Tuesday Tomorrow
Killing Eve: Resurrection by Luke Jennings
Published by: Boldwood Books
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: eBook, 352 Pages
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The official patter:
"Pre-order the Brand New novel in Luke Jennings's smash hit Killing Eve series. Buckle up - Villanelle and Eve are back!
I haven't kept her safe. Someone's taken her.
It goes without saying that when I find out who that is, I'll kill them.
Ex-MI6 officer Eve Polastri and assassin Oxana Vorontsova are living off grid in Russia. Their existence is pinched and drab; both know how close they came to mutual destruction.
Oxana is approached by the Twelve. Frustrated by inaction, hungry for her old life, she allows herself to be brought in from the cold. Then she finds Eve gone, taken from her by those who think she still belongs to them.
And so Villanelle wakes, and a new game begins.
Villanelle plays her part with lethal skill, indulging the monster that has for too long been caged. As the hunt for Eve takes her from St. Petersburg to Paris and a final reckoning in London, old and new enemies surface. Soon both women are drawn back into the shadowlands of political intrigue and murder.
Villanelle and Eve are back! The eagerly anticipated next installment of this cult series, and basis for the BAFTA-winning Killing Eve TV series, will not disappoint."
Yes! This will not disappoint. Unlike season four. Scratch that. There was no season four. Villanelle and Eve forever!
Strange Houses by Uketsu
Published by: HarperVia
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Paperback, 208 Pages
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The official patter:
"From the bestselling author of the wildly inventive Strange Pictures and a phenomenon in Japan - unnatural layouts, trap doors, windowless rooms - a sinister conspiracy is concealed within a house's warped and unsettling floor plans.
When a writer fascinated by the macabre is approached by an acquaintance, he finds himself investigating an eerie house for sale in Tokyo. At first, with its bright and spacious interior, it seems the perfect first home. But upon closer inspection, the building's floor plans reveal a mysterious "dead space" hidden between its walls. Seeking a second opinion, the writer shares the floor plans with his friend Kurihara, an architect, only to discover more unnerving details throughout.
What is the true purpose behind the house's disturbing design? And what happened to the former owners who disappeared without a trace? When a body suddenly appears and a young woman reaches out about a second house, it soon becomes clear that the writer and his friend may be in over their heads. Structured around a series of chilling floorplans, with Strange Houses, mystery-horror YouTube sensation Uketsu casts readers in the role of detective, inviting them to help map out the truth hidden within these puzzling floor plans...and the terrifying plot behind it all."
Oh my, so much yes. As I kid I actually had Colorforms that you could make house layouts with. The weirder the better!
Dear Future Me by Deborah O'Connor
Published by: Poisoned Pen Press
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Paperback, 368 Pages
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The official patter:
"You never know what will happen when you try to rewrite the past...
In 2003, Mr. Danler's high school class got an assignment to write letters to their future selves. Twenty years later, they receive them in the mail.
Upon opening them, the students are shocked to find that their envelopes contain old secrets that threaten to expose the truth about the tragic death of one of their classmates. And when one letter makes the beautiful and successful Miranda jump off a cliff to her death, the small community is rocked to its core.
Stunned by what has happened and armed with a clue of her own, Miranda's best-friend Audrey decides to track down her old classmates to get to the bottom of Miranda's death. And in doing so, she sets off a chain of events that could expose the truth not just about one untimely death, but two.
From bestselling author Deborah O'Connor comes a searing thriller that exposes the grief, guilt, and secrets that riddle a small town, uncovering the far-reaching consequences of a decades-old tragedy."
I wish I had a teacher that had done this "letters to your future self" thing. But if would lead to my death, perhaps it was better left as just a wish. I think there might have been a time capsule though... Vaguely.
One Final Turn by Ashley Weaver
Published by: Minotaur Books
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Hardcover, 304 Pages
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"The fifth and final installment in the Electra McDonnell series brings safecracker Ellie on a mission across World War II-era Europe to Lisbon, Portugal to rescue a key group of escaped POWs.
Ellie McDonnell is about to embark on her most perilous mission yet: go to Lisbon, Portugal to save her beloved cousin Toby who has reportedly escaped from a German prisoner of war camp. Toby has been missing since the Battle of Dunkirk and Ellie had all but lost hope in ever seeing him again until Major Ramsey, the British military intelligence officer she had been working closely with over the past few months, shared the news he'd intercepted.
Nothing will stop Ellie from finding her cousin, not even the awkward experience of having to travel to an unknown country with Ramsey after he'd dismissed her for being untrustworthy just as she'd realized she had fallen in love with him. Under the supervision of Captain Archie Blandings, a charming intelligence officer based in Lisbon, Ellie meets with undercover operatives to track down where Toby might be hiding from the Nazis and whether they are too late to safely recover him, all the while fighting her feelings for Ramsey and the incessant burden of war looming around her at every turn."
Perhaps she's cracked the secret to a happily ever after?
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater
Published by: Viking
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Hardcover, 400 Pages
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The official patter:
"#1 New York Times bestselling novelist Maggie Stiefvater dazzles in this mesmerizing portrait of an irresistible heroine, an unlikely romance, and a hotel - and a world - in peril.
January 1942. The Avallon Hotel and Spa has always offered elegant luxury in the wilds of West Virginia, its mountain sweetwater washing away all of high society's troubles.
Local girl-turned-general manager June Porter Hudson has guided the Avallon skillfully through the first pangs of war. The Gilfoyles, the hotel's aristocratic owners, have trained her well. But when the family heir makes a secret deal with the State Department to fill the hotel with captured Axis diplomats, June must persuade her staff - many of whom have sons and husbands heading to the front lines - to offer luxury to Nazis. With a smile.
Meanwhile FBI Agent Tucker Minnick, whose coal tattoo hints at an Appalachian past, presses his ears to the hotel's walls, listening for the diplomats' secrets. He has one of his own, which is how he knows that June's balancing act can have dangerous consequences: the sweetwater beneath the hotel can threaten as well as heal.
June has never met a guest she couldn't delight, but the diplomats are different. Without firing a single shot, they have brought the war directly to her. As clashing loyalties crack the Avallon's polished veneer, June must calculate the true cost of luxury."
Personally I'd rig that entire hotel with listening devices BEFORE the Nazis arrive. But that's just me.
The Carter of "La Providence" by Georges Simenon
Published by: Picador
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Paperback, 160 Pages
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"A glamorous woman suddenly turns up dead in the middle of nowhere in a tragic, mysterious puzzle that only Georges Simenon's legendary detective can solve.
It's just another slow, rainy day on a French canal, until the discovery of a woman's body disrupts the placid scene. Inspector Maigret is baffled by the facts of the case: an expensively dressed woman, Mary Lampson, has been strangled in a nearby stable, with no road nearby wide enough for automobile traffic. Only by chance was her body found, without a noise, witness, or trace of mud to aid in explaining the scene. How did this glamorous, pearl-laden woman meet her end? It seems that those on board the barge La Providence - Mary's proud husband, Sir Walter; a friend named Willy Marco; and a Chilean parliament member's widow - might hold the key to the puzzle. In The Carter of "La Providence," once again, Georges Simenon orchestrates a harrowing plot of secrets and dramas that disturb, and reveal the underbelly of, the everyday."
Read before the new series!
The Yellow Dog by Georges Simenon
Published by: Picador
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Paperback, 144 Pages
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The official patter:
"An eerie mystery in which a local wine dealer is shot and a strange yellow dog starts to circle the town - Inspector Maigret must navigate small-town dynamics to find the elusive culprit.
Late at night in a small seaside town, not a single light is on, and everyone is asleep. Or almost everyone: a man, drunk, departs for home after another evening at a hotel bar, where he and a few others regularly gather. Suddenly, he collapses - struck by a gunshot. The victim turns out to be the town's most successful wine dealer, and the event soon leads to a series of other curiosities: poisoned drinks at the bar, another man found missing, and a dirty yellow dog haunting the neighborhood, accompanied by large, unfamiliar boot tracks. Detective Chief Inspector Maigret, who happens to be nearby heading up a mobile unit, arrives swiftly to resolve the growing confusion. Though a chill sets over town, with townspeople remaining tight-lipped, Maigret's pursuit of the truth in Georges Simenon's The Yellow Dog makes for a thrilling, breathless adventure."
Because the new series is why we're getting these lovely reprints!
A Queer Case by Robert Holtom
Published by: Titan Books
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Paperback, 320 Pages
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The official patter:
"A gripping 1920s-set whodunnit, this debut features a queer sleuth who must solve a murder in a mansion on London's Hampstead Heath without revealing his sexuality, lest he be arrested as a criminal.
The Selby Bigge mysteries series debut, it will leave readers eager for the next installment. Perfect for fans of Nicola Upson's Josephine Tey novels.
London, 1929.
Selby Bigge is a bank clerk by day and a denizen of the capital's queer underworld by night, but he yearns for a life that will take him away from his ledgers, loveless trysts and dreary bedsit in in which his every move is scrutinised by a nosy landlady. So when he meets Patrick, son of knight of the realm and banking millionaire Sir Lionel Duker, he is delighted to find himself catapulted into a world of dinners at The Ritz and birthday parties at his new friend's family mansion on Hampstead Heath.
But money, it seems, can't buy happiness. Sir Lionel is being slandered in the press, his new young wife Lucinda is being harassed by an embittered journalist and Patrick is worried he'll lose his inheritance to his gold-digging stepmother. And when someone is found strangled on the billiards room floor after a party it doesn't take long for Selby to realise everyone has a motive for murder.
Can Selby uncover the truth while keeping his own secrets buried?"
I mean, unless the killer knows his secret I think it's safe...
Felix Grey and the Descendant by Mario Theodorou
Published by: Neem Tree Press
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Paperback, 240 Pages
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The official patter:
"In this historical mystery, a string of abductions and rising tensions thrusts a young leader into a world of murky politics and dark secrets - written by award-winning BAFTA scriptwriter and film director, Mario Theodorou.
London, 1904.
Edward VII sits on the throne, the economy is faltering, and one of the youngest Prime Ministers in history has been thrust into office on the crest of a populist wave. Battling self-doubt and fierce opposition within the Commons, Felix Grey is plunged into a world of murky politics and hidden secrets when a lord is mysteriously abducted from a gentlemen's club.
With tensions rising between the government and trade unions amidst a series of fatal factory disasters, Felix must quickly connect the dots between the missing politicians and the growing chaos in the country. A rapidly escalating chain of events is threatening to tear apart Parliament and Nation...
Can Felix crack the case and protect his country, or will he bear witness to a grim repetition of history?"
Well, history does repeat itself when people aren't safe at their jobs and need their union's protection...
Murder at Hambledon Hall by C.J. Archer
Published by: C.J. Archer
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Paperback, 252 Pages
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The official patter:
"The genteel tranquility of a country house party is shattered when the gamekeeper is shot. Was his death the result of his recent indiscretions, or long-buried secrets?
The weekend was supposed to be an enjoyable time with her family at the neo-Gothic manor of Lord and Lady Kershaw, but when the gamekeeper is murdered, Cleo can't rest until the killer is caught. As a witness herself, she's frustrated with the incompetence of the local police who lay the blame on a man who conveniently disappeared. When she realizes their ineptitude is a result of Lord Kershaw's influence, she focuses her investigation on the earl and his family, against the wishes of her uncle.
The arrival of her suspects at the Mayfair Hotel allows Cleo to continue the investigation after the country house party ends, but what she discovers unnerves her. The gamekeeper's reputation for seducing young women has left a trail of broken hearts, from the lowest maid to the highest lady. But could there be another reason for his murder?
Meanwhile, the hotel staff have secrets of their own to hide. As loyalties are tested on several fronts, Cleo needs her friends more than ever if she is to unravel the mysteries, both old and new."
Always here for a murderous house party!
Of Silver and Secrets by Michelle Griep
Published by: Bethany House Publishers
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Paperback, 368 Pages
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The official patter:
"Buried underneath are truths bent on keeping them apart....
In 1889 Victorian England, Eva Inman is haunted by guilt over her parents' deaths while struggling to care for her blind sister and manage her family's crumbling estate. With the tax deadline looming, Eva's situation looks dire until an ancient silver ring is unearthed on the property. Despite superstitions warning against disturbing the supposedly cursed acres, Eva's need for funds ignites her curiosity about the potential of finding more buried relics.
Cambridge professor Bram Webb must prove a legendary Christian Roman settlement exists, or he'll risk exposing his uncle's deteriorating memory and they'll both lose their positions. Then Eva steps into his office with the prospect of an archaeological dig that might lead to the very evidence Bram requires - provided he and Eva can set aside painful memories of a time they would rather forget. As the dig forces the two to confront their pasts, the work becomes fraught with challenges that threaten Eva's and Bram's hopes, as well as the growing attraction between them.
Dive into the past in this clean historical romance as Michelle Griep transports you to Victorian England with an appealing mix of mystery, Roman archaeology, and charming banter. This enthralling tale will appeal to fans of Mimi Matthews, Andrea Penrose, Anna Lee Huber, and Miss Scarlet and the Duke."
Oh, I like the Roman archaeology angle!
To Love A Spy by Andrea Pickens
Published by: Oliver-Heber Books
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Paperback, 322 Pages
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The official patter:
"When a mission of critical importance arises, Lord Lynsley, the enigmatic head of Mrs. Merlin's Academy for Extraordinary Young Ladies, is forced to take on the assignment himself. But when things take an unexpected turn, he has has no choice but to ask for help from a former agent whose injury during a botched mission ten years ago forced her to retire from the elite unit of unconventional lady spies.
Can old wounds - both physical and emotional - be put aside in order for them to work together to destroy a new weapon that may give Napoleon and the French an insurmountable edge in the war against Britain and its allies? The mission takes them into the heart of enemy territory, where danger threatens from all angles, and to have any hope of survival they will have put aside old hurts and trust each other..."
I was lucky enough to get to read the first book in this series as part of the "street team" to get out the news about it's rerelease. This book though is the forth and ALL NEW book in the series about Mrs. Merlin's Academy for Extraordinary Young Ladies and I could not be more excited.
A Most Unlikely Lady by Darcy McGuire
Published by: Boldwood Books
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: eBook, 352 Pages
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The official patter:
"Preorder the Brand New installment in Darcy McGuire's gorgeously funny, spicy romance series, featuring Queen Victoria's Deadly Damsels!
She may be innocent...but she's also deadly!
When seemingly fragile Miss Ivy Cavendale takes the headmistress position in an orphanage, it is her chance to stay anonymous in society. But not all is what it seems with Miss Ivy. When an intruder breaks in one night, she's quick to draw her weapon, and while fear - her constant companion - has mysteriously disappeared, one thing is very clear: she and her charges are the next target of The Devil’s Sons.
Commissioner Edward Worthington owes the head of The Queen's Deadly Damsels a debt. So, he must keep an eye on the Duchess's new protégé. How much trouble can the shy Miss Cavendale be? Rather a lot, actually. The diminutive wallflower has been overlooked and forgotten by society's elite, but Edward sees a woman full of fascinating contradictions he's compelled to unravel.
Burdened by secrets and childhood trauma, Ivy is stunned as Edward ignites a breathless curiosity within her. And when he asks her to join forces to identify the dangerous intruder at The Widow's Ball, she cannot refuse. She may not trust many, but something tells her she should trust Edward...with more than just this mission."
Diminutive wallflowers are always more fascinating than the average person thinks!
Kill Creatures by Rory Power
Published by: Delacorte Press
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Hardcover, 288 Pages
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The official patter:
"Last year, Nan's three best friends ventured into the canyons near their small town and never returned. Now one of them is back, and Nan can't believe it...because she's the one who killed them. From the New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls comes another dark thriller about friendship, jealousy, desire, and revenge, with a twist ending that needs to be talked about.
Last summer, Luce, Edie, Jane, and Nan took a boat out for one final swim in the river. It was a perfect summer night.
But the only one who returned that night was Nan. Edie, Jane, and Luce disappeared, and Nan's story has always been the same: She has no idea what happened. The girls went ahead, and it was as though they vanished into thin air.
Now, one year later, all of Saltcedar has gathered at the river for a memorial. Nan even recreated the outfit she wore that fateful day last summer. And when Luce climbs out of the water, no one is more surprised than Nan.
Because Nan killed her. Right before she killed Edie and Jane."
You know you need to know if it's ghost, revenant, zombie, or manifested guilt!
The Beautiful Maddening by Shea Ernshaw
Published by: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Hardcover, 304 Pages
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The official patter:
"From #1 New York Times bestselling author Shea Ernshaw comes a haunting romantic contemporary fantasy about a teen navigating her family's love curse that blooms with their enchanted tulips every year.
Seventeen year-old Lark Goode wants only one thing: to escape her small town of Cutwater and the history of her family name. It's a history that began during the Dutch tulip mania of 1636, when Lark's ancestor stole the last remaining tulip bulbs and fled to America. But when the tulips bloomed on American soil, madness sprouted from their snowy white petals.
The madness was love.
Now, generations later, the Goodes remain cursed - the unnatural flowers outside their home causing locals to fall helplessly in love with anyone carrying Goode blood in their veins. While her brother embraces the strange power, Lark wants nothing more than to be free from it.
But when she meets a boy who seems unaffected by the family curse, Lark finds herself falling headlong into a feeling she's spent her whole life trying to avoid. Yet, all curses and magic come with a price, and the town of Cutwater soon sinks into a dangerous sickness tied to Lark and the ill-fated tulips.
To save the town, Lark will need to sacrifice everything - even true love - to break the spell. Because in the Goode family, love has a way of destroying everything."
Damn, that cover is art!
The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King
Published by: William Morrow
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Hardcover, 368 Pages
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The official patter:
"In this dazzling debut novel, a hidden and nearly forgotten magic - of Reforging pencils, bringing the memories they contain back to life - holds the power to transform a young woman's relationship with her grandmother, and to mend long-lost connections across time and space.
Monica Tsai spends most days on her computer, journaling the details of her ordinary life and coding for a program that seeks to connect strangers online. A self-proclaimed recluse, she's always struggled to make friends and, as a college freshman, finds herself escaping into a digital world, counting the days until she can return home to her beloved grandparents. They are now in their nineties, and Monica worries about them constantly - especially her grandmother, Yun, who survived two wars in China before coming to the States, and whose memory has begun to fade.
Though Yun rarely speaks of her past, Monica is determined to find the long-lost cousin she was separated from years ago. One day, the very program Monica is helping to build connects her to a young woman, whose gift of a single pencil holds a surprising clue. Monica's discovery of a hidden family history is exquisitely braided with Yun's own memories as she writes of her years in Shanghai, working at the Phoenix Pencil Company. As WWII rages outside their door, Yun and her cousin, Meng, learn of a special power the women in their family possess: the ability to Reforge a pencil's words. But when the government uncovers their secret, they are forced into a life of espionage, betraying other people's stories to survive.
Combining the cross-generational family saga and epistolary form of A Tale for the Time Being with the uplifting, emotional magic of The Midnight Library, Allison King's stunning debut novel asks: who owns and inherits our stories? The answers and secrets that surface on the page may have the unerasable power to reconnect a family and restore a legacy."
This is the most beautiful and ingenious cover design I have seen in years.
The God and the Gwisin by Sophie Kim
Published by: Del Rey
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Paperback, 416 Pages
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"In this swoony sequel to The God and the Gumiho, a trickster god must work with his reincarnated lost love to solve his brother's murder on board a luxury underworld cruise ship.
Seokga the No-Longer-Fallen is working on himself. Reinstated as a god, the trickster now attends much-needed therapy, even as he desperately searches for his lost love, Hani. But when the red thread of fate tangled around his finger - signaling Hani's reincarnation - leads Seokga to a luxury cruise down the river of the dead, the woman he finds waiting for him isn't Hani...she's Yoo Kisa, and she has no memory of him.
Yoo Kisa is exhausted with her afterlife. While she'd hoped the underworld would be peaceful, whoever she was in a past life racked up quite the karmic debt, and now she must pay it, working thanklessly aboard the SRC Flatliner. Even worse, the red thread wrapped around her pinky followed her into the underworld...and although her fated partner has found her, he seems to find her lacking.
When the heavenly emperor is murdered aboard the ship, Seokga and Kisa must solve the crime before the cruise ends. As the mystery draws them closer, the god and the gwisin will have to decide what they truly mean to each other. But there's something bigger at play aboard the SRC Flatliner, something that holds the key to Kisa and Seokga's fated connection - and the fate of the mortal and heavenly realms."
I mean, this sounds far out there, but the fact that the cruise ship in hell is called the SRC Flatliner slays me.
Ten Incarnations of Rebellion by Vaishnavi Patel
Published by: Ballantine Books
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Hardcover, 320 Pages
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Kaikeyi comes an epic and daring novel that imagines an alternate version of 1960s India that was never liberated from the British, and a young woman's struggle to change the tides of history.
Kalki Divekar grows up a daughter of Kingston - a city the British built on the ashes of Bombay. The older generation, including her father, have been lost to the brutal hunt for rebels. Young men are drafted to fight wars they will never return from. And the people of her city are more interested in fighting one another than facing their true oppressors.
When tragedy strikes close to home, Kalki begins to play a dangerous game with small acts of resistance, tempered by cautious, level-headed Yashu and fortified by Fauzia, whose dreams of the future awaken Kalki's heart. Together, they found Kingston's new independence movement, obtaining jobs working for the British while secretly planning to destroy the empire from the inside out. But one wrong move means certain death, and when facing threats from all quarters, Kalki must decide whether it's more important to be a hero or to survive.
Set over the course of a decade and told as ten moments from Kalki's life that mirror the Dashavatara, the ten avatars of Vishnu, Ten Incarnations of Rebellion is a sweeping, deeply felt speculative novel of empowerment, friendship, self-determination, and the true meaning of freedom."
And the importance for independence!
Lady's Knight by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Published by: Storytide
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Hardcover, 432 Pages
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"An undeniably fierce, unforgettably funny, unapologetically queer feminist romp through the England of medieval legend. Bestselling and acclaimed authors Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner bring readers along on an epic quest for valor, freedom, and, above all, love. A Knight's Tale meets the Lady Jane series, with a dash of The Great!
Gwen is sick of hiding - hiding the fact that she's taken over her father's blacksmithing duties, hiding her attraction to girls, hiding her yearning for glory as a knight.
Meanwhile, Lady Isobelle of Avington, queen bee of the castle, has never once considered hiding who she is - until now. She's been chosen as the grand prize in the Tournament of Dragonslayers, to be given to whichever knight can claim her hand. And for the first time in her life, she can't talk her way out of trouble.
When Isobelle discovers Gwen's knightly ambitions, they hatch a scheme together - Gwen will joust in the tournament, disguised as Sir Gawain. Winning means freedom for Isobelle, and glory for Gwen. Losing means...well, let's not go there.
One thing's for sure: Falling in love was never the plan.
But the best laid plans…are often trampled all over by dragons."
I need something to fill the My Lady Jane hole in me. This will do nicely.
A Fellowship of Librarians and Dragons by J. Penner
Published by: Poisoned Pen Press
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Hardcover, 304 Pages
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The official patter:
"Spilling the tea has never been so cozy...
In the quaint town of Adenashire, Doli Butterbuckle, a people-pleasing sunshine dwarf, is content with her simple tea magic and circle of friends. It's true she's never quite lived up to family expectations, but life is just fine - until her parents arrive with an inherited dragon egg and a charming gargoyle harboring a secret stroll into her life.
As Doli grapples with her newfound responsibility and discovers a long hidden side of herself, she must face an overbearing family, a sinister plot, and a mischievous dragon that refuses to stay out of trouble.
But with the help of her loyal friends and newfound love, Doli embarks on a heartwarming adventure, revealing that embracing her true self is the most enchanting path of all."
Dragons! But nice cozy dragons.
Firerend by Emma Kennedy
Published by: Of the Page Press
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Paperback, 3166 Pages
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"One last job, one last chance.
Allara will do anything for her sick sister, but in a city like Oberon, gold is hard to come by and even harder to earn without selling your soul. With no marketable skills and high costs to keep up, Allara's conscience might be the price she pays.
Nymm fled her past to survive, leaving everything behind, but when her guild falls on tough times, she'll have to rebuild their reputation or risk losing the only family she has left. The odds are stacked against her, but she'll do anything to keep them together.
Auren has been living for himself for so long, he's forgotten what it means to have a purpose. With the chance of unimaginable wealth - and a shot at redemption - he jumps at the opportunity. But is this job enough to make up for his mistakes, or will it drag him deeper into the shadows?
When forces align to offer a job with more gold than most would see in their entire lives, no one is in a position to turn it down. But as the job starts to unravel, they're reminded all gold comes at a price - and the question is, can they survive the cost?"
Can they survive is one question, but will the succeed in keeping the gold is the bigger one...
Crueler Mercies by Maren Chase
Published by: Bindery Books
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Paperback, 424 Pages
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""Vita's rage overflowed until she was prepared to drown in it, and she knew that she would never again dam this anger to please another."
After nine years as the people's beloved princess in the sun-soaked Kingdom of Carca, Vita witnesses the execution of her mother by her father's hand. Forced into exile, Vita fades into obscurity with her only friends - the crows that visit her window.
Eleven years later, Vita is given a choice: marry an enemy general, granting him legitimacy to take the throne, or die as the forgotten princess. With time running out, Vita meets Soline, an intriguing lady-in-waiting who introduces her to the powerful-but-unstable magic of alchemy.
If Vita and Soline can learn to control it - and the undeniable spark between them - they could burn the world of men to the ground."
Do it! Burn the world of men to the ground!
Deathbound by Alyssa Chappell
Published by: Alyssa Chappell
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Kindle, 502 Pages
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The official patter:
"Aera Nightwing always dreamed of mastering her summoning powers, but at 22, she's little more than a novice - and to her family, little more than a vessel for future heirs. Overlooked, underestimated, and reduced to her ability to produce children, Aera has spent her life longing to prove herself. However, when her family is slaughtered, vengeance becomes her sole purpose, leading her to the one being she's been taught to fear above all: the Death-Breaker, a centuries old Necromancer and the King of the Dead.
Burdened by guilt for failing to protect her village, Meridiana, from its wicked rulers, Aera's world fractures further when the Death-Breaker spares her life, leaving her with the realization that the man she's been taught to hate, might not be her enemy at all. Beneath the canopy of the dark forest he rules, and the race against a prophecy seeking to take her life, Aera begins to uncover a labyrinth of lies surrounding her past, destroying everything she once knew.
In this gripping dark fantasy where even the light has claws, dark secrets, mythical creatures, and a kingdom teetering on the brink of ruin await. Will Aera find the strength to wield her wickedness in time, or will the shackles of her looming destiny take her life once and for all?"
I mean, given how her family treated her... Ditch the revenge and go off with the Death-Breaker!
Blonde Dust by Tatiana De Rosnay
Published by: Grand Central Publishing
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Hardcover, 320 Pages
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"A "Hollywood tale with heart" about a reimagined friendship between Marilyn Monroe and a young maid whose life will be changed forever, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sarah's Key. (Adriana Trigliani)
Pauline, a young chambermaid who works at the legendary Mapes Hotel in Reno, Nevada, is asked to step in for a colleague and clean Suite 614. Although she was told the rooms were empty, a dazed, sleepy woman appears before her. This is Mrs. Miller, aka Marilyn Monroe, whose stay in Reno coincides with the breakdown of her marriage to Arthur Miller and the filming of what was to be her last film, The Misfits.
Set in the American West in 1960 where the mustang horses run wild, an unexpected friendship unfolds between the most famous movie star in the world and a young cleaning woman whose life will be changed forever through the course of a few weeks. A testament to the enduring power of female friendship and a reimagining of a side of Marilyn Monroe that has never been seen before."
A female empowerment version of My Week with Marilyn!
A Different Kind of Power by Jacinda Ardern
Published by: Crown
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2025
Format: Hardcover, 352 Pages
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The official patter:
"From the former prime minister of New Zealand, then the world's youngest female head of government and just the second to give birth in office, comes a deeply personal memoir chronicling her extraordinary rise and offering inspiration to a new generation of leaders.
What if we could redefine leadership? What if kindness came first? Jacinda Ardern grew up the daughter of a police officer in small-town New Zealand, but as the 40th Prime Minister of her country, she commanded global respect for her empathetic leadership that put people first. This is the remarkable story of how a Mormon girl plagued by self-doubt made political history and changed our assumptions of what a global leader can be.
When Jacinda Ardern became Prime Minister at age thirty-seven, the world took notice. But it was her compassionate yet powerful response to the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks, resulting in swift and sweeping gun control laws, that demonstrated her remarkable leadership. She guided her country through unprecedented challenges - a volcanic eruption, a major biosecurity breach, and a global pandemic - while advancing visionary new policies to address climate change, reduce child poverty, and secure historic international trade deals. She did all this while juggling first-time motherhood in the public eye.
Ardern exemplifies a new kind of leadership - proving that leaders can be caring, empathetic, and effective. She has become a global icon, and now she is ready to share her story, from the struggles to the surprises, including for the first time the full details of her decision to step down during her sixth year as Prime Minister.
Through her personal experiences and reflections, Jacinda is a model for anyone who has ever doubted themselves, or has aspired to lead with compassion, conviction, and courage. A Different Kind of Power is more than a political memoir; it's an insight into how it feels to lead, ultimately asking: What if you, too, are capable of more than you ever imagined?"
Oh, I hope she promotes this book on Colbert!
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