2025

Our Biggest Year Yet

Hello Readers!

Welcome to 2025!

2024 was a year of massive growth for us, and 2025 is shaping up to be our biggest year yet, and we are positively thrilled. Last year saw SHADOWCAST as a Christie finalist. Saw HEART OF THE SEA and UNLEASHED as Realm Maker Finalists, saw multiple awards given to Q&F books, and saw an enormous boom of Q&F staff.

We’re launching into 2025 full tilt, and have AMAZING things planned for this year. Just in January alone, we have two phenomenal releases. Next week will see the completion of the Cipher 355 Series—A SPY releases January 16th.

Irreversible pressure mounts throughout Mary André's espionage efforts on behalf of George Washington as the American Revolutionary War persists across the colonies. Her growing convictions for the rebel cause and deepening love for enemy officer Benjamin Tallmadge place her at odds with her outward loyalty to the British crown and her brother. Just one marginal maneuver could not only end the war but also end the lives of thousands. As she uncovers the British plot for capturing West Point, Mary realizes that a sacrifice must be made.

January will also see the first official release under our FIREBRAND imprint.

FIREBRAND: A beacon of light, blazing a torch in the night.

This our Christian imprint. FIREBRAND releases inspirational stories with the same high stakes, adventure, and romance that one expects of Q&F books, but these stories have a deep faith thread. Kicking off our new imprint is Amanda Wright, acquisition’s editor for the line. Her debut release, DARKFELL, is already causing waves in the best possible way for early readers. This story is going to take the world by storm.

Get your copy and catch the wave.

His is a life of books and peace...
Until a dying warrior’s touch ignites an ancient magic within his blood.

For years, Thom Darkfell has used his cartography skills to advise Lomair’s king of the country's shifting borders. A valued academic, Thom is excluded from the military drafts until whispers of dark abominations and mass casualties reach the king’s ears. The resulting conscription thrusts Thom into Lomair’s losing army. A realist, Thom ignores the wild myths circling through the ranks—until a monster’s jaws snap through the folds of reality and crush a man before Thom’s eyes. With his dying breath, the Realm Walker passes an impossible task to Thom.

Hours later, the visions begin. The Creator, a deity Thom knows only from rituals spoken over meals and graves, appears to him while a girl with starlight in her blood calls from beyond the veil.

Brace yourself for what’s coming in February, too! The third installment of V. Romas Burton’s Legacy Chapters , SANCTIFIED, releases February 11th! Mark your calendars!

All Ida Shabawn ever wanted was a place to belong. After being sent to the Fortress, she thought she found a place to call home. But once her friends start being sent on secret missions, Ida finds herself, once again, alone.

However, after the Battle of Edo, Ida is sent on her own covert mission to the place she was meant to go all along: Vlacklear Academy.

But things are not as they seem at the prestigious school. With the academy's strange rules, horrific Assemblies and adamant suitors, Ida isn't sure she will be able to complete her mission alive.

Lastly, prepare for some swashbuckling! On January 19th, Moriah Chavis’s audiobook, HEART OF THE SEA will be on huge sale through Chirp! Do not miss this brilliant chance to get this pirate adventure for your audio collection.

Sometimes you have to trust the one sent to destroy you in order to save the one you love.

Willing to do whatever it takes to save her sister, Nerissa Elliot commandeers the ship of notorious pirate, Cyrus Crow.

But Crow has a mission: kill Nerissa and earn his freedom from the Queen who's controlled him half his life. However, Nerissa harbors powers over the sea. Powers she can't control. Powers that threaten to consume her.

With nothing but a tenuous facade of an alliance and sparks between them, they set sail to face sirens, sea dragons, betrayal, and Nerissa's own uncontrollable ability. Can they find the strength to trust each other? Or will they destroy one another for the sake of their quests?

Stay tuned. 2025 is going to be a pivotal year for Quill & Flame, and there are some major things happening behind the scenes right now. We’re excited to share them with you soon!

Any guesses? ;)

We hope your New Year has started off in the best possible way, and that it’s already been filled with many good books.

Until the next time,

-Madame Publisher