The Baroness’ Choices of New Books Publishing This Week
2023, Week 24’s New Books
My choices for this week include Sweet Royal Romance, Cozy Culinary Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Middle Grade Fantasy, Cozy Historical Mystery, and Cozy Crafts and Hobbies Mystery.
What are everyone’s plans for the summer? I don’t really know if we have any as of right now. I know that we are probably going to be hanging out at our house and trying to stay cool for our first Texas summer.
Don’t these books look so amazing?!
Here are my choices for New Books Publishing Week 24 of 2023!
For the Love of Dinosaurs by Tomi Tabb
Royals of Isola Nostrum #2
Publication Date: June 13, 2023
Genre: Sweet Royal Romance
Can a royally fake engagement really come with no strings attached?
Nora is a Crown Princess whose last priority is getting married. She’d much rather spend her time with Mr. Darcy-like fictional men.
Lucas is an Earl and a future Duke. Now that he’s back in the UK after spending the last year in Argentina, his father expects him to start learning the duties and responsibilities that come with his title. Except Lucas has other ideas and the only person who he trusts to help him is Nora.
They’ve been friends since their university days and have both grown up facing the weight of expectations that come with having a royal title.
Nora knows better than anyone just how much Lucas loves dinosaurs. When he begins to question his future career plans, she steps in with an offer she knows will solve his problem with the Duke—a fake engagement.
Yet, as Nora and Lucas come to learn, living a lie is anything but easy, especially when there might be more to their friendship than either of them might have thought.
Will the search for prehistoric fossils lead to a discovery of new love?
This is a royal romance for sweet and clean romance readers. Kissing only and no cursing. It is the second in the Royals of Isola Nostrum series, but can be read as a stand alone novel.
Muddled Matrimonial Murder by Kim Davis
Cupcake Catering Mystery #6
Publication Date: June 13, 2023
Genre: Cozy Culinary Mystery
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With only two weeks left to finalize the arrangements for the nuptial ceremony and reception for Emory Martinez’s best friend, Brad, and a Thanksgiving feast to plan, she has enough to keep her busy. But when Emory and Brad stumble across the body of his former stalker, with a wedding gift marble muddler lying next to the body, it soon becomes apparent someone is intent on framing the groom before vows can be exchanged.
How did the victim locate Brad, and how did she end up being murdered at the scene of the impending nuptials? Was someone so desperate to stop the wedding that they’d resort to murder? Or was she killed for revenge? As the countdown to the wedding speeds by, it’ll take Emory and her family and friends pulling together to pick through the muddled clues to clear the groom’s name.
Includes recipes.
Paint Me a Crime by Holly Yew
Rose Shore Mystery #1
Publication Date: June 13, 2023
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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Art curator Jessamine Rhodes has left behind her gig at a prominent gallery in the city to open her own community art center in the small town of Rose Shore. She’s all set to host an extravagant opening watercolors class and has even booked a famous artist to teach it. Gabriella Everhart brings along her priceless painting Tranquil to showcase as the centerpiece of the event.
The opening class is just wrapping up when suddenly Tranquil disappears before Jessamine’s eyes. Next, the lights of the art center flicker out and leave the crowd in complete darkness as a scream pierces the air. To her horror, Jessamine’s flashlight reveals that prestigious art collector Victor Carlisle has been murdered, and now her dreams are as shattered as the champagne glass found near the scene.
Determined to save her now teetering reputation, Jessamine sets out to search for answers and the missing painting on her own. She has invested everything into her art center and is too anxious to step back and do nothing. Along the way, she teams up with a handsome paramedic who seems to have his own reasons for wanting justice for Victor’s tragedy.
The Hunt for the Hollower by Callie C. Miller
Publication Date: June 13, 2023
Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
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In this riff on Arthurian legend, a wizardess who is still mastering her powers goes on an epic quest to save her brother from an evil wizard in this middle grade magical adventure perfect for fans of Adam Gidwitz and Amanda Foody!
The great wizard Merlyn prophesized that his seventh descendant would do wonderful, miraculous things—baffling everyone when his great-great-many-times-great grandchild turns out to be twins. Soon enough, however, it becomes clear which sibling is the Septimum Genus: Percy is a natural with magic. Merlynda (to put it simply) is not.
But Merlynda doesn’t mind. Percy has always been by her side to cheer her up (and clean up) after her magical bungles—until the twins attempt a forbidden spell to help her control her magic, and Percy vanishes through a portal and straight into the clutches of the magic-stealing, mythical Hollower.
Aided by her best friend (who longs to be a knight), a wandering musician (who is fleeing from his past), and her brand-new, fierce familiar (who yearns for a taste of funnel cake), Merlynda sets off on a quest to rescue her brother. But to defeat this ancient evil, she must discover and embrace her true powers—or else lose her brother for good.
Murder at the Pontchartrain by Kathleen Kaska
Sydney Lockhart Mystery #6
Publication Date: June 15, 2023
Genre: Cozy Historical Mystery
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I’m Sydney Lockhart. I solve murders, most of which I’m the primary suspect. My boyfriend/partner, Ralph Dixon, and I came to the Pontchartrain Hotel in New Orleans to get married. Instead, Dixon’s in jail for a double murder. I’m in a swamp, spying on the KKK. Helping me untangle this mess is my bubble-headed cousin Ruth who’s undercover as a hotel chef. My twelve-year-old charge, Lydia LaBeau, dressed as a voodoo queen, is looking for clues at Pat O’Brien’s. Rip Thigbee, a ghost detective, is my only hope. So, mix yourself a Hurricane and join me in the Big Easy for another historic hotel murder case.
A Crafty Collage of Crime by Lois Winston
Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery #12
Publication Date: June 16, 2023
Genre: Cozy Crafts and Hobbies Mystery
Wherever crafts editor and reluctant amateur sleuth Anastasia Pollack goes, murder and mayhem follow. Her honeymoon is no exception. She and new husband, photojournalist (and possible spy) Zachary Barnes, are enjoying a walk in the Tennessee woods when they stumble upon a body on the side of a creek. The dead man is the husband of one of the three sisters who own the winery and guest cottages where Anastasia and Zack are vacationing.
When the local sheriff sets his sights on the widow as the prime suspect, her sisters close ranks around her. The three siblings are true-crime junkies, and thanks to a podcaster who has produced an unauthorized series about her, Anastasia’s reputation for solving murders has preceded her to the bucolic hamlet. The sisters plead for her help in finding the real killer. As Anastasia learns more about the women and their business, a host of suspects emerge, including several relatives, a relentless land developer, and even the sisters themselves.
Meanwhile, Anastasia becomes obsessed with discovering the podcaster’s identity. Along with knowing about Anastasia’s life as a reluctant amateur sleuth, the podcaster has divulged details of Anastasia’s personal life. Someone has betrayed Anastasia’s trust, and she’s out to discover the identity of the culprit.
Craft project included.
Well, that’s it for the New Books Releasing Week 24 of 2023
Drop a comment if you like one of the books above or if you have one to recommend.
Thank you for stopping by,
Happy Reading!
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