If you’re looking to be transported into a different era, Suitors and Sabotage will take you to 19th century London or Melissa De La Cruz’s new instalment focusing Alexander Hamilton and Eliza Schuyler is set in 1780 New York.

Read on to discover our picks and tell us in the comments below if you will be checking any of them out!

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland | Goodreads

Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville—derailing the War Between the States and changing America forever. Jane is studying to become an Attendant, trained in both weaponry and etiquette to protect the well-to-do. It’s a chance for a better life for Negro girls like Jane. Almost finished with her education, Jane is set on returning to her Kentucky home, but when families around Baltimore County begin to go missing, Jane is caught in the middle of a conspiracy, one that finds her in a desperate fight for her life against some powerful enemies. And the restless dead, it would seem, are the least of her problems.

Isle of Blood and Stone by Makiia Lucier | Goodreads

Nineteen-year-old Elias is a royal explorer, a skilled mapmaker, and the new king of del Mar’s oldest friend. Embarking on the adventure of a lifetime, nothing stands in his way…until a long-ago tragedy creeps back into the light. Two boy princes were kidnapped eighteen years ago and presumed dead, but when two maps surface, troubling questions arise. What really happened to the young heirs? And why do the maps appear to be drawn by Lord Antoni, Elias’s father, who vanished on that same fateful day? With the king’s beautiful cousin by his side-whether he wants her there or not-Elias will race to solve the riddle of the princes. 

Suitors and Sabotage by Cindy Anstey | Goodreads

Shy aspiring artist Imogene Chively has just had a successful Season in London, complete with a suitor of her father’s approval. Imogene is ambivalent about the young gentleman until he comes to visit her at the Chively estate with his younger brother in tow. When her interest is piqued, however, it is for the wrong brother. Charming Ben Steeple has a secret: despite being an architectural apprentice, he has no drawing aptitude. When Imogene offers to teach him, Ben is soon smitten by the young lady he considers his brother’s intended. But hiding their true feelings becomes the least of their problems when, after a series of “accidents,” it becomes apparent that someone means Ben harm.

Black Chuck by Regan McDonell | Goodreads

Psycho. Sick. Dangerous. Real Dufresne’s reputation precedes him. When the mangled body of his best friend, Shaun, turns up in a field just east of town, tough-as-hell Real blames himself. But except for the nightmares, all Re remembers is beating the living crap out of Shaun the night of his death. Shaun’s girlfriend, sixteen-year-old Evie Hawley, keeps her feelings locked up tight. But now she’s pregnant, and the father of her baby is dead. And when Real looks to her to atone for his sins, everything goes sideways. Fast. The tighter Evie and Real get, the faster things seem to fall apart. And falling in love might just be the card that knocks the whole house down.

Leah On The Offbeat by Becky Albertalli | Goodreads

Leah Burke—girl-band drummer, master of deadpan, and Simon Spier’s best friend from the award-winning Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda—takes center stage. Only her mom knows Leah is bisexual, she hasn’t mustered the courage to tell her friends—not even her openly gay BFF, Simon. So Leah really doesn’t know what to do when her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways. With prom and college on the horizon, tensions are running high. It’s hard for Leah to strike the right note while the people she loves are fighting—especially when she realizes she might love one of them more than she ever intended.

Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody | Goodreads

Enne Salta was raised as a proper young lady, and no lady would willingly visit New Reynes, the so-called City of Sin. But when her mother goes missing, Enne follows her mother’s trail to the city where no one survives uncorrupted. Her only lead is Levi Glaisyer—a street lord and a con man. Their search for clues leads them through glamorous casinos, illicit cabarets and into the clutches of a ruthless mafia donna. As Enne unearths an impossible secret about her past, Levi’s enemies catch up to them, ensnaring him in a vicious execution game where the players always lose. To save him, Enne will need to surrender herself to the city… And she’ll need to play.

Neverland by Margot McGovern | Goodreads

When she was twelve, Kit Learmonth watched her parents drown in a storm. Now seventeen, Kit doesn’t remember the incident, and her only clear memories from before her parents’ death are of the fantastical stories of pirates and mermaids that she and her dad invented about the small island where she grew up, a place she calls Neverland. Following Kit’s parents’ deaths, her uncle and guardian, Doc, transformed the island into a boarding school for mentally ill teenagers and sent Kit away to school on the mainland. But when Kit tries and fails to end her life, Doc brings her home to the island and places her in the care of his colleague, Dr Hannah Ward. Resisting her treatment, Kit instead pulls her friends deeper into her world of make-believe. It’s only when Kit and her new boyfriend, Rohan, take the fantasy too far and land themselves in very real danger that her faith in Neverland is shaken, and Kit must find a way back to reality.

Love & War by Melissa De La Cruz | Goodreads

1780. Albany, New York. As the war for American Independence carries on, two newlyweds are settling into their new adventure: marriage. But the honeymoon’s over, and Alexander Hamilton and Eliza Schuyler are learning firsthand just how tricky wedded life can be. Alex is still General George Washington’s right-hand man and his attention these days is nothing if not divided–much like the colonies’ interests as the end of the Revolution draws near. Alex & Eliza’s relationship is tested further by lingering jealousies and family drama.

Inferno by Julie Kagawa | Goodreads

What if dragons walked among us in human form? Enter a modern fantasy of heroes, sacrifice, forbidden love and enemies turned allies who have no choice but to fight side by side… Don’t miss the epic conclusion as Ember, Riley and Garrett face off against Dante and the Talon dragon clones. Join them…or burn.

The Summer of Broken Things by Margaret Peterson Haddix | Goodreads

Fourteen-year-old Avery Armisted is athletic, rich, and pretty. Sixteen-year-old Kayla Butts is known as “butt-girl” at school. The two girls were friends as little kids, but that’s ancient history now. So it’s a huge surprise when Avery’s father offers to bring Kayla along on a summer trip to Spain. Avery is horrified that her father thinks he can choose her friends—and make her miss soccer camp. Kayla struggles just to imagine leaving the confines of her small town. But in Spain, the two uncover a secret their families had hidden from both of them their entire lives. Maybe the girls can put aside their differences and work through it together. Or maybe the lies and betrayal will only push them—and their families—farther apart.

White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig | Goodreads

Rufus Holt is having the worst night of his life. It begins with the reappearance of his ex-boyfriend, Sebastian—the guy who stomped his heart out like a spent cigarette. Just as Rufus is getting ready to move on, Sebastian turns up out of the blue, saying they need to “talk.” But then Rufus gets a call from his sister April, begging for help. And then he and Sebastian find her, drenched in blood and holding a knife, beside the dead body of her boyfriend, Fox Whitney. April swears she didn’t kill Fox—but Rufus knows her too well to believe she’s telling him the whole truth. April has something he needs, though, and her price is his help. Now, with no one to trust but the boy he wants to hate yet can’t stop loving, Rufus has one night to prove his sister’s innocence…or die trying.

Lifeline by Abbey Lee Nash | Goodreads

Popular high school senior Eli Ross has the perfect life. He’s captain of the lacrosse team at LionsHeart Academy, and he’s dating Savannah, the hottest, most popular girl at school. But that life comes crashing down when he overdoses at a party and is sent to LakeShore Recovery Center, an inpatient substance abuse treatment program where he’ll spend the next twenty-eight days. It’s there that Eli meets Libby, the sharp-edged artist, whose freshly tattooed scars mirror the emotional scars Eli tries his best to ignore. Eli soon learns that if he’s to have any chance at a future, he’ll first have to confront his past.

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The Inconceivable Life of Quinn by Marianna Baer | Out Now | Goodreads
Quinn Cutler is sixteen, the daughter of a high-profile Brooklyn politician and she’s also pregnant, which is more shocking since she has no memory of ever having sex. Before she can solve the mystery, her story becomes public and will jeopardize her reputation, relationship and her father’s campaign, especially since religious fanatics believe Quinn is a virgin, pregnant with the next messiah. Her search for answers uncovers lies and family secrets—strange, possibly supernatural ones. Might she, in fact, be a virgin?

The Whole Thing Together by Ann Brashares | April 25 | Goodreads
Summer for Sasha and Ray means the sprawling old house on Long Island. Since they were children, they’ve shared almost everything from reading the same books to laughing around the same dining table, except they’ve never met. Her dad was once married to Ray’s mom, but their marriage crumbled. Now with two new families, neither one will give up the beach house that holds so many memories. This summer, the lives of Sasha, Ray, and their siblings intersect in ways none of them ever dreamed.

Zenn Diagram by Wendy Brant | Out Now | Goodreads
Eva Walker is a seventeen-year-old math genius and if that doesn’t do wonders for her popularity, when she touches another person or their belongings, she sees a vision of their emotions. From fears and anxieties to discovering their secrets and love interests, Eva avoids touching people. But one day a new student named Zenn walks into her life and he gives off so much emotional trauma that it causes her to faint. She becomes drawn to him especially when she discovers the history which links them and the truth threatens to tear them apart.

Duels and Deception by Cindy Anstey | April 11 | Goodreads
Miss Lydia Whitfield, heiress to the family fortune, has her future entirely planned out. She will run the family estate until she marries the man of her late father’s choosing and be the devoted wife. With the marriage contracts being drawn up by Mr Newton, the two find themselves kidnapped. Someone is after her reputation and fortune so Lydia strives to keep her family’s name intact and expose whoever is behind it. But as the investigation delves deeper, their affections grow and she wonders whether her planned future is what she wants.

Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray | Out Now | Goodreads
Noemi Vidal is a seventeen-year-old soldier sworn to protect her planet and willing to risk anything, including her life. Abandoned in space for years, Abel has advanced programming that’s begun to evolve and he only wants to protect his creator and to be free. The two are enemies in an interstellar war, forced by chance to work together and their efforts would end the fighting for good, but not without sacrifice. The stakes are higher than they realised and they are forced to question everything.

Legion by Julie Kagawa (Book 4) | April 25 | Goodreads
Dragon hatchling Ember Hill was never prepared to find love at all, let alone the love from a human and a former dragonslayer. After ex-soldier Garret sacrificed his freedom and life to expose the deepest of betrayals and now Ember knows everything she was taught at Talon isn’t true. In the face of loss, she vows to stand with rogue dragon Riley against the dragon-slaying Order and her twin brother Dante–the heir apparent to all of Talon, and the boy who will soon unleash the greatest threat and terror dragonkind has ever known.

Grendel’s Guide to Love and War by A. E. Kaplan | April 18 | Goodreads
Tom Grendel lives a quiet life from writing in his notebooks to pining for Willow, the girl next-door. When Willow’s brother begins to throw wild parties, the idyllic senior citizens’ community is transformed into a war zone. Tom isn’t happy, especially with his dad’s PTSD triggered by the noise, so he comes up with a plan to end the parties. One retaliation leads to another, and things escalate causing Tom and Willow to drift, except the question isn’t so much whether Tom Grendel will win the day and get the girl, but whether he’ll survive intact

Pointe, Claw by Amber J. Keyser | Out Now | Goodreads
Jessie Vale dances in an elite ballet program that requires perfection to land a spot with the professional company. When she is cast in an animalistic avant-garde production, her careful composure cracks wide open. Nothing has felt more dangerous.

Serenade by Heather McKenzie | April 17 | Goodreads
Eighteen-year old Kaya Lowen dreams of living a normal life, but being heiress to a billion-dollar company comes with danger. Guarded by her powerful and corrupt father, she develops close bonds with those who protect her, especially Oliver who proves his devotion to her and wins her heart—until she has an encounter with a mysterious stranger. Her world is unravelled when she’s kidnapped and held captive in the wilderness, but the discovery of a dark family secret makes her wonder if staying with her abductor is a safer place to be.

Between Two Skies by Joanne O’Sullivan | April 25 | Goodreads
Bayou Perdu, a tiny fishing town in Louisiana is home to sixteen-year-old Evangeline Riley. She has her best friends, her beloved Mamere and back-to-back titles in the under-sixteen fishing rodeo, but she is most at peace when she takes her boat out to where there’s nothing but sky and air. It’s a small life until the storm comes and changes everything. Amid the chaos, pain and destruction comes Tru—a fellow refugee, a budding bluesman and a balm for Evangeline’s aching heart.

180 Seconds by Jessica Park | April 25 | Goodreads
Some people live their entire lives without changing their perspective. For Allison Dennis, all it takes is 180 seconds… After a life spent bouncing from one foster home to the next, she is determined to keep others at arm’s length. One unsuspecting afternoon, she is roped into a social experiment at college where she finds herself forced to interact with a complete stranger in front a crowd. Neither she, nor Esben Baylor, the dreamy social media star seated opposite her, is prepared for the outcome.

The Takedown by Corrie Wang | April 11 | Goodreads
Kyla Cheng doesn’t expect you to like her. She’s on track to be valedictorian, president of her community club, a debate team champ and she rules the school. But a week before college applications are due, a video of Kyla “doing it” with her English teacher is uploaded and goes viral. The issue is that it’s not Kyla and she soon finds herself in a world of hackers, haters and stalkers. Set in near-future Brooklyn, where privacy is a bygone luxury and every perfect profile masks damning secrets, Kyla attempts to do the impossible by taking something off the Internet.

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