{"id":3044,"date":"2025-05-27T15:30:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T15:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=3044"},"modified":"2025-05-27T15:30:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T15:30:47","slug":"fantasy-a-thriller-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=3044","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy, a Thriller, & More"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Flirting with Disaster\u00a0<\/em>by Naina Kumar is $1.99! This was released earlier this year. Shana enjoyed Kumar\u2019s debut and picked this for Hide Your Wallet.<\/p>\n

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She needs a divorce from her husband\u2014but a hurricane threatens to dredge up their stormy, passionate past in this sizzling reimagining of\u00a0Sweet Home Alabama\u00a0from the bestselling author of\u00a0Say You\u2019ll Be Mine.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been years since Meena has seen her husband, Nikhil . . . years since they first laid eyes on each other back home in Texas, years since they eloped in Las Vegas and she felt true happiness. A high-powered lawyer on Capitol Hill, ready to move on (or at least, she thinks so) with another successful lawyer, Shake, Meena has returned home. This time, finally, to obtain a divorce.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s one thing Meena couldn\u2019t have accounted for: a hurricane forming in the Gulf, veering right toward them, giving them no choice but to hunker down in the home they had built together. Suddenly, she finds herself trapped amid gale-force winds and pelting rain with the man she once loved.<\/p>\n

As they spend more time together, Meena begins to remember everything that drew her to Nikhil: His small-town charm, his thoughtful nature. . . his absurdly good looks. But things make sense with Shake. He\u2019s steady and ambitious and wants exactly what she wants. She\u2019ll stick to her plan, come hell or high water. But will her windswept heart make the right choice, when the storm settles and the eye passes over?<\/p>\n

With sharp observations about second chances at love, ambition and Indian American identity, and with characters who share an undeniable chemistry,\u00a0Flirting with Disaster\u00a0is a modern romance with the sensibility of a classic.<\/p>\n

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The Undetectables<\/em><\/h1>\n

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The Undetectables\u00a0<\/em>by Courtney Smyth is $1.99! This was another Hide Your Wallet pick. The combination of an ensemble cast and a mystery in a fantasy setting looks like a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

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Be gay, solve crime, take naps\u2014A witty and quirky fantasy murder mystery if a folkloric world of witches, faeires, vampires, trolls and ghosts, for fans of Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey and T. J. Klune\u2019s Under the Whispering Door.<\/p>\n

A magical serial killer is\u00a0stalking the Occult town of Wrackton. Hypnotic whistling causes victims to\u00a0chew\u00a0their own tongues off, leading to the killer being dubbed the Whistler\u00a0(original, right?). But\u00a0outside the lack of taste buds and the strange magical\u00a0carvings on the victims\u2019 torsos, the murderer\u00a0leaves no evidence. No obvious\u00a0clues. No reason \u2013 or so it seems.<\/p>\n

Enter the\u00a0Undetectables, a\u00a0detective agency run by three witches and a ghost in a cat costume\u00a0(don\u2019t ask).\u00a0They are hired to investigate the murders, but with their only case so far left\u00a0unsolved,\u00a0will they be up to the task? Mallory, the forensic science expert, is\u00a0struggling with pain and fatigue\u00a0from her recently diagnosed fibromyalgia. Cornelia,\u00a0the team member most likely to go rogue and\u00a0punch a police officer, is suddenly\u00a0stirring all sorts of feelings in Mallory. Diana, the social butterfly of\u00a0the\u00a0group, is hitting up all of her ex-girlfriends for information. And not\u00a0forgetting ghostly Theodore \u2013\u00a0deceased, dramatic, and also the agency\u2019s first\u00a0dead body and unsolved murder case.<\/p>\n

With bodies stacking up and\u00a0the case leading them to mysteries at the very heart of magical society, can the\u00a0Undetectables\u00a0find the Whistler before they become the killer\u2019s next victims?<\/p>\n

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Dreadful<\/em><\/h1>\n

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Dreadful\u00a0<\/em>by Caitlin Rozakis is $1.99! The description of this one sounds really interesting. I also know the comparisons to T. Kingfisher and Travis Baldree may make some of you perk up.<\/p>\n

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The New York Times-bestselling sharp-witted, debut high fantasy farce featuring killer moat squid, toxic masculinity, evil wizards and a garlic festival \u2013 all at once. Perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher, K. J. Parker and Travis Baldree.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s bad enough waking up in a half-destroyed evil wizard\u2019s workshop with no eyebrows, no memories, and no idea how long you have before the Dread Lord Whomever shows up to murder you horribly and then turn your skull into a goblet or something.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a lot worse when you realize that Dread Lord Whomever is\u2026 you.<\/p>\n

Gav isn\u2019t really sure how he ended up with a castle full of goblins, or why he has a princess locked in a cell. All he can do is play along with his own evil plan in hopes of getting his memories back before he gets himself killed.<\/p>\n

But as he realizes that nothing \u2013 from the incredibly tasteless cloak adorned with flames to the aforementioned princess \u2013 is quite what it seems, Gav must face up to all the things the Dread Lord Gavrax has done. And he\u2019ll have to answer the hardest question of all \u2013 who does he want to be?<\/p>\n

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You Are Fatally Invited<\/em><\/h1>\n

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You Are Fatally Invited\u00a0<\/em>by Ande Pliego is $1.99! The main character is an aspiring author who plans a writing retreat, while also scheming to commit murder. But she realizes someone has beats her to the punch when a dead body is discovered.<\/p>\n

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An exclusive locked-room murder mystery party hosted by a legendary thriller writer on his private island for his fellow thriller writer friends turns lethal when a guest is found murdered in this twisty debut novel.<\/p>\n

When the legendary and mysterious author J. R. Alastor hires Mila del Angel to host a murder mystery retreat on his private island off the coast of Maine, she jumps at the chance. The guest list? Six thriller writers, all masters of deceit, misdirection, and mayhem.<\/p>\n

Alastor is planning a week of games, trope-fuelled riddles, and maybe a jump-scare or two\u2013and Mila is plotting some fun of her own. But when a guest turns up dead\u2013for real\u2013and Alastor goes rogue, Mila suddenly finds herself in a deadly endeavor to stay alive. With a storm cutting off the island, and the body count rising, Mila must outwit a killer who knows literally every trick in the book\u2026<\/p>\n

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