Happy Monday, May 12th, 2025! We hope you had a great weekend and are feeling refreshed, recharged, and ready to kick off a brand-new week. Whether you’re tackling your to-do list or simply easing into Monday, we’ve got something to help make the day a little brighter.
That’s right – today brings a fresh batch of book releases to dive into. More than a dozen new titles hit the shelves, including exciting new works from Vincent Zandri, Neil S. Plakcy, and Freya Barker. No matter what’s on your reading list, there’s something new to discover this week!
New York Times bestselling author
Vincent Zandri is back with the 12th “Dick Moonlight PI” novel,
Terminal Moonlight. This is a chilling pulp noir thriller that has already received praise from such great authors as
Harlan Coben,
Don Winslow, and
William Landay.
When a beautiful TV reporter is brought to Moonlight’s office under police orders to protect her as a witness to a mob murder, he suspects there’s more to the story. With help from Fat 1977 Elvis, Moonlight sets out to uncover the truth behind her claims and the deadly crime.
Neil S. Plakcy returns with
The Bridge Between Us, the second installment in his “Smiling Dog Café” series. Described as “healing fiction,” this new novel offers a reflective look at family history – and how the pain carried by one generation can carry over into the next.
After his wife’s sudden death, master carpenter Barry Goldstein finds solace at Brooklyn’s mysterious Smiling Dog Café, while his sister Leah tries to move forward after years of loss. Reunited after fifteen years, they uncover their family’s repeating patterns and learn, with unexpected guidance, how to mend what’s been broken between them.
USA Today bestselling author
Freya Barker has added a fourth entry into her “High Mountain Trackers HMT 2G” series.
High Velocity is a western-set romance full of action and adventure – blending several genres together.
When the FBI sidelines Special Agent Stephanie Kramer for health reasons, she retreats to a friend’s quiet trailer near Libby, Montana – only to find her peace interrupted by local wildlife and a persistent tracker. Jackson Hart, a former special ops soldier adjusting to life with a prosthetic leg, crosses her path again, and together they must face threats from both nature and their dangerous pasts.
Here is a list of all of the new books releasing today:
New Book Releases for May 12th, 2025
| Manage | Author | Title | Series | | Aashi Irf | The Curse of Destiny | Destiny #3 |
| Alan Brenham | Whatever It Takes | Kit Hanover #2 |
| Alex Toxic | Book 4 | Lord of The System #4 |
| Ali Williams | Never Nix Up | The Arun Nixes #2 |
| Amanda Meuwissen | Last Thrall of Asgard | Lovers of the Gods #3 |
| Amy Cross | Black Pages Volume Three: Short Stories and Novellas 2011 to 2025 | Collection |
| Ann Goering | Promising Forever | Glendale #3 |
| Anno | Conquest of Insight | The Methods of Necromancy #3 |
| Anyta Sunday | Book I | The King's Man #1 |
| Asagi | Long Story Short, I'm Living in the Mountains: Volume 1 | Long Story Short, I'm Living in the Mountains #1 |
| Callie Gardner | A Rose for the Lonely Rancher | Standalone |
| Casey Nash | The Borrowed Saddle | Jubal Stone: U.S. Marshal #82 |
| Cassie Cole | Second Chance for the Single Mom | Standalone |
| Cee Bowerman | Farrah | The Delicate Flowers #1 |
| Charles J. Thayer | Sabbatical | Harrison Steele Mystery #1 |
| Charlotte Bennardo | The Excalibur Vow | Standalone |
| Corey Manny | Where is my Dog? | Children's Book |
| Corrine Winters | Moss & Murder | Willowmere Cozy Mysteries #2 |
| Courtney McFarlin | A Taste of Trouble | Clowder Cats Cozy Mystery #5 |
| Coy Hall | The Owl Men of Shanidar | Standalone |
| Cristina Guarneri | Walk with Forgiveness | Cristina Guarneri Religious Books #6 |
| D.B. Elrogg | Pop-Up Dinner, Drop Down Dead | Milo Rathkey Mysteries #8 |
| Dan Ames | Full Smoke | John Rockne #8 |
| Daphne Byrne | A Widow for the Beastly Duke | The Athena Society #1 |
| Debbi Voisey | In the Dark | Standalone |
| Diane Merrill Wigginton | The Magician Killer | Standalone |
| Dianna Aubin | The Ohio River's Fury - The 1937 Flood | Non-Fiction |
| Ehab Elgammal | The Gales of Alexandria | Standalone |
| Eliza Floretta | Whisking up Whodunits | Em’s B&B Mysteries #1 |
| Eliza Rockwood | Hideaway Mountain Groom | Letters from Hideaway Mountain #2 |
| Emma McCoy | Coast to Coast | All Aces Sports Romance #2 |
| Eva Ravelle | The Ashborne Affair | Ruthless, Reckless, Royal #16 |
| Eva Ravelle | Kissed by the Kings | Ruthless, Reckless, Royal #15 |
| Eva Ravelle | The Vault of Sin | Ruthless, Reckless, Royal #14 |
| Eva Ravelle | The Widow’s Pact | Ruthless, Reckless, Royal #13 |
| Eva Ravelle | The Crownless Bride | Ruthless, Reckless, Royal #12 |
| Evangeline Priest | Riding The Centaur Lord | Monstrous Gentry #1 |
| Freya Barker | High Velocity | High Mountain Trackers HMT 2G #4 |
| Gregory Gron | The Demonic Champion Book 4 | The Demonic Champion #4 |
| Hiiro Shimotsuki | Peddler in Another World: Volume 10 | Peddler in Another World (Light Novel) #10 |
| Hourly History | George Rogers Clark | American Revolutionary War #11 |
| James Patterson | The #1 Dad Book | Non-Fiction |
| Jeffrey L. Kohanek | Hijinks Investigations | Hijinks Investigations #1 |
| Jenna Rose | Breaking Her In | Novella |
| Jess Winters | Rough Rides for Her Harem | Rough Rides #8 |
| Joanne DeMaio | August Dove | The Seaside Saga #24 |
| Joanne Kukanza Easley | Higher Love | Standalone |
| Joel R. Beeke | How to Lead Your Family | Joel R. Beeke Religious Books #80 |
| John A. Hoda | Clearwater Blues | FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea #3 |
| Joram Piatigorsky | Roger's Thought-Particles | Jellyfish Have Eyes Trilogy #2 |
| Judith Price | Blue Harvest | Standalone |
| Juliet Keane | Back in the Saddle | Crestwood Valley #6 |
| KA Iris | Owned by the Alpha King | Forbidden Alpha Kings #31 |
| Kai Lesy | Mountain Mens' Curvy Obsession | Lucky Lady Reverse Harem #21 |
| Karen Ehrenholz | The Happy Ladybug's Secret | Children's Book |
| Karyne Norton | Salt in the Seas | The Half-Light Chronicles #5 |
| Kat Vroman | The Single Dad Cowboy’s Second Chance | Corvid Valley Cowboys #1 |
| Kate Bold | Dead Quiet | Kelsey Hawk #12 |
| Keith Lee Johnson | Queens of New Orleans | Little Black Girl Lost #8 |
| Kelly Kay | Keep Rugged | Boston Brothers: A Second Chance #5 |
| Kerry Wilkinson | Your Husband's Fault | Standalone |
| Kia Leep | A Little Salty | A Little Salty #1 |
| Kim Chinquee | Contact with the Wild | Collection |
| Kregg P.J. Jorgenson | Sweet Sorrow | The Jungle War #3 |
| Kris Anne Dean | Sins of the Sister | Till Death Do Us Part #2 |
| Krystal Clark | Knocked Up by My Best Friend's Dad | Pregnant for Dominant Daddies #4 |
| Lana Piers | My Smoking Hot Best Friend | Lit Creek Fire Department #2 |
| Laurie Kehler | Nature at Night | Non-Fiction |
| Lee R. Brand | The Last Desperado | Standalone |
| Leon West | Idle Village Hero 2 | Idle Village Hero #2 |
| Linda Hughes | The Cottage on Lilac Island | Second Chances #2 |
| Matthew Peters | The Ignoble Lie | Of Gods and Men #1 |
| Michael Anderle | Turn the Guns | Fueled By Fury #4 |
| N.S. Wikarski | The Crone's Legacy | The Trove Chronicles #1 |
| Natalie Shpet | The Wild | The Story of John Wilson #1 |
| Neil S. Plakcy | The Bridge Between Us | The Smiling Dog Cafe #2 |
| Nichole Ruschelle | Her Reckless Night | Nurses of Rose Valley #5 |
| O'Neil De Noux | Naughty Private Eye | Lucien Caye Private Eye #11 |
| Odessa Alba | Tangled Heirs | New England Billionaires #3 |
| Pete Brown | Tasting Notes | Non-Fiction |
| Quinn Slater | Big Kentucky | Brothers of Chaos #6 |
| Ray Strong | Zephyr's Flight | The Dragons' War #1 |
| Ryk Brown | Welcome to Paradise | Frontiers Saga: Fringe Worlds #14 |
| S.D. McKittrick | Second Chance | Dungeon Realms #2 |
| S.K. Gregory | Coven of Darkness | Wayfield Witches #3 |
| Seven Rue | Love Sick | Standalone |
| Sierra Blake | Orders of Temptation | Brothers in Battle #32 |
| Susanne Ash | Rule #12 Don't Date the Grump | Rules For Dating A Single Mom #11 |
| Tammy Eady Walker | The Lighthouse of Wisdom | Rooted In Truth: Christian Foundations for Young Hearts #2 |
| Tarisa Warinai | Dungeon Dive Volume 10 | Dungeon Dive: Aim for the Deepest Level (Light Novel) #10 |
| Tatum James | Divine | Dark Reign Dynasty #5 |
| Victor Klayin | The Whirlpool Scar | Flow Tales #2 |
| Vincent Zandri | Terminal Moonlight | Richard "Dick" Moonlight #13 |
| Violet Rae and Fern Fraser | Branded by the Cowboy | Havenstone: Mail Order Brides #2 |
| W. Galt | Do you like being a slave? | Novella |
| Wynter Ryan | Puck Me Like You Do | Playing the Puck #10 |
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