The Sins on Their Bones is about two lovers. One is a former ruler in hiding. The other is a ruler who stole the throne. And though there’s an entire fantasy world with heaven and hell, the real story is the love the two characters have for each other. It shapes their decisions and sets the stage. It’s the wants and the drive. And it’s probably the reason that you got sucked in, in the first place.

In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They’re a family, hidden and safe. The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labeled “HAP,” he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio–a past spent hunting humans. When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio’s former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vic’s assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommissioning, or worse, reprogramming. - Goodreads

Valentine’s Day is almost upon us. It’s time to pull out the spicy books and warm up the bed. To help you find the right romance books this season, I’ve put together a list of books I’ve loved over the years. But be warned… some of these books aren’t for the faint of heart. I love the darker romances. I love a lot of steam. Viewer discretion is advised.

A lot of kids have imaginary friends, but not all of them call them the Boy Under the Floor or come home from school reciting a rhyme about death. Tom can only hope that his son, Jake, will forget about his imaginary friends once they move into their new house. The house Jake became obsessed with when he saw the picture. What they don’t expect is the junk left in the garage or the town consumed with a missing boy. The last boy to go missing in town was twenty years ago. The killer was caught. Yet it’s happening again. As the case speeds up, Tom and Jake find themselves in the middle of it all when their house becomes the center of the activity. But can they figure out who the copycat killer is before Jake becomes the next victim on the list?

With the ratings dropping and no guarantee for a second season, Matt and his team of ghost hunters decide to attempt the most haunted house in America to round out their tv show. The kind of house that no one else has ever recorded after the scientist running their sydo-science experiments went missing in the 70s. And they might have hit the jackpot after their first night. Problem is, their tech guy decided to play a hoax to help save the show. Now Matt’s wife is talking about quitting and his dreams are beginning to slip through his fingers. But are they… What’s that sound coming from upstairs? Why did the temperature just drop? And who broke the ouaji board?

If you’re looking for books to start 2024 reading challenge, then this is the list for you. I’ve compiled my favorite books from 2023, including some honorable mentions that are still taking up space in my brain.

After a near-death experience, Cassidy Blake has a new talent and a new best friend who happens to be a ghost. Well… the new talent is more of a distraction. Whenever there’s a ghost nearby, she feels a tap tap tap that won’t go away until she crosses the veil to witness what happened. Now her parents are telling her that instead of a quiet summer at the beach – where she can barely hear the ghosts – they’re going to be traveling to the most haunted places in the world to film their new television series. Begrudgingly, Cassidy packs her suitcase and tries to make the most out of the constant pull from the viel. At least her new best friend gets to come along. The ghost that saved her from dying. The ghost that makes sure she doesn’t spend too long in the veil. But the longer Cassidy is in these haunted locations, the stronger the pull becomes, leading Cassidy to discover that her gift is for more than playing the observer. She’s meant to help the souls cross over. This also means that she needs to right the unbalance she created when her best friend saved her.

What could a war with the gods, a magical typewriter, and a rival journalist have in common? Well, Iris… When her brother, Forest, is compelled to fight in the war the god, Dacre, started, Iris is left to fend for herself and her mother. She even dropped out of school, going to work in the city’s newspaper. But when there’s only one slot for a full-time columnist available, Iris is pitted against a rival employee, Roman. Iris copes with her brother's leaving by writing letters to him and slipping them under her closet door. Every time she opens the door they’re always missing and she doesn’t question the small wink of magic, hoping they could be getting to her brother, until someone responds. This isn’t Forest. Iris’s world begins to fall apart, taking her to the front in search of her brother. But the magic continues and Iris soon learns what the war really means and who might be her mysterious correspondent.

In a world where the monsters are real, Dr. Henry Jekyll is trying to bring the arcane science back to life. That is… if he can get the funding to keep his community of scientists alive. He hopes the community’s outlook will change with his upcoming exhibition, but after bringing a new scientist into the fold, things go very wrong. First, Mr. Hyde wants to take a spin in the real world. Then Dr. Frankenstein turns out to be very much alive, bringing with her a very real Mad scientist that might just happen to set the city on fire… with a little help from Mr. Hyde. Now Jekyll is left trying to right what’s been wronged while keeping his dark secret to himself.

Violet was never supposed to be a dragon rider. Her future was meant for the words, to live in the archives as a scribe. But then her father dies and she’s left to the will of her mother — the Commanding General – who sends her to the dragon riding academy instead. The problem is, you either graduate or you die. Violet isn’t ready for the first challenge just to enter the school, the boy that calls her Violence, or the physical strain put on her already fragile body. Violet takes it one day at a time, surprising herself until the dreaded moment when the dragons get to pick their riders. Will they see her as the weak person she is, or give her a chance?