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September 2026 Virtual Tour for #AUTHORLIFE by Joe Zagets

“Joe Zagets opens the book on the publishing industry and isn’t afraid to touch a few nerves. I laughed, I winced, and I kept turning pages thinking ‘oh man what’s next?” – Tony Wirt, bestselling author of Just Stay Away and Silent Creek

“I’ve never identified so closely with a main character that I can’t stand.” – Alex Grecian, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author

“#Authorlife is—somehow—both a blistering satire and a joyous (though nail-biting) thrill ride. You will never look at your favorite authors the same. What a clever, astute, and fun novel. Five shining stars.” – T. Greenwood, author of Everything Has Happened, The Still Point, and Keeping Lucy

After selling his first thriller novel for six figures, Mackenzie “Mack” Lane quit his job as a journalist to become a full-time author. But now, a few years later, his career is spiraling downward. With each book doing worse than the last, he fears his status as a Boring White Dude is partly to blame. With his bank accounts dwindling, Mack has to find a way to make more money: his ex-wife wants to send their son to a private high school, and his current wife wants to have a baby.

Mack begs his agent and editor to sing the praises of his new novel and do everything in their power to encourage his publisher’s marketing team to make the book a bestseller. But as Pub Day for his fourth novel approaches—without the interviews and publicity he’d so hoped for—Mack knows his book is in trouble. And with it, his career and personal life.

Growing more desperate, Mack concocts a risky and more-or-less unethical idea for a publicity stunt. His agent, Wallis Wallace, reluctantly goes along with it—after all, if it works, she stands to gain 15% of his windfall. And if it doesn’t work, Mack is the one who will suffer the consequences of being ridiculed and cancelled.

#AUTHORLIFE (Bad Hand Books; September 22, 2026) is a satire about an author who gets the wrong sort of inspiration from his dying career—because publishing is a bloody hard business career.

To help launch the release of #AUTHORLIFE we’re hosting this exciting virtual book tour throughout the month of September. We hope you’ll follow along as this stellar lineup of influencers share reviews, spotlight features, and giveaways:

Tuesday, September 1 @amberiasbookstagram

Tuesday, September 1 @deasbookshelf

Wednesday, September 2 @alymaverinoreads

Wednesday, September 2 @englishmans_book_shelf

Thursday, September 3 @epicureanreads

Thursday, September 3 @aimeedarsreads

Friday, September 4 @backporchpages

Friday, September 4 @bookapotamus

Saturday, September 5 @holdme.thrillme

Monday, September 7 @danish_mustardreads

Tuesday, September 8 @books_and_biewers

Tuesday, September 8 @redreviews4you

Wednesday, September 9 @littleairplane6

Wednesday, September 9 @candice_reads

Thursday, September 10 @booksloveandunderstanding

Friday, September 11 @cathyscozybooknook

Friday, September 11 @bookish.heidi

Saturday, September 12 @nissa_the.bookworm

Monday, September 14 @booksandcoffeemx

Monday, September 14 @brianas_best_reads

Tuesday, September 15 @rebekahdolmat

Tuesday, September 15 @purrfectly_booked

Wednesday, September 16 @subakka.bookstuff

Wednesday, September 16 @love_my_dane_dolly_

Thursday, September 17 @twinreadsandreds

Thursday, September 17 @gofetchabook

Friday, September 18 @roziereadsandwine

Friday, September 18 @nurse_bookie

Saturday, September 19 @stacy40pages

Sunday, September 20 @2manybooks2littletime

Monday, September 21 @lovemybooks2020

Monday, September 21 @bookgirlbrown_reviews

Tuesday, September 22 @tammyreads62

Tuesday, September 22 @athenanooneaskedyou

Tuesday, September 22 @sarahandherbookshelves

Wednesday, September 23 @carol_doscher_reader

Wednesday, September 23 @books.cats.travel.food

Thursday, September 24 @reading2escape

Thursday, September 24 @katieneedsabiggerbookshelf

Friday, September 25 @alicias.literary.life

Friday, September 25 @sarahs.bookish.reviews

Saturday, September 26 @wutheringvines

Sunday, September 27 @journalofjaida

Monday, September 28 @bitofeverythingbooks

Monday, September 28 @just_another_mother_with_books

Tuesday, September 29 @book.addict.827

Tuesday, September 29 @growwithcassie_

Tuesday, September 29 @ _armedwithabook

Wednesday, September 30 @hooked.by.books

Wednesday, September 30 @shereadswithcats

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August Virtual Book Tour for CLEAN SLATE by Brianna Labuskes

**A crime scene cleaner is on the trail of a serial killer in a breathtaking novel of psychological suspense by USA Today bestselling author Brianna Labuskes.**

Following the massive success of the Dr. Gretchen White and Raisa Susanto series, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brianna Labuskes returns with her most chilling investigation yet. CLEAN SLATE (August 4, 2026; Thomas & Mercer) is the first installment in the Olive Hunt series and introduces readers to a gritty new protagonist, a crime scene cleaner who finds herself drawn into a deadly hunt for a serial killer. Olive’s search for the truth takes her deep into the heart of her Atlanta community and exposes the chilling reality of two different justice systems: one for the wealthy and one for everyone else.

About CLEAN SLATE, Brianna says, “I’m so thrilled for readers to meet Olive Hunt, whose reluctant search for a killer has her grappling with her traumatic past and all the ways her mind could turn against her. In doing so, she finds that helping bring justice to forgotten victims can be far more satisfying than wiping away their last minutes on earth.”

Death pays well for Olive Hunt, a crime scene cleaner who channels her childhood traumas into erasing the suffering of others. After nearly ten years, she’s seen it all. Nothing rattles her anymore.

Until now.

Two back-to-back suicides. A seedy motel. An upscale Atlanta hotel. No connection―except that Olive discovers the same strange item at each scene. Then a third body drops. Olive knows what the police refuse to see: These aren’t suicides. They’re murders staged to perfection.

Then the roses arrive. A vase of bloodred blooms on her doorstep. An anonymous note: Thank you.

She’s found him. A serial killer who’s been leaving breadcrumbs only she can see. A killer who’s been cleaning up his work―knowing she’ll clean up after him. A killer who wants her to follow.

And follow she must. No matter how terrifying the trail becomes.

Combining a haunting atmosphere with sharp, forensic-level detail, CLEAN SLATE explores the thin line between erasing the past and being consumed by it and proves once again that Labuskes is a master of psychological thrillers.

To help launch the release of CLEAN SLATE, we’re hosting this exciting virtual book tour throughout the month of August. We hope you’ll follow along as this fantastic lineup of influencers share reviews, spotlight features, and giveaways!

Friday, July 31 Book Recs By Celeste

Friday, July 31 Nikstagram

Sunday, August 2 Alyma Verino Reads

Sunday, August 2 Hooked By Books

Monday, August 3 Addicted to Books

Monday, August 3 Love My Dane Dolly

Monday, August 3 Little Airplane 6

Tuesday, August 4 Bethany Buried in Books

Tuesday, August 4 Bookalong

Tuesday, August 4 Twin Reads and Reds

Wednesday, August 5 Bibliopeeks

Wednesday, August 5 Thrillers Wine and Chill

Wednesday, August 5 Reading is my Remedy

Thursday, August 6 Reading 2 Escape

Thursday, August 6 We Break For Books

Thursday, August 6 Book Girl Brown Reviews

Friday, August 7 Sarah’s Bookish Reviews

Friday, August 7 Bit of Everything Books

Friday, August 7 Dea’s Bookshelf

Saturday, August 8 Growing with Cassie

Sunday, August 9 Alicia’s Literary Life

Monday, August 10 Books Coffee MX

Monday, August 10 Subakka Bookstuff

Monday, August 10 Nissa the Bookworm

Tuesday, August 11 Shadows In My Pages

Tuesday, August 11 Briana’s Best Reads

Tuesday, August 11 Carol Doscher Reader

Wednesday, August 12 Love My Books 2020

Wednesday, August 12 Book Addict 827

Wednesday, August 12 Speed Readstagram

Thursday, August 13 Rebekah Dolmat

Thursday, August 13 Epicurean Reads

Thursday, August 13 Rebecca Reviewed It

Friday, August 14 Books and Biewers

Friday, August 14 Secret Reading Life

Friday, August 14 Bbecca Marie

Saturday, August 15 Kim Reads and Reads

Sunday, August 16 Karen’s Library

Monday, August 17 Wuthering Vines

Monday, August 17 Library of Bookish

Tuesday, August 18 Book Princess of Cali

Tuesday, August 18 Dive Into A Good Book

Wednesday, August 19 My Bursting Book Bag

Wednesday, August 19 WBTB Book Reviews

Thursday, August 20 Jen’s Towering TBR

Thursday, August 20 Tessa Talks Books

Thursday, August 20 A Witch And Her Book

Friday, August 21 Thrill By The Page

Monday, August 24 Stories on Bookshelves

Monday, August 24 A Bookworm with Wine

Tuesday, August 25 Red Reviews 4 You

Tuesday, August 25 Hold Me Thrill Me

Wednesday, August 26 Reading on the Brink

Wednesday, August 26 Books and Biceps 9155

Thursday, August 27 Danish Mustard Reads

Thursday, August 27 Candice Reads

Friday, August 28 Cathy’s Cozy Book Nook

Friday, August 28 Meg’s Book Club

Saturday, August 29 Journal of Jaida

Sunday, August 30 Books Abound With A Hound

Monday, August 31 X Bookworm Café

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July 2026 Virtual Book Tour for THE DELIVERY by Gregg Hurwitz

“A pungent, timely thriller that will leave readers thinking.” ―Kirkus Reviews

“Eerily plausible and certainly very timely, this relatively short novel packs a heck of a punch. Fans of the Orphan X series or Hurwitz’s earlier standalone novels will thoroughly enjoy this clever, rather twisted, top-flight technothriller from a genre master.” ―Booklist

“In Gregg Hurwitz’s THE DELIVERY, Silicon Valley is unmasked for its Doppelganger, the uncanny valley. But there is no way back or up and out of these depths. In this lightning-fast Black Mirror of a novella, that literally begins with a new Pandora’s box, Gregg Hurwitz manages to sympathize while lampooning the real anxiety and the harried pace of modern parenting; he gently satirizes the Achilles heel of all parents of means―could it just be a little easier?” ―David Duchovny

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Orphan X series comes a tense novella, a psychological thriller about an AI companion that will do anything to serve―with terrifying consequences.

Rebecca and Mark Higgins are doing their best to hold their family together. She’s healing from the pain of a miscarriage, he’s drowning in pressure at work, and their neurodivergent daughter, Maddy, needs all the care she can get. So when a cutting-edge tech company offers the perfect solution, they jump at the chance. And they welcome “Mr. Man”―a humanoid AI companion―into their home.

Designed to anticipate their needs, he’s like a miracle at first. The house runs like clockwork. Meals appear on the table. And Maddy thrives under his patient attention. But when inexplicable tragedies start to strike the neighborhood, Rebecca glimpses a darker pattern at play.

Each incident is an answer to an unspoken fear, each kindness shadowed by violence. Mr. Man isn’t just following instructions―he’s anticipating what they want. Even the things they never dared to say. And if he’s executing their darkest desires, it’s their responsibility to stop him…at any cost.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Gregg Hurwitz is the #1 international bestselling author of the Orphan X series and sixteen other thrillers. His critically acclaimed novels have appeared on multiple top-ten lists and have been published in thirty-three languages. Hurwitz has sold scripts to many of the major Hollywood film studios and has written, developed, and produced television for various networks. He lives in Los Angeles.

To launch the release of THE DELIVERY, we’re hosting this exciting virtual book tour throughout the month of July. We hope you’ll follow along as these amazing influencers share reviews, spotlight features, and giveaways!

Wednesday, July 1 – @Subakka.bookstuff

Wednesday, July 1 – @tessa.talks.books

Thursday, July 2 – @Books_and_biewers

Thursday, July 2 – @Brianas_best_reads

Friday, July 3 – @bitofeverythingbooks

Monday July 6 – @Booksandcoffeemx

Monday, July 6 – @bookrecs_by_celeste

Tuesday, July 7 – @growingwithcassie_

Tuesday, July 7 – @bibliopeeks

Wednesday, July 8 – @Bookprincessofcali

Wednesday, July 8 – @Myburstingbookbag

Thursday, July 9 – @reading2escape

Thursday, July 9 – @Epicureanreads

Friday, July 10 – @carol_doscher_reader

Friday, July 10 – @love_my_dane_dolly_

Monday, July 13 – @Littleairplane6

Monday, July 13 – @deasbookshelf

Tuesday, July 14 – @shadows.in.my.pages

Tuesday, July 14 – @awitchandherbook

Wednesday, July 15 – @book.addict.827

Wednesday, July 15 – @pagesandhoops

Thursday, July 16 – @Danish_mustardreads

Thursday, July 16 – @webreakforbooks

Friday, July 17 – @redreviews4you

Friday, July 17 – @kimreadsandreads

Sunday, July 19 – @Karens_library

Monday, July 20 – @thrillbythepage_

Monday, July 20 – @rebeccareviewedit

Tuesday, July 21- @bookalong

Wednesday, July 22 – @candice_reads

Wednesday, July 22 – @_armedwithabook

Thursday, July 23 – @sarahs.bookish.reviews

Thursday, July 23 – @Bbecca_marie

Friday, July 24 – @Hooked.by.books

Friday, July 24 – @Libraryofbookish

Monday, July 27 – @cathyscozybooknook

Monday, July 27 – @Xbookwormcafe

Tuesday, July 28 – @Journalofjaida

Tuesday, July 28 – @Megsbookclub

Wednesday, July 29 – @books.abound.with.a.hound

Wednesday, July 29 – @Lovemybooks2020

hursday, July 30 – @Bookgirlbrown_reviews

Friday, July 31 – @Readingonthebrink

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June 21 – July 17 Virtual Book Tour for A TREASON OF MAGIC by Melissa Marr

Praise for Melissa Marr’s books:

“Complex and involving.” —New York Times on Fragile Eternity

“Melissa Marr adds elegantly to the sub-genre of Urban Faery with this enticing, well-researched fantasy.” —Washington Post on Wicked Lovely

“A creatively creepy gothic tale for grown-ups.” —USA Today, on Graveminder

“A fully imagined faery world that even non-fantasy (or faerie) lovers will want to delve into.” —Publishers Weekly on Wicked Lovely

“Plan ahead to read this one, because you won’t be able to put it down! Haunting, captivating, brilliant!” ―Library Journal, starred review of Graveminder

In a world where magic, desire, and duty collide, it is beauty who is fated to kill the beast in a lush historical fantasy of secrets and star-crossed love by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr.

New York Times bestselling author and master storyteller Melissa Marr is known for her wonderfully imaginative fantasy series for young adults (Wicked Lovely) and adults (Graveminder) which blend mythological themes and folklore with contemporary settings. She is set to release her highly anticipated new historical fantasy romance novel, A TREASON OF MAGIC, on June 23, 2026 (47North). It’s a sapphic “Buffy-meets-Bridgerton” tale of star-crossed love and ancient curses with a female duke, a Regency Era faery hunter, and the monster she must defeat. The first in a duology of standalones, it’s a thrilling start to a lush world of reimagined faery tales.

“A TREASON OF MAGIC is inspired by my love for Scottish folklore, the beauty of Scotland’s landscape and my own Scottish heritage,” says Melissa. “It’s also drawing from my upbringing— I was raised knowing that the eldest ought to be a son, but if that child (me) happened to be a daughter, the responsibilities were still the same. I created my Gabri from that idea. Ultimately, I also wanted to build a civilized world where titles, wealth, and magic are inherited by the eldest regardless of gender. This isn’t women as knights in a patriarchal setting: it’s a world of equality in duty and resources. I hope you enjoy this magical world I’ve created.”

Two young women. Heirs to altogether different hereditary burdens. Yet bound by a monstrous threat to their village.

Gabrielle is the first woman in Alveus to carry the mantle of Hunter, which comes with an obligation to kill the faery beasts murdering travelers in Brimmond Wood. Wary of the power she wields as guardian of her people, Gabrielle is summoned by her first love, a seductress who shattered her heart into pieces a decade ago.

Isabeau is the rarest of nobility—a lady duke. She is also afflicted by a curse that leaves her in a deep sleep between the gloaming and daylight. How can she begin her tenure as protector when she can’t keep her village safe from whatever stalks its darkest hours? For that, she needs the help of the Hunter.

Against her will, Gabrielle is falling in love all over again. But what new threats will arise when Gabrielle and Isabeau’s star-crossed destinies collide with the beast of Brimmond Wood?

Melissa Marr is at her best with her gripping new historical fantasy tale, A TREASON OF MAGIC.

We’re celebrating the release of A TREASON OF MAGIC with this exciting virtual book tour from June 21 – July 17th. We hope you’ll follow along as these beloved influencers share reviews, spotlight features, and giveaways:

Sunday, June 21 NANCY READS A LOT OF BOOKS

Monday, June 22 BOOKS AND COFFEE MX

Monday, June 22 GROWING WITH CASSIE

Tuesday, June 23 BRIANA’S BEST READS

Tuesday, June 23 TARYN BOOK CONFESSIONS

Wednesday, June 24 FANTASY BEFORE REALITY

Wednesday, June 24 JADADADONDADA

Thursday, June 25 DEALING WITH BOOKS

Thursday, June 25 FOREVER IN A STORY

Friday, June 26 GWENDALYN BOOKS

Sunday, June 28 ENCHANTING LITERATURE

Monday, June 29 SUBAKKA BOOKSTUFF

Tuesday, June 30 ELLIOTT READS

Wednesday, July 1 BBECCA MARIE

Wednesday, July 1 AMY IMOGENE READS

Thursday, July 2 DANISH MUSTARD READS

Thursday, July 2 MEGAN IS MY NAME OHH

Friday, July 3 BOOKALONG

Friday, July 3 WE ARE CURRENTLY READING

Monday, July 6 TAMMY READS 62

Tuesday, July 7 NURSE BOOKIE

Wednesday, July 8 RAVEN BOOK LOVER

Wednesday, July 8 BIBLIOPHILE NIKKI

Thursday, July 9 RED REVIEWS 4 YOU

Thursday, July 9 A BLUE BOX FULL OF BOOKS

Friday, July 10 SARAH’S BOOKISH REVIEWS

Friday, July 10 AME’S CHIC READS

Monday, July 13 CARLA GOT YOU COVERED

Tuesday, July 14 WRAPPED UP IN PAGES

Tuesday, July 14 KERA’S ALWAYS READING

Wednesday, July 15 LINDA’S BOOK OBSESSION

Wednesday, July 15 LEXIJAVA

Thursday, July 16 NISSA THE BOOKWORM

Thursday, July 16 EMMYS BOOK BITES

Friday, July 17 ALLI’S READING BOOKS

Friday, July 17 BOOKISH HEIDI

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May 19 – June 19: Virtual Book Tour for DEAR MISSING FRIEND by Susan McGuirk

**For Fans of The Correspondent and The Dictionary of Lost Words!**

“Fans of historical novels will find much to like in McGuirk’s debut. An ambitious work of historical fiction.” –Kirkus Reviews

“In Susan McGuirk’s epistolary novel Dear Missing Friend, letters go where the heart is meant to travel, enabling a kind of freedom that feels unattainable in daily life.” –Foreword Reviews

“McGuirk creates a powerful foundation for a story that embraces many elements, from history to mystery, using Catherine’s strengths and character to bring this era to life. Recommendable to book clubs.” –Midwest Book Review

“It resonates with works like The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan and The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri in its examination of cultural identity and resilience. Urgent and timeless, the novel offers an unflinching look at the cost of forging a new life in a foreign land and a tribute to the women who defied societal constraints. Simply Un-put-downable.” –The Prairies Book Review

ONE WOMAN. TWO MEN. ONE DREAM.

Sag Harbor, New York, 1840s: Catherine McGuirk leaves Ireland and a shipboard proposal behind, determined to forge a new life in America. Amid the bustling height of the whaling era, she marries a dashing sailor who vows to give up life on the sea. But when he vanishes westward in pursuit of gold, she is forced to chart her own course as a governess in Manhattan society. Torn between her ambition, the vanished whaleman she married, and the now-wealthy suitor she refused, she must navigate love, loss, and the tides of a changing world.

From May 19 to June 19 we will celebrate the release of DEAR MISSING FRIEND with this special virtual book tour, and we hope you will follow along to learn more about this breathtaking historical novel debut:

5/19/26: BOOK PRINCESS OF CALI

5/19/26: QUILTED READS

5/20/26: WE LOVE BIG BOOKS AND WE CANNOT LIE

5/21/26: LOVE MY BOOKS 2020

5/22/26: MICHELLE LOVES BOOKS

5/25/26: BOOKS AND COFFEE MX

5/26/26: CASSIE’S BOOKS REVIEWS

5/27/26: EPICUREAN READS

5/28/26: ENJOYING BOOKS AGAIN

5/29/26: TAMMY READS 62

6/1/26: SUBAKKA BOOKSTUFF

6/2/26: A BLUE BOX FULL OF BOOKS

6/3/26: DANISH MUSTARD READS

6/4/26: THE PAGE LADIES READ

6/5/26: READING IS MY REMEDY

6/8/26: BOOKSTAGRAM SAM

6/9/26: JEN’S TOWERING TBR

6/10/26: SARAH’S BOOKISH REVIEWS

6/11/26: NISSA THE BOOKWORM

6/15/26: CAROL DOSCHER READER

6/16/26: BOOKPHILE BELLE

6/17/26: STOREYBOOK REVIEWS

6/18/26: GLORIANA WONG

6/18/26: MARY MARY LIBRARY

6/19/26: BOOKALONG

Learn more about DEAR MISSING FRIEND and Susan McGuirk at: susanmcguirk.com.

September 2026 Virtual Tour for #AUTHORLIFE by Joe Zagets

August Virtual Book Tour for CLEAN SLATE by Brianna Labuskes

**A crime scene cleaner is on the trail of a serial killer in a breathtaking novel of psychological suspense by USA Today bestselling author Brianna Labuskes.**

July 2026 Virtual Book Tour for THE DELIVERY by Gregg Hurwitz

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Orphan X series comes a tense novella, a psychological thriller about an AI companion that will do anything to serve―with terrifying consequences.

June 21 – July 17 Virtual Book Tour for A TREASON OF MAGIC by Melissa Marr

In a world where magic, desire, and duty collide, it is beauty who is fated to kill the beast in a lush historical fantasy of secrets and star-crossed love by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr.

May 19 – June 19: Virtual Book Tour for DEAR MISSING FRIEND by Susan McGuirk

**For Fans of The Correspondent and The Dictionary of Lost Words!**

ONE WOMAN. TWO MEN. ONE DREAM.

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