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THE BLOODY HEART OF IT de John Stephens

New York Times bestselling author John Stephens delivers a riveting new crossover novel set against a brilliantly rendered historic New York. Filled with John’s trademark storytelling mastery and humour, THE BLOODY HEART OF IT is a mystery packed with suspense and action, and—most of all—a phenomenal love story that will have readers aching to get to the last page.

THE BLOODY HEART OF IT
by John Stephens
Knopf/Penguin Random House, Spring 2025
(via Writers House)

But what is this trouble you’re in, Mary? Why do you say you’re scared? Who are you scared of? I have been able to hold this panic at bay all the way across the vast cold Atlantic, but now that I’m here, my fears have crowded in close. . . My heart is bursting. We shall be together again, Mary. We shall be whole.

Set in New York at the turn of the 20th Century, THE BLOODY HEART OF IT follows Caitlin, a seventeen-year-old Derry native who crosses the Atlantic in search of her beloved twin sister Mary, who ran away more than a year before (fifteen months, two weeks, and one day, to be exact). After an excruciating silence, Mary has finally written to her sister that she’s in America—and she’s in trouble, and desperately afraid. Of what, she dares not say.

Where Mary is dreamy and angelic, Caitlin is flinty and tough as an axe head—but America is not Ireland, and bitterly cold New York is not the village Caitlin has always known. On her hunt for what happened to her sister, the bold and sharp-witted Caitlin is quickly drawn into a perilous underworld of corrupt policeman and violent criminals—people prepared to carry out unspeakable acts to conceal the truth.

Enter William Furey. As a boy, he was rescued from the streets by a notorious gangster, Frank Shannon. As a man, molded in Frank’s image, William’s sweet face belies his reputation as one of NYC’s most feared killers. Nicknamed after the fabled Irish warrior Cu’ Chulainn, he wrestles with an unnameable internal force—a cold, metallic anger that causes him to commit brutalities he has no memory of.

William too is scouring New York’s streets and alleys for the truth about Mary. Her story is a common one. She left Ireland, came to New York, and got into trouble. There’s nothing to suggest anyone should be interested in her—but there are strange whispers circulating, and William has been ordered to uncover their source.

When his search leads him to Caitlin, their initial wariness of one another quickly transforms into something else—an irresistible something that neither one of them has ever known before. The suddenness and strength of it forces William to choose between the life he’s been living until then, and the only father he’s ever known, or a life tied to Caitlin and her hopeless devotion to Mary. Between being Frank’s Cu’ Chulainn, and the William Furey that Caitlin sees. A choice to love—and to die in the choosing.

John Stephens is the New York Times bestselling author of the middle-grade fantasy trilogy The Emerald Atlas, The Fire Chronicle, and The Black Reckoning, which were published in more than thirty-five languages. In his spare time, he has been a writer-producer of such shows as Gilmore Girls, The O.C., Gossip Girl, Gotham and Pennyworth. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, two children and two dogs.

THE PERLA SERIES d’Isabel Allende, illustré par Sandy Rodríguez

#1 internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende has written her first picture book ever, inspired by her rescue dog, Perla! With artwork from award-winning illustrator Sandy Rodríguez, this irresistible new trilogy follows Perla, a small dog with a big personality who possesses two superpowers: She can make anybody love her and roar like a lion.

THE PERLA SERIES
by Isabel Allende
illustrated by Sandy Rodríguez
Philomel/Penguin USA, 2024-2026
(via Writers House)

#1 PERLA, THE MIGHTY DOG (Summer 2024)
#2 PERLA AND THE PIRATE (Winter 2025)
#3 PERLA AND THE PRINCESS (Winter 2026)

One wonderful day, the Ricos, a Mexican American family, visited the shelter to find a guardian dog. Perla never lets an opportunity pass by and uses her superpower #1. Nico falls in love with her. Perla closes the deal with Mom when she roars like a lion. The Rico family lives in an enchanted house that once belonged to a wizard. The wizard had left behind some magic dust under the stairs, Perla’s favorite spot in the house. Perla uses the magic dust to help shy Nico overcome his fears and becomes his best friend as they share unbelievable magical adventures.

Isabel Allende—novelist, feminist, and philanthropist—is one of the most widely-read authors in the world, having sold more than 74 million books. Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel won worldwide acclaim in 1982 with the publication of her first novel, The House of the Spirits. Since then, she has authored more than twenty-three bestselling and critically acclaimed books, including Eva Luna, Daughter of Fortune, Island Beneath the Sea, Paula, The Japanese Lover, A Long Petal of the Sea and The Winds Knows My Name. Translated into more than thirty-five languages, Allende’s works entertain and educate readers by interweaving imaginative stories with significant historical events. In addition to her work as a writer, Allende devotes much of her time to human rights causes. In 1996, following the death of her daughter Paula Frias, she established a charitable foundation in her honor, which has awarded grants to more than 100 nonprofits worldwide, delivering life-changing care to hundreds of thousands of women and girls. More than 8 million have watched her TED Talks on leading a passionate life. She has received fifteen honorary doctorates, including one from Harvard University, was inducted into the California Hall of Fame, received the PEN Center Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014, President Barack Obama awarded Allende the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, and in 2018 she received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation. She lives in California.
Sandy Rodríguez is a self-taught artist and illustrator who loves creating playful characters with quirky personalities. She grew up in Mexico surrounded by lots of family, and now lives in London.

AMERICAN WOMAN de Katie Rogers

Through deep reporting and newly discovered correspondence, AMERICAN WOMAN is the first book to paint a full picture of Jill Biden while exploring how she helps answer the evolving question of what the role of the modern First Lady should be.

AMERICAN WOMAN
The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden
by Katie Rogers
Crown, February 2024

Since the Clinton era, shifts in media, politics, and pop culture have all redefined expectations of First Ladies, even as the boundaries set upon them have often remained anachronistic. With sharp insights and dozens of firsthand interviews with major players in the Biden, Obama, Trump, Bush, and Clinton orbits, including Jill Biden and Hillary Clinton, New York Times White House correspondent Katie Rogers traces the evolution of the role of the twenty-first-century First Lady from a ceremonial figurehead to a powerful political operator, which culminates in the tenure of First Lady Jill Biden.

Dr. Jill Biden began her journey toward public life in 1975 as a twenty-three-year-old who caught the eye of a widowed Senator Joe Biden. Recovering from the heartbreak of her failed first marriage, she found a man who was still grieving. She knitted his life together after unspeakable tragedy and stood by his side through three presidential campaigns.

In some ways, her legacy as First Lady was set before she ever entered the White House: She is the first presidential spouse in history to work in a paid role outside the White House, a decision that blazes the path for future first spouses. But as a prime guardian of one of the most insular operations in modern politics, she is also a central part of her husband’s presidential legacy.

Rogers is deeply sourced in the West and East Wings of the White House, and the book will include original interviews with Jill Biden, Hillary Clinton, as well as major figures in the Trump and Obama administrations.

Katie Rogers is a White House correspondent for the New York Times. She covers life in the Biden administration, Washington culture, and a mix of international and domestic policy.

ALL ALONE by Dr. Robert Coplan

In ALL ALONE, Coplan distills over 30 years worth of psychological research on solitude into an accessible, approachable, and endlessly applicable work of popular science.

ALL ALONE
How to Improve Your Relationship with Solitude and Find Your Personal Balance
by Dr. Robert Coplan
Simon & Schuster, early 2025
(via The Whalen Agency)

ALL ALONE works against the myth that being alone is necessarily equivalent to being lonely or being antisocial, instead it argues for an understanding of solitude as a natural, necessary, and beneficial part of a healthy human life. It is a guidebook on how to approach solitude in a healthy way and how to best strike a balance between solitude and socialization at home, in the workplace, in our romantic relationships, as parents, and at different life stages.

After years of people writing passionate essays about the assumed positive value of time alone, it is only in the last few years that researchers have actually been able to produce tangible evidence of such effects. Coplan’s research has contributed to such breakthroughs in the study of solitude including:

The (somewhat paradoxical) notion that spending time alone helps our relationships with others

A preliminary finding that spending time alone on your phone can interfere with the positive impacts of solitude

The finding that children, adolescents, and adults who report that they are not getting enough solitude) tend to report heightened stress, negative moods, and symptoms of depression

And much more …

In the end, Coplan hopes that by fostering a healthy relationship with solitude, we will come to better understand ourselves, our relationships with others, and our relationship with the world around us.

As a developmental psychologist with over 30 years of experience, Dr. Robert Coplan is a well-established expert in the study of solitude. He has participated in interviews with The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, Vox, Psychology Today, WebMd, and VICE among others and has co-authored five books and hundreds of academic articles on topics ranging from childhood shyness to solitude in adulthood to social withdrawal.

BOOKIE AND COOKIE de Blanca Gómez

An irresistible tale of a sweet-as-biscuits friendship, BOOKIE AND COOKIE is both a fun and thoughtful picture book about the emotions and everyday obstacles of childhood, and a beautiful, inventive object to be treasured and enjoyed together..

BOOKIE AND COOKIE
by Blanca Gómez
Penguin/Rocky Pond Press, Fall 2024
(via Writers House)

Meet Bookie and Cookie. They are best friends. Bookie loves to read. Cookie loves to bake. Bookie lives in the left page of the book, and Cookie lives in the right. When they spend time together, Bookie ALWAYS goes to Cookie’s right-side page, where they share a plate of yummy biscuits. As much fun as this is, one day, Bookie decides it’s time for Cookie to visit his left-side page.

When Cookie refuses, Bookie doesn’t understand why he’s being so stubborn. When Bookie presses, Cookie doesn’t understand why he’s trying to fix something that isn’t broken. (Plus, Cookie is a little nervous about leaving his safe, familiar right page of the book.) So the friends say hurtful things to one another and retreat to their respective pages, feeling MAD.

But soon, the mad turns to sad. They miss each other! Will Bookie cave and return to Cookie’s right-side page, where yet another tempting plate of freshly baked treats awaits? Will Cookie venture outside of his own kitchen, let his friend finally play host, and see the left page of the book for the first time? And what if the duo found a way to play somewhere other than the left or right page?

Blanca Gómez is a picture book creator based in Madrid. Her picture books include Bird House and Dress-Up Day. Her illustration credits include, among others, Very Good Hats by Emma Straub.