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Saturday, August 24, 2019

Fresh Batch (August 25th – 31st)

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Fresh Batch, posted weekly, keeps you up to date on the hottest releases of the upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

Crown of Coral and Pearl
Mara Rutherford
Series: Crown of Coral and Pearl #1
Publication date: August 27th 2019
by Inkyard Press

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For generations, the princes of Ilara have married the most beautiful maidens from the ocean village of Varenia. But though every girl longs to be chosen as the next princess, the cost of becoming royalty is higher than any of them could ever imagine…

Nor once dreamed of seeing the wondrous wealth and beauty of Ilara, the kingdom that’s ruled her village for as long as anyone can remember. But when a childhood accident left her with a permanent scar, it became clear that her identical twin sister, Zadie, would likely be chosen to marry the Crown Prince—while Nor remained behind, unable to ever set foot on land.

Then Zadie is gravely injured, and Nor is sent to Ilara in her place. To Nor’s dismay, her future husband, Prince Ceren, is as forbidding and cold as his home—a castle carved into a mountain and devoid of sunlight. And as she grows closer to Ceren’s brother, the charming Prince Talin, Nor uncovers startling truths about a failing royal bloodline, a murdered queen… and a plot to destroy the home she was once so eager to leave.

In order to save her people, Nor must learn to negotiate the treacherous protocols of a court where lies reign and obsession rules. But discovering her own formidable strength may be the one move that costs her everything: the crown, Varenia and Zadie. 


Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *




All the Bad Apples by Moïra Fowley-Doyle[Purchase]
Mind Games by Shana Silver [Purchase]
These Divided Shores (Stream Raiders #2) by Sara Raasch [Purchase]
Archimancy (Shadow School #1) by J.A. White [Purchase]


Wild Savage Stars (Sweet Black Waves #2) by Kristina Pérez [Purchase]
Song of the Abyss (Tower of Winds #2) by Makiia Lucier [Purchase]
The Spinner of Dreams by K.A. Reynolds [Purchase]
Run, Hide, Fight Back by April Henry [Purchase]


Hoax for Hire by Laura Martin [Purchase]
Rage (Stormheart #2) by Cora Carmack [Purchase]
The Soul Keepers (The Soul Keepers #1) by Devon Taylor [Purchase]
Trans+: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You by Karen Rayne & Kathryn Gonzales [Purchase]


The Prodigy by John Feinstein [Purchase]
Watch Out by Alison Hughes [Purchase]
Girls Like Me by Kristin Butcher [Purchase]
Crime Club by Melodie Campbell [Purchase]


The Light in Us (Rush #1) by Emma Scott [Purchase]


Sorry for the missing Fresh Batch posts the last couple of weeks I was under the weather. All is good now and on a fab release week, too!

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Fresh Batch (July 28th – August 3rd)

Fresh Batch (July 28th – August 3rd)

Posted by on 07/27/2019 • 0 Comments

Fresh Batch, posted weekly, keeps you up to date on the hottest releases of the upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

The Merciful Crow Margaret Owen Series: The Merciful Crow #1 Publication date: July 30th 2019by Henry Holt (BYR)

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A future chieftain

Fie abides by one rule: look after your own. Her Crow caste of undertakers and mercy-killers takes more abuse than coin, but when they’re called to collect royal dead, she’s hoping they’ll find the payout of a lifetime.

A fugitive prince

When Crown Prince Jasimir turns out to have faked his death, Fie’s ready to cut her losses—and perhaps his throat. But he offers a wager that she can’t refuse: protect him from a ruthless queen, and he’ll protect the…

Fresh Batch (July 21st – 27th)

Fresh Batch (July 21st – 27th)

Posted by on 07/20/2019 • 0 Comments

Fresh Batch, posted weekly, keeps you up to date on the hottest releases of the upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

The Arrival of Someday Jen Malone Publication date: July 23rd 2019by HarperTeen

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In this heartfelt and emotionally candid contemporary YA, author Jen Malone delves into the life of a teen whose world is brought to an abrupt halt when she learns she’s in dire need of an organ transplant.

Hard-charging and irrepressible eighteen-year-old Amelia Linehan could see a roller derby opponent a mile away—and that’s while crouched down, bent over skates, and zooming around a track at the speed of light. They don’t call her Rolldemort for nothing! What she couldn’t see coming, however, was the unexpected flare-up of a rare…

Fresh Batch (July 14th – 20th)

Fresh Batch (July 14th – 20th)

Posted by on 07/13/2019 • 1 Comment

Fresh Batch, posted weekly, keeps you up to date on the hottest releases of the upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

Just My Luck Jennifer Honeybourn Publication date: July 16th 2019by Swoon Reads

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Marty has terrible luck and she knows exactly why. While working as a housekeeper at the ritzy Grand Palms hotel in Maui, Marty made it a habit to steal small items from the guests. What better way to stick it to the rich snobs they have to clean up after? Marty knows how to turn her luck around — she just has to return all of the items she stole.

When Marty meets Will, a new guest who is staying for the summer, she does the one thing she…

Fresh Batch (July 7th – 13th)

Fresh Batch (July 7th – 13th)

Posted by on 07/06/2019 • 0 Comments

Fresh Batch, posted weekly, keeps you up to date on the hottest releases of the upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

Spin the Dawn Elizabeth Lim Series: The Blood of Stars #1 Publication date: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readersby July 9th 2019

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Project Runway meets Mulan in this sweeping YA fantasy about a young girl who poses as a boy to compete for the role of imperial tailor and embarks on an impossible journey to sew three magic dresses, from the sun, the moon, and the stars.

Maia Tamarin dreams of becoming the greatest tailor in the land, but as a girl, the best she can hope for is to marry well. When a royal messenger summons her ailing father, once a tailor…

Fresh Batch (June 30th – July 6th)

Fresh Batch (June 30th – July 6th)

Posted by on 07/03/2019 • 1 Comment

Fresh Batch, posted weekly, keeps you up to date on the hottest releases of the upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

Symptoms of a Heartbreak Sona Charaipotra Publication date: July 2nd 2019by Imprint

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The youngest doctor in America, an Indian-American teen makes her rounds―and falls head over heels―in the contemporary romantic comedy Symptoms of a Heartbreak.

Fresh from med school, sixteen-year-old medical prodigy Saira arrives for her first day at her new job: treating children with cancer. She’s always had to balance family and friendships with her celebrity as the Girl Genius―but she’s never had to prove herself to skeptical adult co-workers while adjusting to real life-and-death stakes. And working in the same hospital as her mother certainly isn’t making things any…

Fresh Batch (June 23rd – 29th)

Fresh Batch (June 23rd – 29th)

Posted by on 06/22/2019 • 2 Comments

Fresh Batch, posted weekly, keeps you up to date on the hottest releases of the upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

Call It What You Want Brigid Kemmerer Publication date: June 25th 2019by Bloomsbury YA

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When his dad is caught embezzling funds from half the town, Rob goes from popular lacrosse player to social pariah. Even worse, his father’s failed suicide attempt leaves Rob and his mother responsible for his care.

Everyone thinks of Maegan as a typical overachiever, but she has a secret of her own after the pressure got to her last year. And when her sister comes home from college pregnant, keeping it from her parents might be more than she can handle.

When Rob and Maegan are paired…

Fresh Batch (June 16th – 22nd)

Fresh Batch (June 16th – 22nd)

Posted by on 06/15/2019 • 0 Comments

Fresh Batch, posted weekly, keeps you up to date on the hottest releases of the upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love Elsie Chapman (Editor) Publication date: June 18th 2019by Simon Pulse

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From some of your favorite bestselling and critically acclaimed authors—including Sandhya Menon, Anna-Marie McLemore, and Rin Chupeco—comes a collection of interconnected short stories that explore the intersection of family, culture, and food in the lives of thirteen teens.

A shy teenager attempts to express how she really feels through the confections she makes at her family’s pasteleria. A tourist from Montenegro desperately seeks a magic soup dumpling that could cure his fear of death. An aspiring chef realizes that butter and soul are…