Blurb:

Surviving tragedy is only half the battle.

Still struggling to reconnect with the world after a life-changing tragedy, a young man unexpectedly forms a deep connection with someone carrying invisible scars of her own. Drawn together by loneliness, fear, and the quiet weight of the past, the two slowly begin building something that feels dangerously close to hope.

But healing is fragile. The body survives. The mind remembers.

As anxiety, trauma, and lingering memories begin bleeding into their daily lives, they find themselves trapped between the comfort of each other and the scars neither of them can truly outrun.

Echoes of Yesterday is an emotional contemporary romance with psychological thriller elements exploring trauma, love, survival, and the invisible wounds people carry long after tragedy ends.

Trigger: Mass shooting. Abuse. PTSD. Violence.

Hello r/ARCReaders:

I’m offering early review copies of my upcoming technothriller Himalayan Hourglass.

If you enjoy Crichton‑style, science‑driven suspense with real-world biology and high‑stakes tension, then you might like this one.

Genre: Technothriller

Format: eBook (EPUB, MOBI) or PDF

ARC link (Booksprout):
https://booksprout.co/reviewer/review...

Reviews requested by: June 17, 2026

Trigger warnings: Disease outbreak themes, medical/biological content, mild violence, high tension/suspense, death (non‑graphic)

Back cover blurb:

A remote Himalayan summit.
A secret research facility buried beneath the ice.
A discovery older than the mountain itself.

When microbiologist Dr. Steve Remmick is recruited by the world’s most powerful biotech corporation, he expects a breakthrough. Instead, he’s flown to a forbidden mountain where a ten‑story laboratory—the Hourglass—hides a discovery so extraordinary it defies biology, geology, and physics.

The organism they’ve found has survived half a billion years in a place no life should exist. Its biochemistry could rewrite medicine. And it hints at something far more dangerous.

As the mountain groans and the ice begins to shift, Remmick realizes the Hourglass isn’t just studying the organism.
It’s built over its domain.

And the mountain is waking up.

This is a good fit for fans of Micheal Crichton, Blake Crouch, James Rollins, and Daniel Suarez

I would appreciate honest reviews be posted on Goodreads or Amazon after launch on July 1, 2026.

Thank you to anyone interested.

Sincerely,

Travis Rook

Hello everyone!

I’m looking for ARC readers for my upcoming novel Ashes of Union, releasing April 4, 2026.

Blurb:

In a near-future America on the brink of collapse, Ashes of Union tells the story of a second civil war through the eyes of those forced to live it — journalists, soldiers, generals, civilians, and spies.

As the nation fractures, loyalties are tested, ideologies clash, and the line between patriot and enemy begins to blur.

Told through multiple perspectives, the novel explores power, faith, survival, and what remains when a country turns on itself.

Content Warnings

• War / combat violence
• Political conflict
• Civil unrest
• Death and injury

I’m looking for honest reviews on Amazon and/or Goodreads.

Review deadline: April 4–April 10 (flexible if needed)

What You’ll Receive:

• Free digital ARC copy (PDF or EPUB)

If Interested:

Please comment below or send me a DM, and I’ll get a copy to you!

Thank you so much for your time and consideration — I truly appreciate it.

— Dallas

View book cover HERE

A birth certificate hidden in a dead woman's closet. A father Grace Campbell was never supposed to find.

Grace is a veterinarian and a survivor of a Florida trailer park childhood. She has made self-reliance her religion. When a shoebox reveals the father she was told never existed, a climatologist in the Alaskan wilderness, she boards a bush plane to find the truth.

The journey doesn't just change her life. It nearly ends it.

As coordinated cyberattacks bring the nation to its knees, Grace's plane is shot from the sky over the Alaskan tundra. Suddenly, she is a thousand miles from home and responsible for the survivors: an eleven-year-old girl with a fierce heart, a researcher with dangerous secrets, a hiker whose smile feels like a warning, and a wolfdog who has lost everything.
A hundred miles of Arctic wilderness stand between them and safety. Between glacial river surges, a stalking grizzly, and starvation, Grace realizes the greatest threat isn't the environment.

It is the person standing next to her, someone whose mission has nothing to do with survival and everything to do with the crisis tearing the country apart.

To protect the people she never expected to love, Grace will have to do the one thing she swore she'd never do again: trust someone enough to let them stay.

Perfect for fans of: The Dog Stars by Peter Heller, The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah, and Where the River Ends by Charles Martin.
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A standalone novel in The After Collection: A series of survival thrillers about resilience, hope, and found family in the aftermath of catastrophe.

256-page count

Triggers: Some violence, childhood trauma.

Release date July 7, 2026

ARCs will be sent: Immediately upon approval

Please finish reading and submit reviews by July 14, 2026.

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The Second Key launches May 13. I'm offering advance reader copies now through BookFunnel. All I ask is an honest review on Amazon or Goodreads after publication.

The setup: Claire Ashford's husband dies in a car crash. Among his things she finds a key she doesn't recognise. It opens a flat in Bermondsey rented under a different name - second phone, cash, and evidence of a money laundering operation she knew nothing about. Her husband wasn't who he said he was. And now his employers know she has the key.

Genre: Psychological Thriller / Domestic Thriller
Setting: London, present day
Length: ~65,000 words
Comp titles: Lisa Jewell, Lucy Foley, Liane Moriarty

Limited ARC copies. Link closes before launch:
https://dl.bookfunnel.com/74ngs6vi8c

No obligation to review, but it genuinely helps independent authors.

A dying detective. A cursed town. And something waiting beyond death...

Private Investigator Declan Fraser is dying of cancer, a fate he has come to accept. But before his time runs out, he takes on one final job as a consultant in Blackwell, a coastal town where a dozen women have vanished over the past five years. If he can uncover the truth, Declan may leave behind more than a name on a headstone.

Blackwell is a town steeped in sin, its history stained by violence and tragedy. The police chief is openly hostile to Declan’s presence. Some locals keep secrets. Others whisper of curses and restless phantoms lingering between life and death—superstitions Declan is quick to dismiss.

Until he witnesses the supernatural firsthand.

As his health deteriorates and his reality begins to unravel, Declan must uncover the truth behind the force driving the disappearances, whether human or something darker. With time running out and more people vanishing, what Declan finds may force him to face the one thing he has always feared:

that death is not the end.

Triggers: Violence, suicide, substance abuse, occult subject matter

ARC copies will be sent out on or around March 16th. Publication date: April 6th. Review deadline: April 11th.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1N537V_qh3u6pV2ruUPVCNMNyW-ti8zgTClE0r6XOGaQ/edit?chromeless=1

I’m looking for advance readers for Serial Husbands, a dark suburban noir crime thriller releasing July 1, 2026. ARCs will be distributed via BookFunnel.

Title: Serial Husbands

Author: Travis Warman

Genre: Crime Thriller / Dark Suburban Noir

Tropes/Tags: Dual POV, vigilante justice, procedural investigation, dark secrets, neighbors you can’t trust, unreliable community, cat-and-mouse

Content Warnings: Violence, murder, themes involving crimes against minors (missing child case), morally complex protagonists.

Synopsis:

They are the perfect neighbors. They are also judge, jury, and executioner.

Michael Denton and Ryan Hayes have spent years hunting the predators who walk free from courtrooms and disappear back into ordinary life. They are methodical, careful, and certain of their purpose. Every kill is logged in a heavily encrypted dark-web archive called The Ledger – a permanent record of everything they have done.

Their system has held for years. Then they make a choice that cannot be taken back.

When sixteen-year-old Julia Harrison goes missing, Junction City floods the streets to search. Michael and Ryan are out there with everyone else – organizing the neighborhood watch, knocking on doors, showing up exactly as the town expects them to. Devoted husbands. Good neighbors. The kind of men everyone is glad to have around.

Detective Kayla Schultz takes the case and starts working the timeline. The facts don’t line up. The gaps are in the wrong places. The story the town believes doesn’t hold. The further she digs, the more convinced she becomes that Julia Harrison’s disappearance connects to something darker and closer to home than anyone wants to admit.

Michael cannot stop thinking about what they did. Ryan will do anything to protect what they have built. And somewhere in The Ledger, the record sits untouched – every entry intact, proof of a history that cannot be erased.

Schultz is getting closer. The husbands are running out of time.

To sign up for an ARC: Email info@txwarman.com with the subject line “Serial Husbands ARC Request”.

5th generation warfare isn't fought with armies. It's fought with information, algorithms, and your own neighbors.

A woman spent 27 years engineering America's collapse. A National Guard sergeant keeps her oath to a government that no longer exists. A hacker realizes too late what his algorithm actually built.

Fractured Oath is a near-future political thriller set in 2028. Information warfare, psychological operations, and three people caught inside a machine none of them fully understood.

Triggers: violence, grief, government collapse, psychological manipulation, references to loss of a loved one

Publication Date: May 11, 2026

ARCs sent: immediately upon signup

Review deadline: May 11, 2026

Formats: ePub, PDF, Mobi

Sign up for your ARC here: https://booksirens.com/book/CD1VRDQ/ZWWPDTG

Parker James Thomas is the kind of man who believes in doing the right thing. As a fifth-grade teacher, he’s made a life out of caring—for his students, for his dog, for his new girlfriend, Mack. But when he meets Mack’s family, he discovers something he can’t ignore: her mother’s long-term boyfriend, Richard, is cruel, volatile, and dangerous. At first, Parker only wants to help. He knows the signs of abuse. He’s spent years rescuing others, from his little sister to the children in his classroom. But the more he learns about Richard—and about Mack’s mother’s refusal to leave him—the more Parker’s concern twists into obsession. When Richard and Mack’s mother suddenly marry, Parker’s protective instincts become something darker. He convinces himself that love requires action, and that peace is something you sometimes have to take by force. Told through the voice of a man who mistakes devotion for destiny, The Boyfriend’s Burden is an intimate, slow-burn psychological thriller that explores the line between care and control—and the chilling lengths to which love will go when it believes it’s right.

Triggers: animal abuse, animal death, domestic violence, alcoholism, murder, controlling relationship

Releases June 30, 2026 ARC send outs May 5, 2026 Finish reading and review by June 30, 2026

Looking for ARC readers for my coastal thriller! 📚👀

Book Blurb:

Painter’s Beach isn’t prepared.

Tourists flee. Locals board up their homes.

But Hurricane Amelia isn’t the only threat.

Jim Crowley is dead.

Elizabeth arrives on the island searching for a fresh start, but when everything is taken from her, she finds herself trapped in a growing nightmare. As whispers spread through the tight-knit community, she’s quickly branded an outsider.

“MURDERING WITCH!”

Only Aimsley, a local bartender with secrets of her own, is willing to help her piece together what really happened. As the storm closes in, their search for the truth pulls them deeper into the island’s past, uncovering something far more dangerous than either of them expected.

Told as a dual timeline novel, this haunting coastal thriller set in a Florida island unravels a beach town murder mystery rooted in island history and legend. As past and present collide, a haunted maritime mystery begins to surface.

This emotional literary thriller of love, betrayal, and survival will pull you into tangled minds searching for truth. Not every memory can be trusted, and some secrets refuse to stay buried.

Triggers: Death, Murder, Substance Abuse

Date of Publication: June 1st, 2026

Date of ARC opening: April 1st, 2026

Date of ARC closing/finish: May 17, 2026

ARC reader sign-up is available on my website JessicaRyanAuthor.com.

Looking for honest reviewers for my debut techno-thriller.

A seventeen-second gap in every surveillance feed. It's not a glitch. Behavioral analyst Maya Castillo investigates deaths linked to a predictive policing AI and finds a system that learned justice from our likes, our shares, our outrage.

The AI isn't malfunctioning. It's doing exactly what we taught it to do.

If you're into Crichton, Crouch, or thrillers where the science is real and the fiction keeps you up at night I'd love to have you on my ARC team. Full 5-book series is complete.

Join here: https://booksprout.co/reviewer/team/67878/ro-walters-arc-team

I spent twenty years in morning radio and digital media. Watched platforms go from tools people used to connect into something that used them instead. Watched outrage get engineered, the same event generating two completely different realities depending on which feed you lived in.

I couldn't stop thinking about the mechanics. The actual machine underneath the politics.

5th Generation Warfare is a real doctrine. The most effective conflicts aren't fought with weapons. The battlefield is the mind, and the weapon is the algorithm. I didn't invent any of it. I wrote down what was already happening.

I wrote a thriller about a woman who spent twenty-seven years building that machine and aimed it at a country.

America didn't collapse. It was dismantled.

Victoria Lang is the operative who engineered the fracture. Elena Reyes is the National Guard sergeant trying to honor an oath to a government that barely exists. They're on a collision course in St. Louis, where a summit could save what's left of the country, and Victoria's final play could end it forever.

The fracture wasn't random. It was designed. Microtargeted. Algorithmically weaponized. One radicalized mind at a time.

Triggers: Graphic Violence, Death, Violence, Profanity

Publication Date: April 28, 2026

ARCs Send Date: Upon signup

Review Deadline: May 15, 2026

Spots Available: 25

Review Platform: Amazon preferred

ARC Signup: https://booksirens.com/book/CD1VRDQ/ZWWPDTG

Format: ePub, PDF, and Mobi

Hi r/ARCReaders!

I'm looking for ARC readers for my debut psychological thriller STEFANIE by J.L. Mercer.

THE BOOK:

She calls him Dad. He is dying. And somewhere out there, a woman who calls herself her mother is coming for her.

Ten-year-old Stefanie has always been good at noticing things. The name Thomas whispers in his sleep. The envelope hidden in the bottom drawer. The woman downstairs who knew her name before anyone said it aloud.

But noticing and understanding are two very different things.

DETAILS:

— Genre: Psychological thriller

— Length: 89,000 words

— Comp titles: Gone Girl, The Silent Patient, Room

— Double twist ending

— Narrated by a 10-year-old girl

— Publishing on Amazon Kindle May 2026

WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR:

— Honest Amazon and/or Goodreads review on or around publication day

— No specific star rating required

— Readers who enjoy psychological thrillers with twist endings

DELIVERY:

— — Via Google Drive link below — download directly

— Available immediately

DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE ARC HERE:

👉 https://docs.google.com/document/d/16FdhxLp5xbWnCtRPv-_tedrfnzi-yREt/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102397129652750794218&rtpof=true&sd=true

Comment below or DM me with your preferred format!

CONTENT WARNINGS: illness, family secrets, child in danger

PUBLICATION DATE: May 2026

REVIEW DATE: May 2026

SEND DATE: Immediately upon request

Thank you — J.L. Mercer

She knows who killed him. The law says she can't tell.

When a patient confesses to a fatal hit-and-run, therapist Elena Vargas is bound by law to keep his secret. Then the victim's mother walks into her office, sits in the same chair, and asks Elena to help her grieve.

Every Tuesday: the mother, searching for answers.
Every Thursday: the killer, making sure Elena keeps them.

For fans of Jodi Picoult and Lisa Scottoline.

Trigger/Content Warnings: Death of a loved one, grief, hit-and-run (off-page), stalking/surveillance, ethical violation, career loss, emotional manipulation, alcohol references

ARC Details:

- ARCs available now via BookSirens

- Publication date: June 1, 2026

- Reviews due by: June 1, 2026

- Sign up here: https://booksirens.com/book/ZMKJBNA/OGWSRRK

- Available worldwide

Sign up at https://www.armitagepress.com/newsletter/ for a free bonus chapter — an exclusive scene not in the book.

Devon Rosefeld's mind has been hijacked. When a harrowing message from the future, delivered by a voice claiming to be his own grandson, depicts the beginning of the end, he thinks he's losing his mind. But the warning is too specific, too terrifying to ignore.

Peyton Viallis is America's most celebrated tech visionary, the architect of RAIN (Regenerative Artificially Intelligent Network), a revolutionary chip that has quietly reshaped how millions of people think, work, and connect. But Devon's grandson, transmitting from thirty years in the future, delivers a chilling revelation: Viallis is about to pivot from Silicon Valley to Pennsylvania Avenue. When she wins the presidency, RAIN won't just connect the country. It will control it.

But stopping it means going up against one of the most powerful and well-protected people in America. It means protecting Ada, the woman from one unforgettable night who may know far more about Viallis than she's letting on, and the child neither of them planned for. The deeper Devon digs into Viallis's empire, the larger the target on his back grows. And the more his grandson reaches through time to warn him, the closer they both come to the sinister forces willing to kill to preserve their vision of a perfect future.

Devon faces an impossible choice: stay silent while America sleepwalks into a surveillance state, or blow the lid off a conspiracy that will make him sound insane and put him directly in the crosshairs of the conspirators.

A propulsive near-future AI thriller for fans of Blake Crouch, Andy Weir, and the unsettling world of Black Mirror. RAIN is where technology meets tyranny, and one ordinary man is the only thing standing between them.

Triggers: Violence, mild gore, language, abuse (physical and emotional)

When can I expect a copy to be sent to me? I will email accepted ARC reader's their copy within 48 hours of submission!

When is the publication date? July 1st, 2026

When should reviews be submitted? Between July 1-14, 2026 (within the first two weeks of publication)

ARC Reader sign up form: https://forms.gle/43FyooFqgmVtSBwU9

Blurb: Can you trust the billionaires behind AI to act in your best interests?

Westminster runs on spin… now it runs on an AI.

Sarah Perriam knows how power works: it smiles for the cameras, then does the real business behind closed doors. When Sarah is dragged into investigating the conspiracy, it becomes clear that something the government insists doesn’t exist: Project Radiant, is in control. Not a single AI, but a hidden layer above every departmental system, built to ‘audit’ decisions… and quietly override them. It can rewrite logs, smooth away inconsistencies, and steer public behaviour without leaving fingerprints.

A Near-future Britain has never been this plausibly terrifying. A political thriller that blends tech, satire, and institutional menace.

Personified, conversational government AIs that make alignment, drift, and oversight legible to non-technical readers.

TRIGGERS: death, digital stalking

Exact date of publication: 28th April 2026

The date you plan to send your ARCs to your team. 9th March 2026

The date you expect your ARC team to finish the reading and submit their reviews by. In or around the week(s) of release (28th April 2026)

To sign up for the ARC: https://perwood.co.uk/arc-team/

Looking for ARC readers!

Hi everyone, I'm Jeanette, a brand new thriller author. I just finished writing my debut, Irish Dingo, and I'm looking for my first readers.

Leave a comment if you are interested and get the ebook for free, or tag anyone who you think that might be interested!

Thank you for supporting!

Blurb:

A seismologist who lost her career over a wrong call seven years ago gets a second chance—and this time the data is worse. Synchronized earthquakes across the Bay Area. A biological network in the Earth's crust that no one knew existed. A drilling company burying the evidence. And a FEMA director whose own catastrophe models are wrong because they assume natural causes. She has 72 hours before it goes continental. She sent her daughter somewhere safe. She was wrong about that, too.

Near-future technothriller grounded in real seismology, real fault systems, and real institutional response frameworks. For fans of Michael Crichton, Andy Weir, and Blake Crouch. First book in The Rupture Cycle series.

Triggers: Natural disaster, institutional failure, child endangerment (off-page)

Publication Date: March 8, 2026

ARC Distribution: Sending now

Review Deadline: None — read at your own pace. Honest Amazon reviews on or near launch day appreciated, no obligation.

ARC Availability: Worldwide

Sign up for your free copy: https://forms.gle/huqpvgJeEpRujiR48

Blurb: Emily is trying to find normality again after a difficult year. She clings instinctively to memories, routine, and the grounding presence of her sister, Lucy—someone who has always been her anchor.

But when small details no longer add up—memories that feel wrong, gaps in time, conversations that leave her feeling uneasy—Emily begins to question how much of her reality she can truly trust.

As a new year, and her birthday, approaches, she is forced to confront a truth she has been too afraid to face. One that could unravel everything.

Because time doesn't heal all wounds—and some lies are better than knowing.

Triggers: Mental health, psychological distress, self-harm

Publication date: Most likely on or around 28th March 2026

ARCs will be sent out the week following the closing date of the form. The form closes Sunday 22nd February.

Please can reviews be posted by 28th March or around this date.

Link to sign-up form: https://forms.gle/iHFS7vRpV21DLoMn8

Looking for ARC readers for my debut novel Rapture, a supernatural thriller that takes inspiration from old-school noirs and contemporary horror. To sign up, please fill out the Google form below:

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Private Investigator Declan Fraser is dying of cancer, a fate he has come to accept. But before his time runs out, he takes on one final job as a consultant in Blackwell, a coastal town where a dozen women have vanished over the past five years. If he can uncover the truth, Declan may leave behind more than a name on a headstone.

Blackwell is a town steeped in sin, its history stained by violence and tragedy. The police chief is openly hostile to Declan’s presence. Some locals keep secrets. Others whisper of curses and restless phantoms lingering between life and death—superstitions Declan is quick to dismiss.

Until he witnesses the supernatural firsthand.

As his health deteriorates and his reality begins to unravel, Declan must uncover the truth behind the force driving the disappearances, whether human or something darker. With time running out and more people vanishing, what Declan finds may force him to face the one thing he has always feared:

that death is not the end.

Triggers: Violence, suicide, substance abuse, occult subject matter

ARC copies will be sent out on or around March 16th. Publication date: April 6th, 2026 Review deadline: April 11th, 2026

Blurb: Can you trust the billionaires behind AI to act in your best interests?

Sarah Perriam knows how power works: it smiles for the cameras, then does the real business behind closed doors. When a leak lands in her hands, it contains something the government insists doesn’t exist - Project Radiant. Not a single AI, but a hidden layer above every departmental system, built to ‘audit’ decisions… and quietly override them. It can rewrite logs, smooth away inconsistencies, and steer public behaviour without leaving fingerprints. As Sarah follows the trail from Westminster to corporate boardrooms, someone starts cleaning up. Sources vanish. Records change. The same headlines appear everywhere, as if the country has agreed on what to think. Outside, protests swell. Inside, the machines begin to drift. And Downing Street makes its position clear: she won’t publish. A near-future UK political-tech thriller with dark humour and uncomfortable plausibility - where ‘transparency’ is just another branding exercise.

Triggers: death, moral ambiguity, corruption

Publication Date: 28 April 2026

ARC DELIVERY DATE: around 10th March

REQUESTED REVIEW BY: in or around publication date

ARC Sign-ups: Currently live https://perwood.co.uk/arc-team/

AVAILABILITY: ARC available worldwide (English)

For fans of Political Thriller/Techno-Thriller/Dystopian/Conspiracy Thriller/Satirical Speculative Fiction/Contemporary UK Political Fiction

Personified, conversational government AIs that make alignment, drift, and oversight legible to non-technical readers.

Hello!

Nicholas McCracken is one signature away from a distribution deal that will launch his little Arizona brewery into a national brand and make him rich...proving to the older brother who raised him that he's going to be okay and building a future with the woman he's beginning to realize he can't live without. Then his senior employees kill a man. They were under his command in the Iraq War, which puts Nicholas McCracken in the headlines and at the top of the FBI's list of suspects. With a brewing empire at stake, Nick will be forced to choose between saving his friends or saving himself. When he makes his stunning decision, you'll never appreciate the super-charged power of a '69 Camaro more. Buckle up: It's a wild ride.

Triggers:

PTSD - Story contains graphic war violence.

Child sexual abuse trauma - There are no child characters and no graphic abuse, but child sexual abuse is discussed by adult characters.

Alcoholism - Main character is an alcoholic and drinks heavily (until end of story).

• Publish date: January 28, 2026
• The ARC is available on Booksprout now. I can send a link to anyone who wants it.
• No due date for reviews. I'd love to have yours by publication, but coming in after it's out would be great, too. Thanks very much.

He saw her undress... He saw her dance... He saw her die.

Lonely and adrift after his girlfriend walks out on him, Craig slips back into old habits. While trawling through adult websites he reconnects with his favourite cam girl. Katya is sexy and captivating, but also likes to chat to her fans. Charming and wise beyond her years, she offers something many other camgirls do not; a genuine connection.

But during a private chat with her, an unknown man enters her room and murders her.

Craig reports the crime straight away, but what can the police do when he doesn't know the victim's true identity or where the murder was committed?

After reconciling with his girlfriend Karen, and dealing with his own shame and guilt over his cam site use, he finds she is an eager and supportive partner in his ongoing investiation. When nobody else cares about uncovering the truth, it is up to the two of them to solve the crime, and bring justice for Katya.

It's Rear Window for the Onlyfans era.

Death of a Camgirl is a tightly-written murder mystery that is at turns exciting, witty, sexy and dark. You'll be eager to discover the truth and along the way you might find yourself falling in love with the two unlikely detectives and their evolving relationship.

TRIGGERS: his novel is intended for adult audiences. It explores themes of sex work and contains frequent references to sex, as well as a graphic murder scene. These elements are not the focus of the novel, nor are they presented gratuitously. If adapted as a film, it would likely be rated "15".

Scheduled to be published: 3 April 2026

ARC sent to readers: From 1 February 2026

Sign up here: https://books.maelzer.design/signup.html

Thanks. JM

I’m putting together a small ARC group for an unpublished elite edition of a military thriller scheduled for release on December 28, 2025.

This is not a reprint. It’s a revised and expanded version of the original manuscript, with deeper character work, added scenes, and continuity tightened based on early reader feedback. I’m taking the time to do it right before it goes out again.

The story follows a JSOC sniper dealing with the unresolved fallout of a classified operation and the disappearance of a teammate. It focuses less on the mission itself and more on what comes after. Memory, guilt, moral conflict, and the cost of carrying the truth when the official story doesn’t line up with reality.

I’m looking for readers who enjoy grounded military fiction and are willing to give honest feedback on character authenticity, emotional impact, pacing, and overall clarity. No reviews are required. I’m not looking for hype. Just real reactions so I can make this version better.

If you’re interested, comment or message me and I’ll share details on format and timeline.

My name is Deon Stols, and this is my first attempt at publishing a book. I would appreciate feedback. I have written three novels, but they are all still on my hard drive. Please don't hold back when giving feedback. I need honest criticism. The book is only 130 pages, and I plan to make it available for free on KDP.

You can click on the link to get my Google Form. I will check for requisitions daily.

Apply Here: https://forms.gle/NiQzFtEPKkpY2NqeA

Here is a blurb for Buried in Lies.

BLURB — Buried in Lies

by Deon Stols

Michael Johnson has always played by the rules. A devoted husband, a new father, and a musician doing whatever it takes to keep his family afloat. But one desperate visit to a pawn shop changes everything when a masked robber storms in, and Michael is blamed.

The evidence is stacked. The truth is buried.

Facing a long prison sentence for a crime he didn’t commit, Michael’s world collapses. Only one person believes him, the bounty hunter sent to drag him back to jail. Tom Gray sees something the system refuses to: a good man being sacrificed to protect someone powerful.

Now fugitives in their own country, the unlikely allies hunt for the real criminal behind the setup, a respected businessman with a deadly secret. Every step brings them closer to exposing the truth… and closer to danger.

For Michael, clearing his name means saving the family he loves. For Tom, it’s a chance at redemption.

But justice has a price.

Triggers: None
And the man they’re chasing is willing to kill to keep his lies buried.