The Baroness’ Choices of New Books Publishing This Week
2024, Week 9’s New Books
My choices for this week include Paranormal Romantic Comedy, Cozy Culinary Mysteries, MG, MG Mythology, Crime Thriller, Sweet Romantic Suspense, and Cozy Paranormal Mystery.
Just four more days until it’s March! February is almost over, which means we are even closer to that spring weather that we were promised! How are you liking the year 2024 so far? I think it is having an identity crisis and possibly thinks it’s 2022.
All that kidding aside, I have two books that I am reading from this list. One review is out already, and the other won’t be out until the first full week of March.
Here are my choices for New Books Publishing Week 9 of 2024!
How to Fake It With A Fae by Amy Boyles
Seven Suitors For Seven Witches #1
Publication Date: February 25, 2024
Genre: Paranormal Romantic Comedy
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A broody fae king bent on revenge meets his match in this hilarious modern romance.
Book lover Addison Thornrose can match you with your next perfect read. Unfortunately, she can’t match herself with a good man. Her latest just dumped her. Worse, she’s learned that unless she marries, and quickly, her family will lose their witch magic—forever.
Feylin, king of the fae, has no interest in romance. In fact, the only thing he’s interested in is getting revenge on the Thornrose family for ruining his life. So when he learns that they’re holding a Bridgerton style ball to marry off their oldest daughter, Addison, he sees an opportunity for vengeance.
But what Feylin doesn’t expect is to start falling for Addison. And worse, he really doesn’t expect it when ancient fae magic binds them together.
His solution is to strike a bargain—be in a fake relationship. Just until they can break the spell between them, and just until he can get his revenge.
For Addison, this is a dream come true! She doesn’t want to be pawned off to a line of suitors, and she certainly doesn’t want to be engaged. But between the spine-tingling fake dates and the tension-infused banter, lines begin to blur. And Addison begins to wonder when her heart will stop faking it and her feelings become real.
This grumpy/sunshine witch romcom features a ballroom dance complete with frilly gowns, a magical bookshop, a tight-knit family, sisterhood, and of course, the promise of true love. It’s the first in a series of stand-alone romances.
Double Scoop of Murder by Lena Gregory
Coffee and Cream Cafe Mysteries #3
Publication Date: February 27, 2024
Genre: Cozy Culinary Mystery
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From author Lena Gregory comes a hunt for more than just treasure…
Danika Delany is loving running her uncle’s old fashioned malt shop on eastern Long Island and putting her own modern spin on the treats they serve. Life is finally looking up for her! That is, until local billionaire Maxwell Crumbholtz dies and leaves his fortune in the form of a treasure hunt. Chaos descends on Watchogue, and Dani and the rest of the gang from the Coffee & Cream Café join the melee when they enter the contest, try to decipher the clues, and go in search of the treasure. But Dani digs up more than she expected when she discovers a dead body buried instead of a treasure! To make matters worse, a witness claims to have seen Dani at the scene of the murder. Now, instead of a four-billion-dollar payday, Dani is on the hunt for a killer.
Finally Heard by Kelly Yang
Finally Seen #2
Publication Date: February 27, 2024
Genre: Middle Grade
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes the sequel to Finally Seen in which Lina gets a phone and tries to navigate social media, only to discover not everything online is what it seems.
When ten-year-old Lina Gao sees her mom’s video on social media take off, she’s captivated by the potential to be seen and heard! Maybe online she can finally find the confidence she craves. Whereas in real life she’s growing so fast, she feels like microwave popcorn, bursting out of her skin!
With the help of her two best friends, Carla and Finn, and her little sister, Millie, Lina sets off to go viral. Except there’s a lot more to social media than Lina ever imagined, like:
1. Seeing inside her classmates’ lives! Is she really the only person on the planet who doesn’t have a walk-in closet?
2. Group chats! Disappearing videos! What is everyone talking about in the secret chats? And how can she join?
3. A bazillion stories about what to eat, wear, and put on her face. Could they all be telling the truth? Everyone sounds so sure of what they’re saying!As Lina descends deeper and deeper into social media, it will take all her strength to break free from the likes and find the courage to be her authentic self in this fast-paced world.
Momo Arashima Breaks the Mirror of the Sun by Misa Sugiura
Momo Arashima #2
Publication Date: February 27, 2024
Genre: Middle Grade Mythology
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In the next book in the thrilling fantasy series filled with gods and monsters of Shinto mythology, a twelve-year-old girl must steal an ancient relic, work with new friends and learn to control her own dangerous power to defeat a new threat.
After vanquishing a demon king, saving her mom, and reconnecting with her friend Danny, Momo ought to be living the life she’s always wanted. But lately, Danny has been ditching her to hang out with mean-girl Ryleigh—and groups of kids have begun vanishing without a trace. Then a whole backyard full of cool kids at Ryleigh’s exclusive birthday party becomes the latest to disappear, leaving Momo, Ryleigh, Danny, boy band superstar Jin, and Momo’s old friend Niko the fox to fight a dangerous new enemy from Shinto legend.
This time they are up against Tamamo-no-mae—beautiful, bloodthirsty, and manipulative, she’s the ultimate mean girl of the Kami-verse. To defeat her, Momo must travel to the Sky Kingdom and steal the legendary Mirror of the Sun. But if she’s going to survive monster ambushes, escape giant snakes, and pull off the heist of the millennium, Momo will have to find a way to work with her team (even Ryleigh), and grapple with the growing power that connects her with her storm god grandfather, Susano’o’, and her greatest foe—Izanami the Destroyer.
Three-Inch Teeth by CJ Box
Joe Pickett #24
Publication Date: February 27, 2024
Genre: Crime Thriller
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Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts—one animal, one human—in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C.J. Box.
A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage—killing, among others, the potential fiancé of Joe’s daughter. At the same time, Dallas Cates, who Joe helped lock up years ago, is released from prison with a special list tattooed on his skin. He wants revenge on the people who sent him away: the six people he blames for the deaths of his entire family and the loss of his reputation and property.
Using the grizzly attacks as cover, Cates sets out to methodically check off his list. The problem is, both Nate Romanowski and Joe Pickett are on it.
Sangria and Secrets by Agatha Frost
Peridale Cafe Cozy Mystery #31
Publication Date: February 27, 2024
Genre: Cozy Culinary Mystery
Where the sangria flows… secrets are sure to follow
As the warm sun of Savega kisses the tranquil Spanish shores, a holiday meant for peace and quiet beckons Julia and her family. The picturesque Spanish town, with its whispering olive groves and vibrant plazas, holds a trove of memories—some fond and others shrouded in the shadows of a traumatic past, but their troubles are in the past, aren’t they?
Amidst the quaint cobbled streets and the welcoming embrace of Aunt Minnie’s hotel, La Casa, tensions simmer below the serene facade. The transformation of the once homely hotel into a sanctuary of spiritual retreat is disrupted by the sharp jolt of a mysterious drowning. Chloe Saunders, a glamourous influencer with a taste for drama, is found lifeless in the healing mineral baths in the dead of night.
As Julia, with her characteristic blend of intuition and persistence, steps up once more to unfurl the truth, she faces the riddles of a troubled hotel pulsing with secrets. With clues steeped in betrayal, revenge, and false prophesies, they grapple with the twisted narratives spun by an array of vivid suspects connected to the wellness community, each cloaking their true motives. Can Julia sift through the lies and untangle the knots of this Mediterranean mystery?
Unstuck by Barbara Dee
Publication Date: February 27, 2024
Genre: Middle Grade
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From critically acclaimed author Barbara Dee comes a middle grade novel about a girl whose struggles with anxiety and writer’s block set off unexpected twists and turns, both on and off the page.
Lyla is thrilled when her seventh-grade English language arts class begins a daily creative writing project. For the past year, she’s been writing a brilliant fantasy novel in her head, and here’s her chance to get it on paper! The plot to Lyla’s novel is super complicated, with battle scenes and witches and a mysterious one-toed-beast, but at its core, it’s about an overlooked girl who has to rescue her beautiful, highly accomplished older sister.
But writing a fantasy novel turns out to be harder than simply imagining one, and pretty soon Lyla finds herself stuck, experiencing a panic she realizes is writer’s block. Part of the problem is that she’s trying to impress certain people—like Rania, her best friend who’s pulling away, and Ms. Bowman, the coolest teacher at school. Plus, there’s the pressure of meeting the deadline for the town writing contest. A few years ago, Lyla’s superstar teen sister Dahlia came in second, and this time, Lyla is determined to win first prize.
Finally, Lyla confides about her writing problems to Dahlia, who is dealing with her own academic stress as she applies to college. That’s when she learns Dahlia’s secret, which is causing a very different type of writer’s block. Can Lyla rescue a surprisingly vulnerable big sister, both on the page and in real life?
The Payback Adventure by Melissa McClone
Billionaire Matchmaker #2
Publication Date: February 29, 2024
Genre: Sweet Romantic Suspense
A month to work on a berry farm with the one woman he shouldn’t want…
Billionaire Henry Davenport lives a life of luxury. He enjoys helping others find true love with matchmaking mischief and sending them on adventures full of cupid-inspired hijinks, but he has no plans to marry.
Until his friends decide to pay him back for his antics by sending Henry on an adventure of his own, one where he can’t rely on his wealth to succeed.
The stakes? If Henry lasts, he wins a lifetime of matchmaking privileges. If he quits, he must stop interfering in people’s love lives…forever.
His friends arrange for Henry to work at Elisabeth Wheeler’s struggling berry farm. She needs the help and thinks he needs work. Win-win, right?
Except she doesn’t know Henry’s keeping secrets from her.
The Billionaire Matchmaker series is a spinoff of The Billionaires of Silicon Valley and features Henry Davenport’s matchmaking adventures for his friends and himself. The Payback Adventure is the second in the four-book standalone series and has billionaire, age gap, small town, fish out of water, opposites attract, found family, and forced proximity.
This is a revised and updated version of a book previously published as The Billionaire’s Wedding Masquerade.
Sprites and Scuttlebutt by Elizabeth Pantley
Magical Mystery Book Club #6
Publication Date: March 1, 2024
Genre: Cozy Paranormal Mystery
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Would you join a book club that gets absorbed right into their cozy mysteries? These people did, and now they are hooked on traveling into books to become the amateur sleuths!
In this journey, the book club travels to the Kingdom of Everglow, where the royal family is rocked to the core when a key staff member falls dead at a community event. In the turmoil that follows, any evidence of what happened is destroyed, so they must go by the recollection of witnesses who were too busy enjoying the celebration to offer any valuable testimony. The royal family is further distressed when they return to the castle to see signs of a break in that somehow defied their complex security system. They wake the next day to discover that one member of the royal family has fallen into a deep, deathlike sleep.
Can the Snapdragon Inn Book Club uncover the plot behind this attack on the royal family? Can they find the antidote to wake the princess from her supernatural slumber? Can they bring peace back to the worried royal family and the frightened community? Let’s hope they can, since they must solve the mystery and reach The End to get out of the book and back to their home in Colorado.
Well, that’s it for the New Books Releasing Week 9 of 2024
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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