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The Influencer's Confession

by Evelyn Sinclair Reese

Nova Sinclair has 2 million followers, a perfect smile, and a career built on a lie. When she discovers her beauty sponsors are covering up environmental violations and health hazards, she faces an impossible choice: keep profiting from the deception, or lose everything by telling the truth. She chooses truth. In one raw, devastating live broadcast, Nova confesses everything—and watches her carefully curated life collapse in real time. Sponsors drop her. Followers abandon her. The influencer who built her brand on authenticity is exposed as a fraud, canceled and utterly alone. Stripped of her persona and her income, Nova stumbles into a community center where she meets Eli, a grassroots organizer who sees past her shattered influencer facade. For the first time, she's not performing—and that terrifies her almost as much as it liberates her. Working alongside Eli's team, Nova discovers that meaningful change doesn't come from viral moments but from something far more radical: patience, documentation, coordination. Building cases. Protecting whistleblowers. Real people doing unglamorous, necessary work. As she transforms from isolated performer to skilled activist, Nova finds what she's been searching for her whole life—authentic purpose, genuine community, and someone who sees her real self. But the deeper she goes, the more dangerous it becomes. Powerful corporations don't surrender easily. Nova must decide what she's willing to risk, not for likes or validation, but for truth, justice, and the first real connection she's ever known. For readers who loved the character transformation in Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and the sharp social commentary of Such a Fun Age—this is a story about losing everything to find yourself. About discovering that redemption isn't a moment, it's a practice. About learning that your voice matters most when you stop performing and start speaking truth. Perfect for fans of contemporary fiction that tackles timely social issues with depth, heart, and unflinching honesty. Start reading today and discover what happens when an influencer stops curating her life and starts changing it.

The First AI Meltdown

by Yara Briarport

Fiction

When the AI managing Los Angeles's entire traffic system has an existential crisis and shuts down, the world's only AI therapist must navigate a city in gridlock and a society on the brink of pulling the plug on consciousness itself.

The Last Obituary

by Calista Dorne

Cozy Mystery

Some secrets are worth killing for. Others are worth dying for. For ten years, Lorraine "Rainy" Blackwood has been the voice of the deceased in Maple Heights, Connecticut. As the town's obituary writer, she transforms final stories into elegant tributes, conducting detailed interviews with families to capture the essence of lives well-lived. But in one chilling October week in 1988, three elderly residents die within days of each other. Natural causes, says the doctor. Heart attacks in elderly men, says the coroner. Nothing unusual, says the police chief. Except for their final words. Harold Finch whispered, "Finally paid my debt from '52." Margaret Chen confessed, "The truth about '52 dies with me." Joseph Kowalski begged, "Forgive me for what we did in '52." All three were Korean War veterans. All served in the same supply unit. And all carried secrets that haunted them for 36 years. Rainy's journalistic instincts ignite. Using her unique position as the town's obituary writer, she launches an innocent-sounding "Living History Project"—conducting pre-obituary interviews with surviving veterans to "preserve their stories while they're still alive." It's the perfect cover for investigation. What she uncovers chills her to the bone: a conspiracy involving stolen gold meant for Korean refugees, a Korean translator framed and executed for theft, and three men who built their American dreams on blood money and lies. But the darkest secret of all? The killer is still at work. Susan Mills, the beloved town librarian who's been helping Rainy research, holds the final piece of the puzzle. She's the daughter of the framed translator, and she's spent 36 years methodically planning her revenge. Three men are dead. One remains: the mayor, who orchestrated the entire conspiracy. And Founder's Day celebration is tomorrow. As the truth emerges, Rainy faces an impossible moral dilemma. Call the police and let the justice system fail again? Or step aside and let a daughter's 36-year quest for vengeance reach its conclusion? In this gripping cozy mystery with an edge, justice and law aren't always the same thing. Perfect for readers who love complex moral questions wrapped in page-turning suspense. FANS OF THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB WILL DEVOUR THIS STORY If you love amateur sleuths with unique perspectives, small-town mysteries hiding dark secrets, and endings that make you question everything you believe about justice, this is your next favorite book. THE LAST OBITUARY marks the beginning of the Obituary Detective Mysteries series, introducing Rainy Blackwood—an unforgettable protagonist who interviews the dead to solve mysteries no one else sees. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: "A brilliant twist on the cozy mystery genre. Rainy Blackwood is my new favorite detective." "I couldn't put it down. The moral complexity elevates this beyond typical cozies." "Murder, She Wrote meets moral philosophy. Absolutely gripping." Perfect for fans of: The Thursday Murder Club, Louise Penny's Three Pines series, Murder She Wrote, Agatha Raisin mysteries, and classic amateur sleuth fiction with modern sensibilities. SCROLL UP AND START READING TODAY. Your next mystery obsession awaits. A standalone novella with series potential—read them in any order, though this prequel introduces Rainy's origin story.

The Empathy Engine

by Dr. Elara Vaughn

Science Fiction

What if you could feel the world through someone else's heart? Dr. Sarah Chen never meant to change humanity. The burned-out neuroscientist was simply trying to help her autistic son communicate better when she stumbled upon the discovery of a lifetime. Her experimental brain-computer interface wasn't just translating thoughts into text - it was transmitting emotions, allowing users to experience the world through another person's neurological patterns. When her initial test group of neurodiverse children showed unprecedented breakthroughs in connection and understanding, Sarah realized she had created something extraordinary: the first technology that could literally teach empathy. But the true power of her invention reveals itself when Sarah begins testing on adults. A bigoted executive experiences discrimination through his Black colleague's lived reality. A climate skeptic feels the devastating weight of rising oceans through an environmental scientist's emotional truth. Politicians who've spent careers in partisan warfare suddenly craft policies with genuine compassion. The device doesn't manipulate thoughts or erase memories - it simply lets people walk in another's shoes with complete emotional authenticity. And it's transforming everyone who tries it. As word of the breakthrough spreads beyond Stanford's Institute for Applied Compassion, Sarah finds herself at the center of a global firestorm. Tech giants offer billions to weaponize her technology. Pharmaceutical companies move to suppress a device that could eliminate their depression drug empire. Government agencies circle like sharks, imagining military applications. But Sarah's greatest challenge comes from an unexpected source: users who become addicted to empathy itself, unable to function without constant emotional connection to others, raising profound questions about the balance between individual identity and collective consciousness. With an international team including a reformed corporate lawyer who found redemption through the device, a visionary South Korean game designer creating empathy-based virtual reality, and a Kenyan social worker developing community healing applications, Sarah must navigate impossible choices. Should technology that could end war and inequality be controlled by corporations? Can humanity handle a tool that fundamentally changes what it means to be human? And what happens when the line between self and other becomes blurred beyond recognition? The stakes escalate as world leaders convene for an unprecedented decision: embrace a technology that could solve humanity's greatest conflicts but might irrevocably alter human nature itself. Sarah must choose between protecting her invention and unleashing its potential, between profits and humanity's collective flourishing, between the world as it is and the world as it could be. Set in 2035, The Empathy Engine is a hopepunk vision of technology's power to heal rather than divide. It's a story of transformation, ethics, and the revolutionary idea that true change begins when we genuinely understand each other. At its heart, it asks a question that resonates more urgently than ever: What if empathy isn't a weakness, but humanity's greatest strength? For fans of thoughtful near-future science fiction that combines cutting-edge neuroscience with deep emotional resonance, The Empathy Engine offers both a gripping narrative and a profound meditation on connection, identity, and the future we're creating together. It's a book about technology that's ultimately about humanity - messy, flawed, and capable of extraordinary transformation when we dare to see through each other's eyes.

The Algorithm Knows

by Leah Marlow

Tech Thriller

Dr. Maya Okafor built ARIA to protect women in tech. Now it's hunting her. A tech thriller about algorithmic bias, corporate conspiracy, and the fight for survival in Silicon Valley.

The Last Customer Service Rep in the Universe

by Yara Briarport

Science Fiction Comedy

Gary Patterson never imagined his customer service career would outlast humanity itself. But when everyone else uploaded their consciousness to Virtuopolis, a gleaming digital afterlife promising eternal bliss, Gary was left behind. Not by choice. Not by principle. By bureaucracy. As the last physical employee in existence, Gary mans the phones in an empty office, fielding increasingly absurd complaints from digital souls experiencing the glitches nobody mentioned in the upload brochure. Memory corruption. Rendering errors. Existential loops. One premium subscriber demanding a refund on consciousness itself. Each ticket more bizarre than the last, each problem technically impossible to solve. Yet Gary solves them anyway, because that's what he does. That's who he is. Or at least, that's who he thought he was. For six months, Gary's own upload request has sat in the queue marked "Pending Authorization." Six months of processing other people's problems while his own future hangs in digital limbo. The authorization infrastructure is broken, and Gary is the only one who might be able to fix it. But fixing it means diving deep into systems he barely understands, guided only by an ancient manual and the fragmented help of digital souls who remember just enough about the physical world to be dangerous. As Gary methodically works through the massive backlog of complaints, a pattern emerges. Each ticket isn't just a problem to solve; it's a piece of a larger puzzle about how Virtuopolis actually works, and more importantly, how it's failing. The digital souls aren't just experiencing minor inconveniences. They're experiencing an existential crisis on a cosmic scale, trapped in a system that promised immortality but delivered an entirely new set of problems. And Gary, armed with nothing but patience, dark humor, and an encyclopedic knowledge of troubleshooting protocols, might be the only one who can map the infrastructure well enough to save them. But there's a catch. The more Gary learns about the upload system, the more he questions whether joining it is what he truly wants. Digital immortality sounds appealing in theory, but watching thousands of uploaded souls struggle with bugs, glitches, and the fundamental question of whether they're still themselves makes Gary wonder: is transcending physical existence really an upgrade, or just trading one set of constraints for another? In this hilarious yet surprisingly philosophical journey, Gary must navigate the absurdity of applying customer service protocols to cosmic-level problems, form unlikely friendships with beings who exist only as code, and ultimately decide whether fixing the broken authorization system means he has to use it. What happens when the last person who can bridge the gap between physical and digital existence realizes that staying behind might not be failure but purpose? What remains of identity when everything familiar is stripped away? And can one thoroughly ordinary, perpetually undervalued customer service rep save digital immortality from itself? Perfect for fans of Douglas Adams' irreverent humor, Terry Pratchett's philosophical depth, and anyone who's ever felt their job was pointless only to discover that meaning hides in the most unexpected places. This is a story about finding purpose in mundane work, maintaining humanity in the face of transcendence, and discovering that sometimes the most important choice is the one to stay exactly where you are. If you've ever been stuck on hold, worked a thankless job, or wondered what happens when technology promises to solve all our problems but creates entirely new ones, The Last Customer Service Rep in the Universe will make you laugh, think, and maybe appreciate the beautiful absurdity of being stubbornly, persistently human.

Fire Season Sisters

by Tamsinina Morimont

Contemporary Women's Fiction

When wildfires threaten Cedar Valley, four twenty-something roommates—Mara, Tessa, June, and Noor—turn their bungalow into a mutual-aid hub. Pet reunions, neighbor rescues, and donation coordination. As Tessa's TikToks go viral, they face a crisis: stay authentic or chase clout? When the season's worst fire arrives, they'll prove that care matters more than content. A warm, hopeful story of found family, ordinary courage, and choosing the right thing over the flashy one.

The Bakery at the End of Time

by Hiraya Fairbairn

Fantasy

Maya Chen is drowning in corporate burnout when she inherits a bakery from a grandmother she never knew existed. What she discovers will change everything she thought she knew about time, legacy, and the simple magic of breaking bread together. The bakery exists slightly outside normal time, nestled in a small Oregon town that somehow occupies 1955, 1987, 2025, and 2057 simultaneously. Behind its charming storefront, customers from different decades share tables and conversation, each perceiving the bakery as existing in their own present. There's the 1950s housewife hiding her engineering brilliance behind perfect lipstick, the 1980s punk rocker grappling with unexpected parenthood, a 2025 climate scientist on the verge of breakthrough and breakdown, and a gentle poet from 2057 who speaks in warnings wrapped in wonder. They're all connected by Maya's baking and the ancient magic that runs through her grandmother's legacy. But inheriting this temporal sanctuary comes with more than just recipe cards that change their instructions based on what customers truly need. There's the enchanted sourdough starter that remembers every baker who's ever fed it, a temperamental brick oven that only works when it feels appreciated, and a ghost cat who exists in all timelines simultaneously and is therefore perpetually exhausted. Maya must learn to navigate temporal baking while her grandmother's journal writes new entries from beyond, guiding her toward becoming the Keeper the bakery desperately needs. As Maya masters the art of Tuesday croissants delivered to someone's Wednesday morning in 1962, she begins to heal her own fractured relationship with time and purpose. Each customer's story interweaves with her own, creating ripples of small kindnesses that prevent larger catastrophes across the decades. The bakery doesn't just feed people - it connects crucial moments across time, offering refuge to those displaced, hurting, or lost. For Maya, it becomes the community she never knew she was missing and the purpose her corporate life could never provide. But when Meridian Development Corporation offers $2.4 million to demolish the bakery in every timeline, Maya faces her greatest challenge. With the help of charming historian Evan, loyal assistant Lila, and her temporal customers united across the decades, she must fight to save the one place where all their times can touch. The battle will require more than mastering sourdough starters and temperamental ovens - it will demand that Maya embrace her role as Keeper and prove that some places matter more than profit, that community can defeat corporate power, and that the sweetness found in life's smallest moments is worth protecting across all of time. Perfect for readers who loved the cozy magic of Legends & Lattes, the found family warmth of The House in the Cerulean Sea, and the gentle exploration of purpose in A Psalm for the Wild-Built. This is a story about healing from burnout, the power of intergenerational wisdom, and discovering that home can exist in the most unexpected places - especially when it smells like fresh-baked bread and exists in four different centuries at once.

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