AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MUDER by K. Valentin

AN AMATEUR WITCH’S GUIDE TO MUDER by K. Valentin

Mateo’s mother forbade him from ever using magic, but now that she’s gone, magic’s his only marketable skill, and he’d really like an exorcism—which costs money he doesn’t have. What’s the harm in making a quick buck by calling himself an Occult Specialist and chanting a few half-remembered spells in his crappy Spanish? Enter Topher, a naive nepo baby with a curse that keeps killing people around him. Most importantly, he’s rich and too clueless to clock that Mateo—and his […]

THE TAROT READER by Finley Turner

THE TAROT READER by Finley Turner

Twenty-five-year-old Jade Crawford spends her days selling crystals, conducting séances, and reading tarot cards in her shop in Winston-Salem, NC. But her connection to the other side is all a facade. After losing their mother to a terrible accident and their father serving jail time, Jade and her younger sister Stevie do what they can to survive. When a local politician goes missing, Jade sees a lucrative opportunity to drum up new clients and inject some much-needed cash into their […]

QUEEN DEMON (The Rising World Book 2) by Martha Wells

QUEEN DEMON (The Rising World Book 2) by Martha Wells

From the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes the remarkable sequel to the USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling novel, Witch King. A fantasy of epic scope, Queen Demon is a story of power and friendship, of trust and betrayal, and of the families we choose. Dahin, a beloved member of the Witch King’s coterie, believes he has clues to the location of the Hierarchs’ Well, and the Witch King Kai, along with his companions Ziede and Tahren, knowing […]

ATLAS OF UNKNOWABLE THINGS by McCormick Templeman 

ATLAS OF UNKNOWABLE THINGS by McCormick Templeman 

High in the Rocky Mountains on a secluded campus, sits Hildegard College, a celebrated institution known for its scientific innovation and its sprawling, botanical gardens. Historian Robin Quain has been awarded a residency to examine Hildegard’s impressive collection of ancient manuscripts, but she has a secret. She’s actually on the hunt for an artifact―one she must find before her former best friend turned professional rival gets his hands on it first. But Hildegard has secrets of its own. Strange sounds […]

THE FIRST THOUSAND TREES by Premee Mohamed

THE FIRST THOUSAND TREES by Premee Mohamed

After making a grievous mistake that ended in death, Henryk Mandrusiak feels increasingly ostracized within his own community, and after the passing on of his parents and the departure of his best friend, Reid, there is little left to tie him to the place he calls home. Henryk does something he never expected: he sets out into the harsh wilds alone, in search of far-flung family. He finds his uncle’s village, but making a life for himself in this unfriendly […]

DAEDALUS IS DEAD by Seamus Sullivan

DAEDALUS IS DEAD by Seamus Sullivan

Daedalus of Crete is many things: The greatest architect in the world. The constructor of the Labyrinth that imprisoned the Minotaur. And the grieving father of Icarus, who plunged into the sea as father and son flew from the grasp of the tyrannical King Minos. Now, Daedalus seeks to reunite with Icarus in the Underworld, even as he revisits his own memories of Crete, hoping to understand what went so terribly wrong at the end of his son’s life. Daedalus […]

KALIVAS! OR, ANOTHER TEMPEST by Nick Mamatas

KALIVAS! OR, ANOTHER TEMPEST by Nick Mamatas

In this science-fiction revision of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Kalivas lives in solitude on the Farallon Islands, off the San Francisco Bay, until the Master and his daughter M colonize his lonely realm. Kalivas, the last free-range human, is pressed into completing dangerous and menial tasks on the Master’s behalf. The new regime is disrupted when a great storm brings more cyborg mainlanders to the island shores. Can Kalivas finally break free and reclaim his islands, or will his affection for M […]

THE HEARTBREAK HOTEL by Ellen O'Clover

THE HEARTBREAK HOTEL by Ellen O’Clover

Louisa Walsh emerged from a tumultuous childhood with a degree in counseling, a wealthy boyfriend, and her sunny outlook on life mostly intact. But that optimism is tested when she’s dumped and left unable to afford rent on their gorgeous house in the mountains of Colorado. Even with her life in disarray, Lou knows losing the one stable place she’s ever called home is not an option. Her plan: ask her reclusive landlord, Henry Rhodes, to let her stay for free in […]

HE KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE by Alta Hensley

HE KNOWS WHEN YOU’RE AWAKE by Alta Hensley

This Christmas, it’s all about getting what you really want in this dark billionaire stalker romance sequel to He Sees You When You’re Sleeping. Stalking in a winter wonderland… Jewelry designer Sloane dreams of launching her own custom line—but she needs a Christmas miracle to pull it off. With traditional banks turning her down left and right, she can’t resist when a mysterious stranger offers her a lifeline. I see what she creates in those stolen moments when she thinks no one’s watching. […]

ESCAPE FROM THE USS INDIANAPOLIS by Andy Marino

ESCAPE FROM THE USS INDIANAPOLIS by Andy Marino

July, 1945 The end of World War II is finally in sight. The Nazis have been defeated in Europe, and Albie hopes that means he and his brother, Joe, can get back to normal life. Or as normal as life can be following the death of their parents. But the war against Imperial Japan still rages, and when Joe’s given a new assignment on the USS Indianapolis, Albie refuses to be left behind. Even if that means sneaking aboard and […]