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May Releases

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  • 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 An Inheritance of Lies, showing a woman dressed in a white blouse and a grey skirt sporting her curly hair loose about to board the RMS Lusitania, docked by the quay. The book title, An Inheritance of Lies, and the author's name, Rebecca A. Carter are written in an elegant font.

    An Inheritance of Lies

    May 5
  • On a navy blue background with stars, an illustration of a woman and a man standing together, clasping hands. The woman is of East Asian appearance, with long black hair, and she is wearing a white grey and white striped t-shirt and blue jeans. The man is of Caucasian appearance, with short blond hair, and he is wearing a white button-up shirt with a pair of glasses tucked into the chest pocket, and brown trousers. Surrounding them is an illustration of a wooden-framed window with several arches. The central arch frames the couple, while two pointed arches on either side contain stained glass depicting images of a black cat (left) and a green lizard (right). Pointed arches on either side of those are empty with the night sky visible. Ivy surrounds the wooden frame. Silvery grey text reads: "International bestselling author / Keshe Chow / Strange Familiars". Smaller text in blue reads: "Academic rivalry is beastly."

    Strange Familiars

    May 19
  • Cover for That Which Feeds Us, showing a girl with short curly hair sitting next to a green wall. Persimmon tree branches, full of ripe and rotting fruit, are growing out of the wall behind the girl and are piercing her skin. There are moths on top of the tattoo sleeves covering her arms and plumeria flower buds unfolding near her face. The book title and author's name, Keala Kendall, are written in a bold font.

    That Which Feeds Us: a Hawaiian Gothic

    May 26
  • Two characters stand shoulder to shoulder smirking at each other. The girl has her arms crossed in a short black lace dress with fingerless gloves. Her black hair is braided into buns at the nape of her neck. The boy has chin length black hair and olive skin. He's wearing a maroon kitesurfing shirt and jeans. They stand in front of a large wrought iron gate covered in vines outside a dark turreted mansion. The title covers the image: You're Dead to Me Reed Walker. Above it is the tag line: They'd kill each other. If they weren't already dead.

    You’re Dead to Me, Reed Walker

    May 12
  • Cover for The Wives of Herrick Hall, showing an image of a wreath made of burning flowers, with a purple ribbon, purple thread, glass bottle, and a pair scissors wound throughout. Two cameo purple and white brooches showing two young women facing each other rests at the bottom of the wreath. The book title lies in the center of the wreath, and the author's name, Julie Lew, at the bottom.

    The Wives of Herrick Hall

    May 5
  • Cover for Smash or Pass by Birdie Schae, showing an illustration of two girls kissing. They are holding a beach volleyball in front of their faces. The background is a bright blue sky.

    Smash or Pass

    May 12
  • On a blue background, a chuppah decorated with flowers is centered with the title Soon By You scrawled inside. One side of the chuppah is on fire, and a broken glass rests beneath it. The tagline reads, "They're certainly a match made in somewhere."

    Soon By You

    May 19
  • The cover of the Lustrous Dark: The silhouette of a girl facing the entrance to a cave of luminous crystal pillars that swirl with pink, blue, and purple. She is surrounded by a dark, foreboding forest.

    The Lustrous Dark

    May 19
  • Cover the Stars, Stripes & Summer Nights shows a girl and boy sitting on a red checkered picnic blanket on a grassy field covered in white flowers in front of a two story farmhouse with white walls and a red roof. It is night time and there are fireworks in the sky. Two Secret Service agents, a man and woman, in dark suits watch the couple from the background.

    Stars, Stripes, & Summer Nights

    May 12
  • A book cover that shows poloraids of three girls with brown skin in bright clothing appearing in front of different locations. The polaroids sit atop a scrapbook page of various patterns.

    The Summer Scrapbook

    May 5
  • A collection of different ripped papers reading "In Case I Go Missing" on a backdrop of spooky bare trees and sparks from a fire.

    In Case I Go Missing

    May 26
  • Cover for the In the Country I Love includes a mosque in the center of an American suburban neighborhood, with two boy figures walking toward the mosque. A sky full of stars and a small crescent moon appear surrounding the title and author's name, written in gold bold font.

    In the Country I Love

    May 26
  • A boy and a girl run in a cloud of purple mist, with a yellow dragon looming overhead, against a setting of misty mountains, rivers, dandelions, and a full moon.

    Song of the Yellow Dragon

    May 12
  • 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
  • A beige background is framed by the brown earth of a grave dotted with stylized human bones. Three adorable black kittens with blue eyes peer over the edges as if looking down on the viewer inside the grave. Text reads The Black Cat Detectives: A Mystery, by Kit Gray.

    The Black Cat Detectives

    May 26
  • Cover for The Greatest Game. A woman with blonde hair stands in front of an African American man as they stare defiantly at each other. They wear sports clothes and their whistles are tangled together. In the background is a soccer field with a goal and soccer ball.

    The Greatest Game

    May 5
  • Book cover of Cosmic Goodness: Surrendering the Shadows to Live in the Light by Cassidy Gard, foreword by Mariel Hemingway. The design features a modern reinterpretation of Botticelli’s Birth of Venus, showing Venus standing in a seashell against a surreal desert landscape with pink, orange, and purple tones beneath a cloudy blue sky. At the top of the cover, a white endorsement blurb from Mark Watts of the Alan Watts Organization, appears. The title “Cosmic Goodness” is in large golden-yellow letters, with the subtitle and author’s name in white and magenta text below. “Foreword by Mariel Hemingway” appears at the bottom. The overall composition conveys themes of transformation, renewal, and self-discovery.

    Cosmic Goodness: Surrendering the Shadows to Live in the Light

    May 12
  • Cover for How the story goes, featuring a stack of four books against a night sky with the words "How the Story Goes" cascading down their different colored covers at angles. The edges of the books' pages include simple images of a castle, a hand writing, and a couple walking hand in hand, as well as decorative fall leaves and birds.

    How the Story Goes

    May 5
  • Cover for The Saw Mouth, showing a long black ethereal monster with dripping teeth looming behind a car driving down a country road framed by dead trees reaching over it. The background is orange and the monster is black.

    The Saw Mouth

    May 12
  • Cover for The Color of Time by Millie Abecassis, showing an illustrated canyon landscape with a star-filled sky above it. In the middle is the protagonist, a woman with blue eyes wearing a green suit, a cloak, and a mask covering her face. She holds an astronaut helmet in her left arm, and two snakes. On the left and right sides of the cover are symetrical green snake-like patterns. The title is displayed above the character, and the author's name at the bottom.

    The Color of Time

    May 19
  • The cover for Double Happiness depicts an illustration of a young, thirty-something Asian American woman with red lips and sunglasses, with a backdrop of the Manhattan skyline. Two yellow bubbles to the upper right and lower left of her depict the silhouettes of her two love interests. The Chinese character for "love" is also shown twice on the cover in vibrant yellow. The title, "Double Happiness," and the author's name, Heather Eng, are written in a bold sans serif font.

    Double Happiness

    May 19
  • Dark blue book cover with four curvy lines that look like roads (light blue, royal blue, gray-blue, and beige). Title in center reads I'M THE UNDERTOW. Author name below reads ERIC SCOT TRYON

    I’m the Undertow

    May 5
  • Cover for She Waits Where Shadows Gather, by Michelle Tang, showing a red cover with mangoes dripping bloody instead of juice, and an insect on the mango. The tagline: "He came back from the dead, but he didn't come alone" is written in creepy font.

    She Waits Where Shadows Gather

    May 5
  • Cover for Between Sun And Shadow, showing two illustrated teen girls. On the left, Adria is tall and muscular, with short unruly hair. She has wings and claws, presently holding a small glowing sphere. On the right, Kori is a little more than half her height, fully armored except for her helmet, and brandishing a pistol.

    Between Sun and Shadow

    May 5
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