This week’s literary events

Ilona Andrews, “White Hot,” and Jeaniene Frost, “Into

The Fire.” In Andrews’ Hidden Legacies #2, a woman’s skill helps keep her family’s detective agency afloat—until a new case pits her against malevolent forces. The explosive finale to Frost’s Night Prince series finds the Prince of the Vampires in danger of losing his new bride. Free with purchase of book. 6:30 p.m. May 30. Signing. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com

Kirsten Palladino, “Equally Wed: The Ultimate Guide to Planning Your LGBTQ+

Wedding.” The advent of full marriage equality in the U.S. has made a wedding planning book dedicated to guiding LGBTQ couples both timely and essential. Launch party, refreshments. 6 p.m. June 1. Free. Suggested donation $5. Phillip Rush Center annex, 329 Mell Avenue, Suite B, Atlanta. 678-362-4084, charisbooksandmore.com

Sheila Williams, “My

Mother’s Keeper.” Local author Williams remembers her childhood, her very different relationship with her mother. 2 p.m. June 3. Reading, signing. Free. Tall Tales Book Shop, Toco Hill Shopping Center, 2105 LaVista Rd. NE, Atlanta. 404-636-2498, talltalesatlanta.com/events.html

Benyf, “Mona Minga, Mona

Fam: Identity Crisis.” Local author Benyf’s second book follows a German-Cameroonian programmer whose visit to his family in the United States moves farther and farther away from the memorable vacation he envisioned. 2:30 p.m. June 3. Signing, farewell party, refreshments. Free with purchase of book. RSVP. Paschal’s Restaurant, 180 Northside Drive SW #B, Atlanta. 404-525-2023, benyf.org

Laurel Snyder, “Orphan

Island.” Snyder’s highly anticipated middle-grade novel, about nine children who live on a mysterious island, has already earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly. 7 p.m. June 3. Release party, signing. Free. Little Shop of Stories, 133A East Court Square, Decatur, 404-373-6300, littleshopofstories.com

Tickets on sale now: Roxane Gay, “Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body.” One of the most important voices of our generation, Gay (“Bad Feminist”) returns with a memoir about what it means to be a woman in an “unruly” body. 7:30 p.m. June 22. Reading, Q&A, signing. $28. Ticket includes copy of book. RSVP. Gaines Chapel, Presser Hall, Agnes Scott College, 141 E. College Ave., Decatur. 404-4716000, charisbooksandmore.com