Archives par étiquette : St. Martin’s Press

TICKET TO DIE d’Amanda Sellet

Virginia, Felix, and their grandparents are back as a spring break excursion on a murder mystery dinner train goes Gone Girl in this new cozy mystery-romance.

TICKET TO DIE
by Amanda Sellet
Wednesday Books/St. Martin’s, March 2027

High school junior Virginia Tillis isn’t jetting off to Florida for spring break, so she figures the highlight of her week will be sleeping in…until her eccentric Grandma Lainey shows up at her house and invites her merry band of retired actor neighbors to crash the party—along with Felix, Virginia’s new long-distance boyfriend.

When the entire group takes a ride on a murder mystery dinner train run by her grandmother’s old friend Teddy, they expect to solve a fictional crime in theatrical style—until the leading lady vanishes at intermission, and Teddy becomes the chief suspect in her disappearance.

While the media goes wild, Virginia, Felix, and their geriatric crew have to figure out what happened to the missing actress, clear Teddy’s name, and decide if dating someone in a different state is worth the aggravation…before they reach the end of the line and spring break is dead in its tracks.

Amanda Sellet writes lighthearted fiction for teens and adults. She is fond of old-fashioned things, including but not limited to the donuts. It is her great good fortune to live in a Midwestern college town with a wonderful bookstore and superlative bakeries.



THIS WILD WANTING de Sophie Gonzales

Introducing Sophie Gonzales’ sensational fantasy debut, where a magical potion comes at a terrible price to a noble’s son ―and the potion maker’s daughter who is determined to rescue him.

THIS WILD WANTING
by Sophie Gonzales
Wednesday Books/St. Martin’s, November 2026

A dangerous bargain. A forbidden alliance. An impossible love.

Everybody knows about the faerie market that borders the crumbling edges of the mortal world. It is a place where almost anything can be bought . . . by those willing to pay terrible prices. Skills, memories, years of your life―even the freedom of one’s own mind are the currency of choice.

Declan Bonfeld, the only son of a noble house, has never encountered a price he cannot afford to pay. Until the day he attempts to bargain with a ruthless potion merchant for the impossible: a way to bring back someone he loves. When Declan dares to steal from the tyrant’s shelves with the help of the merchant’s captive daughter, Calla, the two discover a horrifying truth. Once a stolen potion is consumed, the thief pays the price, no matter who drinks it.

With Declan’s mind and body unravelling piece by piece, Calla must help him outwit her father, the man she has spent a lifetime fearing, before Declan is stripped of everything he is, and she loses the only person who has ever truly seen her.

Sophie Gonzales is a young adult contemporary author. She graduated from the University of Adelaide and lives in Adelaide, Australia, where she can be found ice skating, painting, and practicing the piano. She is also the author of Perfect on Paper, Only Mostly Devastated, The Law of Inertia, and If This Gets Out with Cale Dietrich.

THE DIVINE GARDENER’S HANDBOOK d’Eli Snow

Perfect for fans of Tamsyn Muir and Rebecca Thorne, this joyful debut follows a gardener fighting to secure her dream job in the Divine Gardens―manipulating God, antagonizing her attractive rival, and running afoul of a brewing rebellion along the way.

THE DIVINE GARDENER’S HANDBOOK
by Eli Snow
Saturday Books/St. Martin’s, August 2026

Cyprin grows perfect apples.

No other worker tends the orchards like she can. Sick of living in a Jenga-esque megacity where she’s never alone (there’s always a rat), Cyprin dreams of a job in the Divine Gardens, tending to the plants overseen by God.

Her only way in is winning an annual flower pageant―one that’s been dominated by the Divine Gardens’ head gardener for five years running: an insufferable woman with an undeniable affinity for plants. When Cyprin plays dirty (criminally dirty) and wins, she jumps headfirst into life in the gardens and her rivalry with the head gardener, who she just can’t stop thinking about.

Pranks, backstabbing, and a lot of heated glaring unite them, until they’re both drawn into a plot to take down God―who’s really just some guy with a great garden. As they spiral through layers of the city’s history and underground rebel group, Cyprin and her rival will find they understand each other like no one else does, even if there can only be one head gardener in the end.

But rise or fall, at least Cyprin will always have the rats.

A chaotically queer exploration of love, ambition, and toxic work culture, THE DIVINE GARDENER’S HANDBOOK is a romp of a science fantasy that will leave you gasping for more.

Eli Snow (they/them) is a speculative fiction writer, editor, and former medical geneticist, based in rural Australia with their two cats. Their work tends to center queer and neurodivergent characters, as these are the perspectives they experience the world from. When not reading or writing, they should be checked for signs of life. Eli also writes YA Fantasy under the name Elias Cold. Their YA debut, The Duke Steals Hearts, is available now from Page Street Kids.

KNOWLEDGE FROM STORMS de John Barklow

The ultimate wilderness survival guide from a retired Navy diver who trains special operations soldiers how to survive the world’s toughest environments.

KNOWLEDGE FROM STORMS:
An Expert’s Guide to Surviving the World’s Toughest Environments
by John Barklow
St. Martin’s Press, April 2027

John Barklow has dedicated his career to teaching special operations forces and rescue groups how to survive in the world’s toughest environments. Drawing on his twenty-six years of military service and fifteen years spent developing advanced apparel systems for military and hunting applications, Barklow understands that survival depends on proper training. His approach is straightforward: teach not just what works but why it works so people can adapt when conditions change. He’s transformed complex survival skills into practical, real-world knowledge that works when it matters most. Instead of teaching single solutions, he helps people understand the principles behind survival skills, enabling them to make smart decisions in unpredictable situations.

KNOWLEDGE FROM STORMS is the culmination of those lessons, written as part adventure story and part instruction manual. The book weaves together the deep information one needs to thrive and survive in austere wilderness and pursue their dreams outdoors, whether that be mountain climbing, backcountry hunting or just surviving in extreme conditions. The book comprises twenty-eight chapters that look at planning, training, equipment and survival.

“If there was one human being that I had to pick to help me survive a life-or-death emergency situation in the wilderness, without a shadow of a doubt, my choice would be John Barklow. From his extensive experience in real-world situations to his design, testing, and implementation of the most advanced outdoor gear in the world, he’s an incredibly valuable resource of information, and I can’t recommend his book enough.” —Joe Rogan

John Barklow spent twenty years on active duty in the U.S. Navy, much of it spent supporting the Navy SEAL Teams in combat diving, submarine operations, and as a survival instructor. For thirteen years, John was at the core of creating the curriculum and instructing special operations troops how to operate and survive without compromise in the world’s harsh, cold, and most remote mountain environments. In 2021, John founded John Barklow USA and created Knowledge from Storms, a platform dedicated to outdoor education, training, and the survival mindset. John maintains a social profile on his website KnowledgeFromStorms.com.

EROTIC SEASONS de Kimberly Ann Johnson

From author of The Fourth Trimester, this is a guide for women of any age who feel out of touch with their body and their true desires but know that their sexuality holds untapped power.

EROTIC SEASONS: Tuning into the Rhythms of Women’s Sexuality and Spirituality
by Kimberly Ann Johnson
St. Martin’s Essentials, November 2026

Women experience so many crossroads at the different stages in our lives—these might include exploring sexuality, beginning a relationship, becoming a mother, trying to get pregnant, losing a baby, being in perimenopause or menopause, leaving a marriage. At these thresholds, our bodies change, our relationship to sexuality changes, and our desires can become mysterious. Most of us don’t have the language, information, or courage to communicate about these changes, so we are left feeling confused, lost or broken.

Kimberly Ann Johnson, sexological bodyworker and Somatic Experiencing practitioner, has helped thousands of women connect with their bodies and desires and put their pieces back together. In EROTIC SEASONS, she offers profound insights to women at all stages. Johnson guides women toward a revolutionary reckoning with sexuality. Grounded in understanding the female body in our monthly, seasonal, and lifetime rhythms, the book guides readers to locate themselves in their own anatomy and nervous system patterns. Kimberly reframes the archetypes of the female lifespan—maiden, mother, virgin, crone—for women today and shares powerful stories of women across generations, helping readers orient to the realities and mysteries of each life stage. Then, with this knowledge, women can experience sexuality that allows us to become more present, awake, and alive throughout our lives.

Kimberly Ann Johnson is a sexological bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing practitioner, postpartum advocate and culture worker. She works at the intersection of birth, sex and trauma helping women heal from birth injuries, gynecological surgeries, and sexual boundary violations. She is the author of Call of the Wild as well as the early mothering classic The Fourth Trimester. She has taught courses on women’s sexuality and spirituality, nationally and internationally for the past fifteen years.