February Releases

Dixon, Descending

When his charming older brother, Nate, suggests that they attempt to be the first Black American men to summit Mount Everest, Dixon, a once Olympic-level runner, can't refuse, knowing that the brothers need to prove something — to themselves and to each other.

Author: Outen, Karen Publisher: Dutton Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780593473450 eBook ISBN: 9780593473467

Print Price: $28.00

eBook Price: $55.00

Final Appeal

A criminal defense lawyer and her firm's newest trainee untangle a maze of evidence when their client is charged with murder, having spent ten days in his apartment with two corpses and acting like nothing happened when the police arrive.

Author: Mroz, Remigiusz Publisher: Crooked Lane Books Available: Now Print ISBN: 9781639108046 eBook ISBN: 9781639108053

Print Price: $29.99

eBook Price: $17.99

Nightwatching

Home alone with her young children during a blizzard, a mother hears the noise of footsteps and decides to wake her children and hustle them into the oldest part of the house: a tiny, secret room concealed behind a wall where they hide as a man searches for them, trying to tempt the children out with promises and scare the mother into surrender.

Author: Sierra, Tracy Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780593654767 eBook ISBN: 9780593654774

Print Price: $29.00

eBook Price: $55.00

Redwood Court

On Redwood Court, the cul-de-sac in the all-Black working-class suburb of Columbia, South Carolina, where her grandparents live, Mika Tabor learns important lessons from the people who raise her and the many neighbors who hold tight to the community they've built, committed to fostering joy and love in an America so insistent on seeing Black people stumble and fall.

Author: Dameron, D?lana R. A. Publisher: Dial Press Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780593447024 eBook ISBN: 9780593447031

Print Price: $28.00

eBook Price: $55.00

The Resort

A searing vacation thriller set on a remote island in Thailand follows two mysterious women, a charismatic group of expats and a murder that is poised to bring their paradise crashing down.

Author: Ochs, Sara Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Available: Now Print ISBN: 9781728279558 eBook ISBN: 9781728279565

Print Price: $26.99

eBook Price: $19.99

A Sign Of Her Own

Inspired by a true story, describes the life of Ellen Lark, a deaf woman who became a favorite student of Alexander Graham Bell while he raced against Western Union to cast a human voice over wires. 50,000 first printing.

Author: Marsh, Sarah Publisher: Park Row Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780778310785 eBook ISBN: 9780369747594

Print Price: $30.00

eBook Price: $24.51

Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead

After fleeing as the lone surviving witness to horrific, gruesome events at her graduate school, Charlie Colbert disappeared and rebuilt her life only discover that the events of that night are being adapted into a film. 200,000 first printing.

Author: Hollander, Jenny Publisher: Minotaur Books Available: Now Print ISBN: 9781250890849 eBook ISBN: 9781250890856

Print Price: $28.00

eBook Price: $60.00

Set For Life

While visiting his and his wife's closest friends, John and Sophie, a creative writing professor sleeps with Sophie, but instead of succumbing to his failures as a teacher, writer and husband, he believes a love affair could be the answer to earning everything he needs to be set for life.

Author: Ewell, Andrew Publisher: Simon & Schuster Available: Now Print ISBN: 9781668011423 eBook ISBN: 9781668011447

Print Price: $27.99

eBook Price: $59.99

The Things We Didn'T Know

In the 1950s, nine-year-old Andrea Rodriguez and her brother leave Woronoco, Massaschusetts, for the mountain villages of Puerto Rico and then, months later, are brought back to the tiny factory town where everything has changed and must navigate the rifts between their family's values and all-American culture as they journey into adulthood.

Author: P?rez, Elba Iris Publisher: Gallery Books Available: Now Print ISBN: 9781668012062 eBook ISBN: 9781668012086

Print Price: $27.99

eBook Price: $59.99

Acts Of Forgiveness

In this stirring, tender-hearted debut about ambition and inheritance, a family grapples with how much of their lineage they're willing to unearth in order to participate in the nation's first federal reparations program.

Author: Cheeks, Maura Publisher: Ballantine Books Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780593598290 eBook ISBN: 9780593598306

Print Price: $28.00

eBook Price: $55.00

Neferura

Neferura, princess and high priestess of Kemet, overhears her vile half-brother, Thutmose's plot to end her mother's rule and she knows he must be stopped, but an alliance with a mysterious tattooed wisewoman and her shadowy network of spies tests where Neferura's loyalties lie.

Author: Evans, Malayna Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Available: Now Print ISBN: 9781728278728 eBook ISBN: 9781728278735

Print Price: $16.99

eBook Price: $14.99

Plastic

Both a crypto-comedic dystopian fantasy and a deadly serious dissection of our own farcical pre-apocalypse, this debut novel is an achingly beautiful, disarmingly welcoming and fabulously inventive look at the hollow core of modern American society — and a guide to how we might reanimate all its broken plastic pieces.

Author: Guild, Scott Publisher: Pantheon Books Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780593316764 eBook ISBN: 9780593316771

Print Price: $28.00

eBook Price: $55.00

The Book Of Love

Almost a year after disappearing from their hometown, Laura, Daniel and Mo find themselves back in their high school, dead but confronted by their music teacher who gives them a series of magical tasks; and while they undertake them, they may return to their families and friends, but they can tell no one where they've been.

Author: Link, Kelly Publisher: Random House, Inc. Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780812996586 eBook ISBN: 9780812996593

Print Price: $31.00

eBook Price: $55.00

The Cure For Burnout: How To Build Better Habits, Find Balance, And Reclaim Your Life

A burnout management coach and TikTok influencer combines scientific and cultural research, her expertise in organizational psychology and the tried-and-true strategies she's successfully implemented with clients around the globe to demystify burnout for our post-pandemic world, empowering us to reclaim control of our own lives once and for all.

Author: Ballesteros, Emily Publisher: Dial Press Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780593596319 eBook ISBN: 9780593596326

Print Price: $28.00

eBook Price: $55.00

The Heart Is The Strongest Muscle: Know Your Why And Take Your Mindset From Great To Unstoppable

Whether you are already a serious athlete or someone looking to conquer a new challenge, the legendary six-time CrossFit Games champion and Olympic athlete shares with readers lessons from her inspiring story of leveling up her performance, embracing failure and fiercely taking on impossible goals.

Author: Toomey, Tia Publisher: Rodale Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780593579619 eBook ISBN: 9780593579626

Print Price: $26.99

eBook Price: $55.00

The Kamogawa Food Detectives

A father-daughter duo of 'food detectives' not only run a very special restaurant but through ingenious investigations, they are able to recreate dishes from a person's treasured memories – dishes that may well hold the keys to their forgotten past and future happiness.

Author: Kashiwai, Hisashi/ Kirkwood, Jesse (TRN) Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780593717714 eBook ISBN: 9780593717721

Print Price: $25.00

eBook Price: $55.00

Medea

Hearing the reviled sorceress Medea's side of the story through a feminist lens, this beautifully written novel follows Medea as she travels the treacherous seas with the her husband, the hero Jason, and the Argonauts, battles inconceivable demons and falls in love with the man who may ultimately be her downfall.

Author: Quin, Eilish Publisher: Atria Books Available: Now Print ISBN: 9781668020760 eBook ISBN: 9781668020784

Print Price: $27.99

eBook Price: $59.99

Projections

After murdering the young woman he couldn't have, a sorcerer sends projections of himself out into the world to seek out and seduce women who will return the love she denied – or suffer a fate worse than death.

Author: Porter, S. E. Publisher: Tor Books Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780765396778 eBook ISBN: 9780765396792

Print Price: $29.99

eBook Price: $60.00

The Blueprint

Set in an alternate U.S. where an algorithm determines a Black woman's occupation, spouse and residence, Solenne Bonet, lonely and naïve, becomes the concubine of a high-ranking white government official with whom she forms an unbearable psychological bond with dangerous consequences.

Author: Rashad, Rae Giana Publisher: Harpercollins Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780063330092 eBook ISBN: 9780063330122

Print Price: $30.00

eBook Price: $40.87

The Book Of Doors

When her favorite customer, a lonely yet charming old man, dies right in front of her, Cassie holds on to the last book he was reading, which turns out to be a rare volume that has great power and she is tasked with protecting it from those who will do evil.

Author: Brown, Gareth Publisher: William Morrow Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780063323988 eBook ISBN: 9780063324008

Print Price: $30.00

eBook Price: $40.87

The Last Days Of The Midnight Ramblers

Accepting a job to work with a legendary model, style icon, and wife of the founder of the Midnight Ramblers, who died mysteriously in 1969, on her memoir, Mari Hawthorn, as she ingratiates herself into the world of the band, grows enchanted by these legendary rock stars, compromising her objectivity and her integrity.

Author: Tomlinson, Sarah Publisher: Flatiron Books Available: Now Print ISBN: 9781250890481 eBook ISBN: 9781250890498

Print Price: $28.99

eBook Price: $60.00

The Split

When her sister Esme leaves her high-society husband and needs a ride, Jane Conner imagines one reality where she tells Esme to crash with a friend and then 24-hours later she disappears, and another reality where she brings Esme back to Connecticut where they must reckon with an explosive secret from their past.

Author: Frick, Kit Publisher: Emily Bestler Books Available: Now Print ISBN: 9781668022474 eBook ISBN: 9781668022528

Print Price: $27.00

eBook Price: $59.99

Ours

Set over the course of four decades and steeped in a rich tradition of American literature informed by Black surrealism, mythology and spirituality, an exploration of the possibilities and limitations of love and freedom finds Black slaves saved by an enigmatic woman named Saint, who brings them to a community of her own making called Ours.

Author: Williams, Phillip B. Publisher: Viking Press Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780593654828 eBook ISBN: 9780593654835

Print Price: $32.00

eBook Price: $55.00

Practical Optimism: The Art, Science, And Practice Of Exceptional Well-Being

Through her work with patients and combining philosophy, her own personal experience and a review of the latest research in psychology, psychiatry, medicine and neuroscience, the author discovered that cultivating an optimistic mindset is a scientific and tangible pathway to boosting health, happiness, resilience, success and longevity.

Author: Varma, Sue Publisher: Avery Pub Group Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780593418949 eBook ISBN: 9780593418956

Print Price: $29.00

eBook Price: $55.00

Sun Of Blood And Ruin

This reimagining of Zorro — featuring a heroic warrior sorceress — weaves Mesoamerican mythology and Mexican history two decades after the Spanish conquest into a swashbuckling, historical debut fantasy with magic, intrigue, treachery and romance.

Author: Lares, Mariely Publisher: Harper Voyager Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780063254312 eBook ISBN: 9780063254336

Print Price: $30.00

eBook Price: $40.87

A Fire So Wild

As a wildfire threatens to engulf Berkeley, California, the city's residents, both rich and poor, are forced to confront the social and economic inequities that plague their community in the new novel from a former climate journalist. 30,000 first printing.

Author: Ruiz-Grossman, Sarah Publisher: Harpercollins Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780063305427 eBook ISBN: 9780063305441

Print Price: $25.99

eBook Price: $35.40

Love And Hot Chicken: A Delicious Southern Novel

Returning home to Pennywhistle, Tennessee, for her beloved daddy's funeral, PJ Spoon, abandoning her PhD program at Vanderbilt, impulsively takes a job as a fry cook at the Chickie Shak where she meets and falls for Boof, a talented singer-songwriter searching for her birth mother.

Author: Hartong, Mary Liza Publisher: William Morrow Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780063304796 eBook ISBN: 9780063304819

Print Price: $30.00

eBook Price: $40.87

The Turtle House

In 1999 Texas, Lia Cope, when her grandmother Mineko moves in, connects with her over stories of the Turtle House in Japan and the secrets they both carry, and when Mineko is forced to live in an assisted living community, she and Lia devise a plan to bring a beloved lost place to life.

Author: Churchill, Amanda Publisher: Harpercollins Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780063290518 eBook ISBN: 9780063290532

Print Price: $30.00

eBook Price: $40.87

Welcome To The Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

Quitting her job and divorcing her husband, Yeong-Ju, in a leap of faith, opens the Hyunam-dong Bookshop, and, welcoming new friends and visitors to her circle, builds an inviting space for hurt and lost souls to rest, heal and learn how to write their own stories.

Author: Bo-reum, Hwang/ Tan, Shanna (TRN) Publisher: Bloomsbury Usa Available: Now Print ISBN: 9781639732425 eBook ISBN: 9781639732432

Print Price: $28.99

eBook Price: $69.00

Four Thousand Paws: Caring For The Dogs Of The Iditarod: A Veterinarian'S Story

An award-winning trail veterinarian tells the story of the heroic canine athletes who, using only their muscle and an innate drive to race, carry handlers between frozen outposts, risking injury, illness and fatigue to participate in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska.

Author: Morgan, Lee Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corp Available: Now Print ISBN: 9781324091394 eBook ISBN: 9781324091400

Print Price: $27.99

eBook Price: $50.00

Green Dot

Despite preferring women to men, Hera, adrift in millennial malaise, meets and falls for a married, middle aged journalist, Arthur, while working at a new outlet moderating their online comments section. 100,000 first printing.

Author: Gray, Madeleine Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. Available: Now Print ISBN: 9781250890597 eBook ISBN: 9781250890580

Print Price: $27.99

eBook Price: $60.00

Lore Of The Wilds

When her village is threatened, 21-year-old Lore makes a devil's bargain with a Fae lord and must catalog an enchanted library that hasn't been touched in a thousand years, but with the hostile world outside, she is forced to rely on two very different, very dangerous, very attractive Fae males to survive.

Author: Sbrana, Analeigh Publisher: Harper Voyager Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780063380592 eBook ISBN: 9780063380615

Print Price: $28.00

eBook Price: $38.14

My Name Was Eden

When her daughter Eden, after surviving a drowning incident, comes home from the hospital and starts calling herself Eli, the name she'd reserved for Eden's unborn twin, Lucy knows something's very wrong with Eden as her disturbing behavior escalates.

Author: Barker-white, Eleanor Publisher: William Morrow Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780063341296 eBook ISBN: 9780063341289

Print Price: $28.00

eBook Price: $38.14

Piglet

A new novel explores women's ambitions and appetites—and the truth about having it all.

Author: Hazell, Lottie Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. Available: Now Print ISBN: 9781250289841 eBook ISBN: 9781250289834

Print Price: $27.99

eBook Price: $60.00

Sisters Of Belfast

Despite they are all the other has, orphaned twin sisters Aelish and Isabel are propelled in opposite directions as they grow up and, separated for decades, each unaware of the other's life, are unexpectedly reunited, bringing to light the painful secrets and seismic deceptions that have keep them apart.

Author: Maure, Melanie Publisher: Harpercollins Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780063341555 eBook ISBN: 9780063341432

Print Price: $18.99

eBook Price: $25.87

The Other Valley

Vying for a coveted seat on the Conseil, 16-year-old Odile, who lives in an isolated town neighbored by its own past and future, discovers her friend Edme is about to die, and sworn to secrecy to preserve the timeline, instead finds herself drawing closer to the doomed boy, imperiling her entire future.

Author: Scott Alexander Howard Publisher: Atria Books Available: Now Print ISBN: 9781668015476 eBook ISBN: 9781668015490

Print Price: $27.99

eBook Price: $59.99

The Painter'S Daughters

The daughters of one of England's most famous portrait artists of the 1700s, Peggy and Molly Gainsborough are inseparable due to Molly's bouts of mental confusion, and as Peggy goes to great lengths to protect her sister's secret, she falls in love with a charming composer, which sparks the bitterest of betrayals.

Author: Howes, Emily Publisher: Simon & Schuster Available: Now Print ISBN: 9781668021385 eBook ISBN: 9781668021408

Print Price: $27.99

eBook Price: $59.99

Bless The Blood: A Cancer Memoir

In this searing debut YA poetry and essay collection, a Black cancer patient — who is also disabled, queer and nonbinary — faces medical racism after being diagnosed with leukemia in their early twenties.

Author: Nehanda, Walela Publisher: Kokila Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780593529492 eBook ISBN: 9780593529515

Print Price: $19.99

eBook Price: $45.00

Dead Girls Don'T Say Sorry

Navigating toxic friendships, grief and the complexities of growing up, Nora's life takes a tragic turn when her best friend Julia dies, leaving her to unravel the secrets and lies hidden in their friendship.

Author: Ritany, Alex Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780593569269 eBook ISBN: 9780593569283

Print Price: $19.99

eBook Price: $45.00

Skater Boy

When closeted 17-year-old "bad boy" Wesley "Big Mac" Mackenzie falls for ballet dancer Tristan Monroe, he blows up the bully reputation he never wanted in the first place, in a heart-wrenching, validating and honest story about what it means to be gay in a world where you don't fit in.

Author: Nerada, Anthony Publisher: Soho Teen Available: Now Print ISBN: 9781641295345 eBook ISBN: 9781641295352

Print Price: $18.99

eBook Price: $18.99

Dancing In The Storm

At the age of 12, Kate develops a rare genetic disorder that upsets her perfect life, but with help from those close to her and a new pen pal named Amie who has the same disorder, Kate learns how to live with this difficult new reality.

Author: Specht, Amie Darnell/ Hitchcock, Shannon Publisher: Penguin Group Usa Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780593619469 eBook ISBN: 9780593619476

Print Price: $17.99

eBook Price: $35.00

Rebel Skies

Kurara, a servant onboard the Midori, a flying ship serving the military elite of the Mikoshiman Empire, learns she has a magic skill sought after by the Princess of Mikoshima, but when the Midori is attacked and Kurara's secret turns out to be a power treasured across the empire, a gut-wrenching escape leads her to the gruff Himura, who takes her under his wing.

Author: Lin, Ann Sei Publisher: Tundra Books Available: Now Print ISBN: 9781774883983 eBook ISBN: 9781774883990

Print Price: $18.99

eBook Price: $45.00

Dread Detention

When classmates Hallie, Angelo, Gustav and Naira are forced to come to school on a Saturday for detention, they think things can't get much worse, but they are wrong as someone is watching and out for revenge.

Author: Killick, Jennifer Publisher: Delacorte Press Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780593652251 eBook ISBN: 9780593652275

Print Price: $17.99

eBook Price: $35.00

Viewfinder

After visiting Earth on a whim, a young space traveler finds a planet empty of people but she happens upon a strange contraption that shows her images of what the planet used to be like, and through this viewfinder, we see Earth as it was juxtaposed against Earth as it is: abandoned by people, but still full of amazing things.

Author: Chung, Christine D. U./ Majoka, Salwa Publisher: Tundra Books Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780735268753 eBook ISBN: 9780735268760

Print Price: $18.99

eBook Price: $35.00

Daughters Of The Lamp

Twelve-year-old Sahara prefers logic and science over magic, but when she travels to Cairo for a family wedding, her resistance to magic fades when she discovers that she is next in a line of women tasked with guarding Ali Baba's treasure.

Author: Lewers, Nedda Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780593619308 eBook ISBN: 9780593619315

Print Price: $18.99

eBook Price: $35.00

Hope Ablaze

Eighteen-year-old Nida faces unexpected fame after her critical poem about a politician goes viral and wins a contest she never entered, which leaves Nida unable to write poetry as she struggles with her family's expectations and questions her own desires.

Author: Rana, Sarah Mughal Publisher: Wednesday Books Available: Now Print ISBN: 9781250899316 eBook ISBN: 9781250899323

Print Price: $20.00

eBook Price: $60.00

Daughter Of The Bone Forest

Rosy, a bone familiar gifted with the power to shift into animals marked with exposed bone, spends her days in the magical Bone Forest caring for her feral grandmother, but when Princess Shaw visits the forest, she offers Rosy a chance to attend the prestigious school, Witch Hall, which could help Rosy find a cure for her grandmother's affliction.

Author: Skye, Jasmine Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Available: Now Print ISBN: 9781250872456 eBook ISBN: 9781250872470

Print Price: $20.99

eBook Price: $60.00

Snowglobe

In a world of constant winter, only the citizens of the climate-controlled city of Snowglobe can escape the bitter cold — but this perfect society is hiding dark and dangerous secrets within its frozen heart.

Author: Park, Soyoung/ Comfort, Joungmin Lee (Trn) Publisher: Delacorte Press Available: Now Print ISBN: 9780593484975 eBook ISBN: 9780593484999

Print Price: $20.99

eBook Price: $45.00

Dndoggos 1: Get The Party Started

Four adorable dogs have picked their characters and favorite dice and are ready to save the day when they learn that all the squeaky toys in town have disappeared and Squish, the mayor's young son, has set off on his own to find them.

Author: Underhill, Scout/ Sposto, Liana (Con) Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Available: Now Print ISBN: 9781250834355

Print Price: $22.99

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