“People blame powerful women for everything.”

There is doom to be found everywhere if doom is what you seek.

“Because the problem with knowledge, Miss Rhodes, is its inexhaustible craving. The more of it you have, the less you feel you know….”

The Lost Apothecary tells the story of present-day Caroline and late 1700s Nella. These two women are different, with different problems, but common similarities of troubled relationships and external forces seemingly working against them.

Bryce continues to discover Danika’s secrets, despite Danika’s death two years prior, and we learn of Danika’s involvement with Ophion, the human rebel alliance trying to take down the Vanir and the Asteri.

When Bryce is out on the town one night, she meets unspeakable tragedy. Two years later, this night resurfaces and Hunt is assigned to watch Bryce and solve the mystery of that night. Neither Bryce nor Hunt predict the truth they will uncover and the nasty web the angels have woven to retain power and keep the other citizens under their thumbs.

Kinch is a member of the Thieves Guild. When an attack on a solo traveler, Galva, goes wrong, he’s tasked to accompany (or follow) her to the far northwest corner of the world, Oustrim. First, they seek out a witch, Norrigal, who joins their party. Along the way, Kinch, Galva, and Norrigal get into scrapes and get themselves out of trouble.

Despite a full client list and a waiting list, when two YouTube creators are attacked in London, the Strike Detective Agency has one more case they can’t turn away.

Mika builds strong relationships with all the members of Nowhere House while working with the three young witches to teach them to control their powers. When this unique family finds themselves in potential trouble, Mika must choose between following the carefully prescribed rules or following her heart.

As the last (barely) surviving member of his household, Robin knows he’s hallucinating when a white man hands him a silver bar that heals him. Under the guardianship of Professor Lovell, Robin is tutored and educated until it’s time for him to begin studying at the prestigious Oxford University. When Robin uncovers a plot for the British to go to war with China, he, and his cohorts, must decide if their allegiances lie with the Crown or with a homeland they never truly knew.

As more and more unusual events unfold in the city of Bezim, Siyon realizes that he may be the one responsible from saving the city, its people, and the Mundane plane from certain destruction.

Following the events in Shanghai with Juliette and Roma, Rosalind Lang is now working for the Nationalists as an assassin fighting both Communists and Imperial Japan. When her new assignment finds her playing house with another agent, Rosalind must find a way to do her job and keep her walls up to protect both national and personal secrets.

When Addison Haywood’s magic breaks and the Shadow Garden starts to suffer, three generations of Haywood women must work together, with the help of a mysterious visitor, to untangle the mystery of the Bonner’s Bourbon and a death from twenty-five years prior.

Emily Wilde, a young Oxford professor, puts her research above all else. She's logical, level-headed, and listens to her head (not her heart). While on her last research trip, Emily makes some mistakes interacting with the locals, but more than makes up for it as her research on the Hidden Ones uncovers unexpected knowledge, friendship, and love.

We follow Kaikeyi’s story as she navigates the difficulties of being a woman in a patriarchy, being a queen in a foreign land, and being the mother to a difficult child. This beautifully written story is a fresh take on the Ramayana of Hindu storiers and should be on your TBR list.

The King of Scars series is the last set of books (so far) in the Grishaverse by Leigh Bardugo. This epic duology follows the stories of King Nikolai Lantsov, his Grisha General Zoya, Grisha spy Nina, and those wanting to keep Ravka from war. Myth becomes reality as the book closes on the Grishaverse… for now.

The Six of Crows duology is the second set of books in the Grishaverse written by Leigh Bardugo. This fantastic story follows Kaz Brekker and his merry band of misfits through an impossible heist, betrayal, and the chance to keep a disturbing weapon out of the wrong hands. These books are fun, feisty, and leave you wanting more.

Alina Starkov never imagined she had the power of the sun. Once she learned she was the first Sun Summoner, she was thrown into a life of glamour, opulence, illusion, and betrayal. Her mentor, the Darkling, works with her to destroy the Fold - a tear in their home country of Ravka - until Alina learns the truth about the Darkling, the history of Ravka, and the magic trying to simultaneously hold it together and rip it apart.

As Rin tries to make a better life for herself, she encounters prejudice, classism, and outright warfare. She learns more about her heritage and the importance she has to her country’s ability to win The Poppy War.

Jamie Gray gets laid off at the start of the pandemic and finds himself unexpectedly working at KPS. KPS is tasked with studying and protecting the Kaiju in their natural habitat, which is Earth. Just not our Earth.