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This is the pre-order for the INDIE ONLY EXCLUSIVE of Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl. Book one in a brand new series from our favorites Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone!
Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl is releasing January 13, 2026.
This edition will have unique stenciled edges, end papers, cover effects, AND a special bonus scene.
It will also be hand signed and personalized by both Julie and Sierra.
Comes with a reversible dust jacket, stickers, a NSFW art vellum and will be signed by Julie & Sierra!
Maddie Kowalczk is ready to be a bad girl. When the rookie lecturer lands at Astra University, she’s looking to start fresh after a messy breakup. But her first night in town takes a twist when she bumps into Bram Loe—a reserved but incredibly handsome single dad she (not so accidentally) stole a parking spot from earlier that day. The unspoken chemistry as he locks eyes with her while she gets a birthday spanking at a local bar is hotter than a Bunsen burner at full flame.
Bram is looking for a break from his hectic life as an ecology professor and dad to rambunctious twins and a busy teenager. So when his college friend’s divorce celebration brings him face-to-face with the same delectable brat who stole his parking spot, he’s ready for a night to remember. But the next morning, Bram’s world turns upside down (and that’s not just the hangover talking). His new nanny? None other than Maddie, who also happens to be the new poli-sci adjunct at the university where he teaches.
Maddie is desperate and broke, so when Bram offers her a raise and the chance to set some ground rules, she can’t say no. As the two settle into their new roles, the normally unruffled Bram finds that no one riles him up like Maddie does, which is a problem when every argument feels like foreplay. Of course, Bram is an educator first and foremost, and he very quickly finds he can’t resist the temptation of instructing Maddie in the fundamentals of being a good girl.
And it turns out Maddie’s a hands-on learner…
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If you choose to pick up in the store, you must pick your order up within 30 days of the release date or we will reshelve the book with no refund.
This is an indie exclusive preorder for The Heir and The Spare (Of Flesh and Bone Novella) by Harper L. Woods (2/3/26). Campaign includes signed bookplate that has been custom designed to go with this book, as well as character art of the couple.
Once, I’d spent my life in the tunnels beneath the mountains.
As one of the infants taken from Alfheimr, I spent twelve lifetimes hidden away in the tunnels of the Resistance with a Lunar Witch to watch over me. I knew the truth of my existence and when the Veil fell, my discovery became inevitable.
Then, the Fae had come to bring me home to the land of Faerie.
When the God of the Dead brought his human mate back to the tunnels after revealing the truth of his identity, he did so with the intent to return me to Mab. The Queen of Air and Darkness has waited centuries to find me on the other side of the Veil of Flesh and Bone, and she had sent her favorite weapon to do it. But I never expected to love Estrella the way I did, to feel the sisterly bond between us as if it had never been interrupted in our lifetimes apart.
Now, they’ve bound me to a man I never asked for—a husband I didn’t want.
Mab sees love as a weakness, and uses my bond with Estrella to manipulate me into a betrothal I never desired. I see this marriage as a cage, as a means of control that goes against everything within me. But when Mab kills the Summer King and sends Estrella into Tartarus, Etan leaves me no choice but to flee Tar Mesa and journey to the Summer Court to take the throne at his side.
No matter what I leave behind.
PREORDER INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE VELLUM. (4/7/26)
An action-packed enemies-to-lovers romantasy filled with a romance that will leave you breathless, betrayals that will rip your heart out, and a princess who will stop at nothing for revenge.
One year ago, Rowenna Harrack, the crown princess of Tashir, left her homeland in a wedding dress of chains—sent away to the enemy nation of Vanzador as a captive bride.
Now, Rowenna is dead. Brought home in a coffin after an alleged fall from a cliff.
Second-born princess, Indira, knows her sister's death was no accident. Desperate for truth and vengeance, Indira agrees to wed the prince so she can infiltrate Vanzador, find Rowenna's murderer, and burn their kingdom to the ground.
Indira's plan is simple, she will make nice until she can find out how to avenge her sister and free her country from the rival nation's stranglehold. But when Indira arrives, nothing is as terrible as Rowenna described. As Indira grows closer to her new husband, Prince Alaric, and uncovers more about Vanzador, the source of its powers, and what happened during Rowenna's final days, she’s no longer sure what—and who—to believe. Because everyone, even her sister, has secrets. Deadly ones. As allegiances shift and betrayals surface, Indira realizes the only person she can trust is herself. It’s time to step out of her sister’s shadow. Time to serve her own brand of justice.
Exclusively for the indies are promotional fanny packs. These packs are inspired by the bright colors of the jacket art and will feature a subtle nod to the title, while still being perfect for use as an "everyday bag." (4/07/2026)
From New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow, an irresistible story about what happens when your teenage fantasy comes true after you’re already an adult.
When the American Fantasy cruise ship sets sail for a four-day themed voyage, aboard are all five members of a famous 1990s boyband, and three thousand screaming women who have worshipped them for thirty years.
Newly divorced and with an empty nest, Annie is on board as a lark to appease her sister. Once a diehard fan of the band as a teen, her tastes have matured, and she feels out of place amid the sea of bedazzled, air-brushed t-shirts bearing the singers’ faces. Yet when the lights come up and the idols of her youth begin to sing before her, something is unlocked. “Maybe that was nostalgia after all, the music a direct vein to her childhood, the least complicated part of her life. A short cut to happiness.” Between the slushy alcoholic drinks, the music of her youth, and the thousands of middle-aged women acting like lovesick teenagers, Annie finally reconnects to a long-submerged part of herself. By the time she befriends one of the band members -- not just a celebrity but someone also in need of a friend -- she feels like anything is possible. But a lot can go wrong on a ship ruled by hormones and hope, frustration and fantasy.
Packed with wisdom, heart, and laugh-out-loud reflections on fame, youth, nostalgia, marriage, and middle age, Emma Straub delivers a richly textured, uplifting story about the magic of revisiting youthful feelings, and the even greater magic of starting anew.
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The preorder campaign item will be a custom deluxe bookmark and a special other SWAG piece (to be announced, soon!) (March 3, 2026)
First in a series of emotional contemporary romances from the bestselling author of Get a Life, Chloe Brown.
She's the town pariah. He doesn't give a damn. In Ruth Kabbah’s world, silence is golden and human contact is a pesky distraction. She doesn’t like people, which works out just fine, because the people in this small town don’t like her. The exception to that rule? Evan Miller, her way-too-charming next-door neighbor…
Ex-military man Evan is all tattooed muscle on the outside—and a big, cuddly teddy bear beneath. He’s used to coaxing prickly people from their shells, but he’s never met a woman quite like Ruth. Blunt, sarcastic, and secretly sad, she’s his exact opposite. She’s also his deepest desire. Soon, Evan’s steady patience and smoldering smiles are melting Ruth’s reserve. But when small-town gossip from her past begins to poison her future, she’s forced to make a choice. Should she trust Evan completely? Or is her heart safest alone?
TALIA HIBBERT is an award-winning, New York Times and internationally bestselling author of more than fifteen romance novels and novellas. She lives in a small English town in Nottinghamshire, reluctantly sharing bookshelf space with her childhood sweetheart and their dog, Pebbles, who is an avid reader.
The preorder campaign item will be a hand-signed bookplate and art print (to be announced, soon!) (Feb 10, 2026)
From BookTok sensation Lauren Palphreyman comes the first in the Wolf King series, a thrilling and delicious romantasy for fans of forbidden love, enemies to lovers, and slow, scorching burns.
When a princess is kidnapped by an alpha, war rages between the humans and the wolves. But soon, forbidden attraction starts to grow...
Princess Aurora longs to escape the castle and the marriage that has been arranged for her.
But on the night before her wedding, at a dog fight where captured werewolves are made to fight for sport, she spares the life of a young wolf. It puts her on the radar of the powerful alpha who was going to kill him. And it changes everything.
That night, when the alpha escapes, he kidnaps her and takes her to the rugged lands north of the border — where the once warring werewolf clans are beginning to unite. He thinks that she is the key to winning the war against the humans.
Only, as they spend time around one another, forbidden attraction starts to grow. And as Aurora learns that not all wolves are bad, the alpha discovers that she is in danger from both his enemies, and those he once considered friends.
With monsters on both sides, a bloodthirsty war between humans and wolves raging, and undeniable passion growing between them — will their story end in love? Or tragedy?
And will Aurora ever get home?
Does she even want to?
An adult fantasy romance for fans of romantasy, werewolves, forbidden romance, and enemies to lovers!
LAUREN PALPHREYMAN is an author based in London. She writes books full of fantasy and romance. Her adult werewolf romantasy The Wolf King is out now. She also wrote Cupid's Match, Devils Inc., and A Circus of Ink. Her serial fiction has garnered over 70 million views on Wattpad, and over 1 million views on Radish. Follow her on TikTok (@LEPalphreyman), Instagram (@LaurenPalphreyman), or Facebook (@LEPalphreyman) to find out more.
Preorder campaign item: a wildflower seed packet and plantable bookmark! (Feb 17, 2026)
From acclaimed author Terah Shelton Harris comes a poignant story of survival and redemption, asking readers to question what it means to stop surviving and start living.
Leigh is the last of the Wildes. She knows this because she watched them all die.
Grief never truly fades and even as the tragedy haunts her, Leigh carries on, because survival is in her blood. So, when the transport bus taking her to prison careens off the road, killing everyone onboard except her, she does what’s in her nature. She survives.
While searching for a place to hide, Leigh stumbles upon an unexpected sanctuary: a flower farm in rural Alabama tucked away from the world. What Leigh doesn’t expect is the found family there who have built something from the wreckage of their own lives. Especially Jackson, the farm’s owner, who sees through Leigh’s defenses, offers her small moments of tenderness, encourages her to face her own tragedies. Slowly, Leigh finds peace with the hard pace and soft nature of the farm, taking comfort in the life blooming around her. Maybe she’s not beyond redemption, not too broken for something good. And maybe, just maybe, Leigh starts to heal.
But the past isn't so easily buried.
No matter how far she runs, the truth of who she is and the ghosts of the Wildes follow. And when those secrets catch up to her, threatening everything she’s come to love, Leigh will have to truly face what she can survive.
TERAH SHELTON HARRIS is an author and collection development librarian based in Alabama and a freelance writer. She has been published in Women’s Health, Natural Solutions, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Backpacker, Draft, and Women’s Adventure. She is the author of One Summer in Savannah and Long After We Are Gone.
The preorder campaign item will be a "Troublesome Book Woman" pin and a signed bookplate (Apr 21, 2026)
From the author of New York Times bestsellers The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek and The Book Woman's Daughter comes a delightful return to the librarians and blue people of Kentucky, in a spirited, book-infused, tale of Appalachia and its people, as told by the original Book Woman, Cussy Lovett.
In this standalone and companion novel to the The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek series, our heroine for the ages, legendary book woman Cussy Lovett, returns home. A powerful testament of strength, survival and the magic of the printed word wrapped into a vivid portrait of Kentucky life, examining incarceration and criminalization, exploring the effects on the poor and powerless, the societal consequences of fractured family bonds along with the nostalgic glimpses of a bustling multifaceted Louisville, and heartwarming portraits of reading efforts in every facet of life.
Meticulously researched, richly detailed with a new cast of absorbing and complex characters, this beautifully rendered, authentic Kentucky tale is gritty and heartbreaking and infused with hope, spirit, and courage known only to those with no way out.
NEW YORK TIMES, LOS ANGELES TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling author, KIM MICHELE RICHARDSON, is a multiple-award winning author who has written five works of historical fiction, and a bestselling memoir. Kim Michele was born and raised in Kentucky and lives there with her family and beloved dogs. She is also the founder of Shy Rabbit, a writers residency and scholarship implemented for low-income writers. To learn more, please visit Kim Michele on her Facebook page and or website at www.kimmichelerichardson.com