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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
  • 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 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
  • Homebound: a novel by Portia Elan, over a background of blue sky, pink and purple clouds, which dissolve into pixels in places.

    Homebound

    May 5
  • Cover for Bound by Fury, showing a mixed media brown-skinned girl facing the viewer. She has grey eyes and two brown buns. She wears a black top and has a gold necklace. Behind her, a white male looks off to the side. In the foreground a castle-like school is in blue tones, and behind them, a large pink moon glows. Blue and pink swirls add detail. The book title and author name - noelle monét - are in a serif font. The book also features celestial sprayed edges in a dark blue.

    Bound by Fury

    August 18
  • A bright yellow cover with a minimalist illustration of two orbits and multiple orbiting bodies. A small black spaceship with a white skull against it is illustrated at the bottom of the cover. The Iron Garden Sutra is written in large, white letters across the cover in three lines.

    The Iron Garden Sutra

    February 24
  • A book cover in dark blue depicting a gemstone jutting up from the bottom right. Nestled among the gems rugged facets is a tower with golden windows and a twisted tree. To the top left of the tower are two small white birds. In gold at the top is the book title, Black As Diamond. In white at the bottom is the author's name, U.M. Agoawike.

    Black As Diamond

    March 3
  • On the book cover, the title appears in large gold letters against a dark blue background depicting the night sky. There is a glowing white crescent moon at the top center, and on the left and right edges are two tall hawthorn trees with thorns and red berries. In the branches sit several small animals and other objects, including a weasel, a pair of white mice, a teacup, and a crown. At ground level, there is a cottage and pine trees lighted in green and gold. In front stand two figures in silhouette; the one on the left is taller with short hair, and the one on the right is shorter with long hair, and is holding the leash of a small dog that stands between them.

    Into the Midnight Wood

    January 13
  • A white cabin sits on a black background with a white ground that bleeds into dripping red. White birch trees with eyes surround the cabin. In white text, the title surrounds the cabin and trees saying: THE DARKNESS GREETED HER. In red text at the top right is a tagline that says: Everyone has a monstrous side... In red text on the bottom left is the author's name: Christina Ferko. A red slash of color with a white fire symbol is centered on the left side of the cover signifying the book as part of Sourcebooks Fire's Midnight Reads line.

    The Darkness Greeted Her

    February 3
  • Blue placeholder image that reads "Cover coming soon!"

    With All My Haunted Heart

    September 8
  • A black book cover with a gold fringe on either side, as well as a gothic looking arch, in the same gold, with hot pink roses inside two triangles. Under the arch is a golden bat, and beneath that, the title The Book of Blood and Roses, in a gold and white font. Beneath the title is a white and pink book, flanked by two pink candles. Beneath is a golden rectangle encasing the author’s name, Annie Summerlee, in a gothic font.

    The Book of Blood and Roses

    January 13
  • 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
  • Cover for The Sea Hides Its Dead, showing a red-tinted eye staring out from amidst the text, as well as blue-shaded waves. The text of the book's title is in white block letters, and the name of the author, Megan Bontrager, is in red.

    The Sea Hides Its Dead

    July 14
  • 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
  • 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
  • Book cover of RUINOUS CREATURES by Jessi Cole Jackson. A dark background with a phoenix skull and flowers behind it.

    Ruinous Creatures

    March 10
  • Cover for Death Card, showing a Black teen girl with box braids holding a tarot card, the Death Card, in front of her face.

    Death Card

    August 11
  • The cover of A BARISTA'S GUIDE TO LOVE & LARCENY, featuring a young couple staring at each other. The girl has purple hair in a braid, white skin, and a white sweater with an amethyst necklace. A crow with turquoise feathers sits on the girl's shoulder. The boy has brown hair, tan skin, and a brown sweater. There is a mug of coffee and several bottles on the table where they sit. The backdrop is blue and purple, filled with clouds and stars.

    A Barista’s Guide to Love & Larceny

    January 13
  • An Indian woman with long brown hair wearing a red dress, gold bangles, and shattered star-shaped sunglasses with a woman’s reflection in them. She’s blowing out a match. Background is blue. Text: You’ll Never Forget Me, A Novel, Isha Raya.

    You’ll Never Forget Me

    January 13
  • Book cover with background of roman eagle drawn in oil, with a silhouette in gold of a victorian-garbed woman wielding a sword. Cover text reads Godstorm, Solitaire Townsend and with She Is The Sword in red.

    Godstorm

    January 15
  • 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
  • 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
  • Blue placeholder image that reads "Cover coming soon!"

    The Legacy of Poe

    December 31
  • Cover Once Upon A Song by Nadine Bells

    Once Upon A Song

    January 23
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