The Baroness’ Choices of New Books Publishing This Week
2023, Week 25’s New Books
My choices for this week include Cozy Paranormal Mysteries, Police Procedurals Mystery, Cozy Culinary Mystery, Young Adult Fantasy Romance, Crime Thrillers, Cozy Animal Culinary Mystery, Cozy Mystery, and Young Adult Fantasy.
This week we have so many pretty covers and interesting plot summaries. I am going to be reading at least two of these stories. Be on the lookout for those reviews. How are you dealing with the summer heat? That is if it is getting warmer where you live.
Here are my choices for New Books Publishing Week 25 of 2023!
Something Withering This Way Comes by Amy Boyles
Withering Mysteries #2
Publication Date: June 18, 2023
Genre: Cozy Paranormal Mystery
It only takes an instant for Grim—monster hunter and emotionally scarred hero—to lose everything.
Grim is having a bad year. A monster hunter by trade, his world is ripped apart when he’s cursed with a sickness that’s slowly changing him into one of the very creatures he hunts.
Yet there’s hope in a truce with his sister, Shelby. If anyone can help, it’s her, because she’s the strongest witch he knows. But unfortunately, Shelby hates him.
She begrudgingly agrees to help, but Grim has to assist her first. You see, her old coven seeks the bones of a dead witch—magical bones that are supposedly hidden in her house. All Grim has to do is find them to stop the coven from snatching them first.
Now he must navigate a house with a mind of its own—a home that happily throws up obstacles in his path. He must also stop the coven from harming his sister—all while attempting to find a cure for himself.
Can Grim find the bones and stop the coven, or will they get them first? And most importantly, will Grim find a cure for the sickness?
A Stolen Child by Sarah Stewart Taylor
Maggie D’arcy Mystery #4
Publication Date: June 20, 2023
Genre: Police Procedurals Mystery
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Sarah Stewart Taylor is known for her atmospheric portrayal of an American detective in Ireland, and her critically acclaimed series returns with A Stolen Child.
After months of training, former Long Island homicide detective Maggie D’arcy is now officially a Garda. She’s finally settling into life in Ireland and so is her teenage daughter, Lilly. Maggie may not be a detective yet, but she’s happy with her community policing assignment in Dublin’s Portobello neighborhood.
When she and her partner find former model and reality tv star Jade Elliot murdered―days after responding to a possible domestic violence disturbance at her apartment―they also discover Jade’s toddler daughter missing. Shorthanded thanks to an investigation into a gangland murder in the neighborhood, Maggie’s friend, Detective Inspector Roly Byrne, brings her onto his team to help find the missing child. But when a key discovery is made, the case only becomes more confusing―and more dangerous. Amidst a nationwide manhunt, Maggie and her colleagues must look deep into Jade’s life―both personal and professional―to find a ruthless killer.
How the Murder Crumbles by Debra Sennefelder
Cookie Shop Mystery #1
Publication Date: June 20, 2023
Genre: Cozy Culinary Mystery
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Debra Sennefelder whips up cookies and crime in a delicious new cozy series, perfect for fans of Joanne Fluke and Peg Cochran.
Wingate, Connecticut, is famed as one of the top ten shopping destinations in the state, and home to Mallory Monroe’s beloved Cookie Shop—a place where patrons are greeted with the heavenly aroma of freshly baked cookies that are as beautifully decorated as they are insanely delicious.
But things aren’t going so smoothly for Mallory. Her two employees are a disaster in the kitchen, she catches her boyfriend with another woman, and she’s seen having a fierce argument with food blogger Beatrice Wright, who accuses Mallory of stealing her cookie recipe. Then Beatrice turns up dead in her kitchen, flour outlining her body and a bloodied marble rolling pin nearby. Mallory immediately becomes suspect number one, her sales plummet, and she desperately tries to clear her name—but that’s not the only murder the killer is baking up.
Debra Sennefelder has cooked up a perfect recipe—endearing characters, a picture-perfect evocation of small-town life, and a quaint sweets shop. And just when things get a little too comfy, there’s always a murder or two for good measure.
Oceans of Sand by Jessica Flory
Sand Traveller Duology #1
Publication Date: June 20, 2023
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Romance
One girl. Her boat. An ocean of sand to cross.
Norah’s desert world has always been treacherous, with the roiling ocean of sand, giant scorpions, and brutal sandstorms-but now an unnatural famine plagues the desert nations and threatens to destroy all.
Despite being the only one in her village without a sand gift, Norah is chosen with her best friend, Zadock, to sail across the ocean of sand in search of the legendary moonstone, an artifact that could end the famine.
As Norah and Zadock set off on their journey, secret romantic feelings each has suppressed for years rise to the surface. Love weakens sand gifts, and if they act on their feelings, Zadock’s sand gift will disappear.
Caught in a crossfire between forbidden feelings, an unforgiving desert, and starving nations willing to do anything to survive, Norah and Zadock discover the true meaning of sacrifice-and the power that love has to heal the world.
Rodeo Clowns and Shakedowns by Trixie Silvertale
Harper and Moon Investigations #2
Publication Date: June 20, 2023
Genre: Cozy Paranormal Mystery
Front row seats to murder. Thousands of eyewitnesses. Can our psychic sleuth trust her own eyes?
Mitzy Moon is loving life after the honeymoon. And as part of their agreement to try new things, she’s happily whooping it up at the local cowboy competition. But the newlyweds get roped into yet another investigation when their date night ends with a dead rodeo clown.
As her new husband’s history with the prime suspect’s wife tests all loyalties, Mitzy struggles to balance jealousy with keeping her man out of the hoosegow. And now she’ll need saddlebags of extra help from her mentor, Ghost-ma, and her entitled feline to unhorse the ruthless culprit.
Can Mitzy and Erick wrangle all the clues, or will spurious accusations bring a deadly showdown?
Rodeo Clowns and Shakedowns is the second book in the hilarious new paranormal cozy mystery series, Harper and Moon Investigations, a spinoff from the popular Mitzy Moon Mysteries. If you like snarky heroines, supernatural intrigue, and a dash of romance, then you’ll love Trixie Silvertale’s bucking brainteaser.
Buy Rodeo Clowns and Shakedowns to lasso a killer today!
The Water Tower by Amy Young
Lakeview Mystery #2
Publication Date: June 20, 2023
Genre: Crime Thriller
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Josie Ashbury was a successful Hollywood actress with a booming career-until an on-set breakdown sends her back to her small Ohio hometown to recover. Taking a job teaching at her old high school, Josie is beginning to put the pieces of her life back together when one of her students dies under suspicious circumstances. The police close the case quickly, without any real answers. Josie is determined to find the truth behind the girl’s death.
At the same time, Josie is battling demons of her own. As she faces debilitating insomnia that leaves her with gaps in her memory, she dives into the tangled secrets surrounding the investigation. When she finally unravels the web, she discovers that the truth lies much closer to home than she could have ever imagined.
What the Neighbors Saw by Melissa Adelman
Publication Date: June 20, 2023
Genre: Crime Thriller
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Desperate Housewives meets The Couple Next Door in a chilling story of murder and intrigue set in a well-to-do DC suburb.
Sometimes the darkest acts occur in the most beautiful houses…
When Alexis and her husband Sam buy a neglected Cape Cod house in an exclusive DC suburb, they are ecstatic. Sam is on the cusp of making partner at his law firm, Alexis is pregnant with their second child, and their glamorous neighbors welcome the couple with open arms. Things are looking up, and Alexis believes she can finally leave her troubled past behind.
But the neighborhood’s picture-perfect image is shattered when their neighbor Teddy – a handsome, successful father of three – is found dead on the steep banks of the Potomac River. The community is shaken, and as the police struggle to identify and apprehend the killer, tension in the neighborhood mounts and long-buried secrets start to emerge.
In the midst of the turmoil, Alexis takes comfort in her budding friendship with Teddy’s beautiful and charismatic widow, Blair. But as the women grow closer, the neighborhood only becomes more divided. And when the unthinkable truth behind Teddy’s murder is finally uncovered, both Blair and Alexis must reexamine their friendship and decide how far they are willing to go to preserve the lives they have so carefully constructed.
Secrets in Little Leaf Creek by Cindy Bell
Little Leaf Creek Cozy Mystery #19
Publication Date: June 22, 2023
Genre: Cozy Animal Culinary Mystery
Cream puffs, cheeky animals, and a dead body…
Cassie loves her life in Little Leaf Creek. She has made good friends, has fallen in love, and lives next to two goats and a collie mix.
The last thing she expected to find after a long shift at the diner, is a dead body in the parking lot. The victim is the brother of a well-loved local and Cassie and her ex-cop next door neighbor, Tessa, are determined to find the truth for her. With a little help from their furry friends they soon discover that the victim had a whole lot of secrets and enemies. But which secret led to his murder?
Cassie, Tessa, and their sleuthing sidekicks head straight toward danger! Will they uncover the final secret before it’s too late?
Recipe included: Cream puffs
Secrets in Little Leaf Creek is the fast paced nineteenth book in the Little Leaf Creek Cozy Mystery Series. If you like unexpected twists and turns, lively personalities, adorable animals, and a never-ending list of suspicious characters, then you’ll love these heartwarming whodunnits by USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Cindy Bell.
Join Cassie and Tessa for a fun-filled sleuthing adventure.
Bar None by Deany Ray
Piper Harris Mystery #3
Publication Date: June 23, 2023
Genre: Cozy Mystery
BAR NONE is the 3rd book in the Piper Harris mystery series. Coming June 23!
Final Loss by Kaitlyn Legaspi
Card Holders #3
Publication Date: June 23, 2023
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
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The Card Holder tournament is no more.
A year after the tragedy that befell the Queen of Hearts Domain, Neela finds herself living an alternate life of ease and happiness, a life where all her memories of pain, suffering, and loss didn’t exist.
After being thrust back into her cruel reality, Neela discovers the truth behind the harrowing events of the past year. Most importantly, she learns of her disturbing connection to the crimson-eyed rogue leader and assumes her role in a development far more momentous than the Card Holder tournament could ever be.
The pressure within Neela builds as she struggles to accept her position in a branched prophecy. Balancing the physical and mental burdens constantly assaulting her is seemingly impossible as the tragedies of the past continue to fill her heart with sinking trepidation.
One more devastating loss can either send her over the edge or strengthen her resolve in yet another grand inevitability.
Well, that’s it for the New Books Releasing Week 25 of 2023
Drop a comment if you like one of the books above or if you have one to recommend. Check out my interview with Ms. Sennefelder HERE!
Thank you for stopping by,
Happy Reading!
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