Blue Handle Publishing

02/01/2025

It's February 1, which means SOVEREIGN will (finally!) publish later this month!! And those of you in the Kansas City area can attend the book launch with author AJ Whitney, and get a signed copy from the wonderful folks at KD's Books in Lee's Summit, Missouri!!!

KD's Books is an independent bookstore located in Lee's Summit, Missouri, serving the greater southern Kansas City area, including Raytown, Grandview, Independence, Blue Springs, Raymore, Belton, Pleasant Hill. Shop our site for books, toys, games, and gifts for book lovers of all ages. You'll also....

01/30/2025

We are BEYOND excited for this new psychological thriller from the incredibly talented Author Leslie Liautaud!!! 🙌🙌🙌

01/29/2025

BESTSELLING author Taylor Moore said JONES POINT is "a powerful story that draws you in from the start and keeps you locked in until the very end!" No wonder it has been SHORTLISTED for the Clue Award for Thriller & Suspense Fiction!!!

As a Special Operations soldier, Dane Cooper was trained and tested to handle the toughest, most dangerous situations around the world. He was not, however, prepared for the abduction of his daughter. That kidnapping sends him into a downward spiral, the depths of which are unknown even to...

01/28/2025

BESTSELLING author Taylor Moore said JONES POINT is "a powerful story that draws you in from the start and keeps you locked in until the very end!" No wonder it has been SHORTLISTED for the Clue Award for Thriller & Suspense Fiction!!!

As a Special Operations soldier, Dane Cooper was trained and tested to handle the toughest, most dangerous situations around the world. He was not, however, prepared for the abduction of his daughter. That kidnapping sends him into a downward spiral, the depths of which are unknown even to Dane. But...

01/28/2025

Take a look at this GORGEOUS key cover art for BUTTERFLY PINNED by .leslie.liautaud, which we are so proud to be publishing this May!!

Here’s a taste of what this psychological thriller is about (we think it’s for fans of Cruel Intentions and Less Than Zero):

Marin thought college would be her chance to start over—a new city, new friends, and a new life far from the shadows of her past. Then she meets Bette, the effortlessly sophisticated and dangerously captivating girl who seems to have it all. Drawn into Bette’s alluring world of privilege and power, Marin quickly finds herself seduced by the glamour, but beneath the surface lies something far more sinister.

As secrets unravel and dark truths emerge, Marin realizes she’s entangled in a web of manipulation and deceit she never saw coming. With her sense of reality crumbling and her safety on the line, she must make an impossible choice—stay silent and survive or speak out and risk everything.

Butterfly Pinned is a chilling psychological thriller about friendship, obsession, and the price of reinvention. Can Marin escape Bette’s grip, or will she be trapped forever in a life that was never truly hers?

01/27/2025

BESTSELLING author Taylor Moore said JONES POINT is "a powerful story that draws you in from the start and keeps you locked in until the very end!" No wonder it has been SHORTLISTED for the Clue Award for Thriller & Suspense Fiction!!!

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01/24/2025

This is such great news for Author Sean Hagerty — his novel, JONES POINT, has been named a finalist for the annual Clue Awards from the Chanticleer Book Reviews & Media!!

Huge Congratulations Sean!!

The Clue Finalists for 2024 are here! Congratulations to these amazing Thriller/Suspense Authors and good luck on the final round of judging!

01/24/2025

Sean Hagerty has lately had the opportunity to do some author signing events at different U.S. Forts around the country. This one at Ft. Belvoir, or his stomping grounds as he says, is his second! And there will be more to come!

Check out his book Jones Point (first book in a 3 part series). Available anywhere books are sold!

https://authorseanhagerty.com/

01/07/2025

We absolutely LOVE to see our authors getting local news coverage!!! We work hard to make this happen, but sometimes they just hear about a wonderful novel and seek them out, like this piece about Clara Sneed and her debut BEFORE WE TURN TO DUST!!!

Clara Sneed recently released a novel sharing a piece of her family's history. A story full of love, betrayal and murder.

01/03/2025

We were so excited to learn that Darlene P. Campos, whose new novel is scheduled to release this year, was featured on the Living The Next Chapter Podcast!! Check it out below!

EPISODE 489 - Author Darlene Campos Shares the Amazing Story of Holocaust Survivor Pete PhilippsHello! Hola! I'm Darlene P. Campos, an Ecuadorian-American au...

01/02/2025

Start the New Year by letting Author/Writer Ray Franze and narrator A.W. Miller take you back to the days when The Boys from The Heights ran thing show in Chicago, then across the country! Get the incredible audio version of THE HEIGHTS today on Audible!

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. After 30 years of research and scouring 5,000 pages of FBI files, The Heights was born. Inspired by true events and racketeers who ruthlessly fought their way into Al Capone's inner circle and expanded organized crime across the American West. It's hard .....

01/01/2025

Wishing you a wonderful and creative 2025!!!

12/25/2024

From our family to yours, Merry Christmas!!

12/20/2024

You can't imagine how thrilled we were when NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER J.T. Ellison not only agreed to blurb our upcoming release SOVEREIGN by AJ Whitney, but then sent us this incredible praise:

"With notes from The Lottery and whispers of The Handmaid’s Tale and Never Let Me Go, SOVEREIGN is a creepy little tale of chaos and hope. Insidiously clever, it begs the ultimate question: Can you ever escape your fate?"

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Number 332 is living to be sacrificed.A teen with no name, she and nine other Orphans will be left in the Fields as gifts, and the town will be blessed with a decade of bountiful harvests - just as they have for the past three centuries.But after so long, even the...

12/19/2024

We are so excited about our releases coming in 2025, and first up is the YA novel SOVEREIGN by AJ Whitney, which NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER J.T. Ellison called "Insidiously clever" and a "creepy little tale of chaos and hope."

She, and we, compare it to The Handmaid's Tale and Shirley Jackson's The Lottery!!

And it's up for pre-order before being released on Feb. 28!

Number 332 is living to be sacrificed.A teen with no name, she and nine other Orphans will be left in the Fields as gifts, and the town will be blessed with a decade of bountiful harvests - just as they have for the past three centuries.But after so long, even the...

12/18/2024

You can't imagine how thrilled we were when NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER J.T. Ellison not only agreed to blurb our upcoming release SOVEREIGN by AJ Whitney, but then sent us this incredible praise:

"With notes from The Lottery and whispers of The Handmaid’s Tale and Never Let Me Go, SOVEREIGN is a creepy little tale of chaos and hope. Insidiously clever, it begs the ultimate question: Can you ever escape your fate?"

😍😍😍

Sovereign

12/17/2024

We are so excited about our releases coming in 2025, and first up is the YA novel SOVEREIGN that NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER J.T. Ellison called "Insidiously clever" and a "creepy little tale of chaos and hope."

She, and we, compare it to The Handmaid's Tale and Shirley Jackson's The Lottery!!

And it's up for pre-order before being released on Feb. 28!

Sovereign

12/16/2024

Our wonderful YA title SOVEREIGN is coming in late February, and AJ Whitney, Author was recently on the Living the Next Chapter podcast discussing what NYT BESTSELLER J.T. Ellison called "a creepy little tale of chaos and hope..."

We're so excited for this novel to be out in the world!!!

Episode 492 - AJ Whitney - Sovereign, When Your Number is Up - Orphans Face A Dire FateAJ Whitney is a young adult author living in the Kansas City metro wit...