27 Jun 2025
The Buzziest Books of June | 2025
June is when the world feels wide open—warm nights, golden mornings, and stories that dare you to dream bigger. ✨ These books are perfect companions for the season: rich with discovery, alive with emotion, and unforgettable in their ambition. From buzzworthy debuts to gripping sagas, these are June’s must-reads.
Ghosts & Gowns (A Dress Designer Cozy Mystery Series Book 1)
Lucinda Race
Release Date: June 3, 2025
She didn’t want to talk to ghosts or investigate a murder. Designer and reluctant ghost whisperer Claudia Grant has moved to the picturesque small town of Drakes Bay to reopen her late uncle’s dress shop. To her surprise, Uncle Herman didn’t die of natural causes, and an even bigger surprise, his ghost has taken up residence in her shop.
Nemesis 06
by E. R. Torre
Release Date: May 18, 2025
At the dawn of World War II, a remote military base in the Arizona desert is scheduled for shutdown. The man in charge has vastly different ideas. In the present, a vacationing couple exploring a forgotten ghost town uncovers a brutal thing lost to time. This thing hunts its prey ruthlessly. It has found its new target. It will not be stopped.
Delivered
by James Mondesir
Release Date: May 15, 2025
Jean Valeur is a straightlaced NYU graduate student who finds himself on the wrong side of the law after a night with friends goes horribly wrong. Freed during the Rikers Early Release Program, he finds himself in Covid-ravaged New York City where he must survive the challenges of a changed world, learn to forgive the friend who ruined his life and embrace an uncertain future.
Smuggler’s Rebellion: Dawn of Defiance (Wild Frontier Chronicles Book 1)
by Daniel P. Douglas
Release Date: May 29, 2025
A jaded smuggler. A princess with everything to fight for. And a soccer robot who kicks more than just balls. The fate of the galaxy rests in their unlikely hands.
Cybersecurity Checklist for Business Owners
by William Clements
Release Date: May 20, 2025
Cybercriminals never rest—and small businesses are their preferred targets. Many business owners assume they’re too small to attract hackers or trust that their IT provider has everything covered. But assumptions like these put your business at severe risk.
Murder on Morgue Street (The Detective Jericho Series Book 10)
by Walter Marks
Release Date: May 15, 2025
Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” is the first fictional detective novel. A community theater’s production of this story results in a real murder: the death of the lead actress. The eerie parallels to Poe’s tale make this investigation a real challenge for Detective Jericho. A second murder makes for a shocking ending to this book.
Deep Orange Cover: The Allegiance
by Joel W. Barrows
Release Date: June 9, 2025
A weapons shipment is hijacked, the driver executed in a way that sends a message. A rolling gun battle between rival motorcycle gangs ensues, leaving carnage strewn across Interstate 35. When Allegiance MC President Sonny Baumer is sentenced, he gets more than he bargained for. ATF undercover legend David Ward is pulled into the darkness.
Dodging Mr. Right (Hooked In Series Book 2)
by Anastasia Alexander
Release Date: May 21, 2025
Tiffany Woodland is focused on success—until a business trip to India with her boss’s nephew throws her plans into chaos, where she confronts mischievous monkeys, chaotic traffic, and her sister’s well-meaning interference with a love potion at exactly the wrong time.
Archer’s Moon (Legends of Ansu Book 1)
by J.W. Webb
Release Date: June 10, 2025
Sorcery, vengeance, passion, and war! As a deity, Argonwui knows she can have it all. Watching the green world spinning below, she ventures down to explore and learn about the lesser beings dwelling amongst that swirling gas. A quick visit to relieve the monotony up there among the floating clouds. What could go wrong?
The Girl Who Wouldn’t Die
by Jeff Abugov
Release Date: June 7, 2025
She’s of our time, but she doesn’t age. Our epic tale follows the immortal woman through many lifetimes—past, present, and future—her struggle to keep her secret; her remorse in leaving loved ones when it’s time to move on; and her hardships slipping into her next identity. Violence, sex, adventure, and romance abound, but one thing’s for sure…eternal youth ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Darkness, Light, and Fire (The Life And Times Of Gunnery Sergeant Jackson Mason Book 2)
by Mark Jordan
Release Date: June 15, 2025
In “Darkness, Light, and Fire,” the galaxy faces an unprecedented threat as an ancient, dark, and menacing enemy threatens to launch a relentless invasion, shaking the foundations of the galactic community. Heroes must rise to confront the growing threat, leading a desperate fight to turn the tide before the galaxy is consumed by darkness.
Salmon Swimming Upstream and Homebound
by Stephen Johnson
Release Date: May 23, 2025
“Salmon Swimming Upstream and Homebound” is a heartfelt, nostalgic memoir capturing the essence of growing up in rural America during the 1960s. The story reflects on childhood adventures, family traditions, and the rhythms of farm life in the Pacific Northwest, offering a glimpse into the joys, challenges, and transformative moments of youth.
Messenger for the Dead (Mathieu James Thriller Book 2)
by Matthew Fults
Release Date: June 17, 2025
ADVANCE READERS AGREE: “An intense, riveting, gripping, raw read.” “Relentless.” “Well written, highly recommend.” “Feels like you’re in a movie.” Messenger for the Dead is the sequel to the award-winning The Scotland Project. Mathieu James leads an international manhunt for the world’s most-wanted terrorist. Vengeance belongs to the departed.
Heartstrings and Helmets (Hearts in Hawthorne Book 1)
by Alexa Aston
Release Date: June 17, 2025
Hawthorne, Texas-where couples are drawn to their hometown’s slower pace, finding lasting love and happiness. A man who’s gained fortune and fame. A woman who’s known heartbreak and despair. A second chance for a couple who went their separate ways years ago. Will a second chance at finding lasting happiness be in store for West and Kelby?
Under Caution
by Lori Zoss
Release Date: June 17, 2025
Daisy Kray, a fearless stock car driver, faces sabotage at the Tennessee 400 and a vengeful ex-driver bent on destroying her. With danger closing in and her relationship with rival Jackson Wyatt heating up, Daisy must outpace her enemies and confront the deadly risks that could cost her everything. Under Caution—thrills, passion, and survival.
Editorial License
by Ellis Johnson M.D.
Release Date: June 17, 2025
The long journey back from tragedy follows no timeline, and the road is never a straight path. It winds its way through a vast wilderness between sanity and madness, and the border between the two is not always clear.
Gralmar’s Staff (The Focus and the Whisper Book 2)
by Christopher D. Williamst
Release Date: June 9, 2025
In the magical world, Gralmar’s Staff is a legend. One of the most powerful Focai ever created, even a piece of it conveys power that anyone would fight to have. Now Meilianna has one. And a ruthless sorceress, backed by an army of mechanical beasts and dark magic, is hot on her trail.
Begin Again: The Wild, Love, & Space Between
by D.F. Maddox
Release Date: June 8, 2025
Bjorn wakes alone in the wild, memories fractured. Something follows—echoing him. Em races to save him through Project Theseus, risking unleashing something far darker. Begin Again is a haunting thriller of love, consciousness, and what it means to rebuild a life.
Billionaire’s Last Resort (Manhattan’s Most Eligible)
by Thea Roman
Release Date: April 16, 2025
When a gorgeous man walked into my family’s hotel, not only did he fix the plumbing, but he also intoxicated me. I was drawn to him like my hunkie romance magnet is drawn to my decades-old refrigerator. But now I know he’s the infamous resort mogul. He’s not getting his greedy developer hands on my grandmother’s inn. Nope, no way. Oh, but his grin…
The Day I Left Leona (Heartache in the Southern Hills Book 6)
by Jenny Marie Bee
Release Date: June 9, 2025
A widow shares the juicy details of her first love and why it failed with her granddaughter. Kismet bestows a chance for two fairytale endings, if they can survive a headstrong grandma and a vengeful ex-girlfriend. Quirky mingles with timeless in this romance, sprinkled with elements of women’s fiction to prove that a true love story never ends.
The Me I Left Behind (Tuckaway Bay Book 4)
by Madeleine Jaimes
Release Date: June 24, 2025
Maggie Oliver has everything—beautiful children, a lovely home, and financial security—but she’s losing herself. When she discovers her husband has a secret family in another country, her life starts to unravel. Then a family tragedy changes everything, and her path to finding herself takes an unexpected turn.
Space Vault: The Seed Eclipse (Sci-Fi Galaxy series Book 2)
by Jeremy Clift
Release Date: June 16, 2025
Space Vault: The Seed Eclipse is the gripping second book in Jeremy Clift’s Sci-Fi Galaxy series. As Earth collapses, a mother must protect her bioengineered daughter—humanity’s last hope—from AIs, aliens, and corporations racing to control the future of life itself.
From the Ashes
by Jonathan Walson
Release Date: May 6, 2025
From the Ashes is a compelling romantic suspense novel that intertwines love, mystery, and self-discovery against a backdrop of danger and secrets. At its heart, the story explores the resilience of the human spirit and the transformative power of love when it emerges from the most unexpected—and often painful—circumstances.
Mastering Business Storytelling (The Business Storytelling Blueprint Book 1)
by Taty Fittipaldi
Release Date: June 24, 2025
Packed with insights from neuroscience, practical strategies, and real-world examples, this book is your ultimate guide to mastering the art of business storytelling. Whether you’re presenting to stakeholders, leading multicultural teams, or influencing key decisions, you’ll learn how to engage, persuade, and lead like never before.
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