Recensie: “Quicksilver” – Callie Hart
20/02/2025
Er zijn zo van die releases waar enorm veel mensen naar verlangen. En Quicksilver van Callie Hart is daar een goed voorbeeld
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- Nederlands - Paperback
Deel 2 uit de geweldige ijshockey romance serie die je kent van TikTok!
‘Grappig, kwetsbaar en herkenbaar. Becka Mack schrijft perfecte sexy, stomende romance met echte emoties en een rauw randje. Play with me is een absolute 10-uit-10-score’ – Hannah Grace, NYT-bestsellerauteur van IJsbreker
Hij heeft de perfecte vrouw gevonden, maar helaas is zij de enige die hij niet mag hebben…
Garrett Andersen weet dat het succes van een professionele ijshockeyspeler afhangt van het strikt opvolgen van de regels. Er is dan ook maar één regel waar hij ontzettend veel moeite mee heeft: blijf weg van het zusje van de aanvoerder.
Jennie Beckett weet als professioneel danseres heel goed wat er nodig is om de beste te zijn. Ze is net zo dapper en zelfverzekerd als haar broer, en ze is erg trots op het feit dat ze zelf verantwoordelijk is voor haar eigen geluk. Geen wonder dat Garrett niet bij haar weg te slaan is, ook al weet hij geen zinnig woord meer uit te brengen als ze de kamer binnenstapt.
Jennie zou de teamgenoot van haar broer liever vermijden, zeker na een aantal zéér beschamende ontmoetingen, maar dan worden ze plots buren van elkaar… En als de band tussen Garrett en Jennie groeit, besluit ze dat ze net zo goed wat plezier met elkaar kunnen hebben, zónder enige vorm van commitment. Ze hebben beide toch een volle agenda en Jennies broer zou hun relatie absoluut niet goedkeuren. Het slimste is dus om het casual te houden.
Maar dan beginnen er gevoelens in het spel te komen. En wordt het ‘alleen maar voor de lol’ ineens een stuk serieuzer…
Een toegewijde player heeft moeite met het naleven van zijn enige regel: blijf weg van het zusje van de aanvoerder!
- Engels - Paperback
This deluxe first-print edition will have sprayed edges and black-and-white character art.
Creighton King is silent, brooding, and hostile. Annika Volkov loves him. She is his opposite in every way: a ray of sunshine, the life of the party, and constantly talking. What Annika doesn’t know is that Creighton’s quiet, beautiful exterior masks a dark, hidden persona. A violent one.
Creighton knows he will never escape his past, so he takes his pain out on others. It’s his only release. He doesn’t expect to find any attraction to the girl that is his antithesis. But as Annika attempts to get closer to him, he finds that he enjoys her company more than anyone else’s–especially once he discovers her wild side. And now that he’s infatuated, she will never escape him. Even if their families’ histories are deeply connected in ways neither of them could have imagined.
Annika is the light and Creighton is the dark. Will she be able to light the way for him? Or will he succumb to the darkness and take her down with him?
- Engels - Hardback
The second book in the all-new Golden Court romantasy trilogy. A secret song. A hidden fortress.
A world on the brink of war. Royal guard Sadie Rauxtide has been grappling with how she’ll fit into the Golden Court, after the long, tyrannical reign of the evil sorceress has finally ended. But all thoughts of peace are lost when rival Wolf king Nero kidnaps the new Queen’s friend and mentor, Ora.
Sadie along with Navin and Maez are tasked with discovering Nero’s secrets. Yet Navin is hiding things too, and Sadie must uncover them, all while battling her growing attraction to the man who betrayed her. She may have a mission, but the heart wants what it wants and fate has its own magic.
Meanwhile, Queen Calla is forced to seek help from the Ice Wolf pack’s queen to stop Nero’s prejudicial rule. But when she repeatedly dismisses Calla’s new gender identity and is unwilling to help rescue Ora, Calla must battle between diplomacy and being their true self. As war brews and Sadie and Calla struggle to gain support, the pair will discover that the world of Aotreas is more than it seems.
- Engels - Hardback
The most exciting debut of 2025 – an incredible fantasy Dark Academia, perfect for fans of Babel, Fourth Wing, and the Scholomance trilogy EVERY FIRE STARTS WITH A SINGLE SPARK. Welcome to Bletchley Park… with dragons. London, 1923.
Dragons soar through the skies and protests erupt on the streets, but Vivien Featherswallow isn’t worried. She’s going to follow the rules, get an internship studying dragon languages, and make sure her little sister never has to risk growing up Third Class. By midnight, Viv has started a civil war.
With her parents arrested and her sister missing, all the safety Viv has worked for is collapsing around her. So when a lifeline is offered in the form of a mysterious ‘job’, she grabs it. Arriving at Bletchley Park, Viv discovers that she has been recruited as a codebreaker helping the war effort – if she succeeds, she and her family can all go home again.
If she doesn’t, they’ll all die. At first Viv believes that her challenge, of discovering the secrets of a hidden dragon language, is doable. But the more she learns, the more she realises that the bubble she’s grown up in isn’t as safe as she thought, and eventually Viv must decide: What war is she really fighting? An epic, sweeping fantasy with an incredible Dark Academia setting, a clandestine, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance, and an unputdownable story, filled with twists and turns, betrayals and secret identities, A Language of Dragons is the unmissable debut of 2025, from an extraordinary new voice.
- Engels - Hardback
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface comes an all-new, fully illustrated, collector’s edition of R. F. Kuang’s debut novel, The Poppy War. Considered one of Time Magazine’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time, the story of orphaned Rin’s rise to power gets a fresh look with a full-wrap illustrated jacket and black-and-white interior art by JungShan throughout, plus embossed case, designed end papers, and sprayed edges.
When Rin aced the Keju–the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies–it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard–the most elite military school in Nikan–was even more surprising.
But surprises aren’t always good.
Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her color, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly power–an aptitude for the nearly mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive–and that mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school.
For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most of the people are complacent to go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away . . .
Rin’s shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as she finds out more about the god that has chosen her, the vengeful Phoenix, she fears that winning the war may cost her humanity . . . and that it may already be too late.
- Engels - Paperback
Now with beautiful amethyst purple sprayed edges and a never-before-seen bonus chapter!
Dark, sexy mafia romance where the fast-paced tension of John Wick meets the high stakes love of Romeo and Juliet.
Carnal (adjective):
1) Relating to the pleasures of the body
2) Given to sensual indulgence
3) The man who kidnapped me
The devil has blue eyes, an Irish accent, and a hatred for me that runs deep.
He blames me for starting a war. Consorting with his enemies. Getting his men killed. Though I’m innocent on all charges, he wants his pound of flesh. With an eye on revenge, he makes me his captive.
But as we’ll both soon discover, there are more powerful urges than that for revenge.
When the devil meets his match but she’s his sworn enemy, that’s when the real war begins.
- Engels - Hardback
Preorder now and receive the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last. Featuring gorgeous sprayed edges with stenciled artwork, as well as exclusive endpapers and special design features.
The lies are bigger and the plots more treacherous when your favorite backstabbers return in the mind-blowing sequel to instant Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Mai Corland’s epic fantasy Five Broken Blades
- Engels - Paperback
Now with beautiful amethyst purple sprayed edges and a never-before-seen bonus chapter!
Five years ago, my fiancé disappeared. He left me with a wedding dress I’d never wear. Left me with the kind of scars that can’t be healed. The man I built my future on vanished like a ghost. All that remained were my broken heart and a million unanswered questions.
Until a mysterious stranger arrives in town.
Tall, dark, and dangerous, Kage is as full of secrets as he is sex appeal. Though I know he’s hiding something, I’m drawn to him like a moth to flame.
Heat crackles between us with every look, desire flares into passion, and I fall hard, helpless to resist.
But then I discover he’s been sent to collect on an unpaid debt from my missing fiancé…
And that debt is me.
- Engels - Paperback
This deluxe limited edition will come with gorgeous foiling and stained edges.
Trust doesn’t come easily when you’ve been running for as long as I have, which is why moving in with a man I barely know is such a bad idea.
Shepard Colson is all golden-boy charm and devastating good looks. But I know what it’s like to be taken in by easy smiles and the promise of forever—I have the scars to prove it.
Only the handsome contractor won’t stop coming by the bakery and prying little truths from my lips. Those amber eyes of his seeing far too much. And when all the secrets come crashing down, he’s determined to keep me safe. Even if it means moving into my rundown cabin to do it.
Now, Shep isn’t just rebuilding the walls of my home, he’s working his way into my heart. Suddenly, he’s everywhere: shirtless in my garden or in a towel coming out of my bathroom. And my resolve is no match.
Only it’s more than his golden looks. It’s him. The way he watches for my wounds but tells me I’m stronger than anyone he’s ever known. And I can’t help but fall.
But I should’ve known better than to think I could be happy. Not when a ghost from my past still has me in his sights. And when he finds me, he’ll do anything to tear my life apart, even if it means ending it for good…
- Engels - Hardback
Featuring beautiful sprayed edges!
A female apothecary secretly dispenses poisons to liberate women from the men who have wronged them – setting three lives across centuries on a dangerous collision course.
Rule #1: The poison must never be used to harm another woman.
Rule #2: The names of the murderer and her victim must be recorded in the apothecary’s register.
One cold February evening in 1791, at the back of a dark London alley in a hidden apothecary shop, Nella awaits her newest customer. Once a respected healer, Nella now uses her knowledge for a darker purpose – selling well-disguised poisons to desperate women who would kill to be free of the men in their lives. But when her new patron turns out to be a precocious twelve-year-old named Eliza Fanning, an unexpected friendship sets in motion a string of events that jeopardizes Nella’s world and threatens to expose the many women whose names are written in her register.
In present-day London, aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell spends her tenth wedding anniversary alone, reeling from the discovery of her husband’s infidelity. When she finds an old apothecary vial near the river Thames, she can’t resist investigating, only to realize she’s found a link to the unsolved “apothecary murders” that haunted London over two centuries ago. As she deepens her search, Caroline’s life collides with Nella’s and Eliza’s in a stunning twist of fate – and not everyone will survive.
- Engels - Paperback
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls is a twisted Southern Gothic horror from the New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House and The Final Girl Support Group.
‘I did an evil thing to be put in here, and I’m going to have to do an evil thing to get out.’
They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast.
And they’re sent to the Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever happened.
Fifteen-year-old Fern arrives at the home in the sweltering summer of 1970, pregnant, terrified and alone. There, she meets a dozen other girls in the same predicament.
Rose, a hippie who insists she’s going to keep her baby and escape to a commune. Zinnia, a budding musician who plans to marry her baby’s father. And Holly, barely fourteen, mute and pregnant by no-one-knows-who.
Every moment of their waking day is strictly controlled by adults who claim they know what’s best for them.
Then Fern meets a librarian who gives her an occult book about witchcraft, and power is in the hands of the girls for the first time in their lives. But power can destroy as easily as it creates, and it’s never given freely. There’s always a price to be paid .
. . and it’s usually paid in blood.
- Engels - Paperback
In the fourth novel of the sizzling Bridge Kingdom series, one man must decide just how much he is willing to sacrifice to save the life of the woman he loves–from the New York Times bestselling author of A Fate Inked in Blood.
Newly crowned as king, Keris is powerless as his forbidden relationship with Zarrah is revealed. But when Zarrah is imprisoned by the Empress, Keris knows there is only one way to save her: to ally with the kingdom he nearly destroyed.
Imprisoned on the dreaded Devil’s Island, Zarrah faces two choices: prove her loyalty to the Empress who condemned her or die as a traitor. Yet as she struggles to survive among violent prisoners, Zarrah uncovers a third path: a rebellion to overthrow tyranny entwined with the destiny she must fight to claim.
While the Empress plots a war with devastating consequences, Keris and Zarrah must find their way back to each other. Yet their greatest adversary is the fiery passion between them. Unless they overcome the bitterness of betrayal, their love will not be the bringer of peace but rather the fuel that turns the Endless War into an inferno.
Includes bonus content from Lara’s point of view, providing another perspective on the events of chapter 22
Don’t miss any of Danielle L. Jensen’s Bridge Kingdom series:
THE BRIDGE KINGDOM – THE TRAITOR QUEEN – THE INADEQUATE HEIR – THE ENDLESS WAR – THE TWISTED THRONE (April 8, 2025)
- Engels - Hardback
“Brilliantly written, masterful storytelling, and hard to put down. This story will stay with me for a very, very long time.” — Heather Morris, #1 bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz
An empowering, uplifting tale of two women from opposite sides of society, and their extraordinary journey of sisterhood, betrayal, love and triumph.
1800s China. Tightly bound feet, or “golden lilies,” are the mark of an honorable woman, eclipsing beauty, a rich dowry and even bloodline in the marriage stakes. When Little Flower is sold as a maidservant–a muizai–to Linjing, a daughter of the prominent Fong family, she clings to the hope that one day her golden lilies will lead her out of slavery.
Not only does Little Flower have bound feet, uncommon for a muizai, but she is extraordinarily gifted at embroidery, a skill associated with the highest class of a lady. Resentful of her talents, Linjing does everything in her power to thwart Little Flower’s escape.
But when scandal strikes the Fongs, both women are cast out to the Celibate Sisterhood, where Little Flower’s artistic prowess catches the eye of a nobleman. His attention threatens not only her improved status, but her life–the Sisterhood punishes disobedience with death. And if Linjing finds out, will she sabotage Little Flower to reclaim her power, or will she protect her?
- Engels - Paperback
The Zodiac Academy series from the Twisted Sisters and Amazon and Wall Street Journal #1 bestselling authors Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti is a Booktok phenomenon. This print re-issue includes an exlusive bonus chapter, brand new world map, and a new cover. As well as the stunning interior chapter pages which were included in the previous edition.
They tried to break us.
They almost did.
But we’re not going anywhere.
The Celestial Heirs think the stars are on their side. But they don’t know what’s coming. We have to be smart. Fighting them one on one isn’t an option so we have to be stealthy. Remaining under the radar won’t be easy, but if we pull it off, they’ll never suspect our involvement when their lives start falling apart.
Besides, they’ve already taken us to the brink of hell, what more can they really do?
- Engels - Paperback
The only thing James and Johnny Golden have ever had is each other. For as long as she can remember, James’s deep connection with her twin brother, Johnny, has gone beyond intuition – she can feel what he feels. So, when Johnny is killed in a tragic accident, James knows before her phone even rings that her brother is gone and that she’s alone – truly alone – for the first time in her life.
When James arrives in the rural town of Hawthorne, California to settle her brother’s affairs, she’s forced to rehash the ominous past she and Johnny shared and finally face Micah, the only person who knows about it. He’s also the only man she’s ever loved. But James soon discovers that the strange connection she had with Johnny isn’t quite gone, and the more she immerses herself into his world, the more questions she has about the brother she thought she knew.
Johnny was keeping secrets, and he’s not the only one. What she uncovers will push her to unravel what happened in the days before Johnny’s death, but in the end, she’ll have to decide which truths should come to light, and which should stay buried forever.
- Engels - Paperback
Emily Walker hates anyone disrupting her carefully curated life, especially her legendary nemesis, Jack Bennett – the exact opposite of the wonderful heroes she dreams up in her double life as a romance writer. But now Jack’s back in town after a failed engagement and he’s here to stay . .
. as both her colleague and her neighbour. Jack is glad to be back, eager to renovate his house and work on the next mystery novel under his bestselling pen name.
Until, that is, he realises he’s now neighbours with the one woman who has always pushed his buttons. With their red-hot animosity at an all-time high, Emily makes a mistake that could reveal her secret literary identity. Frustratingly, she needs Jack’s help to make it right.
Will their unlikely alliance put an end to their rivalry? Or could it lead to a steamy plot twist they never saw coming?
- Engels - Paperback
There are moments when a single choice can define an entire life. Haiwen and Suchi are teenage sweethearts in 1940s Shanghai; their childhood friendship has blossomed into young love, and they believe that they are soulmates.
But when Haiwen secretly decides to enlist in the army to keep his brother from the draft, their shared future is shattered. Their paths take them far afield from each other, with the exception of one pivotal chance encounter on the Hong Kong ferry in 1966.
Sixty years later, Haiwen, now in his late seventies, is bagging bananas at a 99 Ranch in Los Angeles when he lifts his head to once more see Suchi.
As they begin to rekindle their friendship, it feels like they might have a second chance to live the life they were supposed to have together. But the weight of the past lives with them at every moment, and only time will tell if they are able to forge something new.
Told in alternating narratives, Homeseeking spans seven decades, through the most tumultuous period of modern Chinese history up to contemporary times, tracing the separated lovers as they migrate from Shanghai to Hong Kong, Taiwan, and America.
- Engels - Hardback
The only thing James and Johnny Golden have ever had is each other. For as long as she can remember, James’s deep connection with her twin brother, Johnny, has gone beyond intuition – she can feel what he feels. So, when Johnny is killed in a tragic accident, James knows before her phone even rings that her brother is gone and that she’s alone – truly alone – for the first time in her life.
When James arrives in the rural town of Hawthorne, California to settle her brother’s affairs, she’s forced to rehash the ominous past she and Johnny shared and finally face Micah, the only person who knows about it. He’s also the only man she’s ever loved. But James soon discovers that the strange connection she had with Johnny isn’t quite gone, and the more she immerses herself into his world, the more questions she has about the brother she thought she knew.
Johnny was keeping secrets, and he’s not the only one. What she uncovers will push her to unravel what happened in the days before Johnny’s death, but in the end, she’ll have to decide which truths should come to light, and which should stay buried forever.
- Engels - Paperback
‘If you loved the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, then you will be obsessed with this’ Cosmopolitan
Who is Cate Kay?
Cate Kay is the most famous author on the planet. But it’s just a name. Somehow, despite her bestselling novels and the record-breaking film franchise, the writer has remained completely anonymous.
Anne Marie Callahan is the name nobody knows.
Only the people she left behind. And Annie knows there’s no one there anymore who could connect the dots between the girl who ran away all those years ago and the famous novelist.
If you asked, she’d say her name was Cass Ford. That’s what her barista shouts each morning.
And it’s how she introduces herself to the woman she’ll eventually call the love of her life.
Three names, three lives. But Cate Kay is finally ready to tell you who she really is.
And when the truth is out, will everyone’s favourite novelist hold on to her place in our hearts or are some betrayals impossible to forgive?
- Engels - Paperback
Alicia Thompson, bestselling author of Love in the Time of Serial KillersRosie Maxwell has a plan: move to New York, get her creative writing degree from NYU, become a bestselling romance writer. But that plan is derailed when she ends up in class with her archnemesis and ex-crush, Aiden Huntington, an obnoxious, surly, unreasonably gorgeous literary fiction writer who has no patience for romance – or for Rosie. Exhausted by Rosie and Aiden’s constant verbal sparring, their professor gives them an ultimatum: leave her class, or cowrite a novel that blends their respective genres.
As Rosie and Aiden collaborate on their (accidentally steamy) novel, they try to put their differences aside. Could their manuscript-in-progress be just the outlet they need to confess their feelings – and explore their mutual attraction?But a potentially career-changing opportunity soon reignites the flames of their old rivalry. Rosie and Aiden’s once-in-a-lifetime love story is once again at risk of being shelved – unless they can find a way to end the book on their own terms.
- Engels - Paperback
To the world, they were a scandal. To each other, an obsession.
‘Part Wuthering Heights and part Daisy Jones and the Six . .
. As brilliantly choreographed as a gold-medal performance’ JODI PICOULT
Everyone thinks Heath Rocha was my first love. He wasn’t.
My first love was figure skating.
Katarina Shaw has always known she’s destined to become an Olympic skater. When she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely kid stuck in the foster care system, their instant connection makes them a formidable duo on the ice. Clinging to skating – and each other – to escape their turbulent lives, Kat and Heath go from childhood sweethearts to champion ice dancers, captivating fans with their scorching chemistry, rebellious style and rollercoaster relationship.
Until, at the Olympic Games, as the world holds its breath, a shocking incident instantly destroys their partnership.
Ten years later, an unauthorised tell-all documentary reignites the public obsession with Shaw and Rocha.
If Kat wants to own her story, she must break her silence. As Kat’s account of her dramatic rise and fall alternates with scandalous interviews from the film, The Favourites spins into a dance between passion, ambition and what it truly means to win.
Sensational rumours have haunted Kat and Heath’s every step for years, but the truth may be even more outrageous than the headlines.
The first print run of The Favourites will have purple sprayed edges, while stock lasts.
- Engels - Paperback
A heartbreaking and high-stakes story of queer love and survival set against the backdrop of a climate change apocalypse, this book is Station Eleven and The Last of Us meets All That’s Left in the World by Erik J. Brown. The world is about to end.
Again. It’s been a year since a devastating storm ripped Liz’s world apart. Haunted by the memories of those she couldn’t save, Liz is holed up in the only place she felt safe before her world fell away: the bookstore where she used to work.
Now she spends her days trading books for supplies and collecting stories from the remaining survivors who pass by. Until she learns that another earth-shattering Storm is coming . .
. and everything changes. Enter Maeve, a spiky out-of-towner who breaks into the bookstore looking for shelter one night.
When Maeve’s secrets and Liz’s inner demons come back to haunt them both, they find themselves fighting for their lives and asking themselves one big question. As the end of the world approaches, is there time for one final love story?‘A thoroughly original, intimate and sometimes harrowing meditation on survival, forgiveness and learning how to love again at the almost end of the world’ #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicola Yoon‘Hopeful, thrilling, and twisty, The Last Bookstore on Earth is the snarky sapphic dystopian of our dreams’ Jennifer Dugan, author of Some Girls Do‘A hauntingly beautiful story of love, loss and the raw fight for survival’ Jarrod Shusterman New York Times Bestselling author of Dry.
- Engels - Paperback
Would you rewrite your destiny if it meant losing a part of your past?
On a backstreet in Tokyo lies a pawnshop, but not everyone can find it.
Most will see only a cosy ramen restaurant. And just the chosen ones – those who are lost – will find a place to pawn their life choices and deepest regrets.
Hana Ishikawa wakes on her first morning as the pawnshop’s new owner to find it ransacked, the shop’s most precious acquisition stolen and her father missing. And then into the shop stumbles a charming stranger, quite unlike other customers.
For he offers help, instead of seeking it.
Together, they must journey through a mystical world to find Hana’s father and the stolen choice – through rain puddles, hitching rides on paper cranes, across the bridge between midnight and morning and through a night market in the clouds.
But as they get closer to the truth, Hana must reveal a secret of her own – and risk making a choice she will never be able to take back.
Step into the captivating and romantic fantasy novel that will sweep you away on an unforgettable adventure – perfect for fans of Studio Ghibli, Erin Morgenstern and Before the Coffee Gets Cold!
- Engels - Paperback
Jessica Jae-un Miller arrives in Peach Blossom for a getaway, but when her hire car breaks down, local mechanic Lavenia ‘Vini’ Williams provides a tow – and a very welcome jump start to Jessica’s heart. Vini knows herself and what she wants. She loves her job, her family, her hometown – she’d love to fall in love.
Jessica stirs up all the right feelings, but the city girl has no intention of staying in Peach Blossom. Why sign up for a broken heart? But the temptation is real as Vini goes out of her way to drive a carless Jessica around town. The pair can’t seem to keep their distance – or their hands to themselves.
There’s more than one way to love and more than one place to call home in this rousing small-town romantic comedy that’s sure to charm fans of Hannah Bonam-Young’s Next to You and Ashley Herring Blake’s Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date. – Wondering what to read after The Relationship Mechanic? Pick up another sapphic Afterglow title! The first book in the Peach Blossom series: The 7-10 Split by Karmen Lee will fill your enemies to lovers sports romance dreams! Love and Sportsball by Meka James is a workplace basketball romance to make your heart bounce… And look forward to The Secret Crush Book Club, aka Book 3 of the Peach Blossom series by Karmen Lee, out in August 2025!
- Engels - Hardback
With the dark, mythical magic of the Winternight trilogy, and the slow-burn romance of Spinning Silver, NORTH IS THE NIGHT is a feminist fantasy adventure that shows the power of female friendship and how love — both romantic and familial — can conquer even death itself. In the harsh interior of the Finnish wilderness, best friends Aina and Siiri are inseparable despite their opposite natures: Aina is gentle and cautious while Siiri is headstrong and brave. But their friendship is put to the test when Aina is kidnapped by a death goddess and taken to the mythical underworld Tuonela.
Determined to save her friend, Siiri embarks on a dangerous journey north to seek out Väinämöinen, the only mystical shaman to travel to Tuonela and return alive. As the dark winter looms, Siiri uses all the strength she possesses to survive her journey, which is plagued by trappers, a band of roving wolves, and a cunning snow witch with her own quest for power. But finding Väinämöinen is only the beginning.
Siiri must convince him to share his magic so she can sneak into Tuonela and save Aina. In Tuonela, Aina is forced to play the sadistic games of Tuonetar, the cruel queen of the underworld, alongside other captured maidens. But Aina’s kindness allows her to make allies in the dark, harsh environment.
She soon discovers that Tuoni, the god of death and king of Tuonela, is also a victim of Tuonetar’s spells that can only be broken when he remarries. To save him and the other girls, Aina offers herself as his bride. As she spends more time in the underworld, Aina falls in love with Tuoni and must make a decision that will alter the course of her fate forever .
. . not knowing her fearless friend is on the way and plotting a daring escape.
An extraordinary story of love, of courage, of friendship and of magic, NORTH IS THE NIGHT is the stand-alone first novel in an incredible duology.
- Engels - Paperback
It’s been twenty years since Nia, Jade and Michal became the best of friends. Three years since Michal died … and three years since Nia and Jade had the worst fight they’ve ever had. They’ve barely spoken since.
Michal’s last wish was for Nia and Jade to go on the road trip they’d all planned to do together before they turned 30. Now Nia and Jade must face up to the mistakes they made in their friendship – complicated by the distracting presence of Jonah, Michal’s ex-boyfriend. As the three of them drive across the southern states of America, confronting a complex history at every stop, hidden feelings rise to the surface – because Nia has been in love with Jade for twenty years, and this could be her last chance to let her best friend know the truth.
But can they face their fears and decide that love is a risk worth taking?A heart-breaking, slow-burn sexy romance all about family, friendship and the kind of love that could change everything – if only you are willing to take a chance.
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When Saphira opens her cafe welcoming pet baby dragons, she isn’t expecting it to be quite so hard to keep the fires burning. But her young dragon patrons keep incinerating her furniture, which means selling coffee isn’t covering all her costs. Local heart-throb Aiden is a gardener, though his disobedient baby dragon is a major distraction from his beloved plants.
However, Saphira’s café gives him an idea – he’ll ask Saphira to train his dragon, and pay her enough to keep the cafe afloat. They know they’re the answer to each other’s problems, but happy-go-lucky Saphira and gorgeous-but-grumpy Aiden couldn’t be more different. Can they find a way to work together – and maybe even ignite some fire of their own? The perfect dual POV, grumpy sunshine cozy fantasy, with HEA guaranteed! Tropes: Grumpy x Sunshine 🌞We pretend we’re married! 💍Small town 🍂Low spice ?
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Will they run from danger…or give in to temptation? Make Me Want Lucy Baudin is full of insecurity after her break up, but she’s about to make partner at her law firm and it’s time for her to regain control.
So she hires Gideon Novak, cut-throat headhunter and her ex’s best friend, to give her confidence lessons in the bedroom. Despite their sizzling chemistry, Gideon has always kept his distance, but now, teaching her about touch, trust and letting go is opening up a world of risks. Is this a mistake for them both? Or will they each find something they never knew they wanted? Make Me Crave Of all the private islands in all the world, he kayaked into hers.
Allie Landers just enjoyed the best holiday sex with an irresistible stranger – only to find out he’s no stranger. Dealmaker Roman Bassani has been pressuring Allie into taking on investors for her women-focused fitness company. After their accidental one-night stand, they agree to put business aside for one week.
Then it’s back to the real world – and their real rivalry. What happens to their opposing interests when they return from paradise?
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Verliefd worden is gemakkelijk, maar verliefd blijven…?
Wanneer het huwelijk van Lauren en Ryan een dieptepunt bereikt, besluit het stel een jaar uit elkaar te gaan in de hoop hun liefde terug te vinden. Er is maar één regel: ze mogen dat hele jaar geen contact met elkaar opnemen.
Ondanks haar verdriet probeert Lauren van haar vrijheid te genieten, maar haar vrienden en familie hebben zo hun eigen ideeën over de betekenis van het huwelijk. Deze invloeden, evenals haar eigen uitdagingen in het leven zonder Ryan, veranderen Laurens blik op het huwelijk. Wat is romantiek zonder loyaliteit, en wat als liefde en lust niet langer met elkaar verbonden zijn? Waarvoor ben jij bereid te vechten?
After I Do is een liefdesverhaal over wat er gebeurt als de liefde verbleekt. Wat doe je om verliefd te blijven en wanneer moet je besluiten de liefde op te geven?
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De geweldige nieuwe romance van Vi Keeland en Penelope Ward, bekend van bestsellers als De perfecte huisgenoot
Presley Sullivan verhuist samen met haar zoontje Alex van New York naar een klein stadje. Alex heeft van zijn grootvader de helft van een oude herberg geërfd. De andere helft is in handen van de oom van Alex, de beroemde quarterback Levi Miller.
De eerste ontmoeting tussen Presley en Levi verloopt niet bepaald vlekkeloos, en de twee komen al snel lijnrecht tegenover elkaar te staan: Presley wil de herberg opknappen en houden, Levi wil er zo snel mogelijk vanaf. Ze sluiten een deal: als Presley de renovatie geregeld krijgt voor het eind van de zomer, zal Levi zijn verkoopplannen laten varen.
De twee kemphanen gaan de strijd aan, maar komen er in de loop van de zomer achter dat ze misschien toch meer gemeen hebben dan ze dachten. Ze voelen zelfs een aantrekking die steeds lastiger wordt om te weerstaan. Maar als de ex van Presley – Levi’s broer – ineens weer onderdeel wil uitmaken van het leven van zijn zoon, maakt dat de situatie wel erg ingewikkeld…
Andere plannen is een meeslepend verhaal vol emotie en humor van Vi Keeland en Penelope Ward.
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A short novella based on the beloved characters from Alice Oseman’s acclaimed debut novel Solitaire and graphic novel series Heartstopper – now a major Netflix series. From the author of the 2021 YA Book Prize winning Loveless. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, right? CHARLIE: “I have been going out with Nick Nelson for two years.
He likes rugby, Formula 1, dogs, the Marvel universe, the sound felt-tips make on paper, rain and drawing on shoes. He also likes me.” NICK: “Things me and Charlie Spring do together include: Watch films. Sit in the same room on different laptops.
Text each other from different rooms. Make out. Make food.
Make drinks. Get drunk. Talk.
Argue. Laugh. Maybe we’re kind of boring.
But that’s fine with us.” Everyone knows that Nick and Charlie are the perfect couple – that they’re inseparable. But now Nick is leaving for university, and Charlie will be left behind at Sixth Form. Everyone’s asking if they’re staying together, which is a stupid question – they’re ‘Nick and Charlie’ for God’s sake! But as the time to say goodbye gets inevitably closer, both Nick and Charlie question whether their love is strong enough to survive being apart.
Or are they delaying the inevitable? Because everyone knows that first loves rarely last forever…
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How to Kill Your Family meets The Power in this entertaining and thought-provoking read, that asks:
If you had the power between life and death, what would you do?
Thea has a secret.
She can tell how long someone has left to live just by touching them.
Not only that, but she can transfer life from one person to another something she finds out the hard way when her best friend Ruth suffers a fatal head injury on a night out.
Desperate to save her, Thea touches the arm of the man responsible when he comes to check if Ruth is all right. As Ruth comes to, the man quietly slumps to the ground, dead.
Thea realises that she has a godlike power: but despite deciding to use her ability for good, she can’t help but sometimes use it for her own benefit.
Boss annoying her at work? She can take some life from them and give it as a tip to her masseuse for a great job.
Creating an ‘;Ethical Guide to Murder’ helps Thea to focus her new-found skills.
But as she embarks on her mission to punish the wicked and give the deserving more time, she finds that it isn’t as simple as she first thought.
How can she really know who deserves to die, and can she figure out her own rules before Ruth’s borrowed time runs out?
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A powerful and fierce reimagining of the founding of the Roman empire and the legend of Romulus and Remus-and the mother whose sacrifice made it all possible. Ideal for fans of Madeleine Miller, Jennifer Saint and Natalie Haynes. A powerful and fierce reimagining of the earliest Roman legend: the twins, Romulus and Remus, mythical founders of history’s greatest empire, and the woman whose sacrifice made it all possible. The names Romulus and Remus may be immortalized in map and stone and chronicle, but their mother exists only as a preface to her sons’ journey, the princess turned oath-breaking priestess, condemned to death alongside her children.
But she did not die; she survived. And so does her story. Beautiful, royal, rich: Rhea has it all—until her father loses his kingdom in a treacherous coup, and she is sent to the order of the Vestal Virgins to ensure she will never produce an heir.
Except when mortals scheme, gods laugh. Rhea becomes pregnant, and human society turns against her. Abandoned, ostracized, and facing the gravest punishment, Rhea forges a dangerous deal with the divine, one that will forever change the trajectory of her life…and her beloved land.
To save her sons and reclaim their birthright, Rhea must summon nature’s mightiest force—a mother’s love—and fight. All roads may lead to Rome, but they began with Rhea Silvia.
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SOME HOUSES ARE HAUNTED BY THE LIVING June, 1878. The body of a boy is pulled from the depths of the River Thames, suspected to be the beloved missing child of the widely admired Liberal MP Ralph Gethin. Four months earlier. Harriet is a young maid newly employed at Finton Hall. Fleeing the drudgery of an unwanted engagement in the small village where she grew up, Harriet is entranced by the grand country hall; she is entranced too by her glamorous mistress Clara Gethin, whose unearthly singing voice floats through the house. But Clara, though captivating, is erratic. The master of the house is a much-lauded politician, but he is strangely absent. And some of their beautiful belongings seem to tell terrible stories. Unable to ignore her growing unease, Harriet sets out to discover their secrets. When she uncovers a shocking truth, a chain of events is set in motion that could cost Harriet everything, even her freedom…
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In the thrilling sequel to Seaborn, the Windborn threaten war against the Fair Isles – and three women of the sea hatch daring plans to change their fates. Bela, the reluctant hero, journeys into the inhospitable Sea of Ice in search of the ancient portal that broke the world. Shae, the ship-less Bone Pirate, stands with a Windborn exile before an army of remorseless metal beings.
And Alira, the huntress, faces the revelation of what the Bloodborn are, and the truth of their horrible magicks. In desperation, in determination, and in hope, every step they take reveals new secrets about their past – and new fears for their future.
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Huwelijksadvies van een seriemoordenaar van Asia Mackay is een verrassende thriller vol spanning en donkere humor, ideaal voor lezers van Hoe vermoord ik mijn familie?
Ooit hadden Hazel en Fox een benijdenswaardig leven, met luxe reizen naar alle uiteinden van de wereld, en genoeg slechteriken om te vermoorden. Maar alles veranderde toen Hazel zwanger werd en het stel alles opgaf voor een rustig leven in een buitenwijk.
Alleen heeft Hazel recentelijk toch díé neigingen weer. Wanneer ze achter Fox rug om iemand vermoordt en de politie vervolgens voor hun deur staat, moet ze er alles aan doen om haar familie in veiligheid te brengen. Dit zou hun huwelijk kunnen redden als het niet eerst hun dood betekent…
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An INSTANT National Bestseller!
Whip-smart and immersive, this Jamaican-inspired fantasy follows a gods-blessed heroine who’s forced to choose between saving her sister or protecting her homeland–perfect for fans of Iron Widow and The Priory of the Orange Tree.
Faron Vincent can channel the power of the gods. Five years ago, she used her divine magic to liberate her island from its enemies, the dragon-riding Langley Empire. But now, at seventeen, Faron is all powered up with no wars to fight. She’s a legend to her people and a nuisance to her neighbors.
When she’s forced to attend an international peace summit, Faron expects that she will perform tricks like a trained pet and then go home. She doesn’t expect her older sister, Elara, forming an unprecedented bond with an enemy dragon–or the gods claiming the only way to break that bond is to kill her sister.
As Faron’s desperation to find another solution takes her down a dark path, and Elara discovers the shocking secrets at the heart of the Langley Empire, both must make difficult choices that will shape each other’s lives, as well as the fate of their world.
“By turns hopeful and devastating, So Let Them Burn is a masterful debut with a blazing heart. I was captivated from beginning to end by Cole’s sharp, clever prose and by her protagonists–two remarkable sisters with an unforgettable bond.” — Chelsea Abdullah, author of The Stardust Thief
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‘Zee van sterren’ is een heerlijke feelgood van topauteur Anja Janssen. De dromerige Lotus gelooft heilig in astrologie en wil niets liever dan haar eigen yogaschool opzetten in het Zeeuwse Oostkapelle. Wanneer ze de aantrekkelijke maar rechtlijnige wetenschapper Sander ontmoet, kan het alleen maar botsen tussen hen, en niet alleen omdat hun sterrenbeelden niet matchen… Maar het blijkt dat Lotus en Sander elkaar nodig hebben om hun toekomstdromen te verwezenlijken. Kunnen ze hun overtuigingen loslaten en zich openstellen voor elkaar en voor de liefde?
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Sawyer Greene is done with romance.
Once a bestselling author of the genre, she’s been left with nothing but heartbreak and bitterness. Mason West is a hopeless romantic. He has a habit of falling in love with all the wrong people.
So when the two find themselves stuck in a lift together, Sawyer is determined this will not be their meet cute. But the universe has other plans. Sawyer and Mason make a plan to cure him of his hopeless romanticism, her of her writer’s block.
It’s simple. Sawyer will become the romcom love interest of Mason’s dreams and ruin romance for him one trope at a time… There’s just one rule: do not fall in love. What could go wrong?
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When Liyen ascends the throne of Tianxia she vows to end her kingdom’s obligation to the fickle immortals who once protected them.
A dangerous alliance… She must learn their secrets to protect her people, but to do this she will have to forge a tenuous alliance with the one she should fear and mistrust the most: the ruthless God of War. A fight for survival… A treacherous attraction ignites. But dark forces are closing in and to save her people from an unspeakable fate, Liyen must risk everything…even her heart.
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Nick is the most attractive man Nella has met in a while. It’s not just his 9* good looks (no one gets a 10!), but also that infectious smile. And he’s definitely noticed her.
But with their homes so far apart, it’s one of those delightful flirty moments you enjoy and forget. Then Nella loses her job. There’s a perfect new role on offer at a luxury Cotswolds holiday retreat.
The catch is that her boss would be Nick. The good news: she’d be seeing him again. The bad news? Nella never mixes work with pleasure; she knows exactly how wrong that can go.
Nick is the one man she can’t risk falling in love with. While Nella struggles with an attraction that won’t go away, a Hollywood star has found her perfect escape at the retreat. Lizzie’s sworn off people – especially men.
But the warmth of her new neighbours entices her out of her shell. Even though one grumpy local – Matthew – seems in no hurry to join her fan club. Could Lizzie ever make a connection with someone so disapproving of her? A secret revealed will change everything .
. . The scene is set for a fabulous new novel full of friendship, warmth and romance from bestselling author Jill Mansell.
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The deliciously dark and dangerously addictive New York Times bestseller, from the author of the sensational The Boy Who Steals Houses. Wilder Girls meets A Deadly Education in this queer dark academia YA horror, filled with twisted fairy tales and monsters that will keep you up at night. ‘No one would want a heart like his.
But he’d still cut it out and given it away.’ On the first day back at boarding school, Andrew can’t wait to find refuge in the twisted fairy tales that he writes for Thomas – the boy with hair like autumn leaves. But Thomas’ parents have vanished, and he has blood on his sleeve. Stranger still, Thomas won’t talk to Andrew, even though he’s always loved sketching the monstrous creatures from Andrew’s stories.
Desperate to discover the truth, Andrew follows Thomas into the forest and catches him fighting a nightmarish monster – his drawings have come to life. To ensure no one else dies, the boys must battle the creatures every night. But as their obsession with each other grows stronger, so do the monsters, and Andrew fears the only way to stop them might be to destroy their creator.
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Nick is the most attractive man Nella has met in a while. It’s not just his 9* good looks (no one gets a 10!), but also that infectious smile. And he’s definitely noticed her.
But with their homes so far apart, it’s one of those delightful flirty moments you enjoy and forget. Then Nella loses her job. There’s a perfect new role on offer at a luxury Cotswolds holiday retreat.
The catch is that her boss would be Nick. The good news: she’d be seeing him again. The bad news? Nella never mixes work with pleasure; she knows exactly how wrong that can go.
Nick is the one man she can’t risk falling in love with. While Nella struggles with an attraction that won’t go away, a Hollywood star has found her perfect escape at the retreat. Lizzie’s sworn off people – especially men.
But the warmth of her new neighbours entices her out of her shell. Even though one grumpy local – Matthew – seems in no hurry to join her fan club. Could Lizzie ever make a connection with someone so disapproving of her? A secret revealed will change everything .
. . The scene is set for a fabulous new novel full of friendship, warmth and romance from bestselling author Jill Mansell.
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FOR MORTALS TO RISE THE GODS MUST FALL. In Ancient Greece, the Twelve Gods demand the ultimate tribute – food, treasure, even human sacrifice. There are some mortals who cling to a desperate prophecy – telling of one to come who’ll set them free.
But few truly believe it. Until Danae, a fisherman’s daughter, eats a mysterious golden apple. And suddenly, her life unravels and a strange and dangerous path unfolds before her.
Chased from her home, she neither understands nor fully controls her future. One which will find Danae walking the winding roads of heroes. There, she encounters and befriends the mighty demi-god, Heracles.
Together, they will seek out monsters to battle. But Danae’s destiny is not to fight beasts. She will hunt the Gods.
She will drag them screaming from Olympus . . .
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Two groups of powerful immortals on the brink of destruction, and at the heart of it all stands Wynter Dellavale. Wynter is a witch who once sought sanctuary for herself and her coven in Devil’s Cradle. Better known as ‘the Home of Monsters’, it was a place for outcasts and fugitives.
She now wears the brand of Cain, the infamous Ancient, who has claimed her soul for all of eternity and doesn’t plan on ever letting go. Together, Wynter and Cain have prevailed over many powerful enemies, but now they face their final – and most terrifying – battle. As the last Aeon left standing, the all-powerful Adam is out for revenge.
His terms: Cain and Wynter in exchange for peace. If Devil’s Cradle won’t deliver them, the full force of Adam’s devastating rage will fall upon them all. As the stakes are raised, Cain and Wynter will do whatever it takes to defeat Adam and keep each other safe, even if it means unleashing the monsters that live within them .
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SPINNING SILVER meets HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE in this beautiful debut Slavic folklore fantasy. Marisha’s time is running out. She’s already lost her family to the sleeping plague, and she fears she’ll be next.
Penniless and desperate for protection, Marisha is forced to accept a job as apprentice to the notorious koldunya, Baba Zima. Despite Baba Zima’s reputation for cruelty, Marisha finds herself drawn into the magical world of koldunry, and is thrust into looking for a cure to the plague – if Marisha finds it, she will finally be free. As the search grows increasingly dangerous and seemingly impossible, Marisha uncovers hidden connections between the sleeping plague, her own family’s history, and her haunting dreams: of a masked ball where sleepers are trapped endlessly dancing – and a monstrous beaked man who shadows her every step .
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Hot shot DC lawyer Meena is about to get engaged to the perfect man. The only hitch? She is already married…Which is why she ends up travelling home to convince her first-love-slash-husband (courtesy of one slightly too wild night in Vegas nearly a decade ago) to finally agree to get UN-hitched. But life loves to throw curve balls, or in this case, a good old natural disaster.
Meena touches down just in time to find out a hurricane hitting Houston – all flights are cancelled and the only place she can take refuge? Her soon-to-be-ex-husband’s home. Will the storm force them to face what happened all those years ago? And might this be the best worst thing that has ever happened to them?
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In this splendidly bittersweet romantic comedy, enemies forced together by a mutual loss are led on a cross-country journey toward a second chance. Maddie Sanderson would do anything to honour her brother’s final wishes, but she did not sign up to partner with Josh’s best friend, Dominic Perry. Tasked with spreading Josh’s ashes over eight destinations – places that he never got to visit before he died – Maddie is forced to work with the man that broke her heart.
Embarking on a series of farewell trips together isn’t what either of them had in mind, but with a letter from Josh at each location, neither of them has a choice. Alone together for the first time in years, Maddie and Dom can’t deny their chemistry. But as sparks fly and old wounds reopen, will saying goodbye to the man they both loved be enough to bring them back together .
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A god bound in shadows. From USA Today bestselling author Amalie Howard comes a scorching new romantasy that will leave you spellbound. “His Imperial Majesty King Zarek requests your presence as his esteemed guest.”When the gold-dusted court invitation arrives at Suraya Saab’s forge, she believes it’s a joke.
Nobles might seek her skills as a bladesmith, but she has no qualifications as a potential bride for the crown prince. Still, the invitation is the chance at adventure, and the means to finally visit the capital city her late mother loved. But what awaits her in Kaldari is nothing she could have imagined—and fraught with danger.
It’s not the crown prince, but his impossibly handsome, illegitimate half-brother, Roshan, who captures her interest…and her ire. The invitation isn’t a quest to find a suitable bride, but a veiled hunt for the Starkeeper—a girl rumored to hold the magic of the stars in her blood. And across the city, unrest is brewing between the noble houses and the rebel militia.
When the rebels attack, Suraya and Roshan find themselves on the run, trying to deny their simmering attraction and the knowledge that Suraya herself might be the Starkeeper. But Roshan is guarding secrets of his own. And with no control over the power stirring within her, Suraya has drawn the attention of a dark god, an immortal whose interest might be the biggest threat of all.
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Will her new love story be the one she’s read before?A decade after they said goodbye after graduation, old friends Harri and Annie reunite in the beautiful village of Clove Lore in Devon – what more could these bookworms want than a holiday running the tumbledown bookshop?Unbeknownst to Annie, Harri is arriving with a bruised heart after the end of his long-term relationship, while Annie is running away from painful memories in Texas. Elsewhere in Clove Lore, the mysterious owner of Castle Lore has died, causing much gossip in the village. When Harri and Annie are sent to investigate the huge Gothic library, they find themselves locked in overnight and soon, are discovering their connection might be more than just good friends…
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HET BLOEDSTOLLENDE SLOT VAN DE DUOLOGIE THE SHEPHERD KING, EEN ROMANTISCH FANTASYVERHAAL VOL GOTHIC VIBES. Elspeth en Ravyn hebben de meeste van de twaalf Voorzienigheidskaarten verzameld, maar de laatste en belangrijkste moet nog gevonden worden: de Twee Elzen. Als ze deze voor de Zonnewende willen vinden en het koninkrijk willen redden van de duistere magie die het heeft geïnfecteerd, zullen ze verder moeten reizen dan het gevaarlijke, in mist gehulde bos dat hun koninkrijk omringt. En de enige die hen daarheen kan leiden is het monster waarmee Elspeth haar hoofd deelt. De Nachtmerrie. En die staat niet bepaald te popelen om nog langer te delen.
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Ze heeft al haar hele leven een hang naar gevaar. Maar wat als ze er niet meer van kan terugkeren?
Ysabel is altijd de stoere geweest. De avontuurlijke. De onverschrokkene. Dat alles verandert compleet als ze op het verkeerde moment op de verkeerde plaats is… en daardoor op een nog veel gevaarlijkere plek belandt. Is dit een nare droom of is dit echt? Hoe langer het duurt, hoe sterker haar overtuiging wordt dat het echt is – en dat het haar einde wordt.
De enige houvast die ze heeft is een lieve, witte kat en de herinnering aan een man, Vince. De laatste keer dat ze hem zag, heeft hij haar pijnlijk afgewezen. Maar als hij zou weten wat er nu met haar gebeurt, zou hij haar wel komen redden… toch? Ook al zal ze nooit meer de vrouw worden die ze was. Ook al zal hij haar verachten. Ook al zal het haar hart helemaal opnieuw breken.
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Disabled, disinclined to marry, and more interested in writing than a lucrative career in medicine or law, Zelu has always felt like the outcast of her large Nigerian family. Then her life is upended when, in the middle of her sister’s lavish Caribbean wedding, she’s unceremoniously fired from her university job and, to add insult to injury, her novel is rejected by yet another publisher. With her career and dreams crushed in one fell swoop, she decides to write something just for herself. What comes out is nothing like the quiet, literary novels that have so far peppered her unremarkable career. It’s a far-future epic where androids and AI wage war in the grown-over ruins of human civilization. She calls it Rusted Robots.
When Zelu finds the courage to share her strange novel, she does not realize she is about to embark on a life-altering journey–one that will catapult her into literary stardom, but also perhaps obliterate everything her book was meant to be. From Chicago to Lagos to the far reaches of space, Zelu’s novel will change the future not only for humanity, but for the robots who come next.
A book-within-a-book that blends the line between writing and being written, Death of the Author is a masterpiece of metafiction that manages to combine the razor-sharp commentary of Yellowface with the heartfelt humanity of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Surprisingly funny, deeply poignant, and endlessly discussable, this is at once the tale of a woman on the margins risking everything to be heard and a testament to the power of storytelling to shape the world as we know it.
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The enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity small-town romance from BookTok favorite and USA Today bestselling author Melanie Harlow. Now with exclusive bonus material!
All I wanted was a break-two weeks off from being Pixie Hart, country music sensation, and fourteen days of peace, privacy, and solitude as plain old Kelly Jo Sullivan.
But thanks to some overzealous paparazzi, my family refuses to let me go anywhere alone, and I’m stuck sharing this tiny cabin with a tall, dark, and bearded bodyguard.
And guess what? There’s only one bed.
Well, he can couch it.
Xander Buckley might be hotter than a stolen blow torch, and I get that he’s a former Navy SEAL and all, but the man gives new meaning to the words overbearing, overprotective, bossy alpha male. I can’t even post a photo on social media without him warning me it’s not safe, or take a morning jog without him following behind.
But he’s made it clear that what he says goes, and if I don’t like it, I can kiss my vacation goodbye.
Instead, I end up kissing him.
I don’t even know how it happened-one minute we were at each other’s throats, the next we were at each other’s mercy. What’s even more shocking is how good we are together. He understands my need for freedom, and I understand his need for control.
But emotional trust doesn’t come easily to me. And we’re on two completely different paths.
Without question, I’d put my life in his hands.
Just don’t ask me to give him my heart.
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She’s his fiancée’s younger sister. He’s the man she’s always loved.
When her sister doesn’t show up on her wedding day, Raven has no choice but to take her place — but marriage to Ares Windsor is nothing short of torture.
The elusive billionaire media mogul is the man she’s always loved… yet he’s only ever had eyes for her sister.
Married to him at last, Raven is determined to win him over.
After all, everything is fair in love and war.
And this?
This is war.
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From the author of the bestselling Clytemnestra comes another intoxicating excursion into ancient history, as Casati reimagines the rise to power of the Assyrian empire’s only female ruler, Semiramis.
When kings fall, queens rise.
Nothing about Semiramis’s upbringing could have foretold her legacy or the power she would come to wield. A female ruler, once an orphan raised on the outskirts of an empire – certainly no one in Ancient Assyria would bend to her command willingly. Semiramis was a woman who knew if she wanted power, she would have to claim it.
There are whispers of her fame in Mesopotamian myth- Semiramis was a queen, an ambitious warrior, a commander whose reputation reaches the majestic proportions of Alexander the Great. Historical record, on the other hand, falls eerily quiet.
In her second novel, Costanza Casati brilliantly weaves myth and ancient history together to give Semiramis a voice, charting her captivating ascent to a throne no one promised her. The world Casati expertly builds is rich with dazzling detail and will transport her readers to the heat of the Assyrian Empire and a world long gone.
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Het begint met een naam. Het eindigt met een revolutie. Hij heeft geen naam. Hij is een nummer. Ten. Wanneer hij dat van zijn ouders hoort, wordt hij naar de verboden plek achter de muur gestuurd. Campus 008. Bij zijn meedogenloze leraren en harde mentor Six leert hij hoe het er in Eindeloos echt aan toegaat. Namen, emoties en dromen zijn verboden. Ideeën en geheimen worden bestraft. Ten wilde de wereld ontdekken. Nu moet hij zichzelf verliezen om te overleven. Slechts één persoon kwam ooit tegen het systeem in opstand. Zijn oom. Het eerste deel van een meeslepend en filmisch verhaal voor young adults over staan voor wie je bent. Wat er ook gebeurt.
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Emily en haar vriendin Ducky wonen in een huis aan het Vondelpark in Amsterdam. Na een roerige tijd is hun relatie stabiel. Ze halen hun diploma, spelen in een populaire tv-serie en willen iets van hun leven maken. Als Emily ernstig ziek wordt, komt hun geluk echter onder druk te staan. Ze moeten op zoek naar oplossingen voor problemen waar ze eigenlijk te jong voor zijn. In hun zoektocht naar genezing en herstel wordt Emily bovendien geconfronteerd met het misbruik door haar vader, jaren geleden. Kan ze met haar verleden afrekenen en de toekomst tegemoetgaan? Als je geliefde ziek wordt, houdt het geluk dan op of wordt het sterker? Het vervolg op Voel, het eerste boek over Emily en Ducky, is een aangrijpende youngadultroman om nog lang over na te denken.
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Limited edition met deckled edges, goudfolie bandstempel, geïllustreerde schutbladen en binnenwerkillustraties.
Een hypnotiserend sprookje over geesten, heksen en dodelijke geheimen
De heksenfamilie Briar runt al eeuwen het stadje Silverton. In ruil voor deze alleenheerschappij beschermen ze de bewoners door hun vaardigheden en magie sluw in te zetten. Normaal gesproken zouden de familieleden worden verbrand vanwege hun tovenarij, maar de kerk laat de familie met rust zolang ze beloven de grens met de Donkere Landen, waar gevreesde wezens de scepter zwaaien, te bewaken.
Ellie Briar is de eerste niet-heks die in driehonderd jaar in haar familie is geboren. Ze heeft zich altijd al het buitenbeentje gevoeld en zichzelf met slechts haar menselijke vermogens moeten bewijzen. Als haar grootmoeder en enige vertrouweling plotseling overlijdt, neemt Ellies nicht Audra haar positie als hoofdheks over. Ellie belandt midden in de chaos van haar nieuwe rol als rentmeester. Ze wordt de rechterhand van Audra met een enorme verantwoordelijkheid en er gebeuren vreemde dingen in het stadje Silverton. Langzaam maar zeker weet Ellie niet meer wie ze kan vertrouwen.
Als ze na een onverwachte val ontdekt dat ze het vermogen heeft om de doden te zien en te spreken, blijkt algauw dat er een hoop sinistere familiegeheimen zijn die niet langer verborgen kunnen blijven. Haar speurtocht leidt haar van de ene openbaring naar de andere en Ellie komt achter een verwoestend complot dat alles dreigt te vernietigen waar de Briar-heksen zoveel voor hebben opgeofferd.
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Een prachtige gebonden editie met stofomslag, print op snee en geïllustreerde schutbladen.
Wees klaar om te vliegen… of sterf. Het verhaal van Violet en Xaden gaat verder in ‘Onyx storm’, het langverwachte derde deel van de Fourth Wing-serie van bestsellerauteur Rebecca Yarros. De eerdere delen, ‘In steen gebrand’ en ‘Een ijzeren vlam’, veroverden de bestsellerlijsten en maakten van Rebecca Yarros een fenomeen!
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DON’T BE THE LAST TO DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT EVERYONE CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT:
Get ready for the breathtaking follow-up to global phenomenons Fourth Wing and Iron Flame from the no. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.
ARE YOU READY TO BRAVE THE DARK?
After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there’s no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty.
Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it’s impossible to know who to trust.
Now Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre. The trip will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to save what she loves – her dragons, her family, her home, and him.
Even if it means keeping a secret so big, it could destroy everything.
They need an army. They need power.
They need magic. And they need the one thing only Violet can find – the truth.
But a storm is coming… and not everyone can survive its wrath.
Pre-order your copy now!
OTHER BOOKS IN THE EMPYREAN SERIES:
FOURTH WING
IRON FLAME
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DON’T BE THE LAST TO DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT EVERYONE CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT:
Get ready for the breathtaking follow-up to global phenomenons Fourth Wing and Iron Flame from the no. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.
ARE YOU READY TO BRAVE THE DARK?
After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there’s no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty.
Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it’s impossible to know who to trust.
Now Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre. The trip will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to save what she loves – her dragons, her family, her home, and him.
Even if it means keeping a secret so big, it could destroy everything.
They need an army. They need power.
They need magic. And they need the one thing only Violet can find – the truth.
But a storm is coming… and not everyone can survive its wrath.
Pre-order your copy now!
OTHER BOOKS IN THE EMPYREAN SERIES:
FOURTH WING
IRON FLAME
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If you could swap your life for a better one, which would you choose?
On the outskirts of Rainbow Town, there is an old, abandoned house. They say that if you send a letter detailing your misfortunes there, you could receive a ticket. If you bring this ticket to the house on the first day of the rainy season, you’ll be granted entrance into the mysterious Rainfall Market–where you can choose to completely change your life.
No one is more surprised than Serin when she receives a ticket. Lonely and with no real prospects for a future, Serin ventures to the market, determined to create a better life for herself.
There, she meets a magical cat companion named Issha and they search through bookstores, perfumeries, and fantastical realms while Serin tries to determine what her perfect life will look like.
The catch? Serin only has one week to find her happiness or be doomed to vanish into the market forever.
And all the while, a shadow follows quietly behind them…
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𝗗𝗲𝗹𝘂𝘅𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Featuring gorgeous sprayed edges with stenciled artwork, as well as exclusive special design features. This incredible collectible is only available for a limited time while supplies last in the US and Canada.
After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there’s no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty.
Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it’s impossible to know who to trust.
Now Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre. The trip will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to save what she loves–her dragons, her family, her home, and him.
Even if it means keeping a secret so big, it could destroy everything.
They need an army. They need power. They need magic. And they need the one thing only Violet can find–the truth.
But a storm is coming…and not everyone can survive its wrath.
The Empyrean series is best enjoyed in order.
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After her sacrifice on the Ember Moon, Fia is flush with powerful magic and eager to rush into battle against her murderous sister, Eala. However, Fia’s new husband Irian suggests they bide their time and retreat to the Silver Isle, a snowy island at the edge of the fae world. Ruled by the cunning smith-king, the Silver Isle proves far from a safe haven.
Fia and Irian become embroiled in the Tournament of Kings competing for a magical forging of immense power. Fia and Irian’s relationship will be put to the test as they navigate their conflicting motivations, shifting allegiances and ancient magic. With the end of the tournament looming and Eala’s threat growing, Fia must decide just how much she’s willing to sacrifice to defeat her sister.
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From the author of The Reunion, a cozy rom-com about a writer who decamps to a Vermont lodge for work but finds herself distracted by the charming ski instructor next door. Alix Morgan just got her big break as the ghostwriter of a memoir by Sebastian Green, a former member of the boy band True North. And when he offers her a penthouse at a luxurious resort in Vermont, she jumps at the chance to work far away from her noisy, cramped apartment.
Her career as an entertainment journalist has been building toward this dream job—after all, she used to cover True North and was one of the last people to interview former front man Jett Beckett before he disappeared. As she combs through her client’s voice memos, the specter of the missing lead singer remains, and fans are desperate to know the full story. But Alix also has time for some fun at this glamorous resort, where she begins ski lessons with a handsome instructor named Tyler.
As Alix and Tyler fall in love on the slopes, Alix’s work takes a complicated turn—and the mystery of True North’s downfall may be hers to solve.
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After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there’s no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty.
Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it’s impossible to know who to trust.
Now Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre. The trip will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to save what she loves–her dragons, her family, her home, and him.
Even if it means keeping a secret so big, it could destroy everything.
They need an army. They need power. They need magic. And they need the one thing only Violet can find–the truth.
But a storm is coming…and not everyone can survive its wrath.
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A breathless romantic thriller that doesn’t just toe the line between danger and desire—it burns it to the ground.
Honor Stone is all alone in this world. No family, no money, no future. So when she locks eyes with Strike Madden—in the morgue of all places—she’s not in the mood to be seduced. Sure, he’s drop-dead gorgeous, and the sizzle of attraction between them is undeniable, but she’s reeling from her identical twin sister’s murder. It’s the wrong time, wrong place, wrong everything.
Still, the enigmatic billionaire hires Honor as an artist to spearhead his carefully curated erotic animation studio—a job they soon find to be a dangerous mix of business and pleasure.
But when her twin’s obsessive killer targets Honor, the painful secrets of Honor’s traumatic past will finally be exposed with devastating consequences. Strike will stop at nothing to protect her, uncovering his own bone-chilling demons—a beautifully broken, dark side that doesn’t scare Honor…
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Be transported to a fantastical land, with over 400 vintage epic Romantasy stickers, perfect for decorating, scrapbooking, crafting and collecting. Explore the epic world of Romantasy-inspired art, the backdrop for stories of heroic battles and legendary romance. Over 400 high-quality art stickers cover popular Romantasy themes, from faes, wyverns and witches to intrepid knights, fearless heroines and the symbols of their undying love . Use the stickers to personalise bags, laptops and accessories, to bring your own style everywhere you go.
Add them to scrapbooks or journals. Or simply leave them in the book to enjoy as a treasured keepsake. Brimming with stunning vintage art, Stickertopium: Romantasy is perfect for gift for fans of all things Romantasy.
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Drie hete verhalen van bestsellerauteur Elle Kennedy gebundeld!
VOEL DE LUST
Als ze het afgetrainde lijf van Thomas Becker ziet, vergeet journalist Jane Harrison spontaan wat ze ook alweer aan het doen was. O ja – ze wilde Becker interviewen voor een artikel over een spannende missie die hij geleid had. Voor ze weten wat er gebeurt, scheuren ze elkaar de kleren van het lijf in een vastgelopen lift.
Becker ziet een scharrel met een prachtige dame met volle rondingen en golvend rood haar wel zitten. Al snel wordt echter duidelijk dat er meer is tussen de twee. Maar kan Becker het verdriet van zijn misgelopen huwelijk wel achter zich laten?
VOEL DE SPANNING
Annabelle Holmes wordt genadeloos gedumpt door haar verloofde, omdat ze ‘saai’ zou zijn in bed, en dat hij met andere vrouwen wil experimenteren. Vreemd, want haar verloofde is juist degene die saai is in bed. Vastbesloten te bewijzen dat haar verloofde ongelijk heeft, pakt Annabelle pen en papier erbij en maakt een lijstje met al haar wildste fantasieën. Wat ze niet had voorzien, is dat de wel erg aantrekkelijke marinier Ryan Evans, die ook in het gebouw woont, haar lijstje per ongeluk in handen krijgt. Ryan biedt aan om Annabelle te helpen alle punten op haar lijstje weg te strepen. Een wel heel verleidelijk aanbod…
VOEL DE VONK
Matt O’Connor is een echte player, en geniet met volle teugen van zijn vrijgezelle leven. Dan ontmoet hij, terwijl hij op de grond ligt tijdens een bankoverval, een hartstikke sexy blondine die hem aan het lachen maakt. Hij begint ineens te twijfelen of er niet misschien toch plek is in zijn leven voor één speciale dame.
Savannah Harte is gek op de spanning die hoort bij de beginperiode van daten. Zo gauw het een beetje routine wordt, gaat ze ervandoor. Een avontuurtje met knappe marinier Matt ziet ze wel zitten, maar wanneer er gevoelens in beeld komen, kan ze dan over haar bindingsangst heen stappen?
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De dromenjagers van Young-do Lee is het tweede deel van de epische Koreaanse fantasyserie De vogel die tranen drinkt. Een game van PUBG-ontwikkelaar Krafton is in de maak!
Onze vier onwaarschijnlijke kameraden Ryun, Keigan, Tynahan en Biyung hebben de Tempel van Haïnsha bereikt. Daar leren ze eindelijk meer over de profetie die hen hier heeft gebracht: een complot van de nhaga om een god te doden, en zo hun eigen godin meer macht te schenken. Genoeg macht om het Noorden te kunnen veroveren…
Ryun wordt gevraagd om het complot te onderzoeken, maar als Ryun voldoet aan dit verzoek, trapt hij rechtstreeks in een val. Wat volgt is een bloedstollende race tegen de klok.
‘Young-do Lee betovert miljoenen mensen met zijn unieke fantasywereld.’ Krafton
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Deze editie van Vipers and Virtuosos (NL Limited Edition) verschijnt met bedrukt boekblok.
Hij zal naar de hel en terug gaan voor haar.
Riley Kelly is niet naar New York gekomen met de hoop haar leven te kunnen veranderen. Na een wrede aanranding met littekens en diepe trauma’s is het enige waar ze echt naar verlangt een beetje normaliteit.
Maar dat is zonder Aiden James gerekend, het tegenovergestelde van normaal. Als hij niet op tour is en in uitverkochte stadiums speelt, werkt hij aan zijn volgende hitalbum en ontwijkt hij de paparazzi. Maar zijn geluk heeft altijd op de achtergrond gestaan. En het enige geheim in zijn leven is zijn duistere, tragische verleden en zijn beruchte familie houdt dat liever zo.
Maar als zijn oog op Riley valt op een liefdadigheidsgala, heeft hij zichzelf niet meer in de hand en neemt zijn obsessie toe. Haar blauwe ogen en pepermuntgeur zijn het enige waar hij aan kan denken, zelfs nadat hun ene ontmoeting een nare wending neemt.
Plotseling is zijn droomvrouw een kwaadaardige geest.
Nu is Aiden op een missie om haar op te sporen en haar te laten boeten voor het ruïneren van zijn carrière. Zelfs als dat betekent dat hij zijn leven moet opgeven om haar het leven zuur te maken. Zelfs als dat betekent dat hij al zijn regels moet breken om haar de zijne te maken…
Van USA Today-bestsellerauteur Sav R. Miller komt een duistere rockster romance geïnspireerd door de mythe van Orpheus en Eurydice.
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Nep-medium Gretchen mag dan wel een oplichtster zijn, ze ziet zichzelf graag als een weldoener. Dus als ze wordt ingehuurd om een geitenboerderij te ‘reinigen’ zodat een aardige oude man eindelijk met pensioen kan en dat haar tegelijkertijd een leuk honorarium oplevert, wie is zij dan om te weigeren? Als ze er aankomt, blijkt de boerderij-eigenaar niet de oude man die Gretchen zich had voorgesteld – Charlie Waybill is jong, knap én… totaal niet overtuigd dat Gretchen met de doden kan communiceren. Tot haar verbazing komt Gretchen echter oog in oog te staan met de geest die tijdens elk open huis een ravage aanricht. En deze Everett wil dat ze Charlie helpt om niet dezelfde familievloek te krijgen waardoor hij al sinds de jaren twintig in Gilded Creek rondspookt. Nu heeft Gretchen één maand de tijd om Charlie te overtuigen het huis niet te verkopen. Helaas lijken hard werken en eerlijkheid de manier te zijn om de koppige boer over te halen – niet bepaald Gretchens sterke punten. Maar vertrouwen is niet het enige wat tussen hen groeit, en het risico om Charlie aan het geestenrijk te verliezen hangt Gretchen bijna net zo boven het hoofd als Everett zelf. Om de geitenboerderij, het vriendelijke spook en de man van wie ze begint te houden te redden, moet Gretchen de grootste zwendel uithalen die ze ooit heeft gedaan.
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Limited edition met dubbelzijdig omkeerbaar stofomslag, bandstempel, brief van de auteur, bedrukt boekblok, geïllustreerde schutbladen met een kaart van Virginia Allyn.
Voor de fans van Fourth Wing van Rebecca Yarros en Sarah J. Maas
In een poging te ontsnappen aan haar ter dood veroordeling door de Onsterfelijke Koningin Madra opent Saeris Fane per ongeluk een poort tussen haar rijk en het mythische land van de Fae. Ze wordt gered door Kingfisher, een knappe, mysterieuze, maar humeurige Fae-krijger, die tevens verantwoordelijk wordt voor haar opleiding. Zonder dat ze het door heeft gaat ze een verbond met hem aan: ze zal haar net ontdekte alchemistenmagie moeten gebruiken om het volk van Kingfisher te beschermen in de naderende oorlog tegen de vampiers. Pas als ze deze taak voltooid heeft, zal ze terug mogen keren naar haar eigen rijk.
Ondanks dat ze een hekel aan hem heeft, valt de aantrekkingskracht tussen Saeris en Kingfisher niet te ontkennen. Kingfisher bezit echter een duister geheim over zijn eigen verleden waardoor hij haar op afstand houdt. Langzaam maar zeker lukt het Saeris om de geheimen rondom haar eigen magie, Kingfisher en de wereld van de Fae te ontrafelen, en beseft ze dat haar lot meer verbonden is met de Fae-krijger dan ze misschien zou willen. Ze zullen samen moeten werken om niet alleen Kingfishers rijk, maar ook om dat van haar te beschermen, tegen de drie-eenheid van mens, fae en vampier die allesverslindend blijkt te zijn.
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Boy moves to new city. Boy meets vampire. They kiss, then become friends.
But both would like something more…A global Webtoon phenomenon and LGBTQ+ graphic novel about friendship, love and magic. Sébastien recently moved to supernatural Paris hoping to get away from his troubles at home and live a peaceful life learning magic. But what are you going to do when the really hot vampire you made out with last night to forget your troubles turns out to be your new neighbour?Sébastien (a demisexual boy with “main character hair” and a bunny named Pierre), meet Elia (a hot, supermodel, vampire neighbour and crush).
Join Elia, Sébastien and their assorted crew of wonderful friends, as they navigate the ins and outs of dating in a modern and paranormal love story.
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A Discovery of Witches meets The Atlas Six in Modern Divination by Isabel Agajanian, a dark contemporary fantasy from a brilliant new talent. Modern Divination is the first book in the Spells for Life and Death duology. The colour of magic was gold .
. . Twenty-three-year-old witch Aurelia Schwartz has always had to carefully balance her human life with her secret magical one.
With a place at an elite Cambridge University college, she almost has everything she could possibly want within her grasp. Just so long as she follows the rules: make no promises. Tell no one what you are.
And never stay the night. Except Aurelia’s gift of green magic has begun to fade. Worse still, someone is hunting witches – and stealing their powers.
Reluctantly, Aurelia needs the help of fellow witch – and dreadfully arrogant classmate – Theodore Ingram. Together, they seek refuge among his family in the remote corners of an already-desolate town. But as she grows closer to Teddy, the power-hungry witch-killer, too, draws nearer.
And they threaten to destroy everything Aurelia holds dear . . .
Modern Divination by Isabel Agajanian is a magical cosy fantasy with witches, featuring an academic rivals-to-lovers romance, found family and yearning.
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From one of fantasy’s most exciting new voices Eliza Chan comes a modern, myth-inflected story of revolution and magic set against the glittering, semi-submerged city of Tiankawi, perfect for fans of Jade City and The Bone Shard Daughter . Welcome to Tiankawi – shining pearl of human civilization and a safe haven for those fleeing civil unrest. Or at least, that’s how it first appears.
But in the semi-flooded city, humans are, quite literally, on peering down from skyscrapers and aerial walkways on the fathomfolk — sirens, seawitches, kelpies and kappas—who live in the polluted waters below.
For half-siren Mira, promotion to captain of the border guard means an opportunity to reform. At last, she has the ear of the city council and a chance to lift the repressive laws that restrict fathomfolk at every turn. But if earning the trust and respect of her human colleagues wasn’t hard enough, everything Mira has worked towards is put in jeopardy when a water dragon is exiled to the city.
New arrival Nami is an aristocratic water dragon with an opinion on everything. Frustrated by the lack of progress from Mira’s softly-softly approach in gaining equality, Nami throws her lot in with an anti-human extremist group, leaving Mira to find the headstrong youth before she makes everything worse.
And pulling strings behind everything is Cordelia, a second-generation sea-witch determined to do what she must to survive and see her family flourish, even if it means climbing over the bodies of her competitors. Her political game-playing and underground connections could disrupt everything Nami and Mira are fighting for.
When the extremists sabotage the annual boat race, violence erupts, as does the clampdown on fathomfolk rights. Even Nami realises her new friends are not what they seem. Both she and Mira must decide if the cost of change is worth it, or if Tiankawi should be left to drown.
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The next novel in the Ice Planet Barbarians series, an international publishing phenomenon–now in a special print edition with a bonus novella!
The unthinkable happens when a devastating accident causes Pashov to forget his mate, but Stacy will do whatever it takes to make her family whole again. . . .
The first time I laid eyes on Pashov, we resonated. I was happy and in love, and we were raising a beautiful child together. All of that was torn apart when the world shook.
My mate nearly died.
He woke up from his coma . . . but he can’t remember me. Or our son. Every memory of the past two years is gone. And that changes everything between us. How can I love someone who doesn’t remember me?
How can I not when I know he’s still my mate underneath it all?
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He’s on edge while she’s en pointe in this fake-dating sports romance from the author of the smash hit Collide. If you loved The Striker by Ana Huang, you’ll love this… ‘Fake-dating goodness filled with delicious tension’ Lana Ferguson, author of The NannyElias Westbrook, a newly drafted hockey player for the Toronto Thunder, is facing the challenges of fame and media scrutiny.
The tabloids are reporting on his every move, including which woman he was last seen with, but all he wants to do is escape the spotlight. Enter from stage left Sage Beaumont, an aspiring ballerina whose lack of popularity online has put her at a major disadvantage for securing the roles she dreams of. When Sage finds herself with the chance to change her luck by fake-dating Elias, she takes her shot.
Soon enough, the flimsy rules they set in place fall away. But before things can spiral out of control, Sage and Elias will have to decide if they’re willing to take the leap together or if they’ll have to call it quits.
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The nightmare she’s running from is nothing compared to where she’s headed…Tegan is eight months pregnant, alone, and desperately wants to put her crumbling life in the rearview mirror. So she hits the road, planning to stay with her brother until she can figure out her next move.
But she doesn’t realise she’s heading straight into a blizzard. She never arrives at her destination. Stranded in rural Maine with a dead car and broken ankle, Tegan worries she’s made a terrible mistake.
Then a miracle occurs: she is rescued by a couple who offers her a room in their warm cabin until the snow clears. But something isn’t right. Tegan believed she was waiting out the storm, but as time ticks by, she comes to realise she is in grave danger.
This safe haven isn’t what she thought it was, and staying here may have been her most deadly mistake yet. And now she must do whatever it takes to save herself – and her unborn child. A gut-wrenching story of motherhood, survival, and twisted expectations from the master of mystery and suspense, Freida McFadden delivers a snowbound thriller that will chill you to the bone.
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The King’s Courier Tycho has made a treacherous bargain. Now beholden to the magical scraver who saved King Grey’s life, one false move could end everything. Jax escaped his life in Briarlock and traveled with Tycho to Emberfall.
But life outside his small village brings unexpected challenges – and unlikely adversaries. After years of hating the royal family and their magic, Callyn never expected to be at the Queen’s side, with magic at her fingertips. But at the royal court, she can’t trust anyone – including the man she thought she loved.
Cast apart, Tycho, Jax, and Callyn must learn to wield the magic that is dividing their kingdom. As the magical scravers attack from the north and the king’s rivals gain strength, time is running out. War is looming.
Love is tested. And magic could be the only answer …
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De 1e druk van King of Battle and Blood verschijnt in Limited Edition met print op snee en gekleurde schutbladen.
Isolde kijkt totaal niet uit naar haar trouwdag. Ze zou nog liever sterven. Om een oorlog te beëindigen, moet ze trouwen met vampierkoning Adrian Aleksandr Vasiliev en hem doden. Haar moordaanslag mislukt echter en Adrian dreigt haar in een vampier te veranderen als ze het opnieuw probeert. Isolde zal een manier moeten vinden om te overleven tussen de meedogenloze vampiers, zonder er zelf een te worden. En van iedereen aan het hof is Adrian het gevaarlijkst. Zijn aantrekkingskracht zou haar dood kunnen betekenen… ‘King of Battle and Blood’ is het eerste deel in de Adrian x Isolde-serie van Scarlett St. Clair. Eerder schreef ze al de inmens populaire vierdelige Hades x Persephone-serie.
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We all know a George. He’s the kind of guy who’s brimming with potential but incapable of following through; he doesn’t know if he’s in love with his girlfriend, but he certainly likes having her around; he’s distant from – but still reliant on – his mother; he swears he’ll finish his novel one day. Sure, you might find him disappointing.
But no one is more disappointed in George than George himself. As funny as it is astute and as singular as it is universal, The Book of George is a deft, unexpectedly moving never-coming-of-age tale and a portrait of one man, but also countless others.
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Discover your next enemies-to-lovers romantasy obsession with The Beasts We Bury by D. L. Taylor, in a stunning silver-foiled hardback edition.
Mancella, heir to the throne, emerged from the mysterious Broken Citadel with a strange and violent magic: she can summon an army of animals, but only by killing them first. Silver is a charming thief who plans to manipulate Mancella in order to pull off a once-in-a-lifetime heist.
When her father decides that Mance should kill a human in order to create an unbeatable spirit army, Mance realizes how much of a pawn she is in his world. As the deception and bloodshed continue to mount, Mance and Silver find themselves forced to make choices that will change the realm forever.
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Twenty-five-year-old Calla Williams is struggling since becoming guardian to her brother, Jamie.
Calla is overwhelmed and tired of being the one who makes sacrifices to keep the family together. Jamie, full of good-natured sixteen-year-old recklessness, is usually off fighting for what matters to him or getting into mischief, often at the same time. Dre, their brother, promised he would help raise Jamie-but now the ink is dry on the paperwork and in classic middle-child fashion, he’s off doing his own thing.
And through it all, The Nightmare never stops haunting Calla: recurring images of her brothers dying that she is powerless to stop. When Jamie’s actions at a protest spiral out of control, the siblings must go on the run. Taking refuge in a remote cabin that looks like it belongs on a slasher movie poster rather than on an Airbnb listing, the siblings now face a new threat where their lives-and reality-hang in the balance.
Their sister always warned them about her nightmares. They really should have listened.
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A captivating and swashbuckling romantasy for fans of DAUGHTER OF THE PIRATE KING and TO KILL A KINGDOM. Ximena Reale is certain of one thing: the only good pirate is a dead one. Ximena has spent her life training to become one of the black-cloaked cazadores, seafaring hunters who capture the pirates pillaging the Luzan Empire.
But although Ximena is the top candidate at la academia, that will not be enough for a daughter of the notorious Reales – pirate captains who were executed for their crimes against the Empire. So when Gasparilla, the most infamous pirate in Luza’s history, attacks the capital, Ximena offers to catch him in exchange for being named a cazadora. The Empire accepts, on one condition: she must compete for her cloak against Dante de León, the pompous and infuriating son of the High Minister.
Knowing this is her chance to prove herself once and for all, Ximena must set out on a dangerous quest across the archipelago to hunt Gasparilla. But no matter how far she sails, her family’s pirate legacy continues to haunt her, and she soon has to question the very laws she’s always fought to uphold . .
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A captivating dark gothic fantasy set in the same universe as the award-winning author’s All The Murmuring Bones, The Path of Thorns and The Briar Book of the Dead. A tale of vampires, assassins, ancient witches and broken promises, perfect for readers of Alix E. Harrow, Hannah Whitten and Alexis Henderson.
Violet Zennor has had a peculiar upbringing. Training as a fighter in underground arenas, honing her skills against the worst scum, murderers and thieves her father could pit her against, she has learned to be ruthless. To kill.
Until the day Hedrek Zennor dies. Violet thinks she’s free – a rich young heiress with a world of possibilities in front of her. Then, to her horror, Violet learns that her father planned to send her into the Darklands, where the Leech Lords reign.
Where Violet’s still-born brother was taken years ago after Hedrek sold him to a man bearing the mark of the mysterious Anchorhold. Her father’s solicitor and the city’s bishop are insistent she fulfil her duty, but Violet steadfastly refuses. Until one night two assassins attempt to slaughter her – and it becomes clear: if she wants to enjoy a future free of the interference of either solicitors, bishops or assassins, she’s going to have to clean up the mess her father made.
On her journey, Violet seeks the help of Miren O’Malley in the hidden estate of Blackwater, whose family once produced the purest, strangest silver; Ellie Briar of Silverton, the Briar Witch who guards the gateway to the realm of the Leech Lords; and Asher Todd of Whitebarrow, who did terrible things and found The Three Who Went Beneath. Ultimately, Violet must go alone. Into the Darklands.
To the Anchorhold where it all began. Where it will all end. To do what must be done.
By turns gripping and bewitching, sharp and audacious, this mesmerising story takes you on a journey into the dark heart of Slatter’s sinister and compelling fantasy world, where blood is currency and magic is a weapon.
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Unlocking the past is the key to the future . . .
From Lucinda Riley, the international bestselling author of The Seven Sisters series, The Light Behind the Window is a breathtaking historical romance about love, war and, above all, forgiveness. South of France, present day. After the death of her glamorous, distant mother, Emilie de la Martiniéres finds herself alone in the world – and sole inheritor of her grand childhood home.
A notebook of poems leads her to search for the mysterious and beautiful Sophia, whose tragic love affair changed the course of her family history. As Emilie unravels Sophia’s story, she embarks on a journey of discovery, realizing that the château may provide clues to her own difficult past. Paris, 1943.
Constance Carruthers, a young office clerk for MI5, is drafted into a special operations team, arriving in occupied Paris during the climax of the conflict. Separated from her contact in France, she stumbles into the heart of a wealthy family who are caught up in a deadly game of secrets and lies. Forced to surrender her identity and all ties to her homeland, Constance is drawn into a complex web of deception, the repercussions of which will affect generations to come .
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Wyatt Westlock has one plan for the farmhouse she’s just inherited — to burn it to the ground.
But during her final walkthrough of her childhood home, she makes a shocking discovery in the basement — Peter, the boy she once considered her best friend, strung up in chains and left for dead. Unbeknownst to Wyatt, Peter has suffered hundreds of ritualistic deaths on her family’s property. Semi-immortal, Peter never remains dead for long, but he can’t really live, either.
Not while he’s bound to the farm, locked in a cycle of grisly deaths and painful rebirths. There’s only one way for him to break free. He needs to end the Westlock line.
He needs to kill Wyatt. With Wyatt’s parents gone, the spells protecting the property have begun to unravel, and dark, ancient forces gather in the nearby forest. The only way for Wyatt to repair the wards is to work with Peter — the one person who knows how to harness her volatile magic.
But how can she trust a boy who’s sworn an oath to destroy her? When the past turns up to haunt them in the most unexpected way, they are forced to rely on one another to survive, or else tear each other apart. This rich, dark, compelling novel blends horror and romance into a story that will grip you like no other… getting right into your blood, and your bones.
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Only the extraordinary are chosen. Only the cunning survive.
An explosive return to the library leaves the six Alexandrians vulnerable to the lethal terms of their recruitment.
Old alliances quickly fracture as the initiates take opposing strategies as to how to deal with the deadly bargain they have so far failed to uphold. Those who remain with the archives wrestle with the ethics of their astronomical abilities, while elsewhere, an unlikely pair from the Society cohort partner to influence politics on a global stage.
And still the outside world mobilizes to destroy them, while the Caretaker himself, Atlas Blakely, may yet succeed with a plan foreseen to have world-ending stakes. It’s a race to survive as the six Society recruits are faced with the question of what they’re willing to betray for limitless power―and who will be destroyed along the way.
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Summer camp just got a whole lot hotter in this enemies-to-lovers romance, perfect for readers of Tessa Bailey and Lucy Score. Teddy Knight’s band has just broken up in spectacular fashion after his longtime bandmate and-he’d thought-closest friend decides to go solo. So when he’s offered a last-minute gig to fill in as an artist-in-residence at a summer arts camp-which comes with a lake cabin and lots of free time to work on a revenge album-he takes it.
No matter that he knows nothing about nature, dislikes kids, and is generally a grump. Gretchen Miller is having a mid-life crisis. Luckily, her summer job as the dance teacher at Wild Arts summer camp will allow her to drop out of society for a while.
Having sworn off dating, she decides she’ll go into the woods and become a crone. She might skip the “luring innocent children to their death” part of cronedom, but she’s all for the “curse men” aspect. Teddy and Gretchen clash from the get-go when he mistakes her for a fan, and she relegates him to the “entitled jerk” ash heap.
Despite their determination to dislike each other, a wary friendship blooms as the magic of the woods starts to unwind them, and they spend long hours by the campfire talking about art, being stuck, and the idea of starting over. But woods are often filled with monsters, and Teddy and Gretchen will have to face their fears if they want to start over together.
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