Amy Mass | A scientist is forced to be a contestant on a trashy reality dating show

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REALITY BITESWhat’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?
A no-nonsense scientist is forced to go through her living hell – be a contestant on a trashy reality dating show - to save an endangered species....

Melinda Leigh | Title Challenge: YOU CAN TELL ME

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Hi! I’m Melinda Leigh, author of YOU CAN TELL ME. I’m excited to be here today to tell you all about the story.YOU CAN TELL ME is the first book in my new Olivia Cruz Series. I’ve wanted to explore true crime writer Olivia Cruz’s character...

Steven M. Rubin | Michael Galler gains a heightened cognizance of physical threats that can grow unknowingly inside a person

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THE UNRAVELING OF MICHAEL GALLERWhat’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?
After observing multiple harmful effects of varying illnesses of those close to him that he perceives as different forms of cancer, Michael Galler gains a heightened...

Smashwords Hotlist Top 10 Preorders Releasing May 12 – May 18, 2026

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1. The Golden Jackal Book 8 Kinkaid Shifters by Bianca D'Arc
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Hannah Thurman | Four sisters grow up on a campus of an underfunded state mental hospital

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MERCY HILLWhat’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?
A debut family novel about four sisters growing up on the campus of the underfunded state mental hospital where their strong-willed mother serves as head of psychiatry. A...

Playlist | SUMMER STATE OF MIND by Kristy Woodson Harvey

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Hi, Fresh Fiction friends! It isn’t quite summer yet, but we can still be in a SUMMER STATE OF MIND with my new novel, releasing May 5! This one is about a NICU nurse named Daisy who flees the big city after a very bad day and heads to Cape Carolina, a tiny coastal town, and its...

Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie | Exclusive Excerpt: A FOUNDING MOTHER: A NOVEL OF ABIGAIL ADAMS

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Excerpted from A FOUNDING MOTHER: A NOVEL OF ABIGAIL ADAMS, by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie. William Morrow Paperbacks, 2026. Reprinted with permission.BRAINTREEMassachusetts Bay ColonyApril 1765When I was first with child, revolution was not yet even a fever dream glistening on the perspiration of my...

Smashwords Top 20 Bestselling Indie Fiction Sales Period: April 26– May 2, 2026

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1. Whalers Hockey Romance 5 Book Set, The Portsmouth Whalers Series by Stephanie Queen
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CJ Holmes | Mythology Remix: Reimagining Gods and Legends in Romantic Fantasy

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We return to myths for the same reason we reread favorite romances. Recognition lets us lean in, surprise keeps us turning the page. Retellings hand us a map we think we know, then redraw the borders around desire, power, and consequence. In romantic fantasy, that remix does something especially electric. It takes stories built on sacrifice and spectacle, then...

Janna MacGregor | Busty Bodice Club: Let’s Talk About Beauty-Regency Style

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The Busty Bodice Club series features sisters who are proud of their curves. My female character, Lady Penelope Harrington, is the youngest sister and considers herself a bastion of fashion and hats. Why hats? Because they made her look taller. Let’s talk about the concept of beauty. All of us are familiar with historical-romance female characters...