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  • Book cover with a neon sign outline of an arm holding a knife. The neon is the colors of the lesbian pride flag. In brushed font, the title reads Robbie McNeil's Hit List (A Mystery).

    Robbie McNeil’s Hit List

    March 24
  • 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
  • On a blue background, a chuppah decorated with flowers is centered with the title Soon By You scrawled inside. One side of the chuppah is on fire, and a broken glass rests beneath it. The tagline reads, "They're certainly a match made in somewhere."

    Soon By You

    May 19
  • The cover shows a young girl swimming in the ocean, her body like a shadow. She is red-haired. There are vibrant pink and orange coral reef beneath her. Above her is the watery shape of a woman representing Moana, the ocean. Moana wraps the young girl in her arms. Moana's body is all blue, made of water, fish, waves, and bubbles. In the center is the title of the book in thin, gold letters: Salt Water Blood. The author's name, Manuia Heinrich, is written in white at the bottom of the cover.

    Salt Water Blood

    November 17
  • In the bottom left and right are two temples, and both are foregrounded by blue and red flames. PRODIGAL TIGER is in the center of the cover. There are flames reaching up all across the cover in shades of blue, red, pink, orange, and green. A Malaysian-Chinese girl stands in the top center of the cover, accompanied by a white blue and white tiger. At the top is Samantha Chong's name.

    Prodigal Tiger

    March 17
  • A girl and boy lean outside a window at a night sky, wisteria flowers carried by wind.

    The Free Verse Society

    March 24
  • An illustration of a man and a woman, each holding a book, facing each other. Below them, a flashback scene shows a younger version of the couple on a bench. He is reading, while she lies down with her head on his lap, also reading.

    The Write Off

    April 7
  • Cover for Last Kiss of Summer, showing a watercolor sunset. The sun is golden yellow and shaped like a heart and the bottom of it is sinking into a turquoise ocean. The tag line at the top reads 'Nothing breaks like a heart' in a light yellow font that matches the light yellow color of the title, which is all lower cased above the heart.

    Last Kiss of Summer

    April 28
  • A beige book cover with bright, multicolored block letters and hot pink doodles of a heart, a lightning bolt, and the crossed-out letters from a nostalgic M.A.S.H. game. The title reads “The MASH Up” and the words “a novel” are circled beneath it in pink. The author’s name, Laura Marie Meyers, is in a blue script font along the bottom, and at the top, in pink text, is a blurb from author Emily Giffin, which reads, “An irresistible, page-turning treat from first laugh to last swoon.”

    The MASH Up

    July 7
  • Cover for How the story goes, featuring a stack of four books against a night sky with the words "How the Story Goes" cascading down their different colored covers at angles. The edges of the books' pages include simple images of a castle, a hand writing, and a couple walking hand in hand, as well as decorative fall leaves and birds.

    How the Story Goes

    May 5
  • Cover image for Fire Power, a novel by Mir Benitz. Image shows two people in racing gear, holding their helmets in front of them—one is a blonde-haired woman in a red suit with embroidered patches; the other is a dark-haired man in a black and gold suit with a family coat of arms on the chest. Behind the title is a pair of red dragon's wings.

    Fire Power

    September 10
  • 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
  • Dark blue book cover with four curvy lines that look like roads (light blue, royal blue, gray-blue, and beige). Title in center reads I'M THE UNDERTOW. Author name below reads ERIC SCOT TRYON

    I’m the Undertow

    May 5
  • A book cover in varying shades of orange, with a smaller square overlay of pink streaked paint reminiscent of a framed painting that provides the backdrop for the cover art. The title, Don't Tell Me How It Ends, lies within that pink square, and is written in capitalized white block font, which is also made to look like paint strokes. Below the title, an illustrated Black man and woman of varying skin tones embrace, wearing dark colored casual clothing. To their left, the author's name, Adrienne Thurman, is in a white handwriting font, as are the words, "A Novel" just to the couple's right. Along the top border of the cover, in block letters of the deepest shade of orange, the tagline reads, "No spoilers. Just sparks."

    Don’t Tell Me How It Ends

    April 14
  • Cover for The Book Tour, showing an illustration of a woman and man sitting atop an implausibly large stack of books, with artful plane routes surrounding them.

    The Book Tour

    March 3
  • A little girl is dressed in a kimono and a flower in her hair. Her arms are outstretched in a dance and there is a sun in the background. The book title, author's and illustrator's names are in all-caps.

    I Am a Bon Dancer

    March 24
  • 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
  • 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 14
  • 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 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 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 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
  • Blue placeholder image that reads "Cover coming soon!"

    The House Built on Alligator Bones

    October 6
  • 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 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
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