April 2019 New Releases: JR Ward, Rebecca Roanhorse, Kalayna Price, Claudia Gray, Jay Kristoff, Lynsay Sands and more

In an effort to help you keep that to-read list updated, I’ve compiled the hot urban fantasy and paranormal romance releases for April 2019. All dates are U.S. and tentative. Also: Click the title of any book to visit the Amazon page for pre-order or purchase goodness.

I’ve included genre classification with each book: UF is urban fantasy, PNR is paranormal romance, F is fantasy, SF is science fiction, SFR is science fiction romance, YA is young adult and NA is new adult.

APRIL 2

• Defy Me by Tahereh Mafi (Shatter Me #5) YA
• Defy the Fates by Claudia Gray (Constellation #3) YA
• The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman (Devouring Gray #1) YA
• Finder by Suzanne Palmer SF
• Grave Destiny by Kalayna Price (Alex Craft #6) UF
• The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling SF
• Mirror, Mirror by Jen Calonita (Twisted Tales #6) YA
• The Savior by J.R. Ward (Black Dagger Brotherhood #17) PNR
• We Rule the Night by Claire Eliza Bartlett YA
• Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan (Something Dark and Holy #1) YA

APRIL 9

• Alien: Echo by Mira Grant YA
• Cipher by Larissa Ione (Demonica Underworld #7) PNR
• Descendant of the Crane by Joan He YA F
• Dreaming Darkly by Caitlin Kittredge YA
• Ghosts of Gotham by Craig Schaefer UF
• Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence (Book of the Ancestor #3) F
• Seven Blades in Black by Sam Sykes (The Grave of Empires #1) F

APRIL 16

• The Binding by Bridget Collins F
• Darkness Returns by Alexandra Ivy (Guardians of Eternity #13) PNR
• Fire Season by Stephen Blackmoore (Eric Carter #4) UF
• Myths & Mortals by Charlie N. Holmberg (Numina #2) F
• No Country for Old Gnomes by Delilah S. Dawson & Kevin Hearne (Tales of Pell #2) F
• Red Scrolls of Magic by Cassandra Clare & Wesley Chu (Eldest Curses #1) YA
• The Time Collector by Gwendolyn Womack SF F
• A Time of Blood by John Gwynne (Of Blood and Bone #2) F
• Upon a Burning Throne by Ashok K. Banker (Burnt Empire Saga #1) F YA

APRIL 23

• Emily Eternal by M.G. Wheaton SF
• Hope for the Best by Jodi Taylor (Chronicles of St. Mary’s #10) SF F
• Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse (Sixth World #2) UF
• The Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala (Tiger at Midnight #1) YA
• The Trouble with Vampires by Lynsay Sands (Argeneau #29) PNR

APRIL 24

• Bad Fae Rising by Jenna Wolfhart (Paranormal PI Files #3) F

APRIL 29

• American Witch by Thea Harrison PNR
• Savage Dragon by Charlene Hartnady (Earth Dragons #2) PNR

APRIL 30

• Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Aurora Cycle #1) YA
• Cruel Fate by Kelley Armstrong (Cainsville) UF
• Ignite by Donna Grant (Dark Kings #15) PNR
• King of Fools by Amanda Foody (The Shadow Game #2) YA
• The Unbound Empire by Melissa Caruso (Swords and Fire #3) F