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  • A cover with fire on the left edges and ice on the right edges centering around a girl in shorts and a tank top, raising a sword high and summoning lightning in front of a massive purple-y european dragon inside some sort of arena. The title: Child of the Dragon is written across the center in a curly, silver font, and the author name is in a smaller version of the same and says Ashley N.Y. Sheesley.

    Child of the Dragon

    March 10
  • Cover for Sparring Partners by Erin Rose; the backdrop is dark blue with a red MMA octagon and heavy bag in the back. Front and center are a man and a woman, each wearing MMA gloves and posed as if about to spar. Both are smiling. The man is muscular with a brown fade cut and many tattoos on his arms. The woman is also muscular and a brunette. They're each wearing sparring gear. There's a blurb from bestselling author Emilia Finn: "Dive into the gritty world of lust and loss, found family, and how important it is to fight for those we love. I was hooked."

    Sparring Partners

    March 31
  • Cover for Kill Your Darlings, showing an illustrated teenage girl, Thulasi, who is horrified when monsters appear to coming from her open book. She is shadowed above by the villain, Addison Greer, wearing a menacing smile, and surrounded by a contingent of monsters, including a vampire, a harpy and a howling dog.

    Kill Your Darlings

    September 22
  • Cover for It's All In Your Head by Sabina Nordqvist. Over a light purple background, the title is written in 3D lettering in pink and white. Illustrations show a red-haired white woman wearing chronic illness awareness socks and reclining on the word "ALL". A brown-haired white man holding a cane leans against the word "HEAD." Other illustrations show snowboarding goggles, a pill, and a snowboard. The tagline reads "Your fake relationship shouldn't come with chronic feelings."

    It’s All In Your Head

    February 10
  • Two characters stand shoulder to shoulder smirking at each other. The girl has her arms crossed in a short black lace dress with fingerless gloves. Her black hair is braided into buns at the nape of her neck. The boy has chin length black hair and olive skin. He's wearing a maroon kitesurfing shirt and jeans. They stand in front of a large wrought iron gate covered in vines outside a dark turreted mansion. The title covers the image: You're Dead to Me Reed Walker. Above it is the tag line: They'd kill each other. If they weren't already dead.

    You’re Dead to Me, Reed Walker

    May 12
  • Ocean maelstrom surrounded by rainbow eucalyptus tree, sampaguita flowers, and green leaves. At the heart of the maelstrom is a wooden ship with red Asian-style sails.

    Saltswept

    February 26
  • Two people are facing one another. On the left, a tall man with long, wavy brown hair with primroses in it. He wears a plaid in various shades of green with leafy embellishments. He’s smiling down at the woman, gently holding her chin with his thumb. The woman on the right has long, tawny hair tied halfway back with a thin ribbon, a white rose behind her left ear. She wears a long sleeved dress in a sandy color and holds a basket full of flower in the crook of her arm. She is looking up at the man. The two are surrounded by rose bushes in pastel colors. The image is framed in black with an intricate bronze border. In the foreground there is the title in white letters with purple borders: “My Thorns For Your Roses” with the author’s name “Kristen Argyres” below. In small text above the woman, next to the man’s head are the words “The Cairnwood Reel Series.”

    My Thorns For Your Roses

    April 14
  • 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
  • Cover for The Soul Thief, showing a femme person with dark curly hair, tattoos, and glasses standing back-to-back with a masc person with dark hair wearing a white hat. The two of them are surrounded by shadows, with a city in the background.

    The Soul Thief

    November 3
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    The Christmas Curse

    December 31
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    The Legacy of Poe

    December 31
  • The title-focused romantasy/dark fantasy book cover shows THE LURE OF WOLVES AND WHISPERS in holographic foil lettering against a solid black background, with swirls of foil mist interweaving with the haunting figures of ferocious wolves in the same holographic foil.

    The Lure of Wolves and Whispers

    July 7
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    Hellbound

    August 25
  • Book cover for The Halls of the Dead, with the title in neon yellow and the author's name (S. M. Hallow) in white. The cover depicts a teal-colored skull, and a golden imperial moth whose eye-spot intersects the eye socket of the skull. There are burgandy flowers in the background that look like chrysanethemums.

    The Halls of the Dead

    August 18
  • Cover for The Bloodweaver depicting the main character, Kerick, standing alone at dusk. He holds a glowing ball of magic in his hand and his eyes are closed. Cast in blue light, he's wearing a double-breasted coat with a cloak adorned with a grape and grapeleaf motif. The title and the author's name C. N. Kuster are written in a art-nouveau-style font that the magic loops through.

    The Bloodweaver

    June 23
  • A dark-blue ocean at night, the rocks spelling out THE COVE. Author and tagline in the sky: Claire Rose. They’ve been waiting for you.

    The Cove

    May 5
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    The Third Wish

    December 31
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    The Jezebel List

    August 25
  • Cover for The Greatest Game. A woman with blonde hair stands in front of an African American man as they stare defiantly at each other. They wear sports clothes and their whistles are tangled together. In the background is a soccer field with a goal and soccer ball.

    The Greatest Game

    May 5
  • Book cover of Cosmic Goodness: Surrendering the Shadows to Live in the Light by Cassidy Gard, foreword by Mariel Hemingway. The design features a modern reinterpretation of Botticelli’s Birth of Venus, showing Venus standing in a seashell against a surreal desert landscape with pink, orange, and purple tones beneath a cloudy blue sky. At the top of the cover, a white endorsement blurb from Mark Watts of the Alan Watts Organization, appears. The title “Cosmic Goodness” is in large golden-yellow letters, with the subtitle and author’s name in white and magenta text below. “Foreword by Mariel Hemingway” appears at the bottom. The overall composition conveys themes of transformation, renewal, and self-discovery.

    Cosmic Goodness: Surrendering the Shadows to Live in the Light

    May 12
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    Cut to the Ending

    December 31
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    The Patron Saint of White Menageries

    September 1
  • The cover for Double Happiness depicts an illustration of a young, thirty-something Asian American woman with red lips and sunglasses, with a backdrop of the Manhattan skyline. Two yellow bubbles to the upper right and lower left of her depict the silhouettes of her two love interests. The Chinese character for "love" is also shown twice on the cover in vibrant yellow. The title, "Double Happiness," and the author's name, Heather Eng, are written in a bold sans serif font.

    Double Happiness

    May 19
  • Cover for Home Sick, showing two sheep heads staring out at the viewer on a gradiated pink background. One of the sheep has creepy black eyes, like a shark. The book title and author's name, Rhiannon Grist, are written in a thick, pointed font.

    Home Sick

    July 14
  • Cover for Between Sun And Shadow, showing two illustrated teen girls. On the left, Adria is tall and muscular, with short unruly hair. She has wings and claws, presently holding a small glowing sphere. On the right, Kori is a little more than half her height, fully armored except for her helmet, and brandishing a pistol.

    Between Sun and Shadow

    May 5
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