Author: Natalia Heroux

Sponsored by The Age of Darkness Series by Katy Rose Pool with Fierce Reads

Kingdoms have begun to fall to a doomsday cult, the magical Graced are being persecuted, and an ancient power threatens to break free. But with the world hurtling toward its prophesized end, one man’s haunting vision reveals the dangerous beginnings of a plan to stop the Age of Darkness.

Six of Crows meets Graceling with a dash of ‘Winter is Coming’ in Katy Rose Pool’s Age of Darkness series, which Hypable calls “the kind of epic fantasy you just can’t wait to dig into.”

Sponsored by Not Okay by Brett Axel from Vinal Publishing coming soon this September

After surviving a horrific childhood, Peter Wilson puts far too much faith in the pop psychology self-help book, I’m OK – You’re OK, to help him find normalcy, work a job, pay bills, and reconcile his sexuality with what had been done to him. He quickly learns the world has little tolerance for someone as wounded as Peter. When all else fails, he turns to wisecracks, his own tenacity, and a plan to hunt down and kill the pedophile who abused him.

Sponsored by Traitor by Amanda McCrina with Fierce Reads

Amanda McCrina’s Traitor is a tightly woven thrill ride exploring political conflict, deep-seated prejudice, and the terror of living in a world where betrayal is a matter of life or death.

“Alive with detail and vivid with insight, Traitor is an effortlessly immersive account of a shocking and little-known moment in the turbulent history of Poland and Ukraine—and ironically, a piercing and bittersweet story of unflinching loyalty. I think Tolya has left my heart a little damaged forever.” —Elizabeth Wein, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Code Name Verity and The Enigma Game

Sponsored by Kind of a Big Deal by Shannon Hale, with Fierce Reads

There’s nothing worse than peaking in high school. Nobody knows that better than Josie Pie. She was kind of a big deal—but the bigger you are, the harder you fall. And Josie fell. Hard. Ouch.

Meanwhile, her life keeps imploding. Desperate to escape, Josie gets into reading.

Literally.

She reads a book and suddenly she’s inside it. It’s alarming. But also . . . kind of amazing? It’s the perfect way to live out her fantasies. Book after book, Josie the failed star finds a new way to shine. But the longer she stays in a story, the harder it becomes to escape. Will Josie find a story so good that she just stays forever?

Sponsored by Impersonation by Heidi Pitlor, now available from Algonquin Books.

Allie Lang is a ghostwriter and a perpetually broke single mother to a young boy. Lana Breban is a lawyer, mother, and advocate for women’s rights with designs on elected office. Lana and her staff have decided she needs help softening her public image and that a memoir about her life as a mother will help.

When Allie lands the job as Lana’s ghostwriter, she has high hopes. But then Allie’s childcare arrangements unravel; she falls behind on her rent; and her subject, Lana, provides hardly any material. When will Allie speak up for all that she deserves?

Sponsored by Yellow Jacket, an imprint of Little Bee Books

Nobbin is now Prince Charming’s assistant, though he’s unable to assist him when things go awry saving Princess Angelica. After that, Sir Roderick thinks the princess needs training and advises the king to send her away to a queen who can educate her. The king has doubts, but the queen suddenly shows up with her son, Figbert.

They both torment everyone until, one day, Figbert disappears. Nobbin suspects Sir Roderick. They finally find Figbert, but he’s not like they remember. He’s smaller, rounder, and, much greener. Can they find out who turned him into a frog and crack the case?