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Books by first-time debuts (authors who have never published any book before).

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  • An Indian woman with long brown hair wearing a red dress, gold bangles, and shattered star-shaped sunglasses with a woman’s reflection in them. She’s blowing out a match. Background is blue. Text: You’ll Never Forget Me, A Novel, Isha Raya.

    You’ll Never Forget Me

    January 13
  • Cover for Our Cut of Salt by Deena Helm, showing a green wallpaper being ripped away by a hand to reveal a different, yellow flowery wallpaper underneath. There is a sprinkling of salt on the green wall, and blood drips down the letters of the title.

    Our Cut of Salt

    September 22
  • Charlotte "Charlie" Ross and Declan Davidson stand on a dock with a yacht and the Tampa, FL skyline behind them. Both are dressed for a secret mission. The title Fake Out Make Out appears above them.

    Fake Out Make Out

    June 4
  • Book cover with background of roman eagle drawn in oil, with a silhouette in gold of a victorian-garbed woman wielding a sword. Cover text reads Godstorm, Solitaire Townsend and with She Is The Sword in red.

    Godstorm

    January 15
  • The book cover for A House of Vipers by Emma Jackson. It depicts a navy blue boarding school uniform with a viper pin and blood spatter. There is a note tucked into the pocket. A backpack strap can also be seen.

    A House of Vipers

    April 28
  • Colorful dots make up title and a girl with long brown hair is painting the letter O. She is holding an easel. Behind her is a yellow Labrador with his tongue hanging out.

    Roxie in Color

    June 2
  • Cover Once Upon A Song by Nadine Bells

    Once Upon A Song

    January 23
  • Blue placeholder image that reads "Cover coming soon!"

    Hellbound

    August 25
  • Cover for Where the Light Shines In shows a young teen girl in a blue hoodie and red Converse sneakers standing on a beach facing out to the sea. In the distance, a white-and-green ferryboat can be seen passing by. At the girl's feet is a black-and-white Boston Terrier. A stormy, late-afternoon sky is overhead, with pinkish-orange rays of sun breaking through the clouds. The title font is rendered in swirly, variegated golden letters.

    Where the Light Shines In

    September 29
  • Cover for The Forest Bleeds, showing an illustrated and haunting anatomical heart comprised of skeletal bones, blooming red and yellow flowers, and withered leaves on a black background. The book title and the author's name, Rachel Kitch, are written in a bold white font.

    The Forest Bleeds

    October 13
  • Cover for Grace & Jo Have Never Solved a Murder showing a graphic of two women, one blonde and one brunette, facing a gallery wall. In the frames on the wall are a victorian woman, bottle of poison, upside down pineapple, lily pads, a chalk outline of a body, and the Liberty Bell.

    Grace & Jo Have Never Solved a Murder

    October 13
  • Full colour, illustrated cover for The Revenant of Surolifia by Florence Chien, with text shown in white and gold. The cover depicts a stern-faced, androgynous figure in their early 30's, with long silver hair. The figure is wearing an elegant black suit and waistcoat with golden embroidery on the lapel. They are standing in side-profile before a gothic window. Dramatic lighting pours down from overhead, backlighting the figure's face to give them a mysterious look. Decorative golden lines radiate from the figure to give them a vaguely religious look.

    The Revenant of Surolifia

    July 7
  • A black background with the hot pink image of a baby carriage. Below that is the title in blurry hot pink letters. Beneath that in white text are the words "A THRILLER". Above the baby carriage is the author's name in white text.

    The Better Mother

    February 10
  • A white woman's and white man's faces are seen through a layer of blue guitar picks on a white background. The Encore and Juliet Izon are written in bold, black text.

    The Encore

    March 3
  • Cover for Witch Daughter showing a beautiful woman on a bright pink background. She is wearing a beaded blue and green dress, an ancient Bactrian crown, and a necklace with a Faravahar pendant.

    Witch Daughter

    September 22
  • Two women, side by side. The first is in a blue Regency dress, holding a fan, while the second is in a red minidress. The backgrounds show the same row of houses, but the scene behind the first woman shows historic scenes and young trees while the trees behind the second woman are much older and the scene more modern.

    The Regency Switch

    February 26
  • Blue placeholder image that reads "Cover coming soon!"

    The Third Wish

    December 31
  • Cover for The Jezebel List, showing an illustration of a woman with long black hair in a blue dress kissing a man with shoulder-length brown hair in a black leather jacket. She has a piece of notebook paper in her hand wrapped around his neck. The Jezebel List is written in big font with a checkmark before the word "list." The background is pink with a checklist. Words on the checklist peek out around the title and illustrated characters, such as "attend a a pagan festival," "wear a mini dress," "read," "smoke," etc.

    The Jezebel List

    August 25
  • Cover for THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter. The cover’s main color palate is glowy blues and aquas and features two girls holding hands while standing face-forward. One girl has a missing eye and a place her torso reveals instead a ribcage. The other girl has a hand that has become skeletal. In a satchel the second girl wears sits a skeleton-rabbit. Behind the girls looms a large skeleton-deer, with one antler replaced by vines. Very moody and atmospheric. The book has pale-green sprayed edges, stenciled with deer skulls and the same antler/vine combination.

    The Bone Brides

    September 29
  • Cover for Champion of the Rose: Volume 1, showing Rey, a seventeen-year-old trans swordsman in the heat of battle. He's surrounded by sharp swords from all over the world. Rey wears a suit of armor and a large rose in bloom, over his heart. Colourful confetti falls around him. The book's title and author names for Cat Aquino and Dominique Duran are set in metallic gold.

    Champion of the Rose: Volume 1

    July 14
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