Mar 24

Mar 24 13 Books Publishing This Week

The night at the end of March feels like standing in a doorway. Behind you, winter lingers in memory—quiet mornings, long shadows, the steady hush of cold days. Ahead of you, spring waits, restless and green, just beginning to stretch its limbs. The air outside is cool but softer now, no longer sharp against the skin. When you crack the window open just a little, you can smell damp earth and something faintly floral riding the breeze.

You turn off the overhead lights and switch on a lamp instead. The room glows warm and low, a soft golden circle against the deepening blue outside. The sky holds onto its light longer these days, and you watch it fade gradually rather than disappear all at once. It feels symbolic, somehow—the slow dissolving of one season into the next.

You make yourself something simple to drink. Tea, maybe, with a slice of lemon. Or sparkling water poured into a real glass, because the night feels just bright enough to warrant ceremony. You settle into your favorite chair, blanket loosely draped across your legs—not because you need it the way you did in January, but because comfort is still part of the ritual.

The book you’ve chosen waits nearby. You’ve been meaning to begin it, and tonight feels right. There’s something about the end of a month, especially this month, that invites reflection. March has been unpredictable—sun one day, wind the next, glimpses of warmth followed by sudden chill. The world has felt in motion. You have too.

You pick up the book and hold it for a moment, feeling the smooth cover beneath your fingertips. The pages are crisp, the spine unbroken. It feels like possibility. You open it slowly, listening to the faint crack of paper giving way.

The first lines draw you in gently. There’s no rush, no dramatic pull—just steady movement forward. You settle back, letting your shoulders soften, letting the day slip off you. Outside, a breeze moves through branches that are just beginning to bud. Somewhere in the distance, you hear a car door close, then silence again.

You read.

The room feels quieter now. The lamp casts long shadows across the floor. The window reflects the glow inside, doubling the sense of warmth. The world within the book begins to take shape, its setting unfolding in careful strokes. Characters emerge, tentative but distinct. You feel yourself leaning toward them.

The night deepens.

You pause to sip your drink. It tastes fresh, lighter than winter’s heavy flavors. You notice how the air brushing through the cracked window feels different—less like endurance, more like anticipation. Spring hasn’t arrived fully, but it is undeniably near.

You turn another page.

March has been a bridge month, and this night feels like its final plank. You feel a quiet gratitude for the way seasons shift gradually, allowing you to adjust without shock. The book mirrors that feeling—no sudden upheaval, just slow immersion.

You read until you forget the time. The story deepens, gaining texture and tension. You feel yourself expanding alongside it, shaking off whatever stillness winter imposed. The world outside may still look bare, but you know what’s coming.

When you finally close the book—marking your place with care—you sit for a moment in the stillness. The night has fully settled. The sky is dark and calm. The air smells faintly alive.

Endings at the end of March don’t feel heavy. They feel transitional.

A season closing. A story beginning. The sense that something new is stretching just beyond the horizon.

And you, seated in warm lamplight, holding the first pages of it in your hands.

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Books Publishing March 22 - 28

This Will Be Interesting by E.B. Asher

Set in the same magical, madcap world as E. B. Asher’s USA Today bestseller This Will Be Fun, this heartwarming, hilarious fantasy follows an unlikely band of heroes who must get to the bottom of an assassination plot gone wrong without breaking the one rule of questing: do not fall in love with your questmates.

Galwell True was the perfect hero, the legend who sacrificed himself to save the realm…only for his friends to unexpectedly resurrect him ten years later. These days, he’s feeling less “Galwell the Great” and more “Galwell the Lost.”

River Pricemark is an excellent assassin. When the Deathrose Guild, an organization known for banishing evil, tasks her with eliminating Galwell, she sees her chance to climb the ranks. So, it’s bad luck when her ambush is interrupted by Celine Hazelton, a scribesheet reporter who questions why the Guild is targeting Galwell at all. It’s worse luck that Celine is also her childhood crush.

Queen Thessia of Mythria is tired of being the damsel. She’s just married the kind and handsome King Hugh and is meant to live happily ever after—but her story feels incomplete. Upon learning Galwell, her ex, is in danger, she turns her royal honeymoon into a rescue, bringing everyone overseas to the opulent land of Vestriya.

Between underground lairs, magical grottos, horseball matches, and masquerades, Galwell must rely on his newfound questmates—including beautiful Vestriyan criminal Mona Grandhart, who seems determined to corrupt him in more ways than one. Good thing he’s set a single rule for everyone on this quest: no romance.

But we all know how this ends, don't we?

Filled with dangerous impersonators, the inimitable power of friendship, and the realm’s most infamous horseball championship, This Will Be Interesting is a slow burn, cozy, and hilarious quest romantasy featuring:

Sapphic friends to lovers
Hero x villain romance
Reluctant allies to lovers
Fake marriage
Found family

Twinkle of Doubt: A Celestial Bodies Romance by Patricia Leavy

Tess Lee is a wildly successful and world-famous novelist whose inspirational books explore our innermost struggles and the human need to believe that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Jack Miller is a federal agent who has spent decades working in counterterrorism—a violent world that has left an inevitable residue on his psyche.

Two years into their marriage, as Tess and Jack both heal from past trauma, their epic love, fostered by their ability to truly see one another, has brought them profound happiness. When an anonymous threat is made against Tess’s life, however, everything changes. Will they learn to lean on each other, or will they fall apart into the darkness?

In Twinkle of Doubt, the second Celestial Bodies Romance, Tess, Jack, and their chosen family explore the nature of doubt and the struggle to feel worthy of love.

More Than Any River by Victoria Tatum

Inspired by true events, this Chinatown-meets–The Grapes of Wrath novel tells the story of California’s Sacramento Delta farmers facing off against agribusiness owners over the massive water tunnel(s) the state plans to build under hundreds of thousands of acres of prime Delta farmland.

Winter 2022-’23 inundated California with as much as three times the average rain and snowfall and pulled the state out of one of its biggest droughts in recorded history. But the truth is that the American West, from the Oregon border down to Mexico, is prone to drought—and in California, the biggest battle for water takes place in the Great Central Valley, where south-of-Delta agribusiness controls every stream feeding into the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. The protagonists of More Than Any River are the family farmers fighting for the Delta, and the antagonist is the big agribusiness controlling its water—but ultimately, the Great Central Valley itself emerges as the central character in this gripping tale of divisive land politics and high stakes.

Recipe for Joy by Monica Comas

Belle Sutton is a little lost these days.

She has a stalled career, a New York apartment she can’t afford, and her sister, Lexie, is more estranged with each passing year. Belle’s one true consolation is her beloved grandmother, who’s powered through her own broken family ties with a tenacious zest for life and a passion for cooking. But when her grandmother suddenly passes away, a grieving Belle feels her only connection to the past is gone forever.

That’s when Belle receives a series of letters, along with a cookbook, photographs of Belle and Lexie when they were young and happy, and her grandmother’s last wish that the sisters mend severed ties before it’s too late. For the love of Gran, a challenge is met that sets Belle and Lexie on a journey of hope, reconciliation, surprising discoveries, and the nourishing power of family, forgiveness, and tradition. All they have to do is follow the directions.

Dig by J. H. Markert

The soil on Crow Island holds secrets, and they’re ready to be unearthed.

J.H. Markert returns with a surreal horror novel perfect for fans of Graveyard Shift and What Moves the Dead.

Eight years ago, a boy took up an axe and slaughtered a dozen people. That odd, troubled boy, Jericho Dodd, has been dead and buried in his father’s yard for years, but ever since that massacre, Crow Island has been a dark and unsettling place.

When Jericho’s father begins digging up the past he buried, a compulsion to dig sweeps over the island and soon everyone else is obsessively churning up dirt, desperate to uncover buried secrets. The compulsion leads to violence and as neighbors turn against each other, the island’s famous tupelo honey, harvested from trees deep in a swamp, changes too.

As dread and paranoia seep up from the ground, it becomes clear that the island itself needs something from its residents–before it digs itself apart for good.

Be careful what you unearth from the dirt before this surreal horror novel can worm its way into you, too.

Every Hunter is Hunted by Barry Lyga

From the world of Barry Lyga’s New York Times bestselling ‘I Hunt Killers’ trilogy comes a thrilling adult mystery about the hunt for a monstrous serial killer.

Brides are being murdered on their wedding nights. Soaked in blood and draped in lace. With nothing left behind to help them find the killer, the FBI is at an impasse. Their only, desperate hope is to convince Jasper Dent, the son of two serial killers and a former teen prodigy at hunting down such monsters, to emerge from his self-imposed exile.

When he was a teenager, both of Jasper’s parents were members of a secret society of serial killers. Today, his father is in prison and his mother is in a coma, both results of their final confrontation with Jasper years ago. Now, wealthy from a best-selling memoir about his parents, Jasper still carries the scars from their parenting—and the uncanny, unwanted ability to understand killers that they instilled in him.

Jasper wants nothing more than to hide from his past – cash his royalty checks and never think about murder and blood again. But he knows the only way to find any meaning or redemption in his life is to face his demons once again. His skills rusty, his confidence shaken, Jasper races against a ticking clock, frantically seeking to solve the impossible mystery before more women meet a horrific end.

Where the Truth Lies by Katherine Greene

A picture-perfect couple’s sordid past threatens to rock a sleepy Southern town down to its core.

Told in alternating timelines, this multi-POV thriller explores toxic masculinity, gender-based violence, and female rage in the tradition of Darby Kane.

Childhood sweethearts Rhett and Lucinda seem to have the perfect marriage, the child they always wanted, and even the white picket fence. But fifteen years ago, the couple came very close to losing everything. When outsider Jennifer Moore arrived in their tight-knit Kentucky town, a brief but explosive affair between the newcomer and the soon-to-be-married Rhett stirred up a violent storm of betrayal that ended with a dead body and a mystery riddled with corruption and deception.

Now, new evidence has surfaced–including an eyewitness who places Rhett at the scene of the brutal crime. Soon the carefully constructed life Rhett and Lucinda built starts to crumble–and the truth waiting beneath the surface could destroy them both.

In a town steeped in deadly Southern charm, secrets don’t fade–they fester.

From the authors of The Lake of Lost Girls comes a chilling domestic suspense that will leave you desperate to uncover the truth.

House of Spells and Secrets by Ivy Cassidy

When three sisters return to the house that holds their forgotten legacy, the walls whisper of magic, betrayal, and the secrets their mother never told them.

A sweeping story of resilience, magic, and sisterhood, perfect for fans of Alice Hoffman, Heather Webber, and Sarah Addison Allen.

Rowan Connors has lived a fragmented, nomadic life with her triplet sisters, Saoirse and Caraline. Reeling from the sudden drowning of their erratic and secretive mother, Bridget, they uncover an old photograph of her standing in front of a manor they don’t recognize–and a final request scrawled on the back of the picture. The sisters set off to find answers to the questions they've always had about their mother's past, the place she once called home, and their own magical gifts.

They arrive to find Swallow Hall sinking into the bay, and their grandmother, Everly, living alone within its dilapidated walls. But the house is more than crumbling brick and weathered stone. It breathes with magic, bound to the land and to the bloodline the sisters never knew they carried. As they settle into the house and the mystery of their family history deepens, they uncover a hidden enemy tied to the magic of their ancestral line. With every discovery, Rowan begins to suspect that her mother's drowning was no accident but part of a much older, more dangerous plan set in motion long before they were born.

As the shadows of the past creep back into Swallow Hall and Everly disappears, Rowan must confront whatever forced Bridget to flee Swallow Hall before the house, its secrets, and the magic of their bloodline are erased forever.

Readers looking for emotional sibling bonds and the ancestral mysteries of Nora Roberts’s The Inheritance will resonate with this stunning read.

Beneath by Ariel Sullivan

Hundreds of years before the Illum ruled supreme, humanity risked everything to rebuild after a devastating war in this explosive dystopian romance and prequel to Conform.

Twenty-three-year-old Sasha Cadell knows time is running out in the underground city, filled with survivors of the nuclear fallout six years ago. She works in tunnel expansion, trying to escape the memories of those she lost. Her bleak existence is upended when Tristian Hayes, a stunningly handsome, frustratingly determined commander of the Force, recruits her to join him and his elite team of soldiers as they embark on a secret mission to the surface.

Sasha is thrust into a brutal training with stakes far beyond mere survival. The fate of remaining humankind depends on their success—or failure. As she confronts her own demons, Sasha finds both allies and foes in the training program, as well as a sizzling attraction between her and Tristian that threatens the walls she's built around her heart.

But under the surface, secrets and deception run as rampant as illnesses. And not everyone will survive the rise of a power more terrifying than anything they’ve ever known.

Society Women by Adriane Leigh

From Adriane Leigh, the USA Today bestselling author of The Influencer series, comes a riveting psychological thriller about power, betrayal, and the haunting legacy of family secrets filled with diabolical turns and shocking twists.

Soul Happy by Anette Nilsson

After leaving Denmark to study in Toronto, Nette Nilsson fell for a charismatic but volatile American, quickly finding herself in a privileged yet deeply unhappy life in New York City. Soul-Happy is her candid account of toxic love, life-threatening illness, and the long road she took coming home again.

The memoir explores how intelligent women can lose themselves in the “wrong kind of love” and follows Nette as she confronts dark family secrets, buried traumas, and her own mortality as she works to reclaim her power. Readers will be drawn to Soul-Happy for its Nordic, raw honesty. It is a testament to Anette’s resilience and illuminates the emotional traps and manipulation many women experience but rarely see reflected in writing.

"A gripping, emotionally honest memoir that illuminates resilience" — Kiersten Hathcock, author of Little Voices

Little Miss Petty by Sally Kilpatrick

An empowered PI parlays her talent for petty revenge into lucrative karmic justice in a sharp and funny novel full of surprises by a USA Today bestselling author.

When Stella Stark discovers that her boyfriend is cheating, she also discovers that thirty-nine isn’t too old for petty revenge. Can we say…glitter bomb? She’s lost both her job and her home―why not broaden her professional horizons as Little Miss Petty, helping wronged women achieve karmic justice? Frankly, the demand is too great to ignore.

New friends rally around her: Havisham, a bar owner with a soft spot under her gruff exterior, and Salcedo, a college student with marketing savvy. There’s just one hiccup: Getting revenge on the cheating soon-to-be ex-husband of her best-paying client is supposed to be easy. After all, he’s her neighbor. But something isn’t adding up. Malone is not only intriguingly handsome. He’s also a good listener, sympathetic, and adores kittens. He may look like the ex, but he isn’t acting like him. And how can Stella, a woman on the rebound, be even remotely tempted by the pizza-with-benefits relationship he suggests? That would be so bad for business.

There’s so much for Stella to learn―about karma, the charmer across the breezeway she’s falling for, and most importantly, herself. Love, revenge, and second chances―they all come with a little risk. And a twist.

Yellow by Amy Pence

Yellow is a luminous, genre-defying debut that fuses cosmic mystery, trauma, and transformation. It will take you on a journey through time, space, and the inner wilderness of one girl’s mind.

It’s 1973: summer of the Watergate hearings and Skylab’s launch into space when 12-year-old Z discovers an unclassified slime mold growing in her Louisiana backyard. Something compels her deep coherence with this magical creature—until an incident with a serial killer at the lake disrupts their connection. Both mystifying and metaphorical, Yellow becomes a guiding force for her brother Clem, a New Orleans seeker. As years pass, Z tries to recover what life has taught her to forget. A multi-threaded novel, Yellow weaves fact, physics, space exploration, and philosophy to create a transcendent reading experience.

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