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

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  • Cover for Our Common Thread, showing an illustrated silhouette of a woman walking from a gray doorway into a yellow doorway, with a pink measuring tape connecting the doorways. The book title and author's name, Kahli Scott, are written in a bubbly curly pink font, with the words 'A Novel' in white font next to the title. The background is purple on top fading into turquoise at the bottom, with little stars on the background and in the doorway.

    Our Common Thread

    July 7
  • Cover for THE STARGAZERS, showing a blue-haired female astronaut in a background of stars and bioluminescent magical flowers with the book title and author name on the front in a fantasy font.

    The Stargazers

    September 15
  • Cover for A Drop of Color, showing a Nigerian-American girl looking over her shoulder surrounded by vibrant colors. The girl has rich, dark brown skin, gold earrings, and black hair. The book title and author's name are written with a paintstroke font.

    A Drop of Color

    November 3
  • Illustrated cover for Love Never Dies, featuring two skeletons facing each other, with white flowers above their skulls, inside a bright red cameo shape on a black background. The border of the cameo features popcorn buckets, film reels, headstones, and skulls.

    Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies

    September 29
  • Cover for In the Woods They Wait, showing animal eyes hiding behind foliage on a dark background. The title and author's name are in large yellow font.

    In the Woods They Wait

    September 22
  • Cover for Enchanted Village, showing an illustration of a village covered in snow with a castle-style school up above. Small dragons fly through the sky. A pub with a sign that says "Toasty Owl" is featured prominently.

    Enchanted Village

    October 20
  • Cover for Black Widow, White Shroud, showing an illustration of three shadowy figures in the middle. The title is in faded olive green and burgundy letters.

    Black Widow, White Shroud

    April 7
  • Cover of We Become Darkness with two people, a man with red hair standing behind a blondes haired woman. The woman is wearing a red dress and holding a jeweled dagger. The man has a clawed hand on her waist and throat. The background is gothic architecture with dripping venom on the bricks.

    We Become Darkness

    April 7
  • A broad, colorful Oklahoma sky with a golden prairie and wildflowers. A woman staring off into the expanse. The book title and author's name are written in bold white font.

    In the Great Quiet

    April 1
  • Cover for The Found Object Society, showing a tangled, green vine image with various objects hidden throughout: a QR code, a hand, a ring, a perfume bottle, a cigarette lighter, glasses, a bank vault door, along with the title and author name in a yellow font.

    The Found Object Society

    February 19
  • Cover for The Heresy of Thieves, showing a painterly illustrated manticore with pink and gold stylized wings, roaring defiantly before a crowd of armed soldiers. In the background, a city atop a mountain glistens with firelight. The book title and author's name are written in a stylized heavy display font in white.

    The Heresy of Thieves

    October 6
  • A young woman stands hunched over a dark desk in the bottom half of the picture. Her face is hidden behind shoulder-length golden-blonde hair with strawberry undertones. Her dress is long with pink and blue accents, but leaves her shoulders and upper back exposed. A white, smoke-like fog rises off her and into the painted portrait behind her, which holds a young figure in white with a malicious glint in their eye and a wicked smile. The frame is curved and wooden, and the backdrop of the portrait is an ominous purple smoke. At the bottom of the image is the title "This Wretched Beauty" in a large, elegant font, as well as the words "A Dorian Gray Remix" framed beneath it in a smaller, sleeker font. At the top of the page is the name "Elle Grenier" in the same font as "A Dorian Gray Remix."

    This Wretched Beauty

    February 17
  • Cover for Hungered, showing a car driving downhill, away from a house, with a multi-colored blue, purple, orange, and pink background.

    Hungered

    May 19
  • Cover for Second Time's a Charm, pink background with pink and blue frame. Features fire-spitting chickens, a dragon tail, and a disappearing porcupine. Author name: Taylor Epperson.

    Second Time’s a Charm

    April 21
  • The ghostly faces of two young men peering from behind a bunch of dandelions, which seem to be sprouting from their faces.

    The Black Parade

    April 28
  • Cover for Thunderstruck by Lissa Layland, with the title in hot pink font. The cover illustration features one woman and two men holding hands, with lightning on top of a purple background. The woman has brown hair. One man is wearing a white collared shirt and glasses, and has black hair. The other man wears a flannel shirt, and has red hair.

    Thunderstruck

    November 17
  • Female professor with dark red hair sitting on desk staring into eyes of male professor who is standing, leaning against desk with arms crossed over chest, sleeves rolled up exposing delicious forearms and staring back at female professor. Lots of tension. Stack of books between them on the desk. Post-its on the white board behind them. Title Love Between the Lectures is in dark pink script font, author Christie Curry's name is in white block font at the bottom. Background of book is pale yellow.

    Love Between the Lectures

    September 22
  • An aqua blue background features a red, orange, and yellow cartoon flame containing a man and a woman holding hands. They walk on the beach with rocks and a lighthouse in the distance.

    Burnout Summer

    May 12
  • Cover for The Music of Us, shows the inside of a cat café. The barista, a teen girl with blonde hair stands behind the counter holding a cup of coffee. A teenage boy in a black leather jacket sits on a stool, strumming a black guitar as he looks over at her. Four cats are playing around the café.

    The Music of Us

    June 2
  • Cover for Succubus: A Love Story, showing the title in white cursive with little devil horns and a tail over a background that shows a street with houses on it and a sunset sky and autumnal trees.

    Succubus: A Love Story

    October 20
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