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kamilah cole
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Dragon, Lodestar, & Lambda Award Finalist. Bestselling author of SO LET THEM BURN (2024), THIS ENDS IN EMBERS (2025), AN ARCANE INHERITANCE (2025), WICKED ENDEAVORS (2026), & HEIR UNDYING (2027) | she/her 🇯🇲
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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · Dec 30
💞 AN ARCANE INHERITANCE IS OUT NOW 💞

This book has been mine for so long. Now it's yours.

Thank you to @emilykaitlin.bsky.social and @poisonedpenpress.bsky.social for believing in me and this story.

You can find An Arcane Inheritance wherever books are sold.

Purchase: linktr.ee/kamilahcole
Me smiling in my glasses while holding three copies of AN ARCANE INHERITANCE Me smiling in my glasses, doing a little head tilt, while holding three copies of AN ARCANE INHERITANCE, one of which is up by my smiling face
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begged my editor for a deadline extension and she didn't answer me within ten seconds which obviously means she hates me and thinks i'm a flake she regrets signing, right?
February 5, 2026 at 11:46 PM
wordsiren.bsky.social
TOMORROW!!!
wordsiren.bsky.social kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 24d
I'm so excited to announce that award-winning author of the Sandsea Trilogy @chelsabdullah.bsky.social will be doing a B&N live with me on Friday, January 23, at 3:30 PT/6:30 ET!

Are you ready for the bestie power hour? Tune in to the B&N account on Friday for SHENANIGANS.
KAMILAH COLE Live with Barnes and Noble THE ASHFIRE KING - Chelsea Abdullah AN ARCANE INHERITANCE - Kamilah Cole BARNES AND NOBLE January 23, 2026 @ 6:30 PM EST LIVE ON INSTAGRAM @barnesandnoble In conversation with Chelsea Abdullah Chelsea holding up THE ASHFIRE KING AND THE STARDUST THIEF while I hold up SO LET THEM BURN and THIS ENDS IN EMBERS
January 22, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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🩸COVER REVEAL! 🩸

Arthur and Sal are back for another romp in SUMMER COVEN! This time, the summer solstice festival plays host to a mysterious coven of witches, some bold fashion choices, and one horrible murder.

Artist: Liam Eisenberg
Designer: Colleen Reinhart

www.rosieethor.com/summer-coven
In the foreground, two vampires ride a teal tandem bicycle. In front, a white man with graying hair, a light gray suit, and bright red tie holds a pink slushie and looks adoringly at his husband behind him, who has luscious curly black hair, a plum purple suit, puffy cravat, and is holding a blood red popsicle. In the front basket, a black cat perches with her paws up. Behind them, a festival is underway with bright pink tents and red flags in front of dark green trees. People mill about, some wearing pointy witch hats. Yellow text with a pink drop shadow spells out "SUMMER COVEN" over a dark blue sky with a yellow crescent moon at the top, and at the bottom in yellow text is "Authors of Dead & Breakfast" just above "Kat Hillis & Rosiee Thor"
January 22, 2026 at 5:36 PM
wordsiren.bsky.social
all right, i'm ready. i'm FINALLY going to watch full metal alchemist: brotherhood*

*i watched the 2003 anime and read the manga and it traumatized me so much i've not been able to watch FMAB without crying five minutes in over what these kids have gone and will go through. but it's time
January 22, 2026 at 4:40 PM
wordsiren.bsky.social
I'm so excited to announce that award-winning author of the Sandsea Trilogy @chelsabdullah.bsky.social will be doing a B&N live with me on Friday, January 23, at 3:30 PT/6:30 ET!

Are you ready for the bestie power hour? Tune in to the B&N account on Friday for SHENANIGANS.
KAMILAH COLE Live with Barnes and Noble THE ASHFIRE KING - Chelsea Abdullah AN ARCANE INHERITANCE - Kamilah Cole BARNES AND NOBLE January 23, 2026 @ 6:30 PM EST LIVE ON INSTAGRAM @barnesandnoble In conversation with Chelsea Abdullah Chelsea holding up THE ASHFIRE KING AND THE STARDUST THIEF while I hold up SO LET THEM BURN and THIS ENDS IN EMBERS
January 21, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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You can now read this article over on Locus!!!

locusmag.com/feature/kami...
January 20, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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@wordsiren.bsky.social Hey, I just finished reading the Kindle ebook I bought of AN ARCANE INHERITANCE! I absolutely loved it! I would like to believe that Ellory and Hudson end up together foreve! Their banter was great and I love university set stories! Congratulations on an amazing book! 🥰🤗
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 AM
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✨ COVER REVEAL ✨

Artist: cocorrina
Design: jennykimuradesign
Art Commission: joleanart

WICKED ENDEAVORS, my YA romantasy, is available for preorder and hits shelves on September 8, 2026!

Preorder: bookshop.org/p/books/wick...
Read Now: www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...
AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER [wicked endeavors cover] ON SALE SEPTEMBER 8, 2026 Artist: cocorrina | Designer: Jenny Kimura | Author: Kamilah Cole Little, Brown Young Readers Description Perfect for fans of The Shadows Between Us and Powerless, this high stakes romantasy follows a vengeful teen who cons her way into an elite society of tyrannical witches. But her warring feelings for two people—an enemy prince and her childhood friend—could ruin everything. Caya was once the ward of Coventry’s royal family…until they were killed by the three witch Houses that now rule the peninsula. Now eighteen, Caya plans to infiltrate the witches’ glittering world to enact justice. With the help of a mysterious benefactor, she adopts the persona of Marisol Vinyet, a disarmingly beautiful aristocrat. As Marisol, she’ll attend the annual Coronet, a cutthroat social season during which witches increase their power by binding new members to their Houses. The Coronet will draw even the prince of neighboring Domingo—Tomás Castellan—to the peninsula just in time for “Marisol” to kill him. After all, his family set the witches upon Coventry in the first place. But Tomás is more charming than Caya ever anticipated. Worse, her estranged childhood friend, Bas Arroyo, is the prince’s protector, and she struggles to control her complicated feelings for him. To take down the witches from within, Caya will have to keep both her identity and her desperate heart under wraps: Although she’s made herself a weapon, she might be the one to bleed.
January 16, 2026 at 5:04 PM
wordsiren.bsky.social
🧍🏿‍♀️ i've just been informed that An Arcane Inheritance (Deluxe Edition) is now out of stock at my publisher. i repeat: my publisher has no more copies and will NOT be printing more.

if you want these gorgeous edges then grab one from your local store ASAP.

bookshop.org/p/books/an-a...
An Arcane Inheritance with the gorgeous sprayed edges
January 15, 2026 at 8:40 PM
wordsiren.bsky.social
🌟 COSMOPOLITAN COVER REVEAL 🌟

Thank you to Cosmo for helping me reveal the cover of my YA romantasy, WICKED ENDEAVORS. Head over to the link to see the cover and read an exclusive excerpt from the book!

Artist: cocorrina
Design: jennykimuradesign
🔗: www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...
Cosmopolitan Wicked Endeavors Exclusive Cover and Excerpt Reveal Cosmopolitan Wicked Endeavors Exclusive Cover and Excerpt Reveal
January 15, 2026 at 6:18 PM
wordsiren.bsky.social
it has been brought to my attention (by my sister) that i received a two page spread in locus magazine???? this is an incredible honor wow 🥹

you can grab a digital or physical issue here: subscribers.locusmag.com/subscribe
a two-page spread of little me talking about AN ARCANE INHERITANCE
January 10, 2026 at 9:32 PM
wordsiren.bsky.social
i'm speechless

thank you all so much 😭
AN ARCANE INHERITANCE the instant USA TODAY bestseller NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER An Arcane Inheritance #22
January 8, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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AN ARCANE INHERITANCE by Kamilah Cole was my first read of the year.

I highly recommend this dark academia fantasy read.
amzn.to/4qcOxNE

@wordsiren.bsky.social #newrelease #nafantasy #fantasyread #darkacademia #fantasybooks #BIPOCFantasy #blackauthor #poisonedpenpress @poisonedpenpress.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 10:19 PM
wordsiren.bsky.social
Peak romance 🙂
nicoletteconti.com Nicolette Conti Sedai @nicoletteconti.com · Jan 3
“Well, I’d love to stay and chat, but I’d rather sit on a cactus than look at you, so—bye.”

Ooh. 😍 I sense a romance coming.
An Arcane Inheritance by Kamilah Cole @wordsiren.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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And now, ep. 383D: Kamilah Cole makes the leap from YA to adult fiction with AN ARCANE INHERITANCE, a delicious Dark Academia book that will absorb you as soon as you turn the first page. @wordsiren.bsky.social @sbkslibrary.bsky.social

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January 3, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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Oh hey I’m in Glamour making book recs alongside @wordsiren.bsky.social @ellaceron.bsky.social @eshanisurya.bsky.social and more!

Everyone preorder @missdahlelama.dahliaadler.com please. www.glamour.com/story/best-b...
The Best Books for Book Clubs in 2026
Consider this your book club syllabus.
www.glamour.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Heads up, the annual year-end free trial period for Publishers Marketplace is live.

Great way to do research for those of you gearing up to query in the New Year. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/12/a-pm...
December 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
wordsiren.bsky.social
💞 AN ARCANE INHERITANCE IS OUT NOW 💞

This book has been mine for so long. Now it's yours.

Thank you to @emilykaitlin.bsky.social and @poisonedpenpress.bsky.social for believing in me and this story.

You can find An Arcane Inheritance wherever books are sold.

Purchase: linktr.ee/kamilahcole
Me smiling in my glasses while holding three copies of AN ARCANE INHERITANCE Me smiling in my glasses, doing a little head tilt, while holding three copies of AN ARCANE INHERITANCE, one of which is up by my smiling face
December 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Merry Christmas fam!
Color sketch of Tifa, Cloud, and Aerith from Final Fantasy 7. Cloud lies flat on his stomach with a grumpy expression. Tifa sits on him triumphantly, wearing a Santa hat. Aerith crouches next to them. She wears decorative reindeer antlers and happily places an elf hat on Cloud.
December 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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I'm currently reading So Let Them Burn and keep thinking "omg this is soooo kingdom hearts" and then I remember that Kamilah Cole is a huge kingdom hearts fan. It makes me smile:)
@wordsiren.bsky.social 🗝️🤍
December 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Connecticut friends, a tour stop's been added at River Bend Bookshop on Sunday, January 11 at 5 PM! Join me and my beloved Kelly as she tries to talk about AN ARCANE INHERITANCE and I derail the conversation to talk about the upcoming THE GRAVEWOOD instead :)

riverbendbookshop.com/event/2026-0...
Author Event Kamilah Cole in conversation with Kelly Andrew Sunday January 11th at 5 PM River Bend Bookshop An Arcane Inheritance
December 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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✨ LAUNCH EVENT REMINDER ✨

if you're in the seattle area, or can be, please join me and elaine for my launch of AN ARCANE INHERITANCE at third place books ravenna! i will have swag, AND if you preorder the book from third place books you get even MORE swag

www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/kamila...
AN ARCANE INHERITANCE book cover my author photo elaine's author photo author event at ravenna
December 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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PREORDER CAMPAIGN. Every entry will be entered into a drawing to win a $100 gift card to their fave Indie bookseller, and every 20th can pick one annotated copy of my books. Submit receipts here: bit.ly/PreorderUtCSM
If you don’t have Google, please write me on my website: www.alechiadow.com/contact
Preorder campaign graphic. All info above but it has a picture of my books on a green background with glittery gold
December 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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My cover reveal is LIVE for my debut novel, A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING!!!

Check out the amazing animated reveal here: www.instagram.com/reel/DScu5db...
Poisoned Pen Press on Instagram: "✨COVER ANNOUNCEMENT✨ Debut author @slhawthorn weaves a haunting story of souls and sisterhood—A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING is a haunting queer speculative debut ground...
Dive into the captivating story of Elle, a lighthouse keeper with a devil's bargain, and her sister Liney. Explore the world of queer speculative fiction, folklore, and impossible love in A FATE WORSE...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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For day 9 of #libfaves25, a book that hasn't quiiiiite come out yet (12/30), but deserves love! AN ARCANE INHERITANCE by @wordsiren.bsky.social is a Ninth House x Get Out dark academia feast! #books #DarkAcademia #booksky @sbkslibrary.bsky.social
The book jacket for the novel "An Arcane Inheritance" by Kamilah Cole. A multi-story illustrated gothic tower dominates the center of this cover, with the rays a red light obscured by the tower radiating out from behind it about one third of the way down. The tower is flanked by dramatic dark clouds, while the bottom third is illustrated by photo negative trees behind the base of the building, and crumpled earth beneath it. The title is in white across the center in three lines, with the author's name a the bottom, also in while. The illustration is framed by gold rectangles, with a backward "E" at the very top and center.
December 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM