A.J. Symon was born and raised in the South where he was instilled with a love of football, dogs, and any food that's been breaded and deep-fried. He got the idea for Golden Boy when what he assumed was a game of fetch with his golden retriever turned into a game of keep-away. If that dog were human, he thought, he'd be an amazing running back. Symon lives with his family in Barnesville, Georgia, where the proceeds from this book will help keep several golden retrievers in the lifestyle to which they've become accustomed.

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As many of you know, Allison Saft is one of my all-time favourite authors, so I am very excited to read her newest release! In Immortal Game, we follow Shea, who has spent the last six years dreaming of a way of freeing her sister after she was taken by the ruler of the land of fae. The Iron Veil dividing their worlds makes rescue impossible, but after receiving an invitation to a once-in-a-lifetime chess tournament in the Otherworld, Shea finally has some hope because the winner can ask the High King to grant one wish. Except winning the tournament is not going to be easy, between dark magic and cutthroat opponents who aren’t afraid to bend some rules, Shea will need an ally. Enter Ciara, a fae princess and her longtime rival. The stakes have never been higher, and if she’s not careful, Shea could lose her sister forever, and maybe even her life.


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What we know for sure is that after another infamous party at the McClain family farm, two bodies are found in the barn: Sadie and her killer, Mason. Sadie’s twin sister, Jayne, witnessed her brutal death and how Mason was killed by Sadie’s boyfriend, Ben, to try to save Sadie. But everything is not as cut and dry as it seems, and as the police interrogate Jayne, Ben, and Sadie’s best friend Liz, the details aren’t adding up. The real question is, who’s lying, and what do they have to hide? When the POV shifts to Sadie’s last moments, a shocking truth is revealed. This was a thrilling read! I had a great time chatting with the author all about Killing Sadie. Check out our interview here!




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This one is for all the F1 fans! In The Fast Track, we follow Justine, who is determined to be the first female Formula 1 champion. So when she is given a chance to race in Formula 3, she immediately accepts, even if half of the fans think she’s there to fill a diversity quota, and her teammate Cameron mistakes her for an intern. But she’ll need to rely on more than her talent, she also needs to defend herself against the paparazzi and petty backstabbing. If everything goes well, she could even get an F2 seat to get into the big leagues. Except Justine and Cameron have an undeniable chemistry, even if he may be the person standing in the way of her dreams. This sounds so fun!




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Have you ever wanted to read a queer crossover of American Idol and The Hunger Games? Then you’re in luck! Survival Show is about Taryn, who escapes her reality of being in a Scottish refugee camp and caring for her sick brother by singing. That’s why she enters the TV show Starmaker, where kids from the New Peace Global Alliance compete for a chance to join a new pop group, guaranteeing wealth and fame. The only problem is, the lowest-ranking contestants are publicly executed on TV. Now Taryn has to sing for her life. This sounds like nothing I’ve ever read before!







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I’ve been loving romantasy lately, and I can’t wait to see what this has in store! Eira spends her days in a small town on the outskirts of an overthrown kingdom. She can’t remember her past, but she’s content to live a quiet life with her rabbit familiar, practicing legal potions magic and flying under the radar from the empire’s witch hunters. Enter Hugo, who is looking for something in her shop and seemingly knows a bit about her. After an encounter with an unnatural and deadly new type of soldier, Eira is facing a bounty on her head and chooses to join Hugo on his quest. As they search for a missing princess, they uncover buried memories, mysteries of the capital and the truth behind her identity. With forbidden magic in her veins, Eira could be the one to save the kingdom from the Iron Empire’s forces, that is, if she can learn to control it in time.


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Who doesn’t love dark academia? I’m hoping this next release will satisfy my craving for it. Grayson Stone is no stranger to deception. Under the watchful eye of his uncle, the High Chancellor, he has been well-trained in all four types of magic, all while secretly working against his uncle’s corrupt rule. Years of plans depend on him being marked Gifted during his University entrance exam, proving that he is the perfect heir and gaining his uncle’s trust. Unfortunately, things don’t go as planned, and he has only one person to Eloise Belrose. Raised by a family of Laborers, Eloise is the most unlikely student to become a Mage, but through her hard work and long hours spent practicing she is finally admitted to the prestigious Mage University, guaranteeing safety and security for her whole family. Until things go very wrong, and she somehow becomes magically linked to Grayson Stone, the school’s arrogant, annoyingly attractive, golden boy, putting not only her University acceptance, but also her and her family’s lives at risk. Eloise and Grayson are given less than two weeks to solve an impossible mystery–one that will give the High Chancellor even more power and control—or face the consequences. Forced to room together, with all the same classes, while pretending to date to hide their secret quest, sparks definitely fly. As their feelings grow more real it becomes harder to live the lies they’ve had to tell to survive. With time running out, will they be able to trust the bond between them or will their lies tear them apart forever?


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​Every month, the kingdom of Florent braces for the Ignition: a solar event that turns ordinary humans into vicious dragon shifters. And anyone can be a dragon's next victim. Claire knows this all too well because the Ignition consumed her and her father, her town, and the life she thought she’d have. Now, she's scraping by on her wits as part of a sisterhood of thieves—lying, stealing, her heart locked tight—until she tracks down a disgraced dragon slayer who may be the one person who can give her back the life she once had. Abel has been shunned by the prestigious Slayers Guild for conducting research that’s too...unorthodox to condone. But there’s no one Claire trusts more than a rulebreaker, and that research might be the one thing that could help her. So when Abel reveals he is hunting again, Claire tries to hire him under false pretenses. Abel, however, is reluctant to accept a job from a criminal, no matter how charming she is. And yet...he really needs the money. Together, Claire and Abel will race through Florent and uncover dangerous secrets in their quests for forgiveness—and survival. But that knowledge may cost them the very thing they’ve grown desperate to protect: each other.


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Ainsley Green writes happily-ever-afters for a rabid fanbase of hopeless romantics. In real life? Her boyfriend just broke up with her, her editor wanted a new book yesterday and she’s starting to wonder if love actually exists beyond the pages of her favorite novels. So when Lucas, Ainsley’s best friend and biggest cheerleader, insists the best cure for writer’s block is real-life inspiration, she’s ready to try anything. Enter: the meet-cute plan, a mission to take her head out of her heartbreak and force meet-cutes IRL to spark some new ideas. But as failed missions bumping into strangers at the airport and spilling coffee on men at the cafe result in nothing but embarrassment and stained clothing, Ainsley begins to wonder if maybe the romance she’s been chasing already has a leading man. Because the truth about falling in love? It never goes according to plan.

Kian Ishida is all about parties, hockey, and living in the moment. But when he realizes he’s headed to the NHL without his degree, his late dad’s one wish for him, he’s determined to make up those last few credits. Desperate for help, he joins a study group led by none other than Scarlett Kilner. She’s as gorgeous as she is smart. Too bad he doesn’t know yet that she’s his coach’s daughter. After making a reputation for herself, all Scarlett wants for her senior year is to prove she’s more than her mistakes and graduate without tarnishing her well-respected father’s name. But when Kian Ishida, one of her dad’s star hockey players, joins her study group, things get complicated. As Scarlett helps Kian, their study sessions turn into something more—stolen glances, lingering touches, and a connection neither of them expected. Kian has to decide what’s more the dream he’s worked for his whole life or the girl he never saw coming.


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Nothings brings family together like attempted murder. There are three things Jayshree Devi can count on happening at her annual family 1) her cousins will forget she exists, 2) her aunts will try to set her up, and 3) her uncles will get into a fight. What she doesn’t expect? An accident that lands her grandmother in a coma, throwing the family—and their matriarch’s sizeable fortune—into chaos. When Jay discovers Grand Mom’s “accident” might not have been so accidental after all, she’ll have to dig through decades of secrets to find the truth. With the help of her (annoyingly perky) cousins and one of their (annoyingly hot) friends, Jay finds herself knee-deep in a mystery that’s even more tangled than her family tree. But the closer Jay gets to answers, the closer she gets to finding her place amongst the relatives who once felt so distant. With Grand Mom’s life and fortune hanging in the balance, can Jay save her family and maybe hook up with a hottie while she’s at it?


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School is everything to Nova—literally everything, since she’s missed out on all of the Traditional High School Things in pursuit of academic success. Her senior year is going to be perfect, and so is she... because she's pushing herself to her physical and mental limit. All she needs to do is ignore her mounting anxiety! Which is probably clinical! La la la! But Hayes—her ultrasmart, ultra-annoying rival for valedictorian—is making her year far less perfect than she imagined. He's after that top spot, and he doesn’t care who he has to shove outside. But when Nova and Hayes are paired up for a group project on student mental health, Nova discovers that he might be the only one who understands what she’s going through. The burnout. The self-doubt. The unrelenting grind. Together, they can stand up to the pressures of academia, family, and the way most traveled... if they partner up in more ways than one.


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On an ordinary Monday morning, eighteen-year-old Mikaela Broussard receives the shock of her life. During a customer’s tarot reading at her family’s occult shop, she turns over the Death card and envisions the beautiful stranger stabbing her in the heart. In order to determine why the girl, Joelle, wants to kill her, she’ll have to keep her close. But the more time Mikaela spends with her soon-to-be murderer, the more irresistible she finds her. As if imminent death isn’t worrisome enough, witches are turning up with their magic stolen. And it’s clear some very dark magic is at work. Mikaela, as the next Witch Queen of her coven, is tasked with figuring out who’s behind the horrific acts—a mystery that will put her and her power to the test.



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After a very public failed engagement, Penny Darling, proud owner of Bonfire and Bliss Books, is done with love. She’d rather cozy up by the fire with a pumpkin spiced-anything and one of her book boyfriends than a real one any day. So when her old high school best friend, author Jake “Monty” Montgomery, tells the town busybodies that he’s her new boyfriend and volunteers them to co-host Hope Harbor’s famed Maple Festival, Penny is more than hesitant.  Until Monty admits the real reason he returned his latest book release failed and if he doesn’t turn in something amazing soon, his career as an author is over. Convinced that Penny’s obsession with romance novels makes her an expert on the subject, Monty begs Penny to teach him how to be the perfect romantic hero so he can finally write one. In return, Penny’s “boyfriend” will put a stop to neighbours’ pitying looks and matchmaking. But as pretend kisses in the apple orchard turn into searing ones beneath the autumn moon, Penny begins to wonder if Monty could really love her, or if she’s destined for another broken heart.


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Members of the ancient House Rosebourne have a strange gift born of a fairy ancestor: the ability to infuse fragrance with magic capable of manipulating mind, body, and emotion. When a shocking murder leaves the kingdom of Albion vulnerable to a coup, royal spymaster Hugh Thornton seeks the one person who can help: Viola Lockwood, the last living Rosebourne and secret heir to a fraught legacy. Livid at the silver-eyed aristocrat who had her thrown in jail to force her compliance, Viola nevertheless comes to an agreement with him. In exchange for crafting Immortal Rose, the singular perfume capable of saving Albion, illegitimate Viola can seize the life—and fortune—that should have been hers. As Hugh and Viola race to find the perfume’s lost fairy ingredient, hidden deep in Albion’s dark underbelly, neither can deny the scorching attraction building between them—especially as the attempts on Viola’s life grow increasingly brazen. But a terrible truth lurks in the heart notes of their kingdom—and while every bargain has a cost, Immortal Rose may demand more than Hugh and Viola can ever pay.


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Meg March and her three sisters are monsters. No, really. Meg has teeth that are a little too sharp. Jo gets furry under the full moon. Beth goes night flying on wings that are impossible to hide under her sweaters. And Amy? Well, don’t let her near a body of water or she’ll start sprouting her mermaid’s tail. Meg is sure their foster mom, Marmee, wouldn’t like any of this if she knew. And Jo’s best friend Laurie, the nice boy next door, would run screaming. To make matters worse, Meg’s small town outside of Salem is on edge. A vicious beast has been spotted in the forest, and Farmer Bhaer believes it’s responsible for his missing chickens. Meg is sure to be blamed if anyone realizes she’s a monster in disguise. And the closer it gets to Halloween, the surer the town is that something evil is hiding in the forest. Meg doesn’t always remember what she gets up to at night, and sometimes, she wakes alone in a mossy part of the forest and has to find her way back. With John Brooke determined to find out just what Meg is hiding and locals working to uncover the monsters in their midst, Meg must find the culprit herself—or risk losing the little home she’s found with her sisters.


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Willa’s small town is at its best in the fall. Think crisp air, golden leaves, bonfires, hayrides, and pumpkin spice. It’s cozy and comforting, pretty much perfect, but sometimes Willa wonders if she’s destined for more. Then she’s left some money by a distant aunt, with one condition: It must be used to see the world. The rest of the book unfolds in alternating chapters where she makes one choice or another about this inheritance. In one strand, Willa decides to study travel journalism, but she has to hit the books if she wants to be accepted into a program. That why she spends her weekends in the library, where Theo, a grumpy out-of-towner, also hangs out. He may think everything in this town is beneath him, but… there’s something irresistible about him when he smiles. In the other strand, Willa begins planning a perfect round-the-world trip. Meanwhile, she’s working at her favorite coffee shop… where she suddenly gets a new boss, monosyllabic James, who’s back in his hometown to nurse a broken heart. Each potential choice leads Willa to love, and the final chapter is classic happily ever after.


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Rory is academic royalty. As the heir to the most successful tutoring company in the world, he can be nothing less than perfect if he wants to gain his parents’ approval. So it's simple. Rory studies harder than anyone else. He does not make mistakes. And he never loses. Except to Luca Melendez. The infuriatingly good-looking hockey player who wins every academic competition without even trying. When Rory has a very public meltdown, throwing a smoothie at Luca and shattering his own public image in the process – it feels like one more thing Luca ruined. To salvage his reputation, Rory has his sights set on winning the most cutthroat academic camp in the country, BRAIN. There is nothing standing between Rory and the final medal. Until, Luca Melendez shows up. This means war and Rory has the perfect Make Luca fall in love with him. And then break Luca’s heart right before the final competition.


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When a sudden school boundary change uproots Summer's senior year, she's forced to transfer to Frost Lake High--the rival school she's spent years competing against. New hallways, new teammates, and a daily reminder that nothing is going according to plan makes starting over feel impossible. All Summer wants is to survive her final year while playing the game she loves most--soccer. Rowan, Frost Lake's charming soccer star, has a very different problem. His future is already mapped out by his parents, complete with college admissions events and expectations he's never questioned--until now. Rowan has dreams of his own but admitting that might mean disappointing everyone he loves. When Summer and Rowan's paths collide, a fake dating arrangement seems like the perfect solution. Rowan will help Summer fit in with her new team, and in return, she'll help make his ex-girlfriend jealous. It's strictly pretend. No feelings allowed. But as lines blur between what's fake and what's real, Summer and Rowan must decide if following the plan is worth giving up something that finally feels right.


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​Science-obsessed, teen-genius Emma Branch is used to being the odd one out—in her family, among her classmates, and in her small town that only ever seems to care about football. She doesn’t mind being all alone; in fact, she prefers it. Besides, who needs friends when she has a best friend already—her golden retriever, Hudson. But when Hudson gets into an accident, Emma can’t bear to lose her only friend. Luckily, she’s been working on an experimental substance for her school science project that could help him out. All it was supposed to do was heal Hudson, not…turn him human?! Emma, her family, and the whole town is about to learn just how a golden retriever can change hearts and minds for the better—that is, after causing a big, old mess first.


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​In Valestadt, everything has a price. Sinning leaves its mark in the form of the Bloodrot, a slow-creeping disease that leads to madness, then death. Most sins are negligible, but murder—committed enough—can be fatal. For the rich, violence is something to be outsourced. For the poor, it's a paycheck that comes with a cost. Talin Keller is a sinner. Employed by  the holiest man in the city, the Prophet, she gets her hands dirty so his can stay clean. And with her Bloodrot rapidly advancing, Talin knows her next job could be her last. But when a new assignment puts Talin on a collision course with a shadowy figure known as "the Warden," she begins to see a future for herself that doesn't involve a body bag. If she can get close enough to the Warden, she can trade his life for her own freedom. That is, if she can keep her balance on the knife's edge. The closer Talin gets to the Warden, though, the more she finds herself falling for his sharp edges and twisted sense of justice. As savior and sinner bleed together, Talin finds the real threat isn't either man – but a conspiracy tied to the past she hoped was dead.


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Juliette Macintyre has never met a dog she didn’t love. For one thing, dogs don’t judge, unlike the human residents of Labrador Falls. Most locals look at her with suspicion because her father was once a dirty cop, even though Juliette is upbeat, helpful, and the best pet groomer around. She just needs to prove it…starting with new resident Joel Cunningham, an enigma wrapped in a checked shirt and a scowl. Joel runs the Brewed Awakening café, where the coffee is as smooth as Joel is surly. He doesn’t serve pumpkin spice, he doesn’t chitchat, and he claims he doesn’t like dogs. Yet when Juliette stumbles upon a dead body in the dog park, strangled with one of her custom leashes, Joel becomes an unexpected ally. He has no intention of opening up, to either his cute neighbor or the foster pup she foists on him. But he can’t let a biased detective frame Juliette for murder. Whoever killed the widely loathed Maurice Allsop may be desperate enough to strike again. If they can just ignore their chemistry and focus on the clues, Juliette and Joel might be able to solve the case—before somebody else bites the dust…


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Ginger Mills is the new girl in Cinnamon Falls. She’s ready to build her new life, focus on herself and spend her days baking delicious seasonal treats in her newly renovated bakery. Although her handsome regular, Austin, is already proving a distraction… When a body is discovered in her bakery one morning, Ginger finds herself cast into an unwanted spotlight. Who is this new girl? Is she the killer? Only Austin seems to believe in her innocence. To save Ginger from a life behind bars, she and Austin must solve the mystery and unmask the real killer before it’s too late.






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