CamCat 2024 Catalog - Frontlist Sampler

CAMCAT PUBLISHING 2024 Catalog

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amCat Publishing was incorporated in 2018 as an independent publisher

of print, digital, and audio titles. In the spring of 2019, we formed our first imprint, CamCat Books, and opened for submissions of quality genre fiction. In 2020, we released our first titles to critical acclaim.

Our books regularly earn rave reviews from trade publications and are featured in the

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general press. Our books and authors have also been finalists and award-winners in numerous competitions.

We are always looking for creative and innovative ways to bring books to market.

As an integral part of our traditional house, our authors have great input from editorial to production to marketing. Committed to excellence, CamCat Publishing is proud to publish what we call Books to Live In: books to curl up with on the sofa, books that take

IN LOVING MEMORY SUE ARROYO July 1966 - February 2024 Founder and CEO of CamCat Publishing

you to another place and time, and that stay with you beyond the last page.

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e aim to provide an exceptional reading

experience for every reader.

Therefore we are committed to excellence in all things publishing, from the high readability of our stories to the cover design and overall packaging of the books to the production studio we partner with for our audiobook versions.

Each member of our team is an acquisitions editor with different ages and tastes representing the market we aim to reach, resulting in a catalog covering a wide array of genres and styles of storytelling.

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NOTEWORTHY OPTIONS OPTIONED FOR FILM BY SONY PICTURES

(SEE PAGE 32 FOR MORE INFO)

THE REGISTRATION, a dystopian thriller, by Madison Lawson, has been optioned for film by Sony Pictures.

The project will star Sydney Sweeney (EUPHORIA) with Brad Fuller (A QUIET PLACE, THE PURGE) and Sydney Sweeney to produce.

OPTIONED FOR FILM/TV BY LEVANTINE FILMS.

DARE TO AU PAIR by Maia Correll,

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a sweet contemporary romance set in

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the French Riviera, has been optioned

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for film/TV by Levantine Films, the studio behind HIDDEN FIGURES.

OPTIONED FOR FILM BY SPROUT PICTURES, LTD.

THE MAN WHO FELL FROM THE (SEE PAGE 32 FOR MORE INFO)

SKY by William Norris, a journalistic investigation into the mysterious events surrouding the sudden death of multimillionaire Alfred Loewenstein, has been optioned for film/TV by Sprout Pictures, LTD. The studio is helmed by actor and producer Stephen Fry.

For book-to-film inquiries, please contact Bill Lehto: bill [at] camcatpublishing [dot] com or Helga Schier: helga [at] camcatpublishing [dot] com.

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e’re excited to share with you a sneak peek at our early 2025 list! Romantasy continues to

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take the world by storm, and A DAGGER OF LIGHTNING, a sci-fi-flavored fantasy

following a woman abducted to a magical alien world, will delight readers clamoring to the next epic love story. Thrills are in, and nothing says “riveting beach read” like an action-packed romp through the streets of Paris in A PROMISE TO DIE FOR, or the time travel shenanigans of THE AFTER HOURS, where the past is literally out to get you. Epic fantasy continues to hit on the small screen, and THEY PLAYED THEIR ROLE, the nail-biting, heart-wrenching conclusion to the Dungeons and Dragons-inspired Glintchasers series, is sure to entertain diehard fantasy readers from all fandoms, while readers looking for a silver screen-inspired laugh will indulge in their inner Wes Anderson fan with the spy thriller spoof HOTEL MELIKOV. And those who like their murder mysteries with a dash of romance will happily tag along with a big city detective as she investigates a sleepy small town in WHAT HE LEFT BEHIND. Time travel isn’t just for adult readers, as young adult novel RICOCHET steps into the shoes of teenage Anastasia Romanov and answers the question: What would happen if she survived her execution by accidentally transporting to a parallel world? The fantastical adventures continue with MAGIC AT THE GRAND DRAGONFLY THEATRE, an enchanting love letter to theater and the bond between two sisters, and QUEENDOM COME, the epic conclusion to the Frean Chronicles, where a young queen fights for the soul of her Queendom. And for the science fiction-inclined reader, THE PREMONITIONS CLUB explores the dangerous consequences of when a group of teenagers inherit psychic powers.

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01/14/25

RICOCHET

KELLYN CARNI Ages 13-18 Grades 9-12

Hardcover with dust jacket

9780744311051 | $19.99 | 5.5“ x 8.5” | 320 pages | YA Fantasy

Anastasia Romanov escapes her family’s execution when a magical necklace transports her and her brother to an alternate 1918 Russia on the brink of its own revolution.

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THEY PLAYED THEIR ROLE ELIJAH MENCHACA

01/28/25

Hardcover with dust jacket Glintchasers #3

9780744311457 | $29.99 | 6” x 9” | 400 pages | Fantasy

The Starbreakers are thrust into the fray for a final clash in the ruins of Relgen, the city they couldn’t save, knowing if they fail again, death will scour more than just one city.

A PROMISE TO DIE FOR STEPHEN HOLGATE

02/11/25

Hardcover with dust jacket

9780744311693 | $28.99 | 5.5” x 8.5” | 288 pages | Thriller

When a retired diplomat travels to Paris to fulfill a dying friend’s wish, he finds himself embroiled into a baffling maze of danger and mystery that threatens to turn his promise into his epitaph.

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03/04/25

THE AFTER HOURS ASPEN ANDERSON

Hardcover with dust jacket

9780744311525 | $28.99 | 5.5” x 8.5” | 400 pages | Fantasy

Sloane knows you’re not allowed to change the past, but when she has a chance to stop a killer—and get her best friend back—altering the future seems like a small price to pay.

03/11/25

QUEENDOM COME JORDAN H. BARTLETT Ages 13-18 Grades 9-12

Hardcover with dust jacket Frean Chronicles #3

9780744310764 | $19.99 | 5.5” x 8.5” | 416 pages | YA Fantasy

Jacs, Queen of Frea, struggles to stay afloat beneath the weight of her crown as she prepares to face her enemies before they can tear her Queendom apart.

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A DAGGER OF LIGHTNING 04/01/25 MEREDITH R. LYONS

Hardcover with dust jacket

9780744311570 | $29.99 | 5.5” x 8.5” | 416 pages | Fantasy

When Imogen is kidnapped by an alien prince, she must navigate a new planet, a new body, and her own growing powers or become a powerless tool in his country’s war.

THE PREMONITIONS CLUB

GWENDOLYN WOMACK Ages 13-18 Grades 9-12

04/22/25

Hardcover with dust jacket

9780744311266 | $19.99 | 5.5” x 8.5” | 256 pages | YA Paranormal

When Liv and her friends stumble on old boxes of psychic predictions that were never meant to be found, they are put on the radar of dangerous people who’d do anything to get their hands on those predictions.

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WHAT HE LEFT BEHIND BENJAMIN BRADLEY

04/29/25

Hardcover with dust jacket

9780744311969 | $28.99 | 5.5” x 8.5” | 272 pages | Mystery

In a sleepy town, a detective must partner with a big city detective who broke her heart and fled the town years prior, to uncover the explosive truth behind the murder of a stranger.

05/13/25

HOTEL MELIKOV JONATHAN PAYNE

Hardcover with dust jacket Citizen Orlov #2

9780744311808 | $28.99 | 5.5” x 8.5” | 272 pages | Thriller

Citizen Orlov’s beloved nation is on a knife edge. When tensions between the government and the revolutionaries erupt into civil war, Orlov finds that the future of the country is in his hands.

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MAGIC AT THE GRAND 06/03/25 DRAGONFLY THEATRE Hardcover with dust jacket BRANDIE JUNE

Ages 13-18 Grades 9-12 9780744311792 | $19.99 | 5.5” x 8.5” | 320 pages | YA Fantasy

Two sisters growing up in a magical theatre discover a dangerous secret about their family.

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2024 Frontlist

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OVERVIEW Our 2024 list is one not to miss. You’ll find escapist fantasy and sci-fi reads, dark fantasy and horror books for both adult and YA readers, action adventures, scifi thrillers, twisty mysteries, and much much more.

Each of our books features a strong sense of setting or escapism that will whisk readers away, whether in print, ebook, or audio.

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BONE PENDANT GIRLS TERRY S. FRIEDMAN A clairvoyant buys two bone pendants she believes are carved to look like the faces of two missing teens, and as she investigates their disappearances, she becomes the killer’s next target.

Hardcover with dust jacket

ISBN 9780744307924 Price 27.99 Page Count 368 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre Thriller

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ANGOLIN C. E. TAYLOR The hidden society of Angolin is discovered by a dangerous enemy bent on conquest, and it’s up to its people to stop the threat from without—and also within.

Hardcover with dust jacket ISBN 9780744306750

Price 29.99 Page Count 400 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre Science Fiction

02/13/24

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KILL CALL

JEFF WOOTEN

Ages 13-18 Grades 9-12 It’s Jude’s job to make sure the murders he dreams of don’t come true, but when one of the foretold victims saves herself before he can intervene, they team up to stop the would-be killer.

Hardcover with dust jacket

ISBN 9780744307597 Price 19.99 Page Count 320 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre YOUNG ADULT THRILLER

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THE STRICKEN

MORGAN SHAMY

Ages 13-18 Grades 9-12 When Clara’s father dies, she is hunted down by the Diviners, an army of captive souls, and she escapes to the magical city of Khalom, a city in a parallel world.

Hardcover with dust jacket ISBN 9780744307696

Price 19.99 Page Count 384 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre YA FANTASY

03/05/24

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CALYPSO DOWN JAMES LINDHOLM

A Chris Black Adventure #4

On a mission aboard an underwater vessel, indomitable marine biologist Chris Black faces a series of mysterious attacks that suggest the mission is a target of terrorists.

Hardcover with dust jacket

ISBN 9780744307443 Price 27.99 Page Count 368 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre ACTION & ADVENTURE

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SPACE HOLES: FIRST TRANSMISSION B. R. LOUIS

The fate of a frog-like alien civilization is left in the hands of an intergalactic sales team and an underqualified tagalong on a mission to sell misprinted merchandise.

Hardcover with dust jacket ISBN 9780744308129

Price 27.99 Page Count 320 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre SCIENCE FICTION

03/26/24

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WITHOUT A SHADOW

H. J. REYNOLDS

Ages 13-18 Grades 9-12 Adlai Bringer is a thief who can steal with the slip of her shadow, but when one of her marks turns out to be a shadow hunter, she becomes his next target.

Hardcover with dust jacket

ISBN 9780744308341 Price 19.99 Page Count 320 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre YOUNG ADULT FANTASY

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SANCTUARY VALENTINA CANO REPETTO In 1930s Italy, a woman must battle sinister forces threatening her life and sanity when she and her husband move into a rundown and isolated watermill with a haunted past.

Hardcover with dust jacket ISBN 9780744309461

Price 28.99 Page Count 336 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre HORROR FICTION

04/16/24

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GRAND TOUR: THE BRASS QUEEN II ELIZABETH CHATSWORTH The Brass Queen #2

Constance Haltwhistle and US spy Trusdale team up once again to execute palace heists while keeping otherworldy monsters from invading Earth.

Hardcover with dust jacket

ISBN 9780744306293 Price 29.99 Page Count 432 Trim Size 6” x 9” Genre FANTASY

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HIDDEN ROOMS KATE MICHAELSON When her brother becomes the prime suspect in the investigation of his fiancée’s murder, Riley Svenson must push aside all of her looming medical symptoms to hunt down the real killer.

Hardcover with dust jacket ISBN 9780744310153

Price 28.99 Page Count 320 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre MYSTERY

04/30/24

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DUST SPELLS

ANDREA LYNN

Ages 13-18 Grades 9-12 Three young sisters must do whatever it takes to survive in 1934 Dust Bowl Kansas after they stumble upon a secret that won’t stay buried, and vengeful ghosts howl with the wind.

Hardcover with dust jacket

ISBN 9780744308464 Price 19.99 Page Count 272 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre YA HISTORICAL ROMANCE

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THE SHABTI MEGAERA C. LORENZ When a reformed fake medium accepts a dinner invitation from a charming Egyptologist, he doesn’t expect to find himself grappling with an ancient ghost.

Hardcover with dust jacket ISBN 9780744310092

Price 29.99 Page Count 336 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre FANTASY

05/21/24

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THE BOY FROM TWO WORLDS JASON OFFUTT

The Girl in the Corn #2

Years after the events of The Girl in the Corn, a boy born with unnatural powers is kidnapped, and Thomas vows to bring him home.

Hardcover with dust jacket

ISBN 9780744308242 Price 28.99 Page Count 400 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre HORROR FICTION

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HOW TO GET OVER YOUR (BEST FRIEND’S) EX KRISTI MCMANUS

Ages 13-18 Grades 9-12 When Hannah’s best friend finds herself dumped, Hannah vows to help her get over her heartbreak while trying to get over her crush on the boy in question.

Hardcover with dust jacket ISBN 9780744308570

Price 19.99 Page Count 272 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre YA ROMANCE

06/11/24

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WHEN I WAS ALICE JENNIFER MURGIA A present-day librarian falls from the Hollywood Sign and awakens in 1953, where she is mistaken for a rising star who has disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

Hardcover with dust jacket

ISBN 9780744310672 Price 27.99 Page Count 320 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre MYSTERY

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A MISFORTUNE OF LAKE MONSTERS NICOLE M. WOLVERTON Ages 13-18 Grades 9-12

A teen girl continues her family’s legacy of secretly impersonating the town’s famous lake monster, but suddenly finds a real one in the lake.

Hardcover with dust jacket ISBN 9780744309584

Price 19.99 Page Count 304 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre YA HORROR

07/02/24

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THE BUILDING THAT WASN’T ABIGAIL MILES

A young woman sets out to uncover the secrets of a mysterious building and its residents, while in a constant state of déjà vu, only to discover more about herself than she was prepared to know.

Hardcover with dust jacket

ISBN 9780744309850 Price 28.99 Page Count 368 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre SCIENCE FICTION

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DARE TO AU PAIR MAIA CORRELL

When a recent college grad takes an au pair position in the French Riviera to schmooze a future employer, she falls for more than just the seaside village of Èze.

Trade Paperback

ISBN 9780744310320 Price 16.99 Page Count 360 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre ROMANCE

08/06/24

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THE SUMMER OF LOVE AND DEATH MARCY MCCREARY A Ford Family Mystery #3

Detective Susan Ford and her father must solve a current crime that is eerily similar to a 1969 serial killer case— before the killer strikes again.

Hardcover with dust jacket

ISBN 9780744310597 Price 28.99 Page Count 336 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre MYSTERY

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THE MECHANICS OF MEMORY

AUDREY LEE

Seeking to recover a lost year of memories through a retreat, a woman slowly unearths fragmented clues to her past life when suddenly fellow residents start disappearing.

Hardcover with dust jacket ISBN 9780744310399

Price 28.99 Page Count 320 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre SCIENCE FICTION

08/27/24

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TOUCH OF DEATH TAYLOR MUNSELL

Ages 13-18 Grades 9-12 When a sixteen-year-old death witch sees herself killing the new student in a vision, she must embrace her magic before blood stains her hands Hardcover with dust jacket

ISBN 9780744310238 Price 19.99 Page Count 336 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre YA FANTASY

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BURNT ENDS LAURA WETSEL

When private investigator Tori suspects her uncle of killing her father and stealing his barbeque drive-in empire, her hunt for the truth and for revenge takes a sinister turn when her uncle is found murdered.

Hardcover with dust jacket ISBN 9780744311211

Price 29.99 Page Count 336 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre MYSTERY

09/24/24

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HUNTERLORE DANA CLAIRE

Ages 13-18 Grades 9-12 Hunterland #2 Experienced monster hunter Liam and novice Oliva are forced to make hard choices between love and duty when a pack of werewolves descends on their small town.

Hardcover with dust jacket

ISBN 9780744309683 Price 19.99 Page Count 272 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre YA PARANORMAL

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THE REGISTRATION REWRITTEN MADISON LAWSON Elysian Files #2

Lynell must convince the Registration committee that she can fill her uncle’s shoes, while also proving to the rebels that she is nothing like her uncle.

Hardcover with dust jacket ISBN 9780744310498

Price 29.99 Page Count 320 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre DYSTOPIAN

10/01/24

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INEVITABLE FATE LINDSAY K. BANDY Ages 13-18 Grades 9-12 When an art student falls in love with a mysteriously familiar girl, he must put the pieces of their past together in time or he’ll lose her—and himself—forever.

Hardcover with dust jacket

ISBN 9780744310849 Price 19.99 Page Count 352 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre YA FANTASY

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HAVEN

MIA DALIA What begins like a relaxing family vacation turns into a nightmare as the relationships between the Bakers slowly but steadily begin to fray as the house they’re staying in seems hellbent on destroying them all.

Hardcover with dust jacket ISBN 9780744311341

Price 28.99 Page Count 304 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre HORROR FICTION

10/29/24

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I KNOW SHE WAS THERE JENNIFER SADERA One night Caroline Case witnesses a violent crime, but since no one—not even the police—believe her, Caroline must figure out the truth, even if it means learning it was all in her head.

Hardcover with dust jacket

ISBN 9780744310955 Price 28.99 Page Count 320 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre THRILLER

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AGELESS RENÉE SCHAEFFER A woman born in the 1850s finds herself thrust unwillingly into an immortal life.

As the centuries pass by, she searches for answers for her condition, and for others who may be like her.

Trade Paperback ISBN 9780744310023

Price 18.99 Page Count 400 Trim Size 5.5” x 8.5” Genre SCIENCE FICTION

12/03/24

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