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NEWS

WE BURNED SO BRIGHT by TJ Klune was selected for the May 2026 Indie Next List, included in The New York Times’s What to Read Next interactive, featured in IGN’s Best New Books of April 2026, highlighted in Parade as one of Goodreads’ top two highly anticipated dystopian novels of April 2026, included in The Spokesman-Review’s “12 upcoming books we’re excited to read”, featured in Gizmodo’s “72 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books Arriving in April”, and recommended in The Nerd Daily’s “10 Tips To Escape A Reading Slump.” The audiobook was also named an April Editors’ Pick by Audible and Spotify.

STAR SHIPPED by Cat Sebastian was included in the New York Times Book Review’s spring book recommendations video and was also featured in the New York Times’s “Romance Novels Where Even the Non-Sexy Parts Make Your Heart Race”.

The adaptation of HEATED RIVALRY by Rachel Reid received recognition at the 19th Television Academy Honors, along with five other series, for “harness[ing] the extraordinary power of television to advance social change.”

IT WATCHES IN THE DARK by Jeff Strand won the Magnolia Book Award in the 6th-8th grade category.

THE DOOR IN PENROSE FOREST by Sean David Robinson received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.

Kobo selected MORE LIKE ENEMIGAS by Stephanie Hope as an April 2026 pick in its Best of Romance category.

AN ORDINARY SORT OF EVIL by Kelley Armstrong made BookBub’s “15 Historical Mysteries Out This Spring” roundup, and A DEADLY INHERITANCE appeared on CBC’s list of “30 Canadian books for middle-grade and teen readers to pick up this spring”.

AUTHOR TIP OF THE MONTH

Hailey Edwards is a USA Today bestselling author who writes stories of magic, romance, and mystery. Her latest releases are THE VAMPIRE IN THE PODDING SHED and THE GOBLIN IN THE SINK DRAIN.

 
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Hailey's Tip:

The best tip I can give new authors is to trust your process. Pantser? Plotter? Plantster? All valid writing methods. Whether you organize your thoughts ahead of time or enjoy flying by the seat of your pants (like me!), believe in yourself and what process makes sense to you.

Stay true to what resonates with you, and don’t be afraid to eliminate techniques that bog you down or stress you out. The most important thing is not how words get on the page but that they do.

RECENT DEALS

Pigeon advocate and rehabilitator Ed Constantine's PIGEON PLANET, an exploration of pigeons and our relationship with them, from the urban pigeons that live in cities all over the world to specially bred and pampered house pets, to Lauren O'Neal at Tarcher at auction, by Elaine Spencer

VP of Random Acts of Kindness Foundation and TED speaker Brooke Jones's BETWEEN US, a guide designed to help parents and tweens build trust, communication, and connection through simple prompts, to Kimberly Von Fange at Align Insight at auction for publication in summer 2027, by Elaine Spencer

Rachel Reid's HEATED RIVALRY, THE LONG GAME, and UNRIVALED, to Rye Field (Taiwan), in a nice three-book deal at auction; and the Game Changers series, to United Creadion (China), in a nice multi-book deal at auction, by Lucy Su at The Grayhawk Agency on behalf of Elaine Spencer

BSFA Award-winning author of JITTERBUG and EMBERS OF WAR Gareth L. Powell's UNLEASHED, marking the author's horror debut, about a police officer who encounters monstrous realities when he returns to Montana to bury his father; and AFLOAT, following a father who ventures into the ruined and overrun remnants of London to find a cure for his son, to Fenton Coulthurst at Titan Books in a two-book deal for publication in August 2027 and March 2028 respectively, by Lucienne Diver

NEW CLIENTS ON THE BLOCK

Allie Baker

Allie Baker

Allie Baker is a Los Angeles-based marketing specialist and former magazine editor, who has held editorial positions at Us Weekly, Self, and Food Network Magazine. She writes steamy queer stories that put the contemporary in contemporary romance. When she’s not writing in her sweatpants, she’s going on global adventures to inspire material for writing in her sweatpants.

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Ed Constantine

Ed Constantine writes about pigeons, people, and the strange relationship they have built together over thousands of years. He is a pigeon advocate and rehabilitator, the creator of The Pigeon Guide, a widely used online resource for pet pigeon care, and the human behind @themessengerpigeons, where his two rescue pigeons use their own keyboards to chat with their audience. His work draws on storytelling, science, and animal care to help people see pigeons more clearly: intelligent, affectionate, a little silly, and much misunderstood

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Melanie Rebecca Gall

Melanie Gall is a writer, theater historian, and performer whose solo career has spanned from Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York City to Royal Albert Hall in London. Melanie is passionate about preserving history and highlighting forgotten stories from the past, both through her books and her theater work. She lives between Brooklyn, NY and Ottawa, Canada with her rescue sparrow, Colette.

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Helen Glynn Jones (also writes as Isadora Love)

Helen Glynn Jones writes fantasy and romantasy novels, as well as spicy contemporary romance under the pen name Isadora Love. When she’s not writing stories, she likes to travel, hunt for vintage treasures, explore stone circles and watch the sky change colour. She lives in the UK with her family.

Katherine Nichols

Katherine Nichols

A journalist, author, and five-time Ironman World Championship finisher, Katherine has written hundreds of articles for publications such as the magazines of the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and New York. Her television work has included writing, producing, and hosting an adventure travel series throughout Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. She earned an MBA from Yale after completing a master’s degree and BA in literature at UCLA, where she also competed in cross-country and track.

NEW RELEASES

WE BURNED SO BRIGHT by TJ Klune

WE BURNED SO BRIGHT by TJ Klune

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A heart-wrenching standalone novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, We Burned So Bright follows an elder gay couple on an end-of-the-world road-trip.

The road stretched out before them. No other cars, just the headlights on the blacktop. Above, the cracked moon in a kaleidoscope sky….

Husbands Don and Rodney have lived a good long life. Together they've experienced the highest highs of love and family, and lows so low that they felt like the end of the world. Now, the world is ending for real. A rogue black hole is coming for Earth and in a month everything and everyone they've ever known will be gone.

RISE OF THE CELESTIALS by Kritika H. Rao

RISE OF THE CELESTIALS by Kritika H. Rao

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Internationally bestselling author Kritika H. Rao weaves a stunning tale of love, seduction, and betrayal in this enchanting and romantic conclusion to the Divine Dancers duology that started with The Legend of Meneka.

After completing her dangerous mission to seduce Sage Kaushika—and unexpectedly finding love in the process—Meneka enjoys a fragile freedom. She now lives in the mortal realm with Kaushika, both learning to trust each other. Yet deep differences linger between them, and conflicting loyalties may still tear them apart.

The illusion of peace shatters when Meneka is abruptly summoned back to the City of Immortals by Lord Indra, who demands her help in facing a threat from the demonic realm. Meneka wants nothing to do with Indra's schemes, but she can't return to Kaushika unless she complies.

MORE LIKE ENEMIGAS by Stephanie Hope

MORE LIKE ENEMIGAS by Stephanie Hope

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A heartfelt, humorous sapphic romance about a woman navigating family drama amidst her cousin's weeklong wedding—where she's reunited with a childhood rival-turned-ally who could be so much more.

Isabella Valdes knows three things for certain:

• Her late father's Cuban restaurant is thriving.

• She owns lots of designer things.

• Both of those statements are absolute lies to make her mother happy.

PARANORMAL PAYBACK edited by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L. Hughes

PARANORMAL PAYBACK by edited by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L. Hughes

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A superstar lineup is included in this urban fantasy collection featuring short stories from New York Times bestselling authors Jim Butcher, Holly Black, Kim Harrison, Faith Hunter, and more.

In this short story collection, our heroes get what's due to them—with a supernatural flair. But the injustices that have been holding them back might cost them more than they realized. 

HER CAMERON BODYGUARD by Beth Cornelison

HER CAMERON BODYGUARD by Beth Cornelison

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Actress Kara O'Quinn knows too much—and now she's fleeing a corrupt businessman determined to silence her.

Enter Daryl Cameron. The former military officer turned computer analyst helps her escape from the UK to the US, stepping into the role of de facto protector...and fighting an attraction neither can afford to entertain.

Until the unthinkable happens: Kara has been recognized and their picture is spread across the internet. Now there's nowhere they can hide.

HEIR TO THE ITALIAN ALTAR by Rebecca Hunter

HEIR TO THE ITALIAN ALTAR by Rebecca Hunter

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An accidental pregnancy, marriage of convenience, Italian playboy billionaire romance by Rebecca Hunter.

He wants a shotgun wedding… She's holding the trigger!

Independent Ann-Sophie's secret liaison with playboy tycoon Alessandro Carandini was very out of character and very indulgent. Then he walked away, leaving behind the ghost of his caress…plus a nine-month consequence!


THE GOBLIN IN THE SINK DRAIN by Hailey Edwards (Audiobook)

THE GOBLIN IN THE SINK DRAIN by Hailey Edwards

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Everything Ana Sartori knows about herself, and her father, is a lie.

Or so the Walsh clan would have her believe. Their claims are convincing, the details too vivid to dismiss outright, but she can't imagine her father as the villain of her story. Carmichael Sartori is a lot of things. Ruthless. Merciless. Pitiless. But alphas aren't known for being pushovers.


THE VAMPIRE IN THE POTTING SHED by Hailey Edwards (Audiobook)

THE VAMPIRE IN THE POTTING SHED by Hailey Edwards

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There are two things Ana Sartori knows for certain. She can't shapeshift into a wolf like her father or his pack. And, despite her being a latent, little more than human, he loves her despite her faults.

She's never going to be an alpha like him, but she can still hold her own in a fight. Not that her life is violent. He makes sure of that.

Aside from occasionally wrestling pets into a headlock when it's time to trim their nails at Gwinnett Street Groomers, Ana leads a simple life. At least that was the case until someone broke into her pet resort and spa, leaving a mystery dog behind in one of the bougie boarding suites.

DEATH AT A HIGHLAND WEDDING by Kelley Armstrong (paperback)

DEATH AT A HIGHLAND WEDDING by Kelley Armstrong (paperback)

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Death at a Highland Wedding is the fourth installment in New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong's gripping Rip Through Time Novels.

After slipping 150 years into the past, modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson has embraced her new life in Victorian Scotland as housemaid Catriona Mitchel. Although it isn't what she expected, she's developed real, meaningful relationships with the people around her and has come to love her role as assistant to undertaker Dr. Duncan Gray and Detective Hugh McCreadie.

EVERYDAY WITCH'S BOOK OF DEITIES: ANCIENT GODS FOR MODERN PAGANS by Deborah Blake

EVERYDAY WITCH'S BOOK OF DEITIES: ANCIENT GODS FOR MODERN PAGANS by Deborah Blake

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Find Your Divine Match Among 70 Deities from Diverse Pantheons

The latest entry in Deborah Blake's Everyday Witchcraft series, this inclusive, beginner-friendly book shows you how to create your personal practice with deity—or expand your current worship—using spells, rituals, and activities designed for greater connection.

Featuring Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Celtic, and Norse pantheons, this book offers practical suggestions for building relationships with the deities who resonate with you the most. Deborah Blake presents a brief overview of each pantheon and the roles gods play in it. She also shares suggestions on how to set up altars and more effectively communicate with your chosen deity.

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