New Edelweiss E-galleys (7/29/26)

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A SONG OF SUGAR SPARROWS by Seanan McGuire
9781250339423 | 1/12/27

Onishi Sumiko was born to be an invisible girl. The second child of immigrant parents, overshadowed by her brother, she seemed destined for a life of quiet obedience, never breaking free of the path that had been chosen for her.

Until a chance encounter with an impossible door sends her tumbling into a world of peppermint dreams and sugary nightmares, leaving her trapped in a candy-coated heart of darkness.

Forced to adapt to the world of Confection, where the rules are as unpredictable as they are nonsensical, Sumiko must decide whether she’s going to be a meek, logical victim of her own fate—or whether she’s going to stand up and become the illogical, impossible hero she was always meant to be.

Not all sweet dreams are safe ones, as Sumi will quickly discover for herself.

THE SEVENTH BANISHER by A. K. Larkwood
9781250239068 | 3/30/27

The Mallory cousins have been summoned to their ancestral home by their great-aunt Sophia—or as the world knows her, the great Banisher, warden of the Isles and the singular defense against unspeakable otherworldly horrors.

Whoever can survive on the remote island for ten days and ten nights will inherit her house, her title, and her magic.

But the island is a labyrinth of deadly puzzles, terrifying ghosts, and scheming cousins with their own scores to settle. By the time the ten days are up, almost everyone on the island will be dead.

Almost everyone. Because someone else was there, witness to it all. And the story they tell is far darker than the blood coating the grounds of that cursed place.

THIS IS A VERY GOOD STRAWBERRY: MINDFUL PRACTICES FROM THE GARDEN TO THE KITCHEN by Andrea Miller

9781250380135 | 2/16/27

There is a classic Zen story: A man falls off a cliff while running from a tiger. Before hitting the ground, he catches on a branch, but there are mice gnawing at it, and it’s clear the branch will soon break. Suddenly the man notices a strawberry growing in a crevice on the cliff. In the face of certain death, he reaches out, picks the fruit, and pops it into his mouth. “This,” he says to himself, “is a very good strawberry.”

How might your life–and eating–change if you were fully present in each moment? In this immersive guide, longtime Buddhist practitioner Andrea Miller explores how to find joy and meaning in food. Through interviews, recipes, examinations of ancient Buddhist text, and philosophical musings, Miller shares delicious and surprisingly simply methods for incorporating mindfulness into every meal. A vegetable garden becomes a lesson in impermanence, while grocery shopping offers an opportunity to practice loving-kindness and discover the interconnectedness of all things. Under Miller’s gentle guidance, even washing the dishes becomes a moment of calm and gratitude.

In the tradition of Sharon Salzberg and Thích Nhất Hạnh, THIS IS A VERY GOOD STRAWBERRY translates traditional Buddhist wisdom into everyday practice. With grace and compassion, Miller shares easy ways to bring mindfulness to our daily lives–and shows that feeding ourselves and others just might be the path to inner peace.

FORMULA 101: FOR F1 FANS WHO LOVE THE DRAMA by Matt Elisofon, Brian Muller, and contributions by Guenther Steiner

9781250397478 | 11/10/26

From epic on-track battles to gloriously delulu off-track drama, tire strategy to the anatomy of a race weekend, FORMULA 101 is the F1 course you never got in college (but absolutely deserved). Inside, you’ll find deep dives into legendary teams like Scuderia Ferrari; gossipy takedowns of less legendary ones, including Renault; an ode to Guenther Steiner; and enough rigorously (ahem) peer-reviewed driver hotness ratings and nepo-to-talent ratio analyses to earn both this class?and its authors?a place at Harvard, right alongside F1 Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff and his business syllabus.

Readers will meet drivers past and present through five classic archetypes from terminator to precious baby angel and a rogue’s gallery of team principals, engineers, and other personalities. Packed with illustrations and pop-culture references, FORMULA 101 is the perfect gift for sports fans who love competition, storytelling, and a little gossip, whether they still debate Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen’s 2021 showdown or are just starting to learn why Formula 1 inspires such intense loyalty. This is F1 by fans for fans. So grab your textbook. Class is in session.

A STORM OF DRAGONS AND SORCERY by Jeaniene Frost

9781250396044 | 3/2/27

Monsters might fear him, yet to Raine, Warden Remington “Remy” Byrne is an irresistible temptation. But now a powerful relic that can raise the dead is believed to be hidden on Remy’s lands. Its magic could resurrect ancient gods and fallen rulers . . . and devastate the world. With enemies on every side, a vicious confrontation forces Raine to the Fae realm.

Lugh Lamfada, the Fae prince, offers her refuge. But Raine’s wary of the darkly alluring ruler—Lugh knows more about her Beast than he should, and danger lurks around every corner of his kingdom.

When the hunt for the Resurrection Stone catapults Raine back to her world, enemies now must become allies to stop the greater threat. And Raine must decide who to trust: the lethal, enigmatic Warden, or the prince with deadly secrets.

Raine has learned to live with her Beast. It’s choosing who gets her heart that might destroy her . . .

MEMBERS ONLY by Emma Rosenblum

9781250409775 | 1/12/27

Harrington Country Club is a carefully manicured haven for Greenwich’s wealthy residents. Middle-aged blondes (icy, honey, and golden, respectively) and their khaki-clad husbands sunbathe at the Olympic-size pool, traverse the massive golf course, and play heated tournaments on the much fought-over newly installed pickleball courts. And yet below that shiny veneer bubbles a much messier reality.

Ted Flynn, the president of the club and father-in-law of the bride-to-be, hasn’t been entirely truthful about his financial situation. Despite her mother’s wishes, Jessie Summit doesn’t actually want to marry her Ken doll fiancé, Patrick Flynn. And the chef, Mike Lightbody, who was inexplicably poached from a trendy Brooklyn restaurant to cook at a country club in Connecticut, has more than his fair share to lose.

When a body hits the ground on the morning of Jessie and Patrick’s wedding, everyone is a suspect.

Funny, propulsive, and quietly shocking, MEMBERS ONLY is a story about privilege and the lengths to which people will go to protect it.

DEAD LIFT by Clio Evans

9781250443427 | 1/5/27

Forensic scientist Shelby has a simple plan. Get justice for her sister, kill the men who murdered her, and (hopefully) get away with it. But when a hot himbo with a man bun catches Shelby in the act—her simple plan becomes a lot more complicated.

With her pink hazmat suit and butcher knife, Shelby is the most alluring woman Brad has ever met. He’s in danger, but he’s never felt more alive. He needs to be in her life, even if it means risking his.

Brad offers to be her henchman. Shelby grudgingly decides to spare his life. What could possibly go wrong?

It turns out everything. Will Shelby finally get the justice she’s sacrificed her future for? Or will falling for her hot himbo henchman ruin it all?

STABLE by Sakinah Hofler

9781250441188 | 3/23/27

Keke is a young mother living in the basement of a house in Newark, New Jersey under the watchful eye of a man called Daddy. For five years, she has been told that she’ll be able to move upstairs once she and the other “girls” being trafficked hit the magic number. When that happens, she will no longer have to work the motels along the interstate. Her daughter, Angel, will be able to go to school, and Keke will live with Daddy in a real home, like a real family.

But then Keke gets picked up by vice cops and diverted to a women’s shelter, upending the delicate balance of her life. Hope for a new beginning starts shining through the cracks—but she doesn’t trust the system to save her. Unwilling to surrender Angel to foster care, Keke needs to figure out how to get both herself and her daughter to freedom.

Sakinah Hofler’s debut is a taut, incendiary testament to a mother’s love, and an uncompromising evocation of how desperation can drive you through to the light.

THE HOPE EFFECT: THE SCIENCE OF HEALING, ACHIEVING, AND BREAKING THROUGH by Stephen Trzeciak and Anthony Mazzarelli, M.D.

9781250439130 | 1/12/27

Hope is the belief that the future will be better than the present–and that we have a role in making it that way. Today, hope is taking a beating, with increasing percentages of Americans saying they don’t believe the future will be an improvement on the present.

In THE HOPE EFFECT, authors Trecziak and Mazzarelli give us three key components of an operating system for a changed attitude, using observations from neuroscience to propose a “Hope Circuit”:

–Goalpower: a concrete form of futurecasting that starts small and builds from success
–Waypower: a definite sense of pathways to take to get to goal, including how to ask for help and why rehearsing is key
–Willpower: how to flip your soundtrack and avoid de-energizing self-talk, the role of exercise and how to find inspo around you

Synthesizing decades of peer-reviewed research to show that higher hope predicts longer life, better recovery and lower mortality, greater resilience, and lower anxiety, the authors distinguish hope from optimism: real hope is active, goal-directed, measurable, and can be deliberately strengthened.

NINETINE DAYS IN AUTUMN: A NEW HISTORY 1066 by Erin Goeres

9781250470324 | 1/5/27

On 5 January 1066, Edward the Confessor’s death plunged England into a succession crisis that would indelibly change the nation forever. Mere hours after Edward’s remains had been laid to rest, his brother-in-law Harold II seized power, inciting the wrath of two formidable challengers: King Haraldr of Norway and Edward’s ambitious cousin, William, Duke of Normandy.

In this startling new history, Erin Goeres unveils the intense drama that unfolded over the tumultuous nineteen days between the Battles of Stamford Bridge and Hastings in the Autumn of 1066, which led to the deaths of two monarchs, ending a centuries-long Anglo-Scandinavian rule.

Drawing on sources from England, Normandy, and Scandinavia, Goeres uncovers the complex histories, real-life characters, and human motivations that formed the tapestry of those days. We meet the women at the heart of the fray, such as William’s enigmatic wife, Matilda of Flanders, the alleged lover of Harold of England, and the “driving force” behind her husband’s invasion. She brings to life the regular people who were swept up in events beyond their control, such as the farmer who was beheaded for an unwillingness to give his jacket to a Norwegian invader.

NINETEEN DAYS IN AUTUMN is a gripping tale of three nations entwined, the devastating consequences of their unravelling, and the subsequent memorialization of this saga, which has given rise to the nationalistic myths of today.

New Edelweiss E-galleys (7/29/26)

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