Cover Crush: The Siren’s Kiss by Leslie Vedder

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Crushed on by Kelly BookCrushin, on November 9, 2026, in Blog Tour, Cover Crush, New Releases / 0 Comments

Cover Crush: The Siren’s Kiss by Leslie Vedder

The Siren’s Kiss by Leslie Vedder absolutely deserves the #CoverCrush treatment! Arrrrgggghhh this cover is so gorgeous and I am in LOVE. I adored Leslie’s debut The Bone Spindle trilogy, and I am thrilled for her newest, a sapphic pirate story! Comp’d to Our Flag Means Death and Daughter of the Pirate King, I am absolutely invested. We need more sapphic mermaids (or sirens) and pirates to go on adventures, team up to defeat a sea witch, and you know fall in love while they are at it! This has everything I want in a queer romantasy!

If you haven’t heard, there was a small printing error so this book publication changed to tomorrow November 10th, so we are here to make sure it gets the promo it deserves since it will most likely be missing from all your queer book release posts for the month. Many thanks for Toppling the Stacks Book Tours for having us on the tour!

The Siren's Kiss

by Leslie Vedder
Published by: Abrams / Amulet
on November 10, 2026
Genres: Fantasy, LGBTQIA+, Mythology/Folklore, Romance, Young Adult
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Pirates of the Caribbean meets The Little Mermaid in this swashbuckling Sapphic fantasy!

Three years ago, Dead Shot Rayleigh laid hands on the legendary ruby the Siren’s Kiss andsuffered the wrath of the sea god, Red-Handed Roger.

Now bound as captain of his cursed ship, The Revenant, eighteen-year-old Rayleigh hatches a plan to win her freedom. Everyone knows that Red-Handed Roger’s heart was stolen by the Sea Witch. If she can get it back, she can barter her release.

But Rayleigh isn’t the only one with a score to settle. Fiery mermaid Maren lost her brother to the Sea Witch, and she’s come to the surface to get him back and save the last remaining mermaids at all costs.

When Maren runs afoul of the infuriating cursed pirate Rayleigh, sparks fly, and all her plans go up in flames. Now the only chance they have is each other.

Swashbuckling, sea monsters, pirate kings, siren songs, and stolen hearts!
Red-Handed Roger and the Sea Witch were once friends, before they both fell for the same mermaid and almost destroyed the world. Will Rayleigh and Maren’s love set things right, or just finish what the old gods started?

Some hearts are meant to be stolen...

About Leslie Vedder

Leslie Vedder (she/her) is a queer ace author who loves girls kicking ass in fantasy! She grew up on fantasy books, anime, fanfiction and the Lord of the Rings movies, and met her true love in high school choir. She graduated from San Francisco State University with a B.A. in creative writing and currently lives in Colorado with her wife and her kitty Fox Mulder, who believes the treats are out there.

When she's not reading or writing, you can find her watching anime and baking shows, walking in the woods and pretending they're enchanted forests, or playing old video games. She always collects all the Skulltulas in Zelda and all the Dalmation puppies in Kingdom Hearts.

Her debut YA novel THE BONE SPINDLE (Penguin | Razorbill) was an indie bestseller.

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