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Two of our titles are now available for purchase internationally.
26 WAYS TO COME HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS is now available at Waterstones!
THE BROTHERS DRAGON: BEYOND LAND’S END is now available at Indigo in Canada!
The first review is in for THE WIDOW OF HARTFORDE.
“Full of cinematic flair, this is a fast-paced read with twists and chills. New England’s rich history of witch trials is put to great use here, andJ.F. Baker leans into it with creativity and canny twists. The book is one to be devoured in as few sittings as possible…The stellar ending is unforgettable, searing the tale in my memory and leaving me breathless for Baker’s next work.” – Independent Book Review
THE WIDOW OF HARTFORDE goes on sale August 30, 2025. Grab it at Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
AMERICAN BOOK FEST™ ANNOUNCES
WINNERS AND FINALISTS OF
THE 2025 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS
LOS ANGELES, JUNE 2025 – American Book Fest announced the winners and finalists of THE 2025 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS (IBA), one of the world’s largest international book award programs for mainstream, indie, and self-published titles. Over 400 winners and finalists were announced in over 100 categories. Awards were presented for titles published in 2020-2025.
Jeffrey Keen, President and CEO of American Book Fest, said this year’s contest yielded thousands of entries from authors and publishers around the world, which were then narrowed down to the final results.
Keen says of the awards, “Over our 16-year history, thousands of self-published and indie authors have leveraged the promotional power of their International Book Award to increase online recognition, enhance their title’s credibility, and garner more attention in the crowded book buying marketplace.”
Fiction: Romance
26 Ways to Come Home for the Holidays by Jennifer Joy
Foxburg & Stern Books, LLC
THE WIDOW OF HARTFORDE, a historical thriller by J.F. Baker, will be available for pre-order on Amazon starting Aug. 30, 2025.
Here’s a sneak peek: It’s 1661, in the wild and dangerous colony of Connecticut. At an urgent midnight trial, a bizarre old woman stands before a court and calmly confesses to witchcraft—claiming she was seduced by the Devil himself after encountering a monstrous beast in the woods. Her tale is grisly, unsettling—and all too convincing for town newcomer Rebecca Easton who has seen the creature, too.
But when she breaks her silence to warn the others, she finds the judge’s suspicion turned on her instead. As accusations fly, Rebecca’s husband (the colony’s reverend) negotiates a desperate and deadly deal: find the creature by morning or Rebecca will stand trial as well. As the hunting party departs, the reverend unearths the judge’s dark motive behind trials—truths that threaten to destroy Rebecca and many others in Hartforde as well.
26 Ways to Come Home For The Holidays is featured on #BookTok as a great read for the 2024 holiday season!
TikTok creator Andrea (@andrea.bookster) recommended 26 Ways to her followers and #BookTok.
“A Christmas novella that has romance, laughs, and raccoons. Yes, raccoons! 26 Ways to Come Home For The Holidays is a quick Christmas hit,” @andrea.bookster said in her post.
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♬ original sound – 📚 Andrea Reads 📚
TikTok creator Kaylie (@kayliesbookcorner) also showcased 26 Ways in her December TBR video.
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♬ Jeanie – The Kooks & lovelytheband
Jennifer Fickley-Baker (A&S ’01) fondly remembers the adorned Kaufmann’s holiday windows she saw as a Pitt undergraduate.
In her second novel, Fickley-Baker, a Florida-based public relations professional by day and writer by night, revives this spirit through Stella West, a young saleswoman at a prominent downtown department store.
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See The Brothers Dragon featured in the story.
In this coming of age fantasy, two young brothers travel from World War Two ravaged London to a dangerous world of dragons, pirates, and family secrets.
Hidden on an island in the Atlantic, dragons, mermen, gargoyles, and witches have maintained a peaceful existence for centuries. When a malevolent force begins threatening this bucolic existence, it falls on Luke and Nick—the youngest members of an ancient, dragon-blooded family—to protect the island. The Brothers Dragon is the thrilling tale of how these young boys find themselves in the process of helping their family.
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