The Baroness’ Choices of New Books Publishing This Week
2023, Week 22’s New Books
My choices for this week include Young Adult Paranormal Romance, Cozy Mystery, Historical Mystery, Cozy Crafts and Hobbies Mystery, Cozy Paranormal Mysteries, and Cozy Animal Mystery.
It’s the last Sunday in May. I hope your Memorial Day weekend has gone as planned so far. Do you have any graduations to attend? Any pool parties coming up? Kids will be out of school soon if they aren’t already. How do you handle summer reading? I tend to slow down a bit. However, I am still planning to hit my goals.
Happy Memorial Day!
Here are my choices for New Books Publishing Week 22 of 2023!
Cherish by Tracy Wolff
Crave #6
Publication Date: May 30, 2023
Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Romance
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The sensational conclusion to the massive #1 New York Times bestselling series…
It’s been over three months since my friends and I took down Cyrus. Three months where my biggest fear was what paper was due next… But I should have known it was too good to last. Now everything is falling apart.
The Vampire Court has no king, the Dragon Court has no heart, and the Gargoyle Court has me―a teenager in way over her head. And it’s the worst possible timing, because a threat is brewing just as the Circle is collapsing.
I have no choice but to return to the Shadow Realm and face the terrifying queen who nearly ended us…and make a deal with her to save Mekhi. But this time, I’m bringing my powerful friends with me―and Hudson. Except something is wrong with him, too. He’s keeping a secret―even from me.
All I know is that everyone’s life hangs in the balance. And it’s my fault―because I still owe the Crone a favor…and now she’s come to collect.
Murder Off the Books by Tamara Berry
By the Book Mysteries #3
Publication Date: May 30, 2023
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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2023 Edgar Award Nominee, Lilian Jackson Braun Prize for Buried in a Good Book
Author Tess Harrow is looking to get back in the town of Winthrop’s good graces after she uncovered not one, but two long-forgotten murders. With the perfect plan of combining her new book release with her bookstore’s grand opening she’ll have the chance to wine and dine the locals and some big press contacts.
But the night before the party, Tess is greeted by a surprise: her mother has come for a visit, with her much-younger new boyfriend in tow…a boyfriend her daughter Gertrude recognizes as the notorious Levi Parker, a man recently connected to the deaths of three elderly widows.
Tess immediately alerts Sheriff Boyd about Levi and his suspicious past, but it’s already too late―Levi Parker is found dead and Tess’s mother is starting to look like the prime suspect. Bernadette swears she didn’t murder Levi, and Tess is doing her best to maintain her mother’s innocence, but too many coincidences keep stacking up. With the whole town seemingly against her family, it’s up to Tess to get to the bottom of the story before it’s too late.
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman
Publication Date: May 30, 2023
Genre: Historical Mystery
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A high society amateur detective at the heart of Regency London uses her wits and invisibility as an ‘old maid’ to protect other women in a new and fiercely feminist historical mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Alison Goodman.
Lady Augusta Colebrook, “Gus,” is determinedly unmarried, bored by society life, and tired of being dismissed at the age of forty-two. She and her twin sister, Julia, who is grieving her dead betrothed, need a distraction. One soon presents itself: to rescue their friend’s goddaughter, Caroline, from her violent husband.The sisters set out to Caroline’s country estate with a plan, but their carriage is accosted by a highwayman. In the scuffle, Gus accidentally shoots and injures the ruffian, only to discover he is Lord Evan Belford, an acquaintance from their past who was charged with murder and exiled to Australia twenty years ago. What follows is a high adventure full of danger, clever improvisation, heart-racing near misses, and a little help from a revived and rather charming Lord Evan.
Back in London, Gus can’t stop thinking about her unlikely (not to mention handsome) comrade-in-arms. She is convinced Lord Evan was falsely accused of murder, and she is going to prove it. She persuades Julia to join her in a quest to help Lord Evan, and others in need—society be damned! And so begins the beguiling secret life and adventures of the Colebrook twins.
Collecting Can Be Murder by Jennifer S. Alderson
Carmen De Luca Art Sleuth Mysteries #1
Publication Date: May 31, 2023
Genre: Cozy Crafts and Hobbies Mystery
Coming out of retirement can be deadly…
After tragedy struck three years earlier, art sleuth Carmen De Luca vowed to never work in the field again. But fifty is too young to fill her days with water aerobics and bingo, so when her former partner calls and begs for her help, Carmen gladly agrees.
Yet after their first assignment – the recovery of a rare medieval prayer book from an eccentric collector living in rural France – goes horribly wrong, Carmen ends up in the crosshairs of both the local police and a murderer!
With her target dead and the stolen book missing, she and her partner will have to pull out all of the stops to sleuth out the true killer’s identity – before their stay in France becomes permanent.
Introducing Carmen De Luca, an art sleuth with a nose for mystery and the job of locating valuable artwork stolen from museums around the world. If you love strong and resourceful heroines, puzzling mysteries, and a dash of art history, pick up Collecting Can Be Murder now!
Restoration and Runes by Amy Boyles
Magical Renovation Mysteries #13
Publication Date: May 31, 2023
Genre: Cozy Paranormal Mystery
Can a cursed playboy warlock solve a murder and mend his ways before it’s too late?
Life is going great for Clementine. She’s engaged to a fantastic guy in Rufus and has started planning her wedding. It’s all bluebirds and bouquets.
That is until her fiancé’s cousin shows up. He’s a warlock in trouble. You see, he’s cursed. Devlin has been hexed so that his magic doesn’t work. No problem. Rufus is a fantastic wizard. He can cure Devlin in record time.
The only problem is—Rufus doesn’t want to. Devlin is a playboy with a huge emphasis on the play part. He’s always got a woman on each arm—and sometimes those women are married. Before Rufus will cure Devlin, he must stop all the womanizing.
Done. Sort of.
When one of Devlin’s girlfriends winds up dead, he becomes the primary suspect and he wants to flee the scene of the crime.
Can Rufus and Clem convince Devlin that they need to find the killer? Will he grow up enough to help them and win back his power? Or will Rufus’s cousin sink in the mire of his own immaturity and spend the rest of his life in prison?
Stormy Stars by Mildred Abbott
Cozy Corgi Mysteries #30
Publication Date: May 31, 2023
Genre: Cozy Animal Mystery
Detective Susan Green may not be the most cheerful of women. She could be described as intimidating, harsh, and possibility rude. As summer hits Estes Park and the tourists return to town, all those descriptors don’t begin to come close to the mood that falls over the local law enforcement. The only thing that has a chance of soothing the irritable detective is a pudgy corgi, who’s just as curmudgeonly as Susan herself.
The Mysteries of Tarot by Kirsten Weiss
Tea and Tarot Cozy Mysteries #7
Publication Date: May 31, 2023
Genre: Cozy Paranormal Mystery
How to Read the Cards for Transformation
When Tarot reader Hyperion Night sent his manuscript, The Mysteries of Tarot, to a friend to edit, it was a simple guide to reading Tarot. Hyperion couldn’t anticipate that his editor’s notes would evolve into a murder mystery, or that his friend would go missing. Shockingly, the annotated manuscript eventually made its way back to Hyperion, who forwarded it to the authorities.
Now this astonishing Tarot guide is available as a book. The Tarot guidebook features:
- Tarot basics―How to manage different interpretations of cards in a spread, how to read court cards, and a clear and simple method for dealing with reversals.
- Detailed card breakdowns― Keywords, flash non-fiction narratives, and a deep dive into the symbols of each of the 78 cards of the Major Arcana and Minor Arcana.
- Questions to apply to the cards for transforming your life―Insightful questions for each card to help you dig deeper into your Tarot reading practice.
Bonus feature: the guidebook also includes his editor’s comments on the more esoteric and philosophical interpretations of the Tarot, as well as his notes on the baffling mystery that engulfed him.
Gain deep insight from the cards, transform yourself, and solve The Mysteries of Tarot with this work of experimental fiction that’s part Tarot guidebook, part murder mystery.
Well, that’s it for the New Books Releasing Week 22 of 2023
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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