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  • Cozy on the high seas…

    Cozy on the high seas…

    About Sea of Charms, book 3 in The Spellshop world Sarah Beth Durst brings cozy fantasy romance to the high seas in Sea of Charms, the third magical adventure in the New York Times bestselling Spellshop series! Marin had always belonged on the great blue sea. When the man she thought was the love of her life schemed…

  • Chiara Bullen

    About The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengence A young aspiring scholar is sent to research the mysteries of an adventurer’s inn—only to uncover a centuries-old secret, while finding true friendship and a new home, in this heartwarming cozy fantasy. Mount Vengeance is legendary. For most, it’s an adventure or a quest to prove…

  • Rebecca Thorne

    About Moss’d in Space USA Today Bestselling author Rebecca Thorne delights in a brand new cozy sci-fi romance series for fans of Martha Wells. This beautiful trade paper edition features French flaps with exquisite original art on the inside front and back cover! Torian Razner finally bought a starship, and contrary to Amelia’s assessment, it was not “a…

  • Molly Tanzer

    About And Side By Side We Wander An intergalactic art heist by a ragtag group of underqualified misfits. What could go wrong?For three hundred years, humanity’s greatest works of art have been on loan at the Greenwood Museum. It was finally time for them to come home…but the alien curators were disinclined to return them.…

  • Amy Archer

    About Nemesis Mine A not-so-evil villain strikes a deal with a not-quite-perfect hero to fake a feud, boost their reputations . . . and try not to fall in love in the process—in this hilarious, tender, sexy, and outrageously fun romp that blends the humor of Assistant to the Villain with the unforgettable romance of Heated Rivalry and the…

  • Shannon Chakraborty

    2023 Interview 2026 Interview About The Tapestry of Fate New York Times bestselling author Shannon Chakraborty sets sail into the second adventure of pirate Amina al-Sirafi as her quest to track down magical artifacts brings her to the island lair of a sorceress whose woven enchantments are impossible to flee. Amina al-Sirafi thinks she’s struck gold.…

  • Martha Wells

    About Platform Decay Everyone’s favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment of Martha Wells’ bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series. Having someone else support your bad decision feels kind of good. After volunteering to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realizes that it will have to spend significant time with a bunch of humans…

  • I remember why I loved LitRPG

    About Death Has Joined the Party Welcome, sentient races one and all, to the centennial season of the greatest collaboration between mortals and gods! The most thrilling, most deadly, most watched spectacle ever put on in any realm…Mana Runners! The infinite dungeon below Whitepeak, the famous City of Wizards, has reset itself once again, bringing…

  • Kiersten White

    About The Fox & The Devil An obsession with an immortal serial killer entangles a vampire hunter’s daughter in a sapphic romance in this enthralling gothic fantasy from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lucy Undying. Anneke has a complicated relationship with her father, Abraham Van Helsing—doctor, scientist, and madman devoted to the study of vampires—until…

  • John Chu

    About The Subtle Art of Folding Space The Subtle Art of Folding Space, is the exhilarating debut science fiction novel from Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author John Chu channels unhinged physics, generational trauma, and the comfort of really good dim sum. This isn’t your usual jaunt through quantum physics. Ellie’s universe—and this one—is falling apart.…