Cover Fire: Spring/Summer 2020 Cover Reveal

It's that time of year FIREreaders! Keep reading to see what's coming soon to FIREreads on our spring and summer list and bask in the glory of their stunning covers.
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​Let us know which of these books you can't wait to have on your shelf first!

Stay tuned for a second round of incredible summer 2020 covers in the coming weeks!

KINGDOM OF EXILES*
by Maxym M. Martineau
@maxymmckay

​As a Charmer, Leena Edenfrell can tame the rare magical beasts that inhabit her world. When she’s falsely accused of using her magic to charm a human, she’s exiled and forced to sell her beloved beasts to survive.

When she learns the Charmer's Council has sent Noc, the realm’s deadliest hunter, to find her, she's determined to evade capture. Leena offers the dangerous assassin a deal: four magical beasts in exchange for her life...beasts with powers strong enough to break the curse that’s killed everyone he’s ever loved. Noc needs Leena. Together, these unlikely allies have to journey across the realm in search of mythical creatures, before their time runs out.

Cover art ​© Cliff Nielsen

*Only available at Barnes & Noble on December 26! Available at all retailers March 2020.

THE BURNING
​by Laura Bates
Everyday Sexism Project: @EverydaySexism

From Laura Bates, the internationally renowned founder of the Everyday Sexism project, comes a raw, empowering, and shockingly eye-opening novel that follows Anna’s journey to overcome online bullying, sexism, and slut shaming.
 
New school. Check.  New town. Check.  New last name. Check.  Social media profiles? Deleted.
 
There’s nothing to trace Anna back to her old life. Nothing to link her to the “incident.” Until the whispers start up again.
 
As time begins to run out on her secrets, Anna finds herself irresistibly drawn to the tale of Maggie, a local girl accused of witchcraft centuries earlier. A girl whose story has terrifying parallels to Anna’s own…

Cover art ​© Philip Pascuzzo

Available April 2020
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THE TRUTH ABOUT KEEPING SECRETS
by Savannah Brown
@savannahbrown

​Sydney’s dad is the only psychiatrist for miles in their small Ohio town. He knows everybody’s secrets. He is also dead.

Grief-stricken, Sydney can’t understand why the police have no explanation for what happened the night of her dad’s crash. And when June Copeland, the homecoming queen whose life seems perfect, shows up at the funeral, Sydney’s confusion grows.

Sydney and June grow closer in the wake of the accident. But what is June hiding? Does Sydney even want to know?

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Available April 2020
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THE PERFECT ESCAPE
by Suzanne Park
@suzannepark

Nate Jae-Woo Kim wants to be rich, just like everyone else at the elite private school where he’s a scholarship student. Then, fate steps in with a money-making opportunity.,,

At his job at a zombie-themed escape room, Nate meets aspiring actress Kate. She’s desperate for a fresh start and persuades Nate to be her teammate in a survivalist competition. If they win the prize money, she can pursue her dreams and Nate can, too. Two teenagers, surviving the elements together for an entire weekend, while falling in love...what could go wrong?​​

Cover art ​© Louisa Cannell

Available April 2020
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IF WE WERE US
by K.L. Walther
@kl_walther

Everyone at the prestigious Bexley School believes that Sage Morgan and Charlie Carmichael are meant to be....that it’s just a matter of time until they realize that they are actually in love.
 
When Luke Morrissey shows up on the Bexley campus his presence immediately shakes things up. Charlie and Luke are drawn to each other the moment they meet, giving Sage the opportunity to steal away to spend time with Charlie’s twin brother, Nick.
 
But Charlie is afraid of what others will think if he accepts that he has much more than a friendship with Luke. And Sage fears that things with Nick are getting too serious too quickly. The duo will need to rely on each other and their lifelong friendship to figure things out with the boys they love. 

​Cover art ​© Kat Goodloe

Available June 2020
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LITTLE CREEPING THINGS
​by Chelsea Ichaso
@chelseaichaso

Cassidy joked about killing the girl who bullied her. She didn’t really mean it...but that didn’t stop a killer from taking the bully’s life in an eerily similar way to the one Cassidy had devised. Now its up to her to unmask the killer before they strike again.

Cover design by Kerri Resnick

Available June 2020
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