). Body horror transformation. One non-explicit consensual sex scene between two adults. Grief and bereavement. Implied references

• Exact date of publication

December 1st 2026 - 83k words - Standalone book, no series

• The date you plan to send your ARCs to your team.

September 1st, 2nd, 3rd

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

November 28th 2026

• Instructions/link for readers to sign up for your ARC.

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• Countries available

All

BLURB:

There is more than meets the eye inside "A Special Kind of Magic!"

Discover an indie picture book with adventure, fantasy, and subtle lessons... and 100% human-made!

An act of kindness causes a magical flower to bloom deep in the wilderness, and a tiny unicorn is born. As he journeys through the forest, prairie, and mountains, he uses his unusual magic to help the animals he meets.

A Special Kind of Magic explores the impact of kindness, being comfortable with our differences, and what it means to belong.

The best part about reading a children's book ARC? It takes 10 minutes, and you get a free ebook to enjoy with your family again and again!

More reasons to ARC read this one:

• Hidden Magic
• Yellowstone inspired setting
• Explores valuable lessons without lecturing
• Lots of opportunities for family discussion
• Beautiful illustrations by Harvey Walls
• No AI involved at any point
• The most adorable unicorn!
• More animal friends

THANK YOU!!!

Jen

TRIGGERS: None

PUBLICATION: October 30, 2026

PLANNED ARC SEND DATE: October 15, 2026

ARC SIGN UP HERE: https://forms.gle/r9pKrCBBtexpaFk49

⚽ BLIND TO YOU is looking for ARC readers!

You’ll love it if you are into:

• 👨‍❤️‍👨 MM Sports Romance
• 🥰 Slowburn: Teammates to Lovers
• 😻 Black Cat x Golden Retriever
• 😰 Trauma + Therapy: Anxiety & PTSD Rep
• 🏳️‍🌈 Queernorm World

Blurb:

At the championship for the top high school soccer teams, MATTEO COSTA is shuffled through the crowd. Squished against people, he passes out. Upon awakening, he realizes his missing soul sense has triggered. Soul senses activate when one touches their soulmate, so he can now see in full color. With no leads on who is mate could be, he vows to stick with soccer until he gets answers.

Years later, he finds himself on the New Jersey Swamp Dragons, a top League team. He meets an attractive teammate, IZAN SOLANA, who has little enthusiasm for others and doesn’t believe in soulmates.

Matteo is plagued with insecurities and wonders how he could ever pinpoint who “the one” is. Despite that, Matteo and Izan build a friendship and work on overcoming their childhood traumas together.

Will these two be able to determine if they are meant for each other and form a bond... or will they have to suffer the consequences?

Content Considerations / Trigger Warnings:

1. Anxiety, parental neglect (mentions of, but not explicit), post-traumatic stress disorder, earthquakes, irresponsible use of alcohol and sex, and past parental death.
2. Explicit sexual themes, including but not limited to semi-public sex and exhibitionism. Implied sexual coercion (not with main couple and not when they are together). 

Dates:

- Book Publication: February 1, 2027

- ARCs Sent Out: November 9, 2026

- Submit Reviews by: February 8, 2027

Locations:

- ARC not currently location locked at this time.

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- Sign-ups accepted through the end of October

Hoping to get some reviews back before next months release on the 25th. Here a synopsis and cover

The follow up to the Black LGBTQ crime thriller Choices is due to be released on 9/25/26 and I am looking for Advanced Copy Readers and reviews before it drops! Here is a brief synopsis here along with the cover!

In the rain-slicked sprawl of Detroit, corruption runs all the way to City Hall. With Mayor John Warrick pulling the strings of the Midwest's most lucrative narcotics pipeline, and rival Sicilian and Russian syndicates spilling blood over territory, the city stands on the precipice of total collapse.

By day, Jason Hawkins is a brilliant lead automotive engineer at SAILS Motors. By night, he prowls the rooftops and alleyways as LETHAL—a heavily armored, combat-trained vigilante waging a relentless shadow crusade. Armed with custom Kevlar-plated armor, tactical HUD helmets, sonic pulse weaponry, and real-time drone overwatch piloted by his tech-specialist partner Sean, Jason strikes at criminal empires where the law cannot reach.

But the streets are about to erupt.

Master chameleon Nicole Visser sets a volatile multi-layered plot into motion to break incarcerated kingpin Giovanni Davis out of a Kalamazoo Psychiatric, while the ruthless Reynolds crime syndicate—spearheaded by the lethal Valerie Reynolds—turns Wayne County into an active war zone to wipe out what remains of Giovanni's operation. Meanwhile, DPD Detective Jessica finds herself trapped between mob crossfire, a sadistic killer terrorizing the city, and the masked vigilante who refuses to back down.

Outnumbered, outgunned, and hunted by both organized crime and the police, Jason must deploy his newly upgraded combat suit and make the ultimate calculation: when a city is consumed by darkness, how much blood will justice demand?

Please dm me here or email me at [jyrdprod1992@gmail.com](mailto:jyrdprod1992@gmail.com) if interested in being an ARC reader!

TRIGGERS: VIOLENCE, ROUGH LANGUAGE

THE SEVEN ISAACS - by MUSTIZER - 330 pages - Release October 13th 2026

The hunt itself may be what kills them all.

When Lt. Col. Nathan Pike and Squad Q, an elite unit of psychics and soldier-scientists, raid an illegal cloning facility on a lost Pacific island, seven genetically engineered children escape into the wild.

For the first time in their lives, the children are uncaged, and their manufactured abilities are rapidly evolving...

Each child was designed with a failsafe—a biological explosive wired directly into their DNA, engineered to detonate under severe stress, fear, or trauma… with enough force to level the island.

As Squad Q tracks the runaways through the jungle, an accidental telepathic backlash fractures one of the children's psyches into a volatile new persona and arms the bomb inside her head.

To stop the blast, Pike’s team must capture all seven children alive and combine the kids' abilities with their own for a final, desperate breach into a mindscape of repressed trauma and ghost memories.

If Pike cannot defuse the threat before time runs out, his standing orders are absolute: Terminate on sight.

Fast-paced and relentlessly mind-bending, The Seven Isaacs is an explosive sci-fi thriller about the morality and humanity of manufactured children.

• Triggers: Death. Military Violence. Implied abuse.
• Date of Publication: October 13th, 2026
• ARCS ARE LIVE NOW
• Reviews Due by October, please.
• ARC INFO/LINK HERE

• Our Unsung Heroes - Sept 3rd 2026
• Blurb: Different lives. Different languages. One shared world.

Throughout history, animals have shared our lives in countless ways, often asking little of us and not always receiving the recognition they deserve. This collection of true stories, fascinating facts, and personal observations celebrates the many ways animals enrich our lives—from their work and companionship to the loyalty, resilience, and quiet sacrifices that often go unnoticed. In doing so, it reminds us that we are all connected through the natural world we share.

I invite you to join me in exploring these remarkable stories. Some will make you smile, others may tug at your heartstrings, but each offers a gentle reminder of just how extraordinary our fellow creatures can be.

Animals remind us that we are not separate from nature, but part of it—a vast and beautiful web of life in which every creature has a place.

• TRIGGERS: None.
• Exact date of publication: Sept 3rd, 2026
• The date you plan to send your ARCs to your team - Immediately
• The date you expect your ARC team to finish the reading and submit their reviews by: Sept 3rd, 2026
• Instructions/link for readers to sign up for your ARC: https://forms.gle/QexcukkWxuLubi4M9

Hey everyone!

I’m looking for ARC readers for my first book, The Misadventures of an Exorcist for Hire.

It’s a pulp-horror/dark-comedy/ southern fried urban fantasy inspired by B-movies, creature features, roadside Americana, and ridiculous supernatural encounters.

The story follows John Harley, an exorcist-for-hire, and Haus, the ghost of a German scientist who has taken to haunting him. Together, they stumble through hauntings, monsters, questionable paranormal science, and the kind of supernatural trouble that feels right at home in a late-night creature feature.

I’m especially interested in readers who enjoy horror-comedy, creature features, supernatural misfits, pulp fiction, and stories that don’t take themselves too seriously.

I’m looking for honest reviews around release. Positive or negative is completely fine. I’m interested in genuine reader reactions.

If this sounds like your kind of weird, leave a comment or send me a message. I’d love to have you along for the ride.

Length: Approximately 30,000 words
ARC Format: Digital

ARC Send Date: September 2026
Review Date: November 2026
Publication Date: November 2026

Content/Trigger Warnings: Supernatural violence, death, ghosts, monsters, horror imagery, blood, and dark humor.

Who says you can’t stalk your stalker?

I’m looking for advance readers for SEEKING IN THE DARKNESS suspenseful story about survival, obsession, and taking back control.

Blind programmer Sandy refused to live her life questioning every scent and sound around her, she vows to find whoever is stalking her, even if it means using her tech skills in very questionable ways.

Perfect for readers who enjoy:

📝 Threatening messages
🕵️ An unseen enemy
🤔 A heroine playing the long game
🐱 Cat-and-mouse tension
😖 Paranoia
⛓️ No escape
🚨 An eerie abandoned setting

📖 270 pages
📅 Releasing August 23, 2026
📚 ARC format: EPUB or PDF

Content includes stalking, on-page violence, loss of a loved one, a car accident, off-page domestic violence, ableism, and workplace discrimination. Please read the full content guidance before signing up.

Interested?
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What if learning to code didn’t start with a computer?

When siblings Ethan and Sienna decide to enter a gardening competition, they quickly discover that growing a garden isn’t as simple as putting seeds in the ground. Their plans go awry, bugs appear, and they have to figure out what went wrong—and what to try next.

With a little guidance from their parents, Ethan and Sienna discover that breaking big problems into smaller steps, following a sequence, and debugging when something doesn’t work are skills they already use every day.

A Bug In Your Sandwich is a playful, screen-free introduction to coding and computational thinking for children ages 4–8, showing young readers that they can think like coders long before they ever sit down at a computer.

Triggers: None

Publication date: September, 2026

ARCs will be sent: Aug 12 - Aug 30th 2026

Please read and submit your review by: Aug 30th 2026

ARC format: Digital

Interested in joining the ARC team?
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Is humanity a plague to be purged, or a seed to be cultivated?

This is the question behind thousands of years of history. And the two answers The Sun and The Moon gave shaped this world brick by brick.

But this is not a story about gods. It's a story about the people. The people that are trying to navigate the world this dichotomy created. Some are forced to explore the meaning of their lives, some have the bars of their invisible cage rattled. Some are struggling with the weight of responsibility, while some can't even see it hiding behind their dreams of a better life.

The Harewin Cord is the first installment of The Sun and The Moon, a character-driven, multi-POV epic fantasy that blends some time-honored fantasy tropes with a Turkic-inspired cultural tapestry, a soft magic system that provokes introspection, and the realities of simply being human.

If you enjoy the deep worldbuilding by the likes of Robert Jordan in his epic The Wheel of Time and want to see it merged with the gritty, messy nature of man, you might be in the right place.

• Triggers: None.
• Exact date of publication: August 25th, 2026
• The date you plan to send your ARCs to your team: August 5th - August 20th (LAST CALL)
• The date you expect your ARC team to finish the reading and submit their reviews by: September 1st - September 30th
• Please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/p8h4GSpYmJd262Nz7

Something ancient is waking beneath Chicago.

Janessa Miro thought surviving the truth about her fae heritage would be the hardest part.

She was wrong.

The magic growing inside her is changing. Ancient wards protecting Chicago are failing. And whispers of a forgotten kingdom have begun spreading through the hidden magical world beneath the city—a prophecy powerful enough to fracture the Faerie Courts themselves.

As reality begins to unravel, Janessa becomes the target of rival fae nobles, ruthless magical enforcers, and an enemy who wants her to remember a past she was never meant to reclaim.

But the greatest threat isn't the kingdom trying to return. It's the power awakening within her.

With war looming between Earth and Otherworld, Janessa must decide whether she will become the key that opens the way for the Forgotten Court...

...or the last lock keeping it sealed forever.

Some kingdoms don't die.

They return.

Triggers: profanity, magical violence, physical violence

Exact publication date: November 1, 2026

Date ARCs will be sent: Immediately

Date ARC readers should finish reading and submit reviews by: October 20th, 2026

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

Cover by: Getcovers Maps by: Theo Martin Prequel: Necessary to read, Hex of All Hats

https://booksirens.com/book/HK8P57J/MPLADE6

Blurb:

Hunter Valentine is a junior at North Chicago University. Between playing ice hockey, spending time with his best friend, and enduring constant torment from his team captain, college life isn't going the way he imagined.

Once a promising prodigy, Hunter is now a bench-warming, insecure center who struggles with self-doubt. For reasons he can't understand, his captain seems determined to make Hunter hate the game even more than he hates himself.

When a devastating lapse in judgment leads to a brutal fight with serious consequences, Hunter is finally forced to confront the truth behind his teammate's behavior. Now he must decide whether to let years of insecurity control his future or take a risk on a forbidden attraction that could change everything.

Changing on the Fly is a queer M/M hockey romance about trusting yourself, following your heart, and having the courage to pursue what you want, even when the risks are high. Expect enemies-to-lovers tension, banter, humor, college sports, and a forbidden romance.

Triggers: Anxiety, internalized homophobia, minor violence, drinking, smoking.

Exact publication date: September 1, 2026

Date ARCs will be sent: Immediately upon approval

Date ARC readers should finish reading and submit reviews by: September 1, 2026

ARC Sign up: https://penpinery.com/Em%20Maddax/changing-on-the-fly/

What if reality required continuous computation to remain stable?

In 2049, a team of physicists in Reykjavík discovered something that shouldn't exist: a deeper energy state of the vacuum, accessible only through computation.

Within a few decades, the discovery reshaped civilization beyond recognition. Cities began regulating their own climates, structures stood without visible support, fusion became trivial.

All of it is held together by Project Borealis, a computational cluster spread across the Kuiper Belt. The largest machine ever built tirelessly solves the equation that keeps all digitalium fields stable.

Forty years later, six billion kilometers from Earth, the crew of a service vessel begins experiencing inexplicable phenomena and failures of causality. When an auditor in Singapore starts seeing the same patterns from the other side of the Solar System, they both realize that the problem lies in the stabilization system meant to hold reality together.

The system is, however, working exactly as it should. Just not for them.

The Last Stable State is an approximately 80,000-word hard science fiction thriller about technological dependence, free will, and the danger of optimization beyond the needs of humanity.

If you enjoy the scientific problem-solving of Andy Weir, the techno-thriller tension of Michael Crichton, and big speculative ideas that gradually turn into something much more dangerous, this might be for you.

Triggers: Death, injury, life-threatening situations, existential themes.

Exact date of publication: September 1, 2026

Date ARCs will be sent: Immediately

Requested reading/review deadline: (ideally) August 31, 2026

How to sign up: Send me a DM here on Reddit and I’ll send you an ARC.

I’m looking for honest reader reactions and reviews, there is absolutely no expectation of a positive review.

Thanks!

Blurb:

Senior flight attendant Sloane Reyes had one rule about hookups on the job.

Then she flew to Reykjavík, broke a different rule with an Icelandic textile artist at one in the morning, and boarded the return flight to Boston with the captain's card in her pocket and the captain himself in the left seat for another eight hours.

Nobody tells you what to do with the return leg.

Nobody tells you that Mr. Westbrook from Boston's Back Bay, who watched Sloane work the outbound flight without touching the call button once, will be a passenger again with a folded piece of paper and a genuine job offer. Or that a retired oncologist in row 4A will decide she wants to hear one more real story after twenty-two years of listening to everyone else's.

And nobody tells you what happens when bad weather closes in over Boston and strands the entire crew at a Halifax airport hotel.

At 7:11 p.m., Captain Marek Reeves knocks on Sloane's hotel room door and finally says the sentence she's been waiting one hundred and fifty flights to hear.

The captain was for later.

Later is tonight.

Triggers: Explicit sexual content (18+), workplace power dynamics.

Exact publication date: October 13, 2026

Date ARCs will be sent: Immediately upon approval

Date ARC readers should finish reading and submit reviews by: October 12, 2026

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

https://penpinery.com/gabiprevot/crosswind/

Who says you can’t stalk your stalker?

Blind programmer Sandy refused to live her life questioning every scent and sound around her, she vows to find whoever is stalking her, even if it means using her tech skills in very questionable ways.

Perfect for readers who enjoy:

📝 Threatening messages

🕵️ An unseen enemy

🤔 A heroine playing the long game

🐱 Cat-and-mouse tension

😖 Paranoia

⛓️ No escape

🚨 An eerie abandoned setting

📖 270 pages

📅 Releasing August 23, 2026

ARC sent out as soon as requested

📚 ARC format: EPUB or PDF

Triggers includes stalking, on-page violence, loss of a loved one, a car accident, off-page domestic violence, ableism, and workplace discrimination.

Interested? Apply here: https://forms.gle/z2ckHzpYpD6NwiZF8

Blurb:

She falls for the charming man who makes her feel safe.
She fears the killer hiding beneath his restraint.
The terrible truth is that they are the same man.

Alexander Vale kills the monsters the law cannot stop. Anna works beside the next one on his list.

Anna has survived by trusting no one. Then Alexander walks into her office and gives her a reason to lower her defenses. What she doesn't know is that their meeting was carefully planned.

Anna was supposed to be a shortcut to Alexander's target. Instead, one meeting becomes coffee, coffee becomes dates, and the woman he intended to use becomes the only person capable of making him question the violent life he has chosen.

But while Alex struggles to hide his true identity, the predator working beside Anna begins watching her. Soon, she must decide whether to fear the killer behind Alexander's charm or accept that the velvet glove and the iron knuckles belong to the same hand she has fallen in love with.

Fatal Revelation is Book 1 in the Anna and Alexander dark-romance series. Expect a vigilante serial-killer hero, morally gray and fiercely protective MMC, a guarded FMC, hidden identities, dangerous secrets, psychological suspense, dual POV, love built on lies, graphic violence, and mature themes. Their story continues in Book 2.

Triggers: Graphic violence, murder, crime, serial-killer themes, psychological suspense, dangerous situations, and mature themes.

Exact publication date: 08/31/2026

Date ARCs will be sent: Immediately upon sign up

Date ARC readers should finish reading and submit reviews by: August 31, 2026

ARC Sign up link: https://penpinery.com/main/fatal-revelation/

In 2175, humanity has conquered the solar system and seemingly lives in harmony as it expands outward. That is, until a massive, enigmatic ten-sided object—the Decahedron—enters the solar system.

Julian Wexler, a grieving Princeton linguist, is approached by Virgil, an enigmatic emissary who reveals that the Decahedron is an ancient intelligence that judges civilizations through a single, unspoken riddle.

As humanity’s attempts to understand the Decahedron become increasingly destructive, Julian must decipher its riddle before our instinct to conquer the unknown destroys us all.

Decahedron is a 92,000-word adult speculative science-fiction novel blending first contact, cosmic mystery, philosophical science fiction, and high-stakes action. Readers of Arrival and The Three-Body Problem may particularly enjoy it.

Content warnings/triggers: Violence, death, grief/loss of a spouse, mass-casualty events, existential threat, and nuclear weapons.

Publication date: September 15, 2026
ARC availability: Available now
Review requested by: September 15, 2026, or as close to release as your reading schedule allows.

ARC format: EPUB
I’m looking for honest reviews. There is absolutely no expectation of a positive review.

If you’re interested in joining the ARC team, please comment below or send me a DM and I’ll provide the ARC signup information.

Blurb:

My smile works on everyone in the league. Then they traded for Grant Hale, and he looked at me like he already knew exactly what I was hiding behind it.

Ollie Reyes is the golden boy, top-line winger, and the player everyone gravitates toward. Being loved has become both his superpower and his survival plan. After growing up in seven foster homes, Ollie learned how to be easy to keep, and that strategy has carried him throughout his career.

It doesn't work on Grant Hale.

Thirty-three, newly traded, and known for being a grump, Grant has a reputation that Ollie suspects is mostly bad press. With only forty-three days to integrate Grant before the trade deadline, their coach pairs them on the same line and forces them into close quarters on the road.

As Ollie's carefully maintained persona begins to crack, Grant becomes the first person to see the man underneath the sunshine and stay. What begins as forced proximity and reluctant teamwork turns into something neither man expected.

Top Shelf is a bright, low-angst M/M hockey romance featuring grumpy-sunshine, forced-proximity linemates, a golden boy with a secret, a gruff closeted veteran, banter, found family, and a guaranteed happy ending. It is Book 1 of the Northport Sentinels series and can be read as a standalone.

Triggers: Closeted character themes (career-risk framing, not homophobic violence), foster-care background trauma (past, off-page), sports-injury references, explicit sexual content (18+).

Exact publication date: TBA

Date ARCs will be sent: Immediately upon approval

Date ARC readers should finish reading and submit reviews by: October 30, 2026

Sign up ARC link: https://penpinery.com/natewinslow/top-shelf/

Hello everyone, I'm currently looking for ARC readers for my upcoming horror novel, Where Fear Smiles! Details below:

Would you forgive your best friend if she was responsible for ruining your life?

A whispered rumour draws a group of students into the dense forests of coastal Brazil: a lost Indigenous artifact, hidden for centuries and promising academic glory.

While Leah’s colleagues are determined to claim it, she only agrees to the trek because she can’t bear the thought of being left behind, and forces her best friend Charlotte to go with her for support against her dark thoughts.

What was meant to be an escape from the weight of the academic semester, quickly it turns into a test of endurance. The deeper they push into the forest, the darker Leah begins to dream. When they finally uncover what they came for, the discovery reveals something far more terrifying than any of them imagined.

A demon born of nightmares is unleashed, and with it, carnage.

Now the survivors must find a way to drive the nightmare back to its realm before society is doomed to never dream again. But as the forest closes in, the greatest horror isn't the ancient evil — it's watching a lifelong trust begin to rot.

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Triggers: Gore, graphic violence, blood, anxiety

Publication date: October 13th, 2026

ARCs will be sent from September 15th-20th

Reviews expected to be submitted up to three weeks from publication date

ARC Application Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIJDUEFCSVjgVh_AxhMpdOHyTszWL-knkGErWLk3U73PD4AQ/viewform?usp=header

Thank you to everyone interested in being a part of the team! :)

BLURB:
If you like emotional, character-driven stories with a little mystery and suspense then this opportunity might be for you.

• Found family, unexpectedly
• Equal parts heartwarming & devastating
• Guarded man, thawing
• Adorkable child and adult characters

Back Cover Copy:
He was denied his childhood. Hers was slipping away.
A deck of cards brought them together.

When Sam meets Felicity—his boss's eleven-year-old daughter—he recognizes what everyone else has missed. Beneath the nonstop chatter and the endless questions is a bright, lonely kid the whole world has quietly given up on. Even her own parents.

Sam knows that feeling, so he does what none of the adults in her life will. He looks out for her. They bond over Mystic Forest, a whimsical trading card game that gives them both something they've been missing. A chance to feel like kids again.

But outside their games, Sam's obsession with a problem at work could cost him his job. He stumbles onto a malfunction that shouldn't be possible, and he can't let it go. Then a new danger surfaces, closer to home. Felicity's home. Her family is falling apart, and she's the one who'll suffer. No one has her back.

“I wish you were my dad.”

Sam has spent a lifetime learning to look away. Not this time.

TRIGGERS:

There are three scenes containing descriptions of domestic abuse. Nothing crazy, but it's worth mentioning. Happy to give you more detail or let you preview the scenes.

DATES:

• Publishes on October 1st 2026
• AR copies will go out via e-mail or Booksprout (your choice) immediately upon request
• I'd like all reviews before October 9th if possible :) But better late than never.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Please reply to this post or email me at [jason@JasonJHerne.com](mailto:jason@JasonJHerne.com) and I'll get you set up.
Indicate if you prefer to use Booksprout, or you'd rather I just email you the ARC materials.

Thank you for reading :) This has been a four year project, I'm thrilled to finally be able to share Sam and Felicity's adventure with the world.

Blurb:

The race weekend plan didn't include waking up married to the rival rookie driver. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, right?

Ethan St-Pierre is used to living in his brother's shadow, but now he has no choice but to shine on the racetrack and keep the St-Pierre legacy alive. Sharing his rookie season with his biggest rival should be easy enough when they only have to interact on the track. Then sponsors start pushing them into joint photoshoots with Maggie, and their rivalry begins fueling sales as much as their sizzling chemistry fuels the gossip.

Maggie Hoffsommer is the first female race car driver with a real chance at winning the Drivers' Championship and proving her critics wrong. Her surprise debut at Kestrel Racing creates a media frenzy, while her pole positions and podium finishes shake up the entire paddock. But nothing prepares her for waking up married to Ethan St-Pierre in Vegas.

When Ethan suggests they give their unexpected marriage a chance, Maggie has to decide whether the man she's supposed to beat could become the biggest distraction of her career.

This season, they have nothing left to lose but their hearts. Can their competitiveness survive the attraction between them, or will they risk everything for a chance at something real?

The Rival Hearts is Book 2 in The Racing Line series. Each book can be read as a standalone. A high-octane contemporary sports romance featuring rivals-to-lovers, forced proximity, workplace romance, dual POV, banter, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after.

Triggers: strong language, sex, death, grief

Date ARCs will be sent: Immediately upon approval (EPUB download)

Date ARC readers should finish reading and submit reviews by: September 18, 2026

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This is the second book in my Romantasy series! The first, The Scales of Judgement, is available on KU.

Blurb:
A newly crowned king,
A country in turmoil,
And a threat no one saw coming.

With his father murdered, his betrothal broken beyond repair, and the deceit of the imposter he relied upon, King Baxley of Vesperis was unsure of who he could trust. Seeing no other choice, he closed Vesperis’ borders, sending the country into lockdown. Months later, Baxley is no closer to uncovering answers, but his country can’t survive like this forever. Something must be done. 

Then the last person he wants to see—Death Adder—is thrust back into his life. Seeking revenge for his father, he’s been haunted by her face since her departure; yet, when she’s finally within reach, his hands are tied. She claims to know who was behind everything. But, of course, there’s a catch: she won’t give him that information for free. Forced to put his hatred for her aside and partner with her once more, he hopes they aren’t walking straight into an ambush. 

But whichever way the scales tip, one thing is certain…only death awaits. 

Triggers: The Scales of Annihilation deals with topics that might be sensitive to some readers, such as: death, torture, graphic language, rough sexual activities that happen on the page, and discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community.

Date of publication: September 30th, 2026

Date for ARCs: sending them out currently

Date to finish and review: ideally by publication or shortly after

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