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In this heartfelt and hilarious coming-of-age romance, Sean discovers his bisexuality and his true voice while chasing his dream as a stand-up comedian. Intrigued? Read on to discover the synopsis and an excerpt from My Own Kind of Person by Tim Manley, which releases on September 8th 2026. Sean O’Brien copes with anxiety by being the funny guy—at school, in his relationships, and onstage at local…
From New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen comes a harrowing and emotional thriller where ghosts of the Cold War return with a vengeance—and cannot be outrun. Intrigued? Well read on to discover the synopsis and an excerpt from The Shadow Friends by Tess Gerritsen, which releases on August 25th 2026. When a renowned disease expert and Russian defector dies mysteriously during a global…
We are delighted to be revealing the cover for To Have and to Hold (Captive) by K.N. Wilder, which marks the third installment in the dark romance series, The Hemlock Society. The first two books of The Hemlock Society were originally self-published and have been rereleased by Grand Central Publishing with this brand new installment hitting shelves on April 6th 2027. Read on to discover the cover,…
We chat with author Jillian Cantor about The Season of Light and Darkness, which follows a girl who is woken early from her cryogenic slumber to find the authoritarian rule her family had hoped to escape is still very much in effect. Hi, Jillian! Can you tell our readers a bit about yourself? Hi! I’m the author of 15 novels for teens and adults. I’ve published contemporary, literary, and…
A paramilitary operative confronting his grief on a path of retribution. A CIA analyst hunting a conspiracy that leads to the Oval Office. A Russian agent hiding in plain sight. Jason Matthews’s Red Sparrow meets Jack Carr’s The Terminal List in Beyond Honor, a debut political thriller that plunges readers into a world of international espionage, where loyalty and duty are tested. Intrigued? Read…
We chat with author Eli Snow about The Divine Gardener’s Handbook, which is a sapphic dystopian fantasy of botanical sabotage, a questionable god named Saul, and a woman falling for the person most likely to ruin her life. Hi, Eli! Can you tell our readers a bit about yourself? I’m a speculative fiction writer, editor, and former medical geneticist, based in rural Australia with my two cats. I am…
A teenage ghost in love with life becomes bound to the house of the grieving artist who summoned her via Ouija board in this darkly funny YA paranormal. Intrigued? Read on to discover the synopsis and an excerpt from A (Dead) Thing Like Me by E.G. Young, which releases on August 18th 2026. One hot dog with banana peppers. That’s all Hot Dog wants. An invisible teenage ghost, she haunts a food cart…
Guest post written by The Best I Never Had author Amy BuchananAmy Buchanan’s affair with romance and books started at three, when she watched Beauty and the Beast and couldn’t decide if she was more obsessed with the prince or the library (The library. Definitely the library). After decades of devouring love stories written by others, she decided to share the ones pinging around in her brain. She…
We chat with author Jennifer Herrera about Siren Says, which is a lush, spellbinding tale about a tenacious young woman who must harness her family’s dangerous magic to put a stop to the sacrifices they’ve been making for more than a century Hi, Jennifer! Can you tell our readers a bit about yourself? When I was five, my parents decided to move our family to a small town of about 1,300 people,…
A family moves into their dream home—only to discover that it hides an insatiable hunger—in this dread-laced and darkly outrageous domestic horror novel. Intrigued? Read on to discover the synopsis and an excerpt from The House That Eats the Dead by Max Doty, which releases on August 18th 2026. The new house is a fresh start for Claire and her family. It’s a move away from the cityscape of a…
