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Backlist Book of the Month: Beyond the Ruby Veil by Mara Fitzgerald

Do you love your lesbian YA fantasy bloody and brutal? Of course you do. So if you missed Beyond the Ruby Veil by Mara Fitzgerald the first time around, now’s the perfect time to pick it up, since sequel Into the Midnight Void releases at the end of the month! Get your glorious dose of gleeful gasps! Emanuela Ragno always gets what she wants. With her daring mind and socialite schemes, she…

When it comes to the Wicked nothing is as it seems, and Emilia is about to uncover the biggest secret of all… 

KINGDOM OF THE CURSED hits shelves next fall and it’s shaping up to be my most romance-heavy book to date! Cover reveal, publication day, and the official book description will all be unveiled early in the new year.

My brilliant new editor at LBYR also told me a chapter excerpt will be included with the cover reveal, so not too much longer to go now…hurray!!! I cannot wait for you to get caught up in this seductive world where forbidden love, devil’s bargains, and treachery abound.

It’s up on Goodreads now if you’d like to add it to your shelves. Pre-order links should be up in early January. xoxo

Be sure to check out the  KINGDOM page on the NOVL, the new home of my books, for all of the fun updates plus things they’ve got planned!

I made a fun title reveal trailer and you can check it out on my Instagram account now!

Me, My Shelf, & I | Stef

Introduce Yourself | I’m Stef and I’m the Marketing Manager here at LBYR! 

Favorite Book of All Time | AKA the worst question in the world. However it always comes down to choosing between children’s books—adult books don’t even make the semi-finals! I probably have to say Charlotte’s Web. I have vivid memories of my Dad reading this to me and helping me learn to read at the same time. Or Jenny’s Birthday Book. It’s a picture book about a little black cat named Jenny Linksy, who lives in NYC. It was out of print for a long time and I was so obsessed my mom photocopied pages at the library until she could track down a copy. Luckily now it’s back in print! 

Favorite LBYR Book | The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns. While the entire series is great, Book 2 made me adore The Land of Stories. It’s accessible and fun for young readers, but it’s still hilarious and exciting for adults too! It’s one of my favorite books to convince people that children’s books aren’t just for children.

Book You’ve Been Meaning to Read for a While | Gone With the Wind. To be fair, I’ve been reading this for about two years. I refuse to get the ebook edition of it but that means I also am reluctant to carry around a 900+ page tome. So I decided to leave it at my family’s house and when I go home for vacation/holidays I get to read a chapter or two. I actually kind of like savoring it in this way! (Although I PROMISE I will finish it one day!)

A Signed Book on Your Shelf | I used to work at an Indie in my hometown that held a lot of book signings so I’m very lucky that I’ve met some amazing people over the years. I could never pick a favorite but a new addition to the collection is Lindsey Vonn’s Strong is the New Beautiful. I’ve been a skier and racer my entire life and it was the first time I met someone and couldn’t control my inner fan girl. I was speechless (which as you can see from my wordy responses is VERY rare)!

Unexpected Book that You Love | Crime & Punishment. I took a Russian Culture class in college which ended up having a focus on Russian Literature. I think a lot of it had to do with the Professor, but I ended up loving this book. I’ll admit it’s a little slow in the beginning but totally worth it! This is still my college copy, notes included, that I saved from multiple garage sales, donation boxes, etc. since my parents (and some well-meaning roommates) think that I couldn’t possibly care about holding onto such a dry book. 

Non-Book Bookish Item | A miniature Max from Where the Wild Things Are. This book technically also ranks in my top favorites of all time, and I could probably recite it by heart, but Max actually hangs out on my office bookshelf. His mischievous grin always makes me smile!

Currently Reading | Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld and Mad Enchantment by Ross King. Mad Enchantment is about Claude Monet and the painting of the water lilies. I visited Paris for the first time last year and seeing Water Lilies at Musée de l’Orangerie, displayed as Monet intended, was the first time I actually got teary-eyed over a piece of art. I had to learn more! And then I wanted some fun fiction too so I picked up Eligible, the modern take on Pride and Prejudice.