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

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  • Cover of The Kennedys and the Windsors: The Story of Two Dynasties, One Born, One Made, by Caroline Hallemann, with the title, subtitle and author name written in yellow. The cover features Jackie Kennedy and JFK with their young daughter Caroline looking into the distance on the top half. On the bottom half is a young Queen Elizabeth with her daughter Anne and son Charles, also looking into the distance.

    The Kennedys and the Windsors

    June 2
  • Cover for Samantha Spük: Paranormal Wedding Planner, showing a spooky illustration of a wedding catering display, with a wedding cake featuring two embracing vampires, melted candles, two gold wedding rings, and other embellishments. The book title and author's names are written in a playful, whimsical font.

    Samantha Spük: Paranormal Wedding Planner

    June 2
  • Cover of Spells to Mend Broken Hearts by Marissa Macy. The design shows a pink-orange background with sparkles, tarot cards, crystals, and a denim tote bag with tarot cards coming out of it. The bag has charms and a black cat keychain.

    Spells to Mend Broken Hearts

    September 15
  • Blue placeholder image that reads "Cover coming soon!"

    The Southern Sorority of Superstitious Witches

    October 6
  • Cover for The Flayed Man, showing a desert scene at sunset with large slashes cut diagonally through it. Behind the slashes, a distorted woman's face is partially visible.

    The Flayed Man

    July 21
  • Cover for Their Will Undone with a red background with gold sunburst and a condor in the middle on a green background, with a golden temple underneath and pink lily of the Incas flowers and golden vines throughout. The words Their Will Undone in white over top with the D and O overlapping like marriage ring. The authors name is at the bottom.

    Their Will Undone

    June 2
  • A dramatic image of blood red cliffs being struck by the blue Atlantic Ocean. The title Blood and water is written across it. Author name is Rebecca Murphy.

    Blood and Water

    May 12
  • Cover for Play with Fire, showing an illustrated man and woman outside a firehall with a red fire truck. The woman has blonde hair in a ponytail and wears a firefighter uniform, leaning against a pink cherry blossom tree. She looks up at the man, who has dark hair, glasses, broad shoulders, and is playfully tugging her suspenders. The book title is written in a swirly red font.

    Play with Fire

    February 24
  • Cover for The Jewel of Corlivo, which has a red-orange marbled background. On that background is an illustrated shrine-like opening, flanked by fluted columns, in a deep teal. Through the opening of the shrine can be seen a landcape of cliffs with a Byzantine-style building atop them. There's a red-orange sunset in the background. Superimposed on the landscape is a constellation in the shape of a woman holding a flower. The book title and author's name, Kathleen Carr Foster, are written in white in a serif font..

    The Jewel of Corlivo

    October 27
  • Blue placeholder image that reads "Cover coming soon!"

    The House Built on Alligator Bones

    October 6
  • Illustrated cover for Wench by Erynne Rivers depicting a brown-skinned young woman with long, dark curly hair standing in front of an art nouveau style frame of twisting branches and leaves. She’s wearing a flowing cream dress with a green bodice while holding a bow, with a quiver of arrows slung over her shoulder. A fox sits close at her feet, gazing up at her. Behind her is a circular backdrop of sky blue and green, evoking woodland and magic. At the top, the words “LOVE. FAE. TREASON.” arc above her head. The title WENCH appears large at the bottom, with the author’s name, Erynne Rivers, beneath it.

    Wench

    July 16
  • Blue placeholder image that reads "Cover coming soon!"

    The Tinsel Twist

    December 1
  • Blue placeholder image that reads "Cover coming soon!"

    It’s A Business Doing Pleasure With You

    August 11
  • Blue placeholder image that reads "Cover coming soon!"

    The Witch in the Dead of Night

    August 13
  • Cover for Love and Other Brain Experiments, showing two illustrated people in front of a pink background. One is a white man leaning against a table wearing a blue shirt, and with his hands around the lanyard of the woman opposite him, who wears a green shirt and has her hands propped against her waist. Bookshelves are in the background carrying book and varying science items, like a diagram, a 3D model of a brain and an atom model.

    Love and Other Brain Experiments

    February 3
  • Cover for The Devil Knows Her Name, showing the silhouette of a fawn against an eerie, smoky purple and vivid orange backdrop.

    The Devil Knows Her Name

    August 25
  • Cover for Forever for the Culture: Notes from the New Black Digital Arts Renaissance, a purple backdrop with green and yellow vines crawling about in a stern and graffiti font.

    Forever for the Culture

    January 27
  • Cover for Appetite, showing a brown hand adding oil to a pan which contains two women wrestling each other. The book title is in vertical font.

    Appetite

    August 4
  • Cover for The Side Questers, showing two illustrated non-player characters in a video game -- one a barkeep, the other a warrior with a blade--overlooking an open world vista. Below them, a pair of server towers and monitor, from which they seem to be emerging. The book title and author's name, in a gothic fantasy font.

    The Side Questers

    July 21
  • Cover for New Skin, showing a spiral with a woman's face on it in bright pink with a blue background. The title of the novel and author's name are also bright pink.

    New Skin

    May 12
  • The cover is pink with garlands, tipping to the Indian cultural background. Various characters are reaching for or celebrating, indicating an ensemble cast. The font is in black and bold, reading "Leave and Come Back".

    Leave and Come Back

    June 16
  • Cover for War Boys, showing a little blond boy in a military uniform, an image of him as a young man behind it. The book title and author's name are written in white lettering.

    War Boys: A Father and Son Memoir

    July 1
  • The cover depicts a man with pointed ears, antlers and long blonde hair sipping from a teacup. His companion is a teal-skinned woman with curling, white horns and long black hair smiling as she holds a teacup. Behind them, a white building sits under a looming mountain.

    The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance

    July 7
  • Book cover for HOLLOW MAGIC by Mars Lauderbaugh. Three characters face the viewer on a dark blue and pink background. There is ice and a the dark outline of a castle in the midground. In the far background, the eyes and hair of a woman is peeking out over the castle. Title text at the bottom of the page reads: HOLLOW MAGIC and underneath the author type reads MARS LAUDERBAUGH.

    Hollow Magic

    August 11
  • Cover of A Vow in Vengeance centering on title, with a background showing the minor arcana of tarot: a cup, sword, wand, and ring.

    A Vow in Vengeance

    January 13
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