Becker, Elizabeth. The Moonlight Healers. Graydon House. Feb. 2025. ISBN 9781525830426. 320p. $30. MAGICAL REALISM

Becker debuts with a work of historical fiction and magical realism. The Winston women have long been able to bring people back to life. This is news to Louise Winston, who accidentally brings back her best friend when he dies in an accident. Desperate to know what happened, she turns to her grandmother and, through a tattered family diary, learns her family’s history and begins to navigate her own legacy.

McCaulay, Diana. A House for Miss Pauline. Algonquin. Feb. 2025. ISBN 9781643757223. 288p. $29. MAGICAL REALISM

Twice winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for the Caribbean region and shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Award, McCaulay creates a 99-year-old heroine, Miss Pauline, who lives in a house of great power that is telling her she will not live to see 100 and must take account of her identity, secrets, and past.

Robson, Laura. A Curse for the Homesick. MIRA. Feb. 2025. ISBN 9780778368472. 352p. $30. MAGICAL REALISM

YA author Robson (Girls at the Edge of the World) makes her adult debut by inventing the legend of the skelds, women who can turn people to stone with just a look. Tess’s mother killed Soren’s parents with a glance, but even so, Tess and Soren have fallen in love. As the skeld season returns, the two face death and heartbreak.