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  Title: Mate of a Monster  Series: Lord's of Rathe  Author: Meagan Brandy & Amo Jones  Release Date: September 22, 2026  He betrayed their bond. Now saving him may destroy what’s left of her heart. After being cast back to Exile Island, Haide wants nothing to do with Rathe—or the King who chose another woman over her. Legend Deveraux was once bound to her by magic powerful enough to shake kingdoms. Now he looks at her with hatred in his eyes, convinced she betrayed him, manipulated him, and nearly destroyed him. Worse? His true mate has been hidden all along. While Rathe’s court celebrates the King’s new bond, Legend is slowly dying. His magic is failing, his mind slipping further from the truth, and the woman at his side is tightening her grip on the throne. His brothers are desperate enough to turn to the one person they once condemned. Haide. She should let him suffer. But despite the betrayal, the bond between them still calls. As dark secrets unravel a...

Reviews: Next Novels by Scholastic  Title: Avery's Story  Series: Rival High  Author: Candace Buford  Illustrator: Jamie Green  Release Date: Oct 6, 2026 Welcome to Rival High! When two high schools merge, four friends help each other navigate the ensuing drama in this brand-new light novel series. Avery has always struggled to make friends. And while she’s super nervous about starting high school, she also sees an opportunity to start fresh. But what she doesn’t foresee is starting high school in a battle It turns out Walker High and Sherman High are merging, and no one is happy about it.That's where Avery meets Madison, Teresa, and Corinne, and Avery wants nothing more than to impress them. So when Avery sees an opening to embellish the truth a little, she takes it. And then she does it again, and again -- until Avery has trouble keeping her story straight, and her new friends are getting suspicious. Will Ari be able to fix things before her friends figure out...

  Title: Harvest Season  Series: Seasons of Carnage trilogy Author: Brynne Weaver  Release Date: June 9, 2026 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Brynne Weaver comes the second book in the devilishly steamy Seasons of Carnage trilogy where dark romantic comedy meets thrilling suspense—and where love is ripe for ruin. It’s time to reap what you sow. Cape Carnage is blooming with secrets, and they’re ready to harvest. But every time Nolan Rhodes digs one up, another grows in its place. Harper isn’t who he thought she was. Arthur might be more sinister than he first thought. And Sheriff Yates? The man is everywhere he turns. When true crime fanatics descend on the town looking for answers about the death of their leader, Nolan finds himself at the center of a search and rescue operation for missing people he knows are already dead. Cape Carnage teeters on the brink of chaos. And the harder Nolan tries to keep it together, the closer Harper comes to unraveling. Harp...

  Title: Hopeless Necromantic Series: the Catseye Chronicles  Author: Shiloh Briar Release Date: September 2025 SHE RAISES HELL. HE RAISES THE DEAD. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?  When new recruit Helspira takes on the doomed mission that no other soldier wants, life—and death—start to get a little complicated. Helspira must play escort to Sikras—a frustratingly handsome necromancer with the power to raise the dead—as he attempts a mission that he's failed twice before; stopping an undead army at the edges of the kingdom.  No one thinks he will succeed. Not even Sikras. But the more time the two spend together, the more they find they can imagine a brighter future. As secrets come out and the two grow closer—and Sikras's lively skeleton companion Benjamin tries desperately not to be a third wheel—will Sikras' and Helspira's changing feelings for each other be enough to overcome the growing danger? RAISE A GLASS. RAISE THE DEAD. JUST DON'T RAISE YOUR HOPES. Goodreads...