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Tricia Levenseller - Engels - Hardback
Featuring spray-painted and stenciled edges, metallic foil designs on the jacket and case, detailed map endpapers, an annotated chapter and a ribbon, this beautifully packaged adventure marks Tricia Levenseller’s triumphant return to the Daughter of the Pirate King universe, which has sold nearly a million copies.
Pirates of the Caribbean meets The Mummy in Vengeance of the Pirate Queen, which follows fan-favorite Sorinda and is a must read for anyone who loves fierce heroines and swoon-worthy romance.
You can’t be afraid of the dark when you’re the monster lurking in the shadows.
As an assassin working for the pirate queen, Sorinda is surprised when Alosa’s next task for her is not to kill a new target, but to captain a handpicked crew on a rescue mission. Unfortunately, her sailing master is Kearan. He may be the best helmsman the pirate queen has, but Sorinda finds him a real pain in the arse. Sadly, there are few places on a ship to hide from an attentive man.
As the crew of the Vengeance faces dangerous waters and deadly sea creatures, they accidentally awaken the King of the Undersea, a being who can control the dead. Their rescue mission quickly turns into a fight to save the world, but first, Sorinda must save herself from becoming an undead queen.
Kathleen Glasgow - Nederlands - Paperback
‘Girl in Pieces’ is een hartverscheurend verhaal over een jonge vrouw die vecht voor een plek in een wereld die haar keer op keer laat vallen. De 17-jarige Charlie Davis worstelt met een verleden vol misbruik, eenzaamheid en verlies. De enige manier waarop ze hiermee kon omgaan is zelfbeschadiging, maar ze bezit voldoende hoop, moed en veerkracht om te geloven in een betere toekomst.
Glasgows schrijfstijl is poëtisch en doordringend, en ze behandelt de delicate thema’s als mentale gezondheid en trauma op een gevoelige en realistische manier.
‘Girl in Pieces’ is een absolute must-read voor iedereen die op zoek is naar een ontroerend en inspirerend verhaal dat je nog lang zal bijblijven.
K.L. Walther - Engels - Paperback
Everyone at the Bexley School believes that Sage Morgan and Charlie Carmichael are meant to be. Even though Charlie seems to have a new girlfriend every month, and Sage has never had a real relationship, their friends and family all know it’s just a matter of time until they realize that they are actually in love. When Luke Morrissey shows up on campus his presence immediately shakes things up. Charlie and Luke are drawn to each other the moment they meet, giving Sage the opportunity to spend time with Charlie’s twin brother, Nick. But Charlie is afraid of what others will think if he accepts that he has much more than a friendship with Luke. And Sage fears that if she lets things with Nick get too serious too quickly, they won’t be able to last as a couple outside of high school and miss their chance at forever. The duo will need to rely on each other and their lifelong friendship to figure things out with the boys they love.
Alison Ames - Engels - Paperback
Debut voice Alison Ames delivers with a chilling, feminist thriller, perfect for fans of Wilder Girls and Sawkill Girls.
Moon Basin has been haunted for as long as anyone can remember. It started when an explosion in the mine killed sixteen people. The disaster made it impossible to live in town, with underground fires spewing ash into the sky. But life in New Basin is just as fraught. The ex-mining town relies on its haunted reputation to bring in tourists, but there’s more truth to the rumors than most are willing to admit, and the mine still has a hold on everyone who lives there.
Clem and Nina form a perfect loop – best friends forever, and perhaps something more. Their circle opens up for a strange girl named Lisey with a knack for training crows, and Piper, whose father is fascinated with the mine in a way that’s anything but ordinary. The people of New Basin start experiencing strange phenomena -sleepwalking, night terrors, voices that only they can hear. And no matter how many vans of ghost hunters roll through, nobody can get to the bottom of what’s really going on. Which is why the girls decide to enter the mine themselves.
Amber Smith - Engels - Hardback
Eden and Josh decide to give their relationship another chance in this much anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestseller The Way I Used to Be that explores how to move forward after trauma—in life and in love.
Eden and Josh never had a fair shot at a healthy relationship. When they dated in high school, they each had their own problems getting in the way of the deep connection they felt toward one another. Unbeknownst to Josh, Eden was carrying the burden of a devastating sexual assault, while Josh was dealing with his own private struggle of having an alcoholic father.
Months after Eden and two other girls publicly accuse their rapist, Eden is starting college while her case goes to trial. Now when she and Josh reconnect, it seems like it might finally be in the right place at the right time for them to make it work. But is their love strong enough to withstand the challenges and chaos of college and the crushing realities of a trial that will determine whether Eden gets the justice she deserves?
Anne Eekhout - Engels - Hardback
Gothic, fantasy-tinged historical fiction, delving back into the teenage years of Mary Shelley to find the inspiration for Frankenstein
There is a beast inside her, a monster. It wants to scream, it wants to tear things apart.
Scotland, 1812.
When Mary is sent to the countryside for her health, she soon finds herself falling for Isabella, the brooding, grief-stricken eldest daughter of the Baxter family. While the girls explore the local countryside that has harboured stories of witches, ghosts and monsters for centuries, they come across a creature unlike anything they’ve seen before…
Switzerland, 1816.
In the famous year without a summer, Mary is caught between her husband’s ideals of free love, her stepsister’s narcissism and the immense anguish she feels for her recently lost child. While her days
are filled with strife, she spends the intoxicated, laudanum-filled nights sharing ghost stories. As Mary grapples with the inspiration for her famous novel amid the mists of oblivion, a flash of memory takes her back to her time in Scotland, and also to David Booth, the ominous man who took a sinister interest in Mary and Isabella…
Provocative, sensual and dark, Mary; or, the Birth of Frankenstein is a hypnotic ode to the power of the imagination
Janice Hallet - Engels - Hardback
This immersive holiday caper from the “modern Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times, London) follows the hilarious Fairway Players theater group as they put on a Christmas play—and solve a murder that threatens their production.
The Christmas season has arrived in Lower Lockwood, and the Fairway Players are busy rehearsing their festive holiday production of Jack and the Beanstalk to raise money for a new church roof. But despite the season, goodwill is distinctly lacking among the amateur theater enthusiasts with petty rivalries, a possibly asbestos-filled beanstalk, and some perennially absent players behind the scenes.
Of course, there’s also the matter of the dead body onstage. Who could possibly have had the victim on their naughty list? Join lawyers Femi and Charlotte as they investigate Christmas letters, examine emails, and pore over police transcripts to identify both the victim and killer before the curtain closes on their holiday production—for good.
Alison Cochrun - Nederlands - Paperback
Ellie heeft het perfecte leven: ze is gelukkig, heeft een droombaan en op kerstavond een ontmoeting met haar droomvrouw. Maar helaas… Na een onenightstand en haar ontslag weet Ellie niet meer wat te doen. Ze gaat werken in een café en valt al snel in een sleur. Totdat Andrew, de eigenaar, haar een aanzoek doet voor een verstandshuwelijk om zo Ellies financiële en Andrews familieproblemen op te lossen. De familieproblemen beginnen hier echter pas voor Ellie wanneer ze erachter komt dat haar droomvrouw Andrews zus is! Dat wordt een awkward kerstdiner… ‘Een kerst om te kussen’ van Alison Cochrun is een heerlijke feestelijke romcom. Eerder verscheen van haar hand ook ‘Het charmeoffensief’.
Rebecca Yarros - Nederlands - Hardback
De 1e druk van Fourth Wing: In Steen Gebrand verschijnt in Limited Edition Hardback met stofomslag, kleur-op-snee, geïllustreerde schutbladen, landkaart en plattegrond.
Welkom op het Basgiath Oorlogscollege.
Violets droom om scribent te worden aan het befaamde Basgiath Oorlogscollege valt in duigen wanneer de generaal – oftewel haar moeder – haar opdraagt deel te nemen aan het selectieproces van de Drakenrijders. De helft van de cadetten zal het eerste jaar niet overleven en de meesten willen Violet vanwege haar afkomst uit de weg ruimen – vooral Xaden, de meedogenloze (en aantrekkelijke) leider van het squadron. Violet moet alles op alles zetten om te overleven, want op Basgiath zijn er maar twee opties: afstuderen of sterven.
“In steen gebrand verhoogt je hartslag van begin tot eind. Een Fantasyboek zoals je nog nooit eerder hebt gelezen.“ – Jennifer L. Armentrout.
Let op: de prijs van het boek wordt €29,99; de prijs van €25 is een door de uitgever vastgestelde promotieprijs.
Ashley Herring Blake - Engels - Paperback
Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love.
And she’s happy for all of them, truly. So what if she misses her friends and family, who are busy with their perfectly paired partners. At least she has her brand-new career writing romance novels (the irony), right?
Wrong. She is completely out of ideas after having spent all of her romantic energy on her debut.
Perfectly happy to ignore her problems as usual, Iris goes to a Portland bar. But a night of dancing with a sexy stranger named Stefania turns into the worst one-night stand Iris has had in her life (vomit and crying are regretfully involved).
To get her mind off everything, Iris tries out for a local play only to come face-to-face with Stefania-or, Stevie, her real name. When Stevie desperately asks Iris to play along as her girlfriend, Iris is shocked but goes along with it in a bid to get her creative juices flowing.
As the two women play the part of a couple, they turn into a constant state of hot-and-bothered and soon it just comes down to who will make the real first move . . .
Stephanie Garber - Engels - Hardback
Two villains, one girl, and a deadly battle for happily ever after. Evangeline Fox ventured to the Magnificent North in search of her happy ending, and it seems as if she has it. She’s married to a handsome prince and lives in a legendary castle.
But Evangeline has no idea of the devastating price she’s paid for this fairytale. She doesn’t know what she has lost, and her husband is determined to make sure she never finds out . .
. but first he must kill Jacks, the Prince of Hearts. Blood will be shed, hearts will be stolen, and true love will be put to the test in A Curse for True Love, the breathlessly anticipated conclusion to the Once Upon A Broken Heart trilogy.
V.E. Schwab - Nederlands - Hardback
De 1e druk van De Kleuren van Licht verschijnt als Limited edition met nieuw ontwerp, dubbelzijdig bedrukt stofomslag, boekblokbedrukking en geïllustreerde schutbladen.
De gevoelige balans tussen de vier Londens staat op het punt te breken. De ooit zo vereerde magie werpt zijn duistere schaduw over Rood Londen en maakt de weg vrij voor een ander Londen om de macht te grijpen. Kell begint te bezwijken onder de druk van tegenstrijdige loyaliteiten en Lila moet leren haar magie te beheersen, voordat de magie háár beheerst.
Intussen verzamelt kapitein Alucard Emery zijn bemanning en bereidt hij zich voor op een race tegen de klok om het onmogelijke voor elkaar te krijgen. In de schaduwen keert een oude vijand terug om de kroon op te eisen, terwijl een gevallen held een wereld probeert te redden die voor zijn ogen uiteen lijkt te vallen.
Wie zal de macht grijpen? Wie zal roemloos ten onder gaan? Wie redt het tot het einde van deze overdonderende trilogie?
In de pers
‘Verslavend en fascinerend.’ Entertainment Weekly
‘V.E. Schwab heeft een pakkende en verslavende schrijfstijl.’ Chicklit.nl
‘Een ingenieus en intelligent verhaal.’ Booklist
Michelle Sauer - Engels - Paperback
An unsolved murder of a mermaid queen. A shattered stone pendant cursed and lost. A kingdom’s existence in peril.
All of it, dependent on a college student and gifted swimmer, Zoe Vaughn, who thinks her life is falling apart.
Jealous teammates have accused Zoe of using performance enhancing drugs, sinking her dreams of competing in the Olympics. Now, as their relentless bullying continues, she’s ready to uproot her life in California and move across the country.
But hours before Zoe’s flight, something happens that changes those plans forever. Sparks literally fly between her and Baxter, her mythology professor, who confronts Zoe with the truth that her incredible talent beneath the water has a supernatural explanation.
Baxter declares that Zoe is the living reincarnation of Melantha – Mermaid Queen of the Pacific Ocean – who was betrayed and murdered nearly a century earlier. He also claims to be Melantha’s guardian – an immortal tasked with reuniting five sacred stones that can restore Zoe as the rightful queen before her kingdom is lost forever.
But the time to do that is running out, as there are sinister forces who’ll stop at nothing to prevent the Mermaid Queen’s return. With her life on the line, Zoe must work with Baxter to find all five stones scattered between land and sea and fulfill her destiny – or condemn her mermaid kin to enslavement for all eternity.
Pacific Tails is a new adult, fast-paced urban fantasy adventure that is set in a world where myths intertwine with reality. Ride the wave of a thrilling mystery and quest-based novel, filled with mermaids and other unexpected creatures such as immortals, ghosts, demons, and werewolves. Pacific Tails is a slow-burn romance and a fantasical whodunit that will sure to captivate. It is the first book of a planned duology.
Catherine Cowles - Engels - Paperback
It was supposed to be a fresh start. A small town where I could hide my little girl from the shadows that haunt us. A place where I could keep us safe. The last thing I expected was him . A surly, broody mountain of a man who helps me save an injured deer in a snowstorm. Now, Roan Hartley keeps showing up with his glowers and grimaces. But they only make his rare smiles and the gentle way he talks to my daughter mean that much more. When forces from my past find us, Roan is determined to keep us safe—even if that means sleeping on my ancient couch every night. As days turn to weeks, his touch has my walls crashing down. But someone out there doesn’t want me to find happiness. He doesn’t want me left breathing at all…
Charlie Castelletti - Engels - Hardback
The word gothic conjures up crumbling castles, passion and unnerving supernatural events. From its origins in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, it’s a powerful genre and a mood that has influenced writers, artists and designers ever since. This gorgeous anthology of extracts from gothic stories and verse captures the extravagance, the darkness and sheer enjoyment of the genre.
Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. My Gothic Heart is selected and introduced by editor and writer Charlie Castelletti.
My Gothic Heart features tantalising extracts from the famous names of gothic writing such as Ann Radcliffe, Bram Stoker, the Brontë sisters and John Keats. It then travels forward to the early twentieth century, finding gothic resonance in the writing of Virginia Woolf, Oscar Wilde and Wilfred Owen. Altogether, it’s a powerful mix that cannot fail to stir the emotions.
Ana Huang - Engels - Paperback
He had her, he lost her…and he’ll do anything to win her back.
Powerful, brilliant, and ambitious, Dominic Davenport clawed his way up from nothing to become the King of Wall Street.
He has everything—a beautiful home, a beautiful wife, and more money than he could spend in a lifetime. But no matter how much he accumulates, he’s never satisfied.
In his endless quest for more, he drives away the only person who saw him as enough.
It isn’t until she’s gone that he realizes there may be more to life than riches and glory…but by then, it may be too late.
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Kind, intelligent, and thoughtful, Alessandra Davenport has played the role of trophy wife for years.
She stood by her husband while he built an empire, but now that they’ve reached the top, she realizes he’s no longer the man she fell for.
When it becomes clear that she’ll always come second to his work, she finally takes charge of her life and puts herself first—even if it means leaving the only man she’s ever loved.
But what she didn’t count on was his refusal to let her go…or for him to fight for their marriage, no matter what it takes.
King of Greed is a steamy marriage in trouble/second chance romance. It’s book three in the Kings of Sin series but can be read as a standalone.
Becca Freeman - Nederlands - Paperback
Hannah en Finn hebben sinds hun studietijd elke Kerstmis samen doorgebracht. Ze kunnen toch nergens anders heen – Hannahs ouders zijn overleden en Finn is thuis niet meer welkom sinds hij uit de kast kwam. De groep verdubbelt zich wanneer ook Hannahs huisgenoot Priya en de Britse Theo aansluiten. Elk jaar worden hun kersttradities gekker en uitbundiger.
Tien jaar na het begin van hun traditie, kondigt Finn aan dat hij naar Los Angeles gaat verhuizen. Dit zou dus weleens hun laatste gezamenlijke kerst kunnen worden. Hannah is bang dat ze haar zelfgekozen familie zal verliezen en is daarom vastbesloten om er de beste kerstdagen ooit van te maken. Tegelijkertijd probeert haar vriend haar te overtuigen om de volgende stap in hun relatie te nemen. En Finn? Hij worstelt met alles wat hij achter moet laten – met name zijn onuitgesproken gevoelens voor Theo.
Betekent opgroeien hetzelfde als uit elkaar groeien? Deze Kerstmis wordt de groep gedwongen om te erkennen wat ze voor elkaar betekenen, ook wanneer het leven hen totaal verschillende kanten op stuurt.
Christie Barlow - Nederlands - Paperback
Een nieuwe kans voor Starcross Manor is het vierde deel van de sprankelende feelgoodserie Love Heart Lane, over een klein dorp in Schotland.
Als Julia Coleman Flynn Carter weer ontmoet in het gezellige dorpje Heartcross, kan dat alleen maar problemen opleveren. Flynn is misschien rijk, somber en sexy, maar Julia weet uit de eerste hand dat hij meedogenloos is. Ze is van plan om elke beweging van hem in de gaten te houden.
Wanneer Julia Flynns plannen voor het prachtige Starcross Manor ontdekt, komen haar grootste angsten uit. Het is Flynns droom om van Starcross een luxe hotel te maken en dat kan de droom van Julia verpesten… en de gemeenschap van Heartcross voorgoed veranderen.
Flynn maakt duidelijk dat hij geen problemen wil, en hij is niet de man die Julia denkt dat hij is. Terwijl hij de gemeenschap ervan probeert te overtuigen dat hij veranderd is, hoopt hij dat hij Julia kan overhalen om hem nog een laatste kans te geven…
Rachel Gillig - Engels - Paperback
‘A beautifully dark fairy tale of blood, rage and bitter choice, that whisked me away to mist-wreathed woods ripe with romance and menace’ Davinia Evans, author of Notorious SorcererIn the luscious, dark conclusion to the series that began with One Dark Window, Elspeth must face the consequences of what she’s wrought – perfect for readers of Hannah Whitten’s For the Wolf and A Court of Thorns and Roses. Elspeth and Ravyn have gathered most of the twelve Providence Cards, but the last, and most important one remains to be found: The Twin Alders. If they are going to find it before the Solstice and cure the kingdom of the dark magic infecting it, they will need to journey beyond the dangerous mist-cloaked forest that surrounds their kingdom.
And the only one who can lead them there is the monster that shares Elspeth’s head. The Nightmare. And he’s not eager to share any longer.
Praise for One Dark Window:’An enchanting tale with sharp claws and teeth – Gillig’s prose will pull you in and won’t let you sleep. Pulse-pounding, darkly whimsical and aglow with treacherous magic, One Dark Window is everything I love in fantasy and more’ Allison Saft, author of A Far Wilder Magic’An evocative tale of romance, mystery and alluring monsters, told in beautifully lush prose’ Lyndall Clipstone, author of Lakesedge’Steeped in brooding romance, twisted magic and nail-biting intrigue, One Dark Window snares readers in its deliciously dark spell and leaves them desperate for more. I couldn’t put it down’ Kat Delacorte, author of With Fire in their Blood ‘The steamy romance that emerges between Elspeth and Ravyn delights’ Publishers Weekly
Alexis Hall - Engels - Paperback
Fake amnesia. Real feelings? Real problems.
Sam Becker loves―or, okay, likes―his job. Sure, managing a bed and bath retailer isn’t exactly glamorous, but it’s good work and he gets on well with the band of misfits who keep the store running. He could see himself being content here for the long haul. Too bad, then, that the owner is an infuriating git.
Jonathan Forest should never have hired Sam. It was a sentimental decision, and Jonathan didn’t get where he is by following his heart. Determined to set things right, Jonathan orders Sam down to London for a difficult talk…only for a panicking Sam to trip, bump his head, and maybe accidentally imply he doesn’t remember anything?
Faking amnesia seemed like a good idea when Sam was afraid he was getting sacked, but now he has to deal with the reality of Jonathan’s guilt―as well as the unsettling fact that his surly boss might have a softer side to him. There’s an unexpected freedom in getting a second shot at a first impression…but as Sam and Jonathan grow closer, can Sam really bring himself to tell the truth, or will their future be built entirely on one impulsive lie?
Rachel Lynn Solomon - Nederlands - Paperback
Dé enemies-to-lovers TikTok-sensatie De Ex Talk van Rachel Lynn Solomon.
Shay werkt al bijna tien jaar met plezier bij een radiostation in Seattle. Maar de laatste tijd botst ze nogal met haar nieuwe collega Dominic, die net zijn journalistieke opleiding heeft afgerond en ervan overtuigd is dat hij alles weet van radio.
Als de zender een nieuw concept nodig heeft, stelt Shay De Ex Talk voor, waar twee exen live relatieadvies geven aan luisteraars. Tot haar grote frustratie wordt ze echter aangewezen als cohost van de show, met niemand minder dan… Dominic!
Hun scherpe dynamiek is meteen een schot in de roos en al snel verschijnt De Ex Talk in de hitlijsten. Dan beginnen Shay en Dominic voor elkaar te vallen. Betekent dit het begin van iets geweldigs, of het einde van hun carrière?
Suzanne Collins - Nederlands - Paperback
De prequel van De Hongerspelen nu in filmeditie!
Ambitie motiveert hem. Competitie drijft hem. Maar macht kent een prijs.
In het Capitool bereidt de achttienjarige Coriolanus Snow zich voor op zijn enige kans op roem en succes, als mentor in de tiende Hongerspelen. Zijn ooit zo machtige familie heeft het moeilijk en hoe het hun verder zal vergaan, hangt af van Coriolanus’ prestaties. Hij krijgt de vernederende opdracht om mentor te zijn van de vrouwelijke tribuut uit District 12, het laagste van het laagste. Vanaf nu zijn het lot van Coriolanus en zijn tribuut Lucy Gray verbonden. Coriolanus begint mee te leven met Lucy en moet kiezen wat hij belangrijker vindt: de regels blijven volgen of doen wat nodig is om te overleven.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes draait vanaf november 2023 in de bioscoop, met hoofdrollen voor onder meer Rachel Zegler, Viola Davis en Peter Dinklage.
Stephen Chbosky - Nederlands - Paperback
Charlie gaat naar de bovenbouw. Hij is zeker geen sukkel, maar populair is hij ook niet. Zijn verlegen, hyperintelligente en sociaal onaangepaste karakter zorgt ervoor dat hij een muurbloem blijft.
Charlie probeert op zijn eigen manier vat te krijgen op de wereld van dates, familiedrama’s, seks en drugs. Gelukkig heeft hij vrienden die hem hier af en toe bij helpen. Op zijn eigen unieke, aandoenlijke en aangrijpende manier vertelt Charlie zijn verhaal aan de enige persoon die hij vertrouwt.
Aan jou.
Hwang Bo-reum - Engels - Hardback
The Korean smash hit available for the first time in English, a slice-of-life novel for readers of Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library and Gabrielle Zevin’s The Storied Life of AJ Fikry.
Yeongju is burned out. With her high–flying career, demanding marriage, and busy life in Seoul, she knows she should feel successful, but all she feels is drained. Yet an abandoned dream nags at her, and in a leap of faith, she leaves her old life behind. Quitting her job and divorcing her husband, Yeongju moves to a small residential neighborhood outside the city, where she opens the Hyunam-dong Bookshop.
For the first few months, all Yeongju does is cry, deterring visitors. But the long hours in the shop give her time to mull over what makes a good bookseller and store, and as she starts to read hungrily, host author events, and develop her own bookselling philosophy, she begins to ease into her new setting. Surrounded by friends, writers, and the books that connect them all, she finds her new story as the Hyunam-dong Bookshop transforms into an inviting space for lost souls to rest, heal, and remember that it’s never too late to scrap the plot and start again.
Emmelie Arents - Nederlands - Hardback
Een hervertelling van The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. De verminkte Noâm leeft als een geest binnen de muren van Château de Versailles als de geadopteerde zoon van Claude Chardin, lijfarts van Louis XIV. Noâm krijgt de opdracht om de koning te genezen, maar de voorwaarde is duidelijk: hij mag nooit worden gezien. Catalina Amati, een getalenteerde straatvioliste, betovert de Parijzenaren met haar prachtige muziek. Dan krijgt ze een onverwacht verzoek om deel te nemen aan de muziekwedstrijd van Zijne Majesteit in Château de Versailles. Wanneer hun paden kruisen, raken ze onherroepelijk verstrikt in de intriges aan het hof van de Zonnekoning. Emmelie Arents is de meermaals genomineerde auteur van Het Hart van de Adelaar, De Woestijndief, De Meesterdief en Amarant.
Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone - Engels - Paperback
Kallum Liebermanis the funny one™. As the arguably lesser of the three former members of the boy band INK, he enjoyed his fifteen minutes of fame and then moved home where he opened a regional pizza chain called Slice, Slice, Baby! He’s living his best dad bod life, hooking up with bridesmaids at all his friends’ weddings. But after an old one-off sex tape is leaked and quickly goes viral, Kallum decides he’s ready to step into the spotlight again, starring in a sexy Santa biopic for the Hope Channel.
Winnie Baker did everything right. She married her childhood sweetheart, avoided the downfalls of adolescent stardom, and transitioned into a stable adult acting career. Hell, she even waited until marriage to have sex. But after her perfect life falls apart, Winnie is ready to redefine herself—and what better way than a steamier-than-a-steaming-hot-mug-of-cider Christmas movie?
With decade old Hollywood history between them, Winnie and Kallum are both feeling hesitant about their new situation as costars…especially Winnie who can’t seem to fake on screen pleasure she’s never experienced in real life. She’s willing to do the pleasure research—for science and artistic authenticity, of course. And there’s no better research partner than her bridesmaid sex tape hall of fame costar, Kallum. But suddenly, Kallum’s teenage crush on Winnie is bubbling to the surface and Winnie might be catching feelings herself.
They say opposites attract, but is this holly jolly ever after really ready for its close-up?
Kate Golden - Engels - Paperback
Captured by a king of darkness. Forced to find the light within.
Arwen Valondale never expected to be the brave one, offering her life to save her brother’s. Now she’s been taken prisoner by the most dangerous kingdom on the continent, and made to use her rare magical abilities to heal the soldiers of the vicious Onyx King.
Arwen knows better than to face the ancient, wicked woods that surround the castle on her own, which means working with a fellow prisoner might be her only path to freedom. Unfortunately, he’s as infuriating as he is cunning—and seems to take twisted pleasure in playing on Arwen’s deepest fears.
But here in Onyx Kingdom, trust is a luxury she can’t afford.
To make it out of enemy territory, she’ll have to navigate back-stabbing royals, dark magic, and dangerous beasts. But untold power lies inside Arwen, dormant and waiting for a spark. If she can harness it, she just might be able to escape with her life—and hopefully, her heart.
Vanessa Montalban - Engels - Hardback
Practical Magic meets Erika L. Sanchez in this dazzling YA fantasy about a Cuban American family of brujas who get entangled in love, magic, and murder, alternating between 1980s Cuba and present-day Miami.
Twin sisters Ofelia and Delfi know better than to get involved with magic. Their Mami has seen to that. After all, it was magic that cursed their family, turning love into a poison. Romance is off the table for the Sanchez women. They’ve seen the curse take hold enough times to know how that road ends. And yet. Sometimes a girl catches feelings and just can’t help herself.
When Ofelia and Delfi begin having premonitions of a series of murders, the sisters know it is time to embrace their magical inheritance to get to the bottom of the mystery and save innocent lives. Teaming up with their best friend Ethan and with brooding detective-in-training Andres, the sisters set out to learn the truth. They just need to make sure Mami doesn’t find out what they’re up to.
Meanwhile, in 1980 Cuba, Anita struggles with a different magical conflict. Her mother, Mama Orti, is a bruja who belongs to a secret coven of elders and Anita knows she will be forced to join the coven herself one day. She sees no escape, though the thought of staying and letting this future claim her is terrifying. Ofelia, Delfi, and Anita’s stories collide as each woman steps into her power and embraces who she truly is, refusing to be subdued by any person, coven, or curse.
In this stunning YA contemporary fantasy, debut author Vanessa Montalban explores the interlocking struggles of three generations of women in one family. An unputdownable debut for anyone who roots for magic, sisterhood, and love.
Kathryn Williams - Engels - Paperback
This story follows a teenage girl’s quest to uncover the truth behind her secretive great aunt Anna, who just might be the long lost Russian princess Anastasia.
It’s not every day you discover you might be related to Anastasia…or that the tragic princess actually survived her assassination attempt and has been living as the woman you know as Aunt Anna.
For Jess Morgan, who is growing tired of living her life to please everyone else, discovering her late aunt’s diaries shows her she’s not the only one struggling to hide who she really is. But was her aunt truly a Romanov princess? Or is this some elaborate hoax?
With the help of a supremely dorky, but undeniably cute, local college student named Evan, Jess digs into the century-old mystery.
But soon Jess realizes there’s another, bigger truth waiting to be revealed: Jess Morgan. Because if she’s learned anything from Aunt Anna, it’s that only you can write your own story.
Alice Oseman - Engels - Hardback
Now in gorgeous special-edition hardback: with an extra never-before-in-print mini-comic A VERY SPECIAL DAY, beautiful endpapers and an exquisite foiled cover, this is an unmissable edition. Fourth in the bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel series about life, love, and everything that happens in between. *Also an acclaimed live-action Netflix series!*’Absolutely delightful.
Sweet, romantic, kind. Beautifully paced. I loved this book.’ RAINBOW ROWELL, author of Carry OnBoy meets boy.
Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. Charlie didn’t think Nick could ever like him back, but now they’re officially boyfriends.
Charlie’s beginning to feel ready to say those three little words: I love you. Nick’s been feeling the same, but he’s got a lot on his mind – not least coming out to his dad, and the fact that Charlie might have an eating disorder. As summer turns to autumn and a new school year begins, Charlie and Nick are about to learn a lot about what love means.
This is the fourth volume of Heartstopper, which is now an acclaimed live-action Netflix series. By Alice Oseman, winner of the YA Book Prize, Heartstopper is about love, friendship, loyalty and mental illness. It encompasses all the small moments of Nick and Charlie’s lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us.
Elsie Silver - Engels - Paperback
Beau Eaton is the town prince, a handsome military hero with a tortured past.
I’m the outcast bartender, a shy girl from the wrong side of the tracks.
He’s thirty-five and all man, and I’m twenty-two and all… virgin.
He’s also my fiancé. Correction: my fake fiancé.
We start out as a bet. He doesn’t believe that anyone holds my last name against me. So he offers me his to prove a point.
It’s win-win. He gets a break from his concerned family’s prying, and I get a chance to shed my family’s reputation while I save up to ditch this small town.
He says all I have to do is wear his ring, follow his lead, and pretend I can’t keep my hands off of him in public.
But it’s what happens between us in private that blurs all those carefully drawn lines.
It’s what transpires behind closed doors that doesn’t feel like pretending at all.
This engagement was supposed to be for show. This agreement? It has an end date.
He once told me he’d never fall in love.
And yet here I am, head over heels for my fake fiancé.
Holly Jackson - Engels - Hardback
The New York Times No.1 bestselling YA crime thriller that everyone is talking about. Soon to be a major BBC series! A stunning collectors edition of the first book in this bestselling, award-winning series, presented in a beautiful hardback format with an introductory letter from the author, sprayed edges and a ribbon bookmark. The case is closed.
Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it.
But having grown up in the same small town that was consumed by the crime, Pippa Fitz-Amobi isn’t so sure. When she chooses the case as the topic for her final project, she starts to uncover secrets that someone in town desperately wants to stay hidden. And if the real killer is still out there, how far will they go to keep Pip from the truth …
Let op: het kan tot een paar werkdagen na verschijning duren voor het boek wordt verzonden in verband met het importeren van de boeken uit het VK.
Huda F Cares - Engels - Paperback
In this laugh-out-loud funny sequel to the graphic novel Huda F Are You?, the Fahmys are off to Disney World, but self-conscious Huda worries her family will stand out too much.
Huda and her sisters can’t believe it when her parents announce that they’re actually taking a vacation this summer . . . to DISNEY WORLD! But it’s not quite as perfect as it seems. First Huda has to survive a 24-hour road trip from Michigan to Florida, with her sisters annoying her all the way. And then she can’t help but notice the people staring at her and her family when they pray in public. Back home in Dearborn she and her family blend right in because there are so many other Muslim families, but not so much in Florida and along the way.
It’s a vacation of forced (but unexpectly successful?) sisterly bonding, a complicated new friendship, a bit more independence, and some mixed feelings about her family’s public prayers. Huda is proud of her religion and who she is, but she still sure wishes she didn’t care so much what other people thought.
Thea Guanzon - Engels - Hardback
The Night Empire will rule all. Nothing can stand in the way of its might and power. Little by little, year by year, the Hurricane Wars take more and more from those who resists the empire’s supremacy. And yet, there is hope in the darkness. One lone light stands against the empire.
Talasyn was left on the steps of a Sardovian orphanage as a baby. All she has ever known are the Hurricane Wars, as her people fight for freedom from the tyranny of the Night Emperor Gaheris. But are they her people? Talasyn dreams of one day finding where she comes from – her true place, family, and the source of the Lightweave magic that flows through her veins like sunlight.
Alaric of House Ossinast, Master of the Shadowforged Legion and Gaheris’s only son and heir has been forged into a weapon by his father. Tasked with obliterating the Sardovian Allford alliance with the strength of his armies and mighty Shadow magic, all Alaric can see is their extinguish all threats to the empire. That is until he sees Talasyn burning brightly on the battlefield with the magic that killed his grandfather, turned his father into a monster, and ignited the Hurricane Wars. He tries and fails to kill her, his now greatest enemy slipping through his fingers. But a greater threat is coming. One that will overshadow the Hurricane Wars. Will these mortal enemies be able to come together to confront it or is everything that has been fought over for so long about to be destroyed?
Banana Yoshimoto - Engels - Paperback
The internationally beloved author of Kitchen and Dead-End Memories returns with a beautiful and heartfelt story of a young woman haunted by her childhood and the inescapable bitterness that inevitably comes from knowing the truth.
Yayoi, a nineteen-year-old woman from a seemingly loving middle-class family, has lately been haunted by the feeling that she has forgotten something important from her childhood. Her premonition grows stronger day by day and, as if led by it, she decides to move in with her mysterious aunt, Yukino.
No one understands her aunt’s unusual lifestyle. For as long as Yayoi can remember, Yukino has lived alone in an old gloomy single-family home, quietly, almost as though asleep. When she is not working, Yukino spends all day in her pajamas, clipping her nails and trimming her split ends. She eats only when she feels like it, and she often falls asleep lying on her side in the hallway. She sometimes wakes Yayoi at two in the morning to be her drinking companion, sometimes serves flan in a huge mixing bowl for dinner, and watches Friday the 13th over and over to comfort herself. A study desk, old stuffed animals–things Yukino wants to forget–are piled up in her backyard like a graveyard of her memories.
An instant bestseller in Japan when first published in 1988, The Premonition is finally available for the first time in English, translated by the celebrated Asa Yoneda.
Cassandra Clare - Engels - Hardback
Two outcasts find themselves at the center of world-altering change in the start of a riveting epic fantasy series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Shadowhunter Chronicles.
In the vibrant city-state of Castellane, the richest of nobles and the most debauched of criminals have one thing in common: the constant search for wealth, power, and the next hedonistic thrill.
Kel is an orphan, stolen from the life he knew to become the Sword-Catcher—the body-double of a royal heir, Prince Conor Aurelian. He has been raised alongside the prince, trained in every aspect of combat and statecraft. He and Conor are close as brothers, but Kel knows he has one destiny: to die for Conor. No other future is possible.
Lin Caster is one of the Ashkar, a small community who still possess magical abilities. By law, they must live behind walls in the city, but Lin, a physician, ventures out to tend to the sick and dying of Castellane. Despite her skills, she cannot heal her best friend Mariam without access to forbidden knowledge.
After a failed assassination attempt brings Lin and Kel together, they are drawn into the web of the mysterious Ragpicker King, the criminal ruler of Castellane’s underworld. He offers them each what they want most; but as they descend into his world of intrigue and shadow, they discover a conspiracy of corruption that reaches from the darkest gutters of Castellane to the highest tower of its palaces. As long-kept secrets begin to unravel, they must ask themselves: Is knowledge worth the price of betrayal? Can forbidden love bring down a kingdom? And will Lin and Kel’s discoveries plunge their nation into war—and the world into chaos?
Sophie H. Morgan - Engels - Paperback
Love is a hex of a thing. Former childhood sweethearts fake a relationship in this charming, witchy romcom.
There’s nothing wrong with being a wallflower. Not to Emmaline Bluewater, anyway. Emma may have been born into witch society, but her days of trying to fit in where she doesn’t belong are over—they ended seven years ago, when the man she’d hoped to marry left town without a word. She’s much happier now, living a delightfully mundane human life in Chicago and running her bar, Toil and Trouble.
Until Bastian Truenote walks through the door and announces that he wants her back.
Bastian had his reasons for leaving—even if he can’t tell Emma what they are. Now, to win Emma’s heart, he’s got to face down an adorably goofy dog familiar, a best friend who’s all too eager to hit him with a carefully aimed hex, and a woman who’s far from the meek witch he remembers.
Magical contracts aren’t easily broken, but as far as Emma’s concerned, not even a marriage of convenience will have her falling under Bastian’s spell again…
David Arnold - Engels - Paperback
New York Times bestseller David Arnold returns with a poignant love story about two teens whose souls come together time and again through the ages—for fans of Nina LaCour and Matt Haig.
Evan Taft has plans. Take a gap year in Alaska, make sure his little brother and single mother are taken care of, and continue therapy to process his father’s departure. But after his mom’s unexpected diagnosis, as Evan’s plans begin to fade, he hears something: a song no one else can hear, the voice of a mysterious singer . . .
Shosh Bell has dreams. A high school theater legend, she’s headed to performing arts college in LA, a star on the rise. But when a drunk driver takes her sister’s life, that star fades to black. All that remains is a void—and a soft voice singing in her ear . . .
Over it all, transcending time and space, a celestial bird brings strangers together: from an escaped murderer in 19th century Paris, to a Norwegian kosmonaut in low-earth orbit, something is happening that began long ago, and will long outlast Evan and Shosh. With lyrical prose and original songs (written and recorded by the author), I LOVED YOU IN ANOTHER LIFE explores the history of love, and how some souls are meant for each other—yesterday, today, forever.
Alexandra Christo - Engels - Paperback
Enter a world of Gods and monsters . . .
Atia is an immortal who feeds on fear and nightmare. As the last of her kind, she hides in the shadows of the world to escape the wrath of the vengeful Gods.
Silas is a Herald, carrying messages and ferrying the dead, as punishment for a past he can’t remember.
Atia would never dream of allying with someone like him, but when she breaks a sacred law and the gods send monsters to hunt her, Silas offers an irresistible deal: he’ll help her take on the Gods and get vengeance for her family. But in return, she must help him break the curse that binds him and restore his humanity. All they need to do is kill three powerful creatures: a vampire, a banshee and one of the very Gods who has destroyed both their lives. Only together can they finally rewrite their destinies.
Perfect for fans of Sarah J Maas, Tricia Levenseller and Alexandra Bracken, this is a thrilling fast-paced fantasy with breath-taking romance.
Abiola Bello - Engels - Paperback
City girl Tia Solanké is dreading the festive period. She’s on a break with her boyfriend and the last thing she wants to do is spend Christmas away from London. Arriving at Saiyan Hedge Farm , Tia takes an instant disliking to it. She falls in horse manure, is chased by sheep and the Wi-Fi sucks. How is she meant to stalk her ex now and concoct a foolproof plan to win him back?
Country boy Quincy Parker and his family run the farm, and this year they’ve been selected to host the biggest event in the town’s calendar – the Winter Ball . Preparations are underway, and Quincy is working around the clock to make it a success. The only problem is, he’s told everyone he has a date to the ball, when in reality that couldn’t be further from the truth.
At first, Tia and Quincy don’t see eye to eye, until they realise they both have something to gain by pretending to be a couple. But when a snowstorm threatens to cancel the Winter Ball, their fake relationship is put to the test. Will Tia and Quincy be able to keep up the pretence and save the day, or will real feelings get in the way?
Nina George - Nederlands - Paperback
In de nieuwe roman van Nina George, het vervolg op De boekenapotheek aan de Seine, volgen we boekverkoper Jean Perdu. Na vier jaar in de Provence te hebben gewoond, mist hij zijn boekenschip en de mensen die hij met literatuur samenbracht. Samen met kinderboekenauteur Max Jordan besluit Jean zijn boekenschip via de kanalen en rivieren van Frankrijk terug te varen van de Provence naar Parijs. Onderweg verandert het boekenschip in een ware ark, waar mensen, kinderen, dieren – en boeken! – elkaar ontmoeten en voor altijd veranderen. En het grote avontuur van het leven heeft voor ieder een nieuwe start in het verschiet, ook voor Jean Perdu…
Chloe Gong - Nederlands - Hardback
De 1e druk van de Zoon van de Witte Magnolia’s verschijnt in Limited Edition met exclusief omslagontwerp, bedrukt boekblok, geïllustreerde schutbladen en auteursbrief.
Deel 2 van de Verboden Duet-serie.
Om de jongen van wie ze houdt te redden, vermoordde Juliette in koelen bloede Roma’s beste vriend Marshall. Niet alleen riep ze daarmee Roma’s haat over zich af, maar ook haar plaats als erfgenaam van de Scharlaken Rozen is onzeker geworden.
Roma weet dat Marshalls dood zijn schuld is – hij liet tenslotte de meedogenloze Juliette weer toe in zijn leven. Hij is vastbesloten om de zaken recht te zetten, zelfs als dat betekent dat hij de vrouw moet vermoorden die hij zowel haat als liefheeft.
Shanghai bereikt langzaam een kookpunt en het gefluister over een burgeroorlog wordt elke dag luider. Dan duikt er een nieuw monsterlijk gevaar op in de stad. Juliette en Roma zullen moeten samenwerken in de strijd tegen monsters en politieke onrust, maar ze zijn niet voorbereid op de grootste uitdaging van allemaal: hun harten tegen elkaar beschermen.
In de pers
‘Ik kan het aan iedereen vanaf vijftien jaar aanraden. Ook volwassen lezers.’ Lisanne, Paagman Westfield Mall of the Netherlands
‘Fantasy van de bovenste plank.’ Hebban.nl
‘Dochter van de Scharlaken Rozen combineert levensechte personages met vakkundig verwoven politiek inzicht en een sfeervolle weergave van Shanghai in de greep van verandering.’ The Guardian
Lindi Melse - Nederlands - Paperback
Bibi staat altijd voor iedereen klaar en zegt steevast ja als er iets van haar gevraagd wordt. Dat verklaart waarom ze tussen de bejaarden blijft wonen en genoegen neemt met haar baan als secretaresse bij een advocatenkantoor, in plaats van haar droom te volgen. Wanneer er plots een knappe vreemdeling voor haar deur staat, slaat de liefde toe en neemt ze eindelijk de tijd om meer aan zichzelf te denken. Maar dan ziet ze op haar werk een belangrijke mail over het hoofd, waardoor haar kantoor uit het gebouw dreigt te worden gezet. Om dit te voorkomen moet Bibi de hulp van anderen accepteren én zelf op de voorgrond treden. Maar of ze dat durft…? ‘Een contract vol liefde’ is een heerlijke feelgoodroman over je dromen volgen, nieuwsgierige senioren en natuurlijk De Grote Liefde!
Robin Hart - Nederlands - Paperback
Rosalie heeft haar eigen lingeriezaak en is voorzitter van de middenstandsraad in East Hazelwood. Ze heeft haar zaakjes min of meer op orde, tot er plots een fusie met buurgemeente Oxbury op tafel ligt. Rosalie heeft zo haar redenen om er alles aan te doen om dat te vermijden, zelfs als ‘alles’ een neprelatie aangaan met de man die ze niet kan uitstaan betekent.
Victor is bestsellerauteur en eigenaar van Plantastic. Als voorzitter van de middenstandsraad van West Hazelwood moet hij samen met Rosalie in vijf maanden tijd een onvergetelijk winterdorp op poten zetten als hij een fusie met Loxington wil voorkomen.
Alsof hun opdracht nog niet moeilijk genoeg is, worden ze op de vingers gekeken door een nationale tv-ploeg die op het verhaal van de twee star-crossed lovers is gesprongen.
Naarmate de maanden vorderen zwelt niet alleen de kerstsfeer aan, maar lopen ook de spanningen tussen Rosalie en Victor op. Alleen lijken ze dat zelf steeds minder erg te vinden…
Nikki Marmery - Engels - Hardback
In the tradition of Madeline Miller and Claire North, Lilith is the story of the first woman, who was expelled from Paradise for disobedience. In this retelling of the Hebrew myth [NM1] that justified and explained woman’s subjection to man, Lilith will have her revenge – however long it takes.
In the Garden of Eden, at the beginning of time, an outrageous lie is born: that women are inferior.
Lilith and Adam are equal and happy in the Garden of Eden. Until Adam decides Lilith should submit to his will and lie beneath him. She refuses – and is banished forever from Paradise.
Demonized and sidelined, Lilith watches in fury as God creates Eve, the woman who accepts her submission. But Lilith has a secret: she has already tasted the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Endowed with Wisdom, she knows why Asherah – God’s wife and equal, the Queen of Heaven – is missing. Lilith has a plan: she will rescue Eve, find Asherah, restore balance to the world and regain her rightful place in Paradise.
Lilith’s quest for justice drives her throughout history, from the ziggurats of Ancient Sumer to the court of Israel’s Queen Jezebel, and to the side of a radical preacher in Roman Judea. In the modern age, as she observes the catastrophic consequences of a world built on inequality, Lilith finally understands what must be done to correct the wrong done to women – and all humankind – at the beginning of time.
Inspired by ancient myths and suppressed scriptures, Lilith is a thought-provoking and ambitious novel with an evocative literary voice and a triumphantly engaging heroine.
Faith Erin Hicks - Engels - Paperback
New York Times bestseller Faith Erin Hicks is back with Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy , a young adult graphic novel romance about a hotheaded hockey player who asks for temper management lessons from the cool, calm boy in drama club.
It should have been a night of triumph for Alix’s hockey team. But her mean teammate Lindsay decided to start up with her usual rude comments and today Alix, who usually tries to control her anger, let it finally run free. Alix lashes out and before she knows it, her coach is dragging her off Lindsay, and the invitation to the Canada National Women’s U18 Team’s summer camp is on the line.
She needs to learn how to control this anger, and she is sure Ezra, the popular and poised theater kid from her grade is the answer. So she asks for his help. But as they hang out and start get closer, Alix learns that there is more to Ezra than the cool front he puts on. And that maybe this friendship could become something more….
Erin Beaty - Engels - Paperback
Rising above the city of Collis is the holy Sanctum. And watching over its spires is Catrin, an orphan girl with unique skills—for she alone can spot the building’s flaws in construction before they turn deadly.
But when Catrin witnesses a murderer escaping the scene of his crime, she’s pulled into the web of a dangerous man who will definitely strike again. Assigned to capture the culprit is the mysterious, brilliant, and enigmatic Simon, whose insights into the mind of a killer are frighteningly accurate.
As the grisly crimes continue, Catrin finds herself caught between murderer and detective while hiding her own secret—a supernatural sight granted by the moon, destined to make her an outcast, and the only thing that might save her and those she loves from becoming the next victims…
In this medieval YA fantasy thriller, an orphan with a secret, magical sight gets caught between a mysterious genius and the serial killer he’s hunting.
Erin Beaty - Engels - Paperback
After confronting a killer and fleeing her home to be with each other, Cat and Simon arrive in the sprawling city of Londunium pretending to be a newly married couple, but don’t expect to keep up the ruse for long. Cat looks forward to honing her healing magick at the local Selanae university, but instead finds a council of ruthless leaders threatening to erase her non-Selanae “husband’s” memories to protect their secrets.
Terrified to lose him, Cat takes desperate steps to keep him safe. But when a string of mutilated bodies turns up in the woods outside the city, and Simon is recruited to profile the killer, Cat is pulled back into a world of murder, mayhem, and magick—one that threatens to swallow her, and everything she loves, whole.
The sequel to Erin Beaty’s buzzworthy YA medieval fantasy-thriller Blood and Moonlight, Silence and Shadow is full of swoony romance, dangerous magick, and murder—perfect for fans of Kerri Maniscalco and Mary E. Pearson.
Kirsty McKay - Engels - Paperback
Gaia Gill is the last person in the world anyone would expect to go missing. Beautiful, athletic, and recently accepted to a prestigious college, she has everything to look forward to—but the night of her going-away party at the Moon Mountain ski resort, she disappears.
Gaia’s younger sister Esme is supposed to be flying back to England with her family after the party, but she can’t leave with Gaia missing—especially because nobody remembers Gaia leaving the party. Or if they do, they’re not saying. Everyone at the lodge has their own secrets: the little rich girl, the ex-boyfriend, the ski instructor, the failed reality star.
Esme’s out of her depth searching the dark, dangerous forests and icy slopes of Moon Mountain, until she teams up with a local boy who promises to help her. The clock is ticking, and it’s down to Esme to piece the clues together and work out who—if anybody—is telling the truth.
Jordan Peele - Engels - Hardback
The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, curates this groundbreaking anthology of all-new stories of Black horror, exploring not only the terrors of the supernatural but the chilling reality of injustice that haunts our nation.
A cop begins seeing huge, blinking eyes where the headlights of cars should be that tell him who to pull over. Two freedom riders take a bus ride that leaves them stranded on a lonely road in Alabama where several unsettling somethings await them. A young girl dives into the depths of the Earth in search of the demon that killed her parents. These are just a few of the worlds of Out There Screaming, Jordan Peele’s anthology of all-new horror stories by Black writers. Featuring an introduction by Peele and an all-star roster of beloved writers and new voices, Out There Screamingis a master class in horror, and—like his spine-chilling films—its stories prey on everything we think we know about our world . . . and redefine what it means to be afraid.
Featuring stories by: Erin E. Adams, Violet Allen, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Maurice Broaddus, Chesya Burke, P. Djèlí Clark, Ezra Claytan Daniels, Tananarive Due, Nalo Hopkinson, N. K. Jemisin, Justin C. Key, L. D. Lewis, Nnedi Okorafor, Tochi Onyebuchi, Rebecca Roanhorse, Nicole D. Sconiers, Rion Amilcar Scott, Terence Taylor, and Cadwell Turnbull.
Beth O Leary - Engels - Hardback
Two hotel receptionists–and arch-rivals–find a collection of old wedding rings and compete to return them to their owners, discovering their own love story along the way.
It’s the busiest season of the year, and Forest Manor Hotel is quite literally falling apart. So when Izzy and Lucas are given the same shift on the hotel’s front desk, they have no choice but to put their differences aside and see it through.
The hotel won’t stay afloat beyond Christmas without some sort of miracle. But when Izzy returns a guest’s lost wedding ring, the reward convinces management that this might be the way to fix everything. With four rings still sitting in the lost & found, the race is on for Izzy and Lucas to save their beloved hotel–and their jobs.
As their bitter rivalry turns into something much more complicated, Izzy and Lucas begin to wonder if there’s more at stake here than the hotel’s future. Can the two of them make it through the season with their hearts intact?
Scarlett St. Clair - Nederlands - Hardback
De 1e druk van A Touch of Ruin verschijnt in Limited Edition met print op snee, gekleurde schutbladen en een leeslint.
In ‘A touch of ruin’ – het tweede deel van de Hades x Persephone-serie van Scarlett St. Clair – is Persephones relatie met Hades is openbaar geworden. De daaropvolgende mediastorm dreigt haar te ontmaskeren als de godin van de Lente. Het wordt alleen maar erger wanneer een vreselijke tragedie Persephones hart breekt en Hades weigert haar te helpen. Wanhopig neemt ze het heft in eigen handen en sluit ze deals met ernstige gevolgen. Geconfronteerd met een kant van Hades die ze nooit heeft gekend en een verpletterend verlies, vraagt Persephone zich af of ze echt Hades’ koningin kan worden. ‘A touch of ruin’ is het tweede deel van de populaire Hades x Persephone-serie van Scarlett St. Clair. Eerder verscheen ook ‘A touch of darkness’.
Hope Larson - Engels - Hardback
New York Times bestseller Faith Erin Hicks is back with Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy , a young adult graphic novel romance about a hotheaded hockey player who asks for temper management lessons from the cool, calm boy in drama club.
It should have been a night of triumph for Alix’s hockey team. But her mean teammate Lindsay decided to start up with her usual rude comments and today Alix, who usually tries to control her anger, let it finally run free. Alix lashes out and before she knows it, her coach is dragging her off Lindsay, and the invitation to the Canada National Women’s U18 Team’s summer camp is on the line.
She needs to learn how to control this anger, and she is sure Ezra, the popular and poised theater kid from her grade is the answer. So she asks for his help. But as they hang out and start get closer, Alix learns that there is more to Ezra than the cool front he puts on. And that maybe this friendship could become something more….
Rebecca Barrow - Engels - Paperback
After her mother’s death, a teen pieces together the truth of her family’s past and what her mom was hiding from in this thriller that’s perfect for fans of Courtney Summers and Tiffany D. Jackson.
Harlow Ford has spent her entire life running, caught in her mother’s wake as they flit from town to town, hiding from a presence that Harlow isn’t even sure is real. In each new place, Harlow takes on a new name and personality, and each time they run, she leaves another piece of herself behind.
When Harlow and her mom set off on yet another 3 a.m. escape, they are involved in a car accident that leaves Harlow’s mother fatally wounded. Before she dies, she tells Harlow two things: where to find the key to a safety deposit box and to never stop running. In the box, Harlow finds thirty grand in cash, life insurance documents, and several fake IDs for both herself and her mom—an on-the-run essentials kit. But Harlow also finds a photograph of her mom as a teenager with two other girls, the deed to a house in a town she’s never heard of, and a handful of newspaper clippings discussing the disappearance of a woman named Eve Kennedy, Harlow’s grandmother…relics of a part of Harlow’s life she never knew existed.
With these tantalizing clues about her mother’s secrets and the power to choose her own future for the first time, Harlow realizes she has two choices: keep fleeing her mom’s ghosts or face down the nebulous threat that’s been hanging over her for her entire life.
Pascale Lacelle - Engels - Hardback
Pitched as a YA Ninth House meets The Starless Sea, this crossover dark academia fantasy follows a young mage who believes her secrets drowned along with several of her classmates—until their not-quite corpses start washing ashore. With the help of a reclusive student, she must uncover the truth behind the drownings—and the secret society linked to them—before the sinister magic that claimed her classmates claims her next.
Alison Rose Greenberg - Engels - Paperback
Filled with the romance and angst that defines the years you come to know yourself, with a shifting timeline covering two decades and ratcheting up the tension, Maybe Once, Maybe Twice is a novel of second chances and finding your own way.
You know that old saying, “if we are still single when we’re 35, we should get married?” Well, Maggie Vine made that vow with two different people, at two very different stages of her life.
And they both showed up.
Maggie Vine’s life is going extra-medium. At 35 she’s pursuing her dreams of being a singer and being a mother—though neither is successfully panning out. So when Garrett Scholl—stifled hedge fund manager by day but electrifying aspiring rock singer by night—comes to her 35th birthday party with the intention to kiss Maggie senseless, it feels like one piece might click into place. Except he’s engaged to someone else, and Maggie knows she won’t fit into the cookie-cutter life he’s building for himself.
Enter Asher Reyes. Her first boyfriend from summer camp, turned into heartthrob actor, he’s lived a successful yet private life ever since he got famous. When a career-changing opportunity is presented to Maggie after her reconnection with Asher, it feels like everything—music, love, family—will fall into place. But her past won’t let her move on without a fight.
Rachel Smythe - Engels - Paperback
Witness what the gods do after dark in the fifth volume of a stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of the best-known stories in Greek mythology, featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes content from creator Rachel Smythe.
“You want to know about The Bringer of Death.”
It is Persephone’s birthday, and she receives the ultimate gift: Hades confesses his desire for her, leading to their first kiss. But that doesn’t necessarily make things easier for the goddess of spring, who is still in over her head in gossip-driven Olympus. Persephone feels intense guilt over the official breakup between Hades and Minthe, she is struggling to find her footing in her fast-paced job, and – worst of all – the shades of her past are slowly coming to light.
After an unexpected encounter with Apollo, Persephone flees into the depths of the Underworld.
Concerned for her safety and determined to find her, Hades must team up with Artemis, Eros, and Hera, but they’re working against a ticking clock. Zeus knows about the bloody secret in Persephone’s past, and now the furious king of the gods will stop at nothing to bring her to justice.
This edition of Smythe’s original Eisner Award-winning webcomic Lore Olympus features exclusive behind-the-scenes content and brings the Greek pantheon into the modern age in a sharply perceptive and romantic graphic novel.
This volume collects episodes 103-126 of the #1 WEBTOON comic Lore Olympus.
PRAISE FOR LORE OLYMPUS
“It’s easy to see why the internet has fallen in love with Lore Olympus. This dazzling interpretation of the classic Greek myths is as charming as it is provocative, and as witty as it is startlingly romantic. Prepare to be swept away!”-Marissa Meyer, No.
1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lunar Chronicles
“This is a refreshingly modern and surprisingly poignant take on the Hades and Persephone myth. Not only does Rachel Smythe’s talent as an illustrator shine in Lore Olympus but also her skill with weaving a steamy, often laugh-out-loud funny, and emotional retelling.”-Jennifer L. Armentrout, No.
1 New York Times bestselling author of From Blood and Ash
“With vivid, irresistible art and storytelling that would make even the Muses swoon, this modern myth deftly tackles the darkness of the ancient stories while never losing its brilliant light. I couldn’t devour it fast enough.”-Alexandra Bracken, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Lore