Amanda Williams's TEA & TIME LOOPS, a queer cozy fantasy pitched as LEGENDS & LATTES meets THE VERY SECRET SOCIETY OF IRREGULAR WITCHES by way of TJ Klune, set in a sleepy town where the resident town screwup and tea shop owner must travel back in time via a special brew to prove their innocence after someone is poisoned in their shop, to Ruoxi Chen and Molly Donovan at Putnam in a good two-book deal at auction, by Deidre Knight and Tyler Knight Jenny Linsky's YOU'VE GOT KUDOS, a m/m romance pitched in the vein of HEATED RIVALRY and SPOILER ALERT, in which an NHL player discovers gay fan fiction about himself and soon realizes he's in love with his captain and best friend, to Lizzie Poteet at Bantam Dell in a good two-book deal at auction, by Deidre Knight JP Rindfleisch IX's THE ALCHEMIST BAKER OF ROSEN, a cozy queer fantasy following a refugee baker whose forbidden magic keeps his struggling harbor district fed until the arrival of a royal inspector who threatens to expose him, to Chantelle Aimee Osman at Simon Maverick in a nice deal on exclusive submission, by Elaine Spencer Kassandra Tyst's ELSIE LOVELACE'S GALLERY OF ENCHANTMENTS, featuring a gallery of living paintings, an enigmatic aristocrat who spent the last century stuck in a portrait, and the docent, who never thought she had the ability to free him—or that this very ability might be as dangerous to her person as he is to her heart, to Kirsiah Depp at Grand Central, by Lucienne Diver Kaylee Archer's FATE BOUND, following a bound mage of fearsome power who clashes with a thief whose newly awakened abilities pose a danger to all—as passions ignite, together, they may just burn the world down, to Katie Holt at Griffin, by Lucienne Diver BLOOMS EVERY DAY, a design-forward floral guide that shows readers how to create contemporary arrangements using accessible materials and everyday flowers by Amy McCord, creator of online supplier and educational platform Flower Moxie, to Nicole James at Quarto Books, by Elaine Spencer Cat Sebastian's AFTER HOURS AT DOORYARD BOOKS, a story of healing, connection, and found family centered around a used bookstore in New York City in 1968, to Kerri Buckley at Dreamscape Media at auction, by Elaine Spencer Hailey Edwards's THE PIXIE IN THE PICKLE JAR, books four and five in the Groom & Doom series, to Ryan Nuzzo at Tantor Media, in a nice two-book deal, by Lucienne Diver |