New Award Schedule
First, a bit of business. After much deliberating, the Between the Pages Podcast has decided to host awards twice a year rather than quarterly. This will give judges the amount of time necessary to give each book as much attention as is due. In order to stay consistent, we've decided to push back announcing current award winners until June 1st. To those of you who have submitted, we are eager to spend more time with your work. It's been a blast so far, and I can say the amount of talent will make choosing winners a challenge! Thank you in advance for your patience.
March Releases
Now I'd like to highlight and congratulate all the March releases we've gathered from members of the Between the Podcast community!
Charlie was one of the Gathered. Survivors of an earthquake that devastated the eastern US, leaching heavy metals into the environment. Those who didn’t die, Charlie among them, developed special abilities and were gathered by the government to build an army and gain the upper hand in an ongoing war.
Years after the Gathering, Charlie and her boyfriend Tyler escaped from the Base. They managed to stay hidden using her ability of premonitions. But now Tyler has discovered his twin is still alive and being held within the Base. When he decides to rescue her, Charlie must choose between risking exposure to save those she loves or letting them die to protect her secrets.
“Just admit it, compared to the rest of you, I'm nothing. I'm worthless, just a waste of fucking space!”
A year after becoming the boundling of both his sister and Prince of Hell, Cyrus struggles to find his place among his fellow council members. He would do anything for his sister to trust him. To have faith in him. Whilst also seeking to prove to Marcus that they are meant to be.
Family has meant little to Marcus for centuries, betrayed by one he trusted. But now that he has one, he will do anything to protect it, even deny his own heart. Although a certain boundling may yet test his resolve.
Can they overcome their pain to find peace with each other?
…And In The Beginning opens billions of light years from Earth on a doomed planet that will reshape history as we know it. Luma, the Sumerian Acolyte is destined to follow in her Ascended brother’s footsteps, but her lazy path to immortality is interrupted when a cataclysmic event changes everything. Luma is lost to the cosmos, but apparently the Universe has a plan.
In the year 2020 on modern-day Earth, the Archangel Raphael finally begins to understand the reason for her lonely Exile. For years she has wandered the Earth with nothing but a vague old prophecy and her estranged brother, Azrael to guide her steps. That will all change the day she stumbles into FBI Special Agent Levi Malach during his hunt for the international assassin, Rian Murphy. Despite her reluctance to get involved with the intricacies of human affairs, Raphael is thrown into a race against time… A race that will determine the fate of two worlds and change human history forever.
The relentless pursuit of a fugitive brings a reluctant hunter to a city rife with treachery, where he finds himself at odds with a dubious smuggler.
When Shane zem’Arta fails to capture escaped con artist Daeven Kritcher, his reputation is put on the line. The Freeland spire lords he works for do not forgive easily. Leaving his crew behind, he chases Kritcher up the coast of Palimar to the seaside city of Estbye.
Shane reunites with Jon Therman, a smuggler with his own dubious agenda. Their goals align, but Shane’s target is no slouch. With the help of Jon’s clever daughter, Ella, Shane closes in on Kritcher. But things never seem to go Shane’s way, especially in this city.
The Smuggler’s Deal, a companion novella to K. R. Solberg and C. R. Jacobson’s Remnant, presents an intriguing introduction to the world of Palimar, where immortals rule from splendid temples and their enemies lurk in grand towers. In this treacherous world of cults, magic, and guns, only the most cunning mortals survive.
Single dad life of twins is tough on Toby, and dating is even more complicated. When he decides to use a dating app to find quick relief, a little mistaken identity, he gets more than he expected.
Hot single dad Christian owns the local mechanic shop. One Friday morning, as he's making a house call for a vehicle repair, he's pulled into the house by a sexy man who, without any questions other than his name, rips off his clothes and rocks his world.
This spicy MM novella features two single dads finding unexpected love amidst the chaos of fatherhood, mistakes from the past, and the everyday realities of life.
You'll find lots of interaction with their favorite ladies, Penny and Stella, from the first installment of this single-parent duet. Caffeinated Passion follows their single mom journeys of finding themselves and growing their relationship together.
Nova is an average 18-year-old college student coming home for a visit. In the blink of an eye she finds herself on the run with no money and no hope. Lost and alone, nowhere seems safe when she can hear the growls following behind her. Growls that no one else can hear.
Haven is a 23-year-old mail room worker for a large company. Visiting her grandmother at the institution and reading her fairy tales has become a weekly routine. Little does Haven know these visits are the jumping off point for what fate has in store for her.
Nova and Haven are strangers being controlled by powers beyond their control. Soon they will discover how intertwined their futures really are. Will they come together in time to save a life, or will Nova become the next victim of the Wolf?
A vampire knows not to get too deep.
A detective knows to keep their distance from certain individuals. It's a sixth sense we have.
When it comes to Quinn, I think I messed up this time around, because I'm drowning in her. In my work. In my immortality.
The cases keep coming, and Quinn keeps hypnotizing me with every breath she takes. I'm afraid of what will happen if I decide to breath with her.
For now, I must stay focused on the dismembered body someone left in a trunk outside of my office.
With a note attached.
Quinn is next.
A chance encounter in a dark alley turns Samael's already tortured life into a nightmare when a female vampire transforms him against his will. Abandoned to navigate the brutal transition alone, Samael succumbs to blood lust and takes his first victim--his wife. Plunged into a murderous spiral, he becomes the infamous "vampire stalker". Redemption beckons in the form of an older vampire seeking to mend the tarnished image of their rejected species. Can Samael break free from his monstrous nature, or is he destined to be forever known by the chilling title he earned? Explore the dark depths of humanity and vampiric struggles in this gripping erotic horror novella.
This book is a prequel to a novel called Marked Mortality. It follows the origin story of a vampire named Samael Hart on his journey from an already troubled man to a vampire who becomes a serial killer. He ends up being mentored by one of the original vampires who is trying to make vampires a respectable part of society. This book contains sex, gore and many other taboo topic so please read the trigger warnings.
“Snowstorm City” tells the sad story of an unnamed couple, let’s call them Nugget and Melody, who fall apart at the moment of their final date when Melody fails to show up at the coffee shop where they’d scheduled to meet.
3 months after that foiled meetup, Nugget finally comes to terms with Melody’s decision and truly begins to grapple with the fact that she’ll never come back to him. In an attempt to clear his mind, he keeps track of time’s passage in her absence by writing short diary entries in which he seeks to capture the monotony of his normal life without her in it.
This story takes place in post-romance setting, and it mainly focuses on Nugget’s emotional evolution as a character, describing his self-destructive habits, his interactions within his limited social circle, his stance on love and life, but most importantly his individual persona shifting from that of a self-centered snarky jerk to that of a depressed lonely outcast.
Icarus "Sunset" Jones only breathes to enact revenge on the lover who betrayed him, but can a chance encounter with the sun warm his frosted heart?