Kelly Ames for the Stars

  THE NEW YEAR’S MAN By Michael Scott Clifton Romantic Fantasy / Romantic Comedy Publication Date: September 11, 2026 SYNOPSIS Landry LeBlanc has everything he wants: a luxury condo, a fast-rising legal career, expensive taste, and an ironclad rule against falling in love. Relationships, to him, come with expiration dates—and New Year’s Eve is his favorite time to end them. But when Landry takes his latest girlfriend to the mysterious Fairy Lights Brasserie, his perfectly controlled life comes apart in spectacular fashion. One brutal breakup later, he finds himself face-to-face with Stella: a cigar-smoking, wand-wielding fairy godmother with questionable fashion sense, a faulty temper, and a mission to thaw his hardened heart. Stella has one simple plan: make Landry fall in love. Landry’s plan is simpler: get rid of Stella. Then he meets Allie Beck—brilliant, fearless, unpredictable, and every bit his equal. As legal games become personal and...

  FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME By Kimberly Packard Romance, Time-Slip, RomCom Publisher: Abalos Publishing Publication Date: 16 June 2026 SYNOPSIS Blink and your life’s halfway over. What if that happens literally? College party girl Emily Murray bounces through majors and boys until an ill-advised art major leads her to a rebellious relationship with an aspiring rock star. When her father cuts off the college fund—and her boyfriend ditches her to chase a record deal—Emily spirals, hard. One shaved head and emotional black out later, she wakes up thirty years in the future, living a life she doesn’t recognize as a successful therapist and engaged to a total stranger. With no apparent way to rewind the clock, Emily scrambles to make sense of her new reality. With a wedding date looming and a competitive therapist threatening her fragile career, Emily is forced to question: Was this really the future she was meant for? Witty, sharp and unexpectedly heartwarming, Feels Like the First Tim...

  UP FROM HELL Echoes of the Past: Crimes in Central Texas Book 1 By Joan Moran Crime Thriller Publisher: Next Chapter Publication Date: April 7, 2026 SYNOPSIS Growing up in Las Vegas, Neil Dixon's future looked bleak. The son of a drug-addicted mother, he didn't have a lot of options until a police officer, Sergeant Finch, pulled him from danger and sent him to a new life in Texas. Now, years later, Neil has become the police officer he always wanted to be—steady, principled, and unafraid to stand alone. But Jarrell, Texas, is not the clean slate he hoped for. Corruption in the department is rampant, and traffickers operate across the border. When Neil’s mother dies, he returns to Las Vegas and meets the father he’s never known. He gets pulled into a deadly game with his father that stretches from Vegas to the police department in Jarrell, to cartel-scarred border towns. To survive, he must decide what kind of man he truly is - and how far he’s willing to go to stop the people...

  QUEEN OF COTTON By Laurie Moore-Moore Historical Fiction Publisher: Goat Mountain Press Publication Date: September 9, 2025   SYNOPSIS 1861: The Civil War is raging. The men have gone to fight, leaving the women behind to cope.  Cotton is the lifeblood of the South. Sara, a young wife, risks her life and reputation to lead an official Confederate Camel Caravan hundreds of miles across Texas to Matamoros, Mexico. There, cotton can be sold and shipped to the buyer, avoiding the Union blockade and providing critical funds for the South and desperate Dallas cotton growers.  But . . .“It’s not a job for a woman.” The Texas frontier is fraught with danger. The caravan will face fierce Comanche, bandits, extreme weather, internal vandalism, and unforgiving desert. The Mexican cotton market is complex and full of fraudsters. The trail home, carrying gold and armaments, makes the caravan a rich target.   Joining Sara on the adventure are a fascinating mix of real ...