Tuesday Tomorrow
The Antiquarian's Object of Desire by India Holton
Published by: Berkley
Publication Date: April 21st, 2026
Format: Paperback, 368 Pages
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The official patter:
"When two history professors and best friends are forced to fake hate to protect their reputations, chaos ensues, in the next rollicking historical-fantasy rom-com from beloved author India Holton.
Magical-antique experts Amelia Tarrant and Caleb Sterling have been best friends forever, although lately each has begun secretly wishing for more than friendship. But when rumors about their relationship spread, they're forced to fake being enemies to protect their reputations and keep their jobs.
The resulting arguments spark havoc across Oxford University, and when they cause an explosion while fighting over a magical antique, it's the final straw for their exasperated faculty head. He dispatches them to a job in Cumbria where even they can't get into trouble....
Which proves just how wrong one man can be. In a stormbound old manor house, Amelia and Caleb face magical mayhem and rampaging ghosts that make the previous havoc look mild in comparison. Most troublesome of all, though, is the secret of how they feel about each other. When it comes to tackling deadly antiques, hiding the truth in their hearts could destroy them for real."
India Holt's Love Academic series is legitimately already enshrined as a classic. Why else is Julia Quinn featuring the first book in her publishing imprint Kickstarter?
Blackthorne Faire by John Adcox
Published by: Story Plant Gold
Publication Date: April 21st, 2026
Format: Hardcover, 688 Pages
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The official patter:
"Welcome to Blackthorne Faire, a place of wild music and unbridled, boisterous dance! Of theatre and pageantry! Of deadly duels and rapier-fast quips! Of roasting turkey legs and drinking bouts!
Welcome to Blackthorne Faire, a place of whispered rumors of unexplained disappearances. Of mystery, intrigue, and murder.
Welcome to Blackthorne Faire, a modern Renaissance Festival where nothing is what it seems. It is a place where a lost tune rediscovered in The Hidden Book of Secret Knowledge stirs long forgotten magic, and where never-before-seen tarot cards foretell unexpected futures that always, always come true.
Welcome to Blackthorne Faire, where true love is found and lost and lost again in the shadow of a coming war between the mob and the Courts of Faerie.
Beware, mortal, oh, beware the sounds that echo over the hills, across the bluffs, and through the winding pathways, for no one can hear the horns of Elfland and remain unchanged."
Mainly due to A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms I've been having Ren Faire withdrawal. This book perfectly fits the bill.
Tea and Treachery at the Infinite Pantry by Jo Miles
Published by: Jo Miles
Publication Date: April 21st, 2026
Format: eBook, 348 Pages
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The official patter:
"A good cup of tea can fix any problem, she's always said. For this one, she's going to need more tea.
To Glendevyn, the Infinite Pantry is far more than a magical museum of the world's most treasured foods. It's the home she's always longed for. As the new head curator, she expected to wrestle with ornery funders and too-tight budgets…but when rare items in the collection suddenly start decaying, reduced to dust despite their protection spells, she's out of her depth.
The elven mage Irdruan would do anything for Glendevyn - even hide their feelings for her. She clearly doesn't return those feelings, after all, and how can they risk their friendship when she's relying on their support? But even with all Irdruan's magic, they can't find a way to do the one thing Glendevyn needs from them: to put a stop to the growing destruction.
Caught between an unknown magic threatening everything they've built and a wealthy funder pushing to take control, Glendevyn and Irdruan will do whatever it takes to save the Infinite Pantry. They'll have to learn to trust each other - and themselves - as they fight for their home with the power of love, friendship, and delicious food.
The first book in a new series, this sweet cozy fantasy is steeped in magic and deliciousness, like curling up with a warm mug of tea."
Those chonky cats on the cover have already stolen my heart.
Thristlemarsh by Moorea Corrigan
Published by: Berkley
Publication Date: April 21st, 2026
Format: Hardcover, 432 Pages
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The official patter:
"Faeries disappeared over one hundred years ago, as suddenly as slipping through a doorway. It was only the very foolish, or the very determined, who held out hope for their return.
Welcome to Thistlemarsh - a ramshackle estate where an impoverished orphan and a beguiling Faerie collide in an enchanting novel of love, revenge, and ruin.
In the wake of The Great War, the world is a decidedly unmagical place for Mouse Dunne. She once dreamed of becoming a Faerie anthropologist, but with one telegram, her world shattered. At the Battle of the Somme, her cousin's body disappeared into the mud, and her brother was left with debilitating shell shock. It was time, she knew, to put aside childish dreams.
When Mouse receives news that her uncle has left her the Faerie-blessed Thistlemarsh Hall, a dilapidated manor in the English countryside, she must leave her brother's side and return to her childhood home to claim her birthright. But there is a catch in her uncle's offer: If Mouse does not rehabilitate the crumbling house in one month's time, she will forfeit her inheritance and any hope of caring for her brother.
It quickly becomes clear it's impossible to repair the manor in the allotted time, until a mysterious Faerie appears with a proposition. He offers to restore Thistlemarsh...for a price. Mouse knows better than to trust a Faerie - especially one so insufferably handsome and arrogant - but she is out of options. There are dark and magical forces at work in the house, and Mouse must confront the ghosts of her past and the secrets of her heart or lose Thistlemarsh, and herself, in the process."
Desperate times call for desperate measures. In fact, they might call for Faerie bargains...
City of Iron and Ivy by Thomas Kent West
Published by: Forever
Publication Date: April 21st, 2026
Format: Paperback, 576 Pages
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The official patter:
"This beguiling historical romantasy debut blends dark academia with the glamour of Bridgerton, as a scholar of magic investigates her sister's murder - perfect for fans of Heather Fawcett and H. G. Parry.
In an alternate London alive with botanical magic, Elswyth Elderwood is a thorn among roses: a bristly, scarred scholar in a world of socialites. Her sister Persephone is the opposite: a graceful debutante seeking a marriage that will save their family from ruin. At least, until Persephone is murdered.
Suddenly the last scion of her house, Elswyth must abandon her studies and find a wealthy husband. She is thrust into a London fueled by floromancy: hedge witches sprout nightshade from their fingertips, high-born ladies weave gowns from wildflowers...and a serial killer called the Reaper transforms his victims into plant-human hybrids.
When clues suggest the Reaper is a powerful nobleman, Elswyth's search for her sister's killer and her hunt for a husband become one and the same. But she is drawn to bastard-born archaeologist Silas Blackthor - -who may have dark, twisted secrets of his own.
Elswyth must determine friend from foe and lover from liar - or suffer the same fate as her sister."
I love a ton tormented by terror.
Aphrodite in Pieces by Lauren J.A. Bear
Published by: Ace
Publication Date: April 21st, 2026
Format: Hardcover, 384 Pages
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The official patter:
"Experience the myth and magic of antiquity's most alluring - and provocative - goddess as never witnessed before, in this gorgeously rendered, unflinching, and deeply vulnerable retelling from the author of Mother of Rome and Medusa's Sisters.
Two hundred years before the common era, Aphrodite surprises an itinerant sculptor with a shocking request: Hear my story, see me for who I truly am, and carve it into stone. Never before has the goddess posed for her likeness, and as the artist works, she shares pieces of herself.
Her greatest triumphs and most grievous mistakes. The truth behind the tales of her beneficence and vengeance. And the one epic romance that slips through her perfect fingers, time and time again.
Part memoir, part fantasy, and all heart, Aphrodite in Pieces begs the eternal, essential questions: what do love and beauty truly mean? And can they last?"
Totally here for a muse baring her soul to a sculptor.
May the Dead Keep You by Jill Baguchinsky
Published by: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: April 21st, 2026
Format: Hardcover, 384 Pages
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The official patter:
"Perfect for fans of Don't Let the Forest In and Wuthering Heights, this gothic horror novel is about the pasts that haunt us and the stories we decide to make for ourselves.
There's nowhere Catie East would rather be than the redwood forest that surrounds her family's unusual historic home, the Heights.
She prefers being alone in the forest. People are...complicated. But when a scientist and his son move into the estate's cottage, planning to study the woods around them, the boy catches Catie's eye. And when a dead woodpecker miraculously comes back to life in his precious hands...he captures her heart.
Necromancy isn't the only strange thing happening in the Heights. There's an unfamiliar face in the mirror. Blood on the floors. Eyes in the wallpaper. And the men around her - including her once-sweet nature boy - are becoming something else. Something possessive and frightening. Something violent.
As the Heights's dark history starts to come to light, Catie discovers that the home she loves is imbued with pain. And even though the pain isn't her own, it will corrupt her and the people around her all the same - unless she can stop it.
A story about breaking cycles of abuse and overcoming generational trauma, May the Dead Keep You is an edge-of-your-seat read - equally horrifying, heart-wrenching, and hopeful."
Confronting generational trauma can start the healing of house and home.
Odessa by Gabrielle Sher
Published by: Little Brown and Company
Publication Date: April 21st, 2026
Format: Hardcover, 288 Pages
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The official patter:
"In a powerfully imagined Russia at the height of the pogroms, a grief-stricken family turn to ancient magic to bring their daughter back from the grave.
Yetta is a bright, quick teenage girl with a wild, searching spirit. Stifled by her mother's anxiety, her father's rules, and the path that's been laid out for her, she craves freedom, the edges of which she doesn't know. But her family has reason to be cautious and restrictive. Fear has wrapped itself around their shtetl. Jews are mysteriously disappearing, and there are whispers of an impending attack. When violence comes to their door, Yetta is killed.
Her father, in his grief, fumbles through his nascent knowledge of ancient texts and old magic to bring her back. By some miracle, Yetta is returned - but although she looks the same, she is not the girl she once was. Yetta senses there is a secret her family is keeping from her. The answer resides, in part, in the creature lurking in the woods beyond the shtetl - something that may be of her father's making, and a being that has plans of its own."
The Gothic vibes of that cover combined with necromancy make this a book that needs to be on my shelves.
Crossroads by Laurel Hightower
Published by: Shortwave
Publication Date: April 21st, 2026
Format: Paperback, 112 Pages
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The official patter:
"How far would you go to bring back someone you love?
When Chris's son dies in a tragic car crash, her world is devastated. The walls of grief close in on Chris's life until, one day, a small cut on her finger changes everything.
A drop of blood falls from Chris's hand onto her son's roadside memorial and, later that night, Chris thinks she sees his ghost outside her window. Only, is it really her son's ghost, or is it something else - something evil?
Soon Chris is playing a dangerous game with forces beyond her control in a bid to see her son, Trey, alive once again."
Yeah, I have a feeling you can see the theme I'm going for here...
The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer
Published by: Atria/Emily Bestler Books/12:01 Books
Publication Date: April 21st, 2026
Format: Hardcover, 320 Pages
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The official patter:
"Follow the Rites...
Nothing less than the survival of humanity is at stake.
From Marcus Kliewer, a new "titan of the macabre and unsettling" (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), comes a supernatural horror about a young woman who accepts a caretaking job from Craigslist, only to discover the position has consequences far greater - and more dangerous - than she ever could have imagined.
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY:
Caretaker urgently needed. Three days of work. Competitive pay. Serious applicants ONLY.
Macy Mullins can't say why the job posting grabbed her attention - it had the pull of a fisherman's lure, barbed hook and all - vaguely ominous. But after an endless string of failed job interviews, she's not exactly in the position to be picky. She has rent to pay, groceries to buy, and a younger sister to provide for.
Besides, it's only three days' work...
Three days, cooped up in a stranger's house, surrounded by Oregon Coast wilderness.
What starts as a peculiar side gig soon becomes a waking nightmare. An incomprehensible evil may dwell on this property - and Macy Mullins might just be the only thing standing between it, and the rest of humanity.
Follow the Rites...
Follow the Rites...
Follow the Rites...
..--- / ..... / ---.."
Wait, is Craigslist still a thing? Also, if you're getting paid to save the world, it's not all bad...
The Black Crow Book of Best New Horror Volume 1 edited by Matt Holland and Jamie-Lee Nardone
Published by: Black Crow Books
Publication Date: April 21st, 2026
Format: Hardcover, 200 Pages
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The official patter:
"13 original tales to terrify in a brand new anthology showcasing the very best and bizarre in horror fiction.
Featuring horror legends and worldwide bestsellers Olivie Blake, Ramsey Campbell, Lisa Tuttle, Tim Lebbon, V Castro, Ally Wilkes, Rian Hughes, Lindy Ryan, Susi Holliday, Lily Kade, T.L. Huchu, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and Clay McLeod Chapman.
Be careful what you wish for.
Whether searching for love, fame, money or revenge, remember that everything comes with a price. From stepping into an unknown in nature to ignoring the warnings of locals, to finding your perfect match or facing the hidden horrors of your past, beware.
The thirteen stories in this brand-new anthology explore the dark side of human nature and take us into the hidden, terrifying recesses of a world we never see. Until it's too late..."
Why is this cover so familiar to me!?!
The Voice Said Kill by Si Spurrier and Vanesa Del Rey
Published by: Image Comics
Publication Date: April 21st, 2026
Format: Paperback, 136 Pages
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The official patter:
"Fargo meets Deliverance in this trippy fever-dream thriller, juxtaposing gorgeously pastel sunsets and vibrant hues of the wilderness with shadowy nightmares and dark deeds.
The wet heat of the Louisiana bayou.
Alligator poachers prowl the mudbug mire.
A park ranger, heavily pregnant, raises a hateful mug of moonshine with a criminal matriarch.
And one deadly sonuvabitch, out of his mind on shrooms and retribution, loads his rifle for the human hunt and screams down the stars.
From award-winning creators Si Spurrier (Coda, X-Men, Step by Bloody Step) and Vanesa Del Rey (Redlands, The Creeping Below) comes a fever-dream Cajun crime thriller about murder, madness and motherhood.
Collects all 4 issues."
I can not tell you much I dislike the art of Vanesa Del Ray. If her name is attached to a comic I will never buy it.
Liar's Creek by Matt Goldman
Published by: Minotaur Books
Publication Date: April 21st, 2026
Format: Hardcover, 336 Pages
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The official patter:
"From New York Times bestselling author and Emmy Award-winner Matt Goldman comes Liar's Creek, which asks how far we'll go to protect the people we love.
Riverwood, Minnesota is a scenic town threaded with trout streams carving their way through limestone bluffs. But beneath its picturesque facade, danger runs rampant.
Clay Hawkins isn't a stranger to the secrets of his hometown. After twenty years away, Clay has recently returned home from abroad with his twelve-year-old son, and his relationship with his father, the recently replaced sheriff, is as strained as ever.
But when Clay's beloved uncle disappears, the three generations of Hawkinses must overturn every stone in Riverwood and confront deep familial wounds to find the one person who brings them together. As danger looms, Clay worries that it might be too late to save his uncle - and that the rest of the family might be next."
Best time to have your family at your back? When otherwise you'd die.
Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth
Published by: St. Martin's Press
Publication Date: April 21st, 2026
Format: Hardcover, 352 Pages
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The official patter:
"From Sally Hepworth, the New York Times bestselling author of The Soulmate and The Good Sister, comes a twist-filled, darkly funny mystery about the two kinds of people no one ever expects to be murderers: little girls and old ladies.
Meet Mad Mabel.
Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick is eighty-one years old. She's lived on her idyllic street, Kenny Lane, for sixty years - longer than anyone else. Aside from being a curmudgeon who minds everyone else's business, few would suspect that Elsie has a past that she has worked exceedingly hard at concealing. Because when it comes to murder, no one ever suspects little girls or old ladies. And Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick, once a little girl and now an old lady, has a strange history of people in her life coming to a foul end.
When a new little girl (talkative, curious, nosy) moves into the neighborhood and stops at nothing to befriend Elsie, her carefully-constructed life threatens to come crashing down as the secrets in Elsie's past start coming to light. Who was "Mad Mabel" fifty years ago? Who is Elsie Fitzpatrick today? And if the past has a habit of repeating itself, who has the most to lose?
Told with Sally Hepworth's twists, humor, charm, and heart, Mad Mabel is novel that weaves past and present together - through the power of justice and redemption, and all the way to its stunning conclusion."
Well, if a little girl were nosing around why not just teach her the subtle arts of murder? Win win.
A Cute Little Murder by Molly Harper
Published by: Berkley
Publication Date: April 21st, 2026
Format: Paperback, 368 Pages
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The official patter:
"She used to be the sidekick. Now she might be the only one who can survive.
As teens, Harlow Drake and Lainey Piper built an online fandom solving small-town crimes. Harlow was the star, Lainey the behind-the-scenes genius (and often, Harlow's scapegoat). Years later, Harlow's hosting a hit true crime tv show. Lainey? She's working in forensics. Well, forensic accounting...from home. In pajamas. With her cat.
But when Harlow faces significant backlash over fumbling a case, she needs a quick win - like a special investigation into the decades-old disappearance of a starlet from a once-glamorous, now decrepit island hotel. The catch? It's bankrolled by Deke and Bryce of DBag Games, who are looking to shed their "frat bro" reputations. As long-time fans, they have one requirement for their funding: Lainey has to play the sidekick again.
Lainey is wary, but the offer is a lifeline in a sea of unpaid student loans. After reaching the Crossings Hotel, she realizes she's not content to be Harlow's helper anymore. As the cold case heats up, a crew member falls over dead, presenting Harlow and Lainey with a more modern mystery: what secrets does this hotel hide within its walls?
With sabotage, hidden staircases, and a killer in their midst, Lainey steps into the spotlight and takes charge of the investigation. It's up to her to crack the case - as long as she can stay alive."
Hey, working from home with your cat is a valid career path.
Flirting with Murder by Amanda Sellet
Published by: Wednesday Books
Publication Date: April 21st, 2026
Format: Paperback, 320 Pages
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The official patter:
"The Agathas meets Thursday Murder Club in Amanda Sellet's next YA novel, a cozy mystery with a splash of romance.
Some people visit Florida for theme parks and beaches. High school junior Virginia Tillis is there for murder. Accidents, electrocution, tainted hand lotion: every victim meets a different end at her grandmother Lainey's rococo pink condo. Such is life (and death) when you roll with a crew of theater retirees who roleplay murder mysteries from the comfort of their own home in a game they fondly call Killing Me Softly.
But this summer, fictional murder has given way to the very real death of the building's beloved owner and his dramatic last testament has the vultures circling, from estranged relatives to sleazy property developers, dead set on getting the most from his will.
Adding to the tension for Virginia is the appearance of Felix, the cute guy she met at the airport who turns out to be the grandson of one of the condo's residents. With his charm and musical theater chops, he's the person Virginia most wants to beat at Killing Me Softly. That is, until the day they discover an actual dead body while playing the game, forcing them to work together to figure out whodunit.
In this comedic mystery about finding the Watson to your Holmes, Virginia and Felix must banter their way from rivals to co-detectives in time to save their eccentric grandparents from a shocking disruption to the community they've always loved."
Seriously though, why isn't this book called Killing Me Softly!?!
Piece by Piece by Erin Frankel and Stacy Innerst
Published by: Calkins Creek
Publication Date: April 21st, 2026
Format: Hardcover, 48 Pages
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The official patter:
"Stephen Sondheim learns to assemble musicals like the pieces of a puzzle on his way to becoming an American theater icon.
An inspiring nonfiction picture book on the creative process that will spark an interest in music for kids ages 7–10.
Before he became a greatest lyricist and composer, Stephen Sondheim was a boy filled with curiosity - a boy who loved figuring out how things worked. After his parents' divorce scattered the pieces of his life, he found comfort in music.
Guided by his mentor, Oscar Hammerstein II, Stephen learned that the best way to get better was to practice: choosing notes, choosing words, and putting it all together, piece by piece. Writing musicals wasn't easy, and not everyone loved Stephen's new and unusual shows. But Stephen loved figuring it out, and loved the way the people in every show became like a family.
Author Erin Frankel's prose and illustrator Stacy Innerst's art combine in beautiful harmony. Together, they bring to life Stephen Sondheim as he solves musical puzzles, writing hit shows like West Side Story, Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, and many more!"
Wait this actually is for kids!?! When I read it I couldn't picture anyone who'd by it. Now I'm doubly sure no one will buy it if it's aimed at kids. It's too niche.
Margery and Me by Maryka Biaggio
Published by: Regal House Publishing
Publication Date: April 21st, 2026
Format: Paperback, 292 Pages
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The official patter:
"In the 1920s, Margery Crandon captivated both Boston society and psychic researchers with her astonishing seances.
At her gatherings, her deceased brother Walter regularly appeared, entertaining the circle with his witty and cheeky remarks.
Margery's abilities earned her the admiration of luminaries, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and William Butler Yeats.
But one man stood in opposition: Harry Houdini, the legendary magician, who was determined to expose her as a fraud.
Margery and Me tells the true story of the medium who mystified scientists, challenged skeptics, and sparked a sensation across America and Europe.
As Houdini and Margery clashed in a battle of wits and wills, the question remained: Could the master illusionist unmask her, or would her extraordinary powers be enough to convert even the most resolute of doubters?"
Always here for anything about mediums. Extra here because of Houdini.
Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs
The Witchstone by Henry H. Neff
Hearts That Cut by Kika Hatzopoulou
Dead Girls Talking by Megan Cooley Peterson
The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks
Daughter of Calamity by Rosalie M. Lin
The Case of the Singer and the Showgirl by Lisa Hall
We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
Middle of the Night by Riley Sager
The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
We Made a Garden by Margery Fish
The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray
A Deceptive Composition by Anna Lee Huber
The Longest Exile by Tana Rebellis
