April 2025 New Releases

Are you ready to explore the newest additions to our site? Get ready to add some great books to your TBR with our April new release books! 

What’s our goal? To help you discover new voices and explore a wider range of literature beyond the usual bestseller lists. So if you’re looking for something fresh this April, dive into these fantastic reads and support these British authors!

Easeful Death by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Eighteen-year-old Rhianne Morgan should have been celebrating the end of her school years, yet instead, she’s found dead in her own home. 

As DCI Bill Slider delves into her life, he uncovers a tangled web of family tensions, broken relationships, and dangerous secrets. Did her stepfather’s temper turn deadly? Was her ex-boyfriend out for revenge? Or was it the mysterious new man in her life, whose name no one seems to know?

With every clue leading to more questions, Slider must navigate a maze of deceit to uncover the truth.

Read Easeful Death by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles and solve the mystery. 

Publication date: April 1st, 2025

Easeful Death (A Detective Inspector Slider Mystery Book 25) Cover Image

Seekers of Wonder by Elena Emma Sottilotta

Elena Emma Sottilotta uncovers the overlooked yet vital role women played in collecting and preserving oral traditions in 19th and early 20th-century Europe. This groundbreaking study highlights how women in Italy and Ireland served as key intermediaries between local storytelling traditions and the academic world of folklore studies.

Blending politics, poetics, and gender analysis, Sottilotta maps the contributions of women who documented, adapted, and shaped the transmission of fairy tales, myths, and folk narratives. 

Get your copy of Seekers of Wonder by Elena Emma Sottilotta

Publication date: April 8th, 2025

Release date: March 23rd, 2025

Seekers of Wonder: Women Writing Folk and Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century Italy and Ireland Cover Image

Don’t Trust Him by Lisa Cutts

When the remains of a missing woman are discovered, DI Harry Powell is plunged into a chilling murder investigation.

Harry begins to suspect that a mistake from years ago may have set a dangerous killer free.

Meanwhile, DC Dane Hoopman, the squad’s newest recruit, is eager to prove himself. But there’s something unsettling beneath his polished exterior.

With the clock ticking and his own past haunting him, Harry must untangle a web of deception before another victim falls prey. 

Yet as the truth comes to light, it may be closer to home than he ever imagined…

Find out what happens in Don’t Trust Him by Lisa Cutts.

Publication date: April 2nd, 2025

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Weddings At Sandcastle Cottage by Christina Jones

In the picturesque seaside town of Firefly Common, three couples are navigating the ups and downs of love, marriage and all that comes in between. 

Jemini dreams of a traditional white wedding, but when past secrets and family tensions resurface, will her big day go off without a hitch? Apollo and Amy have planned a perfect, intimate ceremony, but their friends have other ideas. Meanwhile, Kitty finds herself questioning, does she want a wedding?

Indulge in a warm, funny story full of love with Weddings At Sandcastle Cottage by Christina Jones

Publication date: April 10th, 2025

Weddings At Sandcastle Cottage: A heart-warming, feel-good romance to fall in love with - NEW for 2024! Cover Image

Explore More British Authors This Month!

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Happy reading!