If you’re new to Hide Your Wallet, this is where we list new releases we’re pretty excited for in the coming month.
Each reviewer has a book maximum (five per person), and we’ve separated HYW into two parts. The first HYW of the month will cover books that release from the 1st to the 14th. The second HYW will cover books released from the 15th to the end of the month.
We also think this will help us feature books from smaller publishers who don’t have buy links up as early as the bigger trade houses.
As always, if we missed any books that you’re particularly looking forward to, tell us all about them in the comments.
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A Restless Truth
Author: Freya Marske
Released: November 1, 2022 by Tor.com
Genre: LGBTQIA, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy
Series: The Last Binding #2Magic! Murder! Shipboard romance! The second entry in Freya Marske’s beloved The Last Binding trilogy, the queer historical fantasy series that began with A Marvellous Light
The most interesting things in Maud Blyth’s life have happened to her brother Robin, but she’s ready to join any cause, especially if it involves magical secrets that may threaten the whole of the British Isles. Bound for New York on the R.M.S. Lyric, she’s ready for an adventure.
What she actually finds is a dead body, a disrespectful parrot, and a beautiful stranger in Violet Debenham, who is everything—a magician, an actress, a scandal—Maud has been trained to fear and has learned to desire. Surrounded by the open sea and a ship full of loathsome, aristocratic suspects, they must solve a murder and untangle a conspiracy that began generations before them.
Amanda: Cozy fantasy romances have been my jam lately and I’ve been digging this series.
Sarah: Closed loop murder mystery with magic aboard a luxury cruise ship? I also interviewed the author and had a BALL.
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The Cloisters
Author: Katy Hays
Released: November 1, 2022 by Atria Books
Genre: Literary Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Science Fiction/Fantasy“Captivating in every sense of the word.” —Sarah Pearse, New York Times bestselling author of The Sanatorium
“The Cloisters grabbed me in a way that no book has done since The Secret History.” —Rachel Kapelke-Dale, author of The Ballerinas
In this “sinister, jaw-dropping” (Sarah Penner, author of The Lost Apothecary) debut novel, a circle of researchers uncover a mysterious deck of tarot cards and shocking secrets in New York’s famed Met Cloisters.
When Ann Stilwell arrives in New York City, she expects to spend her summer working as a curatorial associate at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Instead, she finds herself assigned to The Cloisters, a gothic museum and garden renowned for its medieval art collection and its group of enigmatic researchers studying the history of divination.
Desperate to escape her painful past, Ann is happy to indulge the researchers’ more outlandish theories about the history of fortune telling. But what begins as academic curiosity quickly turns into obsession when Ann discovers a hidden 15th-century deck of tarot cards that might hold the key to predicting the future. When the dangerous game of power, seduction, and ambition at The Cloisters turns deadly, Ann becomes locked in a race for answers as the line between the arcane and the modern blurs.
A haunting and magical blend of genres, The Cloisters is a gripping debut that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Sarah: A research assistant at The Cloisters becomes obsessed with some 15th tarot cards that seem to predict the future. Ok, yes, please tell me more.
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Keeper of Enchanted Rooms
Author: Charlie Holmberg
Released: November 1, 2022 by 47North
Genre: Historical: American, Mystery/Thriller, Science Fiction/Fantasy
Series: Whimbrel House #1Rhode Island, 1846. Estranged from his family, writer Merritt Fernsby is surprised when he inherits a remote estate in the Narragansett Bay. Though the property has been uninhabited for more than a century, Merritt is ready to call it home—until he realizes he has no choice. With its doors slamming shut and locking behind him, Whimbrel House is not about to let Merritt leave. Ever.
Hulda Larkin of the Boston Institute for the Keeping of Enchanted Rooms has been trained in taming such structures in order to preserve their historical and magical significance. She understands the dangers of bespelled homes given to tantrums. She advises that it’s in Merritt’s best interest to make Whimbrel House their ally. To do that, she’ll need to move in, too.
Prepared as she is with augury, a set of magic tools, and a new staff trained in the uncanny, Hulda’s work still proves unexpectedly difficult. She and Merritt grow closer as the investigation progresses, but the house’s secrets run deeper than they anticipated. And the sentient walls aren’t their only concern—something outside is coming for the enchantments of Whimbrel House, and it could be more dangerous than what rattles within.
Amanda: I’m down for a cozy, fantasy mystery with ties to New England.
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Kiss Her Once for Me
Author: Alison Cochrun
Released: November 1, 2022 by Atria Books
Genre: Contemporary Romance, LGBTQIA, RomanceOne year ago, recent Portland transplant Ellie Oliver had her dream job in animation and a Christmas Eve meet-cute with a woman at a bookstore that led her to fall in love over the course of a single night. But after a betrayal the next morning and the loss of her job soon after, she finds herself adrift, alone, and desperate for money.
Finding work at a local coffee shop, she’s just getting through the days—until Andrew, the shop’s landlord, proposes a shocking, drunken plan: a marriage of convenience that will give him his recent inheritance and alleviate Ellie’s financial woes and isolation. They make a plan to spend the holidays together at his family cabin to keep up the ruse. But when Andrew introduces his new fiancée to his sister, Ellie is shocked to discover it’s Jack—the mysterious woman she fell for over the course of one magical Christmas Eve the year before. Now, Ellie must choose between the safety of a fake relationship and the risk of something real.
Aarya’s pick!
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Kiss Me, Catalina
Author: Priscilla Oliveras
Released: November 1, 2022 by Montlake Romance
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Romance
Series: Queens of Mariachi #2Dreams come true for an untamable rising star and a mariachi idol in a rousing romance about passion, fame, and family by USA Today bestselling author Priscilla Oliveras.
Ambitious San Antonio singer Catalina “Cat” Capuleta gets the chance of a lifetime when she joins superstar heartthrob and fellow mariachi Patricio Galán on his seven-week concert tour. Demanding and arrogant, Patricio challenges Cat on every level, as an artist and as a woman. But headstrong Cat is determined to be his match. No matter how seductive Patricio’s baritone voice, Cat’s eyes are only on the prize: success and making her familia proud.
No woman gets under Patricio’s skin like Cat. Her talent mesmerizes. Her passion is thrilling. And her drive, stemming from an old unhealed family wound, exposes a vulnerability he secretly recognizes in himself.
When the duo hits the road, the sparks don’t just fly—they detonate. Stage by stage, as each reckons with the past—and with each other’s quick-fire personalities—they bring crowds to their feet, and Cat’s long-held dreams come true. Will their road romance go up in flames? Or could making music together kindle the most rapturous love song of their lives?
Aarya’s pick!
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Ocean’s Echo
Author: Everina Maxwell
Released: November 1, 2022 by Tor Books
Genre: LGBTQIA, Romance, Science Fiction/FantasyRich socialite, inveterate flirt, and walking disaster Tennalhin Halkana can read minds. Tennal, like all neuromodified “readers,” is a security threat on his own. But when controlled, readers are a rare asset. Not only can they read minds, but they can navigate chaotic space, the maelstroms surrounding the gateway to the wider universe.
Conscripted into the military under dubious circumstances, Tennal is placed into the care of Lieutenant Surit Yeni, a duty-bound soldier, principled leader, and the son of a notorious traitor general. Whereas Tennal can read minds, Surit can influence them. Like all other neuromodified “architects,” he can impose his will onto others, and he’s under orders to control Tennal by merging their minds.
Surit accepted a suspicious promotion-track request out of desperation, but he refuses to go through with his illegal orders to sync and control an unconsenting Tennal. So they lie: They fake a sync bond and plan Tennal’s escape.
Their best chance arrives with a salvage-retrieval mission into chaotic space—to the very neuromodifcation lab that Surit’s traitor mother destroyed twenty years ago. And among the rubble is a treasure both terrible and unimaginably powerful, one that upends a decades-old power struggle, and begins a war.
Tennal and Surit can no longer abandon their unit or their world. The only way to avoid life under full military control is to complete the very sync they’ve been faking.
Can two unwilling weapons of war bring about peace?
If you liked Ellen’s review of Winter’s Orbit, Maxwell is returning to the world with a new couple.
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Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble
Author: Alexis Hall
Released: November 1, 2022 by Forever
Genre: Contemporary Romance, LGBTQIA, Romance
Series: Winner Bakes All #2From the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material comes a sweet and scrumptious romantic comedy about facing your insecurities, finding love, and baking it off, no matter what people say.
Paris Daillencourt is a recipe for disaster. Despite his passion for baking, his cat, and his classics degree, constant self-doubt and second-guessing have left him a curdled, directionless mess. So when his roommate enters him in Bake Expectations, the nation’s favourite baking show, Paris is sure he’ll be the first one sent home.
But not only does he win week one’s challenge—he meets fellow contestant Tariq Hassan. Sure, he’s the competition, but he’s also cute and kind, with more confidence than Paris could ever hope to have. Still, neither his growing romance with Tariq nor his own impressive bakes can keep Paris’s fear of failure from spoiling his happiness. And when the show’s vicious fanbase confirms his worst anxieties, Paris’s confidence is torn apart quicker than tear-and-share bread.
But if Paris can find the strength to face his past, his future, and the chorus of hecklers that live in his brain, he’ll realize it’s the sweet things in life that he really deserves.
The much anticipated second book in Hall’s Winner Bakes All series.
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A Very Merry Bromance
Author: Lyssa Kay Adams
Released: November 1, 2022 by Berkley
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Romance
Series: Bromance Book Club #5‘Tis the season for a Bromance Book Club matchmaking mission! This time, they’re pulling out the mistletoe for everyone’s favorite country music star, Colton, and his second chance at love.
Country music’s golden boy Colton Wheeler felt the most perfect harmony when he was with Gretchen Winthrop. But for her, it was a love him and leave him situation. A year later, Colton is struggling to push his music forward in a new direction. If it weren’t about to be the most magical time of year and the support of the Bromance Book Club, he’d be wallowing in self-pity.
It’s hard for immigration attorney Gretchen not to feel a little Scrooge-ish about the excess of Christmas when her clients are scrambling to afford their rent. So when her estranged, wealthy family reaches out with an offer that will allow her to better serve the community, she’s unable to say no. She just needs to convince Colton to be the new face of her family’s whiskey brand. No big deal…
Colton agrees to consider Gretchen’s offer in exchange for three dates before Christmas. With the help of the Bromance Book Club, Colton throws himself into the task of proving to her there’s a spark between them. But Gretchen and Colton will both need to overcome the ghosts of Christmas past to build a future together.
Book five in the series is a holiday romance!
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White Horse
Author: Erika Wurth
Released: November 1, 2022 by Flatiron Books
Genre: Horror, Mystery/ThrillerWhite Horse is a gritty, vibrant debut from Erika T. Wurth about an Indigenous woman who must face her past when she discovers a bracelet haunted by her mother’s spirit.
Some people are haunted in more ways than one.
Heavy metal, ripped jeans, Stephen King novels, and the occasional beer at the White Horse have defined urban Indian Kari James’s life so far. But when her cousin Debby finds an old family bracelet that once belonged to Kari’s mother, it inadvertently calls up both her mother’s ghost and a monstrous entity, and her willful ignorance about her past is no longer sustainable…
Haunted by visions of her mother and hunted by this mysterious creature, Kari must search for what happened to her mother all those years ago. Her father, permanently disabled from a car crash, can’t help her. Her Auntie Squeaker seems to know something but isn’t eager to give it all up at once. Debby’s anxious to help, but her controlling husband keeps getting in the way. Kari’s journey toward a truth long denied by both her family and law enforcement forces her to confront her dysfunctional relationships, thoughts about a friend she lost in childhood, and her desire for the one thing she’s always wanted but could never have.
Amanda: Even though October is over, my desire for spooky books is not!
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The World We Make
Author: N.K. Jemisin
Released: November 1, 2022 by Orbit
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy
Series: Great Cities #2Three-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts “a glorious fantasy” (Neil Gaiman) — a story of culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New York City, in the final book of the Great Cities Duology.
Every great city has a soul. A human avatar that embodies their city’s heart and wields its magic. New York? She’s got six.
But all is not well in the city that never sleeps. Though Brooklyn, Manny, Bronca, Venezia, Padmini, and Neek have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in White from invading–and destroying the entire universe in the process–the mysterious capital “E” Enemy has more subtle powers at her disposal. A new candidate for mayor wielding the populist rhetoric of gentrification, xenophobia, and “law and order” may have what it takes to change the very nature of New York itself and take it down from the inside. In order to defeat him, and the Enemy who holds his purse strings, the avatars will have to join together with the other Great Cities of the world in order to bring her down for good and protect their world from complete destruction.
N.K. Jemisin’s follow up to The City We Became comes out!
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Even Though I Knew the End
Author: C.L. Polk
Released: November 8, 2022 by Tor.com
Genre: Historical: American, LGBTQIA, Mystery/Thriller, Novella, Science Fiction/FantasyA magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago’s divine monsters to secure a future with the love of her life. This sapphic period piece will dazzle anyone looking for mystery, intrigue, romance, magic, or all of the above.
An exiled augur who sold her soul to save her brother’s life is offered one last job before serving an eternity in hell. When she turns it down, her client sweetens the pot by offering up the one payment she can’t resist―the chance to have a future where she grows old with the woman she loves.
To succeed, she is given three days to track down the White City Vampire, Chicago’s most notorious serial killer. If she fails, only hell and heartbreak await.
Aarya: Unsure if this has an HEA or not, but the noir vibes look fun.
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Raven Unveiled
Author: Grace Draven
Released: November 8, 2022 by Ace
Genre: Fantasy/Fairy Tale Romance, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy
Series: Fallen Empire #3A woman with the gift to speak to the dead—and the assassin pursuing her—may be the only chance a crumbling empire has of holding back true evil, in this electrifying fantasy romance from the USA Today bestselling author of Radiance.
Siora has been on the run for longer than she cares to remember, from her past and her gift. Born with the ability to see and speak to ghosts, she has heard their desperate pleas as an otherworldly predator stalks the dead amid the fertile killing fields of the collapsing Krael Empire. The creature’s power and reach are growing with every soul it consumes, but Siora is preoccupied with her own troubles: namely an assassin who has sworn an oath of vengeance against her.
Gharek of Cabast was once the right-hand man of the reviled empress but is now a wanted fugitive. Although his reasons for hunting Siora are viscerally personal, what Gharek can’t anticipate is that when he finally does find her, she will hold the key to saving his world, or what’s left of it. To make good on old debts and protect the vulnerable dead from a malevolent force, Gharek and Siora will both need to make an ally out of an enemy—and trust that will be enough to save each other.
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As of right now, I have very little on my November TBR, which is just as well given as I’m still trying to catch up with books from October.
NATURAL DISASTER by Skye Warren & Amelia Wilde (November 8) is the second book in their MMF Deserted Island trilogy about a man and a woman stranded on an island and their encounters with the island’s sole inhabitant, a hermit waiting for the end of the world.
FORGIVE ME FATHER by Garrett Leigh (November 14) is the next book in her m/m Rebel Kings MC series.
HIDING PLACES by Skye Warren (November 15) is part of her Rochester series inspired by JANE EYRE. This book involves two people who were secondary characters in the original trilogy.
New HPs from three of my favorite Queens of Angsty Heartache arrive November 29: Maisey Yates’s FORBIDDEN TO THE DESERT PRINCE (a woman falls for her betrothed’s brother); Caitlin Crews’s THE CHRISTMAS HE CLAIMED HIS SECRETARY (a virginal secretary agrees to pose as a billionaire’s mistress); and Jackie Ashenden’s THE MAID THE GREEK MARRIED (to escape a compound where she has been held in domestic servitude, a maid agrees to marry a wealthy widower).
COME BACK FOR ME by Ellis (Ella) James is scheduled for November 30. It’s a forced-proximity, age-gap, m/m romance set amongst fire fighters in Wyoming. However, there is very little about the book (the start of a new series) on Amazon right now, so I won’t be surprised if the publication date is postponed.
Ooh, I read an ARC of Freya Marske’s A Restless Truth, and it’s SO good – just deliciously fun (and really steamy)!
Some interesting-looking knitting books coming out in November: KNITTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD, which is knitting patterns inspired by Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood. A knitted trolley! cardigans! King Friday puppet!
SARK is a new collection by Kate Davies, with patterns using twisted stitches. Kate’s books are always beautifully photographed, too.
Wendy Bernard’s ULTIMATE ALL AROUND STITCH DICTIONARY features 300 stitch patterns presented top-down, bottom-up, flat and in the round.
And I’m always a sucker for northern knits…VIKING KNITS by Lasse Matberg is a collection for men, women and kids inspired by Norwegian patterns. Look carefully at this one. What I’ve seen of the sweaters look beautiful but the instructions are less extensive than American ones and you’ll probably have to substitute yarns as the line used isn’t readily available in the US.
Kiss me Catalina and Bromance are both confirmed amazing; gave them As. The rest are on my TBR!
NK Jemisin was on NPR today (Tuesday). Awesome interview about the book and series!
Flirting with the Beast by Jane Porter is out Nov 28. I’ve never read anything by her but the series seems to involve older couples which I am definitely half of. I’ve been in the mood for books with couple in their 40’s to 60’s but I’ve never had much luck finding books that are realistic to what an older couple faces.
NEVER RESCUE A ROGUE by Virginia Heath comes out November 8. It’s book #2 in her Merriwell Sisters historical romance series, and I liked book #1 enough to check this one out.
I had the day off from work today, and I was planning to spend it reading Victoria Goddard’s sequel to Hands of the Emperor, At the Feet of the Sun, which was originally set to release today. But it’s been pushed back to Nov. 21st (if you buy through her website) or Dec. 1st (major retailers). I didn’t take the day off just for that, but I felt oddly off-balance when she announced the delay.
Instead I picked up my pre-ordered copy of A Restless Truth, and also Lois Bujold’s latest compilation of Penric and Desdemona stories, Penric’s Labors. It has Masquerade in Lodi,The Orphans of Raspay, and The Physicians of Vilnoc – but best of all a MAP, and an “Outreduction” at the end with some brief notes on each story.
I was waiting all day for the call that my copy had come in of Megan Whalen Turner’s Moira’s Pen, A Queen’s Thief Collection. It has short stories (some previously published, some new), art and poetry and a cake recipe. I’d have bought it just for the cover. It was released today too, and I really hope my local indie hasn’t lost my order.
I am also really looking forward to Cat Sebastian’s Daniel Cabot Puts Down Roots. I’ll probably need to re-read the first two Cabot books in the meantime.
I’m a third of the way through A RESTLESS TRUTH, and if there’s a funnier pornography-reading scene out there, I’d like to know what it is. Took me a couple of stop-starts to be able to keep reading without cracking up.
Celia Lake’s BEST FOOT FORWARD releases on Friday, November 4th. It’s the beginning of a new series but has recurring characters from her earlier books. Cannot wait!
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BEST FOOT FORWARD is actually available right now for Kindle (according to its Amazon listing it was released on November 1).