May 2025
Standing Watch (Dakota K-9 Unit Book 3)
By Terri Reed (Love Inspired Suspense)
Release date: May 27, 2025
To protect an innocent witness… a K-9 must sniff out a killer. When K-9 task force officer Zach Kelsey’s estranged wife is attacked at a Mount Rushmore observation deck, he and his K-9, Amber, are quick to come to her rescue. He discovers not only that Eden, a park ranger, is carrying his child, but that she saw her coworker’s murder. As the only witness to the crime, Eden has no choice but to accept Zach’s protection. But with a ruthless killer ramping up his vicious attacks, they must put their differences aside to catch the murderer…before Eden becomes his next target.
Attempted Mountain Abduction (Elite Protectors Book 1)
By Jessica R. Patch (Love Inspired Suspense)
Release date: May 27, 2025
The only way to escape hit men in pursuit is through the icy wilderness. Hired to protect a murdered tech mogul’s daughter, undercover bodyguard Bridge Spencer never expects his ex-fiancée to blow his cover…while she’s trying to kidnap the child. But before he and former CIA spy Wendy Dawson can figure out whose side they’re on, they’re attacked. Setting aside his heartbreak, Bridge has no choice but to team up with the woman who abruptly dumped him in a letter three years ago. Guarding the child from assailants who are after her father’s top secret technology is priority one.
Following the Clues (Security Hounds Investigations Book 4)
By Dana Mentink (Love Inspired Suspense)
Release date: May 27, 2025
A search-and-rescue mission reveals a lethal secret. After K-9 handler Kara Wolfe witnesses her childhood friend Beau O’Connor survive a targeted hit-and-run, she’s shocked to learn his mother’s missing. And Beau, who can no longer recognize familiar faces after an earlier attack, can’t shake the feeling these terrifying incidents are somehow connected. With the tracking skills of her blind bloodhound, Kara will help Beau locate his mother—but someone will do anything to sabotage their search. With the culprit on their trail, can they uncover a sinister plot…before their rescue mission turns into a fight for survival?From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage.
Artifice (Pros and Cons Mysteries Book 4)
By Christy Barritt (River Heights)
Release date: May 27, 2025
Three missing teens. One coastal retreat. Zero room for error. When the teenage son of a prominent Boston family vanishes from Lighthouse Harbor—an exclusive therapeutic retreat for troubled youth—private investigator Olive Sterling is called in to find him. The pristine coastal town appears picture-perfect, but beneath its charming New England exterior, something sinister lurks.
June 2025
Gone Dark (A Matthew Redd Thriller, Book 4)
By Ryan Steck (Tyndale Fiction)
Release date: June 17, 2025
In this pulse-pounding thriller, former Marine Raider Matthew Redd, “a force to be reckoned with” (Jack Carr) and “the go-to man in a bad situation” (Brad Taylor), must face his greatest fears and figure out how to escape when the one way out goes up in flames. Matthew Redd doesn’t go looking for trouble. But this time, it’s found him anyway.
Burning Escape (Chasing Fire: Alaska Book 3)
By Susan May Warren, Lisa Phillips, Aleckson, Michelle Sass (Sunrise Publishing)
Release date: June 24, 2025
She was born to fight fires. Read more.
Burning Rivals
By Susan May Warren, Lisa Phillips, Harris, Voni (Sunrise Publishing)
Release date: June 10, 2025
She’s been running from the mistakes her past for too long…. Read more.
If You’re Reading This (True Crime Junkies Book 10)
By Christy Barritt (River Heights)
Release date: June 10, 2025
Alaska State Trooper Logan Gibson has buried his past deeper than the winter snows of America’s Last Frontier. But when someone close to him vanishes, leaving behind a cryptic message meant for his eyes alone, Gibson is forced to excavate secrets he swore would stay hidden. A methodical killer stalks the vast Alaskan wilderness, taunting authorities with haunting photographs that only Gibson can decipher—Gibson and the friend who’s now missing. As bodies begin to surface and time runs thin, Gibson must turn to his friends in the Arctic Circle Murder Club for help. From treacherous mountain peaks to the merciless depths of frigid waters, Gibson will do anything to stop this killer.
Unshaken
By Shelley Shepard Gray (Revell)
Release date: June 3, 2025
When Stephanie Miller planned her visit to a dollar store in southern Ohio, she was expecting to pick up a few items she couldn\’t find in her Amish community. She was not expecting to find herself an innocent bystander as a drug deal went horribly wrong. The sole witness to a murder, now Stephanie is targeted by the gunman. Hardy Anderson is always ready to help his social worker sister, Beverly–which now includes hiding an Amish woman until a killer can be brought to justice. Surely if they dress her in English clothing, Hardy can hide her at the sprawling ranch where he works.
Agency at War: A Warrior Spy Thriller
By Dony Jay (Merry Hill Publishing)
Release date: June 10, 2025
Reagan Rainey, America’s best warrior spy, was hoping that a Christmastime trip to New York City with his old college flame would help rekindle their frayed relationship. But instead of enjoying the holiday pomp and fortifying a romance, he finds himself smack dab in the middle of a deadly terrorist attack as it is unfolding. After narrowly escaping with his life, Rainey is quickly tasked with finding out who planned and executed the attack. He soon formulates an audacious plan that puts himself in the crosshairs as he and his newly formed CIA hunter-killer team endeavor to penetrate the dangerous terrorist organization behind the attack and give them the war they deserve. But for his plan to work, Rainey must enlist the support of a wealthy adversary, a man he would much rather see dead.