Today on the site I’m delighted to reveal the cover of In Your Starlight by Marina Baker, a lesbian romcom releasing December 15, 2026 from Contrarian Publishing! Here’s the story:
Engaged to the supposed love of her life and starring in a major motion picture, Regan Marshall was supposed to have it all. But her rising star falls abruptly when her fiancé’s cheating scandal breaks and his fans turn on her, crash landing her into Chester Ridge, the small hometown that she hasn’t visited properly in years. And everything is the same yet so, so different.
When her childhood best friend gets engaged, he asks Regan to be his best man. On one condition: Regan must play nice with their former best friend, Maia Fischer. Maia, who now runs her grandfather’s bakery. Maia, who she had a falling out with the night of high school graduation. Maia, who Regan has been running away from ever since.
Forced into their friend’s wedding party together, Regan and Maia slowly begin mending fences and discover there might even be something more between them. But when Hollywood begins calling Regan’s name again, she must decide whether to risk everything she’s been building in Chester Ridge or to let go of the string pulling her back toward the big screen.
And here’s the dreamy cover by Emily Nolan!
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Marina Baker has lived in Ventura, California their entire life, and they have been writing for the majority of that time. She is a lesbian interested in telling sapphic love stories, as she believes the romance genre could use more queer love stories. Queer love and queer joy are such a light in the stories that people tell, and she is honored to be a part of LGBTQ+ storytelling. Their hope is that young queer people can look to their writing as a source of comfort, just as they have.
Jaliya Powell has never had a real adventure, a real boyfriend, or spoken up for herself. She’s never even been kissed. Despite being valedictorian of her high school class, Jaliya is used to fading into the background.
Hockey star Diego Ferguson says he knows about the grind, but he’s about to learn that his new personal trainer, Callan, gives the word a whole new meaning. 
Elsie Parker is having a totally normal fifth grade year.
“Come to me, and be mine for eternity.”
Emma R. Alban is a USA Today bestselling author and screenwriter. Raised in the Hudson Valley, she now lives in Los Angeles, enjoying the eternal sunshine, ocean, and mountains. When she isn’t writing books or screenplays, she can usually be found stress baking with the AC on full blast, skiing late into the spring, singingshowtunes at the top of her lungs on the freeway, and reading anywhere there’s somewhere to lean. She is the author of Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend, You’re the Problem, It’s You, and Like in Love with You.