Recensie: ‘The Familiar’ – Leigh Bardugo
oktober 29, 2024
Say you are a simple girl, a stupid girl, who learned a few magic words, who was merely playing a game.
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- Engels - Hardback
Verschijningsdatum: 16-12-2025
The stunning edition hardback of A Whisper of Poison will feature beautiful red spray-painted edges. This edition is only available for a limited time and while supplies last.
John Wick meets The Giver in this post-apocalyptic teen survival young adult novel from bestselling author Jess Lourey.Let op: dit boek wordt geïmporteerd uit de Verenigde Staten. Het kan daardoor tot 1-2 weken na release duren voor we het boek in huis hebben.
Let op: dit boek wordt geïmporteerd uit de Verenigde Staten. Het kan daardoor tot 1-2 weken na release duren voor we het boek in huis hebben.
- Engels - Paperback
Forty-eight hours to find her passion. Seven days to find his way back on stage. One chance to take a risk on love. If Fran doesn’t nail this audition for a major TV role, she’s officially done as an actress. She just needs to tap into her inner seductress… who doesn’t seem to exist.
Enter stage Jae-seung.
To Fran, he’s just her landlord’s ridiculously hot nephew, helping her rehearse. To the rest of the world, Jae-seung is lead singer of global sensation, JYNKS – and he’s missing in action.
Together, they embark on an international journey of Fran, to track down her estranged mother and unlock her tightly guarded heart; Jae-seung, to continue (reluctantly) with his tour rehearsals. The chemistry between them is off the charts. But Jae-seung’s life is in South Korea, under strict contracts and constant scrutiny. Would a fling unleash Fran’s passion, or break the heart she’s learning to open?
A fast-paced, forbidden romance for fans of Helen Hoang, Lindsey Kelk and Ali Hazelwood.
- Engels - Paperback
Arthie Casimir is a criminal mastermind and collector of secrets. Her prestigious tearoom transforms into an illegal bloodhouse by dark, catering to the vampires feared by society.
But when her establishment is threatened, Arthie is forced to strike an unlikely deal with an alluring adversary to save it – and she can’t do the job alone. Calling on some of the city’s most skilled outcasts, Arthie hatches a plan to infiltrate the dark and glittering vampire society known as the Athereum. But not everyone in her ragtag crew is on her side, and as the truth behind the heist unfolds, Arthie finds herself in the midst of a conspiracy that will threaten the world as she knows it.
- Engels - Paperback
Infinity Alchemist is a spellbinding novel about a quest that leads three young alchemists toward unexpected love and unimaginable power.
With their signature “prowess” (FIYAH) and “unbridled creativity” (New York Times Book Review), acclaimed author Kacen Callender turns their formidable skill to young adult fantasy for the first time.
For Ash Woods, practicing alchemy is a crime.
Only an elite few are legally permitted to study the science of magic—so when Ash is rejected by Lancaster College of Alchemic Science, he takes a job as the school’s groundskeeper instead, forced to learn alchemy in secret.
When he’s discovered by the condescending and brilliant apprentice Ramsay Thorne, Ash is sure he’s about to be arrested—but instead of calling the reds, Ramsay surprises Ash by making him an offer: Ramsay will keep Ash’s secret if he helps her find the legendary Book of Source, a sacred text that gives its reader extraordinary power.
As Ash and Ramsay work together and their feelings for each other grow, Ash discovers their mission is more dangerous than he imagined, pitting them against influential and powerful alchemists—Ash’s estranged father included. Ash’s journey takes him through the cities and wilds across New Anglia, forcing him to discover his own definition of true power and how far he and other alchemists will go to seize it.
Featuring trans, queer, and polyamorous characters of color, Infinity Alchemist is the hugely anticipated young adult fantasy debut from the extraordinary author of Felix Ever After, King and the Dragonflies, Queen of the Conquered and more.
At the Publisher’s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
- Engels - Hardback
Heartsong is the third book in the Green Creek Series, the beloved fantasy romance sensation by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, about love, loyalty, betrayal, and family.
“ Complex and startling… Green Creek is the perfect setting.” ―Charlaine Harris
The Bennett family has a They’re not just a family, they’re a pack. Heartsong is Robbie Fontaine’s story.
All Robbie Fontaine ever wanted was a place to belong. After the death of his mother, he bounces around from pack to pack, forming temporary bonds to keep from turning feral. It’s enough―until he receives a summons from the wolf stronghold in Caswell, Maine. Life as the trusted second to Michelle Hughes―the Alpha of all―and the cherished friend of a gentle old witch teaches Robbie what it means to be pack, to have a home. But when a mission from Michelle sends Robbie into the field, he finds himself questioning where he belongs and everything he’s been told.
Whispers of traitorous wolves and wild magic abound―but who are the traitors and who the betrayed? More than anything, Robbie hungers for answers, because one of those alleged traitors is Kelly Bennett―the wolf who may be his mate.
The truth has a way of coming out. And when it does, everything will shatter.
The Green Creek Series is for adult readers.
- Engels - Paperback
What Not to Wear and Queer Eye meet All the Feels in this sparkling romantic comedy by Jenny L. Howe, in which the new guest on a popular plus-size makeover show has her style―and her love life―transformed.
Everly Winters is perfectly happy to navigate life like a good neutral paint color: appreciated but unnoticed. That’s why she’s still a receptionist instead of exploring a career in art, why she lurks but never posts on the forums for her favorite makeover show, On the Plus Side, and why she’s crushing so hard on her forever-unattainable co-worker. When no one notices you, they can’t reject you or insist you’re too much.
This plan is working perfectly until someone secretly nominates Everly for the next season of On the Plus Side. Overwhelmed by the show’s extremely extroverted hosts and how much time she’ll have to spend on screen, she finds comfort in a surprising friendship with the grumpy but kind cameraman, Logan. Soon Everly realizes that he’s someone she doesn’t mind being noticed by. In fact, she might even like it.
But when their growing connection is caught on camera, it sends the show’s ratings into a frenzy. Learning to embrace all of herself on national TV is hard enough; can Everly risk heartbreak with the whole world watching?
- Engels - Hardback
After being magically gifted with incredible luck, a boy discovers this gift just may be a curse when it comes to love, in this YA novel by #1 New York Times -bestselling author Marissa Meyer.
Jude is determined to fly under the radar. He just wants to draw his comics, host regular D&D night with his friends, work at his parents’ vinyl record store, and escape high school as unscathed as possible. That is, until the night he comes across a mysterious twenty-sided dice and finds himself inexplicably gifted with a bout of supernatural good luck.
Suddenly, everything Jude has ever wanted is within reach. His first art submission is accepted to his favorite fanzine. He helps his friend’s song become a finalist in a songwriting competition. And he’s the 100th caller to a local radio contest, winning him a pair of coveted concert tickets, which he uses to ask out the popular girl he’s been crushing on since elementary school. For a few blissful weeks, he feels invincible.
But when he loses the magic dice at a local music festival, his luck takes a turn for the worse. He struggles to reclaim his good fortune while fighting off long-buried feelings for his best friend―who is definitely not the girl he’s supposed to be in love with. Can Jude risk stepping into the spotlight long enough to win the true girl of his dreams? Or is he doomed to be unlucky in love forever?
- Engels - Paperback
Maybe my main character will slowly lose their mind too. Novels usually need an abandoned woman going crazy in them.
It’s gonna be, like, a sad girl novel. An Australian expat in Berlin, Kim is jobless, rootless, and – as she’s slowly discovering – somewhat useless. That is until a chance encounter with Matthew, a hotshot New York literary agent, gives Kim the direction she’s been craving.
This year she will:* Finally write her novel* Decide what said novel is actually about* Romantically pin down the increasingly flighty Matthew* Be less jealous of sharing attention with best friend Bel’s baby* Convince her therapist that the amount of artichokes she eats doesn’t classify as an eating disorder* Stay sane in the process of achieving the aboveBecause Kim’s story will not become a sad girl novel. Definitely not.
- Engels - Hardback
In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree spontaneously erupted from his body. Even in this canton at the borders of the Empire, where contagions abound and the blood of the Leviathans works strange magical changes, it’s a death at once terrifying and impossible.
Called in to investigate this mystery is Ana Dolabra, an investigator whose reputation for brilliance is matched only by her eccentricities.
At her side is her new assistant, Dinios Kol. Din is an engraver, magically altered to possess a perfect memory. His job is to observe and report, and act as his superior’s eyes and ears–quite literally, in this case, as among Ana’s quirks are her insistence on wearing a blindfold at all times, and her refusal to step outside the walls of her home.
Din is most perplexed by Ana’s ravenous appetite for information and her mind’s frenzied leaps—not to mention her cheerful disregard for propriety and the apparent joy she takes in scandalizing her young counterpart. Yet as the case unfolds and Ana makes one startling deduction after the next, he finds it hard to deny that she is, indeed, the Empire’s greatest detective.
As the two close in on a mastermind and uncover a scheme that threatens the safety of the Empire itself, Din realizes he’s barely begun to assemble the puzzle that is Ana Dolabra—and wonders how long he’ll be able to keep his own secrets safe from her piercing intellect.
Featuring an unforgettable Holmes-and-Watson style pairing, a gloriously labyrinthine plot, and a haunting and wholly original fantasy world, The Tainted Cup brilliantly reinvents the classic mystery tale.
- Engels - Paperback
A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance.
Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast—again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold a historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres, and she sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchange—again…
Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. It’s clear from the way he tracks Misery’s every movement that he doesn’t trust her. If only he knew how right he was….
Because Misery has her own reasons to agree to this marriage of convenience, reasons that have nothing to do with politics or alliances, and everything to do with the only thing she’s ever cared about. And she is willing to do whatever it takes to get back what’s hers, even if it means a life alone in Were territory…alone with the wolf.
- Nederlands - Paperback
Anna Ogilvy was een vijfentwintigjarige schrijver met een mooie toekomst. Tot ze vier jaar geleden zonder duidelijk motief haar twee beste vrienden doodstak. De tabloids noemen haar ‘Schone Slaapster’, omdat ze vanwege een zeldzame aandoening sinds die fatale nacht in diepe slaap verkeert.
Dr. Benedict Prince is forensisch psycholoog en de laatste hoop van het OM om de zaak-Anna O. op te lossen. Als het hem lukt haar wakker te krijgen, kan ze eindelijk terechtstaan. Als Anna na verloop van tijd tekenen van leven begint te vertonen, moet hij zien te ontdekken wat er destijds is gebeurd. Anna is de enige die weet wat er die nacht is voorgevallen, en Ben de enige die de waarheid naar boven kan halen. Maar door wat er aan het licht komt, komen beiden in groot gevaar…
- Nederlands - Paperback
Soms moet zelfs een prinses kikkers kussen om de ware te vinden…
Vier maanden nadat Margrethe tijdens het Halloweenfeest naar het ziekenhuis moest, durft ze nog steeds aan niemand te vertellen wat er die nacht is gebeurd. Haar tweelingbroer Kalle heeft geen tijd voor haar en ze mist iemand die ze in vertrouwen kan nemen. Maar een zeventienjarige prinses kan zich niet zomaar in iemands armen storten. Toch?
Royalteen – Droomprins is het meeslepende tweede deel van de door Netflix verfilmde serie. Perfect voor fans van American Royals en Rood, wit & koningsblauw.
- Engels - Paperback
The highly anticipated third novel in the This Woven Kingdom series, full of explosive magic, searing romance, and heartbreaking betrayal, from the award-winning and bestselling author of the Shatter Me series. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Sabaa Tahir, and Tomi Adeyemi.
As the long-lost heir to the Jinn throne, Alizeh has finally found her people—and she might’ve found her crown. Cyrus, the mercurial ruler of Tulan, has offered her his kingdom in a twisted exchange: one that would begin with their marriage and end with his murder.
Cyrus’s dark reputation precedes him; all the world knows of his blood-soaked past. Killing him should be easy—and accepting his offer might be the only way to fulfill her destiny and save her people. But the more Alizeh learns of him, the more she questions whether the terrible stories about him are true.
Ensnared by secrets, Cyrus has ached for Alizeh since she first appeared in his dreams many months ago. Now that he knows those visions were planted by the devil, he can hardly bear to look at her—much less endure her company. But despite their best efforts to despise each other, Alizeh and Cyrus are drawn together over and over with an all-consuming thirst that threatens to destroy them both.
Meanwhile, Prince Kamran has arrived in Tulan, ready to exact revenge…
Layered with exquisite tension and heart-stopping romance, All This Twisted Glory is the explosive third book in the captivating, bestselling This Woven Kingdom series.
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An intensely emotional and gripping companion novel to Laura Nowlin’s USA Today and New York Times Bestselling novel If He Had Been With Me about the love that both breaks and heals us. Perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover and Jenny Han. If only I’d told her that I loved her years ago, then I wouldn’t be here now.
Finn has always loved Autumn. She’s not just the girl next door or his mother’s best friend’s daughter, she is his everything. But she’s not his girlfriend.
That’s Sylvie, and Finn would never hurt her, so there’s no way Autumn could know how he truly feels. Jack, Finn’s best friend, isn’t so sure. He’s seen Finn and Autumn together.
How could she not know? And how is he supposed to support and protect Finn when heartache seems inevitable?Autumn surrounds herself with books and wants to write her own destiny-but one doesn’t always get a new chapter and fate can be cruel to those in love. Told through three different perspectives, If Only I Had Told Her is a love story brimming with truth, tragedy, and the unexpected bonds that heal us.
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A hair-raising standalone sequel to the bestselling and award-winning novella What Moves the Dead. Alex Easton returns to their home country of Gallacia, only to be confronted by a strange new horror. When Alex Easton travels to Gallacia as a favour to their friend, the excellent Miss Potter, they find their home empty, the caretaker dead, and the grounds blanketed by an uncanny silence.
The locals won’t talk about what happened to the caretaker. None of them will set foot on the grounds. Whispers of an unearthly breath-stealing creature from Gallacian folklore don’t trouble practical Easton.
But as strange visions disturb their sleep and odd happenings increase, they are forced to confront the dark shadow that hangs over the house…
- Engels - Paperback
A mind-bending, psychological thriller from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Housemaid!
Lesson #1: trust no one
Eve has a good life. She gets up each day, gets a kiss from her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except…
Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal, with one student, Addie, at its center. And this year, Eve is dismayed to find the girl in her class.
Addie can’t be trusted. She lies. She hurts people. She destroys lives. At least, that’s what everyone says.
But nobody knows the real Addie. Nobody knows the secrets that could destroy her. And Addie will do anything to keep it quiet.
From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a story of twisting secrets and long-awaited revenge.
- Engels - Paperback
A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance.
Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast—again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold a historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres, and she sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchange—again…
Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. It’s clear from the way he tracks Misery’s every movement that he doesn’t trust her. If only he knew how right he was….
Because Misery has her own reasons to agree to this marriage of convenience, reasons that have nothing to do with politics or alliances, and everything to do with the only thing she’s ever cared about. And she is willing to do whatever it takes to get back what’s hers, even if it means a life alone in Were territory…alone with the wolf.
- Nederlands - Hardback
De eerste druk van Tunnel van Botten verschijnt met een prachtig bedrukt boekblok en geïllustreerde schutbladen.
Limited edition met eigen ontwerp, boekblokbedrukking en geïllustreerde schutbladen
Cassidy Blakes ouders zijn The Inspectors, een (best wel amateuristisch) team spokenjagers. In tegenstelling tot haar ouders, die in het duister tasten, kan Cassidy wél geesten zien. Sterker nog, haar beste vriend Jacob is een geest.
Problemen achtervolgen Cassidy, nu nog meer dan normaal. Het televisieprogramma van haar ouders brengt haar naar de spookachtigste steden over heel de wereld, en nu is ze met Jacob in Parijs. Maar ook al is het heerlijk om croissants te eten onder de Eiffeltoren, in de griezelige catacomben spookt het daadwerkelijk. Wanneer Cassidy per ongeluk een gevaarlijke en sterke geest wakker maakt, moet ze de hulp inschakelen van oude en nieuwe vrienden om een eeuwenoud mysterie te ontrafelen. Maar de tijd tikt door en de geest wordt steeds sterker. En als Cassidy’s missie faalt, zal hij Parijs voor eeuwig teisteren…
De pers over Stad vol geesten
‘Dit boek smeekt erom in het holst van de nacht gelezen te worden.’ Kirkus Reviews
‘Dit snelle en enge spookverhaal is gevuld met een internationaal avontuur dat geheid iedere horrorenthousiasteling blij gaat maken.’ School Library Journal
‘Wij zijn groot fan van Stad vol geesten! Een middle grade fantasy (voor alle leeftijden) en een prachtige limited edition.’ Scheltema boekverkopers, Amsterdam
- Nederlands - Paperback
Nora Hamilton kent de formule van liefde als geen ander. Als scenarioschrijver van romantische films schudt ze die zo uit haar mouw. Maar als Nora’s man ineens vertrekt, besluit ze dit mislukte huwelijk in cash om te zetten en schrijft het beste (niet-romantische) script van haar leven. Tot haar verbazing wordt het opgepikt om een Hollywood-film van te maken, en zal het filmen ervan gaan plaatsvinden in haar eigen huis. Wanneer de onmogelijk knappe acteur Leo Vance haar ex gaat spelen, zal Nora’s leven nooit meer hetzelfde zijn.
Als de ochtend na alle opnames de crew vertrokken is, vindt Nora Leo op haar veranda met een halflege fles tequila en een voorstel. Duizend dollar per dag om een week langer te mogen blijven. Het geld kan Nora goed gebruiken, maar het is vooral de nood in zijn ogen die haar ja doet zeggen. Zeven dagen: ze kunnen in een oogwenk voorbij zijn of een eeuwigheid duren. Genoeg tijd om verliefd te worden. Genoeg tijd om je hart te breken…
- Nederlands - Paperback
Nog een week te gaan, dan heeft Claude haar diploma op zak en gaat ze met haar beste vriendin op roadtrip. Het belooft een mooie zomer samen te worden voor ze naar verschillende universiteiten gaan. Maar vlak voor ze kunnen vertrekken, kondigt Claudes vader iets aan dat de vloer onder haar voeten wegslaat. Claude en haar moeder reizen halsoverkop af naar een klein, afgelegen eiland voor de kust van Georgia. Het wemelt er van de insecten, wilde zwijnen en alligators. Er is geen bereik en Claude kent er niemand. Ze vindt het er vreselijk… Tot ze Jeremiah Crew ontmoet, een mysterieuze, knappe jongen, die zo thuis is op het eiland dat hij er bijna één mee is. Ze hebben een onmiskenbare aantrekkingskracht. Beiden weten dat wat ze hebben niet langer zal duren dan deze zomer. Maar soms is één zomer genoeg.
- Nederlands - Paperback
Nora O’Malley heeft in haar leven al veel rollen gespeeld. Als dochter van een professionele oplichtster die foute, criminele mannen belazert, groeide ze op als haar moeders protegee. Maar toen haar moeder op een dag als een blok voor een van haar gevaarlijke doelwitten viel, wist Nora precies wat ze moest doen: ontsnappen.
Vijf jaar lang heeft Nora een perfect normaal leven weten te leiden, maar nu zal ze haar oude kunstjes weer onder het stof vandaan moeten halen. Ze heeft namelijk drie problemen:
#1: Haar ex-vriend betrapte haar met haar nieuwe vriendin, Iris. Ze waren allemaal vrienden, maar dat zou nu weleens kunnen veranderen. Au.
#2: De ochtend nadat ze zijn betrapt moeten ze met z’n drieën naar de bank om geld dat ze hebben opgehaald voor het goede doel te storten. Dit blijkt niet alleen ontzettend ongemakkelijk te zijn, maar zelfs dodelijk, want:
#3: Net nadat ze de bank in zijn gelopen, komen er twee overvallers binnen.
De overvallers mogen misschien gevaarlijk zijn, Nora heeft meer lef in haar pink dan de twee in hun hele lijf. En ze hebben geen idee wie ze daadwerkelijk gegijzeld hebben…
- Engels - Hardback
From the author of Monsters Born and Made comes an action-packed South Asian inspired fantasy that will have your heart racing at every turn. Seventeen-year-old Krescent Dune is buried under the weight of her dead parents’ debt and the ruinous legacy they left behind. The only way she can earn enough money to escape her unforgiving island is by battling monstrous creatures in an underground fighting pit.
After a fight goes terribly wrong, she’s banned from the pits. Now hopeless, she is offered a deal: in exchange for the erasure of her debts, she must join and protect a hunting party for a rescue mission deep within the mining caves beneath the island. Krescent is determined to keep her head down and fulfill her role as the dutiful bodyguard, even though she is trapped underground with her childhood enemy and a company of people who would gladly kill her if they knew who her parents were.
As they come across creatures she believed only existed in legends, it becomes clear they are in far more danger than she could have imagined. But someone doesn’t want her to make it out alive. And she’ll have to figure out who before she’s left alone…in the dark.
- Nederlands - Paperback
In Wie schrijft die blijft van Tamara Haagmans volgen we Caro, een succesvolle schrijver die onder een pseudoniem schrijft en onder geen beding bekend wil worden. Naast schrijven runt ze samen met haar vader De Gulden Draeck, een idyllisch boetiekhotel met een kunstwinkeltje in ’t Gooi. Hier komen de meest rijke, eigenzinnige gasten logeren, én hier haalt Caro haar inspiratie voor haar boeken vandaan.
Na de zoveelste bestseller wil haar uitgever toch dat ze uit de schaduw stapt, maar Caro weigert dit. Dan bedenkt haar vader een slimme oplossing waar iedereen tevreden mee is. Net als alles op rolletjes lijkt te lopen, staat ineens de toekomst van het boetiekhotel op losse schroeven, en moet Caro keuzes maken. Hoeveel is haar dubbelleven haar waard?
- Engels - Hardback
Goddess, goddess, count to five
In the morning, who’s alive?
In the course of a single winter’s night, four people vanish without a trace across a small town.
Nora’s estranged best friend, Becca, is one of the lost. As Nora tries to untangle the truth of Becca’s disappearance, she discovers a darkness in her town’s past, as well as a string of coded messages Becca left for her to unravel. These clues lead Nora to a piece of local folklore: a legendary goddess of forgotten origins who played a role in Nora and Becca’s own childhood games…
An arresting, crossover horror fantasy threaded with dark magic, THE BAD ONES is a poison-pen love letter to semi-toxic best friendship, the occult power of childhood play and artistic creation, and the razor-thin line between make-believe and belief.
- Engels - Paperback
The Magicians meets One Last Stop in this brand-new fantasy romance Remedial Magic, about an unassuming librarian who 1) has fallen in love with a powerful witch; 2) has discovered that she is a witch; and 3) must attend magical community college to learn how to save her new world from complete destruction by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr!
Ellie loves working in her local library in the small town of Ligonier. She loves baking scones and investigating the mysterious and captivating in her spare time. And there is nothing more mysterious and captivating than the intriguingly beautiful, too properly dressed woman sipping tea in her library who has appeared as if out of nowhere. The pull between them is undeniable, and Ellie is not sure that she wants to resist.
Prospero, a powerful witch from the magical land of Crenshaw, is often accused of being… ruthless in her goals and ambitions. But she is driven to save her dying homeland, and a prophecy tells her that Ellie is the key. Unbeknownst to Ellie, her powers have not yet awakened. But all of that is about to change.
- Engels - Paperback
Which threads of fate will hold—and which will break?
Clever, bookish Fi and her brash, ax-wielding partner Shane are back in this action packed sequel to the bestselling The Bone Spindle, the gender-flipped Sleeping Beauty retelling, perfect for fans of Sorcery of Thorns and The Cruel Prince.
Fi has awakened the sleeping prince, but the battle for Andar is far from over. The Spindle Witch, the Witch Hunters, and Fi’s own Butterfly Curse all stand between them and happily ever after.
Shane has her partner’s back. But she’s in for the fight of her life against Red, the right hand of the Spindle Witch who she’s also, foolishly, hellbent on saving.
Briar Rose would do anything to restore his kingdom. But there’s a darkness creeping inside him—a sinister bond to the Spindle Witch he can’t escape.
All hopes of restoring Andar rest on deciphering a mysterious book code, finding the hidden city of the last Witches, and uncovering a secret lost for centuries—one that just might hold the key to the Spindle Witch’s defeat. If they can all survive that long…
Set in a world of twisted fairytales, The Severed Thread combines lost ruins, ride-or-die friendships, and heart-pounding romance.
- Engels - Hardback
Sumptuous and addictive, An Education in Malice is a dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insatiable hungers from Sunday Times bestselling author S.T. Gibson, author of the cult hit A Dowry of Blood.
Deep in the forgotten hills of Massachusetts stands Saint Perpetua’s College. Isolated and ancient, it is not a place for timid girls. Here, secrets are currency, ambition is lifeblood, and strange ceremonies welcome students into the fold.
On her first day of class, Laura Sheridan is thrust into an intense academic rivalry with the beautiful and enigmatic Carmilla. Together, they are drawn into the confidence of their demanding poetry professor, De Lafontaine, who holds her own dark obsession with Carmilla.
But as their rivalry blossoms into something far more delicious, Laura must confront her own strange hungers. Tangled in a sinister game of politics, bloodthirsty professors and dark magic, Laura and Carmilla must decide how much they are willing to sacrifice in their ruthless pursuit of knowledge.
- Engels - Paperback
New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy brings her signature angst, drama, and humour to a new standalone romance.
When nineteen-year-old Abbey Bly gets the opportunity to study abroad for a year in London, it’s the perfect chance to finally slip out from under the thumb of her beloved but overbearing retired rock star father. She’s ready to be free, to discover herself – but first off, to meet the girls she’s rooming with. That is, until she arrives at her gorgeous new flat to discover those roommates are actually all boys. Charming, funny, insufferably attractive boys. And off-limits, with a rule against fraternizing between housemates after unwanted drama with the previous girl.
Abbey has never considered herself a rulebreaker. But soon, she’s lying to her father about her living situation and falling for not one, but two men she can’t have: her rugby-player roommate and a broody musician with a girlfriend. Not to mention, her research for school has gotten her tangled in a deeply hidden scandal of a high nobility family, surrounding her in secrets on all sides.
If there’s any hope of Abbey finding love, answers, or a future in London, she’ll have to decide which rules – and hearts – might be worth breaking . . .
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Book five in the sensational Magnolia Parks Universe series!
How many loves do you actually get in a lifetime? Everyone knows by now that Magnolia and BJ are in the stars, but is that enough?
Magnolia and BJ are reeling from a devastating loss as they try to plan what’s been dubbed “the wedding of the century”. As family tensions mount and their respective pasts begin catching up to them, they finally have to look the truth in the Can they learn to trust and be with one another again, or will they die trying?
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Sumptuous and addictive, An Education in Malice is a dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insatiable hungers from Sunday Times bestselling author S.T. Gibson, author of the cult hit A Dowry of Blood.
Deep in the forgotten hills of Massachusetts stands Saint Perpetua’s College. Isolated and ancient, it is not a place for timid girls. Here, secrets are currency, ambition is lifeblood, and strange ceremonies welcome students into the fold.
On her first day of class, Laura Sheridan is thrust into an intense academic rivalry with the beautiful and enigmatic Carmilla. Together, they are drawn into the confidence of their demanding poetry professor, De Lafontaine, who holds her own dark obsession with Carmilla.
But as their rivalry blossoms into something far more delicious, Laura must confront her own strange hungers. Tangled in a sinister game of politics, bloodthirsty professors and dark magic, Laura and Carmilla must decide how much they are willing to sacrifice in their ruthless pursuit of knowledge.
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A trans boy searches for a future―and a romance―in which he can live and love openly as himself in this heartrending young-adult reimagining of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, part of the Remixed Classics series.
London, 1812 . Oliver Bennet feels trapped—not just by the endless corsets, petticoats, and skirts he’s forced to wear on a daily basis, but also by society’s expectations. The world, and the vast majority of his family and friends, think Oliver is a girl named Elizabeth. He is therefore expected to mingle at balls wearing a pretty dress, entertain suitors regardless of his interest in them, and ultimately become someone’s wife.
But Oliver can’t bear the thought of such a fate. He finds solace in the few times he can sneak out of his family’s home and explore the city rightfully dressed as a young gentleman. It’s during one such excursion when Oliver becomes acquainted with Darcy, a sulky young man who had been rude to “Elizabeth” at a recent social function. But in the comfort of being out of the public eye, Oliver comes to find that Darcy is actually a sweet, intelligent boy with a warm heart, not to mention attractive.
As Oliver spends more time as his true self, often with Darcy, part of him dares to hope that his dream of love and life as a man can be possible. But suitors are growing bolder―and even threatening―and his mother is growing more desperate to see him settled into an engagement. Oliver will have to choose: settle for safety, security, and a life of pretending to be something he’s not, or risk it all for a slim chance at freedom, love, and a life that can be truly his own.
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In this semi-autobiographical collection of poems, Renée Watson writes about her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class, and gender. Using a variety of poetic forms, from haiku to free verse, Watson shares recollections of her childhood in Portland, tender odes to the Black women in her life, and urgent calls for Black girls to step into their power.
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De eerste druk van Hof van Wonderen (Vampyria 2) verschijnt als Limited Edition met bedrukt boekblok en fullcolour schutbladen.
Na Hof van Schaduw, deel 1 van Victor Dixens Vampyria-saga, gaan de avonturen van Jeanne verder in Hof van Wonderen. Jeanne is nu officieel ingewijd als een van de nieuwe lijfwachten van Lodewijk XIV, de vampier die Europa al driehonderd jaar in een ijzeren greep houdt. De Schaduwkoning weet niet dat ze eropuit is om het Magna Vampyria omver te werpen en onder een valse naam opereert. Intussen regeert diep onder Parijs een mysterieuze vampier over een hof van ghouls en andere gruwelijke gedrochten. De Schaduwkoning wil ze hebben voor zijn leger en stuurt zijn lijfwachten erop af. Kan Jeanne de ondergrondse vampier ombrengen zonder dat haar ware identiteit wordt ontdekt? ‘Victor Dixen heeft met dit boek een meesterwerk afgeleverd.’ Thrillzone.nl over Vampyria 1 – Hof van Schaduw
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Business or Pleasure is de nieuwe steamy romance van Rachel Lynn Solomon, de auteur van De Ex Talk!
Als Chandler haar volgende ghostwritingproject accepteert – het schrijven van de memoires van cultacteur Finnegan Walsh – zou dat een droom moeten zijn. Voor Chandler is dit echter iets anders, namelijk haar grootste nachtmerrie. Zij kent Finn namelijk van haar slechtste onenightstand ooit.
Toch neemt ze het project aan, vastbesloten om het professioneel aan te pakken. Maar als ze eindelijk aan Finn toegeeft dat hun nacht samen niet zo geweldig was als hij dacht, schaamt hij zich dood en is hij erop gebrand om het goed te maken.
Dus sluiten ze een deal: overdag werken ze aan het boek en ’s avonds, als ze alleen in de slaapkamer zijn, leert ze hem – stap voor stap – de kneepjes van het vak. Naarmate ze meer naar elkaar toe groeien, begint de grens tussen werk en privé te vervagen. Maar is dat wel een goed idee, of zullen ze uiteindelijk moeten kiezen?
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Let op: deze box is in herdruk. De verwachte leverdatum is ~29 februari. De box bevat nog steeds sprayed edges.
Special editions with sprayed edges! Includes all four books in Lauren Ashers popular Dirty Air series
THROTTLED
Noah Slade is a Formula 1 legend in the making. Ruthless on and off the track. And my brother’s new teammate. I want more of the prince who disguises himself as the villain. But while I crave a happy ending, he wants to destroy his.
Maya Alatorre is a forbidden temptation. We’re a ticking time bomb, about one wrong move away from exploding. I want to trip the wire, detonating together in passion and pain. Because in the end, all’s fair in lust and war.
COLLIDED
Liam is Formula 1’s golden boy. And someone who promises to fulfill all my naughty bucket list items. I force him behind the safe lines of the friend zone. Instead of accepting our friendship, he strikes a deal. One season. One list. One dirty secret.
Sophie is my greatest fantasy brought to life. And a major threat to my contract renewal. She’s a part of the rival team and someone I should resist at all costs. Yet, I’m captivated by her and the naughty list she created. Screw platonic, I want catastrophic.
WRECKED
Pills. Alcohol. Adrenaline. I’m addicted to destructive decisions that numb my pain. To repair my broken reputation, my team hires Elena. She’s my damnation disguised as my salvation. And my newest addiction.
One season. One job. One broody British racer. Except that Jax turns our hotel room into a battleground. To beat the enemy, I need to find his weaknesses. What I learn threatens to ruin everything. Him. Me. Us.
REDEEMED
One mistake destroys my career. My new fake girlfriend is a temporary fix to my biggest problem. But as our game changes, so do my feelings. There’s only one issue stopping me from claiming her. Me.
It all started with a birthday wish, some vodka, and an ancestry kit. That’s how I end up in Italy, finding my long-lost father. I told myself not to fall in love with a liar like Santiago. I should have listened.
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Return to the world of Godkiller in this thrilling sequel to the #1 internationally bestselling fantasy debut, where Kissen and her companions must navigate lands of gods and demons to unravel a dark truth at the heart of their world.
Professional godkiller Kissen and her companions—young noble Inara and knight Elogast—return in a winding adventure in a world overflowing with magic, beauty, and danger
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A grumpy lobster fisherman tosses a fashion influencer’s impeccably curated life overboard in the next romantic comedy from international bestselling author Amy Lea.
In a last-ditch effort to rescue her brand from the brink of irrelevance, Boston fashion influencer Melanie Karlsen finds herself in a rural fishing village on the east coast of Canada. The only thing scarier than nature itself? The burly and bearded bed-and-breakfast owner and fisherman, Evan Whaler—who single-handedly disproves the theory that Canadians are “nice.”
After a boating accident lands Evan unconscious in the hospital, Mel is mistaken for his fiancée by his welcoming yet quirky family, who are embroiled in a long-standing feud over the B&B. In a bold attempt to mend family fences, Mel agrees to fake their engagement for one week in exchange for Evan’s help with her social media content.
Amid long hikes and campfire chats, reeling in their budding feelings for each other proves more difficult by the day. But is Mel willing to sacrifice her picture-perfect life in the city for a chance at a true, unfiltered love in the wild?
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*As seen on BBC’s BETWEEN THE COVERS * A #2 Times bestseller * A New York Times bestseller ‘Humming with a sly, exhilarating magic’ BRIDGET COLLINS ‘A much-heralded epic’ OBSERVER ‘Empowering’ GLAMOUR Three women, five centuries, one spellbinding story In the present day, Kate flees a traumatic relationship to the Cumbrian cottage she inherited from her great-aunt; but the cottage hides secrets of its own. In 1942, Violet rebels against her father’s ideas of a ‘proper young lady’ . . . until he takes matters into his own hands. In 1619, Altha is on trial for witchcraft, implicated in the gruesome death of a local man. Three women they tried to cage – but Weyward women belong to the wild. And they cannot be tamed… Weyward was a Times bestseller w/e 18-02-2023.
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The unmissable finale to New York Times bestselling YA fantasy series THE GILDED ONES, set in an ancient West African-inspired world and perfect for fans of CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE and BLACK PANTHER. Deka is a goddess-in-waiting with the potential to save her people from the brutal ancient goddesses who terrorize her kingdom of Otera. But first she must find the source of her divine power – and if the Gilded Ones find it before she does, they will drain her power and tear Otera apart.
Alongside her army of friends, Deka faces the hardest battle of her life – not just with the goddesses but with her own doubts. What if becoming a goddess makes her as evil as the Gilded Ones? And is she ready to leave her earthly life and loves behind? THE ETERNAL ONES is the final thrilling instalment of the epic fantasy series in which a young heroine fights against a world that would dare tame her. Praise for THE GILDED ONES:”Namina Forna could be the Toni Morrison of YA Fantasy.” – Refinery 29″The Gilded Ones redefines sisterhood and is sure to leave readers both inspired and ultimately hopeful.” -Stephanie Garber, #1 NYT bestselling author of Caraval”Debut author Namina Forna’s created a fierce female protagonist you’ll root for and a captivating world that feels so real you can step inside it.” – Bookriot
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When people-pleasing Chloe learns that her birth mother has unexpectedly had another baby, she doesn’t hesitate to become a next of kin guardian. But when she fails to pass Child Protective Services’ financial evaluation, she is faced with a choice: see her baby sister placed in foster care or participate in CPS’ new initiative, TeamUp.
Enter Warren, a surly mechanic’s apprentice attempting to get custody of his deaf fifteen-year-old brother after failing CPS’ housing evaluation. The two strangers immediately clash but agree to live together until Warren can find housing elsewhere and Chloe can further grow her freelance career.
As their lives intertwine, Chloe and Warren both realise that they’re far more similar than they could have imagined. What started as forced begins to feel natural—and far less lonely. Chemistry soon intensifies beyond what either of them can stand, but they must each decide if what burns between them is worth risking their arrangement and, ultimately, the well-being of their siblings.
With banter, heart, and steam that will have the reader blushing, Next of Kin is a true underdog story of two young adults redefining what family can look like.
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Wells Whitaker was once golf’s hottest rising star, but lately, all he has to show for his “promising” career is a killer hangover, a collection of broken clubs, and one remaining supporter. No matter how bad he plays, the beautiful, sunny redhead is always on the sidelines. He curses, she cheers. He scowls, she smiles. But when Wells quits in a blaze of glory and his fangirl finally goes home, he knows he made the greatest mistake of his life.
Josephine Doyle believed in the gorgeous, grumpy golfer, even when he didn’t believe in himself. Yet after he throws in the towel, she begins to wonder if her faith was misplaced. Then a determined Wells shows up at her door with a wild proposal: be his new caddy, help him turn his game around, and split the prize money. And considering Josephine’s professional and personal life is in shambles, she could really use the cash…
As they travel together, spending days on the green and nights in neighboring hotel rooms, sparks fly. Before long, they’re inseparable, Wells starts winning again, and Josephine is surprised to find a sweet, thoughtful guy underneath his gruff, growly exterior. This hot man wants to brush her hair, feed her snacks, and take bubble baths together? Is this real life? But Wells is technically her boss and an athlete falling for his fangirl would be ridiculous… right?
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A steamy, opposites-attract romance with undeniable chemistry between a grumpy retired footballer and his fabulous and very sunshine-y ghostwriter.
When grumpy ex-footballer Alfie Harding gets badgered into selling his memoirs, he knows he’s never going to be able to write them. He hates revealing a single thing about himself, is allergic to most emotions, and can’t imagine doing a good job of putting pen to paper.
And so in walks curvy, cheery, cute as heck ghostwriter Mabel Willicker, who knows just how to sunshine and sass her way into getting every little detail out of Alfie. They banter and bicker their way to writing his life story, both of them sure they’ll never be anything other than at odds.
But after their business arrangement is mistaken for a budding romance, the pair have to pretend to be an item for a public who’s ravenous for more of this Cinderella story. Or at least, it feels like it’s pretend―until each slow burn step in their fake relationship sparks a heat neither can control. Now they just have to is this sizzling chemistry just for show? Or something so real it might just give them their fairytale ending?
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New York Times bestselling author Axie Oh’s ASAP is the much anticipated companion novel to beloved romance XOXO, following fan favorites Sori, the wealthy daughter of a K-pop company owner, and Nathaniel, her K-pop star ex-boyfriend, in a swoon-worthy second chance love story.
Sori has worked her whole life to become a K-pop idol, until she realizes she doesn’t want a life forever in the spotlight. But that’s not actually up to Sori—she’s caught between her exacting mother’s entertainment company and her father’s presidential aspirations. And as the pressure to keep her flawless public image grows, the last person she should be thinking about is her ex-boyfriend.
Nathaniel is off limits—she knows this. A member of one of the biggest K-pop bands in the world and forbidden from dating, he isn’t any more of an option now than he was two years ago. Still, she can’t forget that their whirlwind romance was the last time she remembers being really happy. Or that his family welcomed her into their home when she needed it most. . . .
So when Nathaniel finds himself rocked by scandal, Sori offers him a hideaway with her. And back in close quarters, it’s hard to deny their old feelings. But when Sori gets an opportunity to break free from her parent’s expectations, she will have to decide: Is her future worth sacrificing for a second chance at love?
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Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone, this Imperial Russia-inspired romantasy launches a new dark fantasy duology of gods, politics, and deadly magical powers from a Sunday Times bestselling author
To cage a god is divine.
To be divine is to rule.
To rule is to destroy.
Using ancient secrets, Galina and Sera’s mother grafted gods into their bones. Bound to brutal deities and granted forbidden power no commoner has held in a millennia, the sisters have grown up to become living weapons. Raised to overthrow an empire―no matter the cost.
With their mother gone and their country on the brink of war, it falls to the sisters to take the helm of the rebellion and end the cruel reign of a royal family possessed by destructive gods. Because when the ruling alurea invade, they conquer with fire and blood. And when they clash, common folk burn.
While Sera reunites with her estranged lover turned violent rebel leader, Galina infiltrates the palace. In this world of deception and danger, her only refuge is an isolated princess, whose whip-smart tongue and sharp gaze threaten to uncover Galina’s secret. Torn between desire and duty, Galina must make a choice: work together to expose the lies of the empire―or bring it all down.
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n the past, the universe is a glitterball I hold in the palm of my hand.
In the past, I am brilliant and I am happy and my every tomorrow is madness.
In the past, I am soaring, and falling, and breaking, and lost.
And now, there is only this.
Once the golden boy of the English literary scene, now a clinically depressed writer of pulp crime fiction, Ash Winters has given up on hope, happiness, and―most of all―himself. He lives his life between the cycles of his illness, haunted by the ghosts of other people’s expectations.
Then a chance encounter throws him into the path of Essex-born Darian Taylor. Flashy and loud, radiant and full of life, Darian couldn’t be more different…and yet he makes Ash laugh, reminding him of what it’s like to step beyond the boundaries of his anxiety. But Ash has been living in his own shadow for so long that he can no longer see a way out. Can a man who doesn’t trust himself ever trust in happiness? And how can someone who doesn’t believe in happiness ever fight for his own?
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Simone houdt van haar jongere broer Martijn, die autisme heeft. Maar soms kan ze hem niet uitstaan, wanneer hij de sfeer weer eens verpest met zijn woedeaanvallen. Als de nieuwe buren vragen of ze af en toe op hun dochtertje Amber wil passen, is ze dan ook meteen enthousiast. Zo kan ze de gespannen sfeer thuis ontvluchten. Wil ze misschien ook mee als babysit naar Zeeland? Graag! Maar het weekje weg waar ze zich zo op had verheugd, mondt uit in een regelrechte nachtmerrie. Een aangrijpend verhaal over verliefdheid, schaamte en iets dat iedereen kan overkomen: misbruik.
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Anna is zestien en blindgeboren. Samen met haar hartsvriendin Inti doet ze mee aan de auditie voor Antigone, een theaterproductie gespeeld door jongeren. Inti is stikjaloers als Anna wordt uitgekozen en zij niet. Ze is ervan overtuigd dat Anna haar selectie alleen te danken heeft aan het feit ze blind is, net als een van de personages in het stuk. Het wordt een heftige periode voor Anna: ze heeft ruzie met haar beste vriendin, de toneelrepetities zijn intens en ze wordt verliefd. Een levendig youngadultverhaal met humor, waarin jongeren met vallen en opstaan een toneelvoorstelling op poten zetten.
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Labyrinth meets folk horror in this darkly romantic tale of a girl who wishes her baby brother away to the Lord of the Wood
Growing up in the small town of Winston, Pennsylvania feels like drowning. Leah goes to church every Sunday, works when she isn’t at school, and takes care of her baby brother, Owen. Like every girl in Winston, she tries to be right and good and holy. If she isn’t the Lord of the Wood will take her, and she’ll disappear like so many other girls before her.
But living up to the rigorous standards of the town takes its toll. One night, when Owen won’t stop screaming, Leah wishes him away, and the Lord listens. The screaming stops, and all that’s left in the crib is a small bundle of sticks tied with a ribbon.
Filled with shame and the weight of the town’s judgment, Leah is forced to cross the river into the Lord of the Wood’s domain to bring Owen back. But the devilish figure who has haunted Winston for generations isn’t what she expects. He tells her she can have her brother back―for the price of a song. A song that Leah will have one month to write.
It’s a bargain that will uncover secrets her hometown has tried to keep buried for decades. And what she unearths will have her questioning everything she’s been taught to fear.
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People come as well as go.
Twelve years ago, Edwin Tully came to Oxford and fell in love with a boy named Marius. He was brilliant. An artist. It was going to be forever.
Two years ago, it ended.
Now Edwin lives alone in the house they used to share. He tends to damaged books and faded memories, trying to a build a future from the fragments of the past.
Then the weather turns, and the river spills into Edwin’s quiet world, bringing with it Adam Dacre from the Environment Agency. An unlikely knight, this stranger with roughened hands and worn wellingtons, but he offers Edwin the hope of something he thought he would never have again.
As the two men grow closer in their struggle against the rising waters, Edwin learns he can’t protect himself from everything—and sometimes he doesn’t need to try.
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Alsof haar leven al niet genoeg overhoop gegooid werd toen George Borg ontdekte dat ze Tunnels kan zien, en bovendien als enige Matroos door die Tunnels naar andere werelden kan gaan. Nee, ze krijgt nog een paar verrassingen voor de kiezen. Zoals de terugkeer van haar moeder, die haar als baby bij een weeshuis achterliet. En dan wordt ze ook nog eens ontboden bij de Schoonmaker, dé grote baas van alle Arken waar Matrozen opgeleid worden en buitenaardsen opgevangen worden. Slechts een handvol mensen weet wie de Schoonmaker is of waar hij zich bevindt; hij wordt door mysterie omhuld. Zal George ooit terugkeren naar de Ark die ze als haar thuis is gaan zien? Zal haar moeder eindelijk al Georges vragen beantwoorden?
Terug is het slotdeel van de spannende Young Adult Urban Fantasy ‘Tunnels’.
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Die tijd was gewoon wég. Alsof haar hersenen het hadden gewist. Eerst was er angst, daarna niets, en daarna bloed in haar haar.
Sloan en Cherry zijn de enige twee overlevenden van een moordaanslag op het zomerkamp waar ze als begeleider werkten. Ze kenden elkaar pas net, maar door hun gedeelde trauma zijn ze nu onafscheidelijk en ontwikkelen ze op snel tempo een ongezonde relatie.
Omdat Sloan zich niets kan herinneren van het vooral, is ze noodgedwongen op Cherry’s informatie aangewezen. Maar niet alles wat haar vriendin haar vertelt klopt, en wanneer er meer bewijs wordt gevonden, begint Sloan zich af te vragen of Cherry’s verhaal wel waar is.
Hoe meer de gaten in Sloans geheugen worden gevuld en hoe meer ze ontdekt, hoe minder logisch het allemaal lijkt. Wat is er echt gebeurd? Wie spreekt de waarheid? En wie zit er achter het masker?
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‘Geloof hun leugens niet. Vertrouw hun valse vrede niet.’ Dat is de waarschuwing die Alanik van de planeet ReDawn aan Spensa gaf nadat Alaniks schip een noodlanding had gemaakt op Detritus. Wat ze daar aantrof was een schok: een hele planeet van vrije Mensen die vochten tegen de Superioriteit. Waren zij de bondgenoten die haar volk zo hard nodig had? Toen ze eindelijk was hersteld van haar verwondingen en enkele leden van Sterrenvlucht ontmoette, ontdekte ze dat haar waarschuwing aan Spensa in de wind was geslagen door de regering van Detritus, en dat die een vredesvoorstel van de Superioriteit overwogen. Na haar terugkeer naar ReDawn is Alanik ontzet als ze hoort dat de factie in de regering van ReDawn die de Superioriteit tevreden wil stellen de overhand heeft gekregen. Nu Alaniks mentor, Rinakin, gevangen is genomen, kan ze zich tot niemand meer wenden behalve Jorgen, FM en hun vriend Rig. Een oude technologie heeft misschien het vermogen om hun beide planeten te redden van een ramp, maar kunnen ze de geheimen ervan ontdekken voordat het te laat is?
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Goddess, goddess, count to five
In the morning, who’s alive?
In the course of a single winter’s night, four people vanish without a trace across a small town.
Nora’s estranged best friend, Becca, is one of the lost. As Nora tries to untangle the truth of Becca’s disappearance, she discovers a darkness in her town’s past, as well as a string of coded messages Becca left for her to unravel. These clues lead Nora to a piece of local folklore: a legendary goddess of forgotten origins who played a role in Nora and Becca’s own childhood games…
An arresting, crossover horror fantasy threaded with dark magic, THE BAD ONES is a poison-pen love letter to semi-toxic best friendship, the occult power of childhood play and artistic creation, and the razor-thin line between make-believe and belief.
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VISIONS OF FLESH AND Blood and Ash/Flesh and Fire Compendium is a comprehensive companion guide for background, history, reader-favorite information, art, and reference materials. Combined with original short stories and scenes from some of the world’s most beloved characters, as well as never-before-seen visual enticements, it’s a treat for the senses.
Told from the point of view of Miss Willa herself, the compendium acts like research material but reads like a journal and cache of personal notes, allowing the reader to revisit the characters and history they so love yet view things in a different way.
VISIONS OF FLESH AND BLOOD by Jennifer L. Armentrout with Rayvn Salvador is a must-add addition to the series that any Blood and Ash/Flesh and Fire fan will enjoy.
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Arthie Casimir is a criminal mastermind and collector of secrets. Her prestigious tearoom transforms into an illegal bloodhouse by dark, catering to the vampires feared by society.
But when her establishment is threatened, Arthie is forced to strike an unlikely deal with an alluring adversary to save it – and she can’t do the job alone. Calling on some of the city’s most skilled outcasts, Arthie hatches a plan to infiltrate the dark and glittering vampire society known as the Athereum. But not everyone in her ragtag crew is on her side, and as the truth behind the heist unfolds, Arthie finds herself in the midst of a conspiracy that will threaten the world as she knows it.
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“I’ll be dead in three months. Come tell my story.”
So writes Sebastian Trapp, reclusive mystery novelist, to his longtime correspondent Nicky Hunter, an expert in detective fiction. With mere months to live, Trapp invites Nicky to his spectacular San Francisco mansion to help draft his life story . . . living alongside his beautiful second wife, Diana; his wayward nephew, Freddy; and his protective daughter, Madeleine. Soon Nicky finds herself caught in an irresistible case of real-life “detective fever.”
“You and I might even solve an old mystery or two.”
Twenty years earlier—on New Year’s Eve 1999—Sebastian’s first wife and teenaged son vanished from different locations, never to be seen again. Did the perfect crime writer commit the perfect crime? And why has he emerged from seclusion, two decades later, to allow a stranger to dig into his past?
“Life is hard. After all, it kills you.”
As Nicky attempts to weave together the strands of Sebastian’s life, she becomes obsessed with discovering the truth . . . while Madeleine begins to question what her beloved father might actually know about that long-ago night. And when a corpse appears in the family’s koi pond, both women are shocked to find that the past isn’t gone—it’s just waiting.
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From international bestselling and TikTok-phenomenon Chloe Walsh comes the next book in the addictive Boys of Tommen series, Saving 6.
He’s a boy who’s lost. She’s a girl who might just be the home he’s never had.
Joey Lynch has always been a protector. He rebuilds what is broken. When his older brother Darren leaves town, twelve-year-old Joey finds that he must watch over his younger siblings and mother. As he enters his teen years, his struggles intensify, with Joey toeing the line of addiction, all while being dutiful to his family. His boss’s daughter becomes the one thing keeping him afloat. She’s unapologetically herself, and even though he doesn’t want to get involved with her, he can’t keep away.
Aoife Molloy is bubbly and self-assured. On her first day of secondary school, she meets a hot-headed boy who sparks a new burning curiosity within her, a boy who happens to work for her father. It’s a bad idea to mess about with him, but her interest grows by the day.
As a complicated friendship ensues, Aoife begins to discover the secrets attached to Joey Lynch’s life, all while he desperately fights to keep her out.
Following a new fan-favorite couple from the Binding 13 duology, Saving 6 will increase your love for the Boys of Tommen universe. This book is perfect for readers looking for:
- New adult/YA crossover Irish romance
- Dual POVs
- Friends-to-lovers
- Angsty tearjerkers
- Bingeworthy TikTok books
Readers cannot get enough of the Boys of Tommen:
“THIS WAS EVERYTHING I HOPED IT WOULD BE.”
“I’d give this a million stars if it were possible.”
“This was everything I wanted and more. It felt so right to be back with my family.”
“Brilliant, read this book!! – it’s beautifully written!”
“I adored Joey and Aoife…I ate up every single moment.”
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The unimaginable has happened,
And none of our lives will ever be the same.
Surrounded by enemies, I’ve never been further from my crown…
Or closer to death.
Amidst a betrayal we couldn’t have anticipated, I’ll do whatever it takes to find my way back to Lorian – before his fury lays waste to this continent.
Alliances are being forged and broken, our enemies are unifying, and Regner’s spiders are closer than ever before.
We have only one chance to prevent him from attaining god-like powers and enslaving every human, fae, and hybrid across the four kingdoms.
Meanwhile, the human king believes I’m trapped here, yearning for my death, and waiting for Lorian to save me.
But Regner hasn’t yet realized that I’ll stop at nothing to free my people.
And he’s the one who should be afraid of me.
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For years, when I fell asleep, I dreamed of a man with blazing green eyes and a cruel smile.
The day I meet him, the ruthless mercenary leaves me for dead.
Just hours after humans are born, the gods take what little power we have. In return, they protect our borders from the vicious, merciless fae.
The humans who manage to keep their power are known as the corrupt.
And they are burned.
When my forbidden power is discovered, I’m forced to flee my tiny village and the life I adore.
To survive, I make a desperate bargain with the mercenary who abandoned me at my weakest.
Our deal is simple: I’ll help him and his mysterious friends sneak into the city. And he’ll help me learn to wield the strange, dark power I’ve always kept hidden. The power that may just be the key to my survival.
But the ruthless mercenary is hiding secrets of his own. Secrets that threaten the safety of everyone I love. Secrets that could tear this kingdom—and perhaps even this world—apart.
Please note: A Court This Cruel and Lovely is an NA/adult romantasy book with steam. While this series is slow burn, the chili pepper rating will increase for each book.
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Atlas James has lost her way.
In a last-ditch effort to pull her life together, she’s working on a community service program rehabbing trails in the Western Sierras. The only plus is that the days are so exhausting that Atlas might just be tired enough to forget that this was one of her dad’s favorite places in the world. Before cancer stole him from her life, that is.
Using real names is forbidden on the trail. So Atlas becomes Maps, and with her team—Books, Sugar, Junior, and King—she heads into the wilderness. As she sheds the lies she’s built up as walls to protect herself, she realizes that four strangers might know her better than anyone has before. And with the end of the trail racing to meet them, Maps is left counting down the days until she returns to her old life—without her new family, and without King, who’s become more than just a friend.
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Opposites attract in this Stem romantic comedy when a super intelligent geek girl meets a bad boy billionaire.
The last thing Melody expects when she accepts a dream job offer is to run into her college one-night stand again. Not only does the hunky blast from her past work at the same aerospace company in LA where she’s just started in the IT department, he’s the CEO’s son.
Jeremy’s got a girlfriend and a reputation as a bad boy, so Melody resolves to keep her distance and focus on building a new life for herself in Los Angeles. But despite her good intentions, she can’t seem to stay away from the heavenly-smelling paragon of hotness.
As the two begin to forge an unlikely friendship, Melody’s attraction to Jeremy grows deeper than she’s ready to admit. Can the woman who always plays it safe take a risk on the man who’s all wrong for her in all the right ways?
An #OppositesAttract Stem Rom Com, book one in the Chemistry Lessons Series, originally published as Remedial Rocket Science . Each book in the series features a brand new couple with their own HEA and can be read in any order.
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Lori has been in love with her best friend Aiden since college. Now Aiden (handsome, fair, All-American dream doctor) is getting married, and Lori desperately needs a date to the wedding.
So she asks the best man, Jace (tall, dark, and brooding), to pretend their platonic friendship is something more not to have to face the worst day of her life alone.
Fake dating one best friend to forget the other should be easy… Plot twist—it’s not. When Jace starts acting like the sweetest, most attentive boyfriend, Lori begins to wonder if she’s been seeing him wrong all this time?
They’ve been an inseparable trio since freshman year, but now everything is changing — and that’s not even bringing Jace’s feelings into the mix.
Basically? It’s complicated.
- Nederlands - Hardback
De 1e druk van Trial of the Sun Queen verschijnt in Limited Edition met print op snee.
Deel 1 in een meeslepende romantische fantasy van Nisha J. Tuli voor liefhebbers van Hof van doorns en rozen en De Hongerspelen. Nu te koop als Limited edition. Ook populair op TikTok.
Lor leeft al jaren in de gruwelijke gevangenis van de nietsontziende koning Aurora. Ze heeft nog maar één wens: hem laten boeten voor wat hij haar heeft aangedaan.
Wanneer Lor onverwacht bevrijd wordt, komt ze terecht in het hof van de rivaliserende Zonnekoning. Daar wacht haar een dodelijke competitie: ze moet met negen vrouwen strijden om zijn hand. Als Lor zijn hart kan veroveren, wordt zij koningin en kan ze eindelijk wraak nemen. Maar de andere kandidates doen er alles aan om haar uit te schakelen. Voorgoed…
‘Een absolute aanrader voor liefhebbers van romantische fantasy. Het is een mix tussen De Hongerspelen en De selectie. Ik heb het verslonden!’ – Erin op BarnesandNoble
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chloe Gong comes two captivating new novellas surrounding the events of Foul Lady Fortune and following a familiar cast of characters from the These Violent Delights Duet!
In A Foul Thing, Roma and Juliette have established themselves as the heads of an underground weapons ring in Zhouzhuang, making a living the way they do best while remaining anonymous in their peaceful, quiet life. But when they hear about several Russian girls showing up dead in nearby towns, they decide to investigateand ultimately discover that this mystery is much closer to home than they ever imagined.
In This Foul Murder, Benedikt and Marshall have been summoned by Roma to find the elusive scientist, Lourens, and bring him to Zhouzhuang. Time is of the essence aboard the week-long Trans-Siberian Express, but when someone is murdered on board, Benedikt and Marshall convince the officer in charge not to stop the train so that they aren’t thrown off-schedule.
Instead, they pretend that they are investigators and promise they can solve the murder, but as they dig deeper, they realize that the murder might having surprising ties to their own mission
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Change your fate—or kneel to it. The Companions are scattered and hopeless, torn from each other. After Corayne barely escapes with her life, she must forge on alone, leaving her blade broken and her allies behind her. Her only consolation—Corayne now has Taristan’s sword, the only Spindleblade left in existence. Without it, he can’t rip open any more Spindles. Without it, he can’t end the world. But Taristan and Queen Erida will not be defeated so easily. Both will burn the world to bring down Corayne—and bring forth their demon god, What Waits, ready to claim the realm of Allward for his own. In a final clash between kingdoms and gods, all must rise to fight—or be destroyed. Everything has come to this. Prepare for a larger-than-life, unforgettable finale to the instant New York Times bestselling Realm Breaker series, where a shattered alliance must rise from the ashes to make their final stand against a ruthless enemy…and the demon god who looks to shroud the entire world in darkness.
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Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish but dreams of becoming a warrior. And of putting an axe in her boorish husband’s back.
Freya’s dreams abruptly become reality when her husband betrays her to the region’s jarl, landing her in a fight to the death against his son, Bjorn. To survive, Freya is forced to reveal her deepest secret: She possesses a drop of a goddess’s blood, which makes her a shield maiden with magic capable of repelling any attack. And it’s been foretold that such magic will unite the fractured nation of Skaland beneath the one who controls the shield maiden’s fate.
Believing he’s destined to rule Skaland as king, the fanatical jarl binds Freya with a blood oath and orders Bjorn to protect her from their enemies. Desperate to prove her strength, Freya must train to fight and learn to control her magic, all while facing perilous tests set by the gods. The greatest test of all, however, may be resisting her forbidden attraction to Bjorn. If Freya succumbs to her lust for the charming and fierce warrior, she risks not only her own destiny but the fate of all the people she has sworn to protect.
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The stunning first edition hardcover of A Fate Inked in Blood will feature foil page edges, a custom-stamped case, and a premium dust jacket!
Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish but dreams of becoming a warrior. And of putting an axe in her boorish husband’s back.
Freya’s dreams abruptly become reality when her husband betrays her to the region’s jarl, landing her in a fight to the death against his son, Bjorn. To survive, Freya is forced to reveal her deepest secret: She possesses a drop of a goddess’s blood, which makes her a shield maiden with magic capable of repelling any attack. And it’s been foretold that such magic will unite the fractured nation of Skaland beneath the one who controls the shield maiden’s fate.
Believing he’s destined to rule Skaland as king, the fanatical jarl binds Freya with a blood oath and orders Bjorn to protect her from their enemies. Desperate to prove her strength, Freya must train to fight and learn to control her magic, all while facing perilous tests set by the gods. The greatest test of all, however, may be resisting her forbidden attraction to Bjorn. If Freya succumbs to her lust for the charming and fierce warrior, she risks not only her own destiny but the fate of all the people she has sworn to protect.
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The stunning edition paperback of Children of Blood and Bone will feature beautiful sprayed edges. This edition is only available for a limited time and while supplies last.
They killed my mother.
They took our magic.
They tried to bury us.
Now we rise.
Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls.
But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope.
Now Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zélie must outwit and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good.
Danger lurks in Orïsha, where snow leoponaires prowl and vengeful spirits wait in the waters. Yet the greatest danger may be Zélie herself as she struggles to control her powers and her growing feelings for an enemy.
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De Nederlandse Limited Edition van Iron Flame (Een IJzeren Vlam) verschijnt op 28 februari als schitterende hardback met stofomslag, print-op-snee en geïllustreerde schutbladen. Ook zit er in de eerste druk een exclusieve ansichtkaart met daarop een plattegrond van Basgiath Oorlogscollege.
Niemand had verwacht dat Violet haar eerste jaar aan het Basgiath Oorlogscollege zou overleven, ook zijzelf niet. Maar nu komt pas de echte proef. Er is een nieuwe vicecommandant, die vastbesloten lijkt om violet het leven zuur te maken, tenzij ze de man van wie ze houdt verraadt. Ze staat voor de ultieme loyaliteitstest: ze zal óf zichzelf moeten verloochenen óf het eeuwenoude geheim van het college moeten ontrafelen. Zal Violet hier levend uitkomen?
Let op: de prijs van het boek wordt €29,99; de prijs van €25 is een door de uitgever tijdelijk vastgestelde promotieprijs.
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‘Geknipt voor elkaar’ van Mienke Fijen is een romantische feelgood over prille liefde, verkeerde keuzes en een nieuwe start. Kappers Lara en Boyd zeggen hun autoritaire werkgever Jules vaarwel en beginnen een eigen kapsalon. Wanneer Jules lucht krijgt van hun plannen, stelt hij alles in het werk om roet in het eten te gooien. Op een dag ontmoet Lara Thijs, de introverte fietsenmaker van verderop in de straat, en langzaam ontstaat er iets moois tussen de twee. Waar Lara in het verleden teleurgesteld is in de liefde, heeft Thijs zo zijn eigen uitdagingen in het leven. Durven ze zich open te stellen voor elkaar?
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Two former high school sweethearts get a second chance in this marriage of convenience romance by Kristina Forest, author of The Neighbor Favor.
To Violet Greene, fashion is everything. As a successful celebrity stylist, she travels all over the world, living out her dreams. Professionally, she’s thriving, but her personal life is in shambles. After surviving a very public breakup with her ex-fiancé six months ago, Violet is now determined to focus on her career. But life hands her something—or rather, someone—that might derail everything…
Xavier Wright did not expect to run into his high school girlfriend Violet—the girl he once thought he’d marry—on a birthday trip to Vegas. As a high school teacher and basketball coach, he rarely leaves his New Jersey hometown, so what were the chances? But when the initial shock wears off, they decide to celebrate together. They feel young and reckless as they party the night away—and reckless they clearly were when the following morning, they wake up beside each other with rings on their fingers.
Their impulsive nuptials might be a blessing in disguise, though, when they realize that both of their careers could benefit from the marriage. So they play the part of a blissfully wedded couple. Yet when their passion comes hurling back, they realize their feelings are just as real as they were back when they were teens. But are their lives too different to stick it through or will they finally get a happy ending?
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Your ability to change everything – including yourself – starts here
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing.
But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality.
Except for one: Calvin Evans, the lonely, brilliant, Nobel-prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with – of all things – her mind. True chemistry results.
Like science, life is unpredictable. Which is why a few years later, Elizabeth Zott finds herself not only a single mother, but the reluctant star of America’s most beloved cooking show, Supper at Six.
Elizabeth’s unusual approach to cooking (‘combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride’) proves revolutionary. But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn’t just teaching women to cook.
She’s daring them to change the status quo.
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Vol overgave stort Donatella zich in een nieuwe voorstelling van meester Legende, dit keer ter gelegenheid van de 75ste verjaardag van de keizerin van het Meridiaanse Keizerrijk. Maar Tella speelt nog een ander dodelijk spel. In ruil voor informatie over haar verdwenen moeder, moet ze meester Legendes ware identiteit achterhalen. Terwijl ze zijn grootste geheim probeert te ontrafelen, groeit haar fascinatie voor hem. Tella heeft altijd gezworen nooit verliefd te worden, maar algauw bevindt haar hart – én daarmee haar leven – zich in groot gevaar…
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Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster’s The Maiden is a remarkable story with a feminist revisionist twist, giving a voice to women otherwise silenced by history.
“In the end, it did not matter what I said at my trial. No one believed me.”
Edinburgh, October 1679. Lady Christian Nimmo is arrested and charged with the murder of her lover, James Forrester. News of her imprisonment and subsequent trial is splashed across the broadsides, with headlines that leave little room for doubt: Adulteress. Whore. Murderess.
Only a year before, Christian was leading a life of privilege and respectability. So, what led her to risk everything for an affair? And does that make her guilty of murder? She wasn’t the only woman in Forrester’s life, and certainly not the only one who might have had cause to wish him dead . . .
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The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story.
There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine.
Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Center convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s imagination but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That is, until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew and Kajii can’t resist writing back.
Rika, the only woman in her news office, works late each night, rarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii, they are closer to a masterclass in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii but it seems that she might be the one changing. With each meal she eats, something is awakening in her body, might she and Kaji have more in common than she once thought?
Inspired by the real case of the convicted con woman and serial killer, “The Konkatsu Killer,” Asako Yuzuki’s Butter is a vivid, unsettling exploration of misogyny, obsession, romance and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan.
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In this irresistible and thrilling debut novel, a former antique hunter investigates a suspicious death at an isolated English manor, embroiling her back in the dangerous world of tracking stolen artifacts.
What antique would you kill for?
Freya Lockwood is shocked when she learns that Arthur Crockleford, antiques dealer and her estranged mentor, has died under mysterious circumstances. She has spent the last twenty years avoiding her quaint English hometown, but when she receives a letter from Arthur asking her to investigate—sent just days before his death—Freya has no choice but to return to a life she had sworn to leave behind.
Joining forces with her eccentric Aunt Carole, Freya follows clues and her instincts to an old manor house for an advertised antiques enthusiast’s weekend. But not all is as it seems. It’s clear to Freya that the antiques are all just poor reproductions and her fellow guests are secretive and menacing. What is going on at this estate and how was Arthur involved? More importantly, can Freya and Carole discover the truth before the killer strikes again?
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His house. Her rules. But who’s in charge?Pippa Munro had everything planned for her perfect wedding. What she did not have planned, was for her boyfriend to break up with her. Or sell her beloved farm. So instead of being blissfully engaged, Pippa finds herself jobless, homeless and loveless. Things couldn’t be going better…
Wolfie Squires needs someone to look after his family’s ancient house. He’s too busy with his hot shot city job to deal with a country manor several hundred miles away.
The perfect solution? Find someone to house sit.
The less-than-perfect candidate? Pippa Munro.
Pippa is more comfortable working on a farm than dusting a chandelier, and definitely not the ideal choice for the job.
As tempers fray, ideas clash, and secrets are spilled, Pippa and Wolfie might realise they have the same ambitions for the house, if only they could stop arguing long enough to find out…
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Raised in a small village near the spirit-wood, Liska Radost knows that Magic is monstrous, and its practitioners, monsters. After Liska unleashes her own powers with devastating consequences, she is caught by the demon warden of the wood – the Leszy – who offers her a bargain: one year of servitude in exchange for a wish.
Whisked away to his crumbling manor, Liska soon discovers the sinister roots of their bargain. And if she wants to survive the year and return home, she must unravel her host’s spool of secrets and face the ghosts of his past.
Those who enter the wood do not always return…
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