I’m a little late in putting together my Spring Reading List this year. I’m keeping this one short with the hope that I might actually get to read them all. I hope you have been enjoying some great fiction while keeping safe and healthy during this time.

Spring Reading List

Black Magnet by David Neth

The city is heating up…

Ash doesn’t know who he is or how he ended up in an old coal mine outside the city. Even more terrifying, he discovers that he can throw fire from the palms of his hands when he saves Rachel from being mugged. She’s a researcher, who develops a curiosity for his powers. With the help of Rachel and her coworker, Perry, Ash tries to piece together what happened to him.

They soon encounter another super they call the Gatekeeper, who knows Ash’s history and holds a grudge against him for it that he expects Ash to pay for. But the Gatekeeper seems to be more powerful than Ash’s own moniker: Heat. With the Gatekeeper’s apprentice, Black Magnet, terrorizing the city, Heat will have to fight his way to uncover answers about his past.

However, those answers won’t set him free.

Twist by J.S. Arquin

TO ESCAPE, A BOY MUST PLAY…

TO PLAY, A BOY MUST PAY.

BUT WILL THE PRICE BE HIS LIFE?

The only way out of Canyon City is to win the Game,

But Theo Maro always eats dust.

When he finds a strange object in the scrapyard,

He thinks his luck might be changing.

But luck can change for the better … or the worse.

Will Theo uncover the path to victory?

Or a one-way ticket to the scrapyard?

VR and reality collide in this action-packed prequel to The Crimson Dust Cycle.

If you like cyberpunk or LitRPG, you’ll love this origin story.

Because everyone loves an underdog…

And games are the universal language.

Lost Library – Kate Baray

A mysterious and magical book

What’s the point of a book that can’t be read? Lizzie hasn’t a clue, but she does know there’s magic afoot.

When a handsome stranger shows up on her doorstep asking questions and expecting her to have all the answers, she can’t decide if she wants to thump him or kiss him. And John’s revelation that he’s a Lycan doesn’t simplify matters.

Before Lizzie can catch her breath, she and John are caught up in an evil mastermind’s bid for power. Can she and John put a stop to their newfound enemy’s plans?

Take a romp through the life of the quirky and well-meaning Lizzie as she discovers magic, creatures that go bump in the night, and maybe love.

What have you been reading?

I’m always looking for new recommendations. Shoot me a message at lou@loupaduano.com and let me know what exciting world you’ve been escaping into during this madness.

Take care and happy reading.