Blog Tour Spotlight: 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+

๐Ÿ“– SYNOPSIS

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 isnโ€™t 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. Griffโ€™s exโ€“best 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 otherโ€™s orbit.

Livid at his boss, Mal makes a deal to earn his freedom and Griffโ€™s 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 Alysโ€™s beloved father, Rhun, had been searching for when he disappeared for good. Armed with a map and a broken blade of Rhunโ€™s, Mal sets offโ€”with Alys and a reluctant and newly single Griff in tow.

Yet the explosive tension between the two menโ€”along with the dangers of the mire pressing in around themโ€”makes 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 someoneโ€”or somethingโ€”seems to be following their path. Someone who doesnโ€™t want them to succeed, no friend to their parentsโ€™ old enemies, but also no friend to would-be heroesโ€ฆ

Our Rogue Fates is a second-chance spicy Achillean romance with the questing spirit of Dungeons & Dragons, perfect for fans of Critical Role.

โš ๏ธ CONTENT/TRIGGER WARNINGS

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

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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. Sheโ€™s 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 sheโ€™s 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 toddlerโ€”not to mention her gardenโ€”keep her and her partner plenty busy.

Sarah is represented by Katelyn Detweiler at Jill Grinberg Literary

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Blog Tour Spotlight: Right Beside You by Tucker Shaw

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

๐Ÿ“– SYNOPSIS

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 pastโ€ฆ 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 whatโ€™s 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 somethingโ€™s unusual about this camera. When he takes a photo, heโ€™s 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 pictureโ€”and heโ€™s in the present. Caught between timelines and feelings, Eddie must make a decision about what heโ€™s willing to his romantic fantasies of the past or a reality that might just be what heโ€™s wanted all along.

โš ๏ธ CONTENT/TRIGGER WARNINGS

HIV Epidemic in the US

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Tucker Shawโ€™s novel, WHEN YOU CALL MY NAME, follows two gay teenagers during the height of the AIDS crisis in New York City in 1990. In hard times, nothing is more powerful than friendship.

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Blog Tour Spotlight: Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid

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! ๐Ÿ˜

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Fable for the End of the World
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Date: 4 March 2025
Genre: YA Fantasy

๐Ÿ“– SYNOPSIS

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 debtโ€”enough to qualify one of her children for Caerusโ€™s livestreamed assassination spectacle: the Lambโ€™s 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 despairsโ€”the Gauntlet is always a bloodbath for the impoverished debtors. But sheโ€™s 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 canโ€™t 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 thereโ€™s more to life than survival, while Mel wonders if sheโ€™s capable of more than killing.

And both wonder if, against all odds, they might be falling in love.

โš ๏ธ CONTENT/TRIGGER WARNINGS

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

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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.

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Blog Tour Spotlight: The Queen of Ocean Parkway by Sarvenaz Tash

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

๐Ÿ“– SYNOPSIS

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 superintendentโ€™s 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 buildingโ€™s tenants. Itโ€™s 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 Grandmotherโ€™s Predictions, an antique fortune-telling machine at Coney Island. โ€œGrandmotherโ€ has been linked to multiple disappearances in the Petrov family over the last century. Now, with the help of a new friend whoโ€™s just moved in, itโ€™s up to Roya to make her own headlines as she searches for Katya and attempts to break the Petrov curse once and for all.

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Sarvenaz Tash is the author ofย The Geekโ€™s 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 NYUโ€™s 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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Blog Tour Spotlight: The Girl With No Reflection by Keshe Chow

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

๐Ÿ“– SYNOPSIS

A young woman chosen as the crown princeโ€™s bride must travel to the royal palace to meet her new husbandโ€”but her world is shaken when she discovers the dark truth the royal family has been hiding for centuriesโ€”in this lush fantasy debut perfect for fans of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night and Violet Made of Thorns.

Princess Ying Yue believed in loveโ€ฆonce upon a time.

Yet when sheโ€™s chosen to wed the crown prince, Yingโ€™s 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 wonโ€™t 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 loveโ€”the 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.

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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 Premierโ€™s Literary Awards Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript.

Her debut novel THE GIRL WITH NO REFLECTION will be out in 2024 with Delacorte Press.

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Blog Tour Spotlight: The Wonderful Wishes of B. by Katherin Nolte

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

๐Ÿ“– SYNOPSIS

All that stands between ten-year-old Beatrice and an amazing life are five wishesโ€ฆand sheโ€™s 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 sheโ€™s turning herself into a Tin Man. Once her heart is made of metal, sheโ€™ll 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 sheโ€™s determined to make come true. With her encyclopedic knowledge, there must be a way to grant her heartโ€™s deepest desires.

When an unusual boy named Caleb moves to town and mentions his grannyโ€™s interest in magic, Beatrice decides to enlist their help. She quickly learns, however, that spells donโ€™t always go as planned, and witches canโ€™t be trusted.

With the arrival of an unexpected visitor and a series of otherworldly messages, Beatriceโ€™s 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 needsโ€”and how, sometimes, the wishes we hold dearest are granted in the most unexpected ways.

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Death of a loved family member (recounted), absent father, grief

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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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Blog Tour Spotlight: Norah’s Ark by Victoria Williamson

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. โ˜บ๏ธ

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Tour Spotlight: The Pawnshop of Stolen Dreams by Victoria Williamson

Happy Saturday, friends! Today I’m excited to shine a spotlight on The Pawnshop of Stolen Dreams by Victoria Williamson. Special thanks to The Write Reads for having me on this massive tour!

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Blog Tour Spotlight: The Alchemy of Moonlight by Dave Ferarro

Hi friends, as part of the blog tour hosted by TBR & Beyond Tours I’m shining a spotlight on The Alchemy of Moonlight by Dave Ferarro. The cover is definitely what caught my eye firstโ€”I love it!

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The Alchemy of Moonlight
Publisher: Page Street Kids
Publication Date: 30 May 2023
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Rep: LGBTQIA+, Black

๐Ÿ“– SYNOPSIS

When Emileโ€™s aunt declares he must marry or be disowned for being gayโ€”he runs away to hide as a servant in Count Montoniโ€™s mansion. In their service, Emile tends to the family who all suffer a strange affliction on the full moon. And after overhearing suspicious family arguments, he finds a body on the estate, drawing the attention of a handsome doctor as well as the countโ€™s charismatic nephew, Henri.

Before Emile can sort out his affections or unravel the growing Montoni family mystery, his identity is revealed and his aunt comes to collect him.

When she arrives, Count Montoni forces everyone to depart to the remote Udolpho Castleโ€”where there are no witnesses and no chance for escape. There, Emile realizes that he will have to risk his life to find the love he deservesโ€”and survive the Montoni family.

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Mentions of dead bodies, dismemberment, blood, homophobia

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David Ferraro grew up in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, where he was raised on a steady diet of comic books, horror movies and YA novels. He graduated with a B.A. in English and creative writing from St. Cloud State University, and currently resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his boyfriend and a very spoiled tortoise. He is represented by Eva Scalzo of Speilburg Literary. His debut โ€œThe Alchemy of Moonlightโ€ is set to be published from Page Street Kids in Spring 2023.

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BBNYA Tour Spotlight: The Goddess of Nothing at All by Cat Rector

Happy Thursday, friends! I’m super excited to be shining a spotlight on one of my favourite fantasy/mythology reads: The Goddess of Nothing at All by Cat Rector. I first discovered this book when I signed up to read it for a tour in 2021 and was immediately wrecked by the storyโ€”the characters, the emotion, the angstโ€”it all got me so good in the feels and I remember sobbing by the end of it. I was so excited and happy to see it get more recognition when it placed second in the 2022 BBNYA!

About BBNYA

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.

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