New Edelweiss E-galleys (1/27/2025)

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Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure:

BOG QUEEN by Anna North
9781635579666 | 10/7/25

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When a body is found in a bog in northwest England, Agnes, an American forensic anthropologist, is called to investigate. Agnes has always been more comfortable with the dead than the living, but this body is not like any she’s ever seen. Though its bones prove it was buried more than two thousand years ago, it is almost completely preserved.

The mystery of the Iron Age body draws the attention of numerous groups with competing interests: the archaeologists who want to study the surrounding bog, the peat-cutters who want to profit from the land’s resources, and a group of environmental activists and neo-pagans who demand the body be returned to its resting place and that the moss-layered bog—a marvel of carbon capture on a warming planet—be left undisturbed. Then there’s the moss itself: a complex repository of artifacts and remains, with its own dark stories to tell.

As Agnes is drawn into the controversy stirred by the body and its habitat, she must face not only the deep history of what she has unearthed, but also the relationships she has forsworn in her bid for independence. Flashing between the uncertainty of post-Brexit England and the druidic order of Celtic Europe at the dawn of the Roman era, BOG QUEEN brims with climate urgency and ancient wisdom as it connects across time two gifted, farsighted young women learning to harness their strange strengths in a landscape more mysterious and complex than either can imagine.

WELL, ACTUALLY by Mazey Eddings
9781250333315 | 8/5/25

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Eva Kitt never expected to be the host of Sausage Talk, interviewing B-list celebrities over wieners, instead of pursuing the journalism career she dreamed of. When Eva publicly calls out her college ex for ghosting her, her video goes viral. It doesn’t help said ex is Rylie Cooper, a beloved social media personality that has built a platform on teaching men how to be decent partners by “deconstructing toxic masculinity.”

Now, Eva’s forced to confront him on a live episode of Sausage Talk, where Rylie makes her a deal: allow him to take her on a series of dates to make up for his toxic behavior, then debrief them all on his channel. Eva refuses to play nice, but agrees to the deal to further her own career and continue defaming Rylie’s good name. But when these manufactured dates start to feel real, Eva has to wonder if the boy that broke her heart has become the man that might heal it.

SLOW VIOLENCE: CONFRONTING DARK TRUTHS IN THE AMERICAN CLASSROOM by Ranita Ray
9781250288301 | 8/5/25

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A powerful exposé of the American public education system’s indifference toward marginalized children and the “slow violence” that fashions schools into hostile work and learning environments.

In 2017, sociologist Ranita Ray stepped inside a fourth-grade classroom in one of the nation’s largest majority-minority districts in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was there to conduct research on the lack of resources and budget cuts that regularly face public schools. However, a few months into her immersion, a disturbed Ray recognized that that greatest impediment to students was the “slow violence” that preys on their minds, bodies, and spirits at the hands of teachers and administrators who are charged with their care.

SLOW VIOLENCE lays bare the routine indifference, racism, and verbal and emotional abuse and harassment that teachers and administrators perpetrate routinely against the most vulnerable children in our schools. We meet Nazli, a bright, funny Black girl, and math wiz, who loses her baby brother, and is told that “grit” will enable her to rise above her grief. Reggie is a devoted student and curious scholar, but his path to success is derailed when teachers fashion him as a predator after they find him looking at two inappropriate photos on his iPad. There’s Nalin, a shy and determined Filipina who has just arrived in the US, but is ignored based on her educator’s assumption that “Asians” are “good at math.” Her entire journey through school is darkened by this stereotype. And there’s Miguel, a sharp, distracted Latino boy who can’t overcome his teachers’ urge to incorrectly diagnose him with autism.

Bolstered by an empathetic and passionate voice as well as the latest breaking research in the social sciences, Ray goes beyond timeworn discussions about the school-to-prison pipeline, funding, and achievement gaps to directly address what happens behind the closed doors of classrooms, introducing a compelling—and crucial—new perspective into the conversation about our education system.

THE BRADSHAW FAMILY COOKBOOK: OUR FAVORITE RECIPES FOR GAME DAYS, WEEKDAYS, AND ANY DAY by Terry and Tammy Bradshaw, Rachel Bradshaw, Noah and Lacey Hester, and James O. Fraioli
9781250344939 | 8/26/25

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The Bradshaw clan knows that lasting memories are made at the table. Terry, his wife Tammy, and their blended family love nothing better than gathering to cook, laugh, and eat together at Terry’s Texas ranch—often with the grill and smoker going at full capacity. Over platters of ribs and burgers, a pitcher of bourbon cocktails, and a pot of Terry’s legendary beans, they celebrate food, family, and football, often with a side of good-natured mischief.

THE BRADSHAW FAMILY COOKBOOK serves up all the family’s go-to recipes for gatherings large and small, from casual drive-by breakfasts to pot luck get-togethers and holiday dinners. Many of the dishes reflect Terry and Tammy’s southern upbringings in Louisiana and Missouri respectively, as well as nods to Texas’s vibrant tradition of Tex Mex fare and even son-in-law Noah’s Hawaiian specialties. Above all the food is easy to prepare and big on flavor—everything you need to keep a hungry gang happy on game day or any day.

RAGE by Linda Castillo
9781250781147 | 7/8/25

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Summer has arrived with a vengeance in Painters Mill, and a macabre discovery by three Amish children brings the quiet to a grinding halt. Chief of Police Kate Burkholder arrives on scene to find the dismembered body of 21-year-old Samuel Eicher, a local Amish man who owned a successful landscaping business. What twisted individual murdered him in such a sadistic way?

The investigation has barely begun when, miles away, a second body is found, stuffed into a barrel and dumped in a ravine. The deceased is 21-year-old Aaron Shetler, Samuel Eicher’s best friend. What could these two young Amish men have done to deserve such violent ends?

With a heat wave bearing down, Kate learns quickly that, for reasons she doesn’t understand, no one is willing to talk about what happened to the men. Just as she begins to fear the case may be hopeless, a mystery woman comes forward and reveals that fun-loving Aaron and Samuel had recently befriended some very unsavory characters—individuals who may have ties to a larger, more sinister, black market.

To solve the case, Kate must delve into the most sordid corners of her community, but when she gets too close, the killers target Kate herself. Will the secrets simmering beneath the surface of Painters Mill take another life before she can expose the truth? Or will Kate be the final victim?

THE STORY THAT WOULDN’T DIE by Christina Estes
9781250364135 | 8/19/25

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Phoenix, Arizona TV reporter Jolene Garcia is fresh off winning her first Emmy and committed to covering stories that matter to her community. But Jolene’s managers want stories that grab immediate attention and generate clicks, not ones that take time to develop.

When a beloved small business owner dies in a car crash, Jolene isn’t convinced it was an accident. He’d been raising questions about who keeps getting lucrative deals at city hall—questions that powerful people don’t want answered. The deeper Jolene digs, the more suspicious things she uncovers.

Exposing greed, ambition, and deception could become the biggest story of Jolene’s career. Her bosses tell her to drop it. But there’s a story here, and Jolene’s going to find it.

LOVEABLE: ONE WOMAN’S PATH FROM GOOD TO FREE by Amber Rae
9781250809339 | 8/5/25

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In her most deeply personal and moving book yet, bestselling author Amber Rae details her heartbreaking but ultimately crucial transformation from “good girl” to “true, wise self.”

As a child, Amber was taught that she was not lovable. So, as she grew up, she did her best to hide her unlovable self. With partners, she tried to appear perfect, to be perfect. She focused on controlling and maintaining appearances, putting on a show for her family and friends, and for herself.

But ultimately, everything she had worked to construct fell apart—unhappy in her marriage and guided by an inner voice that wondered if life really had to be this way, Amber realized she needed a change.

Amber reclaimed the unlovable little girl, and learned to love herself. Embodying her truest, wisest self, she moved from prioritizing the status quo to accepting discomfort, from manic control to intentional surrender, from stifling her inner voice to letting it take the lead.

In LOVEABLE, Amber shares the details of this incredible transformation, letting readers into her mental and emotional state during her most difficult year of change, and providing a roadmap for anyone with that little voice in the back of their head wondering if things couldn’t be better.

BONDING by Mariel Franklin
9780374619602 | 7/22/25

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Adrift in her early thirties, Mary is exhausted by an endless cycle of casual relationships and unstable work. When she loses her job, she books a spontaneous trip to Ibiza and meets Tom, a brilliant chemist on the verge of launching a new antidepressant: a drug called Eudaxa that claims to be able to cure the anxieties of modern life. Back in London, Mary runs into the volatile and driven Lara, who has channeled her ambitions into Openr, an innovative dating app designed to revolutionize the industry. Mary and Lara have a complicated past, and as Mary begins working for Openr and falling for Tom, tech and pharma collide with shocking consequences, forcing her to question what love and success mean in a world that is hurtling out of control.

ENIGMA by RuNyx
9781250334237 | 4/29/25

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There are secrets she must uncover. There are secrets he must keep.

Salem Salazar is a Mortimer University legacy and the black sheep of her scandal-ridden, wealthy family. Obsessed with death, she arrives at Mortimer on the hunt for answers about what happened to her perfect, missing older sister. There, she discovers that her sister is far from the only girl to have gone missing at Mortimer. Salem will do anything to discover what dark forces are killing Mortimer’s students . . . even if it means using herself as bait.

And Cazimir van der Waal has caught her scent. He has a dark past, a hidden agenda, and a ravenous appetite for a beautiful, golden-eyed girl who seems determined to risk her life. But he is far from the most dangerous thing at Mortimer.

In this magnificent, steamy dark academia romance filled with taut suspense, sparks will fly, rivals will become lovers, terrible truths will be revealed, and an epic love will change everything.

UNDENIABLE: HOW TO REACH THE TOP AND STAY THERE by Cameron Hanes
9781250365941 | 5/6/25

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ENDURE, Cameron Hanes’ New York Times bestselling book, demonstrated how to push beyond your physical limits to improve yourself. In UNDENIABLE, Hanes brings together outliers of today—men and women who are experts in their field—to share their unique and motivating perspectives on reaching the pinnacle of success and remaining there. From popular neuroscientist Andrew Huberman to ultramarathon runner Courtney Dauwalter, you will hear how undeniable individuals have obtained their winning mindset.

Many books show how to pursue a dream and successfully make it happen, but few spotlight what to do when you’ve reached the pinnacle. After fighting so hard and reaching your goals, how do you stay on top? In his pursuit for greatness, Cam has trained with and interviewed track athletes, MMA fighters, NFL Super Bowl champions and experts in other disciplines. All of them legends who have earned their names. What makes them tick? How do they remain undeniable?

In UNDENIABLE, Cam reveals the lessons he has learned from truly exceptional people. By examining their unique traits and abilities, you will earn an edge from these greats and add tools on your own journey toward greatness.

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