Here are some books from the last release week of January 2024!
Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults
Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief Deluxe Edition – A special edition of the book that started it all!
Once a Queen – An American teen finds herself at an English manor with a grandmother she’s never met before – a woman who is possibly a queen from another realm.
These Deadly Prophecies – When a sorcerer is murdered, his apprentice and his youngest son team up to solve the murder. Yes, please!
Books for Adults
Canadian Boyfriend (Trade Paperback) – As a teen, Aurora used the hockey player she met once as her fake boyfriend, trusting he would never know. But when he shows up back in her life as an adult, she’s afraid the truth will come out and ruin things between them.
The City of Stardust (Hardcover) – Violet is the last of her family line, and she has been given 10 years to find her missing mother or she takes her place as the penance for a crime no one remembers – one that has taken members of her family for years. This sounds amazing!
Clover Hendry’s Day Off (Trade Paperback) – An overly accommodating woman takes the day off from everything, including her self-sacrificing ways. Yes, please!
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Hardcover) – Sequel to Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone. Ernie is on a crime-writing festival aboard a train when someone is murdered, and the rest of the authors turn into amateur sleuths. YES!!
The Mayor of Maxwell Street (Trade Paperback) – A Black debutante and a speakeasy owner in 1921 Chicago team up to take down the Mayor of Maxwell Street.
Not Bad for a Girl (Trade Paperback) – An IT specialist who is demoted to remote work finds a chance to remake her image, but her new boss assumes she’s a man. The longer she waits to clear up the mistake, the messier it’s going to get. This sounds great!
A Quantum Love Story (Trade Paperback) – A grieving woman discovers she is living in a time loop when the one person who recognizes the loop brings her into that same awareness. But when his awareness starts to wain, they realize they need to break out of the loop if they hope to keep what they have found together in the looping.
The Royal Game (Trade Paperback) – An American engaged to the future king of England becomes the target of threats that feel a lot like what the prince’s mother went through – before she was killed. Yes, please!