About This Contest
About This Contest
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Explore thrillers, rom-coms, sci-fi, suspense, topical nonfiction, middle-grade graphic novels, YA fantasy, and enchanting picture books. Scroll through and add galleys to your virtual Swag Bag as you go. There’s no limit to the number of galleys you may select. Browse the entire collection now and stock up on this Fall’s hottest picks!
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Fiction
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70 North
Kregel Publications
The Cyber Solutions team has managed to stay one step ahead of the madman who has killed so many. From the original 26 Below cyberattack in Fairbanks to the 8 DOWN serial murders in Anchorage and beyond, they matched wits with the killer and stopped him from reaching his ultimate goals. But final judgment is coming. And this time, there may be no defeating him.
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The Amalfi Curse
Park Row Books
A nautical archaeologist searching for sunken treasure unearths a centuries-old curse, powerful witchcraft and perilous love on the high seas in this spellbinding new novel from the author of The Lost Apothecary. Set against the dazzling backdrop of the Amalfi Coast, this bewitching novel shimmers with mystery, romance and the untamed magic of the sea.
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Bad Nature
Henry Holt and Co.
Armed with a terminal diagnosis, a grudge, and a rental car, Hester sets out to fulfill her lifelong dream of killing her father. Bad Nature is a story of stunning detours and twists until its final destination. Part road-trip novel, part revenge tale, part lament of our ongoing ecological crisis, it’s ultimately a deft examination of the indulgence of holding grudges, moral ambivalence, and the eternal possibility of redemption.
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4 of 46 titles
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng
MIRA Books
In this explosive horror novel, a woman is haunted by inner trauma, hungry ghosts, and a serial killer as she confronts the brutal violence experienced by East Asians during the pandemic.
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5 of 46 titles
Close Your Eyes and Count to 10
Park Row Books
Squid Game meets Survivor in this riveting thriller about a high-stakes game of extreme hide-and-seek and one woman’s fight to survive, from the bestselling queen of suspense, Lisa Unger.
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The Crime Brûlée Bake Off
Shadow Mountain Publishing
Claire Walker joins Britain’s Battle of the Bakers, excited to compete at the historic Blackfirth Park. Viscount Jonathan Ainsley, hosting the show to save his estate, wants nothing to do with romance. But when a contestant dies in a way eerily similar to a centuries-old legend, Claire and Jonathan must solve the mystery—before their growing attraction is overshadowed by another tragedy.
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7 of 46 titles
A Death in Diamonds
Crooked Lane Books
Miss Marple meets The Crown in this charming series by S. J. Bennett. 1957, England. Young Queen Elizabeth is finding her way in postwar Europe, ruling a country, and solving murders!
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Death Upon a Star: An Evelyn Galloway Mystery
Severn House
Introducing 1930s Hollywood script supervisor Evelyn Galloway, who's drawn into a murder investigation after landing her dream job on the set of Hitchcock's Rebecca. A charmingly gripping historical cozy mystery featuring obsession, power and murder in the Golden Age of the Silver Screen.
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Disco Witches of Fire Island
Alcove Press
A steamy queer witchy romance about community, love, and magic. After losing his boyfriend to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Joe travels to Fire Island for a summer in the hedonistic gay paradise. He finds himself taken in by a protective disco witch coven and swept up in a romance with a hot ferryman…who just might be a harbinger of doom.
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The Dreams We Knew
Kregel Publications
In the glitz and glam of 1920s New York City, Delvina Salvastano Kline walks a delicate line between her privileged upbringing and her murky past. Adopted into wealth and opulence, she contends with the legacy of her birth father, a notorious crime boss. In an act of defiance, Delvina carves her own path as a private investigator. When a model is found dead, Delvina is hired to unmask the killer. She teams up with detective Kent Brisbane, the man she once loved, who knows a secret that could shatter her carefully crafted persona. As they plunge into the shadows of New York's underbelly, they discover the stakes are higher than they'd thought.
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Fiancé Finale
Kregel Publications
Charlie Newberg is sure about one thing: Nicole Lemaire is the woman God wants him to marry. There’s a slight problem, though—he’s already left her once. Basically at the altar. But he’s got a plan. The marketing firm she works for is the ideal choice for promoting his new film. Collaborating will give him the perfect chance to propose again. Despite Nicole’s resistance, the two work well together. But Charlie’s going to need more than teamwork to convince the jilted bride to give him a second chance. In fact, he might need to fall in love in a way he’s never really understood.
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The Gift
Books Forward
Olivia Shepherd, a reluctant witch with emerging powers, faces dangerous secrets and treacherous Council politics in Eastern Europe. With a powerful vampire on her trail and a nemesis seeking revenge, she must navigate a new alliance, confront family secrets, and decide if she'll surrender to destiny or fight for her freedom.
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The Gods Time Forgot
Alcove Press
Irish mythology meets Gilded Age New York in this sweeping enemies-to-lovers romantasy, for fans of Outlander and A Fate Inked in Blood. Manhattan, 1870. Rua has no memories of who she is or where she came from. When she’s mistaken as the missing daughter of a powerful family, she’s thrust into a world of high society intrigue and dark magic.
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A Golden Life
She Writes Press
This novel about big dreams and big secrets in 1930's Hollywood was inspired in part by the author’s great-grandparents. Featured in Parade.com, called “irresistible” by Library Journal, and "dazzling" by Adrianna Trigiani, this novel also earned a starred review from Kirkus, which said “…[it] thrums with suspense....delightful...."
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Grandma Ruth Doesn’t Go to Funerals
Kregel Publications
In Raeburn’s Ferry, Georgia, bedridden Mary Ruth McCready doles out wisdom and meddles in everyone's business with a fervor that would make a matchmaker blush. When her best friend, Charlotte Harrington, has her world rocked by a scandalous revelation from her dying husband, Mary Ruth kicks into high gear, commandeering the help of her favorite granddaughter, Sarah Elizabeth, in tracking down the truth.
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Here Beside the Rising Tide
Hyperion Avenue
New from Emily Jane, the author of On Earth as it is On Television! A romance author takes a trip to her childhood beach home, but her summer is upended by the startling return of a deceased childhood friend, newfound love, and . . . sea monsters?
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The Hunted Heir
Kregel Publications
After a tragic loss, private investigator Nona Taylor distanced herself from the world. Attorney DeMarcus Johnson is determined to climb the ladder to partnership by winning high-profile cases at his Los Angeles law firm. Their worlds collide when Nona's pastor receives a mysterious letter claiming he's the sole heir to a substantial estate. Can Nona and DeMarcus overcome their differences to keep the pastor safe, secure DeMarcus's partnership, and preserve a future for themselves?
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Justice Bites
Severn House
A new fast-paced legal thriller from Wall Street Journal bestselling author James Chandler and Laura Snider. Small-town lawyer Marko Bauer thought he had a simple drug case—until he uncovers a dangerous conspiracy tied to the shady Yellow Lark restaurant. With ex-con Allee Smith at his side, the pair stumbles upon secrets that could get them both killed.
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Last Twilight in Paris
Park Row Books
A Parisian department store, a mysterious necklace and a woman’s quest to unlock a decade-old mystery are at the center of this riveting novel. Last Twilight in Paris is both a gripping mystery and an unforgettable story about sacrifice, resistance and the power of love to transcend in even the darkest hours, from New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff.
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Left on Rancho: A Novel
SparkPress
Left on Rancho Description: It’s October 2019 and Andrew Eastman, a burned-out tech entrepreneur, travels to the Mojave Desert to help a friend turn around his legal weed operation. Andrew asks too many questions, and when he lands at the intersection of cannabis and immigration—with bodies piling up around him—he is left with one last decision, one that will forever change him.
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21 of 46 titles
Life Hacks for a Little Alien: A Novel
Little, Brown and Company
This “unique, engaging, and insightful” (Pip Williams, author of The Dictionary of Lost Words) novel about one little girl’s obsession with a mysterious manuscript is a love letter to language—how it shapes the world for each of us and connects us all in the end. Perfect for readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and Remarkably Bright Creatures.
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The Lotus Shoes
Park Row Books
For fans of Memoirs of a Geisha and Pachinko, a sweeping historical fiction debut that follows a young woman from a prominent family and her maidservant as they navigate their limited realities of love, marriage, and circumstance in 19th century China.
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23 of 46 titles
Midnight in Soap Lake
Hanover Square Press
A lake with mysterious properties. A town haunted by urban legend. Two women whose lives intersect in terrifying ways. Welcome to Soap Lake, a town to rival Twin Peaks and Stephen King’s Castle Rock.
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Moral Code
Books Forward
Keira's reputation hinges on her ethical AI, Elly, designed with a Moral Operating System to improve kids' lives. However, her dedication risks everything when her new boss's nanites threaten her work. Eavesdropping on abusers reveals that the true challenge isn’t Elly’s ethics, but the flawed humanity behind it. Keira must upgrade her system to regain control.
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Mothers and Sons: A Novel
Little, Brown and Company
A mother and son, estranged for years, must grapple with the shared secret that drove their lives apart in this enthralling story about family, forgiveness, and how a fleeting act of violence can change a life forever, by “one of the country’s most talented writers” (Wall Street Journal).
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The Novel Adventures of Natalie Daughtry
Kregel Publications
With her twenty-plus-year marriage on the brink of collapse, Natalie Daughtry immerses herself in her new bookstore job. Then the mysterious Caspar gathers Natalie and her friends Everleigh and Brooke for the second time and enlists their help in searching for a rumored copy of Lewis Carroll's handwritten and illustrated manuscript of Alice's Adventures Under Ground. But Natalie’s husband joins the team. Being forced to work together has them tumbling deep into their past, seeking answers to old misunderstandings. When they emerge from the rabbit hole, things aren't the same.
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Novel Threat
Shadow Mountain Publishing
CIA officer Brandon Hale delays retirement to go undercover at Monroe Publishing after a terrorist’s cryptic message points to the company. Kimber Seidel, a CIA finance officer and aspiring author, unknowingly becomes involved when her manuscript is used in the mission. As they decode the plot and grow closer, Brandon and Kimber face escalating danger—and a possible terrorist strike.
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OMNIVIOLENCE
Vesuvian Books
1984 meets The Purge where a fifteen-year-old cryptokiller and an ageing mafia hitman reluctantly team up to survive a world where being canceled literally means your execution… A gripping tale of vengeance and redemption, this story plunges into the heart of our rapidly changing world and values, revealing a terrifying and imminent future for humanity. We are on the brink of omniviolence.
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The Queen of Fives
Graydon House
Nothing is quite as it seems in Victorian high society in this clever novel set against the most magnificent wedding of the season, as a mysterious heiress sets her sights on London's most illustrious family.
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Rabbit Moon: A Novel
Little, Brown and Company
From the bestselling author of Mercy Street comes a tense, propulsive family drama set in Shanghai, where a fractured American family faces its complicated past. “Haigh is an expertly nuanced storyteller long overdue for major attention. Her work is gripping, real, and totally immersive,” declares the New York Times.
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Red Dog Farm: A Novel
Little, Brown and Company
From the acclaimed author of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven, here is an atmospheric novel about family, friends, and falling in love, as a young man tries to find purpose on a struggling Icelandic cattle farm. “A cold-winded, gorgeous gust of a book . . . this is a book to cherish,” raves David Arnold, bestselling author of Mosquitoland.
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Saving Vincent: A Novel of Jo van Gogh
She Writes Press
“Lovers of Van Gogh will find this story intense, vibrant and deeply moving.” Based on a true story, Jo van Gogh, a timid widow, takes on the male-dominated art elite to save her brother-in-law Vincent’s art from obscurity. She must prove that the hundreds of worthless paintings she inherited are world-class to ensure her young son will have an inheritance.
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Serial Killer Support Group
Crooked Lane Books
After her sister is murdered, a woman infiltrates a support group for serial killers in this biting queer feminist thriller. Perfect for fans of The Final Girl Support Group and My Sister, the Serial Killer, this dark and witty debut is a cunning homage to women’s wrongs that will have you wondering exactly how many monsters walk unseen among us.
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The Serpent Called Mercy
DAW Books
A Malaysian Chinese-inspired epic fantasy novel where a debt-ridden slumdog joins an illegal monster-fighting arena for some fast coin, but quickly learns the most dangerous beasts are outside the ring. At the heart of The Serpent Called Mercy is the battle-tested, steadfast friendship between its protagonists Lythlet and Desil.
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Six Days in Bombay
MIRA Books
From the New York Times bestselling author of THE HENNA ARTIST, this sweeping novel follows a young Anglo-Indian nurse who embarks on a journey from her home in Bombay, through Prague, Florence, Paris, and London, to uncover a mystery and prove her innocence after a famous painter dies in her care.
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Something Borrowed
Kregel Publications
In this novella collection, three Christian historical fiction authors trace generations of wartime romances through a wedding dress. A seamstress in the US “Camouflage Corps” during the Great War recruits a childhood friend to find answers. Roommates living in New York City while World War II rages rekindle love. And a bookstore employee widowed during the Vietnam War finds a second love.
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Tell Them You Lied
Hyperion Avenue
Two New York artists’ tumultuous friendship gets turned on its head when one of them goes missing and the other may be to blame. A riveting debut novel for readers of Bunny, Luckiest Girl Alive, and “Who Is the Bad Art Friend?” from new voice Laura Leffler.
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Their Monstrous Hearts
MIRA Books
For fans of Mexican Gothic and Hereditary, Their Monstrous Hearts tells the story of a struggling writer who thinks his troubles are over when he inherits his estranged grandmother’s villa and her famed butterfly collection, only to realize the crumbling estate is hiding darker secrets than he ever could have imagined.
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39 of 46 titles
Thickafog: An Archer Island Mystery
Publerati
Crime and Punishment meets Demon Copperhead in this psychological mystery set on a remote Maine island, from the glorious days of summer to the harsh storms of winter. Thickafog draws upon the best elements of the mystery and the psychological novel in presenting a spellbinding story with many colorful characters. "Insightful and beautifully written." Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize-winning Author
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A Thieving at Carlton House
Kregel Publications
The Home Office has asked Sir Bertrand Thorndike to head an investigation into stolen royal jewels. In order to sell his cover, Bertie must play the part of a man looking for love. Philippa Cashel escaped a life as one of society’s best-known courtesans and now devotes her time to helping other women in dire straits. So when Sir Bertrand Thorndike approaches her about becoming an agent of the Crown, she is skeptical. But when two of Philippa’s rescued girls become targets, Philippa risks partnering with Bertie to find the loot and stop a killer.
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A Tiny Piece of Blue
She Writes Press
For fans of Kristen Hannah’s The Four Winds comes a heartwarming novel following a homeless girl as she struggles to survive during the Great Depression. A Tiny Piece of Blue by Charlotte Whitney, (She Writes Press) sets the traditions of rural Michigan against a backdrop of thievery, bribery, and child trafficking—weaving a suspenseful yet tender tale winding its way to a heartwarming conclusion.
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What Will People Think
Henry Holt and Co.
Mia’s secret comedy career, forbidden office crush, and a long-guarded family secret take center stage, threatening her newfound confidence and her one shot at fame in this hilarious, heartfelt coming-of-age story perfect for fans of Curtis Sittenfeld and Etaf Rum.
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Where the Dawn Comes Up Like Thunder
Severn House
Major Rod Shepherd, a daring aviator, is thrust into the treacherous jungles of Burma during WWII. Wounded but undeterred, he’s driven by a secret mission: find missing Army nurse Eve Johannsen. With relentless courage, Rod risks everything, defying orders and the horrors of war. A gripping WWII adventure of resilience, honor, and impossible odds.
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Where Trees Touch the Sky
Kregel Publications
Where Trees Touch the Sky is a split-time novel that follows nature-loving Marion Baker in the 1920s, who throws herself headlong into the work of the Save the Redwoods League, and her great niece, polio survivor June Turner in 1972, who is determined to prove herself capable as a park ranger despite her disability. When June and an aspiring film student work together to create a documentary about her Aunt Marion, they uncover secrets with shadows as long as the redwoods are tall.
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Worth Fighting For
Hyperion Avenue
The newest book from the acclaimed Meant to Be collection! Bestselling and award-winning author Jesse Q. Sutanto reimagines Disney’s Mulan as a contemporary romance about family expectations, mistaken identity, and high stakes mergers—of both business and the heart.
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Written in Secret
Kregel Publications
In the corruption-infested Queen City, danger lurks in every shadow, but Lydia Pelton refuses to stay silent. She writes under a pseudonym, E. A. Dupin, crafting crime novels to exact justice and right the wrongs she sees in society. When a serial killer decides to be the sword to her pen, Lydia is confronted with the consequences of her words. With murders on the rise, Officer Abraham Hall's only lead is Lydia's fiction, and he is thrust into an investigation with the "Killer Queen of Romance." As the mystery unfolds, Abraham and Lydia race to rewrite the ending, not only for Cincinnati's citizens, but for their own hearts too.
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