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  • Cover of the book "Burn the Sea" with the title written in swoopy gold-yellow font. There is a woman in the foreground playing a tambura. She is wearing a teal-green lehenga with gold trim and is holding the tambura such that its neck is covering half her face. She is staring at the audience and her unbound curls cascade down her shoulders. A dagger leans against one of her legs. She is sitting in a stepwell, and her toes and hem are in the pool of water at the base. There is a snake made of smoke hovering in the upper right corner.

    Burn the Sea

    April 21
  • A man reads on a park bench beneath a modern lamp post in the upper left corner, upside down. A woman waits beneath an old-fashioned lamp post in the bottom left corner, right side up, both silhouetted in light blue against yellow clouds. Silhoettes of St. Paul's cathedral sit in opposite corners in blue. The title, All We Have is Time, covers the center in stacked words over grey and yellow clouds on a navy blue background dotted with stars. The authors name sits beneath it.

    All We Have is Time

    February 24
  • Cover for The Wives of Herrick Hall, showing an image of a wreath made of burning flowers, with a purple ribbon, purple thread, glass bottle, and a pair scissors wound throughout. Two cameo purple and white brooches showing two young women facing each other rests at the bottom of the wreath. The book title lies in the center of the wreath, and the author's name, Julie Lew, at the bottom.

    The Wives of Herrick Hall

    May 5
  • Cover for A Fate Worse Than Drowning, showing dark red waves leading up to a craggy island and a lighthouse that is shining yellow light across a sky with stars.

    A Fate Worse Than Drowning

    July 21
  • The UK cover for Vile Lady Villains, showing an illustration of two women, one with red hair, a white dress and a red cloak, and one with black hair and a black dress. Both are holding daggers on each other's throats.

    Vile Lady Villains

    April 2
  • A book cover in lime green depicting the silouhette of a female rice farmer with her chin slightly raised ,looking upward. Within the silouhette there are images of rice terraces and distant mountains. The cover features the book title, And The Ancestors Sing, and the author name, Radha Lin Chaddah.

    And The Ancestors Sing

    February 3
  • A stylized book cover with ornate pink borders and gothic flourishes. The large word “Beth” appears at the top in white cursive letters, dripping with blood. Below it, in bold block letters, are the words “IS DEAD.” At the bottom, the author’s name “Katie Bernet” is written in a classic serif font. The design has a dramatic, high-contrast aesthetic with a mix of elegance and horror.

    Beth Is Dead

    January 6
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    Bones of Jade, Flesh Like Ice

    November 10
  • Two teenage girls in regency attire are cuddling together on a chaise lounge. One is blonde with a blue dress; the other is dark haired and is wearing a slip and a dark green men’s coat.

    The Unruly Heart of Miss Darcy

    April 7
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    The Legacy of Poe

    December 31
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    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
  • Cover for The Cloak and Dagger Club, showing a 1930s woman holding a bleeding pen over an Art Deco background. She has red hair and a green dress. The book title and the author's name, Jackie McMahon, are written in a vintage font. The tagline is: No one knows more about murder than a mystery writer.

    The Cloak and Dagger Club

    July 14
  • A mermaid with glowing eyes and tentacle-like hair curling around a human girl, while seaweed and coral obscure them from view.

    Endless Blue Beneath

    June 9
  • Blue placeholder image that reads "Cover coming soon!"

    Death in Verse

    December 31
  • Cover for The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies, showing a bright blue sky with a hint of an Oxford college at the bottom. A man and woman's sillouhettes stand beside the title with a fountain pen spilling red ink stabbing the letters.

    The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies

    September 1
  • Cover for HENRY TUDOR MUST DIE, showing a woman in historical dress holding a skull. The title is overlaid in hot pink.

    Henry Tudor Must Die

    July 21
  • 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
  • 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
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    The Southern Sorority of Superstitious Witches

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

    Muñeca

    June 2
  • 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
  • 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 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
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