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Ruthie Knox / Mae Marvel
@ruthieknox.bsky.social
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Writer of romance & mystery, frequently w/ Annie Mare, usually queer. Pen names Ruthie Knox, Robin York, Mae Marvel. She/her. https://Linktr.ee/ruthieknox
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Ruthie Knox / Mae Marvel @ruthieknox.bsky.social · Aug 18
Refreshing my pinned post with all my titles in one place!
Set of 18 slides showing book covers with text against book-themed backgrounds. First slide reads "Ruthie Knox writes as Mae Marvel and with Annie Mare"
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I'm going to be just short on mom's expenses this month (as opposed to catastrophically, as I had feared. ko-fi.com/soniasulaima...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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#DEAL ALERT! Calling all one-clickers because BIG NAME FAN @ruthieknox.bsky.social & @anniemare.bsky.social is on #sale on #Kindle for today only!
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Big Name Fan (A TV Detectives Novel Book 1)
A perfect story for every Rizzoli and Isles fan who rooted for the leads to get together, this new novel is also ideal for fans of Only Murders in the Building and books like Spoiler Alert, with a co-stars to lovers pair reunited after years apart and a murder to investigate behind the scenes in Hollywood.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
ruthieknox.bsky.social
Hoo, look at that! THE GUEST BOOK is "read now" for anyone on Netgalley who is into a messy, failed Wisco vegan cheesemaker with ADHD & her demisexual LA princess in deep grief on a low-rent European vacay with a treasure hunt and everlasting love

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October 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
ruthieknox.bsky.social
Queers & allies of Kenosha! Chicagoland! Milwaukee! We'll be at the Southport Literary Fair this coming Saturday, & we'd love to see you!!!

www.blue-house-books.com/events/32847...
2025 Southport Literary Fair | Blue House Books
Kenosha's only full-service independent bookstore
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October 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
ruthieknox.bsky.social
Prairie's on sale! This series launch has 5K happy readers, an AudioFile recommendation for the audiobook, and a sequel coming in February that's read now on Netgalley. What are you waiting for?

www.amazon.com/Homemaker-Pr...
Blue background with black torn paper at top and bottom. Phone screen shows the cover of Homemaker by Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare. Text reads: App date: So you do this enough, the app thing, to have a strategy? Prairie: I've been a woman since I was born. My whole existence is a strategy." Grab it on sale for $2.49!
September 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
ruthieknox.bsky.social
The good folks at Thomas & Mercer let us know that Prairie Nightingale's second adventure, TRAILBREAKER, is "read now" on Netgalley—so if you're looking for a weekend read with a twisty mystery set in picturesque Door County, Wisconsin, head on over to Netgalley!

www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
3D book cover of TRAILBREAKER by Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare on a background of blue-green-painted weathered boards. Text at top reads "Four people dead. One missing. If anyone can connect the dots, it's Prairie Nightingale." Bottom text reads "Now on Netgalley"
August 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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oliviawaite.com
Oh hey, the ebook of Murder by Memory is $2.99 right now! Get your sapphic spaceship murder mystery novella while the gettin’s good!

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💙📚
Murder by Memory
Becky Chambers meets Miss Marple in this sci-fi ode to the cozy mystery, helmed by a formidable no-nonsense auntie of a detectiveA mind is a terrible thing t...
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August 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
ruthieknox.bsky.social
Refreshing my pinned post with all my titles in one place!
Set of 18 slides showing book covers with text against book-themed backgrounds. First slide reads "Ruthie Knox writes as Mae Marvel and with Annie Mare"
August 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
ruthieknox.bsky.social
Congratulations to Mia Hutchinson-Shaw, whose richly textured and sympathetic narration of the HOMEMAKER audiobook has been awarded an Earphones Award from @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social! We couldn't agree more with their assessment of Mia's amazing work bringing Prairie Nightingale to life. ❤️
Image of HOMEMAKER book cover on a cell phone screen attached to a pair of white headphones against a gray-to-peach gradient background. AudioFile logo is shown above the words "earphones award winner" and the quotation "Mia Hutchingson-Shaw's narration feels like a comfy blanket, a perfect blend of mystery, humor, and tenderness."
August 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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once upon a time...

@anniemare.bsky.social
Storybook in front of castle background. Book reads "Once upon a time... The Queen died, and her daughter, Cosima Frank, was alone in the castle, far away in a kingdom called Beverly Hills. So Cosima escaped to a forgotten inn where the Queen had once found true love. An inn that time forgot. Cosima believed this was a place where she could grieve."
August 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
ruthieknox.bsky.social
A little Monday-morning love for Prairie from recent readers... If you haven't started the series yet, what are you waiting for? And if you read HOMEMAKER and loved it, recommend it to a friend! :-)
August 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
ruthieknox.bsky.social
C O V E R R E V E A L — The TV detectives are back this February 24!

www.kensingtonbooks.com/978149675134... @anniemare.bsky.social
Purple blue background with 3D cover of LOVE A COMEBACK showing two women standing back to back in an outdoors setting with a pool. Quotes read "Great fun!" attributed to NYT and "A Gem" attributed to Publishers Weekly, both for BIG NAME FAN. Coming 2/24/26. Tagline at bottom reads "Who to call in Hollywood when the crime isn't an act. The TV detectives are back."
July 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
ruthieknox.bsky.social
If you read EVERYONE I KISSED SINCE YOU GOT FAMOUS, you might remember Sam, the hot lawyer, and Robin, his girlfriend who helps Wil and Katie settle their bet about their high school teacher.
July 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
ruthieknox.bsky.social
Love this — so glad you enjoyed Prairie’s first adventure!
June 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
ruthieknox.bsky.social
Anyone looking for a nonfiction rec, I enjoyed @ejeancarroll.bsky.social's account of her civil suits against Trimp. Carroll's is a vivid & distinctive voice, w/humor & insight that gains powerful momentum. It's an unusual book in such a good way.
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Not My Type
You’ve heard about the tantrums, the seething, the storming out of court, yes. But what about E. Jean’s side of the story? What about the flight suits, the bottle of green Chartreuse, and the bob?
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June 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
ruthieknox.bsky.social
The subject line of this morning's @shelf-awareness.com newsletter is "tender, loving spies" — a nod to IF I TOLD YOU, I'D HAVE TO KISS YOU "cleverly turning many tropes of the espionage genre on their heads." Thrilled! shelf-awareness.com/sar-issue.ht...
@anniemare.bsky.social
Shelf Awareness for Readers for Friday, June 13, 2025
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June 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
ruthieknox.bsky.social
Happy release day to our sapphic spies, Yardley and KC! This book is an unapologetic love poem to hyperbole, drama-drama, costumes and accents, and most of all to learning *how* to love the woman you fell for at first sight. Happy reading, darlings! read.macmillan.com/lp/if-i-told...
June 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
ruthieknox.bsky.social
It’s Prairie Nightingale’s book birthday today, and our feelings are big and difficult to describe, so here is a video with actual real things that alive humans said about HOMEMAKER, which is a dream come true for real
@anniemare.bsky.social
June 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
ruthieknox.bsky.social
You haven't lived until you've heard Mia Hutchinson-Shaw say "a few Coach bags" in her Wisconsin accent. Her acting is divine, and it really makes HOMEMAKER shine. @anniemare.bsky.social & I have Netgalley widgets for audio review copies, so if you're interested, hit us up
Black-to-white gradient background shows line drawing of headphones at top. Beneath, "Audio review copies available now!" in red above the audiobook cover of HOMEMAKER by Ruthie Knox & Annie Mare. Bottom text reads "message for details"
May 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
ruthieknox.bsky.social
EEP, just three weeks until our darling Yardley Whitmer & KC Nolan hit bookshelves everywhere & y'all learn just how absolutely dumb these characters can be about love while also being crackerjack spies

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Photo shows 3D book cover of IF I TOLD YOU, I'D HAVE TO KISS YOU as well as a 3D globe with a white toy jet plane sitting on top of it. The text at top reads "disguises + Stockholm hideouts + supersonic planes + London galas + spice in an ambassador's closet = your ticket to summer. Depart June 10!" At bottom right, a stamped passport is open across the corner of the page, and a quote reads "Mae Marvel sends readers on a thrilling ride in this steamy spy romance" attributed to Library Journal.
May 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
ruthieknox.bsky.social
Annie & I are dying over how many readers are finding and loving our new Prairie Nightingale series. This book was on submission a long time and went through so many "almosts" (& sooo many rejections) to get to this moment of having over 1,000 ratings & 4.3 / 5 stars — it's everything, everything.
Purple gray backdrop with 3D book cover of HOMEMAKER at bottom left, "1,051 ratings/reviews 4.3 out of 5 stars" on bottom right, and quotes at top that read "So, so relatable," "Fun & thought-provoking," "a cracking new sleuth" and "I couldn't put this down!"
May 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
ruthieknox.bsky.social
We put up the full epub of BREATHTAKING on our Patreon, so if you're interested in reading the love story of an unhinged, anxious city planner & a tea farmer who have been hooking up for a decade & now have to deal w/their Actual Feelings, you can join or buy for $7!

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Breathtaking — The Final Chapters | Annie and Ruthie and Mae
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May 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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charlottestein.bsky.social
Making the main problem of HP inspired books that they’re fanfic to published, and that it will cause legal problems with the copyright holder lol, is really something.
May 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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mostlybree.kitrocha.com
Happy book day to us!!! 🧜‍♀️

I have fallen down on every front promoting this, because life has been... life and I'm barely clinging to a cliff's edge by my broken fingernails over here.

But we wrote a book, and it's coming out, and I love Aleksi, Naia, and Einar. 💓

I hope y'all love them too!
mostlybree.kitrocha.com Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · May 5
Daughter of Tides is out in the world TOMORROW!!!

The ancient god of love, a fearsome pirate lord, and a mysterious water nymph on a diplomatic mission that gets complicated, fast.

Mysterious pasts! Dangerous secrets! BEING UNASHAMEDLY HORNY ON MAIN.

Only $3.99!!! amzn.to/42RmEzW
May 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
ruthieknox.bsky.social
Six days into this wild ride, & you guys really seem to be loving Prairie Nightingale! The ratings and rankings are a dream come true. @anniemare.bsky.social & I have been waiting 5 years and our whole lives for this to happen.
Photo of the a woman with brown hair drinking iced coffee and holding a stack of copies of HOMEMAKER, with overlaid photos of the book with a #18 banner and another picture showing 108 reviews and 4.5 out of 5 stars, plus a little popup window that says "Do you love me?" with the "me" crossed out and substituted with "Prairie," and the answer options are "yes" and "yes."
May 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM