Hawk (Maximum Ride: Hawk Book 1) by James Patterson

In this dark dystopian tale, 17-year-old Hawk is growing up hard and fast in post-apocalyptic New York City—until a perilous destiny forces her to take flight and protect her home.

Where is Maximum Ride?

Ten years ago a girl with wings fought to save the world. But then she disappeared.

Now she’s just a fading legend, remembered only in stories.

Hawk doesn’t know her real name. She doesn’t know who her family was, or where they went. The only thing she remembers is that she was told to wait on a specific street corner, at a specific time, until her parents came back for her.

She stays under the radar to survive . . . until a destiny that’s perilously close to Maximum Ride’s forces her to take flight. Someone is coming for her.

But it’s not a rescue mission. It’s an execution.

The Goblin’s Brideby Leigh Kelsey, Lysandra Glass

Marry him. Kiss him. Kill him. But never love him.

The goblin prince killed my sister. For years, I’ve waited for justice, and I’ve finally found the perfect opportunity: Kier Kollastus, the prince himself, will agree to peace with his human enemies if a sacrifice is given. A human bride.

With my face veiled and my knives hidden, I offer myself as the prince’s sacrifice, wearing a liar’s smile as I wait to cut his throat when he sleeps.

But Kier is indestructible except for one night every year. And worse—he’s not the barbarian goblins are supposed to be. He’s almost … appealing. If I’m not careful, I’ll lose my head.

Or my traitor heart.

The Goblin’s Bride is an enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance with a revenge-sworn heroine and a brooding goblin prince. Expect sizzling tension and a dark mystery that lovers of Hades & Persephone and Beauty & The Beast will enjoy.

Foreign Involvementby Robert E Smith

San Francisco Homicide detective Chuck Winters, accidentally strikes it rich with his criminal software database program, retires and takes his money and runs. He soon gets caught up with a nemesis character that spews death and destruction, hiding throughout the world like a chameleon—causing Winters to leave his serene retirement and take chase.