Today's Featured Books

Deadly Secrets by H.R. Kemp

Mystery Thriller Crime and Horror

A suspicious death. A web of intrigue. Will she risk everything to expose the truth? When a vulnerable refugee dies, Shelley’s search for answers uncovers a high-level conspiracy. She isn't bold but can she expose the truth and live? This Australian mystery suspense thriller has political intrigue and a woman amateur sleuth. Described by readers as "a highly charged electrical thriller" and "an intriguing, character-driven plot.  From $4.99 - SHOP NOW /


Food Crazy Mind: 5 Simple Steps to Stop Mindless Eating and Start a Healthier, Happier Relationship with Food by Davina Chessid

Memoir and Creative Nonfiction

If you’ve ever felt stuck in food cycles of guilt and frustration, Food Crazy Mind offers a gentle, practical way to heal. Blending heartfelt, relatable memoir and guided journaling prompts, it helps you uncover emotional triggers, calm inner chaos, and rebuild self-trust. With honesty and compassion, it shows how. From $0.99 – SHOP NOW / 


Special Limited Time Offer: Lancashire Detective Mysteries Series

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This is a special edition LitNuts newsletter to let you know about special, limited time offers on the highly rated Lancashire Detective Mysteries series of five complete DCI Walker Crime Thrillers from author J.J. Richards!

  • The Icehouse, Book 1 in the Series
  • The Pike, Book 2 in the Series
  • The Tower, Book 3 in the Series
  • The Dunes, Book 4 in the Series
  • The Castle Book 5 in the Series


Book 1: The Icehouse
(4.1 stars, 1737 ratings)


A Murderer on the Loose. A Detective Haunted by the Past. A Race Against Time.

DCI Jonathan Walker is a senior detective for the Lancashire Constabulary in North West England. When a body turns up in the sleepy village of Rufford, Walker learns the crime may be linked to a decades old cold case involving the murder of his sister. Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin, JD Kirk, Matt Brolly, Patricia Gibney, and Michael Connelly. "A moody, enveloping crime thriller." ~SPR Editorial Review FREE – SHOP NOW



Book 2: The Pike
(4.3 stars, 1000+ ratings)


Not everything is what it seems, and not everyone is who they appear to be.

A young girl is found dead at the Pike Tower on Winter Hill near Chorley, and DCI Walker and the newly promoted DC Briggs are drafted in to investigate. But what seems like a party gone wrong or a sickening group attack, transpires to be much more, and threatens not only the local community, but Walker and his team, too. "A top-flight crime thriller." ~SPR Editorial Review From $0.99. Free via KU. SHOP NOW /



Book 3: The Tower 
(4.2 stars, 600+ ratings)


A seaside town on its knees. A group hell bent on making it a better place...by KILLING. 

When the Head Clown at Blackpool Tower Circus turns up dead in suspicious circumstances, a criminal investigation ensues, headed by DCI Walker. But when another body turns up just days later, with the same modus operandi, the double homicide becomes the talk of the town. "An unsettling but highly entertaining thriller." ~SRP Editorial Review From $1.99. Free via KU. SHOP NOW /



Book 4: The Dunes 
(4.4 stars, 500+ ratings)


A body buried in the dunes. A killer with a deadly pattern. Can DCI Walker catch them before the cycle starts again? 

When a young woman’s body is discovered in the windswept sand dunes of Lytham St Annes, Detective Walker is assigned to the cold case. The victim’s connection to a former Chief Constable puts the investigation under intense scrutiny from Walker’s current boss, the formidable Chief Constable Sarah Harriet. "Well written with plenty of twists, turns and bodies an enjoyable read, will look for others in this series of books." - Review From $2.99. Free via KU. SHOP NOW / 


Book 5: The Castle 
(4.4 stars, 100+ ratings)


A body on display. A message written in blood. And a puzzle that defies logic. 

DCI Jonathan Walker thought he’d seen it all—until a case in Lancaster forces him to read old crimes anew. When baffling clues surface in the city’s oldest institutions, Walker must navigate a web of secrets, public fury, and a riddle that won’t stay solved. Every answer seems to raise more questions, and the closer he gets, the more the stakes tighten. From $3.99. Free via KU. SHOP NOW / 


5 Over 50 Reading and Celebration

Events

Celebrate this year’s 5 Over 50 with readings from the authors and a conversation about their individual paths to publication at a free virtual event on Thursday, November 6, at 7 PM EST. Register for this free event!


The Hold On! Trilogy by Peter Darley

Book of the Day

After a daring rescue, fugitive soldier, Brandon Drake and his lover, Belinda Reese, find themselves in a race against time to stop a deadly, government conspiracy. When they discover Brandon has long-lost siblings, new allies are made, propelling them into battles with the police, corrupt Homeland Security agents, a sadistic human trafficking ring – and Brandon’s own inner demons. Hero becomes monster in a conflict where everything you can imagine happens. Also contains links to Invincible – Season 1 – the FREE fourth book in the series. FREE – SHOP NOW /


Mello Jello Magoo by Kelley Mullins

Literary Fiction and Poetry

Enjoy amazing color photos in this immersive modern day story. A fast pace romp following a young couple, grappling with both comical and dramatic events with their newly adopted pet. This book explores concepts about pets in society plus the true costs of pet ownership. Your love is priceless, can pet sharing be in your future? From $3.99 – SHOP NOW /


Disconnected: Portrait of a Neurodiverse Marriage by Eleanor Vincent

Memoir and Creative Nonfiction

In a late-life romance, Eleanor marries Lars, a brilliant database expert, believing their fairytale love will last forever. However, just months later, Eleanor finds herself in COVID lockdown with her new husband as he loses his job and pulls away from her with angry outbursts. Day by day, their marriage fractures. Disconnected powerfully portrays the obstacles that neurodiverse couples must overcome to keep their love alive. It will resonate with anyone who struggles to grasp how even the closest bonds can break, and then must change. From $2.99 – SHOP NOW / 


November 9, 2025 – Brilliant Storytellers!

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James Dodson • Heather Gudenkauf • Vanessa Lillie • Danielle Valentine

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Malevolent by Jana DeLeon

Book of the Day

Shaye Archer’s life effectively began the night police found her in an alley with no memory of the previous 15 years. Now, she's a PI who gets answers for her clients, and maybe for herself. When her new client Emma claims she’s being stalked, Shaye is determined to help. Emma knows her stalker, but the problem is, she killed him a month ago. FREE – SHOP NOW / 


Buchanan's Express by John Parker

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Buchanan, also known as Buck, must operate her interplanetary trucking business on her own after her husband was murdered by hijackers. With her alien partner, Slick, they find fighting pirates and hijackers has become commonplace. But when Buck decides to transport a mysterious box that could save a world, she wonders if she will survive the adventure. From $2.99 – SHOP NOW /


Grumpy Billionaire Santa by Aria McDow

Romance

One orgasmic night. One colossal mistake. Now I’m wearing the ring of my damaged billionaire boss.
I was supposed to be invisible—just a movie set gopher with a headset and clipboard.
Asher Callahan is Hollywood royalty. Cold. Commanding. Still haunted by his late wife. A single dad who terrifies everyone on set… except his twelve-year-old daughter.
The first time I calm her panic attack, he sees me. The second time, he kisses me. The third time, I wake up alone in his bed—with his walls back up.
When scandal threatens his career, he hands me a ring and a deal: “Be my fiancée.” From $0.99. Free via KU. SHOP NOW / 




2025 Faith and Fellowship Book Festival

Events

The Faith and Fellowship Book Festival (FFBF) is an inspirational event where authors and readers connect to talk about books. Psst . . . . This registration link is for attendees only! If you're an author interested in being on the roster for one of the evenings, visit ffbookfestival.com for more information. 

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Buchanan's Express by John Parker

Book of the Day

Interstellar trucking would have been a dream job for Buchanan, also known as Buck, until her husband was murdered by hijackers. With her alien partner Slick, they must avoid pirates and hijackers while moving cargo across the galaxy. From $2.99 – SHOP NOW / 


Body in a Barrel By Aaron Mead

Mystery Thriller Crime and Horror

Forty years ago, Lenny Battaglia dumped a body in a barrel into Lake Mead. For now, the barrel remains underwater, but the drought-ravaged lake keeps dropping. Can Lenny cover his crooked past in the Las Vegas mob before it finds him out?

“...a gripping crime drama…” —READERS’ FAVORITE (five stars) From. Free via KU. SHOP NOW / 


Being By Kedi du Vide

Children and Young Adult

In a world inhabited by humans and "Voids," a name given to those who've subconsciously sold their soul to the devil, a unique teenage Void embarks on a journey to find out why her existence is a literal act of God. From $6.99 – SHOP NOW / 


Embers of Dusk by D.G. Roberts

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Her world crushed by an unthinkable tragedy, Adelyn begins her descent into the depths of her grief, but she is determined to seek answers and departs from the wizard Alistair with her friends to find those responsible. Meanwhile, Alistair and his comrades seek answers of their own, only to discover a growing darkness and a force in the shadows. FREE – SHOP NOW /


The Secret Humankind by Gloria Oliver

Science Fiction and Fantasy

She keeps her head down and cleans up messes. When the body count starts rising, will trying to make a living get her flushed?
If you like fish-out-of-water heroines, complex worlds, and dark truths, then you’ll love Gloria Oliver’s multi-faceted mystery.
Grab your copy today! 4.5 rating & 123 reviews From $4.99. Free via KU. SHOP NOW / 


Blood of the Damned by Antony Stanton

Mystery Thriller Crime and Horror

“Death is all around you. Everywhere you turn, everyone you touch, even for you—death!”
The brutal slaying of a mother by a dreaded vampire one bitter night during medieval Europe’s bloody Crusades sends a young Bulgarian nobleman on a deadly quest for revenge. The senseless torture of a lord by the fearsome Ottoman enemy encourages a Greek squire to join Vlad Dracula’s secretive and chivalric Order of the Dragon in search of answers.
And again, vengeance.
Two separate paths, and both lead straight to the abyss.
Game of Thrones meets Dracula. From $0.99. Free via KU. SHOP NOW / 


Spotlight on The MACH-10 PM: Leadership Series from Jason Riggs

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Today, LitNuts is shining a spotlight on The MACH-10 PM, Leadership Series from author Jason M. Riggs. 

★★★★★ “A practical and straightforward guide to using artificial intelligence." ~Amazon Review

The MACH-10 PM
 

AI-Powered Product Management at Hypersonic Speed
(The MACH-10 Leadership Series)
4.9 stars, 27 ratings on Amazon
From $2.99 - Free via Kindle Unlimited



"The MACH-10 PM is an outstanding resource for product managers looking to harness the power of AI to build better products and drive greater value… A must-read for product leaders."
— Roman Pichler, author of Agile Product Management with Scrum and Strategize

★ #1 Hot New Release across Multiple Product Management & Business Innovation Categories

AI Product Management is evolving at hypersonic speed. The rules have changed. Lead at MACH-10 with the definitive playbook for AI-powered product leadership.

At its core, The MACH-10 PM embodies a simple ethos: Speed with Soul, the balance between intelligent acceleration and grounded, human-centered leadership.

Methodical roadmaps and incremental gains no longer win. Speed without clarity is chaos. Clarity without speed is irrelevant. Artificial intelligence isn't just another tool; it's a tectonic shift redefining how we work, lead, and compete.

In The MACH-10 PM, a #1 New Release and previously a Top 25 Amazon Bestseller, founder and product strategist Jason M. Riggs delivers the definitive playbook for product leadership in the AI era. This isn't about working harder. It's about transforming from a manager of features into an orchestrator of intelligence.

At the heart of this transformation is the AI-Driven Product Strategy Loop™: a proven framework for turning ideas into outcomes faster than ever. It connects vision, validation, and velocity into one repeatable system that bridges AI theory with real-world execution. Learn More.
 

About the Author

Jason is a product executive with 20+ years building and scaling technology at iconic brands like GoPro and Qualcomm, and bleeding-edge innovators such as Audivi.ai. He has launched category-defining products, led global teams, and helped drive AI adoption across industries.

He wrote The MACH-10 PM™ to give product leaders a practical operating system for the AI era — one that turns speed into clarity, and clarity into leverage. Learn more at https://mach10pm.com/, where you can sign up for his free newsletter or read his blog. You can also learn more by following Jason Riggs online: 

 

     


The Books Of Bob Dylan Backlisted podcast

This is a special live taping of Backlisted, the award-winning UK podcast that gives new life to old books. Join the regular hosts and a panel of expert guests for a celebration of Bob Dylan's literary output: his novel Tarantula, his memoir Chronicles Volume One, and the various editions of his collected lyrics. It's 50 years since Dylan premiered "Abandoned Love" onstage at the Bitter End, 10 years since Backlisted launched, and nine years to the day since Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Join Backlisted as the beloved podcast celebrates all three anniversaries at once! 10/29/2025 - 6:00pm to 9:00pm Nonfiction Talk 


Neglected Merge: A Fantasy Utopian Romance by Eve Koguce

Book of the Day

She is a Wingless. He is a Winged One. They weren’t supposed to meet. But when fate brings them together, their lives are bound to change forever. As are the lives of the two different worlds they come from.
The worlds that have chosen not to have anything in common with each other. They live apart, by mutual agreement, on what is left of a shattered planet. Can two people persuade whole nations that reforms are better than inertia?
They say love is blind.
Sometimes, it is eye-opening.
“A striking new concept” Amazon review From $0.99. Free via KU. SHOP NOW / 


Marianne by Alice McVeigh

Romance

NEW RELEASE. Classy, classic, closed-door historical romance. Marianne returns to London - still lovely, still impulsive, but widowed and newly rich - and finds herself with more suitors than she can handle... despite being resolved to remain single. And when her match-making younger sister comes to visit... McVeigh is a multi-award-winning author. (KIRKUS REVIEWS: "McVeigh displays a brilliant command of Austen's diction and tone." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: "McVeigh echoes the master herself".) From $0.99. Free via KU. SHOP NOW /


Spotlight on the Eye of Saturn series from Idalita Raso

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Today, LitNuts is shining a spotlight on the Eye of Saturn series from author Idalita Raso, which combines alluring supernatural characters, romance, betrayal, and revenge.

★★★★★ "World torn by conflict where powerful forces operate.” ~Readers’ Favorite


The Daughters of Saturn

Book 1 of the Eye of Saturn Series
From $4.99



Set in medieval Spain, the Eye of Saturn series is a terror-filled tale about a pair of star-crossed lovers, a bloodthirsty religion, and a powerful curse.

Felipe Esteban de Hayos Montoya, the son of a powerful statesman, is forced to marry a mysterious Moorish woman, Lilith Al-Salameh.

Lilith has always loved Felipe, the man with the soulful brown eyes. However, Lilith is hiding a dark secret. She is actually the god Saturn's Immortal High Priestess and has plans to transform Felipe into an immortal, like herself.

Lilith's plans are dashed the moment Zaybeth Castile arrives and Felipe falls in love with her. Learning of her husband's betrayal, Lilith seeks revenge and opens the Eye of Saturn, cursing Felipe into a vampire for five and a half centuries and Zaybeth into the only one who can save him.


Between Heaven and Saturn

Book 2 of the Eye of Saturn Series
From $2.99



Sultan Mehmed II will stop at nothing to overthrow Prince Dracula and put Radu the Handsome, Dracula's younger brother, on the throne. It's up to Felipe to stop the Sultan. Aided by the Brethren of the Occultus Facultas, mystical monks armed with the Philosopher's Stone, it's a fight for Wallachia's freedom. Meanwhile, the clock is ticking for Felipe to break his vampires curse and rescue his beloved Zaybeth from the Netherworld.

Felipe's epic journey takes him from the fierce battles between the Turkish Ottoman Empire and Wallachia to the New World where he discovers there's an even greater evil than being a vampire…slavery. Felipe is where the cursed live…Between Heaven and Saturn.


About the Author

Idalita Wright Raso is a freelance writer, author, radio onair-talent, and actress based in Cleveland, Ohio. She has written feature-based stories for the Lake County Gazette in Ohio and has written an editorial/opinion column for Word Up Magazine in Detroit, Michigan. She has also taught a Beginning Novel Writing Series at the Willoughby Senior Center. She has been in stage plays at Karamu House of Cleveland, the Cleveland Metropolitan Theatre, and the Cleveland Playhouse. Learn more at idalitawrightraso.com, and be sure to also follow her online:
 
         


Free online: Chills & Thrills in The Back Room

Events

Free online this weekend: Chills & Thrills at The Back Room. Join authors Lou Berney, Kristen L. Berry, Kelly Mustian, and Chevy Stevens as they read from and discuss their critically acclaimed mystery and thriller novels. Sunday, October 28, 2025. 

“We reveal more of ourselves in the lies we tell than we do when we try to tell the truth.” ~Donna Tartt, The Secret History


Born to be (Unconsciously) Biased by Fabi Fugazza

Book of the Day

Uncover the hidden forces shaping your decisions. Born to Be (Unconsciously) Biased reveals how unconscious bias undermines “merit” and impacts outcomes — and gives you powerful, practical tools to stop it. Fabi Fugazza’s expert insights will help you make fairer, smarter, more effective choices that drive real results. A must-read for leaders who want to transform decision making. From $19.95. Free via KU. SHOP NOW /