{"id":6213,"date":"2026-06-17T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T10:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/an-indigenous-murder-mystery-a-psychic-shop-and-more-new-ya-book-releases-for-june-17-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T11:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T10:01:00","slug":"an-indigenous-murder-mystery-a-psychic-shop-and-more-new-ya-book-releases-for-june-17-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/an-indigenous-murder-mystery-a-psychic-shop-and-more-new-ya-book-releases-for-june-17-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"An Indigenous Murder Mystery, A Psychic Shop, and More New YA Book Releases for June 17, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"


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And just like that, we\u2019ve crested to the middle of June. As I\u2019ve said several times in these weekly new release posts, 2026 seems to be doing the most and bending time in odd ways. It feels like the slowest year ever, as much as it feels like the year is flying by. One thing I know has been helping me find grounding and stability through it all is a good book\u2013and we\u2019ve had such a great year of releases. I\u2019ve also been really making an effort to work through the backlist titles teetering on my TBR. I hope you\u2019ve carved out some time to do the same. It\u2019s prime hammock reading season in my neck of the woods, and I\u2019m eager to build as much time in to revel in it. <\/p>\n

Although publishing typically slows down in the summer, the YA world will be seeing plenty of new books all season long. There\u2019ll be fewer than the middle of April or May, but you\u2019ll be finding exciting new things to plop on your to-read. <\/p>\n

This week, we\u2019ve got multiple stories of pirates and the high seas, an influencer entangled in dark magic, an Indigenous murder mystery, and more. There are also a number of new and continuing YA series releasing in hardcover and in paperback for those of you who enjoy deep immersion in a story during these longer days. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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New Hardcover YA Releases This Week<\/h2>\n
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A Prince Among Pirates<\/a> by Katie Abdou<\/h3>\n
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Kit Davenport is a young nobleman who wants to be anything but. He\u2019s always disappointed his father, and now, with an arranged marriage and a restrictive noble life on the horizon, Kit needs to do something.<\/p>\n

That something is somehow getting aboard the Deliverance<\/em>, a boat helmed by the very dashing Reggie Sharpe. Sharpe is hard to resist, even if his crew is a band if pirates. It\u2019s the exact opposite culture and community than where Kit came from, but he doesn\u2019t have time to step off the ship. Even if he wanted to, it\u2019s hard to leave when there\u2019s so much excitement and such a crush-worthy captain. <\/p>\n

But Kit\u2019s past can\u2019t stay hidden, and pretty soon, he\u2019ll have to decide: the life of a nobleman or the life of a pirate? <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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