Happy April, everyone! In today’s post, we’re going to share a selection of our most anticipated debuts for this month. So, if you’re looking to find your new favourite author, just keep on reading!
Contemporary
Stay Up with Hugo Best by Erin Somers (April 2)
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An incredibly timely, terrifically witty and moving debut about a young writer’s assistant on a late night comedy show and what transpires when she accepts an invitation from its enigmatic host to spend a long weekend at his mansion in Connecticut.
You’d Be Mine by Erin Hahn (April 2)
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Annie Mathers is America’s sweetheart and heir to a country music legacy full of all the things her Gran warned her about. Superstar Clay Coolidge is most definitely going to end up one of those things. He needs to convince Annie to join his summer tour, or else his music label is going to drop him. But, what will happened when romance started to spark between the two of them?
The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary (April 18)
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Tiffy Moore needs a cheap flat, and fast. Leon Twomey works nights and needs cash. Their friends think they’re crazy, but it’s the perfect solution: Leon occupies the one-bed flat while Tiffy’s at work in the day, and she has the run of the place the rest of the time. And they’re about to discover that if you want the perfect home you need to throw the rulebook out the window…
Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan (April 30)
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Elouise (Lou) Parker is determined to have the absolute best, most impossibly epic summer of her life. There are just a few things standing in her way: a new job at Magic Castle Playland as a dancing hot dog, a crush who already has a girlfriend, a strained friendship, and a last summer at Magic Castle Playland before it closes.
Literary
Lights All Night Long by Lydia Fitzpatrick (April 2)
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Lights All Night Long is a thrilling story of the fierce love between brothers, Ilya Alexandrovich Ekhlakov and his older brother, Vladimir, the sacrifices for family, and the power the past holds over the future.
The Ash Family by Molly Dektar (April 9)
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When a young woman leaves her family—and the civilized world—to join an off-the-grid community headed by an enigmatic leader, she discovers that belonging comes with a deadly cost, in this lush and searing debut novel.
Mystery
A Lily in the Light by Kristin Fields (April 1)
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A harrowing debut novel of a tragic disappearance and one sister’s journey through the trauma that has shaped her life.
Little Lovely Things by Maureen Joyce Connolly (April 2)
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Little Lovely Things is the story of a family shattered by an unthinkable tragedy. Played out in multiple narrative voices, the novel explores how the lives of those affected fatefully intersect, and highlights the potential catastrophe of the small decisions we make every day.
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim (April 16)
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A literary courtroom drama about a Korean immigrant family and a young, single mother accused of murdering her eight-year-old autistic son, when an experimental medical treatment device mysteriously explodes and killing two people.
Little Darlings by Melanie Golding (April 30)
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Everyone says Lauren Tranter is exhausted, that she needs rest. And they’re right; with newborn twins, Morgan and Riley, she’s never been more tired in her life. But she knows what she saw: that night, in her hospital room, a woman tried to take her babies and replace them with her own…creatures. Yet when the police arrived, they saw no one. Everyone, from her doctor to her husband, thinks she’s imagining things. A month passes. And one bright summer morning, the babies disappear from Lauren’s side in a park. But when they’re found, something is different about them. The infants look like Morgan and Riley―to everyone else. But to Lauren, something is off. They are not her babies.
SFF
The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray #1) by Christine Lynn Herman (April 2)
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Trying to fit in her new school and neighbourhood in Four Paths, Violet Saunders, descendant of one of the town’s founders, doesn’t have much hope. But when she met the other descendants of town’s founders, bodies started to appear in the woods, the locals become downright hostile. Can they solve the mystery of Four Paths, and their own part in it, before another calamity strikes?
Wicked Saints (Something Dark and Holy #1) by Emily A. Duncan (April 2)
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A girl who can speak to gods must save her people without destroying herself. A prince in danger must decide who to trust. A boy with a monstrous secret waits in the wings. Together, they must assassinate the king and stop the war.
Descendant of the Crane by Joan He (April 9)
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A journey of Princess Hesina of Yan who suddenly got thrust into becoming a queen of an unstable kingdom when her father mysteriously murdered. Determined to find her father’s killer, Hesina’s willing to do and sacrifice everything.
The Tiger at Midnight (The Tiger at Midnight Trilogy #1) by Swati Teerdhala (April 23)
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Esha, the rebels’ highly skilled assassin known as Viper, devoted her life to avenging what she lost in the royal coup and now in mission to take down the ruthless General Hotha. Kunal, the trained soldier since a child, devoted his life to uphold the power of King Vardaan. When their paths crossed, an unimaginable chain of events unfolds and they realized that they’re not the only players moving the pieces.
