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Comerás flores by Lucía Solla Sobral (2025)

Literary Fiction Romance Spanish Drama
Meses después de la muerte de su padre y recién graduada, Marina conoce a Jaime, un hombre veinte años mayor que ella que irrumpe en su vida colmándola de atenciones y planes. En poco tiempo, su día a día da un pasa de compartir piso con su mejor amiga Diana, de ir a conciertos y de salir de fiesta a instalarse en el cómodo apartamento de Jaime y cenar cada fin de semana en los mejores restaurantes. Deslumbrada por la sofisticada vida adulta y el encanto de Jaime, quien también se gana a su familia, Marina se ve sumergida por completo en su mundo, comenzando a olvidar lo que la definía. Con una prosa que oscila entre la delicadeza lírica y la crudeza visceral, Comerás flores, la novela debut de Lucía Solla Sobral, explora qué significa ser joven, madurar y construirse una identidad. Una novela sobre las distintas caras del amor y los espejismos de las relaciones desiguales, las dificultades del duelo y la amistad como refugio.

Accomplice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (2025)

Romance Mystery Humor Fantasy
Once Upon a Time meets The Office in Hannah Nicole Maehrer’s laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned novel, about the sunshine assistant to an Evil Villain…and their unexpected romance. **REWARD OFFERED**: *Apprentice to The Villain wanted for treason (light), magical property damage (alleged), and one incident involving a weaponized scone (accurate). Frequently seen with a grumpy frog (crowned, judgmental). Answers to “Evie” or “Stop that.”* Evie Sage didn’t mean to become the right-hand woman to the kingdom’s most terrifying villain. One minute, she was applying for an entry-level position that promised “light paperwork and occasional beheadings,” and the next, she was knee-deep in magical mayhem, murder plots, and an entirely inappropriate crush on her brooding, sharp-jawed, walking disaster of a boss. Now, with a magical prophecy unraveling, assassins showing up in the break room, and a suspicious amount of frogs wearing crowns, Evie has to figure out how to survive her job without setting the kingdom on fire—or her dignity, which is hanging by a very sarcastic thread. Being evil-adjacent was never part of the five-year plan. But then again…neither was falling for The Villain. A magical office comedy with grumpy bosses, snarky frogs, and definitely-not-feelings.

Immortal Consequences by I. V. Marie (2025)

Romance Fantasy Young Adult
**Six students compete to change their fate at a darkly enchanted boarding school in purgatory where graduation is the only escape—and love can cross the boundaries between life and death.** Welcome to Blackwood Academy: the legendary school located on the fringes of the afterlife. Once a pupil enters the academy’s arched gates, there is no way out…except the Decennial, a cut-throat magical competition with only one victor. This year, six of the Academy’s top students have been chosen to face the Decennial’s tests. Two academic archrivals, whose strange connection blurs the lines between obsession and hate. One girl driven solely by ambition, and another plagued by memories of the love she lost. And a charming playboy who never cared for anyone—until he met the academy’s newest student. But what none of them know? They aren’t the only ones playing Blackwood’s game. Who will win, and who will fall? Only one thing is for certain: in this game, some fates are worse than death.

The Maid's Secret by Nita Prose (2025)

English Romance Mystery Contemporary Thriller
Molly Gray’s life is about to change in ways she could never have imagined. As the esteemed Head Maid and Special Events Manager of the Regency Grand Hotel, two good things are just around the corner—a taping of the hit antiquities TV show *Hidden Treasures* and, even more exciting, her wedding to Juan Manuel. When Molly brings in some old trinkets to be appraised on the show, one item is revealed to be a rare and coveted artifact worth millions. Molly becomes a rags-to-riches sensation, and a media frenzy swirls as she prepares to sell her priceless treasure. Then, on auction day, the treasure suddenly vanishes. and Molly and her friends find themselves at the center of the boldest art heist in recent memory. But the key to this mystery lies in the past, in a long-forgotten diary written by Molly’s Gran. For the first time ever, Molly learns about her grandmother’s secrets: how she was born into a wealthy family and fell head-over-heels in love with a young man her parents deemed below her. As fate would have it, Gran’s greatest love was someone Molly knows quite well.

A Trial in Three Acts by Guy Morpuss (2025)

English Mystery Thriller
**A trial is rather like a play.** **We wear our costumes. We perform to the audience.** **And on a good day no-one gets murdered.** Six nights a week the cast of the smash-hit play Daughter of the Revolution performs to a sold-out audience. A thrilling story of forbidden marriage and a secret love child, the critics say it'll run for years. That is until one night the third act ends not in applause but in death, when leading lady Alexandra Dyce is beheaded live on stage. Every cast member has a motive, but it is the dead woman's co-star - and ex-husband - Hollywood legend Leo Lusk who is charged with the crime. When defence barrister Charles Konig is brought in last minute, he knows this ought to be the case of a lifetime. But Charles would rather be on his holiday trekking up K2, and he isn't interested in celebrities, especially ones that seem to be mysteriously trying to derail their own defence. But as he and his co-counsel New York lawyer Yara Ortiz sift through the evidence, it becomes clear that clues may lie in the play itself. And that Charles's only chance of victory is to identify the real murderer...

Dying to Meet You by Sarina Bowen (2025)

Romance Mystery Contemporary Thriller
Rowan Gallagher is a devoted single mother and a talented architect with a high-profile commission restoring an historic mansion for the most powerful family in Maine. But inside, she’s a mess. She knows that stalking her ex’s avatar all over Portland on her phone isn't the healthiest way to heal from their breakup. But she’s out of ice cream and she's sick of romcoms. Watching his every move is both fascinating and infuriating. He's dining out while she's wallowing on the couch. The last straw comes when he parks in their favorite spot on the waterfront. In a weak moment, she leashes the dog and sets off to see who else is in his car. Instead of catching her ex in a kiss, Rowan becomes the first witness to his murder—and the primary suspect. But Rowan isn’t the only one keeping secrets. As she digs for the truth, she discovers the dead man was stalking her too, gathering intimate details about her job and her past. Struggling to clear her name, Rowan finds herself spiraling into the shadowy plot that killed him. Will she be the next to die?

Los cuervos en la historia by Jorge Fondebrider (2025)

Spanish
Desde tiempos inmemoriales, cuervos y cornejas forman parte de la historia humana. Pájaros enigmáticos y omnipresentes, han revoloteado por los capítulos de nuestra existencia con un aura ambigua: a veces venerados, otras tantas temidos, los hemos cargado de significados, proyectando en ellos nuestras creencias, miedos y deseos. Los describimos por lo que vemos, pero aún más por lo que imaginamos. A lo largo de los siglos, les hemos atribuido virtudes y culpas, dotándolos de un estatus simbólico que no comparten con ninguna otra ave. En este libro tan riguroso como fascinante, Jorge Fondebrider rastrea la presencia de cuervos y cornejas en mitos, religiones, literatura, arte y ciencia, trazando una historia humana a través de nuestra relación con estas criaturas. ***Los cuervos en la historia*** es un ensayo erudito, accesible y fascinante, que no solo nos habla de estos pájaros, sino fundamentalmente de nosotros mismos.

Paradise Logic by Sophie Kemp (2025)

English Romance Contemporary Humor
**A hilarious, surreal, and devastating journey into the mind of Reality Kahn, a young woman on a quest to be the greatest girlfriend of all time.** It was decreed from the moment she was born. Twenty-three-year-old Reality Kahn would embark on a quest so great, so bold. She would become the greatest girlfriend of all time. She would be a zine maker, an aspiring notary, the greatest waterslide commercial actress on the Eastern Seaboard. She would receive messages from the beyond in the form of advice from the esteemed and ancient ladies magazine, *Girlfriend Weekly*. When she attends a party in Gowanus at a punk venue known as “Paradise,” Reality meets Ariel, who will become her boyfriend. She bravely works for his everlasting affection and joins a clinical trial created by Dr. Zweig Altmann to help her become a more perfect girlfriend. She stars in a new commercial. She learns how to become an indelible host. But Reality will also learn that sheer will and determination, and a very open heart, are not always enough to make true love manifest. At turns laugh-out-loud funny, tragic, and jarring, Reality’s quest grows ever complicated as the men in her Ariel, her waterpark commercial agent Jethro, and Dr. Altmann himself prove treacherous. ***Paradise Logic*** is a thrilling, psychosexual breakdown of our obsession with authentic true love, asking whether that is even possible in a patriarchal world, and announces Sophie Kemp as a wholly original, transformative, and brilliant new voice in fiction.

The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith (2025)

Historical Fiction English Romance Fantasy Young Adult
Vying for the hand of one brother. Falling in love with the other. A new Victorian-inspired romantasy, perfect for fans of Bridgerton, The Selection, and The Cruel Prince. London, 1848—For four hundred years, England has been under the control of an immortal fae queen who tricked her way onto the throne. To maintain an illusion of benevolence, Queen Mor grants each of her subjects one opportunity to bargain for their deepest desire. As Ivy Benton prepares to make her debut, she knows that not even a deal with the queen could fix what has gone wrong: Her family’s social standing is in shambles, her sister is a shadow of her former self, and Ivy’s marriage prospects are nonexistent. So when the queen announces a competition for Prince Bram’s hand, Ivy is the first to sign her name in blood. What a bargain can’t fix, a crown certainly could. Ivy soon finds herself a surprising front-runner—with the help of an unexpected ally: Prince Bram’s brother, the rakish Prince Emmett, who promises to help Ivy win his brother’s heart…for a price. But as the season sweeps Ivy away, with glittering balls veiling the queen’s increasingly vicious trials, Ivy realizes there’s more at stake than just a wedding. Because all faerie bargains come with a cost, and Ivy may have discovered hers too late.

Night at the Vampire Castle by Hari Conner (2025)

English Romance Fantasy
It is a dark and stormy night… When your car breaks down on a cold evening, you must take refuge in the ominous castle that looms above on the hillside, where a handsome, mysterious stranger invites you in. At dinner, you encounter three vampires and decide which to spend the evening with… Choose to charm one of the creatures of the night, have a fling with a few, or escape their clutches in ***Night at the Vampire Castle***.

Lessons in Falling by Selina Mae (2025)

Romance Dutch
Valentina Rhodes has put herself last her entire life. So, before pursuing her masters at HBU, she vows this summer will be different. With her friends, Oakport Island, and a secret bucket list meant to help her be selfish for a change. Finding soccer captain Caden Callahan in her room was not part of that plan, though, and that they’re bunking together even less. The No-Fraternization Policy between her friends runs so deep, if she’d known he’d force himself into their circle, she wouldn't have slept with him four months earlier. Now, staying away from Caden is a given, but gets damn-near impossible between her newfound love of selfishness and the realization that he’s the only person she can truly be herself around…

Seporsi mie ayam sebelum mati by Brian Khrisna (2025)

Ale, seorang pria berusia 37 tahun memiliki tinggi badan 189 cm dan berat 138 kg. Badannya bongsor, berkulit hitam, dan memiliki masalah dengan bau badan. Sejak kecil, Ale hidup di lingkungan keluarga yang tidak mendukungnya. Ia tak memiliki teman dekat dan menjadi korban perundungan di sekolahnya. Ale didiagnosis psikiaternya mengalami depresi akut. Bukannya Ale tidak peduli untuk memperbaiki dirinya sendiri, ia peduli. Ale telah berusaha mengatasi masalah-masalah yang timbul dari dirinya agar ia diterima di lingkungan pertemanan. Namun usahanya tidak pernah berhasil. Bahkan keluarganya pun tidak mendukungnya saat Ale membutuhkan sandaran dan dukungan. Atas itu semua, Ale memutuskan untuk mati. Ia mempersiapkan kematiannya dengan baik. Agar ketika mati pun, Ale tidak banyak merepotkan orang. Dua puluh empat jam dari sekarang, ia akan menelan obat antidepresan yang dia punya sekaligus. Sebelum waktu itu tiba, Ale membersihkan apartemennya yang berantakan, makan makanan mahal yang tak pernah ia beli, pergi berkaraoke dan menyanyi sepuasnya hingga mabuk. Saat 24 jam itu tiba, Ale telah bersiap dengan kemeja hitam dan celana hitam, bak baju melayat ke pemakamannya sendiri. Ia kenakan topi kecurut ulang tahun dan meletuskan konfeti yang ia beli untuk dirinya sendiri. “Selamat ulang tahun yang terakhir, Ale.” Ale siap menenggak seluruh obat antidepresan yang ia punya. Saat ia memain-mainkan botolnya, Ale terdiam saat membaca anjuran di kemasan botol itu, dikonsumsi sesudah makan. Seketika perutnya berbunyi. Dan Ale pun memutuskan untuk makan dulu sebelum mengakhiri hidupnya. Setidaknya, itu akan menjadi satu-satunya keputusan yang bisa dia ambil atas kehendaknya sendiri. Setelah selama hidupnya ia tak pernah mampu melakukan hal-hal yang ia inginkan. Ale akan makan seporsi mie ayam sebelum mati.

First Time Caller by B. K. Borison (2025)

English Romance Contemporary
**A hopeless romantic meets a jaded radio host in this cozy, Sleepless in Seattle-inspired love story from beloved author B.K. Borison.** Aiden Valentine has a secret: he's fallen out of love with love. And as the host of Baltimore's romance hotline, that's a bit of a problem. But when a young girl calls in to the station asking for dating advice for her mom, the interview goes viral, thrusting Aiden and Heartstrings into the limelight. Lucie Stone thought she was doing just fine. She has a good job; an incredible family; and a smart, slightly devious kid. But when all of Baltimore is suddenly scrutinizing her love life-or lack thereof—she begins to question if she's as happy as she thought. Maybe a little more romance wouldn't be such a bad thing. Everyone wants Lucie to find her happy ending... even the handsome, temperamental man calling the shots. But when sparks start to fly behind the scenes, Lucie must make the final call between the radio-sponsored happily ever after or the man in the headphones next to her.

You Weren't Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White (2025)

English Science Fiction Horror Fantasy Thriller
Festering masses of worms and flies have taken root in dark corners across Appalachia. In exchange for unwavering loyalty and fresh corpses, these hives offer a few struggling humans salvation. A fresh start. It’s an offer that none refuse. Crane is grateful. Among his hive’s followers, Crane has found a chance to transition, to never speak again, to live a life that won’t destroy him. He even met Levi: a handsome ex-Marine and brutal killer who treats him like a real man, mostly. But when Levi gets Crane pregnant—and the hive demands the child’s birth, no matter the cost—Crane’s desperation to make it stop will drive the community that saved him into a devastating spiral that can only end in blood.

Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz (2025)

English Romance Fantasy
**A powerful plant witch and a grumpy alchemist must work together to save their quiet town from a magical plague in this debut cozy fantasy romance about starting over, redemption, and what it really means to be a good person.** Guy Shadowfade is dead, and after a lifetime as the dark sorcerer’s right-hand, Violet Thistlewaite is determined to start over—not as the fearsome Thornwitch, but as someone kind. Someone better. Someone *good*. The quaint town of Dragon’s Rest, Violet decides, will be her second chance—she’ll set down roots, open a flower shop, keep her sentient (mildly homicidal) houseplant in check, and prune dark magic from the twisted boughs of her life. Violet’s vibrant bouquets and cheerful enchantments soon charm the welcoming townsfolk, though nothing seems to impress the prickly yet dashingly handsome Nathaniel Marsh, an alchemist sharing her greenhouse. With a struggling business and his own second chance seemingly out of reach, Nathaniel has no time for flowers or frippery—and certainly none for the intriguing witch next door. When a mysterious blight threatens every living plant in Dragon’s Rest, Violet and Nathaniel must work together through their fears, pasts, and growing feelings for one another to save their community. But with a figure from her past knocking at her door and her secrets threatening to uproot everything she’s worked so hard to grow, Violet can’t help but wonder…does a former villain truly deserve a happily-ever-after?

El ataque de las cabras by Laura Chivite (2025)

Spanish Humor
Tras una década sin saber nada de ella, la narradora de esta novela sorprende a Tía Lidia sentada en una cafetería de Madrid. Ese momento, como una aparición fantasmal, desencadena una serie de recuerdos, y los dos años que la protagonista convivió con su tía caen en cascada. ***El ataque de las cabras*** es una historia de crecimiento, pero también una crónica familiar que hará las delicias del lector. Con un flujo narrativo que alterna el desarrollo emocional típico de los primeros años de juventud con las hilarantes fábulas de una cabra insolente, la narradora irá descubriendo poco a poco tragicómicos secretos familiares que le permitirán entender las rarezas de su familia.

The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves (2025)

Mystery Thriller
**The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves sees the return of Detective Jimmy Perez** When a violent storm descends upon the Orkney Islands, the body of Archie Stout is left behind in its wake. An unusual murder weapon, a Neolithic stone bearing ancient inscriptions, is found discarded nearby. Archie was a popular, larger-than-life character, making his death a shocking blow to the community. Detective Jimmy Perez, no stranger to the complexity of human nature and the darkness it can harbour, is soon on the scene. He counted Archie as a childhood friend, making this case more personal than most. Now living in Orkney with his partner Willow and their son, Perez is soon drawn into the lives of the islanders, many of whom carry secrets. Dark secrets that could have led to the man's murder. Here, in these ancient lands where history runs deep, Perez must discern the truth from legend before a desperate and dangerous killer strikes again.

What We Can Know by Ian McEwan (2025)

Literary Fiction Historical Fiction English Science Fiction Fantasy
**2014** At a dinner for close friends and colleagues, renowned poet Francis Blundy honors his wife's birthday by reading aloud a new poem dedicated to her, 'A Corona for Vivien'. Much wine is drunk as the guests listen, and a delicious meal consumed. Little does anyone gathered around the candlelit table know that for generations to come people will speculate about the message of this poem, a copy of which has never been found, and which remains an enduring mystery. **2119** Just over one hundred years in the future, much of the western world has been submerged by rising seas following a catastrophic nuclear accident. Those who survive are haunted by the richness of the world that has been lost. In the water-logged south of what used to be England, Thomas Metcalfe, a lonely scholar and researcher, longs for the early twenty-first century as he chases the ghost of one poem, 'A Corona for Vivian'. How wild and full of risk their lives were, thinks Thomas, as he pores over the archives of that distant era, captivated by the freedoms and possibilities of human life at its zenith. When he stumbles across a clue that may lead to the elusive poem's discovery, a story is revealed of entangled loves and a brutal crime that destroy his assumptions about people he thought he knew intimately well.