“Wickedly clever and brutal in the best way. American Ghoul is a hair-raising, grimly funny American tale that’s sharply observed and entertaining as hell. Michelle McGill-Vargas arrives with a totally original voice, and her debut is unmissable.” —Rachel Harrison, bestselling author of Black Sheep and Such Sharp Teeth
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- American Ghoul
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Read by Jeanette Illidge
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Release Date: 9/03/24
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Print ARC, Trade Paperback
A wildly entertaining debut from Michelle McGill-Vargas, American Ghoul deftly combines horror and social commentary—with a dash of buddy comedy—in an innovative twist on the vampire genre.
You can’t kill someone who’s already dead.
That’s what Lavinia keeps telling her jailer after—allegedly—killing her mistress, Simone Arceneau. But how could Simone be dead when she was taking callers just a few minutes before? And why was her house always so dark?
Lavinia, a recently freed slave, met Simone, a recently undead vampire, by chance on a plantation in post–Civil War Georgia. With nothing remaining for either woman in the South, the two form a fast friendship and head north. However, Lavinia quickly learns that teaming up with this white woman may be more than she bargained for.
Simone is reckless and impulsive—which would’ve been bad enough on its own, but when combined with her particular diet, Lavinia finds herself in way over her head. As she is forced to repeatedly compromise her morals and struggles to make lasting human connections, Lavinia begins to wonder, is she truly free or has she merely exchanged one form of enslavement for another? As bodies start to pile up in the small Indiana town they’ve settled in, people start to take a second look at the two newcomers, and Simone and Lavinia’s relationship is stretched to its breaking point …
- American Ghoul
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Read by Jeanette Illidge
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Release Date: 9/03/24
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Print ARC, Trade Paperback
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- Wayfinders
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By Bryan Chick
Read by Jeanette Illidge
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Release Date: 3/12/24
Formats: Trade Print ARC, Hardcover, Trade Paperback
From the author of the bestselling Secret Zoo series, Wayfinders is a delightful tale of a father and daughter who set out on a quest to save a group of fairy-tale creatures.
Between school and family drama, Chloe has more than enough on her plate.
But when a giant literally crashes into her house—not to mention the mermaid in the bathtub and the unicorn in the barn—Chloe and her dad find themselves on a wild adventure to save a group of fairy-tale creatures and help return them to their home.
To do so, they must find a way to reopen a secret portal to a magical world while preventing others from taking the magic for themselves. Chloe and her dad must be brave, work together, and face their biggest fears, or they risk losing their magical new friends forever.
Wayfinders introduces a brand-new world of enchantment and adventure, perfect for fans of The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Crenshaw, and When You Trap a Tiger.
- Wayfinders
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By Bryan Chick
Read by Jeanette Illidge
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Release Date: 3/12/24
Formats: Trade Print ARC, Hardcover, Trade Paperback