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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 20h

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 · 5d

✨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 · 6d

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.

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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 6d

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.

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

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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 6d

#Galleychat is starting now🤩!

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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 6d

📚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 · 7d

📣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 · 12d

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 · 14d

💗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 · 15d

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 · 15d

📣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 · 15d

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 · 15d

❄️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 · 16d

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 · 16d

📣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 · 19d

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 · 20d

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 · 23d

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 · 26d

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 · 29d

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 · 29d

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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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · Sep 4

@rmlferrier.bsky.social's 🐚A SPELL FOR DROWNING🐚 is a stunning historical fantasy debut steeped in the salt and superstition of the Cornish coast.

#ewgc #libraryreads

📖Request on NetGalley: https://loom.ly/L1BK4S8

A Spell for Drowning

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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · Sep 4

#Galleychat is starting now🤩!

#ewgc #libraryreads

Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · Sep 4

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