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Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jul 13

Preorders are officially open for "In a Heartbeat" by Ali Novak! When you preorder through BHB, you'll receive a signed paperback edition (with personalization available upon request!) plus an exclusive sticker that you'll only find at Blue House Books! blue-house-books.com/preorders-ex...

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Preorders are officially open for "In a Heartbeat" by Ali Novak!

When you preorder through Blue House Books, you'll receive a signed paperback edition (with personalization available upon request!) plus an exclusive sticker that you'll only find at Blue House Books!

Be sure to place your order by August 23rd to guarantee personalization. Orders placed after that date will still be signed, but personalized copies can't be guaranteed.

Ali will also be at Blue House Books on Monday, August 24th for the "In a Heartbeat" launch party, so if you'd rather have your book personalized in person, we'll see you there!

To preorder and see all details, click here: https://blue-house-books.com/preorders-exclusives/heartbeat

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jul 13

The "He Falls First: A Starlight Cove Collection" preorder campaign is here! 💖 Preorder through Blue House Books by July 26th, and you'll receive: - A hand-signed copy in your choice of hardcover or paperback - 12 art prints (SFW and NSFW versions of all six couples!) - Two exclusive stickers

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The "He Falls First: A Starlight Cove Collection" preorder campaign is here! 💖

Preorder through Blue House Books by July 26th, and you'll receive:
- A hand-signed copy in your choice of hardcover or paperback
- 12 art prints (SFW and NSFW versions of all six couples!)
- Two exclusive stickers

Want your copy personalized? Leave your name in the order comments when you place your preorder. Orders placed after July 26th will still be signed, but personalization can't be guaranteed.

This collection includes "Defiant Heart", "Protective Heart", "Fearless Heart", "Reckless Heart", "Possessive Heart", and "Rebel Heart", all in one gorgeous edition!

To order and see more details, click here: https://blue-house-books.com/preorders-exclusives/he-falls-first

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jul 13

Looking for something fun to do with the little ones? Join us on Saturday, July 25th for Children's Story Time! We'll be reading "The Skeleton and the Cat" by Brandon James Scott, making cat ears, handing out sticker sheets, & learning how to draw a cat with our events coordinator, Sarah!

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Looking for something fun to do with the little ones?

Join us on Saturday, July 25th at 2:30 p.m. for Children's Story Time in Norma's Nook! We'll be reading "The Skeleton and the Cat" by Brandon James Scott, making cat ears, handing out sticker sheets, and learning how to draw a cat with our events coordinator, Sarah!

This event is best for ages 4–7, but all little book lovers are welcome. RSVP is required here: https://withfriends.co/event/28635916

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jul 13

A beautiful island wedding. A bride with a dangerous past. A cult that may not be done with her yet... Join us on July 23rd for an evening with Rowan Beaird as she discusses her captivating new novel, "Tenderness", with thriller author Marisa Walz! withfriends.co/event/28403299

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A beautiful island wedding. A bride with a dangerous past. A cult that may not be done with her yet...

Join us on July 23rd for an evening with Rowan Beaird as she discusses her captivating new novel, "Tenderness", with thriller author Marisa Walz!

Want to make a night of it? Arrive at 5:30 p.m. for Happy Hour with the authors, featuring charcuterie from Fancy Snacks, drinks, and the chance to chat with Rowan, Marisa, and fellow readers before the event begins! Get your tickets here: https://withfriends.co/event/28403299

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jul 7

And we finish up this roundup of #NewReleaseTuesday with these two: #booksky💙📚

A photo of a hand holding the book, "The Season of Sinking" by Daphne Woolsoncroft in front of a bookshelf.
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From a hit true crime podcaster turned novelist, a woman’s unsettling past creeps back into her consciousness as she returns to her hometown and begins to suspect the locals are hiding a terrible secret swirling around her mother's recent death.

When Imogen Bly's mother suddenly passes away, she leaves her Seattle apartment and returns to Lake Blair—the picturesque Washington town where she grew up. After Imogen and her twin sister Amelia arrive, ready to pack up their mother's home, strange things begin to happen, reminding Imogen of her long held feelings of dread surrounding her hometown.

Imogen enlists the help of her first crush, next-door neighbor Rory, to uncover the truth about her mother's death and the traumatic event she experienced as a child. But is the boy who got away really the man with something to hide? Or is the suspicious neighbor in the house across the lake behind it all?

When Imogen’s own family’s tragedies lead her to question the disappearance of a local young woman the previous year, her persistent unease becomes terrifyingly real and suddenly nowhere feels safe …

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jul 7

#NewReleaseTuesday continues with more great reads #booksky💙📚

A photo of a hand holding the book, "An Education in Longing" by Charlotte Stein in front of a bookshelf.
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A darkly sexy romance about a young woman attending an enchanted school, who must defeat a malevolent force only through accessing a very powerful magic... one that’s rooted in her sexual desire.

When Mina manages to pass The Test and gain entry to a university that reveals a world of magic just beyond ours, she’s determined to go and prove her worth. But Harrowhall is full of dangers untold, and hardships unnumbered. And every one of them seems designed for only the privileged to pass. If she has any hope of becoming the witch she longs to be, she’s going to have to rely on the last person she wants to: Harker St James, the most lethal student to ever walk those haunted halls.

And once she unearths his dark secret, she has the means to persuade him. Not to mention a way to keep him at bay. Because Harker isn’t just the key to her salvation. He’s the deadly snare that daily threatens to drag her down. Desire fires her magic, but any feeling for him is a poison she simply can’t afford.

Even though the fate of Harrowhall, and the magic it was built on, may very well depend on doing all the things she really shouldn’t.

A photo of a hand holding the book, "The Brides" by Charlotte Cross" in front of a bookshelf.
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Creepy, sumptuous and incredibly gripping, The Brides is a feminist gothic horror about the three women who became the brides of Dracula – and the fourth who managed to escape . . .

"Come to me, and be mine for eternity."

1884. When Mafalda journeys to Budapest to care for her grieving aunt, her secret love, Lucy, hurries from London to comfort her, with chaperone and lady’s maid in tow.

But lady’s maid Alice, blessed and cursed with the Sight, is tormented by terrifying visions. When chaperone Eliza falls prey to a disturbing wasting illness, the women hope to seek the healing waters of Transylvania. At a nobleman’s invitation, they set out for Castle Dracula.

In the depths of the forest, miles from civilization, their host reveals his true intentions; a monstrous ambition which will tear the women apart.

And not all of them will survive.

A photo of a hand holding the book, "Fabulous Bodies" by Chuck Tingle in front of a bookshelf.
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From Chuck Tingle, USA Today bestselling author of Bury Your Gays, comes Fabulous Bodies, a supernatural joyride where Drive meets Beetlejuice.

Poppy Stringer was born to be a star.

An aspiring fashion influencer by day, Poppy moonlights as a grave robber to make ends meet, wheeling and dealing dead bodies across Palm Springs.

When her hero, the flamboyant, piano-slamming rockstar Eddie Michaels, unexpectedly dies, Poppy gets a call to retrieve his body from the medical examiner’s office for a lucrative sum. It could be the last job she’ll ever need—if everything goes to plan. But the night’s delivery quickly veers off course when Eddie wakes up.

Now Poppy must fight for her life if she hopes to survive this blood-soaked joyride of carnage and extravagant entertainment.

Also by Chuck Tingle:
Lucky Day
Bury Your Gays
Camp Damascus
Straight

A photo of a hand holding the book, "Hide and Seek" by Soren Sveistrup in front of a bookshelf.
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SOON TO BE A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

The author of The Chestnut Man and creator of the hit television series The Killing returns with a twisty, breakneck psychological thriller that takes an innocent children’s game to its most terrifying and diabolical extreme.

Count to one, count to two . . .

A strange voice from inside the woods, repeating a child’s counting rhyme.

Count to four, count to five . . .

A body discovered in the water.

You’re trying to go home. Will you make it alive?

Thirty years later, a woman begins receiving a string of anonymous text messages, repeating that same rhyme.

Found you.

Then she disappears . . .

On Valentine’s Day, detectives Naia Thulin and Mark Hess are searching to find the missing woman. But when they uncover links to a decades-old cold case, their investigation takes a terrifying turn.

A violent killer is on the loose. Can Hess and Thulin catch them, before they strike again?

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jul 7

Wow! What a line-up this #NewReleaseTuesday — some of which are paired with events with us.😏 (Check out ShopAtBHB.com to check them out!) Shop these new books in person at Blue House Books until 6 today, or online anytime at ShopAtBHB.com!

A photo of a hand holding the book, "Heartstopper: Vol 6" by Alice Oseman in front of the "Heartstopper" display.
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*New York Times and Sunday Times Bestselling Author*

*Heartstopper Forever movie coming soon from Netflix*

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The final installment in the bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel series about life, love, and everything that happens in between.

Everyone in school knows Nick and Charlie. Everyone knows they’re going to be together forever. But Charlie’s busy with his bid to become Head Boy. And while Nick is preparing to leave for college, he’s starting to wonder who he’ll be… without Charlie.

Contains discussions around mental health and eating disorders, and sexual references.

https://www.blue-house-books.com/item/sHLPL3DeHtVgIiZ0yJmDrA

A photo of a hand holding the book, "Buried Feelings" by Kit Rosewater in front of a bookshelf.
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When a San Francisco treasure hunt ropes two ex-besties back together, they’ll end up digging into their own complicated, buried feelings in this queer YA rom com!

“A delightful romance, treasure hunt, and celebration of queer history all rolled into one.”—Kelly Quindlen, bestselling author of She Drives Me Crazy

Cam was the one who discovered the hunt. He brought it to Ivy like an offering, took her hand as they combed through San Francisco, searching for treasure and conspiring against the heteronormative agenda. But that was back then.

Now juniors, they're both out and proud—Cam as a trans man and Ivy as gay—but their friendship isn't as assured. Problem is, Ivy can’t reveal Cam’s past betrayal without airing closely guarded secrets of her own.

As Ivy comes across the missing link in the treasure hunt from their childhood, she’s certain she can put the clues together and finally come out on top in the cat-and-mouse game Cam’s been playing with her ever since their friendship ended.

Once Cam gets wind of Ivy’s renewed interest in the hunt, the ex-best friends will go head-to-head in their search for gold. But as they get digging, they’ll uncover more things buried between them than they bargained for.

https://www.blue-house-books.com/item/Y10lLSQ5wzNh7dCAcxd1TQ

A photo of a hand holding the book, "The Farewitch of Foxe Holler" by Ellen Pauley Goff in front of a bookshelf.
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Steel Magnolias meets Practical Magic in this charming contemporary fantasy about a thirty-something kitchen witch who is recruited to help a reclusive warlock and discovers love on the other side of the next bake.

Honey Frost is Foxe Holler’s dependable Farewitch. With a dash of flour and a pinch of charm, Honey carries on her family’s legacy for healing any ailment with the right recipe. She just didn’t expect to inherit the role twenty years early.

When the Holler’s reclusive Warlock suddenly requests a Farewitch to cure his mysterious illness, Honey’s ordered life turns upside down. Honey is reluctant to help—witches and warlocks do not get along. Then he tempts her with the one thing she can’t resist: access to his infamous library of spellbooks and kitchen grimoires.

Soon, Honey is the newest resident of his moody farmhouse, which has one gorgeous kitchen. And a Warlock that maybe…isn’t so frightful after all. Or old. Or bad looking.

Healing the Warlock would be simple if he weren’t hiding a web of secrets. As Honey works to unravel his illness, a darker threat looms: the Widow Witch, who steals a soul from Foxe Holler every year, is due—and this time, she wants the Warlock.

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jul 1

THE HUNT IS ON! Stop by Blue House Books to pick up your stamp card, then start exploring Kenosha to find Waldo at participating local businesses. Collect stamps, discover some new favorite spots, and earn prizes along the way!

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THE HUNT IS ON!

Stop by Blue House Books to pick up your stamp card, then start exploring Kenosha to find Waldo at participating local businesses. Collect stamps, discover some new favorite spots, and earn prizes along the way!

The hunt runs all month long, so grab your friends or family and see how many Waldos you can find. Happy hunting! 🔎

https://withfriends.co/event/28429832

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jul 1

Join us at Blue House Books on Monday, August 24, at 6:30 p.m. to celebrate the release of "In a Heartbeat", the highly anticipated final book in Ali Novak's Heartbreak Chronicles series! If Ali's name sounds familiar, she's also the author behind "My Life with the Walter Boys".

A graphic with a purple background, the book, "In a Heartbeat", the author photos of Ali Novak and Donna Ghorbanpoor and text that says: IN A HEARTBEAT: Launch Party with Ali Novak in conversation with Donna Ghorbanpoor. Monday, August 24th at 6:30 p.m. Blue House Books. Ticket Required.
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Join us at Blue House Books on Monday, August 24, at 6:30 p.m. to celebrate the release of "In a Heartbeat", the highly anticipated final book in Ali Novak's Heartbreak Chronicles series! If Ali's name sounds familiar, she's also the author behind "My Life with the Walter Boys", now a hit Netflix series!

Ali will be in conversation with fellow YA author Donna Ghorbanpoor, discussing all things "In a Heartbeat", answering audience questions, and signing copies!

Your ticket also includes a free Heartbreakers-themed mocktail from The Sipster and an exclusive sticker! Save your seat through this link: https://www.withfriends.co/event/28218292

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jul 1

And these two finish up our #NewReleaseTuesday on a Wednesday post #booksky💙📚

A photo of a hand holding the book, "The Princess Diaries" by Meg Cabot in front of a bookshelf.
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot's hilarious classic The Princess Diaries is back and better than ever in an all-new, full-color graphic novel adaptation!

Mia Thermopolis is pretty sure there's nothing worse than being a five-foot-nine frizzy-haired freshman, who also happens to be flunking algebra.

Is she ever in for a surprise.

First, her mom announces that she's dating Mia's algebra teacher. But her dad's announcement is even worse: he is the crown prince of Genovia, and guess what that makes Mia?

A frizzy-haired freshman who is flunking algebra, and also happens to be a PRINCESS.

Mia might not be ready for the throne, but one thing totally rules: #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot has adapted her classic The Princess Diaries into a royally hilarious graphic novel with art by Bethany Crandall!

A photo of a hand holding the book, "Warriors: The New Prophecy" Part 1 of 3 by Erin Hunter, adapted by Gibson Twist, illustrated by Sammy Savos in front of a bookshelf.
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The next graphic novel adaptation of the blockbuster, New York Times bestselling Warriors series covers the first two novels of the second arc, The New Prophecy (Midnight and Moonrise).

The wild cats of the forest have lived in peace for many moons—but when Brambleclaw, a warrior of ThunderClan, receives an ominous prophecy from StarClan that speaks of a mysterious danger, he must rally the fiercest warriors from all the Clans to seek answers in the mountains.

But the journey is long and hard, and tensions rise back in the forest as Firestar and Leafpaw watch ThunderClan’s world crumbling around them. As the questing cats struggle to uncover the meaning of the prophecy, turmoil threatens to overtake the Clans.

Ever since the first Warriors book hit shelves, readers have devoured these epic adventures. This stunning adaptation, adapted by Gibson Twist and illustrated by Sammy Savos, retells the first two books in the second arc of the Warriors series as a full-color graphic novel.

Hardcover edition includes a gorgeously illustrated case cover
This graphic novel of the New Prophecy arc covers novels 1 and 2 (Midnight and Moonrise)
More than 80 million copies of Warriors books have been sold worldwide

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jul 1

#NewReleaseTuesday continues on a Wednesday with these great reads #booksky💙📚

A photo of a hand holding the book, "On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear" by Julie Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer in front of a bookshelf.
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"INVALUABLE. A CLASSIC OF OUR TIME. Everybody should read it." —RACHEL MADDOW

A deeply reported manual about how anyone can defy an authoritarian – based on original interviews with more than 100 dissidents, activists, and theorists across the world.

The United States is only the latest country to face a leader who wields fear as a weapon, punishes political enemies, disappears people off the street, and undermines free and fair elections. Today nearly three out of four people on earth live under authoritarianism, the highest rate since the late 1970s.

But even under repressive conditions, each of us holds the power to help defeat autocrats. Based on their acclaimed The New Yorker essay “So You Want to Be a Dissident?,” veteran reporter Julia Angwin and political strategist Ami Fields-Meyer give us a captivating – and profoundly hopeful – guide to courage in an age of fear.

Meet a student from Hong Kong who risked everything for democracy. A mom in a working-class neighborhood of Caracas who broke with the political movement that raised her. Cairo twentysomethings who staged a gutsy stunt to help bring down a dictator. A mild-mannered immigrant fighting to save a landmark U.S. civil rights law. People throughout the United States and across five continents who faced serious risks for dissenting in their workplace, their community, or their country. On Courage is the story of how they did it anyway – and how you can do it, too.

Blending rich, previously untold narratives with history, spirituality, and movement research, Angwin and Fields-Meyer deliver a highly accessible book full of practical lessons – an inspiring resource for anyone, anywhere, who feel the walls of history closing in on them. On Courage is a roadmap to political courage and a …

A photo of a hand holding the book, "Main Characters" by Bobby Palmer in front of a bookshelf.
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For readers of David Nicholls and Sally Rooney comes a new love story that's at once tender and electrifying—told by everyone but the main characters.

When Clara and Seb first cross paths in a London square, it’s the start of something exciting. Clara, an aspiring director stuck in an entry-level job, itches to pick up a camera. Seb, having floated between music, modeling, and now acting, struggles to find purpose in his work. Yet as random chance brings the two back together, time and time again, neither could predict that their magnetic connection is set to change their lives.

But everyone else does. The spark between Clara and Seb is exactly what falling in love should look like: exhilarating, passionate, undeniable. The two become a whirlwind, their relationship enthralling everyone they come across. But as the years go on and tensions flair, a last-ditch attempt to save their great romance ends with a gut-wrenching betrayal.

Set over the course of two decades, Clara and Seb’s love story is bigger than just themselves. Told from the eyes of their audience—friends and flatmates, rivals and lovers, strangers and confidants—Main Characters is a sweeping portrait of all sides of Clara and Seb. Everyone has their version of events, but only the main characters can decide how it ends.

A photo of a hand holding the book, "Six of Crows: A Darker Shore" by Leigh Bardugo in front of a bookshelf.
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a new Grishaverse short story: a mystery told through found documents and set after the events of Crooked Kingdom.

In the years since the violent upheaval caused bythe auction of Kuwei Yul-Bo, the merchants of Ketterdam have been under attack. Secret businesses exposed. Ships sunk. Slavers hunted as they once hunted their victims. All the work of a mysterious sea captain and her ship, the Wraith.

Now, two investigators meet to uncover the truth behind the latest disaster: a massacre on an island off the shores of Ketterdam. Among the evidence collected is private correspondence between notorious crime boss Kaz Brekker and an anonymous sailor aboard the Wraith known only as “I.”

Follow along with the lead investigator as he tries to piece together how such a disaster transpired, and explore the Grishaverse like never before with new illustrations by E.K. Belsher, original music composed by E. Aaron Wilson, and in-world collectible items.

A photo of the book, "The Winged Game" by Sophie Kim sitting on the floor of the bookstore with one copy facing you so you can see the sprayed edges.
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Fantasy meets sports romance in this sizzling slow-burn novel in which the disgraced star of a brutal magical sport must team up with the rival who destroyed her career, from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The God and the Gumiho.

This trophy-worthy first edition hardcover features designed sprayed edges, illustrated endpapers with a high-flying romantic moment, and a deluxe jacket with sculpture emboss and foil—show off your team colors, while supplies last!

“Fourth Wing-meets-rugby is something I didn't know I needed in my life, but now I’m obsessed. The Winged Game is going to be the next big thing for sure!”—Ruby Dixon, New York Times bestselling author

Carriwitchet, the violent, rugby-esque game played atop winged beasts, was once Taissa Cho’s whole life, and she was once the United Kingdom’s most promising player. Until her nemesis, rival player Kion Locke, destroyed her career in a single moment. Expelled from the sport in disgrace, Taissa has spent the last two years dreaming of nothing but revenge and relishing watching Kion’s team plummet to the bottom of the league.

So when Taissa is offered the chance to redeem herself and her career, she can’t refuse—even if the offer is coming from the very man who ruined everything in the first place. It’s close to a dream come true . . . except for that pesky clause in her contract that demands she and Kion enter a fake relationship in order to garner some much-needed positive PR for the team. This could not be a worse match. Taissa and Kion only have two things in common: their love of the game, and their undying hatred for each other.

Yet as a mysterious illness befalls the winged creatures of the entire league—putting both the beasts’ lives and the very sport itself at stake—the athlete…

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jul 1

Happy #NewReleaseTuesday, book lovers! The best day of the week, no doubt. (yes, it is a Wednesday, you're not mistaken) Check out these new titles in person until 6 today, or online at ShopAtBHB.com!

A photo of the book, "Keep Them Close" by David Ellis sitting on the floor of the bookstore.
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From the bestselling author of Look Closer comes a new domestic thriller about betrayal and murder inside one twisted family.

“David Ellis is a master of layered, complex thrillers. A fast-paced, twisty, wild ride.” —Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of It’s Not Her

Two siblings. One murder. So many lies.

Siblings Allison and Luke have been through a lot together. They’ve always stood by each other. They’d do anything for each other.

Or so it seems.

When Allison’s husband, Finley, is murdered, the investigation threatens to expose the siblings’ darkest secrets. An illicit affair. A decades-old accident. A stunning deception. How do these events explain Finley’s death? How far will Allison and Luke go to keep their secrets buried? And can the siblings even trust one another anymore?

As the investigation winds tighter and past and present collide, the most shocking betrayal might lie a little too close to home.

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A photo of a hand holding the book, "Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep" by Paul Tremblay in front of a bookshelf.
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"Paul Tremblay is on fire. . . .As entertaining and pop-culture savvy as this novel can be, it's emotionally wrenching and truly scary."
—Ed Park, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Same Bed, Different Dreams and An Oral History of Atlantis

Philip K. Dick meets the Coen Brothers in this genre-bending near-future tech nightmare that is as bitingly funny as it is horrifically believable from the New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie.

Meet Julia Flang, a twenty-something former semi-professional gamer, living with her retired uncle, and working two jobs she doesn’t like. Out of the blue, her estranged mother, a CFO for one of the world’s largest tech companies, offers her a temp job with a payday Julia can’t refuse. One sham interview later, she’s offered the job: to chaperone a man in a vegetative state—one with proprietary AI implanted in his head—from California to the East Coast.

To sum up in Julia’s own words: “You want me to remote control this dead dude across the country.” In a word, yes. But he’s not dead dead.

Meet a middle-aged man who wakes within a disorienting hellscape filled with monstrous grotesqueries. Worse than the fluid, morphing reality in which he’s trapped, he has no memory of who he is. He certainly doesn’t remember getting the rabbit tattoo on his arm. He only knows that he must find a certain person. Who? He can’t remember.

Using a cell phone modeled after a video game controller, Julia fumblingly navigates the man she calls “Bernie” from the company campus and onto planes and through one of the largest airports in America. All the while, the man endures an ever-changing and worsening nightmare that offers clues as to who he was—and who he must track down. And as their two lives intertwine, Julia and Bernie become unlikely allies and fugitives on a…

A photo of a hand holding the book, "Hello, Summer" by Mary Kay Andrews in front of a bookshelf.
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The New York Times bestselling author and Queen of the Beach Reads Mary Kay Andrews delivers her next summer blockbuster.

It’s a new season...

Conley Hawkins left her family’s small town newspaper, The Silver Bay Beacon, in the rearview mirror years ago. Now a star reporter for a big-city paper, Conley is exactly where she wants to be and is about to take a fancy new position in Washington, D.C. Or so she thinks.

For small town scandals...

When the new job goes up in smoke, Conley finds herself right back where she started, working for her sister, who is trying to keep The Silver Bay Beacon afloat—and she doesn’t exactly have warm feelings for Conley. Soon she is given the unenviable task of overseeing the local gossip column, “Hello, Summer.”

And big-time secrets.

Then Conley witnesses an accident that ends in the death of a local congressman—a beloved war hero with a shady past. The more she digs into the story, the more dangerous it gets. As an old heartbreaker causes trouble and a new flame ignites, it soon looks like their sleepy beach town is the most scandalous hotspot of the summer.

A photo of a hand holding the book, "Guilty by Definition" by Suse Dent in front of a bookshelf.
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"Will enthrall crime aficionados, puzzle solvers, Anglophiles and logophiles...fiendishly clever and marvelously entertaining debut—the perfect tonic for any philobiblist's mubble-fubbles." —The Washington Post

She knew there'd be ghosts in Oxford, she just didn't think they'd make their way to the dictionary.

Oxford, England. After a decade abroad, Martha Thornhill has returned home to the city whose ancient institutions have long defined her family. But the ghosts she had thought to be at rest seem to have been waiting for her to return. When an anonymous letter is delivered to the Clarendon English Dictionary, where Martha is a newly hired senior editor, it's rapidly clear that this is not the usual lexicographical enquiry. Instead, the coded letter hints at secrets and lies linked to a particular year.

The date can mean only one thing: the summer Martha's brilliant older sister Charlie went missing.

When more letters arrive, Martha and her team pull apart the complex clues within them, and soon, the mystery becomes ever more insistent and troubling. Because it seems Charlie had been keeping a powerful secret, and someone may be trying to lead the lexicographers towards the truth that will unravel the mystery of her disappearance. But other forces are no less desperate to keep their secrets well and truly buried, and Martha and her team must crack the codes before it's too late.

From resident lexicographer Susie Dent comes a linguistic mystery that will both delight and shock readers.

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jun 27

❤️🤍 Only 4 days to go! Waldo couldn't resist another practice hiding spot. Think you've found him? Let us know in the comments, but no spoilers! July 1st is almost here... who's ready to start collecting stamps?

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❤️🤍 Only 4 days to go!

Waldo couldn't resist another practice hiding spot. Think you've found him?
Let us know in the comments, but no spoilers!

July 1st is almost here... who's ready to start collecting stamps?

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jun 27

Dani's current read is "Mate" by Ali Hazelwood. So far, it's safe to say she's a fan! If paranormal romance with Ali Hazelwood's signature banter has been on your TBR, this might be your sign to pick it up! Get it here: www.blue-house-books.com/item/BQmk5nU...

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Dani's current read is "Mate" by Ali Hazelwood. So far, it's safe to say she's a fan! If paranormal romance with Ali Hazelwood's signature banter has been on your TBR, this might be your sign to pick it up!

Get it here: https://www.blue-house-books.com/item/BQmk5nUNoKEGWLQ2QPZ04g

About the book: A Human hybrid and an Alpha Were claw against the bonds of fate in the highly anticipated companion novel to the New York Times bestselling Bride.

Serena Paris is orphaned, pack-less, and one of a kind. Coming forward as the first Human-Were hybrid was supposed to heal a centuries-long rift between species. Instead, it made her a target, prey to the ruthless political machinations between Weres, Vampyres, and Humans. With her enemies closing in on her, she has only one option left—if he’ll have her.

As Alpha of the Northwest pack, Koen Alexander commands obedience. His authority is so absolute, only a fool would threaten his mate. It doesn’t matter if Serena doesn’t reciprocate his feelings, nothing will stop him from keeping her safe.

But power-hungry Vampyres and Weres are not the only threats chasing Serena. Sooner or later, her past is bound to catch up with her—and Koen might be the only thing standing between her and total annihilation…

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jun 27

5 days until Waldo takes over Kenosha! He's hiding somewhere in this photo... can you find him? If you spot him, comment "Found him!" below, but don't give away his hiding place! The search officially begins July 1st! We can't wait to see you out exploring local businesses!

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Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jun 26

🔎 6 days until the hunt begins! Waldo is getting pretty good at hiding… but we think you can still find him. Let us know if you spot him in this photo! Just don’t tell everyone where he is so we can keep the challenge fun for everyone!

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Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jun 26

Just 7 days until the Find Waldo Local hunt begins! Think you’ve found him in this photo? Comment “Found him!” if you see him, but keep his hiding spot a secret so everyone can join the fun. Starting July 1st, explore Kenosha, visit local businesses, collect stamps, and earn prizes along the way!

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Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jun 24

8 days until Waldo arrives in Kenosha! The hunt begins July 1st, &Waldo is already practicing his hiding skills. Think you can spot him in this photo? If you find him, let us know in the comments—but no spoilers! Get ready to explore local businesses, collect stamps, & earn prizes all month long.

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8 days until Waldo arrives in Kenosha!

The hunt begins July 1st, and Waldo is already practicing his hiding skills. Think you can spot him in this photo? If you find him, let us know in the comments — but no spoilers!

Get ready to explore local businesses, collect stamps, and earn prizes all month long. The countdown is on!

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jun 24

This week's #NewReleaseTuesday finishes up with these two. #booksky💙📚

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Weyward meets Atonement in a shimmering debut novel of first love, betrayal, and revenge set on a crumbling British estate.

Suffolk, 1937. As the English countryside swelters in a historic heat wave, preparations for a party at Snare House are in full swing. The Winthers’ only daughter, Joanie, is returning from a summer on the Continent, a flying visit before she leaves for university at Oxford. Only Margaret, longtime ward of the family and Joanie’s closest friend, knows the truth: Joanie won’t be going to Oxford. Instead, the two will be leaving the stultifying society they know to live together in London, as lovers.

Then the pair is discovered, and everything goes wrong. Banished to a cabin in the nearby woods, Margaret is alone with her estranged father. As summer curdles into autumn and magpies throng the forest, Margaret begins to lose herself. Her dreams turn dark and terrifying, and she wakes from them with dirt on the soles of her feet and scratches on her back. Everything suggests that a perverse power is awakening within her—perhaps the very one that led to her mother’s ostracism and eventual death. If she can harness it, Margaret may be able to secure an approximation of the love she’s always crave—but at what cost?

Little Wild is at once a feminist fairy tale, a haunting meditation on the dangers of desire, and a gripping debut from a talented new voice.

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A hilariously absurd and philosophical picture book for 3-to-7-year-olds about a pickle slowly withering in the sun, sharing its hard-earned wisdom with the local animal population and preparing to be eaten by a dog (its preferred way to go). For fans of I Want My Hat Back and The Skunk.

A pickle arrives out of nowhere.

"I have lived a lot of life," it says.

As the pickle slowly withers in the hot sun, the local animals ask it questions. Questions like "Do you ever get bored?" and "Are you hungry?" and "Why are we here?"

The pickle has all the answers.

Except one: what happens next?

A truly weird and wonderful book, The Wise Pickle will charm readers big and small with its combination of subtle humor, pathos and ridiculousness, all perfectly captured in Sabina Hahn's delightful illustrations

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jun 24

#NewReleaseTuesday continues with more great picks: #booksky💙📚

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone Lisa Jewell, two women's lives converge in a house containing devastating secrets that refuse to stay buried in this "deliciously dark, devilishly addictive" (Alice Feeney, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife) novel.

Jane Trevally is walking her dogs on her country estate when a small white terrier appears, alone and with no sign of the teenaged girl he’d been staying with nearby. When the teenager is reported missing, Jane offers to return the dog to his registered owner, hours away in London. Arriving at a run-down house called Thornwood in the deepest backwaters of Hampstead, she is immediately on alert—because Jane has a dark history with this house.

The man who answers the door is not the man that Jane remembers from her past. He is cagey, and claims to know nothing about the missing teenage girl. Then, through the window of the house, Jane catches a glimpse of a haunted-looking woman.

Conjuring her memories from twenty-five years ago, Jane knows this unsettling house holds the key—to the missing teenager, to her own traumatic story, and to the dark secrets of the past.

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Thrilling crossover YA Horror perfect for fans of Krystal Sutherland and Tiffany Jackson, where the captain of a high school cheer team is caught in a bitter rivalry and turns to an ancient, supernatural creature for help, not knowing she’s just made a deal with a devil and could lose everything that matters, including her life.

Maris Larsen is the captain of the West Eaton High cheer team. She’s Coach’s favorite and the team worships her. Being on the team makes her feel special—powerful. When she’s leading the girls on the mat, Maris doesn’t have to think about her dead-end life in a dead-end town. She can forget about her depressed mother and absent father and the fact that her girlfriend doesn’t really love her. But when newcomer and Coach’s new golden girl, Genevieve Ray, joins the team, the only thing going right in Maris’s life is suddenly in jeopardy. A bitter rivalry develops between the two, but Maris is determined to take Genevieve down. The knife she needs to wield comes to Maris in her dreams.

While sleepwalking, Maris is visited by a monstrous, decaying beast in the shape of an enormous deer. Doe is an ancient, tired creature who has been wandering, trapped in her current form for decades. She cannot die, but she cannot go on living as she has. Only a girl related by blood to those who bound her in this form can free her, but those girls she loved died years ago—murdered in a fire.

But Maris is somehow linked to Doe’s beloved girls—linked by blood—and so she has the power to free Doe, to unleash her immense power. In Maris’s dreams, she and Doe form a bond, but Maris doesn’t know the creature from her dreams is real. Maris doesn’t understand the danger she’s in. She only knows Doe has promised her a way to win her battle with Genevieve. But for Maris to win, someone has to die, and the only real winn…

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Philip Marlowe meets Redwall in this superior adult noir tale, where all the characters are animals, fighting for survival in the city underneath the humans.

In the solar cities of the future, the humans relax in the sun and the animals work in the shadows. Genetically engineered Little Helpers, serving humanity—unseen, unheard.

Meet Skotch. Raccoon, PI—yours for a few buttons as long as the job isn't too illegal, whatever that means.

A mouse has gone missing. Normally this wouldn't raise any hackles, nor any alarms, but this mouse has something that everyone seems to want, though nobody appears particularly eager to say what that something is.

The fee is good—perhaps too good. Certainly not something Skotch can easily turn down.

If only Skotch can work out where the mouse is hiding, what he’s hiding, and why his secrets are upsetting a lot of animals caught up in the Green City wars.

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Rikki Thunder, twenty-two-year-old drummer for the scorching new ’80s metal band Whyte Python, is about to have it all: absurd wealth, global fame, and a dream girlfriend. But an unwitting role as an international spy? That was definitely not part of the plan.

"A rock-n-roll thrill ride... Heavy Metal icon Rikki Thunder's satirical memoir is sweeter than Cherry Pie and better than a prescription from Dr. Feelgood! You need to read it."—Ernest Cline

It’s Los Angeles, 1986, and metal rules the world. For aspiring drummer Rikki Thunder, life is beautiful, just like his hair—even if he is sleeping in a condemned paint store and playing with a band that’s going nowhere. But when Rikki gets a shot to join L.A.’s hottest up-and-coming club band, Whyte Python, his young life takes a mind-blowing turn. Soon he and his new band mates have a hit single rocketing up the charts, Whyte Python is selling out major clubs, and Rikki has a gorgeous girlfriend in the audience and in his life. He literally could not ask for anything more.

But good fortune can be deceiving. As the band gets a deeper taste of success in the US, the late-80’s Cold War is breathing its last gasps around the world. American music is blasting through the Iron Curtain and a youth revolution is taking hold—with a hair band unknowingly playing host to the final battle for the hearts and minds of young people everywhere. Rikki Thunder soon questions the forces that are helping to propel Whyte Python, and he realizes the stakes of his musical journey—to spread peace, love, and epic shredding across the globe—might be far more dangerous than he had ever imagined.

Crafted on the satirical knife-edge between high-suspense and head-banging hilarity, The Whyte Python World Tour is a raucous, uplifting, and refreshing debut. Travis Kennedy’s …

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jun 24

Happy #NewReleaseTuesday, book lovers! A new week means new amazing books. One of which is “Isis of Egypt”, a romantic retelling featuring a goddess trying to save her true love from a vengeful god. We have an event with the author on June 25th at 6:30 p.m., so save your seat here:

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One determined goddess. Two beloved gods. Three coveted thrones.

Ancient Egypt’s most formidable goddess will stop at nothing to save her true love from the wrath of a vengeful god in this romantic retelling by the author of Neferura, perfect for readers who loved Lilith.

Isis, goddess of thrones and magic, steals the crown of Egypt and hands the power to her husband, Osiris. Together, Isis and Osiris live an idyllic life, ruling justly until the god of chaos, set on revenge for a crime Isis knows nothing about, traps Osiris in a box—a box that quickly vanishes.

Driven by rage and desperation, Isis spends decades disguised as a human woman, isolated from home and family as she searches for her lost love. When she finally uncovers the box, what she finds will change her life—and the fate of gods and mortals—forever. Unless Isis can right the wrongs of a betrayal she didn’t commit and deliver Egypt into the hands of a worthy leader, Egypt will fall into chaos.

Isis of Egypt: Goddess of Thrones is a feminist retelling about the woman behind one of the ancient world’s most widespread and enduring cults, a goddess whose message of empathy and resilience resonates still today.

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Perfectly aligned for readers of Iain M. Banks’s The Culture series and Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, The Sixth Nik is a galaxy spanning adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Angel Down and Whalefall.

Deep into space, far past the triworld outposts, beyond range of the lethal trollbot internet, soars The Sickness: a ship woven from biomatter and capable of reacting to every need of its human crew. Sisilla, a nine-year-old cultist with a brain enhanced by arcane tech known as “niks,” has boarded to investigate the enigma of Fém—a plague-riddled planet that has abruptly gone rogue.

The mysterious crew includes a faceless assassin, a beautiful engineer jigsawed by plastic surgery, a peyote-addicted medic, and—most lethal of all—a rugged, NonModded captain with a score to settle with Sisilla. Other dangers abound. A hacked robot begins to believe Sisilla is its daughter. The Sickness itself is mutating, possibly even pregnant. And the secret of Fém is more horrific than anyone could have imagined. To survive, Sisilla will need to forsake her predetermined fate and embrace the unknown.

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In this campy love letter to the slasher films of the 1980s, seven friends reunite for a weekend of fun—only to be hunted down by a cold-blooded killer. But the real horror is not being able to escape who you were in high school. . . .

This stunning paperback features vibrantly designed stenciled edges!

The sleepy town of Cedar Lake is best known as the shooting location of the campy ’80s horror flick Slasher. In high school, preppy Patrick, jock Jason, cheerleader Tiffany, stoner Freddy, goth Jennifer, and nerdy Mikey had played the cast of Slasher during midnight showings, with virginal Carrie as the Final Girl, of course.

Years later, the friends reunite at the remote cabin where Slasher was filmed. They’ve changed since high school—Carrie found a boyfriend, Patrick came out, Mikey bulked up, and, well, Freddy’s still stoned—and they’re looking forward to a weekend to catch up. But when night falls, and the eponymous masked killer is spotted, the reunion takes a deadly turn. The friends discover their tires deflated and the phone line disconnected, and soon they’re being stalked by a mysterious assailant. Is someone trying to make their Slasher experience as authentic as possible?

One thing is for sure. Before the night is over, they each will have to take on the role they thought they'd left behind.

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NIGHT WITCH is the highly anticipated sequel to Jaymin Eve’s instant New York Times bestseller Spellcaster with an intense enemies-to-lovers arc, steamy heat level, magical creatures, and super high stakes. Order the gorgeous deluxe limited edition paperback with stunning blue foiling and gorgeous sprayed edges today!

Be careful what you witch for.

Welcome to year two at Weatherstone College…

Last year, after coming face to face with darkness and lethal monsters, Logan Kingston, my sworn enemy and sometimes ally, brought my first year to an explosive ending. There’s a bond between us that I can’t explain, but I just know he’s hiding something. Maybe I don’t fully trust any spellcaster, but there’s no denying my draw to him.

I’m not going to lie, I haven’t felt myself since then, and I’m dreading returning to Weatherstone. But secrets inevitably unravel, and when the truth comes to light, I have no idea who will be left standing.

“A fun, magical enemies to lovers read that you don’t want to miss!”—JASMINE MAS, New York Times bestselling author of Blood of Hercules

Perfect if you love:
Sexy Stalking + Dirty Talking
He Gives Her His Clothes
Forbidden Romance
Touch Her & D!e
Elemental Magic
Dark Academia
"Mine"

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jun 23

A glamorous island wedding, a bride escaping a sinister cult, and a lot of secrets... Join Rowan Beaird on July 23rd, as she discusses her new novel "Tenderness" with thriller author Marisa Walz. 🥂 Bonus: Arrive early at 5:30 p.m. for Happy Hour with the Author! #booksky💙📚

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A glamorous island wedding, a bride escaping a sinister cult, and a lot of secrets...
Join Rowan Beaird on Thursday, July 23rd, at 6:30 p.m. as she discusses her new novel "Tenderness" with thriller author Marisa Walz. They'll chat about the book, answer audience questions, and sign copies!
🥂 Bonus: Arrive early at 5:30 p.m. for Happy Hour with the Author! Enjoy drinks, a charcuterie spread from Fancy Snacks, and the chance to mingle with Rowan, Marisa, and fellow book lovers before the discussion begins!
Reserve your seat here: https://withfriends.co/event/28403299

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jun 22

9 days until the hunt begins! Waldo is hiding somewhere in this photo... Can you spot him? If you find him, comment below, but no spoilers! Starting July 1st, you'll be able to search for Waldo all across Kenosha, collect stamps, and win prizes! The countdown is on!

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9 days until the hunt begins!

Waldo is hiding somewhere in this photo... Can you spot him? If you find him, comment below, but no spoilers!

Starting July 1st, you'll be able to search for Waldo all across Kenosha, collect stamps, and win prizes! The countdown is on! See all information here: https://www.withfriends.co/event/28429832

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jun 22

Ope, one day late on this one. But the 10 day countdown has begun! FIND WALDO LOCAL returns to Kenosha on July 1st. Do you see Waldo in this photo? Comment below if you found him, but don’t spoil for others where he is!

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Do you see Waldo in this photo? Comment below if you found him, but don’t spoil for others where he is!

Waldo will be in Kenosha in 10 days!

Starting July 1st, search for Waldo at local businesses throughout Kenosha, collect stamps, and win prizes along the way. The more Waldos you find, the more chances you have to win!

Who's joining the hunt? Let us know in the comments!

See all information here: https://www.withfriends.co/event/28429832

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jun 20

An ancient message has been uncovered... but no one knows what it says. Come to Blue House Books to see a translator's guide, decipher the fragments, and uncover a secret carried across thousands of years. What will you discover?

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An ancient message has been uncovered... but no one knows what it says.

Come to Blue House Books to see a translator's guide, decipher the fragments, and uncover a secret carried across thousands of years.

What will you discover?

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jun 20

Calling all young fantasy readers! Step into a world of magic and adventure with Christopher Roubique, author of "Mythspeaker", an epic middle-grade fantasy about a band of misfit children who have to commit an impossible heist! #booksky #middlegrade

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Calling all young fantasy readers!

Step into a world of magic and adventure with Christopher Roubique, author of "Mythspeaker", an epic middle-grade fantasy about a band of misfit children who have to commit an impossible heist!

Join us on Saturday, July 25th, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for a special meet and greet with the author! Stop by anytime to chat with Christopher, get your books signed, and discover your next favorite adventure!

No registration is required, but RSVP

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jun 20

#NewReleaseTuesday continues with four more great picks. #booksky💙📚

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In this lush, slow-burning romance, two childhood neighbors, connected by a shared tragedy, unexpectedly reunite to ghostwrite a love story for a reclusive author. Spending the summer at her secluded Hamptons estate, they soon discover that dozens of classic romance tropes, including the ones they’re crafting on page, are mysteriously playing out in real life.

Katie Caruso is a completely normal twenty-five-year-old girl. At least, for the past eight years, she’s tried to be. She likes glitter and sequins and flirting with cute boys at New York City bars. She’s also a ghostwriter for Meredith Bradford, the bestselling romance novelist of all time. But then Tyler McNally walks back into Katie’s life, and that bedazzled facade crumbles at her platform-sneakered feet.

Katie and Tyler haven’t seen or spoken to each other since the overdose death of Katie’s older brother, a standout MLB pitching prospect. Tyler was her brother’s best friend, and Katie—naturally—was the girl next door. But now, Tyler is a sleeve-tattooed, Ivy League–educated aspiring literary fiction novelist, nine years sober . . . and Katie’s writing partner for the summer.

As genre conventions require, Katie and Tyler soon find themselves removed from Manhattan and instead writing their love story in “forced proximity” at Meredith’s isolated Southampton home. As the summer unfolds, the tropes Katie and Tyler have written into their novel begin to play out in their own lives. Call it destiny, fate, or magic itself: it’s clear their love story isn’t finished. This time, though, they’ll work through the pain that tore them apart—and fight for their happy ending.

Heart-wrenching and tender, Tropesick is a love letter to the romance genre. With a wink and a nod, Okie has packed the novel with readers’ favorite tropes:

Grumpy/Sunshine
Brother’s best f…

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This summer, escape to the Seaside Cottages in the Scottish isles with this delightful mother-daughter story about second chances in love, life, and home renovations, by New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan.

EVERYONE IS SEARCHING FOR THEIR PERFECT HOUSE. BUT HOME IS REALLY WHERE THE HEART IS...

Janey Carter has a lot to be grateful for—a home by the sea in the Scottish isles, a job that she loves, two kids who have successfully launched, and a network of kind and supportive friends. But since her husband left, her confidence has taken a nosedive. And then, out of the blue, her thirty-year-old daughter Essie announces she’s moving back home. Janey loves Essie dearly, but she was never the easiest to live with, and Janie has been enjoying the empty nest life.

Yes, Essie Carter has just lost her job, can’t afford her rent in Edinburgh, and her boyfriend isn’t ready to commit. She hates to admit defeat and isn’t wild about moving back to the remote island community where she was raised. But maybe the sea air will clear her head?

No sooner is Essie back under her mother’s roof than an unusual opportunity pops up: the shabby and unloved Seaside Cottages next door come up for sale. Janey has some experience renovating the island’s famous stone fisherman’s cottages, Essie needs something to do, and they could both use a little Air B&B income to warm their pockets. Mother and daughter slowly bond over the shared challenge, which delivers some much-needed revelations for Essie, and offers Janey a surprise second chance at love as well.

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A SWEEPING NOVEL FROM JENNA BUSH HAGER’S THOUSAND VOICES

“An immersive journey amid the sights and sounds of urban China as a migrant mother and son follow a seemingly impossible dream inspired by their love of music—and their devotion to each other . . . Keep something handy to dry your eyes.”—Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake

Song is a nobody—just a food delivery worker from a village in Northeast China—but her son, River, is a little wonder.

At the age of four, he toddles to a piano and taps out his favorite song. At eight, he masters Liszt’s three Liebestraume; at ten, he blazes through the complete set of Chopin’s études. And at every step, through the valleys of loss, illness, and poverty, Song is there to light his way—until finally, at the age of eleven, River is invited to study with a preeminent teacher in Beijing.

But in the chaos of Beijing Railway Station on the busiest day of the year, Song faces every mother’s nightmare: She loses her grip on River’s little hand and is unable to find him after a desperate, harrowing search.

Over the next days, weeks, and eventually, years, Song and River fight to forge a path back to each other as they carve out new lives that carry them farther apart. An evocative exploration of a mother’s love and a son’s yearning, Little Wonder takes us on an extraordinary journey through a modern Beijing that pulses with the music of humanity and its impossible—and impossibly brave—hopes.

As every musician knows: You start in one key. You wander to other keys, strange and distant places. But in the end, you always come back home.

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On Kentucky’s Blood River, a Sheriff’s Deputy investigates the death of her ex-fiance, whose brutal occultist murder strongly resembles a similar murder decades ago, for readers of Tana French, Gillian Flynn, Megan Abbott, and fans of True Detective

Deputy Sheriff Alicia Moore is thrust into the center of a chilling murder investigation when she discovers a victim identifiable only by his hauntingly familiar tattoo—her name inked onto the knuckles of her ex-fiancé, Jake.

Years earlier, Alicia’s father, the then-Sheriff, had arrested a teenage occultist for a nearly identical murder, believed to be driven by the suspect’s worship of demonic entities. Now, with Jake’s murder mirroring that past crime, doubts arise about whether the true culprit was ever caught. The mystery deepens with the arrival of Lucas Masterson, a Criminology PhD student studying the confluence between religious trauma and occult crime, who is eager to lend his expertise to the investigation. As Lucas delves into the case, his profound knowledge of the town’s grim history and his outsider perspective strain the local social fabric, while Alicia grapples with her suspicion towards his unsettling familiarity with the crimes. Caught between her strained relationship with her father, the community’s watchful eyes on a female deputy, and her own harrowing ties to the case, Alicia must navigate a maze of potential occultists, convicts, corrupt officials, and clergy to prevent a gruesome history from repeating itself once again.

For what lies at the heart of Blood River—is it an ancient malicious force seeking to harm the townfolk, or is there a deeper prejudice in a town that continues to punish women in a way that it does not punish the men?

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jun 20

Here’s some more new releases from the week! Be sure to check these out in person or online anytime at ShopAtBHB.com!

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It’s not in my nature to beg, but I’ll stay on my knees until I feel that flame sputter out.

And then …

I’ll rip the world to shreds.

I’ve tumbled into a darkness so deep it’s hard to see the light, my petals curling inward as I tip my face from the sun. Hide from my monstrous actions.

Traitor. Murderer.

High Mistress.

My mistakes hunt me down, and I’m pulled into a political tug-of-war, balancing Ocruth’s welfare on the edge of a bloody blade. The moon is swelling, the weight on my shoulders compacting, and my unfailing curiosity keeps weaving its roots in the wrong direction.

Horrible truths unravel, casting explosive light on everything I thought I knew. I’ll have no choice but to shed my morals, my withering self-preservation, and sow the seed of a plan set to bloom beneath a bloated moon.

One wrong move could destroy everything.

Destroy me.

Lines will blur, blood will spill, and I’ll learn how fragile I really am—at a cost far greater than I could have imagined.

Fate is a ravenous beast, and there’s only so far I can run.

To Flame a Wild Flower is the third book in the Crystal Bloom series—a dark fantasy romance full of immersive imagery and breathtaking angst.

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**This deluxe edition includes sprayed edges and black & white interior artwork. Get it while supplies last!**

From New York Times bestselling author L.J. Shen comes an enemies-to-lovers romance with a twist...

They say your first kiss should be earned.

Mine was stolen by a devil in a masquerade mask under the black Chicago sky.

They say the vows you take on your wedding day are sacred.

Mine were broken before we left church.

They say your heart only beats for one man.

Mine split and bled for two rivals who fought for it until the bitter end.

I was promised to Angelo Bandini, the heir to one of the most powerful families in the Chicago Outfit.

Then taken by Senator Wolfe Keaton, who held my father's sins over his head to force me into marriage.

They say that all great love stories have a happy ending.

I, Francesca Rossi, found myself erasing and rewriting mine until the very last chapter.

One kiss.

Two men.

Three lives.

Entwined together.

And somewhere between these two men, I had to find my forever.

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Give the gift of Narnia with this deluxe jacketed hardcover edition of the one of the most-beloved, classic and epic fantasy books of all time, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis! This stunning package is perfect for gift-giving, readers of all ages, and anyone who has ever wanted to journey through the wardrobe into Narnia with the four Pevensie children.

OPEN A DOOR AND ENTER A WORLD—
A WORLD TRAPPED IN ETERNAL WINTER,
AWAITING HOPE . . . AND FREEDOM.

Four siblings step through a mysterious wardrobe and into the magical Narnia, a once-peaceful land now frozen in snow and stone by the cruelty of the evil White Witch. Only the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, can put an end to the White Witch’s tyranny and restore peace. But for winter to meet its death and spring to come again, a great sacrifice must be made. . . .

This deluxe edition features:

Iconic jacket artwork printed over shimmery, snow-like foil and full-color endpapers, featuring the classic artwork by the original Narnia illustrator, Pauline Baynes
Full color, classic interior chapter artwork by the original Narnia illustrator, Pauline Baynes
Digitally printed edges
Shimmering gold foil stamping on the case

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The remarkably life-affirming novel from the highly acclaimed author of Still Life, set in 1940s Cornwall following the unlikely friendship between an eighty-nine-year-old woman at the end of her story and a young soldier, reeling from World War II, at the start of his own.

Marvelous Ways has lived alone alongside a winding creek near the rugged Cornwall coast for nearly all her life, and has recently taken to spending her days sitting on the steps of her caravan with a telescope. She is waiting for something, but she's not sure what. She will know when she sees it and that is good enough for her.

Francis Drake, a young soldier adrift after the death of a fellow comrade, is grateful for the mission that guides his days. He has agreed to fulfil his friend’s last wish: to hand-deliver a letter to his father in Cornwall. But Francis’s journey doesn't go as planned. After a brief, sweet, and serendipitous reunion with a woman from his past, Francis washes up in Marvelous's creek, broken both in body and spirit.

Marvelous will come to his aid, and an unlikely friendship will grow between these two solitary souls. Marvelous has lived a long life, with many loves and countless stories to tell, and Francis needs a reason to keep going—even just the hope that life still has more to offer.

A beautiful, bighearted story that bursts with the magic of what it means to grab hold of connection and purpose when it is right in front of you, A Year of Marvelous Ways is a testament to friendship and another timeless classic from the acclaimed Sarah Winman.

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jun 20

If you're a fan of mythological retellings, powerful heroines, & stories that blend romance with adventure, you won't want to miss this event! Join Malayna Evans on Thursday, June 25th as she discusses “Isis of Egypt” with fellow author Morgan Ryan, answers audience questions, & signs books!

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Ancient gods, forbidden love, betrayal, and magic.

If you're a fan of mythological retellings, powerful heroines, and stories that blend romance with adventure, you won't want to miss this event!

Join Malayna Evans on Thursday, June 25th at 6:30PM as she discusses “Isis of Egypt” with fellow author Morgan Ryan, answers audience questions, and signs books!

Plus, your $5 reservation deposit goes right back to you because it can be used on any in-store purchase the night of the event!

Reserve your seat and spend the evening with gods, magic, and one unforgettable story! RSVP quickly here: https://www.withfriends.co/event/28133210

Blue House Books@bluehousebooks· Jun 20

Lucky you 👀 Purchase the deluxe paperback edition of "Just My Luck" by Lena Hendrix and receive a signed bookplate, sticker, and the exclusive In-Towner bulletin while supplies last! Snag your copy in person, or online here: www.blue-house-books.com/item/N72jacm...