The Baroness’ Choices of New Books Publishing This Week
2026, Week 7’s New Books
My choices for this week include Cozy Animal Mystery, Domestic Thriller, Cozy Crafts and Hobbies Mystery, Young Adult Fairytales and Folklore, Romantic Comedy, Young Adult Dystopian Romance, and Cozy Animal Paranormal Mystery.
Another week has flown by for February! Are you excited for Galentine’s or Valentine’s Day? Do you have plans? For me, it’s just another day to read more books.
I have a great selection of books for you to choose from this week. I love how they are all different, yet all sound so amazing. I have my eye on a couple of books from this list.
Here are my choices for New Books Publishing Week 7 of 2026!
Hook, Line, and Murder by GG Calpo
Sweet TOOTH Murder Mysteries #1
Publication Date: February 9, 2026
Genre: Cozy Animal Mystery
What does Meg, a retired kindergarten teacher, do when the killer of her husband and only child still walks free a year after dirt had covered their graves? Go rogue, of course! When the detective responsible for Meg’s nightmares takes over the murder investigation of her former student, Meg hunts the killer down with help from her friends. Their cozy lunches at Sweet Buns Café turn into tactical meetings while these retired grade school teachers get themselves in trouble better suited to those in their twenties. And to put the icing on their cream scones, someone is after Meg. Is it the killer? Or has Meg uncovered secrets better left buried with her loved ones?
Queen Bee by Heather Day Gilbert
Publication Date: February 9, 2026
Genre: Domestic Thriller
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There can only be one.
In an effort to shield her foster daughter from a stalker at school, Twila relocates to a farmstead in an Appalachian radio quiet zone. Alongside battered women who have taken shelter at Cooper’s Corner, Twila and her mute teen hope to find sanctuary caring for cows, chickens, and honeybees.
But their peace turns out to be short-lived when a man with an injured ankle and a flimsy story shows up in the woods. Before Twila can shuttle him off to a doctor, a straight-line windstorm rips through the area, downing trees and power lines and cutting off the well water.
As tempers flare and dark sides surface, Twila realizes she can’t trust anyone. When one of the women goes missing in the night, she fears the worst has happened.
Like a tenacious queen bee, Twila plans to sting first and ask questions later. If push comes to shove, she’s ready to sacrifice herself so her traumatized daughter can finally live again.
Fans of Agatha Christie are sure to enjoy this clean, fast-paced psychological thriller set in West Virginia by RWA Daphne Award-winning author Heather Day Gilbert.
Embroidered Lies and Alibis by Lois Winston
Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries #15
Publication Date: February 10, 2026
Genre: Cozy Crafting and Hobbies Mystery
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A Stitch in Time Could Save a Life…
When Anastasia’s mother Flora is offered a free spa vacation from Jeremy Dugan, a man connected to her distant past, Anastasia and husband Zack suspect ulterior motives. After all, too-good-to-be-true often spells trouble. Their suspicions are confirmed when the FBI swoops in to apprehend Dugan. However, Dugan isn’t who he claimed to be, and his arrest raises more questions than answers.
The Feds link Dugan to a string of cons targeting elderly single women across the country, but his seemingly airtight alibi leaves investigators stumped. Then, shortly after his release on bail, he’s kidnapped. A certain segment of New Jersey’s population is known for delivering deadly messages, and the FBI believes Dugan received one of them.
Meanwhile, bodies begin showing up in the newly created public garden across the street from Anastasia and Zack’s home. With two baffling crimes, no clear suspects, scant evidence, and every possible motive unraveling, both the FBI and local law enforcement are once again picking Anastasia’s brain. This time, though, her involvement is far from reluctant. Will she stitch together enough clues before she or someone she loves becomes the killer’s next victim?
Craft project included.
Imprisoned Slumber by Camille Peters
Displaced Fairytales #1
Publication Date: February 10, 2026
Genre: Young Adult Fairytales and Folklore
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In a castle of secrets and a garden of dreams, love may be the key to awakening them both.
Mirelle is a skilled thief who steals not for riches, but for the stories hidden in the objects she touches. Her magic allows her to glimpse secrets of the past—memories locked within trinkets, relics, and forgotten heirlooms. During a dangerous heist, an abandoned castle suddenly appears. Inside lies a forbidden object that only royal blood can touch…and it calls to her. When Mirelle dares to lay her hands upon it, she’s swept into a trial to determine the heir to the throne—one left vacant after the previous prince vanished without a trace.
Before she can escape, that night she awakens in a dream-bound garden, where time stands still and nothing is quite what it seems. The only other soul trapped there is a nameless gardener who tends to the withering blooms. When Mirelle eventually wakes, the world has changed. The ruined castle is whole again, and the kingdom believes she is the long-lost princess cursed into slumber. By day she attempts to navigate the intrigue of the royal court alongside a mysterious man with dangerous secrets of his own, while at night she’s drawn deeper into the dream realm.
As Mirelle and the man from her dreams begin to fall in love across the veil of sleep, a curse begins to descend, one that threatens not only the waking world, but the fading memory of the man who haunts her dreams. To uncover the truth, Mirelle must unravel the palace’s secrets, break the curse, and rescue the man trapped in her dreams—before she loses herself to the world of sleep forever.
Torn from one fairytale and trapped in another: the Displaced Fairytales series is a multi-author fairy tale retelling series of standalones from your favorite sweet closed door young adult romance authors. IMPRISONED SLUMBER is Princess and the Pea meets Sleeping Beauty, featuring forbidden love with a love interest who may or may not be the villain.
Maybe This Once by Sophie Sullivan
Rock Bottom Love #3
Publication Date: February 10, 2026
Genre: Romantic Comedy
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From the “queen of sweet romance” (Falon Ballard) Sophie Sullivan, comes a small-town, opposites-attract romance about two people who end up with more feelings than they bargained for after pursuing a summer fling.
Tired of living in the shadow of her famous parents, Charlotte Ashford gladly left behind a life of glitz and glamour to pursue her true passion: becoming a counselor. However, when a viral video upends Charlie’s plans, she wonders if the real key to discovering herself is through her late father.Grayson Keller has finally settled in one place, surrounded by family, and secure in his business. By his third summer as owner, Get Lost Lodge is thriving. Whatever happens, Grayson is perfectly content with his quiet life and careful heart. That is, until he meets Charlie, whom he can’t seem to get out of his head.
On the surface, Charlie and Grayson have nothing in common, but they can’t fight their attraction to each other. They’ve both been hurt before, and they’re not looking for anything serious. The solution is easy: they’ll date, have some fun, and walk away unscathed. Right? Or, maybe this once, they can see past the hurt to what, or who, is on the other side waiting for them.
Red Star Rebels by Amie Kaufman
Publication Date: February 10, 2026
Genre: Young Adult Dystopian Romance
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8 HOURS TO STOP AN EXPLOSION…8 HOURS TO FALL IN LOVE.
From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Illuminae and Aurora Rising comes a high-stakes, high-chemistry, sci-fi romp about a stowaway girl and the richest boy in the galaxy, racing the clock to outwit a gang of mercenaries.
It’s 2067, and the Graves family has transformed Mars from a lifeless rock into a chaotic patch of settlements. You can buy a one-way ticket to a new life–if you’re rich.
Enter Hunter Graves, the handsome, ambitious grandson of the man who settled Mars. With spectacularly bad timing, Hunter arrives at the United Nations base just as an emergency evacuation sends everyone scurrying for safety. Except he’s left behind. Uh-oh.
Also stranded: Cleo, a sharp-tonged stowaway with no intention of dying today, and even less patience for overconfident trust fund boys. But the enemy of your enemy might just help you survive, so here we are.
It turns out the evacuation is just a cover for the mercenaries who come next, and the plan to blow up the base–and every trace of their crime–in eight hours.
Now, Hunter and Cleo have one shot to stop the explosion, escape alive, and deal with the inconvenient fact that they’re falling for each other.
The clock is ticking.
Ghosts Don’t RSVP by Maggie March
Grumpy Ghost #5
Publication Date: February 12, 2026
Genre: Cozy Animal Paranormal Mystery
She sees dead people. He IS dead people. And their canine companion has a few secrets of her own. Together, they’re Lockwood Cove’s most dysfunctional detective trio!
The Campbell House B&B’s grand opening was supposed to be Hank Miller’s dream come true – until one of his party guests turns up dead. Now the future of his charming bed and breakfast hangs in the balance.
Fortunately, Anna, Richard, and Daisy are on the case, determined to clear Hank’s name and save his business. But solving this murder just got more complicated – an uninvited ghost from Lockwood Cove’s mysterious past has crashed the party, bringing secrets that could change everything.
Ghosts Don’t RSVP is a funny paranormal mystery brimming with romance, supernatural shenanigans, and laugh-out-loud moments – where ghosts have attitude, secrets run deeper than six feet under, and solving murder has never been so entertaining!
Well, that’s it for the New Books Releasing Week 7 of 2026
Drop a comment if you like one of the books above or if you have one to recommend.
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Happy Reading!
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