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  • Cover of Never Alone by Victoria West shows a dark peach cover with a black rip. Atop sits a gold pen that forms into a rose shape with the shadow of a figure reflected in the petal of the rose. The title is in black over the dark peach top half in sharp font.

    Never Alone

    June 9
  • Cover for Apocalypse Baby, a graphic novel, showing the illustration of two boys holding a baby while standing in knee-deep blue water. They are surrounded by dark purple hands reaching towards them and splatters of blood. The tagline is 'boy meets boy ... meets zombie'. The book title and author's name, Anna Penn, are written in a bold, brush-like font.

    Apocalypse Baby

    October 8
  • The cover for Vampire Menstrual Syndrome shows a simple, neon outline of a face with an ajar mouth. Fangs peak from between the lips and two trails of blood streak down the chin.

    Vampire Menstrual Syndrome

    December 8
  • Cover for My Violent Muse, showing classic painting of two women inside art-work frame upon black background. One woman is kissing the other on the head, the other woman is staring straight ahead. The book title is written in gothic light pink font, and the author name is written in dark pink cursive font.

    My Violent Muse

    October 6
  • US Cover for Mothsblood, featuring an illustrated purple iron wrought gate over avdark background. One door stands ajar. Golden moths flutter out, framing the title MOTHSBLOOD, and the author's name, Lynn D. Jung.

    Mothsblood

    October 13
  • Cover for Lethal Kiss, showing a silhouetted face lifted by a monstrous hand in profile against a background a red roses and twisting vines. The book title and author’s name (Taylor Grothe) are in chartreuse serif font.

    Lethal Kiss

    October 20
  • Cover for An Embodiment of Souls by Julia Laurel. The illustration depicts a Gilded Age city at night lit by lanterns, the moon and stars. Intricate architecture transitions into a more austere brick building with red accents, and within the alcoves of the building are skeletons and the abstract forms of human bodies controlled by outstretched hands. Bones and skulls adorn the ground.

    An Embodiment of Souls

    November 10
  • A book cover that is purple with wisps of gold and pink. Atop grass are two black silhouettes of women with a golden tether wrapping around them. Pink text says: WAXING AND WANING. Above that is an eclipse.

    Waxing and Waning

    December 1
  • Cover for Devil of the Deep showing an illustrated, larger than life, Black woman partially submerged in a turbulent sea while a storm rages in the background. The woman manipulates the sea with her hands and wears a conch shell on her head as a headdress. She has strings of beads and pearls dangling from her neck and wrapped around her wrist. The book title is written in the top left corner in, bold, white letters. The author's name, Falencia Jean-Francois is printed in the bottom left corner in smaller but still bold, blue font.

    Devil of the Deep

    April 7
  • Cover for The Stolen Women: A Novel by Alysandra Dutton, which is a moody blue with two orange vector illustration silhouettes of Roman women reaching and swooning, evoking paintings of the Sabine women from the past.

    The Stolen Women

    October 27
  • Book cover for From Beijing, With Love by Bei Lin, showing an illustration of two men holding hands with the Great Wall of China in the backdrop. The book title is written in a cursive font. The author name, Bei Lin, is on the bottom of the illustration.

    From Beijing, With Love

    September 29
  • The cover for Freedom to Me by Sidney Quinn featuring a pink California sunset framed by palm trees. There is a tall ship in the background, and a revolver on the sand in the foreground. The tagline says "Mystery, corruption, and a secret that threatens to tear their love apart."

    Freedom to Me

    June 16
  • Cover for There Used to Be People Here, showing a starry night sky with a red streaked comet across it. A car with bright headlights sits on the road beneath the title. The book title and the author’s name are written in a bold, large cap font.

    There Used to Be People Here

    November 3
  • A silhouette of a woman looking into a three-way mirror with two reflections looking back at her. Half is dark blue with teal accents. The other half is teal with dark blue accents. Over the illustration in yellow is the title: The Fractured Life of Lucy Hughes: A Novel" and the name of the author: Annie Morgan.

    The Fractured Life of Lucy Hughes

    September 22
  • "Cover one: UK cover for Nemesis Mine, showing two men staring at each other intensely whilst holding daggers to each other's throats, with a night sky and full moon in the background. The man on the left has long blond hair and wears a pale blue shirt, the man on the right has shorter brown hair and wears a cream shirt. Nemesis Mine is written in spiky bright pink lettering across the front.

    Nemesis Mine

    June 18
  • Cover for Wasp's Nest: A Novel, showing lounge chair poolside in front of dark green bushes. The sky in the background is a yellow-tinged blue with hints of gathering clouds. The title and author's name, Kat Stoddard, are written in a yellow serif font.

    Wasp’s Nest

    June 30
  • Cover for A World Apart, showing two men reaching towards each other without touching, with a scene of Victorian London in the background. The colours are vibrant red, blue, and purple with gold leaf accents. The book title and the author's name, Meghan Nesmith, are written in ornate font.

    A World Apart

    November 17
  • Cover for No Man’s Daughter showing a woman with olive skin and dark hair, in frontier clothing, and holding a rifle with glowing runes. The background depicts trees and antlered phantom giants. The book title and the author's name, Justine Lombardi, are written in Nordic font.

    No Man’s Daughter

    June 2
  • Cover for Dead Boys Club, showing an illustration of two boys standing in front of a car with a mountainous National Park in the backdrop. There is a fire tower in the distance. The boy on the left has dark brown hair and is dressed in punk fashion. The boy on the right is pale with red hair and is dressed in a green shirt and cargo pants.

    Dead Boys Club

    September 15
  • Cover for A (Dead) Thing Like Me, showing an illustrated coffin with the title inside. Illustrated Ouija board elements (a planchette, a skull, an all-seeing eye, stars, and moon phases, and the words “hello” and “goodbye”) surround the coffin. The background color is black, and the coffin and elements are hot pink, turquoise, yellow, and orange. In hot pink, a blurb from AS King, Printz award-winning author of “Dig,” says, “Stunning … a suspenseful tale of friendship and healing”

    A (Dead) Thing Like Me

    August 18
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