The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez (@maddiesmartinez) When Malka makes a deal to save her mother’s life, she must go into the woods to find the monster that haunts it. But upon meeting the inscrutable, disgraced golem, Malka’s bargains begin to unravel: protecting her people may force Malka to endanger the one person she left home to save. And the golem that she was raised to dread may not be the monster Malka always believed her to be.
What We Are Seeking by Cameron Reed No matter how little he wants to be a doctor on a planet where the local colonists practice the barbaric custom of marriage, Dr. John Maraintha doesn’t have a choice when he is assigned to the desert planet of Scythia. At least Sudharma Jain, the beautiful translation specialist, will be going with him as well… But on a planet where the transformations of the native wildlife baffle human understanding, the most treacherous machinations may still be the unpredictable patterns of human nature.
Fate's Bane by C. L. Clark As a child, Agnir Clan Fein is taken as hostage and ward by another clan and grows up among the enemy. More inconveniently, she starts falling in love with the chieftain's daughter, Hadhnri Clan Aradoc. When their burgeoning love for each other leads them both to an elusive spring deep in the Baneswood, a magic awakens in them that may unite the clans to face an outside threat—or destroy any hope of peace.
Greta Gets the Girl by Melissa Marr When Kaelee and Greta meet on a dating app, they both think that the connection is casual, no strings attached. That is, until Kaelee walks into a meeting about her debut sapphic romance novel, and discovers that her new editor is none other than Greta herself. Between Kaelee’s secretive past and Greta’s future career, can they overcome the obstacles in their path, and write their happily ever after—together?
Make Me Better by Sarah Gailey (@gaileyfrey)
Welcome to Kindred Cove: a beautiful, remote island famous for its miraculous ecology. Here, you can find healing and transformation; here, there is no grief or suffering. And Celia is so, so tired of being alone.
A Mouthful of Dust by Nghi Vo
Chasing stories of a legendary famine, Cleric Chih and their hoopoe companion Almost Brilliant arrive in the river town of Baolin. But even though the famine passed years ago, old secrets and bodies refuse to stay buried. As Chih and Almost Brilliant search for the truth, something waiting in the shadows grows hungrier…
The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes
As an exterminator, Guy Moulène hunts the uncanny creatures that crawl up from the river and attempt to infest the walls of the city. But his latest quarry is different: a centipede the size of a dragon with a deadly venom and a ravenous taste for artwork, a monster that seeks to digest his city from the sewers to the opera houses. No sane person would hunt it, but Guy—struggling to provide for his sister—doesn’t have a choice.
Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon (@sethhaddonsblog)
Masks are military tech that can overcome the limits of human physiology, granting pilots and scavengers the crucial edge that could mean the difference between survival and death. Wylla, armed with nothing more than an outdated MARK 1 RABBIT and sheer desperation, plunges into the chase for an enigmatic MARK I HAWK—a mask that shouldn’t exist. A mask that may have a mind of its own…
Out in paperback on June 23, 2026!
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