There are a few new releases and soon-to-be released books I am excited about and thought I’d share them with you today.
Here are some by Australian authors:
- Regency and Regicide by J.J. Fischer.
I have just discovered this author and started reading another book of hers and am enjoying it. I love the cover of this and it sounds like fun. Plus it’s nice to read a fantasy that is a stand alone once in awhile.
Released August 15th 2024.
Synopsis:
Regicide at Four. Supper Strictly at Eight.
When aspiring young novelist Miss Diana Crewe falls asleep on her manuscript in early nineteenth century England, the last thing she expects is to wake in the middle of the world she’s created…a world in which, she’s horrified to discover, she’s both venerated as a goddess and decried as a villain. Pulled into the story alongside her is her closest childhood friend and rival author, Ignatius (Nash) Sinclair, who has spent the last year keeping Diana at a distance, seeming to prefer the company of his abolitionist friends.
But when the dream doesn’t end as expected and the tumultuous world around Diana and Nash proves to be all too real, the friends must put aside their differences to find a way home…even as Diana’s budding attachment to the dashing outlaw Locke Moray rapidly erodes her desire to leave. But not all heroes are as they seem, and when the characters of Diana’s imagination overstep their bounds and threaten her very life, Diana is forced to realize that the resolution she so deeply desires might have been right in front of her this whole time…
Regency & Regicide is a standalone romantic historical fantasy adventure in which Jane Austen’s Emma meets Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe. J. J. Fischer is the award-winning author of Calor, which won the 2023 Realm Award Book of the Year and the Realm Award for Best Fantasy.
Add it to your Goodreads here.
2. The Tempus Imperium By Juliet A. Paine.
I do like a good time travel story and this one sounds intriguing. The cover was interesting and drew me in.
Released August 2024 by Rhiza Edge.
Synopsis:
The end justifies the means
The many over the few
Time travel has rules as seventeen-year-old Charlie Lamp is about to learn.
But what happens when you break one?
When Charlie’s grandmother is murdered, she is plunged into the world of the Temporal Sinistrum. A secretive organisation of time travellers tasked with maintaining the historical timeline. Her grandmother was once one of their star agents, and Charlie must step into her footsteps and solve the mystery of her death, in an adventure that takes her from Australia in 1966 to the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Los Angeles in 2120.
You can add it to Goodreads here.
3. Keeper of the Archives by Lynne Stringer.
I recently bought another of Lynne’s books that sound really good and can’t wait to read it. When I saw she had this releasing soon, it sounded interesting too.
Releases September to 2024 from Rhiza Edge.
Synopsis:
After their home in Sendirian City burns to cinders, Eden Fittell leaves school and gets a job to try and support her family and keep her alcoholic father away. But the city is being stalked by crime boss Kore Luddan, who is using Izrod, the strongest in his crew of freaks, to kidnap people off the street. Most of them are never seen again, killed or driven mad by Kore’s experiments. Eden manages to get a job in the government’s Archives, taking the place of one of Kore’s victims, but Izrod keeps snatching more government employees. Is Eden safe? And what is Kore planning? Will it mean the end to peace in Sendirian City?
You can add it to your Goodreads here.
4. Stepping Sideways: Worlds of Steampunk and Dystopia.
I love a good anthology and I was instantly intrigued by this beautiful cover.
Releases October 2nd 2024 by Wombat books/Rhiza Press.
Synopsis:
A circus is not all it seems. A monster… and opportunity… waits in ocean mists. A friendship is out of time. A group of kids escape scavenger dogs in a brutal world. A water sprite is far from home. And a machine generates romance.
These stories and others await in this steampunk and dystopian anthology by Australian authors, sure to transport you into worlds of danger and wonder.
You can add it to your Goodreads here.
And here are a few from non-Australian authors.
5. Winter’s Maiden by Morgan L. Busse.
I love this cover. It is just so pretty. I recently started another series by Morgan and really enjoyed it.
Released August 6th 2024 by Enclave Publishing.
Synopsis:
Warrior. Survivor. Daughter of the North.
From the moment she is born, Brighid fights to survive in the wastelands of Nordica as a clanless one. But when a new power arrives offering a trial to join the Nordic warriors, Brighid enters, hoping to rise above her station. Soon she becomes one of their fiercest fighters and joins the war against the south.
Kaeden carries the blood of the ancient Eldaran race in his veins but turns away from his heritage after the death of his parents. Years later, he is called back to his homeland and invited to be a healer for the southern forces. With the help of an old mentor, the power inside of him starts to awaken. However, his life is turned upside down when a mighty warrior of the Nordic forces is captured.
As Kaeden interacts with the enemy, he discovers there is a darkness behind the Nordic Wars, one that is manipulating the people of the north. But who will believe him? And is there a power strong enough to break the hold of this hidden adversary? Or will the world burn in the flames of war?
You can add it to your Goodreads here.
6. Ignite by Kara Swanson.
This is another pretty cover. I also like stories about phoenix’s and this one sounds intriguing.
Releases August 20, 2024 By Enclave Escape.
Synopsis:
Can Mara survive in a world where the fire in her veins is worth killing for?
In a frozen wasteland suffocating beneath a dying sun, Mara is a young phoenix raised by her father to explode at his command. He’s the only one who can help her control her fire, and Mara desperately follows his orders to protect their phoenix family from relentless human hunters.
Her sheltered existence is shattered when her family mysteriously vanishes, thrusting Mara into a perilous quest to find them. Along the way, she unravels a devastating truth: her people may not be the innocent victims she’s been taught to believe.
When she comes face-to-face with the kindhearted Eli, she begins to wonder if the humans aren’t the monsters she’s always feared. What if the greatest danger doesn’t lie in the icy world outside—but in the truth of who Mara really is?
Fire and ice collide in this thrilling tale of a phoenix girl born with the power of a dying sun.
You can add it to your Goodreads here.
That’s it for me today.
Do any of theses sound interesting to you?
Are there any books you’d like to recommend to me? I like to read books that are clean so please keep that in mind when recommending.
Happy reading!
Rochelle L. Sharpe 