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

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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 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
  • 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 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 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 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 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 of The Witch in the Dead of Night, showing a stained glass-style illustration on a navy background with red roses around the border. Two figures, a man dressed in black and a woman in orange, are depicted on the far left and far right of the cover, respectively, watching each other. The book title is written in the middle of the cover, and the author's name, Charlotte Buckley, is written at the bottom. Yellow moons and suns are depicted across the top border, and a pair of black and red wyverns intertwined at the tail at the bottom above the author's name.

    The Witch in the Dead of Night

    August 13
  • Cover for It's A Business Doing Pleasure With You by Lindsay Lewis, showing an illustrated woman with blonde hair wearing a yellow blazer facing a shirtless mixed martial arts fighter.

    It’s A Business Doing Pleasure With You

    August 11
  • Illustrated book cover for "The Tinsel Twist" by Rosie J. Potter, showing a snowy landscape with pine trees and a curvy road. A small town sits in the background with a plane flying over. In the middle ground, a van has run off the road into a snowbank. In the foreground a couple in winter clothes hold hands. The title is wrapped in Christmas lights with a cat sitting on top of the text.

    The Tinsel Twist

    November 3
  • 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
  • Cover for The House Built on Alligator Bones, showing an illustrated alligator at the top of the page, and an old mansion on the bottom of the page. A woman steps toward the house's front steps.

    The House Built on Alligator Bones

    October 6
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
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