BooksGloriousBooks Newsletter May 2026
May 15, 2026 12:07 am
Hi Everyone
You know how the saying goes>>>"stop the world I want to get off"? I have been feeling like that for a couple of days. I have been so busy sightseeing and spending hours writing, it would be nice to take a break which is what I'm going to do for the next few days.
Wildfire at Sunset Ranch has now released and up after that will be The Doctor Will See You Now.
We are getting closer to the release of Hearts & Embers and I now have a blurb.
I have one release ready for 19 June and cover and info will be revealed on 10 June so keep an eye on my FB page.
As usual, if you ever want to touch base, I am more than happy to answer questions or just share a chat and if I am in your town, I'd love to catch up over a cuppa so contact me at [email protected] or message me on Facebook.
Thank you so very much for your ongoing support.
Sue
https://linktr.ee/SusanHorsnell
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Blurb for Hearts & Embers
Jasper Cartwright has learned to live in the quiet spaces between alarms.
At thirty-six, the firefighter–paramedic of Rescue Truck 3 keeps his head down at Firehouse 99, lets his actions speak for him, and saves his energy for the moments that matter—when lives hang in the balance and trust is everything. He doesn’t chase connection. He survives on loyalty, routine, and the steady brotherhood of the station.
Aurora Brown’s life is built on structure too—lesson plans, early mornings, and the small comforts of her downtown loft. At twenty-eight, she’s independent, dedicated, and used to standing on her own. Until one brutal winter morning, when a blizzard steals control of her car and slams her world into a steel pole.
Jasper is the one who pulls her from the wreckage.
What begins in flashing lights and freezing wind doesn’t end when the sirens fade. As Aurora heals, Jasper finds himself drawn into a life warmer and brighter than the one he’s carefully maintained. And Aurora begins to see the man behind the turnout gear—the one who listens more than he speaks, who carries embers of loss and devotion deep in his chest.
But loving a firefighter means loving someone who runs toward danger, who may not always come home.
In a city forged by fire and winter, Hearts & Embers is a tender, slow-burning romance about quiet courage, second chances, and the kind of love that grows strongest after the flames die down.
August 21, 2026 Hearts & Embers Susan Horsnell
https://books2read.com/HeartsEmbers
RELEASE DATES OF OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES:
June 19 2026 Dueling Flames Lucille Yates
https://books2read.com/u/4jjJOj
June 26, 2026 Flashpoint Nights Penny Fox https://books2read.com/flashpointnights
July 3, 2026 Flame & Frosting Christi Jennings (Stella Nova)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMPN2H4J
July 10, 2026 Phoenix Nights Ella Morcock (Lilly)
https://books2read.com/PhoenixNights
July 17, 2026 Wild Fire Ariel Dawn
https://books2read.com/wildfire99
July 24, 2026 Faking the Heat Nina Brown
https://books2read.com/FakingtheHeat
July 31, 2026 Consumed by You LB Martin http://www.books2read.com/firehouse99consumedbyyou
August 7, 2026 Scarred Trust Michelle Moncrieff
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G1RB83DS
August 14, 2026 From the Embers Mackenzy & Dakotah Fox
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2GDYDF7
August 21, 2026 Hearts & Embers Susan Horsnell
https://books2read.com/HeartsEmbers
August 28, 2026 Smoke Signals Cassie Lein
https://books2read.com/smoke-signals99
September 4, 2026 Burning Obsession Bre Rose
https://books2read.com/BurningObsession
*****
Abrielle arrives in town planning to settle an unexpected inheritance and leave again. Instead, she finds herself pulled into a life she didn’t plan, a place that begins to feel like it might be where she belongs, and a man she never expected to matter quite so much. She comes to realize that sometimes the life you never planned is the one you don’t want to leave.
When a fast-moving wildfire threatens everything at Sunset Ranch, the people who call it home are forced to face more than just the fire itself. As the men and women of the ranch and town fight to hold back the flames, Abrielle finds herself making a split-second decision that puts her directly in danger, while Charlie does everything he can to keep his family and their home safe.
In the aftermath, questions don’t all get answers. Some things can’t be explained, but as the dust settles, Abrielle begins to realise that not everything needs to be understood to be worth holding onto.
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*****
RELEASE DATE 22 MAY 2026
When a young man dies suddenly after being told he had years to live, Detectives Sally Carter and Dustin Frewer are called in to review what should have been a routine hospital death.
At first, nothing stands out. The records are clean. The staff are respected. The explanation—advanced cancer—makes sense.
Until it happens again.
And again.
Across two hospitals, patients with terminal diagnoses are deteriorating faster than they should. Each case looks medically explainable. Each death can be justified on paper. But the timing doesn’t sit right—and neither does the silence between symptoms and death.
As Sally and her partner, Dustin, dig deeper, the case begins to unravel. Drug records don’t quite add up. Access logs reveal too many possibilities. Staff move between wards, between hospitals, between roles—always present, never suspicious.
Because whoever is responsible doesn’t stand out.
They belong.
What begins as a desperate request from one family becomes a hunt through a system built on trust—where access is easy, oversight is imperfect, and the line between care and harm can disappear without anyone noticing.
And by the time the pattern is clear, it may already be too late to count the dead.
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*****
Embarrassed.
Abused.
Shame.
All words Theodore “Sue” Blackhawk, Vice President of the Royal Bastards MC - Northern Ontario chapter, has playing on repeat. It’s hard to admit that he was abused. It’s even harder to speak about it when the woman who abused him was smaller than his six-foot frame.
Scars.
They cover his entire body. They are raised purple and stand out like a poorly done painting in an art gallery. Does he want to cover them up with art? Yes, but finding that many meaningful pieces of art is hard.
Love.
Yes, it exists, just not for him. Because what woman wants to lie in bed with a monster?
Live life loud.
That’s the motto that Davina “Goblin” Smithe lives by. Who cares what other people think? She is the treasurer for the Royal Harlots MC—Northern Ontario Chapter. She owns Harlots On Lock Down, the only female-owned search and rescue business in the north, and she cares for two things: her motorcycle and finding the man that will capture her soul and hang on to it like the treasure that it is.
When Sue’s demons play havoc on a stakeout, Goblin is the one who calms him. Her touch, her voice, and her presence all make Sue want to believe that love does exist for him. She makes him feel like his scars are a road map that leads to his heart.
Will Sue let Goblin chase the demons away? Or is the universe out to prove to him that he is unlovable?
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*****
She was never meant to be his.
Not by blood.
Not by patch.
Not by the rules carved into the bones of two rival empires.
Raven was raised under the protection of Lone Wolf MC—claimed by the very people who taught Bray what loyalty meant. She was family.
Untouchable.
Sacred.
And Bray?
He was born Reapers Reign—branded by legacy, forged in loyalty, and torn between two worlds that were never meant to collide.
But some lines aren’t just crossed…
They’re burned to ash.
From stolen glances to reckless temptation, what started as a dangerous spark became something far worse—something neither of them could outrun.
A love built in shadows.
A hunger that defied blood, loyalty, and everything they were raised to protect.
“She was my sin. My salvation. My ruin.”
He should’ve walked away.
He didn’t.
Now she’s gone.
And Bray is left drowning in regret, chasing her ghost through the bottom of a bottle, clinging to the scent of her like it might bring her back.
Because somewhere between loyalty and betrayal… he lost her.
And this time?
There might be no getting her back.
Because when love is this forbidden…
It doesn’t end in happily ever after.
It ends in scars.
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*****
FLORA:
🐝 I had a plan. A good plan. Insemination, positive test, baby on the way — all on my terms. Nowhere in that plan did it say “drive to Montana to stalk your sperm donor.”
But his profile kept rattling around in my head. I just wanted to see him. Quietly. Like a normal, well-adjusted person.
Instead I tripped over a hive box and landed at the feet of the grumpiest, hottest beekeeper in the mountain west. Then I panicked and told him I was a landscape designer. At least that part is true. Now I’m planting pollinator gardens I invented on the spot while he drizzles wild honey over everything he cooks and looks at me like I’m trouble he wants to taste. 🍯
The longer I stay — swallowing his honey, feeling his hands, watching spring crack this mountain wide open — the harder it gets to remember I came here to observe. Not to stay. And definitely not to fall.
He’s starting to suspect I’m not here for the flowers.
I’m starting to realize he might be right. 🌸
🔥 Grumpy-sunshine • Breeding kink • Forced proximity • Who-falls-first • Guaranteed HEA
Quick, hot, and bingeable in one sitting. 🐝
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*****
🩺 Whitley: The most dangerous man I've ever treated just tried to climb out his hospital window. Again.
Scorch — Road Captain of the Devil's Backbone MC — took a bullet meant for his president and landed in my trauma bay looking like trouble wrapped in leather and tattoos. He's built like a weapon and absolutely done being stuck in a hospital bed while his club needs him. I know this because he tells me every single time I catch him trying to leave.
He flirts. I don't flinch. He turns up the charm. I use his real name. He goes so still it should scare me — and somehow that became our game. Every escape attempt. Every slow smile. Every time he says "come on, sweetheart" and I plant myself in his doorway and cross my arms. 💀
The problem isn't that he keeps trying to escape.
It's that I'm starting to want him to stay.
🔥 Steamy, fast, and impossible to put down — a standalone in the Broken Heroes Love Harder series.
🏍️ Enemies-to-lovers • Forced proximity • MC romance • Military hero • Guaranteed HEA
Binge it in one sitting. 🖤
He takes bullets for his brothers. She's the only one who's ever brought him to his knees.
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*****
For two vibrant days, the vineyard comes alive with music, food, pageantry, cultural traditions, and unforgettable moments beneath the spring sky. But amid the beauty and celebration, hearts are on the line.
Some will fall in love.
Some will fall back in love.
And some will risk it all for the love they’ve been waiting for.
From acclaimed and bestselling Filipino American authors comes Love at the Fiesta, a joyful romance anthology filled with family, longing, second chances, and love.
Featuring stories by the Kwentitas:
Cat Santos
Celeste Dador
Elle Cruz
June Gray
Kaye Rockwell
Liz Durano
Maan Gabriel
Maida Malby
Mia Hopkins
Preslaysa Williams
Tif Marcelo
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*****
She’s the cat who never got caught. He’s a dog who never gives up. It’s game on.
Sabine Moreau is a cat shifter, a respectable business owner. She’s a security consultant, a law-abiding citizen, and she is absolutely, categorically, not the legendary cat burglar who once robbed half of Europe and made Interpol question everything.
Jack Locke is a Belgian Malinois shifter, the Sheriff of Mystic Hollow, and he is fairly sure Miss Moreau’s story is a lie.
When a string of robberies hits Mystic Hollow, pulled off with the elegance of the infamous La Silencieuse, Jack has one logical solution: bring in the one person who understands the crimes well enough to solve them. And watch her very, very closely, while she does.
Now Mystic Hollow's most by-the-book sheriff and its most (suspiciously) charming security consultant must work together to catch a thief who knows Sabine's tricks almost as well as she does. And has very specific, very personal reasons for using them.
Between heated arguments, dangerous secrets, a criminal past Sabine buried long ago, and an attraction that neither of them has the good sense to ignore, things are getting complicated. Very complicated. Because the real mystery isn't just who's committing the robberies, or why someone seems determined to drag La Silencieuse back into the light.
It's whether Sabine will only steal Jack's patience or, catastrophically, also his heart.
Welcome to Mystic Hollow, WA! Purr and Order is an opposite attracts, morally slippery MFC, forced proximity, cop vs thief and dog vs cat, secret identity rom-com with no angst and some sniffle. Part of Romance Cafe Publishing's Supernatural Small Town multi-author series.
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*****
“A healer’s daughter. A thief. A book lover. Who crossed the plains to enter the Areon and who won’t take no for an answer.”
Being stuck in a magical, perilous library filled with monsters and a handsome fae guardian is bad enough… without said handsome guardian being a liar. A trickster.
A fraud.
Aline had begun warming up to the idea of remaining in Areon’s world and accepting her feelings for Roane, but now she’s convinced it’s time for her to go home.
At last, something they can agree on!
Only, finding out how to escape Areon’s library isn’t an easy task. Certain monsters hold immense knowledge, but they won’t give it for free.
Ignorance is bliss. The truth hurts. And with every step, as more clues are revealed about the nature of the Library of Areon and the book at its heart, the harder it is for Aline to decide which path to choose.
Careful what you wish for… because once you know everything, then you will have to decide whether a lie might not have been kinder, after all.
Especially when your heart is already spoken for.
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*****
What if Little Red Riding Hood ran away with the Big Bad Wolf?
I give you Rosamund Briar and Valerian Canagan: the Frost Princess and the Wolf.
“You like what you don’t understand, until it snaps you up, chews you bloody, and spits you out. Then the monsters don’t seem so pretty anymore, do they?”
What if Little Red Riding Hood ran away with the Big Bad Wolf?
Kidnapped as a child by the werewolves, Rosamund still bears the scars. She hides from reality, dreaming of a fiancé she’s yet to meet and a happily ever after.
But one fine evening, her stepfather welcomes a werewolf into the great hall and announces the beast will accompany her on her journey to meet her husband… as her bodyguard.
Now Rosamund is forced into close proximity with one of the creatures who once tormented her. A dark fae werewolf. The stuff of nightmares.
Valerian is every bit a nightmare. Even muzzled and collared, he’s dangerous. A snarling beast, barely contained.
So why does he allow her to hold his leash? Why does he take his bodyguard role so seriously? And why, why can’t she look away from his golden eyes?
See Inside the book for content advice and take care of yourselves!
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*****
“I do not know which is worse ― sitting on the edge of a Civil War you know is coming or watching your country implode from within on the verge of another that could happen at any time.” ~ Sidney Timmons-Marshall
Gifted or cursed with the inherited ability of E.V.E., Sidney is forced into the inconceivable ― her 1860 self-watches on the eve of the American Civil War as the Northerners and Southerners dismantle the fabric of the nation. Whereas her 2020 self-witnesses the extreme Progressives and Liberals under the guise of the Democrat umbrella shred away the decency of the American Culture on a world-wide stage and making the USA the laughingstock of the globe.
Sidney is heartbroken watching everything her loved ones and countrymen from her other life fought to preserve be undone by a minute mindless minority of entitled fanatics and a political party so hell-bent on spreading violence and hate, they would rather burn the nation to the ground than relinquish power.
But what can she do? Can one small voice change the mind of millions with hate in their heart? Can she find her way back to the solace she once treasured in both her lives?
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*****
Dom
Harry still doesn't know the truth, and I'm running out of time. As I fall deeper for him, I can't hold myself back, until I start stepping over lines I shouldn't have challenged. But I've seen how far he will go for me, I know what he really wants, and I'm the only one who can give him that. Even if he hates me forever, I'll keep going until he realises I'm what he needs.
Harry
My feelings for Dom have spiralled out of control, my fiancee is returning soon, and I don't know what to do. She's gone silent on me since the Gala, almost as if she knows that I called my best friend's name at the end. I'm being torn in two directions, but I can't hide from my feelings forever. And when I discover Dom's secret, there'll be nothing but pain and longing.
Calling You Out: Part One is a friends to lovers cheating romance. Part One must be read to understand Part Two.
The duet is an interconnected standalone within the Lovers and Liars series. Please check the Author's Note at the start of the book to learn more about the content.