Hi ๐ผ friends! I’m so excited to be back with a cover reveal today for The Beckoned and The Bound by Nicole Evans. This is Nicole’s upcoming romantasy debut and not only am I excited to read it but I’m also thrilled to share this gorgeous cover with you all! See the stunning cover and learn more about the book in the details below! ๐
Hi friends, I’m joining the Toppling Stacks Toursย tour today to shine a spotlight on Our Rogue Fates by Sarah Glenn Marsh.
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Our Rogue Fates (Rogue Devotions #1)
Publisher: Alcove Press
Publication Date: 28 April 2026
Genre: Adult Fantasy Romance
Rep: Achillean, LGBTQIA+
On the hunt for hidden treasure, two former best friends turned adversaries must put the past behind them if they hope to make it home.
This childhood-friends-to-lovers male/male romantic fantasy for fans of Tusk Love and Sara Raasch crackles with tension and heat.
When he isnโt training as a Warden to become half the hero his father was, Griff Sayer is in the business of breaking hearts all across the town of Mayfair, although that slows down after settling in with his current boyfriend. Griffโs exโbest friend, Mal Pryce, meanwhile, is in business with whatever or whoever puts good money in his hands. Now in their mid-twenties, Griff and Mal have only exchanged scathing looks and carefully barbed jabs since the fight that sent them their separate ways years ago. But all that begins to change when an attack Mal plotted for his shady boss leaves Griff near death and their childhood friend Alys as his savior, forcing them back into each otherโs orbit.
Livid at his boss, Mal makes a deal to earn his freedom and Griffโs safety. He has just four weeks to retrieve an ancient treasure from Rotrose Mire, a remote swamp known for its ghostly and beastly dangers, the same treasure Alysโs beloved father, Rhun, had been searching for when he disappeared for good. Armed with a map and a broken blade of Rhunโs, Mal sets offโwith Alys and a reluctant and newly single Griff in tow.
Yet the explosive tension between the two menโalong with the dangers of the mire pressing in around themโmakes for a more difficult journey than any of them could have anticipated. As Griff and Mal peel back their tough facades and shared feelings heat up in unexpected ways as they learn to trust again, they also realize that someoneโor somethingโseems to be following their path. Someone who doesnโt want them to succeed, no friend to their parentsโ old enemies, but also no friend to would-be heroesโฆ
Our Rogue Fates is a second-chance spicy Achillean romance with the questing spirit of Dungeons & Dragons, perfect for fans of Critical Role.
From the author: Alcoholism and Drug Use (on page), Fantasy related violence (on page), Bodily Injuries resulting from violence (occurrence and treatment on page), References to prior sex work of a side character, Death / Disappearance of a Parent / Parental Figure, Breakup between MC and side character PRIOR TO main MCs getting together, Explicit Sexual Content
Sarah Glenn Marsh has been an avid fantasy reader and Tolkien enthusiast from the day her dad handed her a copy of The Hobbit and promised it would change her life. Sheโs been making up words and worlds ever since, and is now an author of books for kids including the HOW TO SPOT A FAIRY series; books for teens like the REIGN OF THE FALLEN duology; and romances for adults, including the forthcoming OUR ROGUE FATES, out April 28th, 2026 from Alcove. She has also written for popular franchises including STAR WARS and CRITICAL ROLE, as she loves digging into the sandboxes of her favorite worlds.
When sheโs not writing, Sarah frequents the pottery studio and raises awareness about her autoimmune disease, Type 1 diabetes. As a queer person, Sarah is also passionate about seeing more and better representation in all forms of media; we all deserve happy endings.
While her favorite place to be is Ireland, Sarah currently lives in Richmond, Virginia where a tiny zoo of four rescued sighthounds, three birds, a turtle, many fish, and one adorable toddlerโnot to mention her gardenโkeep her and her partner plenty busy.
Sarah is represented by Katelyn Detweiler at Jill Grinberg Literary
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Hi friends, as part of the blog tour hosted by TBR & Beyond Tours I’m shining a spotlight on a new YA queer contemporary: Right Beside You by Tucker Shaw.
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Right Beside You
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Publication Date: 29 April 2025
Genre: YA Queer Contemporary
Rep: Queer, LGBTQIA+, Chronic illness
In this fresh, speculative blend of queer romance and coming-of-age, Eddie meets Theo in present-day New York and Francis in a New York of the pastโฆ torn between eras and his heart, he must make a decision that will change his life forever.
High school has just ended and Eddie is at a loss for whatโs next. He had a falling out with his best friend, and he never really related to the rest of his peers in the sleepy Colorado town he calls home. The future is bleak.
Until his ancient and eccentric great aunt Cookie asks him to care for her in New York City as she recuperates from an illness. Eddie leaps at the opportunity. Soon after he arrives at her tiny Greenwich Village apartment, homebound Cookie asks Eddie to use her vintage polaroid camera to snap pictures of her favorite places she can no longer visit. But somethingโs unusual about this camera. When he takes a photo, heโs launched back in time to an entirely different New York of the early 20th century.
As Eddie explores the underground queer life of the Roaring 20, he discovers new undercurrents of his own identity. Not to mention a dangerously handsome boy in scuffed boots and tattered stovepipe trousers who keeps popping up in his visions of the past.
But when Eddie begins to develop a crush on the mercurial Francis, a cute baker named Theo enters the pictureโand heโs in the present. Caught between timelines and feelings, Eddie must make a decision about what heโs willing to his romantic fantasies of the past or a reality that might just be what heโs wanted all along.
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Hi friends, as part of the blog tour hosted by TBR & Beyond Tours I’m shining a spotlight on a new YA fantasy: Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid. First of all, can we please all appreciate this cover? She’s a stunner! ๐
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Fable for the End of the World
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Date: 4 March 2025
Genre: YA Fantasy
The Last of Us meets The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in this standalone dystopian romance about survival, sacrifice, and love that risks everything.
By encouraging massive accumulations of debt from its underclass, a single corporation, Caerus, controls all aspects of society.
Inesa lives with her brother in a half-sunken town where they scrape by running a taxidermy shop. Unbeknownst to Inesa, their cruel and indolent mother has accrued an enormous debtโenough to qualify one of her children for Caerusโs livestreamed assassination spectacle: the Lambโs Gauntlet.
Melinoรซ is a Caerus assassin, trained to track and kill the sacrificial Lambs. The product of neural reconditioning and physiological alteration, she is a living weapon, known for her cold brutality and deadly beauty. She has never failed to assassinate one of her marks.
When Inesa learns that her mother has offered her as a sacrifice, at first she despairsโthe Gauntlet is always a bloodbath for the impoverished debtors. But sheโs had years of practice surviving in the apocalyptic wastes, and with the help of her hunter brother, she might stand a chance of staying alive.
For Melinoรซ, this is a game she canโt afford to lose. Despite her reputation for mercilessness, she is haunted by painful flashbacks. After her last Gauntlet, where she broke down on livestream, she desperately needs redemption.
As Mel pursues Inesa across the wasteland, both girls begin to question everything: Inesa wonders if thereโs more to life than survival, while Mel wonders if sheโs capable of more than killing.
And both wonder if, against all odds, they might be falling in love.
Class inequality, child abuse, assassination, trauma, violence, animal death, death of child, adult/minor relationship, sexual harassment, blood & gore, injury detail, dead body, medical content, gun violence, fire/fire injury, drug use, alcoholism (past), emesis
Ava Reid is the #1ย New York Times-bestselling author ofย A Study in Drowning, Lady Macbeth, Juniper & Thorn,ย andย The Wolf and the Woodsman. Her books have been published in over fourteen territories. She lives in the New York area.
Ava Reid is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of gothic fantasies, including A Study in Drowning, Juniper & Thorn, and Lady Macbeth. She lives in California.
Author’s Socials:
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Happy Sunday, friends! As part of the BBNYA blog tour hosted by The Write Reads, I’m very excited to spotlight the BBNYA 2023 winner Perception Check by Astrid Knight. I’ve had this on my radar since last year and I can’t wait to read it when my schedule clears up! ๐
Special thanks to the tour organisers for having me on tour!
The BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 15 finalists and one overall winner. If you are an author and wish to learn more about the BBNYA competition, you can visit the official website or Twitter. BBNYA is brought to you in association with the @Foliosociety (if you love beautiful books, you NEED to check out their website!) and the book blogger support group @The_WriteReads.
Perception Check (The Mages of Velmyra Saga #1)
Publication Date: 24 May 2022
Genre: New Adult Fantasy
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Her favorite tabletop roleplaying game is real, and her kidnapped childhood best friend is trapped in a far off land. Will she be able to save her? Let’s roll initiative!
Violet Spence wants nothing more than to have a normal life. After witnessing her childhood best friend get abducted by monsters, thatโs easier said than done. At twenty-three years old, Violet cannot seem to move past that fateful night ten years ago. Her only solace is Mages of Velmyra, a tabletop roleplaying game filled with goblins, fairies, and all-powerful magicians. But of course, thatโs all fantasy.
Or, so she thought. As it turns out, the land of Velmyra is very real and the home of the monsters that took her best friend.
With the help of her friends (and the creator of the game itself), Violet must navigate the once-fictional creatures and powerful mages of Velmyra to retrieve a set of ancient relicsโall in the hopes that the journey will lead her back to her friend. But for Violet, fighting monsters and magic workers doesnโt seem nearly as terrifying as confronting her own demons. And sheโll soon realize fighting the battle within herself can be just as tough as those fought against demigods.
Perception Check is the magical first installment of the Mages of Velmyra Saga, great for fans of Dungeons and Dragons, Critical Role, and The Magicians. With endearing and hilarious characters, an exploration of mental health and trauma, LGBTQ+ representation, gut-wrenching twists, and a whirlwind of an ending, you will never want to leave the world of Velmyra.
Perception Check deals with the topics of mental health (specifically depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and suicidality) with mentions of childhood sexual assault, alcohol abuse, and animal violence.
Hi friends, as part of the blog tour hosted by TBR & Beyond Tours I’m shining a spotlight on a new YA fantasy: The Queen of Ocean Parkway by Sarvenaz Tash.
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The Queen of Ocean Parkway
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: 3 September 2024
Genre: Middle Grade Mystery
Rep:ย Persian American, Bangladeshi American, Asian, AAPI
An 11-year-old podcaster-turned-sleuth teams up with the new kid in the building to find their missing neighbor! A captivating adventure perfect for fans of When You Reach Me and Only Murders in the Building.
Eleven-year-old Roya is the superintendentโs kid in her regal Brooklyn apartment building, so she knows pretty much everything there is to know about its residents. An aspiring reporter, she even hosts a secret podcast about the lives of the buildingโs tenants. Itโs a good distraction from the problems in her own life.
But when Katya Petrov, one of her favorite tenants, goes missing, Roya discovers an eerie connection to Grandmotherโs Predictions, an antique fortune-telling machine at Coney Island. โGrandmotherโ has been linked to multiple disappearances in the Petrov family over the last century. Now, with the help of a new friend whoโs just moved in, itโs up to Roya to make her own headlines as she searches for Katya and attempts to break the Petrov curse once and for all.
Sarvenaz Tash is the author ofย The Geekโs Guide to Unrequited Loveย (an Amazon Best Book of the Year, YALSA Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant YA Readers),ย Virtually Yours,ย Three Day Summer,ย The Mapmaker and the Ghost, and co-author ofย Ghosting: A Love Storyย andย Hollywood Ending. She was born in Tehran, Iran and grew up on Long Island, NY. She received her BFA in Film and Television from NYUโs Tisch School of the Arts, whichย means she got to spend most of college running around and making movies (it was a lot of fun). She has dabbled in all sorts of writing including screenwriting, copywriting, and professional tweeting for the likes of Bravo and MTV. Sarvenaz currently lives in Brooklyn, NY with her family.ย
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Hi friends, as part of the blog tour hosted by TBR & Beyond Tours I’m shining a spotlight on a new YA fantasy: The Girl with No Reflection by Keshe Chow.
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The Girl with No Reflection
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Publication Date: 6 August 2024
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Rep:ย Chinese, Asian
A young woman chosen as the crown princeโs bride must travel to the royal palace to meet her new husbandโbut her world is shaken when she discovers the dark truth the royal family has been hiding for centuriesโin this lush fantasy debut perfect for fans of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night and Violet Made of Thorns.
Princess Ying Yue believed in loveโฆonce upon a time.
Yet when sheโs chosen to wed the crown prince, Yingโs dreams of a fairy tale marriage quickly fall apart. Her husband-to-be is cold and indifferent, confining Ying to her room for reasons he wonโt explain. Worse still are the rumors that swirl around the imperial whispers of seven other royal brides who, after their own weddings, mysteriously disappeared.
Left alone with only her own reflection for company, Ying begins to see things. Strange things. Movements in the corners of her mirror. Colorful lights upon its surface. And when, on the eve of her wedding, she unwittingly tears open a gateway, she is pulled into a mirror world.
This realm is full of sentient reflections, including the enigmatic Mirror Prince. Unlike his real-world counterpart, the Mirror Prince is kind and compassionate, and before long Ying falls in loveโthe kind of love she always dreamed of.
But there is darkness in this new world, too.
It turns out the two worlds have a long and blood-soaked history, and Ying has a part to play in the future of them both. And the brides who came before Ying? By the time they discovered what their role was, it was already too late.
Keshe was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and migrated to Australia when she was two. She currently lives in Naarm (Melbourne) with her partner, two kids, and two cats.
She has won multiple awards for short fiction, as well as the 2022 Victorian Premierโs Literary Awards Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript.
Her debut novel THE GIRL WITH NO REFLECTION will be out in 2024 with Delacorte Press.
Author’s Socials
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Hi friends, as part of the blog tour hosted by The Write Reads Tours I’m shining a spotlight on The Light Between Us by Elaine Chiew. Click the banner below to check out the other bloggers on tour!
Hi friends, as part of the blog tour hosted by TBR & Beyond Tours I’m shining a spotlight on a new middle-grade contemporary: The Wonderful Wishes of B. by Katherin Nolte.
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The Wonderful Wishes of B.
Publisher: Page Street Kids
Publication Date: 30 May 2023
Genre: Middle-Grade Contemporary
All that stands between ten-year-old Beatrice and an amazing life are five wishesโฆand sheโs got a plan to make them all come true! A magical and heartfelt adventure about grief, hope, and the power of human connection.
Beatrice Corwell has a crooked haircut, eight well-trained cats, and a sheโs turning herself into a Tin Man. Once her heart is made of metal, sheโll no longer miss her beloved dead grandma, her absent dad, or her recently moved-away best friend.
While Beatrice awaits her transformation, she keeps vigil with a special doll and a handful of wishes sheโs determined to make come true. With her encyclopedic knowledge, there must be a way to grant her heartโs deepest desires.
When an unusual boy named Caleb moves to town and mentions his grannyโs interest in magic, Beatrice decides to enlist their help. She quickly learns, however, that spells donโt always go as planned, and witches canโt be trusted.
With the arrival of an unexpected visitor and a series of otherworldly messages, Beatriceโs plans begin to falter. Will her heart turn into metal? Will any of her wishes come true?
The Wonderful Wishes of B. is the story of a smart, quirky girl learning what she wants and what she needsโand how, sometimes, the wishes we hold dearest are granted in the most unexpected ways.
Death of a loved family member (recounted), absent father, grief
Katherin Nolte received an MFA from the Iowa Writersโ Workshop, where she was a Truman Capote Fellow. Her fiction has appeared in dozens of publications and won multiple awards, but it was a late-night ER visit with her four children that inspired her to write Back to the Bright Before. An Ohio native, she currently lives with her family in Iowa.
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Happy Monday, friends! Today I’m excited to shine a spotlight on Norah’s Ark by Victoria Williamson as part of the blog tour hosted by The Write Reads! As always, thanks for having me on tour. Don’t forget to check out the other bloggers on tour via Instagram and Twitter. โบ๏ธ
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