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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 10h

📣Celebrate Hispanic & Latine Heritage Month with 💛THE NEAPOLITAN SISTERS💜 by @margocandela.bsky.social! Three sisters. Three vastly different lives. A maelstrom of family secrets.

Pick up a copy today!

#latineheritagemonth

Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 10h

Meet Clementine Crane, star of 🙅‍♀️CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO🙅‍♀️ in an interview with author @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social. Get to know everything about Clementine, and don't forget to pick up your copy on 10/14/2025!

https://loom.ly/mSAIP2E

Authors Interviewing Characters: Kristin Bair - Women Writers, Women's Books

Kristin Bair CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” hits perimenopause in this razor-sharp, wickedly funny novel about one woman’s awakening in a patriarchal world. For years, Clementine Crane has been the invisible force holding her Byrock, Massachusetts, home together—juggling three demanding kids, a husband who’s more hindrance than help, a soul-crushing boss …

booksbywomen.org

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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 12h

Celebrate the release of 🐝WITCHES OF HONEYSUCKLE HOUSE🐝with @lizparkerwrites.bsky.social and @rffaubion.bsky.social on 10/24 (7PM) at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social!

https://loom.ly/UkMT_yo

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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 2d

Check out the cover for April Howells's 📬THE UNFORGETTABLE MAILMAN📭! It's a heartwarming story about intergenerational friendship and the power of human connection.

Coming 4/21/2026, request on NetGalley and preorder now➡️ https://loom.ly/S2zqTKs

#historicalfiction #coverreveal

Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 7d

✨Celebrate Hispanic & Latine Heritage Month and Halloween with this laugh-out-loud debut. In @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social's 🔮AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER💀 a wannabe witch tries to break a curse on a clueless client

#latineheritagemonth

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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks for another great #ewgc! Let us know if you have any questions about today's title and be sure to check it out on NetGalley!

🤩See you next month.

#libraryreads

Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 8d

How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days meets Gossip Girl in Sabrina Waldorf's 💗I'M LOOKING FOR A MAN IN FINANCE💜 a steamy, enemies-to-lovers rom-com.

#ewgc #libraryreads

📖Request on NetGalley: https://loom.ly/dnMRJ-w

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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 8d

#Galleychat is starting now🤩!

#ewgc #libraryreads

Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 8d

📚Join us for #galleychat at 4PM! We'll be featuring an exciting upcoming title from one of our authors!

#ewgc #libraryreads

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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 9d

📣We're thrilled to share that S. D. House's 💀DEAD MAN BLUES🔎 is @barnesandnoble.com's Monthly Mystery & Thriller Pick this October!

https://loom.ly/gsx2O0o

Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 14d

Today we're celebrating Hispanic & Latine Heritage Month by reading 🍪ONE TOUGH COOKIE🍪 by @torresdelise.bsky.social! A Latina Fleabag committed to her carefree single life meets a sexy new mechanic determined to break through her defenses.

#latinxheritagemonth

Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 16d

💗Here's a cozy retelling of Hansel and Gretel, complete with a sapphic love story and a revenge tale. ✨WITCH OF THE SHADOW WOOD✨ by @tamartin.bsky.social comes out 3/10/2026!

Available for preorder and to request on Netgalley!

https://loom.ly/tSQhjps

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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 17d

On SEPTEMBER 29TH at 6 PM, Alexia LaFata will be at Thunder Road Books to discuss her new novel 💄SHE USED TO BE NICE💄!

https://loom.ly/JALBRIw

Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 17d

📣Happy #pubday to 😀PARENTS HAVE FEELINGS, TOO😡 by Hilary Jacobs Hendel and @drfraga.bsky.social! This practical guide teaches parents how to understand and process their emotions.

Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 17d

Celebrate the release of 😡PARENTS HAVE FEELINGS, TOO😃 by Hilary Jacobs Hendel and @drfraga.bsky.social on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH at 6:30 PM at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library in New York with Dr. Catherine Birndorf!

https://loom.ly/ZyNCd1w

Hilary Jacobs Hendel with Catherine Birndorf: Parents Have Feelings, Too: A Guide to Navigating Your Emotions So You And Your Family Can Thrive

Psychotherapist, emotions educator, and author Hilary Jacobs Hendel joins us to discuss her latest book, Parents Have Feelings, Too: A Guide to Navigating Your Emotions So You And Your Family Can Thrive, with reproductive psychiatrist and founder of The Motherhood Center of New York, Dr. Catherine Birndorf.

www.nypl.org

Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 17d

❄️Wishing a very merry #pubday to Susan Breen's 🎄MERRY🎁! A mother’s valiant efforts to bring her family the joy of Christmas go haywire when she finds herself haunted by the angry ghost of Charles Dickens.

#charlesdickens #achristmascarol #bookbirthday

Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 18d

You have until SEPTEMBER 23RD to enter on Goodreads for the chance to win a copy of @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social's ⚽CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO🧦!

https://loom.ly/7dr6x1o

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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 18d

📣Celebrate the launch of Hilary Jacobs Hendel's and @drfraga.bsky.social's 😀PARENTS HAVE FEELINGS, TOO😡 on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH at 7 PM at Barnes & Noble Upper West Side in New York with Natasha Prenn!

https://loom.ly/6M5J_wI

Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 21d

We're celebrating Hispanic & Latine Heritage Month by reading 💗NOT IN MY BOOK💗 by Katie Holt!

#hispanicheritagemonth #latinxbooks #romcom #romancebooks #latinxheritagemonth #latineheritagemonth

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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 22d

You have until SEPTEMBER 23RD to enter on Goodreads for the chance to win a copy of @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social's ⚽CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO🧦!

https://loom.ly/7dr6x1o

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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 25d

L. A. Schwartz, author of 💗MY KIND OF TROUBLE💙, will be at the Fall into Books Fest in Garden Grove, CA, on SEPTEMBER 20TH!

https://loom.ly/l3dHbQg

Home | Fall Into Books Fest

www.fallintobooksfest.com

Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 28d

Judith Newcomb Stiles will be at the Provincetown Book Festival to read from her new novel 🔥HUSH LITTLE FIRE🔥!

https://loom.ly/93Qk7Rc

Provincetown Book Festival

www.provincetownbookfestival.org

Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · Sep 9

You have until SEPTEMBER 23RD to enter on Goodreads for the chance to win a copy of @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social's ⚽CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO🧦!

https://loom.ly/7dr6x1o

Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · Sep 9

Happy Pub Day to 🔥SONG OF THE HELL WITCH🔥 by @tmhartleywrites.bsky.social!

#songofthehellwitch #tbrpile #romantasy #feministbooks #lgbtbooks #bookbirthday #pubday

Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · Sep 8

Can't get enough of sports romances? If so, we have the perfect book for you: 🎾THIRTY LOVE🎾 by Tom Vellner.

Check out the official reveal on @lgbtqreads.bsky.social https://loom.ly/pg2XKYM and preorder now https://loom.ly/qP5NAl4

#challengers #sportsromance

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