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

    Change My Mind

    December 31
  • 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
  • Cover for Wolfheart, showing the silhouette of a wolf howling at a large full moon. The moon is a pinkish red tint and a pinkish red fog is dispersed through the foreground. In the background are silhouettes of birds and pine trees. Beneath the wolf, the tagline reads, "Be careful who you meet under a full moon."

    Wolfheart

    September 17
  • Cover for Rage of the Wiled, showing atmospheric background with dense, shadowy blue-green foliage bordered in metallic gold vines. From the top dangles a gold spider. A gold fox is centered beneath the large serif title: Rage of the Wiled. Revey Galaer is centered at the cover's bottom.

    Rage of the Wiled

    October 27
  • Cover for Copper Breadcrumbs shows a background of shining copper pennies. In the foreground there are two silhouettes, a short teenager facing a menacing knight silhouette holding a sharp sword menacingly in his direction. The book title and author's name, James Edgar, are written in block copper font.

    Copper Breadcrumbs

    June 11
  • Cover for Strange Lights showing an illustrated night scene of a campfire by a Winnebago with pine trees in the background. A man in a sweater and jeans and a young child with long hair, rainboots, a backpack stand next to the campfire, both facing away. A third person is visible lounging on the top of the Winnebago, also facing away. Two round roomba style vacuums fly through the air. The title is written in an illustrated font of stars at the top of the image and the authors' name, Mira Gonzalez, is written in slanting font at the base of the image. The color scheme is neon pink, orange, and blue with green.

    Strange Lights

    October 6
  • Cover of The Mess That Made Them by Ryan T. Pozzi.

    The Mess That Made Them: How History’s Greatest Artists Failed, Floundered, and Made Something Brilliant Anyway

    September 3
  • Cover for The Ginghams, showing a distressed girl with a messy, blonde ponytail surrounded by kids her age all dressed in gingham with dead-eyed expressions and creepy, identical smiles. The title, THE GINGHAMS is written up top in Flourescent green, with the author’s name, TC Kemper written at the bottom. The tagline is also featured: Never Trust A Perfect Smile. The cover is illustrated in shades of blue.

    The Ginghams

    July 28
  • Cover for The Last Telegram of Mrs. Hudson, showing an illustrated Victorian London street with black lampposts and horse-drawn carriage against a graduated vibrant blue background. There are the illustrated silhouettes of two women in long, ornate Victorian dresses in the middle. The book title is in bold white font, and the author's name is in light pink, as are other details on the cover such as the lights of the lampposts. Black and light blue envelopes swirl across the scene, and one of the women is holding a solitary pink envelope.

    The Last Telegram of Mrs. Hudson

    September 3
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