Top new action-adventure books out this week: 11 Jan - 17 Jan 2026
Last updated:
January 17, 2026
This week featuring new releases by Kendall Ryan, A.E. Via, Aiden Snow, Lexi Davis, Annie Summerlee, Raquel Vasquez Gilliland, Jaye Pratt, Vanessa Riley, Jared Poon, Katie Shepard, Jo Segura and many more.
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Main Character Energy by Kendall Ryan
Andi Callahan prefers the quiet company of the dead.As a morgue tech in a sleepy coastal town outside Boston, she lives for silence, predictability, and zero small talk.Living people? Too loud. Too messy. Too nosy.The dead don’t interrupt her, meddle in her life, or flirt with her.Cole Hartley does.He’s everything Andi avoids—charming, persistent, and entirely too good-looking for his own good...romance · slow-burn · contemporary · workplace · found-family · audiobook · womens-fiction · small-town · grumpy-sunshine · cheerful-mc -
![Green Ravens by A.E. Via, Aiden Snow, Tim Paige]()
Green Ravens by A.E. Via, Aiden Snow, Tim Paige
They erased their memories, rewrote their names, and made them beasts. Now, the hunt for vengeance begins. Chief Aiken Oakley and Chief Styles Sawyer—two of the US Navy's most elite Special Warfare Combatant-craft officers—vanished after their mission was ambushed in South America and later presumed MIA...romance · mlm · military · contemporary · audiobook · crime · paranormal · suspense · fantasy · dystopia -
![Pretty Vicious by Lexi Davis]()
Pretty Vicious by Lexi Davis
Laurel just wanted to survive college, keep her father fed, and fly under the radar.Delivering pizzas was supposed to be the safe kind of side hustle, until the night she witnesses a murder at Ashford House, the most elite and secretive fraternity on campus.Now she’s a prisoner of The Order, a blood-bound society that controls everything from politics to police...romance · dark-academia · forced-proximity · enemies-to-lovers · gothic · dark · young-adult · contemporary · slow-burn · fiction -
![The Book of Blood and Roses by Annie Summerlee]()
The Book of Blood and Roses by Annie Summerlee
In book one of a seductive sapphic paranormal fantasy, a vampire hunter goes undercover at a mysterious university and falls in love with her roommate, an alluring vampire.“Then her red eyes are on mine, gentle, deadly. She takes her time kissing my neck. I pull her closer and say: Bite me.”In the mists of the Scottish Highlands is a university where vampire students study alongside humans...romance · fantasy · vampires · wlw · lgbtq · paranormal · fiction · lesbian-mc · dark-academia · supernatural -
![The Magic of Untamed Hearts by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland]()
The Magic of Untamed Hearts by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
After several years stuck as a ghost, Sky Flores learns to reconnect with the living again with the help of her handsome neighbor in this lush romance from the USA Today bestselling author of Witch of Wild Things.Like her sisters, Sage and Teal, Sky Flores has a touch of magic, and it’s caused nothing but heartache...romance · fantasy · magical-realism · contemporary · magic · fiction · latinx-mc · poc-mc · audiobook · paranormal -
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![Filthy Puckers: Masked men Novella by Jaye Pratt]()
Filthy Puckers: Masked men Novella by Jaye Pratt
Pre order date will be moved forward. BLURB COMING SOON... -
![Fire Sword and Sea: A Novel by Vanessa Riley]()
Fire Sword and Sea: A Novel by Vanessa Riley
The real Pirates of the Caribbean were Black, and women! From Vanessa Riley, acclaimed author of Queen of Exiles, comes a sweeping, immersive saga based on the life of the legendary seventeenth-century pirate Jacquotte Delehaye.The Caribbean Sea, 1675. Jacquotte Delahaye is the mixed-race daughter of a wealthy tavern owner on the island of Tortuga...historical-fiction · historical · fiction · outlaws · nautical · lgbtq · poc-author · black-mc · female-mc · action-adventure -
![City of Others by Jared Poon]()
City of Others by Jared Poon
In the sunny city of Singapore, the government takes care of everything – even the weird stuff. Benjamin Toh is a middle manager in the Department for Engagement of Unusual Stakeholders (DEUS), tasked with taking care of the supernatural occurrences and people no one else wants to deal with, from restless ghosts to immortal gods to conniving jinn...romance · fantasy · lgbtq · urban-fantasy · fiction · sci-fi · supernatural · contemporary · low-fantasy · magic -
![The Younger Gods by Katie Shepard]()
The Younger Gods by Katie Shepard
Danger looms when a former priestess sails to the realm of the dead to find her fallen lover, only to discover the gods she thought she defeated are preparing for war.Iona Night-Singer thought she’d overthrown the gods. Her mortal rebellion eked out a painful victory by using the gods’ own powers against them—though she lost her betrothed, Taran, in a final battle with the god of death...romance · fantasy · retellings · fiction · myths · paranormal · action-adventure · urban-fantasy · book · adult -
![The Lust Crusade by Jo Segura]()
The Lust Crusade by Jo Segura
A plucky librarian and an archaeologist on the run fake an engagement to save their lives, leading them into the labyrinth of their own desires.Daniela Guiterrez has been in love with her brother’s best friend for as long as she can remember—until he went missing a year ago during an archaeological expedition...romance · fiction · contemporary · season-summer · humor · hispanic · action-adventure · book · adult
