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  • 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
  • The scene is a narrow street with row homes lit by street lamp along the left, with brick stoops. The title is in white sans serif: Whatever Happened to Eddy Crane? The subtitle is smaller, in gold: a memoir and a murder investigation. Kate Crane, is in white caps. The blurb at the top says: Beautifully crafted. Crane stirred the embers of a Baltimore cold case everyone else was willing to forget – her father’s. —David Simon.

    What Ever Happened to Eddy Crane?

    April 7
  • The cover shows a red door with Celtic designs, and the words THE CAFÉ OF INFINITE DOORS in white over the top. Around the door are black clouds with blue highlights and golden feathers.

    The Café of Infinite Doors

    April 28
  • Cover for The Forest Bleeds, showing an illustrated and haunting anatomical heart comprised of skeletal bones, blooming red and yellow flowers, and withered leaves on a black background. The book title and the author's name, Rachel Kitch, are written in a bold white font.

    The Forest Bleeds

    October 13
  • A white male tennis player in a white polo shirt and blue shorts leans in for a kiss with a Latino tennis player in a black tank top and black shorts. They are standing in front of the net on a pale green tennis court with fans in the stands behind them and a blue sky with clouds above.

    Thirty Love

    March 10
  • An illustration featuring the large side profile of a young woman with the silhouette of two two figures below standing in an otherworldly landscape with floating rocks. Planets with rings, a starry backdrop, and futuristic clothing add a touch of sci-fi to the image.

    The Celestial Seas

    March 31
  • 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
  • Cover for The Keepers, in tones of green, gold, and black. Centered are two stylized women; the one on the left wears a crown and holds a scepter, with a golden castle behind her. On the left, a figure in a green hood holds grey magic in her hands, standing before an apple orchard. Other imagery includes cats walking on the spokes of a Wheel behind the figures, as well as three cloaked and hooded figures in the foreground above the centered title and the author's name, Sarah Goehkre.

    The Keepers

    June 16
  • 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 Hellbound, showing an unsettling teal illustration of a woman drowning as ghostly hands and chains reach for her from the bottom of the water. The titles and author name, Stephanie Binx, are written in an eerie font.

    Hellbound

    August 25
  • The illustrated cover of Just Ask Elsie by Ari Koontz features a young white girl with blonde hair, standing in the middle of a school hallway and holding a stack of purple magazines that read "Elsie's Puberty Zine." Around her are cut-out doodles of birds and bees, hearts and emojis, and the progress pride flag. In the background, other students stand in front of blue lockers, watching and whispering. The title words are in mismatched fonts, with "Elsie" handwritten in gold sharpie over a piece of purple duct tape. The overall art style is soft-textured but bright, with pastel colors and rounded lines.

    Just Ask Elsie

    June 16
  • 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
  • Cover Once Upon A Song by Nadine Bells

    Once Upon A Song

    January 23
  • Blue placeholder image that reads "Cover coming soon!"

    The Legacy of Poe

    December 31
  • 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
  • Cover for The Soul Thief. A man with dark hair wearing a white hat and a woman with dark, curly hair, glasses, a red bandana, and tattoos stand back-to-back in a swirl of green, black, and red magic. A city glows behind them and a shadow looms over them. White text in a slashing font reads "The Soul Thief" and "Molly Haniszewski."

    The Soul Thief

    October 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
  • 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
  • Cover for Bones of Jade, Flesh Like Ice, showing an image of a woman in a hanfu with butterflies crawling up her neck and covering her face. There is a snake hidden in her hair ornaments and a pig carved onto the jade pendant at her neck. There is a fisherman featured on the hanfu.

    Bones of Jade, Flesh Like Ice

    November 10
  • Full moon, ruined church walls, two boys on the brink of a kiss that will change their lives.

    The Boy with the Heart of Sea Glass

    June 9
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