Happy book birthday to these new releases! Check out this list today:
When an unexpected inheritance forces two total opposites to work together, Lexie must decide if Theo is going to push her outโor pull her in for the kiss of a lifetimeโin this heartwarming holiday novel from the author of Always, in December and One Last Gift
When Lexie learns of her fatherโs death, she doesnโt know how to feel; theyโve barely spoken in the last ten years. And sheโs even more confused when she discovers heโs left her half of his holiday travel company, a successful niche business specializing in trips that explore the holiday traditions of cultures all over the world.
Meanwhile, the other half of the company has been left to her fatherโs handsome but bad-tempered young executive, Theo. And the will stipulates that the two of them must find a way to run the company together for a year before they decide its fate.
Lexie intends to leave once the year is over, even though, as a wanderer herself, she finds the companyโs mission more compelling than she first thought. And a work trip to sizzling Spain reveals a chemistry between Lexie and Theo that is impossible to deny.
There may have been some snap judgments made about each other. But mixing business and pleasure isnโt always a good idea.
Bull Moon Rising by. Ruby Dixon
The special first edition hardcover will include a gorgeous, shimmering jacket with effects, brilliantly illustrated four-color endpapers, striking and detailed-stained edges, and a beautiful foil-stamped case.
In a world of magical artifacts and fantastical beings, a woman determined to save her family joins forces with an unlikely partner, in this steamy romantasy by USA Today bestselling author Ruby Dixon.
As a Holderโs daughter, Aspeth Honori knows the importance of magical artifacts . . . which is why itโs a disaster that her father has gambled all theirs away. Now that her family is in danger of losing their holdโand their headsโif anyone finds out the truth, Aspeth decides to do something about it. Sheโll join the Royal Artifactual Guild and the adventurers who explore ancient underground ruins to retrieve the coveted arcane items.
Itโs a great planโwith one big problem. The guild wonโt let her train because sheโs a woman. Aspeth needs a chaperone of some kind. The best way to get around this problem? Marry someone who will let her become an apprentice. Who better than a surly guild member who requires a favor of his own? Heโs a minotaur (itโs fine) who is her teacher (also fine) . . . and heโs about to go into rut (which is where it gets tricky). He also has no idea sheโs a noble (oops), and heโll want nothing to do with her if he discovers her real identity.
Now Aspeth just has to pass the guild tests, thwart a fortune hunter, and save her holdโoh, and survive a rut with her monstrous, horned husband, whom she might be falling in love with.
Itโs time to dig deep. Literally.
Tangleroot by. Kalela Williams
Noni Reid has grown up in the shadow of her mother, Dr. Radiance Castine, renowned scholar of Black literature, who is alarmingly perfect at just about everything.
When Dr. Castine takes a job as the president of the prestigious Stonepost College in rural Virginia, Noni is forced to leave her New England home and, most importantly, a prime internship and her friends. She and her mother move into the โbig houseโ on Tangleroot Plantation.
Tangleroot was built by one of Noniโs ancestors, an enslaved man named Cuffee Fortuneโwho Dr. Castine believes was also the original founder of Stonepost College, and that the school was originally formed for Black students. Dr. Castine spends much of her time trying to piece together enough undeniable truth in order to change the name of the school in Cuffeeโs honorโand to force the university to reckon with its own racist past.
Meanwhile, Noni hates everything about her new home, but finds herself morbidly fascinated by the white, slaveholding family who once lived in it. Slowly, she begins to unpeel the layers of sinister history that envelop her Virginia town, her motherโs workplace, her ancestryโand her life story as she knew it. Through it all, she must navigate the ancient prejudices of the citizens in her small town, and ultimately, she finds herself both affirming her motherโs position and her ownโbut also discovering a secret that changes everything.
I Was Told There Would Be Romance by. Marie Arnold
For fans of Never Have I Ever and To All the Boys Iโve Loved Before comes a hilarious and heartfelt YA contemporary about a young Haitian girl navigating high school, friendship, and crushes. Fifteen-year-old Fancy Augustine is a Haitian American girl with simple desires. Sheโd like to trade in her floppy, oversize boobs for cute, perky ones. Sheโd love a boyfriend. And sheโs desperate for an invite to the biggest event of the school Imani Parkโs birthday party. When Fancy learns her BFF, Tilly, has received a coveted invite and has a secret boyfriend, she is (understandably) devastated and wholeheartedly determined to do whatever it takes to get her own happily ever after.
So what if she makes a deal with the devil (Imani) that guarantees her an inviteโbut only if she can bring a boyfriend? And whatโs so bad about letting her crush, Rahim, believe that she can create a voodoo potion for him in exchange for him posing as her boyfriend? And, yeah, maybe sheโs destroying her friendship with Tilly and falling hopelessly behind in her schoolwork, but Fancy knows itโll all be worth it in the end. Plus, itโs not like Fancyโs parents would really make good on their threats of sending her back to Haiti…right?
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