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Romance
What is Romance?
In the strictest academic terms, a romance is a narrative genre in literature that involves a mysterious, adventurous, or spiritual story line where the focus is on a quest that involves bravery and strong values, not always a love interest. However, modern definitions of romance also include stories that have a relationship issue as the main focus.
A modern romance would include:
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The story of a character who keeps meeting the wrong type of people in his or her relationships or has run into a problem with a current love relationship.
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The story would focus on the struggles the character faces while finding Mr. or Mrs. Right. The whole focus would be the relationship, although the character may also be dealing with other struggles, such as losing a job, handling difficult parents, etc.
These stories may be funny, sad, tragic, serious, or a mix. The obvious resolution to the conflict would be finding the right person or saving the present relationship.
Browse some the romance novels stocked at Moruya Books bellow. Can't see the one you want, give us a call or contact us via email and we'll see what we can do... Happy reading!!
NEW RELEASES:
Mr. Garcia, T L Swan
From Wall Street Journal, BookTok, and #1 Amazon bestselling author T L Swan comes the new edition of the fiery third installment of her fan-favorite Mr. Series.
Sebastian Garcia was gorgeous, older and guarded.
April knew he was trouble from the moment they locked eyes.
They met at work, on her first day as a barista.
He smiled, she melted …. then he tasted her coffee and threw it away.
Again, the next day, and the next.
He hated the coffee, yet still came back.
She knew his game.
He called her coffee death in a cup.
She called him God's gift to women.
She wasn’t lying.
Then they ran into each other outside of the coffee house,
and that’s when things got interesting.
No longer suave and sweet with impeccable manners.
Mr Garcia had a darker side, his appetite thick and heavy.
He set her on fire.
Unable to help it, they fell hopelessly in love.
The highest of highs.
But his demons are dark, as are hers.
They don’t know if they can make it. She has two choices.
Walk away now to save herself.
Or try to hold on and let love be the light.
She chooses option two.
Sebastian Garcia was gorgeous, older and guarded.
April knew he was trouble from the moment they locked eyes.
They met at work, on her first day as a barista.
He smiled, she melted …. then he tasted her coffee and threw it away.
Again, the next day, and the next.
He hated the coffee, yet still came back.
She knew his game.
He called her coffee death in a cup.
She called him God's gift to women.
She wasn’t lying.
Then they ran into each other outside of the coffee house,
and that’s when things got interesting.
No longer suave and sweet with impeccable manners.
Mr Garcia had a darker side, his appetite thick and heavy.
He set her on fire.
Unable to help it, they fell hopelessly in love.
The highest of highs.
But his demons are dark, as are hers.
They don’t know if they can make it. She has two choices.
Walk away now to save herself.
Or try to hold on and let love be the light.
She chooses option two.
Mr. Masters, T L Swan
From Wall Street Journal, BookTok, and #1 Amazon bestselling author T L Swan comes the new edition of the steamy first title in her fan-favorite Mr. Series.
When Brielle Johnson lied on her resume, she didn’t expect it to matter.
She believed any child would love her; that she was born to be a nanny.
So, she applied for a position in London working for a widowed woman,
or so she thought…
But Julian Masters is definitely all man…
The kind you dream of licking chocolate from.
He’s grumpy, arrogant and always used to being in control.
The last thing he needed was a young, inexperienced nanny turning his carefully constructed world upside down.
Brielle’s first day was bad.
The kids were the spawn of the devil, and she spied through a window and caught him doing something obscene…and equally fascinating.
The second day was worse; he caught her snooping in his bathroom cabinet in her skimpy pyjamas, and all hell broke loose.
On the third day, she ran over him in a golf cart.
And by day four, Brielle had decided that she wanted that chocolate…all of it. Melted…on her.
But intelligent, widowed judges don’t fall for their young, spirited nannies…
When Brielle Johnson lied on her resume, she didn’t expect it to matter.
She believed any child would love her; that she was born to be a nanny.
So, she applied for a position in London working for a widowed woman,
or so she thought…
But Julian Masters is definitely all man…
The kind you dream of licking chocolate from.
He’s grumpy, arrogant and always used to being in control.
The last thing he needed was a young, inexperienced nanny turning his carefully constructed world upside down.
Brielle’s first day was bad.
The kids were the spawn of the devil, and she spied through a window and caught him doing something obscene…and equally fascinating.
The second day was worse; he caught her snooping in his bathroom cabinet in her skimpy pyjamas, and all hell broke loose.
On the third day, she ran over him in a golf cart.
And by day four, Brielle had decided that she wanted that chocolate…all of it. Melted…on her.
But intelligent, widowed judges don’t fall for their young, spirited nannies…
Mr. Spencer, T L Swan
From Wall Street Journal, BookTok, and #1 Amazon bestselling author T L Swan comes the new edition of the scorching second installment of her fan-favorite Mr. Series.
Spencer Jones was gorgeous, older, and had the worst reputation in all of England.
The way he looked at Charlotte sent shivers down her spine.
Their first meeting was at a wedding, where he followed her outside and kissed her.
Their second meeting ended in a huge fight with her kicking him out.
Their third meeting, she went on a double, blind date.
You can imagine her surprise when she saw familiar blue eyes across the table opposite her friend.
Oh…no…
He was sarcastic and witty and damn, If he wasn’t the sexiest bastard she had ever laid eyes on.
Then he sent her an email listing thirty reasons why she should go on a date with him.
She was expecting a suave and intelligent list. Curious, she read on.
Reason 1 – I have white teeth.
Reason 2 – I love my grandma.
Reason 3 – I have a size 13 shoe – you do the math.
The man’s a fool, his list had some of the most ridiculous things she’d ever read.
And the funniest.
They laughed hard…and loved harder.
You can outrun everything……except your past.
And his has caught up.
Wild handsome players don’t fall for innocent girls like her,
Or do they?
Spencer Jones was gorgeous, older, and had the worst reputation in all of England.
The way he looked at Charlotte sent shivers down her spine.
Their first meeting was at a wedding, where he followed her outside and kissed her.
Their second meeting ended in a huge fight with her kicking him out.
Their third meeting, she went on a double, blind date.
You can imagine her surprise when she saw familiar blue eyes across the table opposite her friend.
Oh…no…
He was sarcastic and witty and damn, If he wasn’t the sexiest bastard she had ever laid eyes on.
Then he sent her an email listing thirty reasons why she should go on a date with him.
She was expecting a suave and intelligent list. Curious, she read on.
Reason 1 – I have white teeth.
Reason 2 – I love my grandma.
Reason 3 – I have a size 13 shoe – you do the math.
The man’s a fool, his list had some of the most ridiculous things she’d ever read.
And the funniest.
They laughed hard…and loved harder.
You can outrun everything……except your past.
And his has caught up.
Wild handsome players don’t fall for innocent girls like her,
Or do they?
Love At First Book, Jenn McKinlay
The new novel from New York Times bestseller Jenn McKinlay- an enemies-to-lovers based in the world of books!
The beginning
Emily Allen has always been an introvert - but never afraid of adventure. When her favourite author, Siobhan Riordan, offers her a job in her bookstore, she moves to Ireland without a second thought.
The middle
Helping Siobhan overcome writer's block and finish the final book in her acclaimed series is a dream come true for Em. If only she didn't have to deal with Kieran - the grouchy manager of Siobhan's bookstore who clearly doesn't want her around.
The plot twist
Em falls deeply in love with the new life she's built - and, unexpectedly, with Kieran. But when she discovers the reason for his initial resistance, she finds herself torn between helping Siobhan find closure and what could be a new chapter in her own love story...
The beginning
Emily Allen has always been an introvert - but never afraid of adventure. When her favourite author, Siobhan Riordan, offers her a job in her bookstore, she moves to Ireland without a second thought.
The middle
Helping Siobhan overcome writer's block and finish the final book in her acclaimed series is a dream come true for Em. If only she didn't have to deal with Kieran - the grouchy manager of Siobhan's bookstore who clearly doesn't want her around.
The plot twist
Em falls deeply in love with the new life she's built - and, unexpectedly, with Kieran. But when she discovers the reason for his initial resistance, she finds herself torn between helping Siobhan find closure and what could be a new chapter in her own love story...
Passions in Death_ An Eve Dallas thriller (In Death 59), J D Robb
Homicide Detective Eve Dallas hunts a killer who turns a wedding party into a murder scene in the latest novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling author, J.D. Robb.
On a hot August night, Lt. Eve Dallas and her husband, Roarke, speed through the streets of Manhattan to the Down and Dirty club, where a joyful, boisterous pre-wedding girls’ night out has turned into a murder scene. One of the brides lies in a pool of blood, garroted in a private room where she was preparing a surprise for her fiancée—two scrimped and saved-for tickets to Hawaii.
Despite the dozens of people present, useful witnesses are hard to come by. It all brings back some bad memories for Eve. In her uniform days, she’d suffered an assault in the very same room—but she’d been able to fight back and survive. She’d gotten justice. And now she needs to provide some for poor young Erin.
Eve knows that the level of violence and the apparent premeditation involved suggest a volatile mix of hidden, heated passion and ice-cold calculation. This is a crime that can be countered only by hard detective work and relentless dedication—and Eve will not stop until she finds the killer who destroyed this couple’s dreams before the honeymoon even began…
On a hot August night, Lt. Eve Dallas and her husband, Roarke, speed through the streets of Manhattan to the Down and Dirty club, where a joyful, boisterous pre-wedding girls’ night out has turned into a murder scene. One of the brides lies in a pool of blood, garroted in a private room where she was preparing a surprise for her fiancée—two scrimped and saved-for tickets to Hawaii.
Despite the dozens of people present, useful witnesses are hard to come by. It all brings back some bad memories for Eve. In her uniform days, she’d suffered an assault in the very same room—but she’d been able to fight back and survive. She’d gotten justice. And now she needs to provide some for poor young Erin.
Eve knows that the level of violence and the apparent premeditation involved suggest a volatile mix of hidden, heated passion and ice-cold calculation. This is a crime that can be countered only by hard detective work and relentless dedication—and Eve will not stop until she finds the killer who destroyed this couple’s dreams before the honeymoon even began…
The Wedding Forecast, Nina Kenwood
The sparkling, relatable, hilarious and sexy adult romantic comedy from the author of the much-loved It Sounded Better in My Head and Unnecessary Drama.
One thirty-year-old whose life is not quite the dream she'd hoped for.
One best friend's wedding.
One ex and his new partner.
One slightly famous actor from New York.
One photographer called Patrick.
And a predication that looks like it's about to come true.
Anna was never going to have an easy time at her best friend's wedding. But she has all her feelings completely under control-right up until the moment her ex drops a bombshell that rocks her to her core.
She needs a distraction, and a psychic's forecast about her love life might be the answer. Patrick, the wedding photographer, fits the prediction-could he be her soulmate? Everyone has decided he is perfect for her. He is perfect for her.
But the arrival of Mac, a not-quite-famous actor who has flown in from New York, complicates everything.
Much-loved YA author Nina Kenwood hits the spot with her first novel for adults. Laugh-out-loud funny with chemistry that jumps off the page, The Wedding Forecast will be the feel-good romcom of the summer.
PRAISE FOR NINA KENWOOD-
' A romantic comedy that brings the rom and tons of the com...Sidesplitting comic writing and an appealingly messy protagonist to root for.' - Kirkus (starred review) on Unnecessary Drama
One of the most hilarious books I have read in a very long time...Pure magic and an absolute delight to read.'
- Readings on Unnecessary Drama
One thirty-year-old whose life is not quite the dream she'd hoped for.
One best friend's wedding.
One ex and his new partner.
One slightly famous actor from New York.
One photographer called Patrick.
And a predication that looks like it's about to come true.
Anna was never going to have an easy time at her best friend's wedding. But she has all her feelings completely under control-right up until the moment her ex drops a bombshell that rocks her to her core.
She needs a distraction, and a psychic's forecast about her love life might be the answer. Patrick, the wedding photographer, fits the prediction-could he be her soulmate? Everyone has decided he is perfect for her. He is perfect for her.
But the arrival of Mac, a not-quite-famous actor who has flown in from New York, complicates everything.
Much-loved YA author Nina Kenwood hits the spot with her first novel for adults. Laugh-out-loud funny with chemistry that jumps off the page, The Wedding Forecast will be the feel-good romcom of the summer.
PRAISE FOR NINA KENWOOD-
' A romantic comedy that brings the rom and tons of the com...Sidesplitting comic writing and an appealingly messy protagonist to root for.' - Kirkus (starred review) on Unnecessary Drama
One of the most hilarious books I have read in a very long time...Pure magic and an absolute delight to read.'
- Readings on Unnecessary Drama
Nova, Rebecca Yarros
No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros, sends readers on a nine-month cruise where everyone has to keep their head - and hearts - above water.
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He only wants one girls heart,
And it's the one he's already broken.
He's Landon Rhodes. The snowboarding Renegade they call Nova.
Sinfully gorgeous. Four-time X Games medallist. Full-time heartbreaker. They say a girl broke him once, and that's why he's so reckless, so careless with his conquests.
But I'm that girl.
They can call me his curse all they want. He and I both know the truth . . . He's the one who destroyed me, and I'm not the sucker who's going to let that happen again.
***
Why do readers love the Renegades series?
'A fantastic world of adventure in extreme sports, intrigue, steamy love, angst, and heart-wrenching family mystery'
'Yarros definitely knows how to write a complete package of a book'
'An absolute must-read . . . you'll thank me later'
'Pick this one up for a soaring, fast-paced ride that will leave you wishing there were more Renegades and yet completely happy and sated'
'Rebecca Yarros once again doesn't fail the reader. This book kept me up all night'
'These Renegades are something special. They have this allure that I cannot resist'
'Rebecca owns my soul. I'm not sure how she's able to create the swooniest heroes time after time, but she totally does'
'A love story for the ages . . . it's the kind of book that makes you sit on the edge of your seat, curse the characters and then end crying'
DON'T RISK MISSING OUT ON MORE RENEGADES ADVENTURES:
WILDER
NOVA
REBEL
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He only wants one girls heart,
And it's the one he's already broken.
He's Landon Rhodes. The snowboarding Renegade they call Nova.
Sinfully gorgeous. Four-time X Games medallist. Full-time heartbreaker. They say a girl broke him once, and that's why he's so reckless, so careless with his conquests.
But I'm that girl.
They can call me his curse all they want. He and I both know the truth . . . He's the one who destroyed me, and I'm not the sucker who's going to let that happen again.
***
Why do readers love the Renegades series?
'A fantastic world of adventure in extreme sports, intrigue, steamy love, angst, and heart-wrenching family mystery'
'Yarros definitely knows how to write a complete package of a book'
'An absolute must-read . . . you'll thank me later'
'Pick this one up for a soaring, fast-paced ride that will leave you wishing there were more Renegades and yet completely happy and sated'
'Rebecca Yarros once again doesn't fail the reader. This book kept me up all night'
'These Renegades are something special. They have this allure that I cannot resist'
'Rebecca owns my soul. I'm not sure how she's able to create the swooniest heroes time after time, but she totally does'
'A love story for the ages . . . it's the kind of book that makes you sit on the edge of your seat, curse the characters and then end crying'
DON'T RISK MISSING OUT ON MORE RENEGADES ADVENTURES:
WILDER
NOVA
REBEL
Rebel, Rebecca Yarros
No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros, sends readers on a nine-month cruise where everyone has to keep their head - and hearts - above water.
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She's the only woman he wants,
And the only one he can never touch again.
She's Penna Carstairs. AKA, Rebel.
Named FMX-treme Magazine's sexiest female athlete of the year - there's no rule in extreme sports she hasn't broken, no gender barrier she hasn't demolished.
She's the mysterious stranger I met in a bar, the one I spent one insane, incredible night with. And now I'm screwed. Or rather . . . not screwed.
Because the woman I can't get out of my head is the one woman I can never touch again. I'm Dr. Cruz Delgado - the youngest professor on campus.
And Penelope Carstairs just walked into my class.
***
Why do readers love the Renegades series?
'A fantastic world of adventure in extreme sports, intrigue, steamy love, angst, and heart-wrenching family mystery'
'Yarros definitely knows how to write a complete package of a book'
'An absolute must-read . . . you'll thank me later'
'Pick this one up for a soaring, fast-paced ride that will leave you wishing there were more Renegades and yet completely happy and sated'
'Rebecca Yarros once again doesn't fail the reader. This book kept me up all night'
'These Renegades are something special. They have this allure that I cannot resist'
'Rebecca owns my soul. I'm not sure how she's able to create the swooniest heroes time after time, but she totally does'
'A love story for the ages . . . it's the kind of book that makes you sit on the edge of your seat, curse the characters and then end crying'
DON'T RISK MISSING OUT ON MORE RENEGADES ADVENTURES:
WILDER
NOVA
REBEL
__________________________________________
She's the only woman he wants,
And the only one he can never touch again.
She's Penna Carstairs. AKA, Rebel.
Named FMX-treme Magazine's sexiest female athlete of the year - there's no rule in extreme sports she hasn't broken, no gender barrier she hasn't demolished.
She's the mysterious stranger I met in a bar, the one I spent one insane, incredible night with. And now I'm screwed. Or rather . . . not screwed.
Because the woman I can't get out of my head is the one woman I can never touch again. I'm Dr. Cruz Delgado - the youngest professor on campus.
And Penelope Carstairs just walked into my class.
***
Why do readers love the Renegades series?
'A fantastic world of adventure in extreme sports, intrigue, steamy love, angst, and heart-wrenching family mystery'
'Yarros definitely knows how to write a complete package of a book'
'An absolute must-read . . . you'll thank me later'
'Pick this one up for a soaring, fast-paced ride that will leave you wishing there were more Renegades and yet completely happy and sated'
'Rebecca Yarros once again doesn't fail the reader. This book kept me up all night'
'These Renegades are something special. They have this allure that I cannot resist'
'Rebecca owns my soul. I'm not sure how she's able to create the swooniest heroes time after time, but she totally does'
'A love story for the ages . . . it's the kind of book that makes you sit on the edge of your seat, curse the characters and then end crying'
DON'T RISK MISSING OUT ON MORE RENEGADES ADVENTURES:
WILDER
NOVA
REBEL
Only and Forever, Chloe Liese
The highly anticipated final book in the Bergman Brothers series - a Booktok favourite!
'A stunning mix of hilarious tropes, swoony romance and lovable, relatable characters. A must read for every romance lover!!' Ali Hazelwood, author of The Love Hypothesis
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A room-mance for the books in this tender, steamy story about unexpectedly finding love and being brave enough to let it revise life's narrative in the final book in the beloved Bergman Brothers series.
Tallulah
I've got a massive case of writer's block and I've been kicked out of my apartment, with no end to my misery in sight. At least, until Viggo Bergman makes me an offer I can't refuse- he needs help running his romance bookstore; I need help with my thriller's romantic subplot.
We'll swap skills and cohabitate for convenience. I'm a cold-hearted cynic, he's a heart-eyed romantic. We barely get along. But who says roommate-coworkers need to be friends?
Viggo
Life's hard as a hopeless romantic still waiting for my forever love. Between running my romance bookstore and a romance book club, coaching kids' soccer, and adopting a household of pets, my chaotic life seems to make finding love downright improbable. But when I bump into Tallulah Clarke, hope seems like it's finally on the horizon.
Except that sharing a home and life with Tallulah challenges everything I thought I knew about love, and reveals the plot twist I never saw coming- happily ever after is here already, right under our roof.
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Praise for Chloe Liese
'Absolute romantic perfection' Christina Lauren
'Prepare to be completely swept away' Helen Hoang
'Equal parts smart and steamy, with razor-sharp wit and an elegant, playful rhythm' Rachel Lynn Solomon
'A stunning mix of hilarious tropes, swoony romance and lovable, relatable characters. A must read for every romance lover!!' Ali Hazelwood, author of The Love Hypothesis
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A room-mance for the books in this tender, steamy story about unexpectedly finding love and being brave enough to let it revise life's narrative in the final book in the beloved Bergman Brothers series.
Tallulah
I've got a massive case of writer's block and I've been kicked out of my apartment, with no end to my misery in sight. At least, until Viggo Bergman makes me an offer I can't refuse- he needs help running his romance bookstore; I need help with my thriller's romantic subplot.
We'll swap skills and cohabitate for convenience. I'm a cold-hearted cynic, he's a heart-eyed romantic. We barely get along. But who says roommate-coworkers need to be friends?
Viggo
Life's hard as a hopeless romantic still waiting for my forever love. Between running my romance bookstore and a romance book club, coaching kids' soccer, and adopting a household of pets, my chaotic life seems to make finding love downright improbable. But when I bump into Tallulah Clarke, hope seems like it's finally on the horizon.
Except that sharing a home and life with Tallulah challenges everything I thought I knew about love, and reveals the plot twist I never saw coming- happily ever after is here already, right under our roof.
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Praise for Chloe Liese
'Absolute romantic perfection' Christina Lauren
'Prepare to be completely swept away' Helen Hoang
'Equal parts smart and steamy, with razor-sharp wit and an elegant, playful rhythm' Rachel Lynn Solomon
The Dressmaker, Rosalie Ham
The bestseller from the author of the upcoming new novel The Year of the Farmer.
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING KATE WINSLET AND LIAM HEMSWORTH
Tilly Dunnage has come home to care for her mad old mother. She left the small Victorian town of Dungatar years before, and became an accomplished couturier in Paris. Now she earns her living making exquisite frocks for the people who drove her away when she was ten. Through the long Dungatar nights, she sits at her sewing machine, planning revenge.
The Dressmaker is a modern Australian classic, much loved for its bittersweet humour. Set in the 1950s, its subjects include haute couture, love and hate, and a cast of engagingly eccentric characters.
The major motion picture also stars Judy Davis, Hugo Weaving, and extras from the author's hometown of Jerilderie.
PRAISE FOR THE DRESSMAKER
"[Rosalie Ham] is a true original. Blessed with an astringently unsentimental tone and a talent for creating memorably eccentric characters, Ham also possesses a confidently brisk and mischievous sense of plot. It's no wonder The Dressmaker, a tale of small-town couture and revenge, is being adapted for film." The Sydney Morning Herald
"It's clear we're visiting a small 1950s town not of history but as imagined by Tim Burton: the gothic, polarized world of Edward Scissorhands... Ham has real gifts as a writer of surfaces and pictures, bringing Tilly's frocks to surprising, animated life." The New York Times Book Review
"Ham's eye for the absurd, the comical, and the poignant are highly tuned. [The Dressmaker] is a first novel to be proud of, and definitely one to savor." The Weekend Australian
"The book's true pleasures involve the way Rosalie Ham has small-town living down pat...she channels welcome shades of British novelist Angela Carter's sly, funny, and wickedly Gothic adornments...Blunt, raw and more than a little fantastical, the novel exposes both the dark and the shimmering lights in our human hearts." The Boston Globe
"With the retribution of Carrie, the quirkiness of Edward Scissorhands, and the scandal of Desperate Housewives..." Booklist
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING KATE WINSLET AND LIAM HEMSWORTH
Tilly Dunnage has come home to care for her mad old mother. She left the small Victorian town of Dungatar years before, and became an accomplished couturier in Paris. Now she earns her living making exquisite frocks for the people who drove her away when she was ten. Through the long Dungatar nights, she sits at her sewing machine, planning revenge.
The Dressmaker is a modern Australian classic, much loved for its bittersweet humour. Set in the 1950s, its subjects include haute couture, love and hate, and a cast of engagingly eccentric characters.
The major motion picture also stars Judy Davis, Hugo Weaving, and extras from the author's hometown of Jerilderie.
PRAISE FOR THE DRESSMAKER
"[Rosalie Ham] is a true original. Blessed with an astringently unsentimental tone and a talent for creating memorably eccentric characters, Ham also possesses a confidently brisk and mischievous sense of plot. It's no wonder The Dressmaker, a tale of small-town couture and revenge, is being adapted for film." The Sydney Morning Herald
"It's clear we're visiting a small 1950s town not of history but as imagined by Tim Burton: the gothic, polarized world of Edward Scissorhands... Ham has real gifts as a writer of surfaces and pictures, bringing Tilly's frocks to surprising, animated life." The New York Times Book Review
"Ham's eye for the absurd, the comical, and the poignant are highly tuned. [The Dressmaker] is a first novel to be proud of, and definitely one to savor." The Weekend Australian
"The book's true pleasures involve the way Rosalie Ham has small-town living down pat...she channels welcome shades of British novelist Angela Carter's sly, funny, and wickedly Gothic adornments...Blunt, raw and more than a little fantastical, the novel exposes both the dark and the shimmering lights in our human hearts." The Boston Globe
"With the retribution of Carrie, the quirkiness of Edward Scissorhands, and the scandal of Desperate Housewives..." Booklist
Fall with Me, Becka Mack
From bestselling author and TikTok sensation Becka Mack comes the next book in her sizzling hockey romance series about a playboy defenseman and the team photographer who reforms him.
Jaxon Riley is exceptional at three things: starting fights on the ice, picking up women post-game, and going home to fulfill his role as the world’s best cat dad. Relationships, unfortunately, missed the list.
Lennon Hayes is supposed to be on her honeymoon. Instead, she’s alone and single, vacationing next door to a surly tattooed man who ran his date off the resort. When a run-in at the bar results in a night of bickering and cocktails, she finds herself tumbling into bed with the enemy next door, then sneaking out before the sun comes up.
Lennon’s plan to start over in a new city is going great, until she starts her new job. The job? The Vancouver Vipers’ new photographer. And the defenseman scowling at her from across the room? The one-night stand she wasn’t supposed to see again. Good thing neither of them are looking for anything serious… Right?
Jaxon may not be used to falling, but if he’s going to go, he refuses to go alone. If he falls, he wants Lennon to fall with him.
Jaxon Riley is exceptional at three things: starting fights on the ice, picking up women post-game, and going home to fulfill his role as the world’s best cat dad. Relationships, unfortunately, missed the list.
Lennon Hayes is supposed to be on her honeymoon. Instead, she’s alone and single, vacationing next door to a surly tattooed man who ran his date off the resort. When a run-in at the bar results in a night of bickering and cocktails, she finds herself tumbling into bed with the enemy next door, then sneaking out before the sun comes up.
Lennon’s plan to start over in a new city is going great, until she starts her new job. The job? The Vancouver Vipers’ new photographer. And the defenseman scowling at her from across the room? The one-night stand she wasn’t supposed to see again. Good thing neither of them are looking for anything serious… Right?
Jaxon may not be used to falling, but if he’s going to go, he refuses to go alone. If he falls, he wants Lennon to fall with him.
Elizabeth of East Hampton, Audrey Bellezza, Emily Harding
From the authors of Emma of 83rd Street, a modern retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice set in the Hamptons, where classes clash, rumours run wild, and love has an infuriating habit of popping up where least expected...
It’s a truth universally acknowledged – well, by Elizabeth Bennet anyway – that there’s nothing worse than summer in the Hamptons. She should know, she’s lived there her whole life. Every summer, her hometown is inundated with rich New Yorkers who party ’til dawn then disappear for the rest of the year. Not that Lizzy blames them, she’s anxious to leave too. But after putting her own dreams on hold to help her family, she’s still here, surfing the same beach every morning and waiting for something to change. She’s not holding her breath though… not even when her sister Jane starts flirting with Charlie Pierce, the hot new bachelor in town, who introduces Lizzy to his even hotter friend.
Will Darcy is everything Lizzy Bennet is not. Aloof, arrogant… and rich. Of course, money has never mattered to him. In fact, it’s number one on his long list of things that irk him. Number two? His friend Charlie’s insistence on setting him up with his new girlfriend's sharp-tongued sister. Lizzy Bennet is all wrong for him… maybe that's why he can’t stop thinking about her.
Lizzy is sure Will hates everyone. He thinks she wilfully misunderstands them. But just as they strike an uneasy truce, mistakes and misconceptions threaten the peace. Between a hurricane, a drunken voicemail and a deceptive real estate agent, the two must sift through the gossip and lies to protect the happiness of the people they love – even if it means sacrificing their own. But when the truth also forces them to see each other in an entirely new light, they must swallow their pride as they learn that love is a lot like surfing: sometimes the only way to survive is to let yourself fall.
It’s a truth universally acknowledged – well, by Elizabeth Bennet anyway – that there’s nothing worse than summer in the Hamptons. She should know, she’s lived there her whole life. Every summer, her hometown is inundated with rich New Yorkers who party ’til dawn then disappear for the rest of the year. Not that Lizzy blames them, she’s anxious to leave too. But after putting her own dreams on hold to help her family, she’s still here, surfing the same beach every morning and waiting for something to change. She’s not holding her breath though… not even when her sister Jane starts flirting with Charlie Pierce, the hot new bachelor in town, who introduces Lizzy to his even hotter friend.
Will Darcy is everything Lizzy Bennet is not. Aloof, arrogant… and rich. Of course, money has never mattered to him. In fact, it’s number one on his long list of things that irk him. Number two? His friend Charlie’s insistence on setting him up with his new girlfriend's sharp-tongued sister. Lizzy Bennet is all wrong for him… maybe that's why he can’t stop thinking about her.
Lizzy is sure Will hates everyone. He thinks she wilfully misunderstands them. But just as they strike an uneasy truce, mistakes and misconceptions threaten the peace. Between a hurricane, a drunken voicemail and a deceptive real estate agent, the two must sift through the gossip and lies to protect the happiness of the people they love – even if it means sacrificing their own. But when the truth also forces them to see each other in an entirely new light, they must swallow their pride as they learn that love is a lot like surfing: sometimes the only way to survive is to let yourself fall.
The Spellshop, Sarah Beth Durst
Perfect for fans of Travis Baldree and TJ Klune, The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst is a cosy fantasy tale full of stolen spellbooks, unexpected friendships, sweet jams and even sweeter romance.
'Sarah Beth Durst is the hidden gem of the fantasy world' — Book Riot
Every home needs a little magic . . .
Kiela has always had trouble dealing with people, and as librarian at the Great Library of Alyssium, she hasn’t had to.
She and her assistant, Caz, a sentient spider plant, have spent most of the last eleven years sequestered among the empire’s precious spellbooks, protecting the magic for the city’s elite. But a revolution is brewing and when the library goes up in flames, Kiela and Caz steal whatever books they can and flee to the faraway island where she grew up. But to her dismay, in addition to a nosy – and very handsome – neighbour, she finds the town in disarray.
The empire has slowly been draining power from the island, and now Kiela is determined to make things right. But opening up her own spellshop comes with its own risks – the consequence of sharing magic with commoners is death. And as Kiela starts to make a place for herself among the townspeople, she realizes she must break down the walls she has kept so high . . .
From award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop is a cottagecore cosy fantasy following a woman's unexpected journey through the low-stakes market of illegal spell-selling and the high-risk business of starting over.
'Sarah Beth Durst is the hidden gem of the fantasy world' — Book Riot
Every home needs a little magic . . .
Kiela has always had trouble dealing with people, and as librarian at the Great Library of Alyssium, she hasn’t had to.
She and her assistant, Caz, a sentient spider plant, have spent most of the last eleven years sequestered among the empire’s precious spellbooks, protecting the magic for the city’s elite. But a revolution is brewing and when the library goes up in flames, Kiela and Caz steal whatever books they can and flee to the faraway island where she grew up. But to her dismay, in addition to a nosy – and very handsome – neighbour, she finds the town in disarray.
The empire has slowly been draining power from the island, and now Kiela is determined to make things right. But opening up her own spellshop comes with its own risks – the consequence of sharing magic with commoners is death. And as Kiela starts to make a place for herself among the townspeople, she realizes she must break down the walls she has kept so high . . .
From award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop is a cottagecore cosy fantasy following a woman's unexpected journey through the low-stakes market of illegal spell-selling and the high-risk business of starting over.
The Breakup Tour, Emily Wibberley, Austin Siegemund-Broka
Riley Wynn went from a promising singer-songwriter to a superstar overnight, thanks to her breakup song concept album and its unforgettable lead single. When Riley’s ex-husband claims the hit song is about him, she does something she hasn’t in ten years and calls Max Harcourt, her college boyfriend, and the real inspiration for the song of the summer.
Max hasn’t spoken to Riley since their relationship ended. He’s content with managing the retirement home his family owns, but it’s not the life he dreamed of filled with music. When Riley asks him to go public as her song-writing muse, he agrees on one condition: he’ll join her in her band on tour. As they perform across the country, Max and Riley start to realize that while they hit some wrong notes in the past, their future could hold incredible things. And their rekindled relationship will either last forever or go down in flames.
From the authors of the The Roughest Draft and Do I Know You?, Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka bring a new romance all about second chances with The Breakup Tour.
Max hasn’t spoken to Riley since their relationship ended. He’s content with managing the retirement home his family owns, but it’s not the life he dreamed of filled with music. When Riley asks him to go public as her song-writing muse, he agrees on one condition: he’ll join her in her band on tour. As they perform across the country, Max and Riley start to realize that while they hit some wrong notes in the past, their future could hold incredible things. And their rekindled relationship will either last forever or go down in flames.
From the authors of the The Roughest Draft and Do I Know You?, Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka bring a new romance all about second chances with The Breakup Tour.
The Au Pair Affair, Tessa Bailey
#1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey returns with an all-new sports rom-com about a burly, surly, single dad who falls head-over-hockey-stick for his quirky live-in nanny...
Tallulah is smart, vivacious, and studying to be a marine biologist. She’s also twenty-six and broke. So when Burgess, a battle-scarred hockey veteran and newly single dad, offers her a job as his live-in nanny, she jumps at the opportunity to get paid while living in a super fancy neighborhood and being around Lissa, his cool but introverted tween.
Her tween charge isn’t the only one who could use some help fitting in, though. According to...well, everyone except Burgess, he needs to get back on the dating scene, and adventurous Tallulah is just the girl to show him how. But as boundaries are slowly crossed and Burgess finds himself pulled between his daughter, who wants her parents back together, and his insane chemistry with Tallulah, a huge rift is formed, and Tallulah does the “right” thing—breaks her own heart and walks away.
Though Burgess knows it’s for the best—he’s too jaded, with too much baggage—a chance meeting, and a new push from his daughter, forces him to put everything on the line and fight to prove he learned his lessons well and is worthy of a happily ever after with Tallulah.
Tallulah is smart, vivacious, and studying to be a marine biologist. She’s also twenty-six and broke. So when Burgess, a battle-scarred hockey veteran and newly single dad, offers her a job as his live-in nanny, she jumps at the opportunity to get paid while living in a super fancy neighborhood and being around Lissa, his cool but introverted tween.
Her tween charge isn’t the only one who could use some help fitting in, though. According to...well, everyone except Burgess, he needs to get back on the dating scene, and adventurous Tallulah is just the girl to show him how. But as boundaries are slowly crossed and Burgess finds himself pulled between his daughter, who wants her parents back together, and his insane chemistry with Tallulah, a huge rift is formed, and Tallulah does the “right” thing—breaks her own heart and walks away.
Though Burgess knows it’s for the best—he’s too jaded, with too much baggage—a chance meeting, and a new push from his daughter, forces him to put everything on the line and fight to prove he learned his lessons well and is worthy of a happily ever after with Tallulah.
Not In Love, Ali Hazelwood
A forbidden, secret affair proves that all's fair in love and science - from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood.
Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on; the financial stability she yearned for as a kid; and a successful career as a biotech engineer at Kline, one of the most promising start-ups in the field of food science. Her world is stable, pleasant, and hard-fought. Until a hostile takeover and its offensively attractive front man threatens to bring it all crumbling down.
Eli Killgore and his business partners want Kline, period. Eli has his own reasons for pushing this deal through - and he's a man who gets what he wants. With one burning exception: Rue. The woman he can't stop thinking about. The woman who's off-limits to him.
Torn between loyalty and an undeniable attraction, Rue and Eli throw caution out the lab and the boardroom windows. Their affair is secret, no-strings-attached, and has a built-in deadline: the day one of their companies will prevail. But the heart is risky business - one that plays for keeps.
Real readers are so in love with Not in Love:
'Ali Hazelwood's spiciest book so far...also one of the funniest. The dual pov was really fun! Loved this book!' Real Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Ali never, ever misses! Another incredible book with characters you simply cannot resist falling for...And the spice. Just wow. Absolute perfection!' Real Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'WOW...Intelligent, beautiful, profound in a gentle way, and entertaining from the get-go...I can't help but think about it days later, I'm obsessed. One of the easiest five stars I have ever given.' Real Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'ALI FINALLY DID DUAL POV!!!...The spice was also *chefs kiss* but there was a good mix of storyline and plot as well...100% recommended to any romance readers out there!' Real Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I loved this book so much!...I couldn't drag myself away...An absolutely gorgeous romance, and one I will be rereading and enjoying all over again' Real Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'ATTENTION: I HAVE A NEW FAVOURITE ALI HAZELWOOD BOOK. Not only is this Ali's spiciest book yet, but it's so full of heart and growth...Oh and did I mention it's dual POV?<
Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on; the financial stability she yearned for as a kid; and a successful career as a biotech engineer at Kline, one of the most promising start-ups in the field of food science. Her world is stable, pleasant, and hard-fought. Until a hostile takeover and its offensively attractive front man threatens to bring it all crumbling down.
Eli Killgore and his business partners want Kline, period. Eli has his own reasons for pushing this deal through - and he's a man who gets what he wants. With one burning exception: Rue. The woman he can't stop thinking about. The woman who's off-limits to him.
Torn between loyalty and an undeniable attraction, Rue and Eli throw caution out the lab and the boardroom windows. Their affair is secret, no-strings-attached, and has a built-in deadline: the day one of their companies will prevail. But the heart is risky business - one that plays for keeps.
Real readers are so in love with Not in Love:
'Ali Hazelwood's spiciest book so far...also one of the funniest. The dual pov was really fun! Loved this book!' Real Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Ali never, ever misses! Another incredible book with characters you simply cannot resist falling for...And the spice. Just wow. Absolute perfection!' Real Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'WOW...Intelligent, beautiful, profound in a gentle way, and entertaining from the get-go...I can't help but think about it days later, I'm obsessed. One of the easiest five stars I have ever given.' Real Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'ALI FINALLY DID DUAL POV!!!...The spice was also *chefs kiss* but there was a good mix of storyline and plot as well...100% recommended to any romance readers out there!' Real Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I loved this book so much!...I couldn't drag myself away...An absolutely gorgeous romance, and one I will be rereading and enjoying all over again' Real Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'ATTENTION: I HAVE A NEW FAVOURITE ALI HAZELWOOD BOOK. Not only is this Ali's spiciest book yet, but it's so full of heart and growth...Oh and did I mention it's dual POV?<
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Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia Of Faeries, Heather Fawcett
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Adult
Light Academia
Fantasy
'A darkly gorgeous fantasy that sparkles with snow and magic, this book wholly enchanted me' Sangu Mandanna, author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Enter the world of the hidden folk - and discover the most whimsical, enchanting and heart-warming tale you'll read this year, featuring the intrepid Emily Wilde. . .
Emily Wilde is good at many things: she is the foremost expert on the study of faeries; she is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world's first encylopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people
So when she arrives in the hardscrabble village of Hrafnsvik, Emily has no intention of befriending the gruff townsfolk. Nor does she care to spend time with another new arrival: her dashing and insufferably handsome academic rival Wendell Bambleby
But as Emily gets closer to uncovering the secrets of the Hidden Ones - the most elusive of all faeries - she also finds herself on the trail of another mystery: who is Wendell Bambleby, and what does he really want? To find the answer, she'll have to unlock the greatest mystery of all - her own heart.
'Forget dark academia: give me instead this kind of winter-sunshined, sharp-tongued and footnoted academia, full of field trips and grumpy romance' Freya Marske, author of A Marvellous Light
'Enchanting in every sense of the word. . . This book is real magic' H. G. Parry, author of The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep
'A book so vividly, endlessly enchanting, so crisply assured, so rich and complete and wise and far-reaching in its worldbuilding that you'll walk away half ensorcelled, sure Fawcett found Emily Wilde's journal in some sea-stained trunk' Melissa Albert
'The ideal book to curl up with on a chilly winter's evening. . . this book is an absolute delight.' Megan Bannen, author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy
'A charmingly whimsical delight. . . Five dazzling, gladdening stars' India Holton, author of The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
'I enjoyed every word of this gorgeously written fairy tale featuring a grumpy heroine and an utterly charming love interest' Isabel Ibanez, author of Woven In Moonlight
Adult
Light Academia
Fantasy
'A darkly gorgeous fantasy that sparkles with snow and magic, this book wholly enchanted me' Sangu Mandanna, author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Enter the world of the hidden folk - and discover the most whimsical, enchanting and heart-warming tale you'll read this year, featuring the intrepid Emily Wilde. . .
Emily Wilde is good at many things: she is the foremost expert on the study of faeries; she is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world's first encylopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people
So when she arrives in the hardscrabble village of Hrafnsvik, Emily has no intention of befriending the gruff townsfolk. Nor does she care to spend time with another new arrival: her dashing and insufferably handsome academic rival Wendell Bambleby
But as Emily gets closer to uncovering the secrets of the Hidden Ones - the most elusive of all faeries - she also finds herself on the trail of another mystery: who is Wendell Bambleby, and what does he really want? To find the answer, she'll have to unlock the greatest mystery of all - her own heart.
'Forget dark academia: give me instead this kind of winter-sunshined, sharp-tongued and footnoted academia, full of field trips and grumpy romance' Freya Marske, author of A Marvellous Light
'Enchanting in every sense of the word. . . This book is real magic' H. G. Parry, author of The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep
'A book so vividly, endlessly enchanting, so crisply assured, so rich and complete and wise and far-reaching in its worldbuilding that you'll walk away half ensorcelled, sure Fawcett found Emily Wilde's journal in some sea-stained trunk' Melissa Albert
'The ideal book to curl up with on a chilly winter's evening. . . this book is an absolute delight.' Megan Bannen, author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy
'A charmingly whimsical delight. . . Five dazzling, gladdening stars' India Holton, author of The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
'I enjoyed every word of this gorgeously written fairy tale featuring a grumpy heroine and an utterly charming love interest' Isabel Ibanez, author of Woven In Moonlight
Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros
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Suitable for Young Adult or older
Romantasy
Dragons
'Brutal games, grumpy dragons, sizzling sexual tension . . . a fantasy like you've never read before' - JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT
'As compelling as it is deadly . . . Fourth Wing is dazzling' - NALINI SINGH
'A wild, sexy, rollercoaster of a ride' - MARY E. PEARSON
'Utterly immersive, fiercely romantic, and unforgivably addictive' - LYNETTE NONI
Dragons, war and Hunger Games-esque trials. Fourth Wing is a high-stakes, enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Sarah J Maas and dark academia.
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Welcome to the brutal and elite world of Basgiath War College, where everyone has an agenda, and every night could be your last . . .
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general - also known as her tough-as-talons mother - has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.
But when you're smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away . . . because dragons don't bond to 'fragile' humans. They incinerate them.
With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother's daughter - like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.
She'll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.
Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.
Alliances will be forged. Lives will be lost. Traitors will become allies . . . or even lovers. But sleep with one eye open because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.
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⭐ Rave reviews for Fourth Wing ⭐
'Unputdownable thrill ride with an epic love story' TRACY WOLFF
'This expertly crafted romantic fantasy is sure to launch the beginning of a brand-new insatiable fandom!' LEXI RYAN
'I devoured every page and fell hopelessly, desperately in love with these characters . . . Hands down the best book hangover I've ever experienced' HELENA HUNTING
Suitable for Young Adult or older
Romantasy
Dragons
'Brutal games, grumpy dragons, sizzling sexual tension . . . a fantasy like you've never read before' - JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT
'As compelling as it is deadly . . . Fourth Wing is dazzling' - NALINI SINGH
'A wild, sexy, rollercoaster of a ride' - MARY E. PEARSON
'Utterly immersive, fiercely romantic, and unforgivably addictive' - LYNETTE NONI
Dragons, war and Hunger Games-esque trials. Fourth Wing is a high-stakes, enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Sarah J Maas and dark academia.
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Welcome to the brutal and elite world of Basgiath War College, where everyone has an agenda, and every night could be your last . . .
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general - also known as her tough-as-talons mother - has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.
But when you're smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away . . . because dragons don't bond to 'fragile' humans. They incinerate them.
With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother's daughter - like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.
She'll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.
Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.
Alliances will be forged. Lives will be lost. Traitors will become allies . . . or even lovers. But sleep with one eye open because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.
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⭐ Rave reviews for Fourth Wing ⭐
'Unputdownable thrill ride with an epic love story' TRACY WOLFF
'This expertly crafted romantic fantasy is sure to launch the beginning of a brand-new insatiable fandom!' LEXI RYAN
'I devoured every page and fell hopelessly, desperately in love with these characters . . . Hands down the best book hangover I've ever experienced' HELENA HUNTING
Heir Of Fire, Sarah J. Maas
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Suitable for Young Adult
Romantasy
The heir of ash and fire bows to no one.
A new threat rises in the third book in the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas.
Celaena Sardothien has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak, but now she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth. That truth could change her life — and her future — forever.
Meanwhile, monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world. To defeat them, Celaena will need the strength not only to fight the evil that is about to be unleashed but also to harness her inner demons. If she is to win this battle, she must find the courage to face her destiny — and burn brighter than ever before.
The third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series continues Celaena’s epic journey from woman to warrior.
Suitable for Young Adult
Romantasy
The heir of ash and fire bows to no one.
A new threat rises in the third book in the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas.
Celaena Sardothien has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak, but now she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth. That truth could change her life — and her future — forever.
Meanwhile, monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world. To defeat them, Celaena will need the strength not only to fight the evil that is about to be unleashed but also to harness her inner demons. If she is to win this battle, she must find the courage to face her destiny — and burn brighter than ever before.
The third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series continues Celaena’s epic journey from woman to warrior.
In The Lives Of Puppets, Travis Klune
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LGBTQIA+
Adult Science Fiction Nature Romance
In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees live three robots - fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They're a family, hidden and safe.
The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled 'HAP', he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio - a past spent hunting humans.
When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio's former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vic's assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming.
Along the way to save Gio, amid conflicted feelings of betrayal and affection for Hap, Vic must decide for himself: can he accept love with strings attached?
Inspired by Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, In the Lives of Puppets is a masterful standalone fantasy adventure from the author who brought you The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door.
LGBTQIA+
Adult Science Fiction Nature Romance
In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees live three robots - fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They're a family, hidden and safe.
The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled 'HAP', he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio - a past spent hunting humans.
When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio's former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vic's assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming.
Along the way to save Gio, amid conflicted feelings of betrayal and affection for Hap, Vic must decide for himself: can he accept love with strings attached?
Inspired by Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, In the Lives of Puppets is a masterful standalone fantasy adventure from the author who brought you The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door.
Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 1, Julietta Suzuki
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Suitable for Teens
Romantasy
When Nanami inherits a shrine, it comes with divine powers and a hot fox spirit!
Nanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity. But it turns out that his place is a shrine, and Nanami has unwittingly taken over his job as a local deity!
Nanami has all kinds of new responsibilities she doesn't understand, dangers she's unaware of, and a cranky ex-familiar who's...actually pretty hot. What's a new-fledged godling to do?
Suitable for Teens
Romantasy
When Nanami inherits a shrine, it comes with divine powers and a hot fox spirit!
Nanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity. But it turns out that his place is a shrine, and Nanami has unwittingly taken over his job as a local deity!
Nanami has all kinds of new responsibilities she doesn't understand, dangers she's unaware of, and a cranky ex-familiar who's...actually pretty hot. What's a new-fledged godling to do?
Red Queen, Victoria Aveyard
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Young Adult Dystopian Romance
Graceling meets The Selection in debut novelist Victoria Aveyard's sweeping tale of seventeen-year-old Mare, a common girl whose once-latent magical power draws her into the dangerous intrigue of the king's palace. Will her power save her or condemn her?
Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood those with common, Red blood serve the Silver- blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. Before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own.
To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard a growing Red rebellion even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction. One wrong move can lead to her death, but in the dangerous game she plays, the only certainty is betrayal.
Young Adult Dystopian Romance
Graceling meets The Selection in debut novelist Victoria Aveyard's sweeping tale of seventeen-year-old Mare, a common girl whose once-latent magical power draws her into the dangerous intrigue of the king's palace. Will her power save her or condemn her?
Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood those with common, Red blood serve the Silver- blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. Before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own.
To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard a growing Red rebellion even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction. One wrong move can lead to her death, but in the dangerous game she plays, the only certainty is betrayal.
Spy X Family, Vol. 1, Tatsuya Endo
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Suitable for 8-12yrs
Very light romance
Alternate History
An action-packed comedy about a fake family that includes a spy, an assassin and a telepath!
Master spy Twilight is the best at what he does when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions in the name of a better world. But when he receives the ultimate impossible assignment-get married and have a kid-he may finally be in over his head!
Not one to depend on others, Twilight has his work cut out for him procuring both a wife and a child for his mission to infiltrate an elite private school. What he doesn't know is that the wife he's chosen is an assassin and the child he's adopted is a telepath!
Suitable for 8-12yrs
Very light romance
Alternate History
An action-packed comedy about a fake family that includes a spy, an assassin and a telepath!
Master spy Twilight is the best at what he does when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions in the name of a better world. But when he receives the ultimate impossible assignment-get married and have a kid-he may finally be in over his head!
Not one to depend on others, Twilight has his work cut out for him procuring both a wife and a child for his mission to infiltrate an elite private school. What he doesn't know is that the wife he's chosen is an assassin and the child he's adopted is a telepath!
Stars And Smoke, Marie Lu
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Young Adult Spy Thriller Romance
Sizzling romance meets spy thriller - in this new book from internationally bestselling author Marie Lu!
The most famous person in the world is going undercover . . .
Global phenomenon Winter Young is the pop star of a generation. With sell-out tours and smash-hit records, everyone wants him, or wants to be him.
That's why a top-secret government organisation think he'll make the perfect spy.
His target is infamous business tycoon, and all-round bad guy, Eli Morrison. Because Morrison's daughter has just one birthday wish- a private concert with Winter Young.
Winter must use his stardom to crack his target's inner circle and bring Morrison down. With him will be expert spy, and expert bad-ass, Sydney Cossette - and she's convinced Winter doesn't have what it takes.
But as the stakes get higher and the tension ramps up, Sydney and Winter might find their best chance is each other . . .
Love, fame, and double-crossing infiltrate this thrilling book from the internationally bestselling author of the Legend series, Marie Lu.
Young Adult Spy Thriller Romance
Sizzling romance meets spy thriller - in this new book from internationally bestselling author Marie Lu!
The most famous person in the world is going undercover . . .
Global phenomenon Winter Young is the pop star of a generation. With sell-out tours and smash-hit records, everyone wants him, or wants to be him.
That's why a top-secret government organisation think he'll make the perfect spy.
His target is infamous business tycoon, and all-round bad guy, Eli Morrison. Because Morrison's daughter has just one birthday wish- a private concert with Winter Young.
Winter must use his stardom to crack his target's inner circle and bring Morrison down. With him will be expert spy, and expert bad-ass, Sydney Cossette - and she's convinced Winter doesn't have what it takes.
But as the stakes get higher and the tension ramps up, Sydney and Winter might find their best chance is each other . . .
Love, fame, and double-crossing infiltrate this thrilling book from the internationally bestselling author of the Legend series, Marie Lu.
The Familiar, Leigh Bardugo
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Historical
Fantasy
From Sunday Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent and the Shadow and Bone series comes a highly anticipated, gorgeously written novel with a dusting of magic brimming with peril and dark deeds
When Luzia, a servant in the household of a Spanish nobleman reveals a talent for domestic magic, her social-climbing mistress demands she use her gifts to win over the royal court. But what begins as simple amusement turns dangerous, as the king seeks any edge in his ongoing war with England.
Overmatched and at risk of revealing herself as a heretic, Luzia will have to use every bit of her wit and resilience to survive-even if that means enlisting the help of an embittered (and rather dashing) immortal familiar.
Historical
Fantasy
From Sunday Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent and the Shadow and Bone series comes a highly anticipated, gorgeously written novel with a dusting of magic brimming with peril and dark deeds
When Luzia, a servant in the household of a Spanish nobleman reveals a talent for domestic magic, her social-climbing mistress demands she use her gifts to win over the royal court. But what begins as simple amusement turns dangerous, as the king seeks any edge in his ongoing war with England.
Overmatched and at risk of revealing herself as a heretic, Luzia will have to use every bit of her wit and resilience to survive-even if that means enlisting the help of an embittered (and rather dashing) immortal familiar.
The Frozen River, Ariel Lawhon
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Adult
Historical Fiction
From the bestselling author of Code Name HÉlÈne comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who investigates a shocking murder that unhinges her small community.
Maine, 1789: When a man is found entombed in the frozen Kennebec River, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As the local midwife and healer, Martha is good at keeping secrets. Her diary is a record of every birth, death and debacle that unfolds in the town of Hallowell. In that diary she has also documented the details of an alleged rape that occurred by one of the town’s most esteemed gentlemen – the same man who has now been found dead in the ice.
While certain townspeople are eager to put both matters to rest, Martha suspects that the two crimes are linked, and that there is more to both cases than meets the eye. Over the course of one long, hard winter, whispers and prejudices mount, and Martha’s diary lands at the centre of the scandal, threatening to tear both her family and her community apart.
In her newest offering, Ariel Lawhon brings to life a brave and compassionate unsung heroine who refused to accept anything less than justice on behalf of those no one else would protect. The Frozen River is a thrilling, tense and tender story of a remarkable woman who had the courage to take a stand, and in the process wrote herself into history.
Adult
Historical Fiction
From the bestselling author of Code Name HÉlÈne comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who investigates a shocking murder that unhinges her small community.
Maine, 1789: When a man is found entombed in the frozen Kennebec River, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As the local midwife and healer, Martha is good at keeping secrets. Her diary is a record of every birth, death and debacle that unfolds in the town of Hallowell. In that diary she has also documented the details of an alleged rape that occurred by one of the town’s most esteemed gentlemen – the same man who has now been found dead in the ice.
While certain townspeople are eager to put both matters to rest, Martha suspects that the two crimes are linked, and that there is more to both cases than meets the eye. Over the course of one long, hard winter, whispers and prejudices mount, and Martha’s diary lands at the centre of the scandal, threatening to tear both her family and her community apart.
In her newest offering, Ariel Lawhon brings to life a brave and compassionate unsung heroine who refused to accept anything less than justice on behalf of those no one else would protect. The Frozen River is a thrilling, tense and tender story of a remarkable woman who had the courage to take a stand, and in the process wrote herself into history.
The House In The Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune
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LGBTQIA+
Adult Fantasy Romance
An enchanting story, masterfully told, The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place – and realizing that family could be yours.
‘I loved it. It is like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket. Simply perfect’ – V. E. Schwab, author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
He expected nothing. But they gave him everything . . .
Linus Baker leads a quiet life. At forty, he has a tiny house with a devious cat and his beloved records for company. And at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, he’s spent many dull years monitoring their orphanages.
Then one day, Linus is summoned by Extremely Upper Management and given a highly classified assignment. He must travel to an orphanage where six dangerous children reside, including the Antichrist. There, Linus must somehow determine if they could bring on the end of days. But their guardian, charming and enigmatic Arthur Parnassus, will do anything to protect his wards. As Arthur and Linus grow ever closer, Linus must choose between duty and his dreams.
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune is an uplifting, heart-warming fantasy tale that’s become a New York Times, USA Today and Washington Post bestseller.
‘Likely to cause heart-swelling’ – Washington Post
‘A modern fairy tale . . . It’s a beautiful book’ – Charlaine Harris, number one New York Times bestselling author
‘Touching, tender and truly delightful’ – Gail Carriger, author of Soulless
LGBTQIA+
Adult Fantasy Romance
An enchanting story, masterfully told, The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place – and realizing that family could be yours.
‘I loved it. It is like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket. Simply perfect’ – V. E. Schwab, author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
He expected nothing. But they gave him everything . . .
Linus Baker leads a quiet life. At forty, he has a tiny house with a devious cat and his beloved records for company. And at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, he’s spent many dull years monitoring their orphanages.
Then one day, Linus is summoned by Extremely Upper Management and given a highly classified assignment. He must travel to an orphanage where six dangerous children reside, including the Antichrist. There, Linus must somehow determine if they could bring on the end of days. But their guardian, charming and enigmatic Arthur Parnassus, will do anything to protect his wards. As Arthur and Linus grow ever closer, Linus must choose between duty and his dreams.
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune is an uplifting, heart-warming fantasy tale that’s become a New York Times, USA Today and Washington Post bestseller.
‘Likely to cause heart-swelling’ – Washington Post
‘A modern fairy tale . . . It’s a beautiful book’ – Charlaine Harris, number one New York Times bestselling author
‘Touching, tender and truly delightful’ – Gail Carriger, author of Soulless
The North Wind, Alexandria Warwick
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Adult
Romantasy
A lush and enchanting fantasy romance, inspired by Beauty and the Beast and the myth of Hades and Persephone. Beloved by readers on TikTok.
Wren of Edgewood is no stranger to suffering. With her parents gone, it is Wren’s responsibility to ensure she and her sister survive the harsh and endless winter, but if the legends are to be believed, their home may not be safe for much longer.
For three hundred years, the land surrounding Edgewood has been encased in ice as the Shade, a magical barrier that protects the townsfolk from the Deadlands beyond, weakens. Only one thing can stop the Shade’s fall: the blood of a mortal woman bound in wedlock to the North Wind, a dangerous immortal whose heart is said to be as frigid as the land he rules. And the time has come to choose his bride.
When the North Wind sets his eyes on Wren’s sister, Wren will do anything to save her – even if it means sacrificing herself in the process. But mortal or not, Wren won’t go down without a fight.
Adult
Romantasy
A lush and enchanting fantasy romance, inspired by Beauty and the Beast and the myth of Hades and Persephone. Beloved by readers on TikTok.
Wren of Edgewood is no stranger to suffering. With her parents gone, it is Wren’s responsibility to ensure she and her sister survive the harsh and endless winter, but if the legends are to be believed, their home may not be safe for much longer.
For three hundred years, the land surrounding Edgewood has been encased in ice as the Shade, a magical barrier that protects the townsfolk from the Deadlands beyond, weakens. Only one thing can stop the Shade’s fall: the blood of a mortal woman bound in wedlock to the North Wind, a dangerous immortal whose heart is said to be as frigid as the land he rules. And the time has come to choose his bride.
When the North Wind sets his eyes on Wren’s sister, Wren will do anything to save her – even if it means sacrificing herself in the process. But mortal or not, Wren won’t go down without a fight.