Saving the Star by Rachel Bowdler
Cover Story by Rachel Lacey
Seas and Greetings by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone
Guarded Desires by Anna Stone
The Bodyguard Affair by Anna Stone and Hildred Billings
Bonus: These are all contemporary, but for Historical Fantasy, check out Daughter of Mystery by Heather Rose Jones
Today on the site I am so delighted to welcome Isabel Sterling and reveal the cover of her debut adult Romance, With All My Haunted Heart, releasing September 8, 2026 from Berkley! Here’s the story:
A witch hired to ethically haunt a small-town B&B instead finds herself spellbound by her non-magical client in this cozy and enchanting sapphic romance.
Steadily losing clients to the new DIY-magic shop on the other side of town, Pippa Ainsley is getting desperate. Instead of hiring the witch to correct their magical maladies, local mundanes have been taking their chances with the cheaper—and unpredictable—crystals and herb blends. So when Pippa’s best friend hires her to inspect his newly acquired bed-and-breakfast for ghosts, she doesn’t think twice about it.
That is, until she learns that his unfairly attractive co-owner, Elle Thompson, doesn’t want Pippa to rid their business of spirits. She wants Pippa to give them an edge over the competition by haunting their B&B.
It’s the perfect challenge for Pippa’s experimental magic, but just because she could figure it out, doesn’t mean it’s a smart or safe idea. But Elle is persistent, and the financial boost could save her own business if Pippa succeeds. Soon, Pippa finds herself testing the limits of her magic… and her ability to stop the growing attraction she feels toward Elle, a woman with a painful secret of her own.
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And now, here’s the gorgeous cover, designed by Katie Anderson with art by Chloe Quinn!
Buy it: Bookshop | Amazon | Penguin Random House
Isabel Sterling writes stories about queer love and resilience with a witty magical twist. She is the author of several novels, including: These Witches Don’t Burn, The Coldest Touch, and With All My Haunted Heart. Isabel is also a master certified life coach, the founder of The Confident Author Academy, and the host of The Author Burnout Cure podcast. Connect with Isabel at www.IsabelSterling.com or on Instagram.
Today on the site I’m delighted to welcome Georgia K. Boone, author of I’ll Be Gone for Christmas, to celebrate National Coming Out Day! Here’s a little more about the book, which just released this week from Avon Books:
Bee Tyler needs a break. In the bustling San Francisco tech community, no one ever seems to stand still—especially her perfect sister and business partner, Beth. So when her best friend suggests a getaway on the wildly popular house-swap app, Vacate, Bee decides a countryside retreat might be exactly what she needs.
Clover Mills has had a year. Between losing her mother and making the complicated decision to leave her fiancé, sticking around the idyllic Christmas obsessed town of Salem, Ohio, just doesn’t feel right. So when she hears about Vacate, she jumps at the chance to spend the holidays in the unfamiliar city of San Francisco.
Soon enough, Bee is living in Clover’s cozy Salem cottage, and Clover is living in Bee’s sleek San Francisco apartment. As Clover can’t seem to stop running into Bee’s frustratingly gorgeous sister, Beth, and Bee finds herself spending more and more time with Clover’s ultra charming ex-fiancé, Knox, the two women realize that this Christmas they may find just what they were looking for and more…
And here’s author Georgia K. Boone, to talk about the trickiness of writing a Coming Out, as someone who’s done it in real life:
