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Molly Dektar's THE ABOLUTES received a wonderful review from Kristen Arnett in The Washington Post, who raves: “Wanting to be seen only as one’s most perfect self is a thrilling through line in this novel…There is much to admire in the way Dektar delves headlong into this delayed adolescence….It’s a riveting thing, desire; THE ABSOLUTES asks you to consider what matters more: the moment the stone is dropped into the pool or the ripples that spread across the surface long after the stone has sunk out of sight. Either answer could be right.” Mariner Books published the novel on July 11, 2023.

Ed Park’s SAME BED DIFFERENT DREAMS was included on The Millions and Literary Hub’s respective roundups for the second half of 2023. Random House will publish the novel on November 7, 2023.

Country Living’s fall roundup calls Anna Pitoniak’s THE HELSINKI AFFAIR a “must-read for fans of spy thrillers.” Simon & Schuster publish will publish the book on November 14, 2023.

The mass market edition of BLACK DOG by Stuart Woods debuted at #15 on The New York Times Mass Market bestseller list for July 2023. G.P. Putnam’s Sons published the hardcover edition on August 2, 2022, and the mass market edition on May 23, 2023.

HELL IF WE DON'T CHANGE OUR WAYS by Brittany Means received a starred Kirkus Review. The reviewer calls the book "[a] potent reflection on emerging from a nomadic youth marked by trauma into an adulthood containing stability and tenderness,” adding: “As Means brings hazy memories into focus for herself and readers, she constructs a method of thinking about, owning, and releasing her past as well as a fresh way of writing about personal trauma that both acknowledges victimhood and resists the simplicity of sensationalism and pity. This book is an outstanding debut that finds resolution while also leaving plenty of intriguing themes to explore in her future work. A harrowing and soulful memoir to be read, savored, and reread.” Zibby Books will publish the memoir on October 3, 2023.

Danielle Steel’s latest novel, PALAZZO, debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of July 16, 2023, appearing at #6 on the Print Hardcover Fiction list and #12 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list. Delacorte Press published the novel on June 27, 2023.

National Jeweler featured Ronald Winston’s forthcoming KING OF DIAMONDS: “[R]eaders will get one perspective on the protracted years-long battle between [Harry] Winston’s sons, Ronald and Bruce Winston, that culminated in the company’s sale about two decades after Harry’s death in 1978…KING OF DIAMONDS recounts Harry’s incredible legacy from the ultimate insider’s view, as Harvard-educated son Ronald forewent a career in chemistry and rocket propulsion to work alongside Harry in the family business at the patriarch’s behest.” Skyhorse will publish the book on September 19, 2023.

NEAR MISS, the 64th book in the Stone Barrington series by Stuart Woods, made its debut on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of June 25, 2023, appearing at #9 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list. G.P. Putnam’s Sons published the book on June 6, 2023.

AND DON'T F&%K IT UP by Maria Elena Fernandez and World of Wonder received a starred review from Library Journal: “Fernandez’s oral history of the first 10 seasons of RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE is an immensely entertaining look at how a little TV show shot in a basement studio went from a cult favorite to a taste-making cultural juggernaut and global success…Loaded with heartbreaking and hilarious first-person confessions, this book’s a winner, baby!” Book Riot and LGBTQReads included the book in their roundups of June publications, and People published a great review highlighting some of the spicier moments on the show. The book was also featured in The Daily Mail, Out Magazine, and Gay Times. Lastly, an excerpt of the book was published by Literary Hub. Grand Central Publishing published the book on June 6, 2023.

HALCYON, Elliot Ackerman's new novel, received an abundance of rave reviews following its publication last month. BookPage reviewer Harvey Freedenberg writes: “With the passing of Ward Just in 2019, the literary world lost a fine writer who was comfortable grappling with the moral dilemmas surrounding the exercise of power and the lives of those who wield it. Journalist and novelist Elliot Ackerman’s fifth novel, HALCYON, suggests that he may be one of the inheritors of Just’s preoccupations. Blending alternative history with science fiction, Ackerman artfully explores several provocative issues that have become flash points in contemporary America…Ackerman prefers challenging questions…over convenient answers. With this choice, he leaves ample room for readers to engage in leaps of imagination as bold as the ones he’s undertaken. Anyone who accepts that invitation will come away from this ingenious story with fresh ideas of what past, present and future truly mean.” For The New York Times, reviewer Stephen Markley calls the book “idiosyncratic and engrossing throughout,” and an “expert juggling act.” For The Washington Post, reviewer Mark Athitakis writes: “HALCYON is an entertaining thought experiment, and Ackerman writes with a gentle, graceful style…Ackerman delivers a potent critique of the what-if nature of talking about history…[and] as much as any working novelist today, is invested in getting the facts of war and history right.” Ackerman was also profiled by Emily Bobrow in The Wall Street Journal. Knopf published the book on May 23, 2023.