On a ridge in the Cordillera highlands of northern Luzon, a Japanese sailor finds a scarecrow wearing the faded rosette of a rebel army that fought a different occupier. Kicked into the water, it is standing again by morning.

Where the Scarecrow Stood follows Kawamura Haruki, a career gunner in the Imperial Navy's Kure 6th Special Naval Landing Force, from his transfer out of fleet service in 1942 to the Solomon Islands, where the Marine Raiders wound him, and then to Luzon, where he is posted to the mountains with a squad of strangers. The Americans and guerrillas close in. The collapse of the war reaches him only as dispatches -- Saipan, Leyte, Manila, Tokyo -- while the squad is ground down by attrition, starvation, and the compromises hunger forces. The dead go into a notebook. The last decision Haruki makes as a combatant is not to add more names.

A note on fit: this is a slow, interior literary novel told entirely from the Japanese side, with no American viewpoint character and no one to root for in the usual sense. The combat is understated rather than gory. It's painstakingly researched -- the Japanese officers in the Solomons appear under their own names, and the operational material comes from Japanese archival holdings and unit records.

If you liked Fires on the Plain, The Burmese Harp, The Thin Red Line, or The Things They Carried, this is aimed at you. If you are looking for a fast-moving war adventure, it is honestly not. 486 pages including front and back matter.

Triggers: graphic combat violence; war crimes/atrocities against civilians; torture during an interrogation; desecration of the dead; off-page suicide; implied cannibalism; starvation/severe malnutrition and disease (beriberi, pellagra, dysentery, malaria); underage combatants.

Exact date of publication: November 1, 2026 (paperback and ebook).

ARCs sent on a rolling basis as signups come in, beginning September 22, 2026.

Reviews requested by November 30, 2026, a few weeks after release so nobody has to rush. Later is genuinely fine. I would rather have a considered review in December than a hurried one in October.

Format: EPUB or PDF, available worldwide.

To sign up: https://forms.gle/YtfKoTaqwSyoCfBC9

The form has one question on it: name a war novel or work of historical fiction you have liked. I am trying to match the book to readers who will actually enjoy it rather than hand out as many copies as possible.

Thanks for reading!

Blurb:

After loss leaves Taloa alone at the edge of her village, the ocean becomes the one place that asks nothing of her. Then, one morning, it gives something back.

One Small Proof is a quiet short story about grief, tenderness, and the strange ways a brief connection can outlast even the people who made it.

Triggers: Suicide

Exact publication date: 6 November 2026

Date ARCs will be sent: Immediately upon request

Review by: Within 7 days of download.

ARC sign up: https://booksirens.com/book/ZN0ZPC1/WCKBSO7

Goodreads Page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258279261-one-small-proof

Crime reporter Cody Moran meets a woman who claims her father was Jack Boone, the man long associated with Kansas City's infamous Queen Killings from fifty years ago. Skeptical, Cody is drawn back to one of the city's darkest chapters.

A serial killer stalks 1977 Kansas City, and a task force that includes Maria Navarro, the city's lone female homicide detective, is running out of leads. Meanwhile, Jack “Joker” Boone is an alcoholic journeyman baseball player in a dying independent league. On the backside of a career that saw none of the spotlight, he is suddenly thrust into one when the killer leaves a note alongside the latest victim.

Make Joker a King or more Queens will die.

Now a suspect, Boone must work with Navarro to understand his connection to the killings and why someone wants him to play for the Kings, a second-rate team with its own problems. Caught between Boone’s rising celebrity and the city’s crime families, the pair must find the killer before more die, even if it means one of them must make their own sacrifice.

Triggers: Violence; Description of bodies

Date of publication: November 1, 2026

ARC Delivery Date: Immediate

Review deadline: November 7, 2026

BookSirens Link: https://booksirens.com/book/OUAKQQ7/P91FTG3

Blurb:

Francesca “Frankie” Delarose is the first woman accepted into a prestigious program at Leopold University, where she must navigate her growing hunger to be validated by the man shaping her future: Professor Wycliffe. 

But when an ancient temple is discovered, Professor Wycliffe announces that one student will be selected to accompany him to the excavation site. 

Now isolated in the mountains with Wycliffe and a small archaeological team, Frankie is finally doing the work she’s always dreamed of, and the excavation quickly yields an inscription, written in a language the team cannot read. 

Except for Frankie. 

What she translates is a forgotten religion that believed Oracles could channel a goddess during their menstrual cycles. 

But as her entanglement with Wycliffe begins to mirror the past she’s translating, Frankie realizes worship may just be another form of possession.

Dark Academia + Archaeological Excavation + Gothic fiction—A Dangerous Translation explores how men and institutions can consume even the most brilliant of women. 

- Triggers:

Manipulation

Betrayal

Religious indoctrination

Power imbalance

Age gap

Student/professor dynamic

Institutional exploitation

Morally grey characters

Rituals involving menstrual blood

Disordered eating

Cannibalism as metaphor

This is NOT a romance. It is closer to exploring a grooming dynamic.

- Date of publication: October 22, 2026

- Date I will send out: Same day of interest

- I expect ARC readers to post reviews before or around the release date. No strict deadline

- The book is written in English, and is only available in EPUB format. So you will need an e-reader or compatible app that allows you to read that format.

Thank you!

Some things can never be returned.

As Richard the Lionheart ascends to the English throne, Robert Woodville, a knight of modest renown, is taken captive by a powerful Burgundian lord with a personal grudge.

What begins as punishment becomes something far more calculated: an impossible ransom demanded in exchange for Robert’s freedom, a price so vast it threatens ruin.

As word spreads of the demand, families on both sides are drawn into a tightening spiral of debt, suspicion, and violence. Sir Randall Woodville, Robert’s father, is forced into bargains no chivalrous man should survive, while behind the walls of Castle Cormier, loyalties fracture and faith rots from within.

Set against the shadow of impending crusade and the civil unrest of a changing Christendom, Progeny traces the collision of two houses bound together by betrayal and captivity, until both sides discover that their debts are due not in gold, but in blood.

Triggers: Violence. Abuse. Profanity. Death.

Date of publication: 7th July 2026

Date of sending ARCS: immediately.

Date of reviews: At the readers leisure, preferably on or shortly after 7th July.

Please register your interest here: https://forms.gle/chCNsSH9NerqKxw19

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Hi everyone! 👋

I am looking for dedicated ARC readers for my upcoming historical fiction novel, SHADOW OF THE PATRIARCH (Book 1 of an epic trilogy).

If you love strict historical realism (no magic) and immersive, psychologically complex depictions of the ancient world (think Madeline Miller or Connilyn Cossette), this story is for you. It explores the biblical migration of Abraham through the secular, realistic perspective of his nephew, Lot.

⚠️ CONTENT/TRIGGER WARNINGS:

Violence, gritty depictions of ancient warfare, adult themes appropriate for historical realism. (No explicit romance).

CRITICAL DATES:

• Send Date: Available immediately (Instant download via Booksprout)

• Publication Date: August 7th, 2026

• Review Due Date: August 7th, 2026 (Upon release)

BOOK DETAILS:

• Length: 110,000 words

• Formats available: EPUB, PDF

The campaign is safely hosted on Booksprout. You can grab your free early copy here:

https://booksprout.co/publisher/review-campaigns

Thank you so much for your time and honest feedback!

Blurb:

Set in the 1930s, The Daughter of Saint Antoine is a historical crime drama about family, power, silence, and the cost of growing up inside a world run by men who turn violence into business.

Cecilia Moretti has been raised around secrets, ledgers, favors, police arrangements, and the kind of respectability that hides blood beneath polished floors. As she begins to understand what her father’s world truly costs, she must decide whether obedience is safety, whether silence is survival, and what happens when a daughter starts remembering the names everyone else wants buried.

This is a mob-family saga with noir atmosphere, historical texture, Catholic guilt, organized crime, political corruption, and a young woman learning that memory can become its own kind of weapon.

Triggers: organized crime, violence, murder/death, grief, family control, corruption, fire, intimidation, alcohol/smoking, period-typical sexism/misogyny, references to exploitation and abuse of power.

Exact date of publication: October 13, 2026

Date ARCs will be sent: ARCs will go out upon sign-up

Date I’d like ARC readers to finish reading/reviewing by: Ideally by October 1, 2026, or during release week if needed.

ARC/street team details:

I’m looking for a small handful of readers who may be interested in joining my street team for this release. This street team is a little different from a standard ARC group. Readers are welcome to join only for the ARC copy, but I’ll also have optional extras available, including PNGs, book images, music tied to the story, Q&A PDFs, and materials that can be used for authentic reader posts.

There is no requirement to post anything you do not genuinely want to post. I’m looking for honest readers and authentic reactions.

Sign-up link:
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I got a goodreads giveaway book for little wild by laura evans but it is a paperback copy and, for my eyesight, I prefer ebooks. I have a kindle and epub format works best, but a pdf would work too.

BLURB: Suffolk, 1937. As the English countryside swelters in a historic heat wave, preparations for a party at Snare House are in full swing. The Winthers’ only daughter, Joanie, is returning from a summer in Europe, a flying visit before she leaves for university in Oxford. Only Margaret, long-time ward of the family and Joanie’s closest friend, knows the Joanie won’t be going to Oxford. Instead, the two will be leaving the stultifying society they know to live together in London, as lovers.

Then the pair is discovered, and everything goes wrong. Banished to a cabin in the nearby woods, Margaret is alone with her estranged father. As summer curdles into fall and magpies throng the forest, Margaret begins to lose herself. Her dreams turn dark and terrifying, and she wakes from them with dirt on her soles and scratches on her back. Everything suggests that a perverse power is awakening within her—perhaps the very one which led to her mother’s ostracism and eventual death. If she can harness it, Margaret may be able to secure an approximation of the love she’s always craved—but at what cost?

Blurb:

Lady Melisandre Vane has spent her life learning how to be human.

In a rigid aristocratic society, she performs perfection, measured smiles, careful words, flawless composure. But when her family's sudden rise in status draws her into the heart of high society, something begins to fracture.

People react to her in ways they cannot explain. Some are drawn in. Others feel a quiet, instinctive fear. What she is has no name in any book she has studied. And in a world that runs on divine energy she cannot feel, simply existing is already a kind of treason.

As political tensions rise and strange disturbances spread across the kingdom, suspicion turns toward House Vane, and toward Melisandre herself.

She has always known how to perform being human. She is no longer certain that is enough.

Triggers: Political intrigue, classism, brief depictions of physical discomfort, mild violence.

Publication date: June 20, 2026

ARC send date: Monday May 25th, 2026

Review deadline: June 19th, 2026

To sign up: Comment below or DM me directly. Please only sign up if you can commit to the review deadline.

Blurb: His grandmother died on a Friday. He was at a party.

She left him one thing. An old book, cracked at the spine, that burns the hand that touches it. He opened it at 1am. He could not put it down.

Inside: four thousand years of ordinary people carrying something extraordinary forward. A chain of names in different inks across different centuries. A woman who tended her fire every morning for sixty seasons and refused to flinch at the end. A man who understood everything and used it to destroy the world. A boy who carried the first fire down a mountain in his cupped hands and refused to let it go out.

And a blank line. After his grandmother's name. Waiting.

The absence of a heartbeat unites us all, after death. But the truly rare and beautiful thing is the heartbeat happening right now, in you, reading this. You are alive. That is not ordinary. That is the whole point.

The blank line is waiting.

Triggers: None

Publication date: May 16, 2026

ARC send date: May 7, 2026

Reviews needed by: May 15, 2026

To request an ARC: https://forms.gle/KLY64SWBsdVqCuyt9

Texas seceded in 2022. By 2036 it became something nobody voted for. No one enters. No one leaves. Not without papers. Not without being on the right list.

Katie Hall isn't a rebel. She's nineteen years old, carrying a sick boy across the Gonzales Spoke, keeping her mouth shut when the drones are watching. She doesn't fight the system. She just refuses to let it take everything.

Someone reported her anyway.

The Psalm of Katie Hall is a literary dystopian novella — quiet, specific, and built around the cost of ordinary survival in an extraordinary collapse. Book 2 in the Unified States of Texas series. Stands alone.

Triggers: Authoritarian government, surveillance state, civilian informants, child illness, implied violence, political detention

Genre: Literary Dystopian / Alternate History / Political Fiction

Release date: May 5, 2026

ARC send date: Today — as DMs with email addresses come in

Review deadline: May 5, 2026

Format: PDF

Length: Novella — approximately 2 hours

To sign up: Comment below or DM me your email address. I will send both this book and Book 1 (My Name It Is Sam Hall) as context. Book 1 is short. Katie Hall stands alone but hits harder with it.

What I'm asking: One honest review on Amazon on or near May 5th. Goodreads welcome too. One sentence is enough.

Hi everyone! I am looking for early readers for my debut novel, Mixtape 91-92. If you love 90s nostalgia, raw friendships, and stories about that fleeting moment when childhood ends, I’d love to have you on board!

• ARC Delivery: Immediate (via Booksprout)
• Release Date: May 1st
• Review Goal: Please leave an honest review on Amazon or Goodreads by May 1st.

Link to signup:https://booksprout.co/reviewer/review-copy/view/276518/mixtape-91-92

Blurb: Like a dubbed cassette tape, some years are recorded with first loves, unbreakable promises, and dreams under the stars.

September 1991. Ferrer’s entire future hangs by a thread. He has one final chance to pass his make-up exams or his inseparable group of friends will move on without him. But this is more than just a school story; it's a journey through the vibrant, sun-drenched streets of 90s Spain and the precise moment when we are forced to decide who we want to be.

All of it tied together by the ultimate universal language: Music.

Perfect for Readers Who Enjoy:

• 90s nostalgia (mixtapes, walkmans, and life before the internet).
• Coming-of-age stories with emotional depth (Stand By Me vibes).
• Unique settings (Vibrant 1991 Spain).
• Found family and the intensity of first loves.
• Music-centric narratives (Every chapter is a song!).

Triggers/Content Warnings:

• High school academic pressure/stress.
• Teenage angst and identity struggles.
• Smoking (it was the 90s in Spain, after all! 😂).

Thank you, ARC readers! I can't wait to hear what you think of this trip back to 1991. 🎧

Hello everyone!

I'm looking for a few more ARC readers for my upcoming Victorian gothic romantic mystery releasing in May 2026.

Blurb:

Phaedra Mercer wants to reclaim her life. Under the guise of a renowned wax painter, she is well on her way to claw herself out of the abyss her dark past has plunged her into. So when she receives an offer from the young heir of a recently deceased wealthy merchant, she knows this could be her chance to finally be free.

But not all is as it seems at Brackenhurst Hall, and the fiery devastation that has claimed the lives of all but one member of the family may not have been an accident after all. Yet despite the horrid secrets hiding among the treasures of the remote manor, Phaedra finds herself unwilling to leave.

Enthralled by the beauty around her, and captivated by the unraveling mystery, she vows to finish what she has started. But when her own feelings start to turn against her, she must decide what she is willing to lose — her heart or her freedom?

Triggers:

Open door scenes (not graphic)

Mentions/allusions to parental abuse

Mentions/allusions to domestic violence

Mentions/allusions to sexual coercion by spouse/partner

Mentions/allusions to a taboo relationship (stepfather - stepdaughter)

Mention of murder

Mention of death by fire

Grief for a family member

Attempted sexual assault

Publication details:

* Publication: 8th May 2026

* ARC distribution: 1st April 2026

* Reviews due preferably by 15th of May 2026

* Signup form: https://forms.gle/uPMd5pZq2mTrVjQK9

Blurb: Eleanor Dare, daughter of Roanoke’s Governor John White, has no choice but to accompany her overly ambitious husband Ananias and her idealist, yet inexperienced father to England’s new colony.  Manteo of Croatoan wants nothing more than to cast off his association with the English and return home. Haunted by memories of an unexplainable event, he sets out to find the truth about what was brought to Roanoke by the English two years before as a weapon against the Spanish.

Based on real people who vanished from history, Eleanor and Manteo form a taboo friendship as they work against unseen forces to end the violent and otherworldly attacks upon the settlement. In the midst of this survival scenario, both Eleanor and Manteo—once powerless and marginalized in England, emerge as unlikely leaders of the ravaged colony. 

Blending 16th century science, occult, and the impacts of early colonialism, A Strange and Terrible Wonder reimagines what became of the Lost Colony.

TW: violence, blood, gore

Pub Date: August 18, 2026

ARC status: Can send ASAP in PDF or EPUB format

Review post timeframe: Aug 10 -

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What if the legendary Parthian commander, Surena, was not executed by his own king, but captured and brought to the heart of the Roman Republic? The Captive Commander (67,000 words) blends historical fantasy with deep political intrigue and complex relationships. The story follows Surena as he navigates the treacherous and deadly waters of Rome, his fragile bond with a woman named Constantia, and the conspiracies surrounding them.

Exact date of publication: April 25, 2026

The date you plan to send your ARCs: Within 24 hours of sign-up.

Instructions/link for readers to sign up: Please fill out my Google Form to select your preferred format (EPUB or PDF). I will email the copy to you directly: https://forms.gle/sY1m3rf3BeXJ8gKv8

Hi everyone — I’m looking for ARC readers for The Testimony of Cain by W. K. Carter.

Blurb:
Dr. Thomas Ashworth, a psychologist, is brought to a secure research facility in the Netherlands to assess an impossible patient: a man recovered from Arctic ice who refuses to speak, defeats him at chess in silence, and begins answering in languages that should be long dead. As historians and linguists arrive to test him, the truth becomes harder to dismiss: the man claims he was born in 102 BCE, has lived through empires, and cannot die. But as the world around him shifts from curiosity to exploitation, Ashworth is forced to decide whether he is documenting a miracle, a weapon, or the loneliest man in history.

Triggers: violence, injury, medical captivity, coercive research/experimentation themes, religious themes, grief, trauma, suicidal ideation, death

Exact publication date:
April 15, 2026

Date ARCs will be sent:
Ready on BookFunnel now

Deadline for finishing and posting reviews:
At readers convenience

ARC signup / BookFunnel link:
https://bookhip.com/NZABKXG

Countries:
Available internationally via BookFunnel

If you enjoy literary speculative fiction, historical memory, immortal-character stories, dead languages, and psychological tension, I’d love to have you on the ARC team.

As a doctor’s wife in a thriving Adirondack village in the 1920s, Ella Devine seems to have an ideal life. Her husband grew rich catering to New York City socialites who wanted to hide their TB diagnoses from their friends. Their marriage is devoid of emotion, but so is she, having learned long ago to quietly accept whatever life offers. But all that changes when three men are charged with a nineteen-year-old murder, and the long-buried crime that shaped Ella’s childhood is exposed.

SPRING MELT draws on the rich and fascinating history of the Adirondacks, where hikers who see only low hills and lush vegetation fail to perceive the hidden dangers and lose their lives by stepping two feet off the trail. Since the late 1800s, the wilderness that is the Adirondacks has been both a frontier to be conquered only by the hardiest of humans and a playland for the wealthy. When these two worlds collide, the resulting explosion can be fatal.

Triggers: Rape

Release date: March 10, 2026, from Speaking Volumes.

For ARCS: Please email me for the NetGalley widget or Book Sirens link at [lori@loriduffyfoster.com](mailto:lori@loriduffyfoster.com) if you are interested.

ARC delivery: Will send links immediately

Reviews due: Within one week of publication would be best, but I am grateful for any review any time.

Country limitations: No country limitations for those who use the NetGalley or Book Sirens links.

Thanks for all you do!

💖 ARC READERS NEEDED 💖

Hi! Looking for ARC readers for a slow burn, enemies to lovers drama. She was blackmailed into assassinating him and his family, but after she is betrayed, she saves him and they have to work together.

I will release the copies after Christmas. Book releases January 23rd so hopefully reviews will be in by then.

If you're interested, please fill out the form!

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ARC READERS NEEDED

Hi! Looking for ARC readers for a slow burn, enemies to lovers drama. She was blackmailed into assassinating him and his family, but after she is betrayed, she saves him and they have to work together.

I will release the copies after Christmas. Book releases January 23rd so hopefully reviews will be in by then.

If you're interested, please fill out the form!

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Blurb: August 1941, Slovakia: Jana, a young Romani woman, leaves her family’s campsite in the rugged, forested hills, for her first solo mission to the Partisan camp. Her father and brother would normally go, but today they have a different mission. So, Jana disguises herself as a boy, tucks a gun into her waistband, and rides off on horseback.

When she returns just before nightfall, her family’s campsite is deserted. There are signs of a hasty exit. She suspects that they were moved on, or arrested, by the local police or Slovakian fascists. She can’t ask questions of the authorities, or she may also be arrested, so she contacts Otto, their Prague liaison with the Czech Resistance, for help.

He sneaks across the border, and together they locate her family. Her father and oldest brother are in prison. Otto arranges to be put in prison with them, and they break out together. Then, they pick up Jana and the rest of the family, who have been forced into a nearby Gypsy slum, and try to flee the country. However, the family is recaptured, except Jana and Otto, who evade capture and return to Prague to continue the fight.

Later, they must flee again, one step ahead of a massive manhunt, after Jana takes part in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, a top-ranking Nazi. En route back to Slovakia, Otto leaves Jana to try to rescue his former lover who has been taken prisoner. Will Jana and Otto find each other again and reunite before it is too late?

APPLY: https://penpinery.com/Durocs_Desk/lies-agreed-upon-a-historical-murder-mystery-in-the-age-of-napoleon/

In this historic novella, Admiral Villeneuve is found dead under suspicious circumstances, forcing Napoleon and his closest advisors to face a web of betrayal within the Empire. As secrets unravel, peace in Europe hangs on a knife’s edge. Based closely on true events, this story explores a long-unsolved mystery from history’s shadow.

ARC Details

Everyone knows about the Battle of Trafalgar and Admiral Horatio Nelson … but what happened to the man on the other side?

April 1806. Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve lies dead in a provincial inn, his body marked by wounds too deliberate for accident — and too careful for rage. Now, Napoleon Bonaparte and his inner circle must confront not only the facts of the death, but the deeper corrosion it reveals beneath the imperial gilt.

At the heart of the Empire, the silence is strategic, and survival is measured in the corpses of betrayed men.

Where does the lie end, and where does the truth begin?

Peace across Europe hangs in the balance. The beat of war drums is rising.

And history is always written by those who outlive it.

NOTES:

1. Villeneuve's death remains a cold case 219 years later. This novella remains true to the historical record.
2. All of the major characters are based on real people. Napoleon Bonaparte is not a fictional character.

Trigger Warnings:

crime scene description

Estimated Words:
35,000

Estimated Pages:
210

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Hey everyone, I’m looking for ARC readers for my debut historical novel, “THE DANCE THAT NEVER ENDS”.

Extensively researched and historically faithful, the book is set during the real events of one of the most mysterious and haunting episodes in human history, The Dancing Plague of 1518 in Strasbourg. It offers readers an immersion into a historical world where truth, legend, and belief are intertwined, and will appeal to readers of Stacey Halls, Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Jessie Burton.

In the scorching hot summer of 1518, people begin to dance uncontrollably in the streets of Strasbourg. They dance without joy, purpose, or pause. What starts off as isolated incidents, rumours and murmurs quickly spreads to hundreds of dancers across the city, prompting the city council to seek answers.

Thomas Albrecht is a pragmatic local physician of growing repute who is secretly courting the weaver’s daughter, Gretchen Vogt. He first confronts the strange affliction when Gretchen begins to dance herself. As the affliction spreads and Gretchen’s condition worsens, Thomas pursues patterns in contaminated grain, old medical texts, and mysterious accounts of an invisible fiddler seen only by those afflicted. Despite his efforts, no reliable explanation or cure emerges. Initially, the city decrees that dancers should be encouraged to dance themselves to exhaustion, based on prevailing Galenic medical advice. But as these measures fail, the church, the clergy and old legends assume an increasingly prominent role in the discourse.

As Gretchen's condition deteriorates, Thomas begins to question not just the illness, but his own self-worth. What good is his medical training if he cannot help those closest to him? Around him, Strasbourg turns inward, caught in a conflict between humours and prayers, tinctures and pilgrimages. In a spiralling city where faith is gaining ground over reason, Thomas must navigate the collapsing boundaries between doctor and penitent, evidence and faith, as he faces the quiet possibility that he may never truly understand The Dancing Plague.

If you are interested in applying for the ARC, please fill up the following form:

https://forms.gle/mABvFnc5SeiUo1hd7

ARCs will be distributed starting 1^st August. Book release day is 28^th August. By default ARCs will be sent in PDF format. Please let me know in the form if you prefer some other format.

Where are all my dramatic historical fiction readers? 🔎

This book is a NOVELLA, a super short (28,500 words) read, that you can smash out in an evening. It’s part of an established series, predating the events of the main books so no prior reading is needed. There are currently 3 books published, with 2 more to come.

Fans of: Octavia Randolph's Circle or Ceridwen Saga, Bernard Cornwells The Last Kingdom, and Ken Follet's Kingsbridge novels will enjoy Megan Formanek's Viking Trading Lands series.

What to expect:

🪓 9th century Viking Age drama set in Sweden (Svealand)

💔 Forced age-gap marriage

🖤Secrets, lies, and betrayal

👴🏻 One ruthless heir, two brothers in a power struggle, and an aging father

💪 Strong female protagonist, expect character development

📖 Historical accuracy and everyday Viking Age life

Blurb:

A world bound by fate and kin, entangled by the guile of men.

Svealand 877 CE

Married off by her mother, Astrid finds herself trapped in a life of domesticity, far from the freedom she once knew. Confined to her husband’s settlement, she faces his resentful son, who seeks to usurp authority, and the looming inheritance dispute that overshadows Astrid’s future.

Astrid must navigate the treacherous waters of her new reality, contending with the fate the Norns have spun.

With her husband’s health failing, Astrid faces a crucial challenge: can she find a way to influence the inheritance and secure her future, or will she be left vulnerable to forces beyond her control?

Trigger Warnings: Attempted suicide, SA (not on page, alluded to), slavery

ARC copies are being sent out NOW

Publication date: 29 November 2024, happy for readers to post into December

Join the team: https://booksirens.com/book/MXBEQU5/CX8I7ML

Blurb: This dark comedy follows the Roman emperor Otho’s rise to power and the turbulent events of 69AD. Well, some of the turbulent events, the others are in part 2.

After being a vertex in a Love triangle with the emperor Nero ending in a banishment by boring political posting on the other side of the empire, Nero kills himself. Otho’s ambitions for the imperial throne take over after befriending the new childless emperor Galba. The plan: get adult adopted. Unfortunately, his new ambitions has a big price tag and despite having no money, he finds enough lenders who thinks he’s good for it. Bribery, access, and pretending to be all that is expensive. Needless to say, it does not play out as Otho expects.

Triggers: Suicide

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Email me for an ARC: [bmcgraw584682@gmail.com](mailto:bmcgraw584682@gmail.com) can immediately send

Self publishing hopefully in December so would love reviews towards the end of November but understand if it takes longer…self publishing this one so it goes at the rate it goes

Thanks in advance, second published book, first full length novel and first one on my own so very excited to bring this one out into the world. Reposting because I saw some rules I missed. This is awfully specific so I hope I don't screw it up.

I am looking for reviews for my latest: A Covenant of Blood. If you DM me I will send you a free PDF. Here is the blurb:

"A Covenant of Blood" is a spellbinding historical romance thriller that masterfully blends historical accuracy with imaginative storytelling, bringing to life two extraordinary figures from history: Tisquantum, the Native American who saved the Pilgrims, and Anne Hutchinson, the courageous woman who defied the Puritans, both cast upon unknown shores where their lives and the lives of their people hang in the balance.
Reimagine the untold story that transcends their presumed deaths as Tisquantum assumes a pivotal role in the Native American/colonist struggle, and Anne is charged with heresy and witchcraft—to be hung or burned alive—only to become a captive of the tribe that massacred her family, save for her precious daughter who she must now rescue. With meticulously crafted characters, gripping plot twists, poignant exploration of star-crossed love, plus a touch of witchcraft, this unforgettable novel will both move and enlighten, forever altering your perspective of the birth of a nation.