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A Quest for Vengeance Leads to a Seven-Eyed Dragon In This Excerpt From
Blood of the Old Kings
By Lacy Baugher Milas
August 5, 2024 | 10:15am
Author May Cobb Exposes the Secrets of
The Hollywood Assistant
By Lacy Baugher Milas
August 2, 2024 | 10:30am
Blythe and Fate Share an Unexpected Moment In This Excerpt From Final
Belladonna
Installment
Wisteria
By Lacy Baugher Milas
July 31, 2024 | 10:00am
Read the First Chapter of Jennifer Lynn Barnes’s
The Grandest Game
By Lacy Baugher Milas
July 29, 2024 | 10:30am
Read the First Chapter of Jill Baguchinsky’s Buzzy YA Horror Debut
So Witches We Became
By Lacy Baugher Milas
July 23, 2024 | 11:00am
Why So Much Cozy? Thoughts on Jam, Cheese, and the Rise of Cozy Fantasy
By Sarah Beth Durst
July 19, 2024 | 2:30am
Stephen Graham Jones on
I Was a Teenage Slasher
and Writing Kill Scenes That Hurt
By Matthew Jackson
July 18, 2024 | 10:30am
Podcast Preview: SongWriter Season 6 Continues with Joyce Carol Oates and Ali Sethi
By Ben Arthur
July 17, 2024 | 5:22pm
Eighth Century Chinese Writer Tu Fu Is The Greatest Poet You've Never Heard Of
By Geoffrey Himes
July 10, 2024 | 1:00pm
Read the First Chapter of Zoje Stage’s
Baby Teeth
Follow-Up
Dear Hanna
By Lacy Baugher Milas
July 10, 2024 | 10:15am
Exclusive Cover Reveal + Q&A: Julie Johnson’s Debut Romantasy
The Wind Weaver
By Lacy Baugher Milas
July 9, 2024 | 10:00am
A Young Con Artist Goes Missing In This Excerpt From
The Confidence Games
By Lacy Baugher Milas
July 5, 2024 | 2:00pm
Aside from Vampires and Witches, Anne Rice Also Wrote Very Strange Books About Angels
By Kayleigh Donaldson
July 1, 2024 | 3:00pm
A Mother’s Mysterious Gift Hints Dragons Are Real In This Excerpt From
The Night Ends with Fire
By Lacy Baugher Milas
June 26, 2024 | 2:00pm
What We Talk about When We Talk About Romantasy
By Alana Joli Abbott
June 24, 2024 | 10:30am
Read the First Chapter of Leslie Stephens's Dystopian Debut
You're Safe Here
By Lacy Baugher Milas
June 22, 2024 | 10:00am
Exclusive Cover Reveal + Q&A: Costanza Casati’s
Babylonia
Brings the Story of Semiramis to Life
By Lacy Baugher Milas
June 20, 2024 | 10:00am
Are You Team Bear? This Novel Was Ahead of the Curve
By Kayleigh Donaldson
June 11, 2024 | 4:30pm
Paul Tremblay Talks
Horror Movie
, Cursed Films, and What Makes Cinema Scary
By Matthew Jackson
June 10, 2024 | 11:00am
Monster New York City: K.A. Linde On Building
The Wren in the Holly Library’s
Immersive World
By K.A Linde
June 6, 2024 | 1:00pm
An Unexpected Talisman Connects Two Lifelong Friends In This Excerpt From
A Love Like The Sun
By Lacy Baugher Milas
June 5, 2024 | 4:00pm
Read the First Chapter of Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka's YA Heist
Heiress Takes All
By Lacy Baugher Milas
June 3, 2024 | 12:00pm
Exclusive: The Mighty Nein's Journey Continues in
Critical Role: The Chronicles of Exandria---The Mighty Nein Part Two
from Dark Horse
By Anna Govert
May 31, 2024 | 12:00pm
In This Excerpt From
Masquerade
, A Kidnapped Queen Learns to Fight In More Ways Than One
By Lacy Baugher Milas
May 31, 2024 | 10:00am
Exclusive Cover Reveal + Excerpt: Indie Horror
Pocketknife Kitty
By Matthew Jackson
May 27, 2024 | 1:00pm
Two Estranged Sisters Return to a Beloved Family Home In This Excerpt From
A Good Life
By Lacy Baugher Milas
May 23, 2024 | 11:00am
Meet An Infamous Nineteenth-Century Heiress In This Excerpt From
The Thirteenth Husband
By Lacy Baugher Milas
May 20, 2024 | 2:00pm
Hear Me Out: Sarah J. Maas’s
Throne of Glass
Books Are Better Than
ACOTAR
By Lacy Baugher Milas
May 20, 2024 | 9:59am
Exclusive Cover Reveal + Excerpt: Ben Alderson’s Realm of Fey Series Is Getting a New Look
By Lacy Baugher Milas
May 16, 2024 | 11:00am
Exclusive Cover Reveal + Excerpt: Queer Romance
Zoe Brennan, First Crush
By Lacy Baugher Milas
May 9, 2024 | 12:00pm
Navigating Dreams Through 'The Wish Board' With Sandra D. Williams
By Contributor Content
May 7, 2024 | 12:43pm
Molly X. Chang On
To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods
, Her Chaotic Debut Year and Why It Felt So Important to Tell This Story
By Lacy Baugher Milas
May 6, 2024 | 11:30am
In This Excerpt From
The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King
, Love Is a Political Battlefield
By Lacy Baugher Milas
May 3, 2024 | 1:00pm
What Does Happily Ever After Look Like in Infertility Romance?
By Natalie Zutter
April 26, 2024 | 12:00pm
Armored Titans Face Off In This Excerpt From Sara Wolf’s
Heavenbreaker
By Lacy Baugher Milas
April 24, 2024 | 10:15am
The Fantasy of Harry Styles Is Now the Stuff of Fiction
By Kayleigh Donaldson
April 17, 2024 | 5:00pm
A Telephone Operator Is Haunted by Her Wartime Past In This Excerpt From
The Brightwood Code
By Lacy Baugher Milas
April 15, 2024 | 1:00pm
The Fiend at My Elbow: The Stories That Fuel the Horror Elements In
Saint-Seducing Gold
and the Forge & Fracture Saga
By Brittany N. Williams
April 11, 2024 | 1:00pm
Travels, Trysts, and Tribulations: Comedian Kristen Van Nest’s Debut Memoir Has It All
By Brooke Knisley
April 9, 2024 | 1:51pm
Stephen Graham Jones on
The Angel of Indian Lake
, Slasher Tropes, and Saying Goodbye to Jade Daniels
By Matthew Jackson
April 5, 2024 | 1:00pm
Read the First Chapter of Sloan Harlow’s Romantic YA Thriller
Everything We Never Said
By Lacy Baugher Milas
April 4, 2024 | 10:40am
A Mysterious Woman Has Unspoken Secrets In This Excerpt From
A Sweet Sting of Salt
By Lacy Baugher Milas
April 1, 2024 | 11:00am
Exclusive Cover Reveal + Excerpt: Aurélie Thiele’s
The Paris Understudy
By Lacy Baugher Milas
March 29, 2024 | 10:05am
Exclusive Cover Reveal + Excerpt: august clarke’s Adult Fantasy Debut
Metal From Heaven
By Lacy Baugher Milas
March 21, 2024 | 2:00pm
Romantasy is Everywhere Now, But Its Legacy Long Predates BookTok
By Kayleigh Donaldson
March 20, 2024 | 11:44am
The Curmudgeon: Huck’s Jim Gets a Chance to Speak for Himself In
James
By Geoffrey Himes
March 18, 2024 | 11:15am
When Romance Writers Spark to a New Kind of Thrill(er)
By Natalie Zutter
March 15, 2024 | 2:01pm
Reimagining Folklore: The Polish Inspiration in A.B. Poranek’s
Where the Dark Stands Still
By Alana Joli Abbott
March 12, 2024 | 1:00pm
Julia Whelan Launches Audiobrary with Audio-First Romance
Casanova LLC
By Natalie Zutter
March 8, 2024 | 1:00pm
In This Excerpt From
The Last Bloodcaver
, A Fateful Meeting Has Questionable Motivations
By Lacy Baugher Milas
March 7, 2024 | 10:15am
Holly Black Talks
The Prisoner’s Throne
, Prince Oak’s Journey, and Writing a More Mature Jude and Cardan
By Lacy Baugher Milas
March 5, 2024 | 10:15am
Jane Austen,
One Day
and What Makes a Love Story Epic
By Anna McKibbin
March 4, 2024 | 1:12pm
A Queer Fantasy for a Post-Colonial Reality:
A Vicious Game
Author Melissa Blair on the World of The Halfling Saga
By Melissa Blair
March 1, 2024 | 11:25am
Exclusive Cover Reveal + Excerpt: Andrew Joseph White’s Queer Appalachian Thriller
Compound Fracture
By Lacy Baugher Milas
February 28, 2024 | 10:00am
In This Excerpt From
A Promise of Peridot
, Tensions Of Every Kind Are On the Rise
By Lacy Baugher Milas
February 23, 2024 | 10:00am
How Hanya Yanagihara’s
A Little Life
Blew Up BookTok (And Why That’s Not a Good Thing)
By Brittany Deitch
February 22, 2024 | 12:00pm
Exclusive Cover Reveal + Excerpt: Lamar Giles’s
Ruin Road
By Lacy Baugher Milas
February 15, 2024 | 10:00am
Colleen Hoover’s Books are Designed to be Adapted
By Anna McKibbin
February 12, 2024 | 10:40am
A Violent Meeting Will Change Everything For Two Young Women In This Excerpt From
Daughter of the Bone Forest
By Lacy Baugher Milas
February 9, 2024 | 11:00am
Devils of New York:
The Bishop and The Butterfly
Author Michael Wolraich on the Everyday Monsters of History
By Michael Wolraich
February 7, 2024 | 11:00am
Only If You’re Lucky
Author Stacy Willingham Talks Female Friendship, Unreliable Narrators, and More
By Lacy Baugher Milas
February 5, 2024 | 5:25pm
Why Does Every Romance Novel Have the Same Cartoon Cover Right Now?
By Kayleigh Donaldson
February 1, 2024 | 4:08pm
A No Strings Hook-Up May Expose a Killer In This Excerpt From
The One That Got Away with Murder
By Lacy Baugher Milas
January 30, 2024 | 10:30am
Exclusive Cover Reveal + Excerpt: Melissa de la Cruz Romance
The Five Stages of Courting Dalisay Ramos
By Lacy Baugher Milas
January 29, 2024 | 11:00am
Kamilah Cole on
So Let Them Burn
and Exploring the Next Chapter of a Chosen One’s Story
By Lacy Baugher Milas
January 26, 2024 | 4:15pm
Exclusive Excerpt + Q&A: Delve Into the World of Hafsah Faizal’s
A Tempest of Tea
By Lacy Baugher Milas
January 23, 2024 | 11:00am
Read the First Chapter of Kamilah Cole’s Jamaican-Inspired Fantasy Debut
So Let Them Burn
By Lacy Baugher Milas
January 20, 2024 | 2:00pm
Published Fanfiction is Part of Literary History (For Better or Worse)
By Kayleigh Donaldson
January 17, 2024 | 2:00pm
Exclusive Cover Reveal + Excerpt:
The Hunter’s Gambit
Promises a Dark Vampire Tale
By Lacy Baugher Milas
January 15, 2024 | 11:00am
A Grieving Sister Learns Her Brother May Yet Live In This Excerpt From
The Warm Hands of Ghosts
By Lacy Baugher Milas
January 11, 2024 | 10:40am
Ali Hazelwood Gives Us the Details About Her New Paranormal Romance
Bride
By Lacy Baugher Milas
January 5, 2024 | 10:45am
A Dangerous Meeting Could Change Everything In This Excerpt From
Sanctuary of the Shadow
By Lacy Baugher Milas
January 3, 2024 | 10:45am
Melinda Salisbury On Crafting a Contemporary Version of Persephone’s Story In
Her Dark Wings
By Lacy Baugher Milas
December 21, 2023 | 11:20am
Exclusive Cover Reveal + Q&A: Ava Reid Introduces Us to Her Thrilling New Take on
Lady Macbeth
By Lacy Baugher Milas
December 20, 2023 | 10:00am
Rage Over a Personal Betrayal Drives a Deadly Wish In This Excerpt from
Her Dark Wings
By Lacy Baugher Milas
December 8, 2023 | 1:00pm
Erika Johansen on Finding the Dark Heart of
The Nutcracker
In
The Kingdom of Sweets
By Lacy Baugher Milas
December 7, 2023 | 11:40am
What is Dark Romance and Why is BookTok Obsessed With It?
By Kayleigh Donaldson
November 29, 2023 | 2:34pm
Elodie Harper Talks
The Temple of Fortuna
, Vesuvius’s Eruption, and Bringing the
Wolf Den
Trilogy to an End
By Lacy Baugher Milas
November 27, 2023 | 11:35am
Christopher Paolini on Murtagh’s Journey, Returning to the World of
Eragon
, and More
By Lacy Baugher Milas
November 15, 2023 | 11:40am
Get
Naked in the Rideshare
with Comedy Couple Rebecca Shaw and Ben Kronengold
By Megan Broussard
November 15, 2023 | 11:26am
A Difficult Reunion Takes Place In This Excerpt From
Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White
By Lacy Baugher Milas
November 13, 2023 | 12:30pm
The Heartfelt Truth of Neil Gaiman
By Lacy Baugher Milas
November 10, 2023 | 11:14am
Cover Reveal & Q&A: Jas Hammonds Introduces Their Sophomore Novel
Thirsty
By Lacy Baugher Milas
November 8, 2023 | 1:00pm
Exclusive Cover Reveal: A Magical Middle-Grade Adventure Continues In
Skandar and the Chaos Trials
By Lacy Baugher Milas
November 7, 2023 | 1:00pm
Exclusive Excerpt + Q&A: Katee Robert Introduces Her Pirate Romance
Hunt on Dark Waters
By Lacy Baugher Milas
November 3, 2023 | 12:00pm
Exclusive Cover Reveal: Introducing Joelle Wellington’s Sophomore Thriller
The Blonde Dies First
By Lacy Baugher Milas
October 25, 2023 | 2:30pm
Sam Reece Blends Crafts with Comedy, Leaving Perfectionism Behind
By Lana Schwartz
October 23, 2023 | 11:36am
Behind the Scenes of the Translation Process That Brought the BTS Memoir to English-Speaking Fans
By Kayti Burt
October 19, 2023 | 10:45am
A Young Woman Realizes Her Future Is In New York In This Excerpt From
Guy’s Girl
By Lacy Baugher Milas
October 18, 2023 | 1:00pm
Exclusive Cover Reveal + Q&A: Tricia Levenseller Introduces Readers to
The Darkness Within Us
By Lacy Baugher Milas
October 17, 2023 | 1:00pm
Slayers: A Buffyverse Story
and the Delicate Art of Tie-In Media
By Anna Govert
October 16, 2023 | 10:15am
Thea Guanzon on How
The Hurricane Wars
Reflects Her Family’s Heritage and Her Own Roots In Fanfiction
By Lacy Baugher Milas
October 13, 2023 | 10:40am
Amber Benson and Charisma Carpenter Talk Evolving the Buffyverse through Audible Original
Slayers
and Hopes for a Second Season
By Anna Govert
October 11, 2023 | 10:45am
The First Chapter of
This Wretched Valley
Promises Chilling Wilderness Horror
By Lacy Baugher Milas
October 10, 2023 | 1:00pm
Of Walking in Time: Werner Herzog's
Every Man for Himself and God Against All
By Dom Sinacola
October 10, 2023 | 12:30pm
How Nora Roberts Became the Undisputed Queen of Romance
By Kayleigh Donaldson
October 9, 2023 | 11:00am
George Saunders Collaborates with Craig Finn on Exclusive New SongWriter Podcast
By Ben Arthur
October 4, 2023 | 3:24pm
Satirist Carlos Greaves’ First Book Spoils Iconic Films in the Best Way
By Megan Broussard
October 2, 2023 | 1:11pm
Comedian Gary Gulman Speaks to the
Misfit
in All of Us
By Melanie Carden
September 29, 2023 | 11:27am
An Unplanned Pregnancy Changes the Course of a Girl’s Future In This Excerpt From
Plan A
By Lacy Baugher Milas
September 27, 2023 | 1:00pm
As She Likes It: Chloe Gong Talks
Foul Heart Huntsman
, Setting Shakespeare in Shanghai, and More
By Alana Joli Abbott
September 27, 2023 | 11:20am
On the Anniversary of Lizzie Borden’s Crimes, a New Murder Takes Place In This Excerpt From
Hatchet Girls
By Lacy Baugher Milas
September 25, 2023 | 1:00pm
Cassandra Clare Tells What to Expect From Her New Adult Fantasy,
Sword Catcher
By Gillian Bennett
September 22, 2023 | 11:40am
A Groundskeeper’s Assistant Longs to Study Magic Openly In This Excerpt From
Infinity Alchemist
By Lacy Baugher Milas
September 21, 2023 | 2:00pm
A Dark and Unusual Invitation Arrives In This Excerpt From
Black Sheep
By Lacy Baugher Milas
September 13, 2023 | 1:00pm
Adalyn Grace Breaks Down
Foxglove
, Fate’s Arrival, and What It All Means For Signa’s Journey
By Lacy Baugher Milas
September 1, 2023 | 3:00pm
She Created the World's Most Popular Comic—Now She's Taking a Break
By Kayti Burt
August 28, 2023 | 11:10am
Tania James Breaks Down
Loot
, One of the Year’s Best Historical Novels
By Lacy Baugher Milas
August 25, 2023 | 11:35am
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