Debut author Cameron Sullivan tears the heart out of history with this darkly entertaining retelling of the hunt for the Beast of Gevaudan. Lifting the veil on the hidden world behind our own, it reimagines the story of Europe, from Imperial Rome to Saint Jehanne d’Arc, the madness of Gilles de Rais and the first flickers of the French Revolution.
THE GIRLS BEFORE by Kate Alice Marshall | 9781250343086 | 2/24/26
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Stranger is trapped in the dark, with only her imagination and the scribbles on the wall left by long-dead girls to keep her company. Nearly out of food and water, she makes one last attempt to escape. But if the door opens at last, will it mean salvation, or only the beginning of her fight to survive? Audrey is a search and rescue expert who never stopped looking for her ex-best friend, Janie, who disappeared when they were teenagers. Janie used to love the local legend of a forest witch who saves girls from bad men, but Audrey knows now that for every one saved, there’s always another one lost. When she stumbles upon evidence in the forest that a teenage runaway might have actually been kidnapped from land belonging to the town’s most prominent family, she will have to dig through decades of secrets to reveal the biggest one of all: what happened to the girls before.
SAOIRSE by Charleen Hurtubise | 9781250400642 | 2/24/26
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For readers of Colm Tóibín and Claire Keegan, SAOIRSE is a powerful novel set between the United States and Ireland about a woman who runs from her traumatic past and the secrets she carries to survive.
DOLLFACE by Lindy Ryan | 9781250888914 | 2/24/26
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Horror author Jill has just moved to suburban New Jersey, hoping to fit in with the new PTA moms and maybe not weird everyone out with her Final Girl coffee mug. You know. Make some real friends. But then a plastic face-masked serial killer begins slashing their way through town, one overly made-up mom at a time. The police are incredulous. The moms are indignant. And Jill is slowly wrapped into a killer’s murderous spree, until she might just be the last woman standing. A delightfully murderous novel that is equal parts scathing and salacious, DOLLFACE will win you over with its gossip and gore, one body at a time.
THE BODY by Bethany C. Morrow | 9781250392121 | 2/10/26
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It Follows meets MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER in THE BODY, a pulse-pounding supernatural horror story from bestselling author Bethany C. Morrow, where one woman must survive a series of bizarre and escalating attacks on her marriage.
MAYBE THIS ONCE by Sophie Sullivan | 9781250875877 | 2/10/26
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Two people end up with more feelings than they bargained for after pursuing a summer fling, in this small-town, opposites-attract romance from Sophie Sullivan.
MURDER WILL OUT by Jennifer K. Breedlove | 9781250382610 | 2/17/26
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Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award winner Jennifer K. Breedlove brings coastal Maine to life in MURDER WILL OUT, a lighter, modern gothic mystery that’s as atmospheric as it is heart-warming.
AFTER THE FALL by Edward Ashton | 9781250375650 | 2/24/26
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Part alien invasion story, part buddy comedy, and part workplace satire, AFTER THE FALL by Edward Ashton, author of MICKEY7, asks an important question: would humans really make great pets?
GOOD INTENTIONS by Marisa Walz | 9781250397409 | 2/3/26
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A deft and immersive psychological suspense debut about a luxury party planner who becomes obsessed with a woman she encounters in a hospital waiting room… Slyly twisted and deeply provocative, GOOD INTENTIONS captures the moral ambiguity that can arise in the face of impossible choices. Like the aftermath of a car accident—and against your better judgment—you won’t be able to look away.
BAD ASIANS by Lillian Li | 9781250363626 | 2/17/26
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From the acclaimed author of NUMBER ONE CHINESE RESTAURANT comes an affecting novel about an unforgettable group of friends trying to make their way in the world without losing themselves, or one another… Lillian Li’s novel wryly captures a generation shaped by the rise of the internet and the end of the American dream. An epic tale of friendship and family, BAD ASIANS asks, Can the same people who made you who you are end up keeping you from who you’re meant to be?
EVERYTHING LOST RETURNS by Sarah Domet | 9781250087898 | 2/17/26
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The poignant, utterly original story of two women separated across time but united by the arrival of Halley’s comet, as blazing and as daring as their stories… Gorgeously written and intricately constructed, EVERYTHING LOST RETURNS is a story of desire and friendship, guilt and redemption, and the power we have, in our own small way, to change the course of history
A GOOD ANIMAL by Sara Maurer | 9781250383563 | 2/24/26
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In the farm country outside Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan—a border town where life moves slow and dreams run fast—most kids want out. Not Everett Lindt. He’s set on staying put, rebuilding his family’s sheep farm, and carving a future from the land he loves. Then he meets Mary, a new girl in town with restless energy and bigger plans. When their relationship reaches a crossroads, Everett sees a life together. Mary, however, is desperate to find a way out. Together, they make an impulsive choice—one that could change everything. Tense, lyrical, and deeply felt, Sara Maurer’s unforgettable debut breathtakingly captures the ache of first love, the beauty and brutality of rural life, and how one decision can echo through generations and shape who we become.
CROWN OF WAR AND SHADOW by J.R. Ward | 9781250373625 | 2/17/26
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In the deep, dark, dead of night, passions rise, and empires fall… The Fulcrum is failing, and demons are slipping into the mortal world. No one is safe. Especially not Sorrel. An orphan and an outcast within the walls of her small village because of her mystical abilities. She wants to survive… and find somewhere she can call her true home. But Fate has other plans. Sorrel has been chosen. Cursed. She must cross the Badlands to return the Queen’s crown and convince the fearsome female to save their world from destruction. Well aware she’s no brave hero, Sorrel makes a dangerous deal with Merc, a brooding, commanding mercenary known only by his unscrupulous profession. The deal? A night in his bed that she will never forget, in exchange for her safe passage. But Merc has secrets of his own, and even though desire runs hot between them, adventure, danger, and betrayal lurk around every corner.
THE BONE QUEEN by Will Shindler | 9781250393319 | 2/3/26
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Single mother Jenna arrives on the tranquil shores of Athelsea fueled by the desperate hope to find Chloe, her teenage daughter who’s disappeared from their London home. She has no idea why–all she knows is that Chloe had changed in the previous two weeks, haunted by something, or someone, and the ferry ticket here is the only clue she has. As she explores the village and interacts with the locals, Jenna soon realizes a macabre secret is being hidden in plain sight. A dark legend of a vengeful woman called the Bone Queen is spoken of in hushed tones amongst the villagers, some of whom are frantically trying to suppress the tale that has long terrorized their lives. As Jenna starts to learn more about the Bone Queen and her previous victims, the village’s grip on reality begins to loosen and no one can say for sure who, or what, is responsible for the deaths and disappearances on Athelsea. Suffering from what she can no longer distinguish between paranoid hallucinations or real manifestations, Jenna must act quickly before Chloe is next…
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