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

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  • 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 The Southern Sorority of Superstitious Witches, showing an illustrated gothic window with creeping vines around it and a tree branch with moss hanging from it above the window. Three women stand together facing one another with a candlelight illuminating their faces. The book title and author's name, Katie Ortiz, are written in a bold font.

    The Southern Sorority of Superstitious Witches

    October 6
  • 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
  • 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 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 Veiled in Shadow, which shows a woman in a blue dress with red hair standing in a doorway of the interior of a fancy train car. A man in a blue military type coat and dark hair stands facing her though he's not perfectly clear. The door frame contains two silver birds and a bottle.

    Veiled in Shadow

    December 1
  • Cover for Maggie and Arthur's Magic Moment, featuring a tall white man with glasses, dark brown hair with streaks of grey, wearing a jacket, leaning in to kiss a white plus-size woman with auburn hair. They are in a library and there are magic swirls all around them. The title Maggie and Arthur's Magic Moment is above them and the author's name, Leslie René, is at the bottom.

    Maggie and Arthur’s Magic Moment

    July 23
  • Cover for The White North Has Thy Bones, showing a small historical tallship on the sea, surrounded by icebergs. The northern lights is over it, in shades of blue and green. The title is written in chilling, handwritten font.

    The White North Has Thy Bones

    October 22
  • Cover for The Geomagician, with the title in the center and illustrations of fossils and florals in pinks, purples, and green. The largest items are a pterodactyl skeleton and an ichthosaur skeleton. The background is a parchment-color, and the illustrations are vintage in style.

    The Geomagician

    March 31
  • A summery green landscape/road with a red car parked on a road overhead with a man, woman, and pink haired teen gazing out at the golden sky and view. RETURN TO SENDER in pink cursive writing.

    Return to Sender

    July 28
  • The cover for the US edition of Love Galaxy, showing an illustration of two women standing along a rocky beach surrounded on both sides by camera drones. In the distance is a manor lit from within and the sky is swirling with the image of a galaxy and three moons.

    Love Galaxy

    May 5
  • Female race car driver and male race car driver standing in front of a track with open wheel race cars in the background.

    The Fast Track

    August 4
  • Cover for The Good Parts, showing two figures, one male one female, holding hands. Two identical figures are in white and orange. The book title and author's name are written in bold font on a bright orange, green, and blue background.

    The Good Parts

    July 28
  • Cover for SUBLIMATION showing two identical copies of a woman emerging from the center of the cover, which is a black void that radiates sunset colors. It looks very thriller science fictiony.

    Sublimation

    June 2
  • Cover for 72 Hours Of You: two teenagers standing in the middle of New York City. Hot pink steaks in a time lapse effect blurt past them as they embrace.

    72 Hours Of You

    September 1
  • A boy in profile view, the focus zoomed in on his head and shoulders as he falls against a teal background. The boy has his eyes closed, with pale skin and dark brown hair that seems to ripple as he falls. Other items fall around him: a microphone, newspapers (including one that reads, MOTHER POISONS HER SON), and a pillbox with pills falling out. The whole scene has a sort of glitched out quality to it, with portions of Alex and the falling items blurring into rainbow static.

    Alex, by Proxy

    July 21
  • Cover for Bad Things Happened Here, showing a biracial boy with light hair holding a flashlight, which is pointing at an abandoned building. There’s a woman with glowing eyes standing in one of the windows. In the background there’s a south Asian girl’s face partially covered by banana leaves. She looks worried. The book title is in a creepy font in orange.

    Bad Things Happened Here

    September 1
  • Cover for The League of Dangerous Young Ladies, showing several of the main characters silhouettes in period dress, as well as the title and author's name.

    The League of Dangerous Young Ladies

    June 2
  • A book cover featuring two characters, a handsome human wizard with his arm around a smaller gray-skinned person with pointed ears and dark hair. There's a weenie dog at their feet and wyverns flying in the air.

    The Education of Imryn Dyre, Wizard’s Apprentice

    November 24
  • Two football players numbered 6 and 16 are arm in arm facing a goal against the London skyline.

    Two Left Feet

    January 13
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