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  • Cover for Casually Yours, showing an illustration of a man and woman holding one another in the window of a historic hotel. It is nighttime. The book title is written in cursive and the author name, Vivian Jia Lac, is written in bold yellow font.

    Casually Yours

    March 17
  • 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 of These Kindred Hearts by Shari B Pennant, with purple smoke, and illustrations of sword, book, cauldron, skull, rose, cat, fox, bottle, quill and crown.

    These Kindred Hearts

    June 30
  • 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
  • Cover for Last Night I Dreamed of Home, showing an illustrated girl with pink hair opposite a boy with dark blue hair, juxtaposed against a background of the Toronto skyline and an Asian night market.

    Last Night I Dreamed of Home

    October 22
  • Cover for Silk and Sensibility, showing an illustration of pink plum blossoms and two blue swallows on a white background. The book title and author's name, Mengxi Seeley, are written in a simple serif font.

    Silk and Sensibility

    September 15
  • Cover for Frankie Lu's Summer of No Regrets, showing an illustrated girl and boy sitting on a bench, looking out over the Taipei cityscape. The book title is written across the top in a swirling handwritten font and the author's name, Betty Chang, is printed across the bottom of the cover.

    Frankie Lu’s Summer of No Regrets

    September 29
  • Blue placeholder image that reads "Cover coming soon!"

    Smile for the Camera

    December 31
  • Cover for Beneath the Same Round Moon: A Mooncake Festival Story, showing family members around a yellow moon. Main character is wearing yellow and red, and she's holding a mooncake. Written by Jasmine Fang and illustrated by Rong Pham and Vinh Nguyen.

    Beneath the Same Round Moon: A Mooncake Festival Story

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

    Good For Her

    April 28
  • Cover for Working Well, showing three paper clips, blue, white, and green, interconnected on an orange background. The book title and author’s name are in bold font and the subtitle is in white font.

    Working Well: How to Build a Happier, Healthier Workplace Through the Science of Attunement

    March 24
  • Cover for Love Witches and Wahala, featuring an illustrated bakery against a purple and blue sparkly background. There's also an illustration of a black female with braids dressed in an Ankara gown holding a bowl of puff-puff on the left, and another illustration of a black male with locs dressed in a light grey jacket and blue pants holding a blueprint.

    Love, Witches, And Wahala

    November 17
  • Cover for The Fire Walker, showing two illustrated characters - Appa and his son Velan- and a temple Kovil gopuram. The characters are wearing traditional shirts and are against a blue and magenta twilight background, with stars in the sky. Fiery sparks and the stars glow the scene. The book’s title, the author’s name, Ainkaran Sivaaji, and the illustrator’s name, N. Dejeshwini, are written in a bright artistic font.

    The Fire Walker

    September 15
  • Cover for We Run the Night, showing an illustrated black girl looking afraid and two ghostly figures of a boy and a girl staring down at her, on a background of a tree with branches growing through the ghostly figures. The book title and author’s name, Peace Mbengei are written in yellow font.

    We Run The Night

    September 15
  • Cover for All the Scattered Stars, showing a dark green background with a predominate golden koru done in a distressed style. An intricate gold border of lines, dots, and swirls frames the edges. The title is spelled out in a bold, golden font and the author's name, Via Luino, appears at the top.

    All the Scattered Stars

    April 21
  • The cover for The Game of Oaths, featuring a red circus tent with the Eiffel Tower in front, and a golden trapeze artist above. The circus tent is flanked with red roses, joker playing cards, and red butterflies with gold designs. The book title is in front of the image, with a dagger making up the "T" in the word "Oaths" and dripping blood. The author's name, S.C. Bandreddi, is below on a brown ribbon. The cover's background is a teal blue color and decorated with gold sparkles, as well as the outline of an analog clock.

    The Game of Oaths

    June 2
  • Cover for How to Love You When You're Gone. A blond teenage boy, in a pasta-water yellow poleo, sits across from a brunette teenage girl wearing a yellow hat. They're at a diner, sitting in a red booth. The walls are bright pink!

    How to Love You When You’re Gone

    May 26
  • A pink cover with gold accents. A banner with the title reading “Letters from the Last Apothecary” over a photo of a Victorian style greenhouse at sunset.

    Letters from the Last Apothecary

    June 9
  • Cover for "Casting April," showing an illustrated Chinese girl pulling back a theater curtain to reveal a stage. She is wearing a headset and a tracheostomy tube, and she's holding the script for a play called "Finding Primula." Onstage, an actor in an astronaut costume is looking into the spotlight. The book title is decorated with stars.

    Casting April

    June 16
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