May 2024 - New Fiction
General Fiction
All Fours
by Miranda July

Ditching her California life for the open road, a restless, semi-famous artist leaves her husband, child and career and reinvents herself in a motel room, embarking on a journey of self-discovery and what it means to be alive and free.
All the Glimmering Stars
by Mark T. Sullivan

Two 1990s Ugandan teens are kidnapped and forced into the Lord's Resistance Army where they dream of surviving their captivity and their intent to remain good people, in the new novel from the best-selling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky.
Allow Me to Introduce Myself
by Onyi Nwabineli

After growing up with her life being chronicled and monetized by her entrepreneurial step-mother, Anuri escapes as a young adult but vows to fight the cycle of abuse and save her younger sister from a similar fate.
April May June July
by Alison B. Hart

Four estranged siblings meet up at a family wedding and are shocked to discover the presence of their father, who went missing while serving overseas, leaving the family members to each confront their complicated pasts.
Blue Ruin
by Hari Kunzru

After graduating art school in London, Jay winds up undocumented in upstate New York working as a delivery driver and living out of his car until he runs into an ex-girlfriend who invites him to live on her property.
Butcher
by Joyce Carol Oates

A disgraced doctor's quest for surgical renown in 19th-century America leads him down a horrifying path of experimentation on marginalized women at a New Jersey asylum, until his obsession with a young Irish indentured servant brings about his ultimate destruction.
Cinema Love
by Jiaming Tang

After emigrating to New York City's Chinatown Old Second and Bao Mei reminisce about their secret past in a rural Chinese cinema that taught them to navigate forbidden love, societal pressures and an uncertain future.
Daughters of Shandong
by Eve J. Chung

As China's civil war ravages and engulfs their once-privileged lives, four resourceful daughters defy tradition and flee their home as the Communist army closes in, charting a path across a war-torn nation to independence in Taiwan.
Ella
by Diane Richards

Follows the life of legendary singer Ella Fitzgerald from her escape from an infamous training school/prison that forced her to dance on the street for money to her 1934 first amateur appearance at the Apollo Theatre.
Every Time We Say Goodbye
by Natalie Jenner

A London playwright working as a script doctor in 1955 Rome faces the mystery of what happened to her fiancé during the war, in the new novel by the best-selling author of The Jane Austen Society.
Exhibit
by R. O. Kwon

Jin Han breaks a lifelong promise to keep the details of an old familial curse a complete secret when she meets and connects with a stranger at a party and must deal with the repercussions of their new relationship.
Goddess of the River
by Vaishnavi Patel

Born to the cursed river goddess prince Devavrata makes an oath to never claim his father's throne and sets into motion a tragic war, in a novel from the New York Times best-selling author of Kaikeyi.
The Goddess of Warsaw
by Lisa Barr

A legendary Hollywood screen goddess, Lena Browning uses her power and fame to get revenge on the Nazis who escaped justice after the war, hoping to right the past's wrongs, but when an old enemy resurfaces, she must use her skills to protect herself and those she loves, then and now.
The Guncle Abroad
by Steven Rowley

With his brother getting remarried in Italy, Patrick takes his niece and nephew back under his wing, and as they travel through Europe, he tries his best to help them understand love, while dealing with a groom with cold feet, his over-flirtatious sister and other disasters.
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
by Helen Simonson

In the summer of 1919, Constance, sent as a lady's companion to Hazelbourne-on-Sea, is welcomed by Poppy Wirrall, a baronet's daughter who runs a ladies' motorcycle club, but as the country prepares to celebrate its hard-won peace, the club realizes the freedoms they gained during the war are being revoked.
Housemates
by Emma Copley Eisenberg

After becoming housemates in Philadelphia, two aspiring artists, Leah and Bernie, embark on a three-week road trip across America, documenting the heart of the nation through words and photographs while facing their own artistic and romantic destinies.
How to Read a Book
by Monica Wood

Violet Powell, a twenty-two-year-old from rural Abbott Falls, Maine, is being released from prison after serving twenty-two months for a drunk-driving crash that killed a local kindergarten teacher. Harriet Larson, a retired English teacher who runs the prison book club, is facing the unsettling prospect of an empty nest. Frank Daigle, a retired machinist, hasn't yet come to grips with the complications of his marriage to the woman Violet killed. When the three encounter each other one morning in a bookstore in Portland, their lives begin to intersect in transformative ways. 
I Hope This Finds You Well
by Natalie Sue

Trapped between petty revenge and a life-changing opportunity, Jolene navigates coworker drama, hidden secrets and forbidden feelings to save her job, risking exposure of an email vendetta and the walls she's built around her heart.
I Want You More
by Swan Huntley

An aspiring author accepts a job ghostwriting the memoir of a hit cooking show host and the pair grow close until an unexpected incident makes them question just how much they really know about each other.
The Lady Waiting
by Magdalena Zyzak

Hired by a charismatic couple as their assistant, Viva, a young Polish émigré, is seduced into a misguided international heist, making her realize she's out of her depth and only luck, cunning and her own hustler's instinct can save her from disaster.
Last House
by Jessica Shattuck

Spanning multiple generations and nearly 80 years, this emotional tour de force follows one American family, during the radical movement of the 1968 against Big Oil, as they are forced to reckon with the consequences of resource that built their fortune and fueled their greatest tragedy.
The Library Thief
by Kuchenga Shenjé

A white-passing bookbinder in Victorian England, Florence, restoring a collection of rare books in the forbidding Rose Hall, hears whispers about Lord Belfield's late wife, and when the library is broken into and his wife's secret diary is burned, she realizes with horror it may have held the clue to her fate.
Lies and Weddings
by Kevin Kwan

Forced to attend his sister's wedding to seduce a woman with money and get his family out of debt, Rufus, the future Earl of Greshambury, finds their plans—and their reputation—going up in flames when a secret tryst and tragedy become known, revealing a shocking twist.
Loneliness & Company
by Charlee Dyroff

Assigned to train an AI how to be a friend, Lee discovers this project is part of a classified government mission to solve loneliness—an emotion erased from society's lexicon decades ago—and must decide what she's willing to give up for success and learn what it means to be a true friend.
Long Island
by Colm Tâoibâin

In 1976 Lindenhurst, Long Island, Ellis Lacey, an Irishwoman in her 40s with no one to rely on in this still-new country, discovers her husband got a woman pregnant and the woman's husband refuses to raise it, forcing Ellis to decide what she will do and not do in this unexpected situation.
The Lost Letters from Martha's Vineyard
by Michael Callahan

When TV producer Kit O'Neill discovers her late grandmother was Mercy Welles, an Oscar-nominated actress who disappeared just as her career was taking off, she puts her investigative skills to good use, which leads her to Martha's Vineyard—the island that holds the key to the fateful summer that changed everything forever.
Lovers and Liars
by Amanda Eyre Ward

The Peacock sisters, with decades of secrets forcing them into separate lives and lies, reunite for their sister Sylvie's destination wedding at an English castle where things come to a head when their toxic mother arrives, giving them an unexpected opportunity to find the courage to make new choices.
Man's Best Friend
by Alana B. Lytle

When a mysterious trust-fund Cambridge graduate chooses her, 30-year-old El, addicted to his wealth, gives up her job, friends and apartment, but when she discovers he's not what he seems, she must face the consequences when his darkness—and her own—are unleashed.
Mind Games
by Nora Roberts

With the ability to see into minds and souls, Thea, who brought her parents' killer to justice years ago, discovers the inmate who shattered her childhood has the same ability when she can hear his twisted thoughts and witness his evil acts from miles away as he plots his revenge.
The Ministry of Time
by Kaliane Bradley

To establish whether time travel is feasible—for the body, but also for the fabric of space-time, a “bridge” who lives with, assists and monitors the expat known as “1847” or Commander Graham Gore, falls fervently in love, with consequences she never could've imagined—ones that could change the future.
The Mother of All Things
by Alexis Landau

While on a film shoot with her husband in Bulgaria for the summer, art history professor Ava Zaretsky is swept up into a circle of women who reenact ancient Greco-Roman mystery rites of initiation, giving her a new appreciation of the gifts of female wisdom and self-belief.
Oye
by Melissa Mogollon

The baby of her large Colombian American family, Luciana, when her eccentric grandmother, Abue, moves into her bedroom, finds her wild demands, unpredictable antics and devastating secrets a welcome distraction, putting her on center stage, facing down adulthood—and rising to the occasion.
The Passionate Tudor 
by Alison Weir

Allowed to return to court as King Henry VIII's default heir after being declared a bastard, Mary, the first female queen to rule Britain, embarks on a ruthless campaign to force Catholicism on the English by burning hundreds of Protestants at the stake, earning her the name Bloody Mary.
The Red Grove
by Tessa Fontaine

When her mother Gloria goes missing after the death of a man seeking a connection to the beyond, Luce, living in the protected community of Red Grove—devoted to its mission, rituals and myths—discovers this special place is not what it seems and that protection comes at a cost.
The Safekeep
by Yael Van Der Wouden

In 1961, in Dutch countryside, Isabel lives by routine and discipline until her brother leaves his graceless new girlfriend Eva on her doorstep, and as Eva disrespects her house, Isabel develops a fury-fueled obsession that gives way to infatuation, leading to a discovery that unravels all Isabel has ever known.
The Second Coming
by Garth Risk Hallberg

When he receives a call from New York that makes him fear his 13-year-old daughter is in deeper trouble than anyone realizes, Ethan, a convicted felon and recovering addict, decides it's time to return home where they navigate love, grief, betrayal and redemption. Illustrations.
Shanghailanders
by Juli Min

Starting in 2040 and going backwards to 2014, this brilliantly constructed exploration of marriage, relationships and the layered experience of time, follows the Yangs, a cosmopolitan Shanghai family, parent by parent, daughter by daughter and through the eyes of those closest to them.
Spitting Gold
by Carmella Lowkis

In 1866 Paris, Baroness Sylvie Devereux and her estranged sister, fraudulent spirit mediums, target the de Jacquinots, who believe they are being haunted, hoping to scare them out of their gold, but the sisters are faced with inexplicable horrors, making them question whether they really are at the mercy of vengeful spirit.
The Stolen Child
by Ann Hood

Haunted by a decision he made as a young soldier in World War I, involving a French artist and her baby, Nick Burns, with only months left to live, enlists Jenny, a college dropout, to help him unravel the mystery, forcing them both to reckon with regret, betrayal and the lives they've left behind.
This Strange Eventful History
by Claire Messud

Inspired in part by long-ago stories from her own family's history, this masterful story follows the Cassars over seven decades, starting with patriarch Gaston and his wife Lucienne, whose myth of perfect love sustains them, and ending with Chloe, who believes telling her family's buried stories will bring them all peace.
Summers at the Saint
by Mary Kay Andrews

The widowed owner of the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel, Traci Eddings has one summer season to restore it to its former glory, but when a tragic death changes everything, she must put wrongs to right, put guilty parties in their place and maybe even find a new romance along the way.
Summer on Highland Beach
by Sunny Hostin

In Highland Beach, the oldest Black resort community in America, Olivia Jones, amid tense family drama, must decide if she wants to return to the beautiful life she's created in Sag Harbor or finally achieve her dream of having a home and family of her own in Highland Beach.
The Summer Swap
by Sarah Morgan

Deciding to spend her 70th birthday alone in her Cape Cod seashore cottage, hiding from her interfering family, widow Cecilia Lapthorne instead finds an unexpected houseguest, struggling artist Lily, and, allowing her to stay, settles in for a summer of self-discovery, self-belief and second chances.
The Takedown
by Lily Chu

When her perfect life suddenly becomes not-so-perfect, Dee Kwan, tasked with cleaning up a scandal for luxury fashion firm Celeste, comes face-to-face with her online “nemesis,” who needs her help to make Celeste a better place, forcing her to decide what she's willing to do to truly make a difference.
Wait
by Gabriella Burnham

When their mother is deported to São Paulo, Brazil, Elise, returning to Nantucket to be with her sister, finds the new life she created in college colliding with the life she left behind on the island, forcing her to confront the emotional and material realities that have fractured her family.
The Wealth of Shadows
by Graham Moore

In 1939, Ansel Luxford uproots his family and moves to Washington, D.C., to work on a clandestine project to undermine Nazi Germany, one involving economic warfare, and is plunged into a world of espionage, danger and deceit, especially when his wife takes a job with the FBI, bringing subterfuge to the home front.
We Were the Universe
by Kimberly King Parsons

Still in denial after the death of her sister, Kit, a young mother, in the secret recesses of her mind, is keyed into everything that might distract from her surfacing pain, causing her to spiral as the thin line between reality and fantasy blurs, making her wonder if her sister is really gone.
Whale Fall
by Elizabeth O'Connor

In 1938, when a dead whale washes up on the shores of a remote Welsh island, Manon, seeing this as a sign of things to come, is drawn to two English ethnographers who are studying their cultures, reckoning with a sensual awakening inside herself, despite her misgivings that her community is being misconstrued.
Wives Like Us
by Plum Sykes

In The Bottoms, tiny Cotswold villages on the English countryside, filthy rich Tata Hawkins is in a tizzy when her husband runs off with a bikini designer; her glamorous new neighbor, an American divorcée, refuses her overtures at friendship; and her two best friends are distracted by their own problems.
Women and Children First
by Alina Grabowski

When a young woman dies under suspicious circumstances at a house party, the private lives of 10 women unravel as they confront this tragedy in their small Massachusetts town where blame is cast, secrets are buried deeper and a shocking truth about that dreadful night begins to emerge.
You Are Here
by David Nicholls

When a persistent mutual friend and some very unpredictable weather conspire to toss Michael and Marnie together on the most epic of 10-day hikes, neither of them can think of anything worse, until, of course, they discover exactly what they've been looking for.
Mystery / Suspense
Act of Defiance
by Brian Andrews

When U.S. intelligence reports there's something going on in Russia, President Jack Ryan and his youngest daughter, Katie, determine the Russians are about to launch a super missile submarine, and the race is on to find its location and decide if it poses a threat to the continental U.S.
Camino Ghosts
by John Grisham

Bay Books shop owner Bruce Cable is reunited again with best-selling author Mercer Mann to solve another murder on Camino Island, Florida, in the third novel of the series following Camino Winds.
Control
by Omar Tyree

Determined to prevent a tragedy, an Atlanta therapist uncovers a common denominator that is plaguing six of her clients from the rap and film world and debates the merits of violating her professional position to save lives.
Death Behind Every Door
by Heather Graham

Posing as a tourist, an FBI special agent visits a Scottish castle that's been turned into a bed and breakfast to infiltrate a society of twisted killers named after the man believed to be America's first serial killer.
Disturbing the Dead
by Kelley Armstrong

A modern-day homicide detective trapped in the body of an 1860s housemaid investigates when the body discovered in an unwrapped mummy is not very old, in the third novel of the series following The Poisoner's Ring.
First Frost
by Craig Johnson

Sheriff Walt Longmire tries to manage his increasingly complicated personal life while staving off the violent underworld that is encroaching on the Old West, in the 20th novel of the series following The Longmire Defense.
The Hunter's Daughter
by Nicola Solvinic

A decorated sheriff's lieutenant serving a rural county, Anna Koray, who is secretly the daughter of a notorious serial killer, finds her suppressed memories returning when a new serial killer emerges, copying her father, and must use her father's tricks to stop him before everything she's built for herself is destroyed.
If Something Happens to Me
by Alex Finlay

Trying to pick up the pieces after his girlfriend's kidnapping, Ryan Richardson goes to law school but must pivot back to the case when her car is found submerged in a lake with a cryptic note.
I Will Ruin You
by Linwood Barclay

A teacher's act of heroism inadvertently makes him the target of a dangerous blackmailer who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
The Instruments of Darkness
by John Connolly

In Maine, Colleen Clark stands accused of the worst crime a mother can commit: the abduction and possible murder of her child; and soon enough, Charlie Parker is on the case.
The Last Hope
by Susan Elia MacNeal

Ordered by British Intelligence to assassinate the physicist behind Nazi Germany's nuclear program, Maggie Hope teams up with couturier and spy Coco Chanel, but as the war reaches a fever pitch and the stakes keep rising, the choices she makes will reverberate around the globe and touch everyone she loves.
The Last Murder at the End of the World
by Stuart Turton

On an isolated island where 122 villagers and three scientists live in peaceful harmony, one of the scientists is found brutally murdered, which triggers a security system, giving the islanders only 107 hours to solve the murder or be smothered by the fog that destroyed the planet.
The Last Time She Saw Him
by Kate White

When her ex-fiancé is found dead from a gunshot wound while at their friend's Connecticut country house, Kiki is determined to prove it was murder, not suicide, and to get the police to take her seriously, searches for the missing link, uncovering something far more sinister than she had ever imagined.
Lights, Camera, Bones
by Carolyn Haines

When the heir to a wealthy and influential political family in Greenville, MS, goes missing while filming his family's heroic efforts during the 1927 flood, Sarah Booth and Tinkie, when a severed foot is found, must discover if this is a freak bull shark attack or a killer with a bite.
Locked in Pursuit
by Ashley Weaver

Working once again with her handler in the British government, safecracker Ellie McDonnell, as a rash of burglaries plague London and an unknown object arrives by a mysterious courier, must beat the thieves at their own game as World War II looms over the city.
Long Time Gone
by Charlie Donlea

When Dr. Sloan Hastings submits her DNA to an online genealogy site for a research assignment, she discovers she's“Baby Charlotte,” who had mysterious disappeared in 1995 along with her family, and, led to the site of her disappearance, soon realizes no one is happy about her return.
One Perfect Couple
by Ruth Ware

Landing on a tropical paradise where they'll compete against four other couples to win a cash prize, Lyla and Nico, starring on the new reality TV show, One Perfect Couple, find themselves trapped on a storm-swept island where they all must band together for survival as a killer walks among them.
Phantom Orbit
by David Ignatius

Working in secret for years to solve the puzzle in the writings of the 17th-century astronomer Johannes Kepler, Ivan Volkov, after the loss of his son and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, makes the fraught decision to contact the CIA, risking his life to help stop the Doomsday clock.
Red Sky Mourning
by Jack Carr

When three seemingly disconnected events are about to ignite a power grab unlike anything the world has seen, Navy SEAL sniper James Reece, to save America, must reconnect to a quantum computer called “Alice” who is positioned to act as either the county's greatest savior or its worst enemy.
The Return of Ellie Black
by Emiko Jean

When Ellie Black, who disappeared two years earlier, is found alive in the woods of Washington State, Detective Chelsey Calhoun, whose own sister went missing when they were teenagers, realizes something is not right with Ellie and it's up to her to find the answers before another girl is taken.
Swiped
by L. M. Chilton

To fill the void in her life, Gwen Turner turns to a dating app, spending her evenings out on one disastrous date after another, but when she becomes the main suspect in a serial killer's murderous spree whose victims are linked to her, she must swipe her way to the truth.
The Switch
by Lily Samson

While housesitting in their dream neighborhood, young couple Elena and Adam are drawn into the orbit of beautiful artist Sophia and her husband, Finn, and when Sophia proposes to swap partners in secret, Elena experiences a sexual awakening that blossoms into an illicit—and dangerous—love affair.
Think Twice
by Harlan Coben

When his former client, renowned basketball coach Greg Downing, who is deceased, has been placed at the scene of a double homicide, sports agent Myron Bolitar and Win, his longtime friend and colleague, search for answers, but the more they discover about Greg, the more dangerous their world becomes.
The 24th Hour
by James Patterson

While celebrating Cindy's engagement at one of San Francisco's finest restaurants, a woman is assaulted and Lindsay, Claire and Yuki spring into action, but when the victim's story keeps changing, Lindsay must expose a high-society killer before the Women's Murder Club is short a bridesmaid… or two.
Very Bad Company
by Emma Rosenblum

On an exclusive retreat in Miami with her new employer, trendy tech startup Aurora, Caitlin Levy, when a fellow high-level executive vanishes, whose disappearance could cost the team millions, and her colleagues must continue the charade to keep the future of Aurora afloat amid all the fatal speculations.
Westport
by James Comey

When she becomes the lead suspect in her coworker's murder, Nora Carleton calls in her old colleagues from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Mafia investigator Benny Dugan and lawyer Carmen Garcia, and as they hunt for the true killer's motive, Nora examines her history with the company to determine who framed her.
Romance
All's Fair in Love and War
by Virginia Heath

A former naval captain hires an emergency governess to watch his children while on an expedition to Egypt where she runs afoul of the captain's brother, who disapproves of her bohemian and unconventional educational style.
The Blast From the Past
by Lucy Score

While working on their new fixer-upper and setting boundaries with their breaking-and-entering next door neighbors, clairvoyant sleuth Riley Thorn gets kidnapped and, with her psychic powers on the fritz, must discover if her new house guests are in trouble or are trouble when a severed finger arrives.
Better Left Unsent
by Lia Louis

A woman who uses her email “drafts” folder to pen unsent sarcastic replies to her boss, difficult truths to her friends and love declarations to an engaged man must face all her repressed feelings when they all get sent.
Blood on the Tide
by Katee Robert

A bloodline vampire in search of stolen family heirlooms and a portal home seeks help from a selkie that was rescued from captivity, in the second novel of the series following Hunt on Dark Waters.
The Dixon Rule
by Elle Kennedy

When Shane Lindley moves into her apartment building, determined to sleep his way through her entire cheerleading squad, Diana Dixon, setting some ground rules, is stunned when he, to make his ex-girlfriend jealous, tells everyone she's his girlfriend.
A Gamble at Sunset
by Vanessa Riley

To save her sister from scandal and ignite her own forbidden musical passions, a shy wallflower stages a shocking kiss with a reluctant composer, sparking a game of hearts and high society deception.
Look on the Bright Side
by Kristan Higgins

When a solution to get her life back on track comes from foul-tempered and renowned surgeon Lorenzo Santini who needs a date for his sister's wedding, oncologist Lark Smith agrees and falling in love with his big, warm family, discovers the best things in life aren't planned at all.
Love at First Book
by Jenn McKinlay

When her favorite author, Siobhan Riordan, offers her a job in Ireland, Emily, jumping at the opportunity, helps Siobhan author the final book in her acclaimed series and spends her days bantering with Siobhan's annoyingly handsome, mercurial son, making her decide if she's ready to start a new chapter in her life.
Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie
by Jackie Lau

Forced to work together for her sister's wedding, writer Emily Hung and sweater-vest-wearing engineer Mark Chan fake a relationship to put an end to her marriage-minded mom's meddling, but soon their fake dates become all too real, making her realize an argyle sweater isn't so ugly after all.
Mistakes We Never Made
by Hannah Brown

Frenemies Emma and Finn are reunited for a mutual friend's wedding, but when the bride goes missing, they must embark on an adventure-filled road trip in hopes of saving someone else's happily-ever-after but find themselves crossing more than just state lines as old feelings spark once more.
One Last Shot
by Betty Cayouette

Getting a calendar reminder for the marriage pact she made with Theo as a teen, supermodel Emerson arrives in Italy to work on the fashion campaign he's shooting, and as they're faced with roadblock after roadblock, she wonders if this is their one last shot at love, or their final goodbye.
The Paradise Problem
by Christina Lauren

When his 100-million-dollar inheritance comes with a catch—he must be happily married for five years, Liam Weston, the uptight heir of a grocery chain, turns to his secret not-so-ex-wife Anna Green, a feisty, foul-mouthed artist, to fake their relationship and convince his one-percenter parents they're in love.
People in Glass Houses
by Jayne Castle

When the Tarnished Knight, a once-respected explorer whose career was destroyed by an Underworld disaster, is found, Molly Griffin heads to his location, confident she can help him regain control of his shattered senses since he is the key to finding her sister—a member of his vanished expedition team.
A Storybook Wedding
by K. J. Micciche

After getting caught in a compromising position while studying in an MFA program, a librarian and a struggling author decide to get married to protect their careers discover that their fake relationship is complicated by mutual attraction.
This Summer Will be Different
by Carley Fortune

When her best friend flees Toronto a week before her wedding, Lucy follows her to Prince Edward Island to help her through her crisis and resist the one man she's never been able to, but his flirty quips have been replaced with something new, making her wonder if her heart is still safe.
With Each Tomorrow
by Tracie Peterson

Eleanor Briggs travels to Kalispell, Montana, with her conservationist father to discuss the formation of Glacier National Park, and sparks fly when she meets Carter Brunswick, despite their differences. As the town fights to keep the railroad, the dangers Eleanor and Carter face will change the course of their lives.
You Should Be So Lucky
by Cat Sebastian

Ordered by the team's owner to give a bunch of interviews to reporter Mark Bailey, baseball shortstop, Eddie O'Leary, during the 1960 season, slowly gives in to the attraction between them, and when it's just them against the world, they must decide if that's enough.
Speculative
Archangels of Funk
by Andrea Hairston

Caring for her three Circus-Bots and two dogs, Cinnamon works to provide food and housing for refugees from the Water Wars and confronts threats from Darknet Lords and the nostalgia militia while trying to build a future.
Black Shield Maiden
by Willow

Yafeu, an African warrior stolen from her home in the Ghanaian Empire, ignites a revolution in the frozen north of the Vikings and forges an unlikely friendship with a timid princess as the pair fight to control their destinies.
The Brides of High Hill
by Nghi Vo

In a crumbling estate at the crossroads of dead empires, the Cleric Chih and a beautiful young bride about to marry an aging ruler are drawn into the mystery of what became of his previous wives, and as the wedding night draws to its close, Chih discovers some monsters hide in plain sight.
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea
by Rebecca Thorne

Settling in a town near dragon country, a former private guard of the Queen and her girlfriend open a tea-serving bookshop but find their idyll cracking when the queen throws a murderous temper tantrum.
The House that Horror Built
by Christina Henry

When single mother Harry Adams takes a job cleaning house for a reclusive horror director who values discretion, she keeps her head down until she starts hearing noises from behind a locked door and soon finds this forbidding house may be home to secrets she can't ignore.
I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons
by Peter S. Beagle

Unhappily inheriting his late father's job as a dragon catcher/exterminator Robert dreams of quitting and becoming a princess valet because he just really likes dragons, in the new novel by the best-selling author of The Last Unicorn.
Lost Ark Dreaming
by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

After the dangerous rise of the Atlantic Ocean, the survivors live inside partially submerged, kilometers-high towers where the rich rule from the top while the rest are crammed into the dark, fetid floors below sea level until the dead, reawakened by ancient power, seek vengeance on those who offered them up to the waves.
Red Side Story
by Jasper Fforde

In a society strictly regulated by one's limited color perception, 20-year-old Eddie Russet, out on the fringes of Red Sector West, is framed for murder and, to save himself and Jane Grey, with whom he has an illegal relationship, must negotiate the narrow boundaries of the Rules to find a loophole.
When Among Crows
by Veronica Roth

A hunter who sacrifices his soul to slay monsters, Dymitr, tasked with finding legendary witch Baba Jaga, offers Ala, a fear-eating zmora, a cure for her curse in exchange for her help, and together they fight against time and the wrath of the Chicago underworld where his secrets could destroy them both.
You Like It Darker
by Stephen King

Delving into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal, the legendary storyteller and expert in short fiction presents this exhilarating collection of 12 tales, many never-before-published, about fate, mortality, luck and the folds in reality where anything can happen.
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