Here’s a new sapphic fantasy from the award-winning author of the Burning Kingdoms series! A witch and a knight fated to fall in love and be torn apart over and over must find a way to halt the cycle of their story. Meanwhile, a mysterious assassin is on the prowl, looking to permanently destroy anyone with a story like theirs. —Liberty Hardy

The phrase “girl dinner” had a cute little moment a while back, and here, Blake applies it to what sounds like a deliciously dark academia novel. At the center of the story is The House, a very exclusive sorority at a cutthroat University. Sophomore Nina Kaur is accepted into The House, which she thinks will protect her. Then there’s Dr. Sloane Hartley, whose return to work after maternity leave involves a demotion and an emotionally absent partner. When Dr. Hartley is offered the position of academic liaison for The House, she sees it as the perfect opportunity to achieve the relative ease and perfection that the alumnae all seem to have. What both women eventually find out is that the sisterhood they’re so eager to join is paid for in blood.

Love horror novels about female rage? Same. And Futility is a juicy one. This novel follows two women living in Abuja, Nigeria. Chia owns one of the best restaurants in town and is well-known for her captivating beauty and delicious pepper soup. But nothing about Chia is what it seems. Meanwhile, 50-year-old Claire is living with her younger boyfriend and his cousin. When she visits Chia’s restaurant, everything she thinks she knows about her carefully planned life quickly unravels. Both women are filled with jealousy and anger, so neither can resist when a trickster spirit offers them an opportunity for revenge. — Emily Martin

From the award-winning author who gave us Ordinary Girls comes a barrio-set story replete with generational grief, local Robin Hoods, and even a murder investigation. Rey el Cantante is the aforementioned local Robin Hood, who is beloved in his community. He meets Maricarmen, who starts to dream of a life outside of waitressing, cleaning houses, and the realities of living in a poverty-stricken neighborhood in Puerto Rico. But all that’s easier said than done, and she eventually finds herself bogged down with trying to ensure Rey, his brother, and their daughter Nena survive. Then one day, everything changes.

Fast forward 15 years, and Maricarmen and Nena are in the middle of a murder investigation, and their community has turned against them. Nena, a teen still figuring out her sexuality, must navigate this unforgiving world, along with the loss and betrayal she’s experienced.

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The latest from Jin juxtaposes coming-of-age with activism. One woman protesting the Chinese Premier’s Harvard visit sends international student Pei Lulu down a road of discovery. She learns about the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest and the violence committed by the government. She also learns that her family was involved al those years ago.

In this debut historical dark fantasy, a young loner searches for the killer who took the life of her mother, Madam Butterfly, the head of a gang. Her hunt will take her deep into the gang’s violent world and the city’s seedy underbelly, where the body count continues to grow. — Liberty Hardy

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