ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE BRITISH WRITERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'She uses words with the enjoyment and mastery with which Renoir used to paint' REBECCA WEST 'Lehmann legitimised a type of writing that took on deep personal themes' ENGLISH PEN 'No English writer has told the pains of women in love more truly or more movingly' MARGHANITA LASKI Grace Fairfax lives with her dull, conventional husband Tom in a grey manufacturing town in the north of England.
In a world enshrouded by mysterious magic and resplendent swordplay, an ordinary high school student, Wooly, inadvertently crosses over, setting the stage for his heart-stopping adventure in a fantastical world.
'Crackles with sizzling banter and hot chemistry, weaving a spell of desire that will also bewitch you' Good HousekeepingBridgerton meets The Ex Hex this witchy season with this oh so spicy romantasy Regency romcom!
A PROFOUND REFLECTION ON THE HUMAN CONDITION IN THE SHADOW OF LOSS, DESIRE AND DECAYOne night, a boy glimpses a dragon slipping into his bedroom - or thinks he does.
A bewitching tale of heartbreak and hope set in 1920s Alaska, Eowyn Ivey's THE SNOW CHILD was a top ten bestseller in hardback and paperback, and went on to be a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
'A treasure house of story' Stephen King'A very fine and imaginative writer' Sunday Times'Fiction to showcase his mastery of pastiche, his eclecticism and his knack for the juxtaposition of incongruous notions' Independent---An elderly widow finds the Holy Grail beneath an old fur coat.
Two 19th century stage illusionists, the aristocratic Rupert Angier and the working-class Alfred Borden, engage in a bitter and deadly feud; the effects are still being felt by their respective families a hundred years later.
The stunning conclusion to the duology that began with the internationally bestselling Sun of Blood and Ruin, this gender-flipped Zorro reimagining weaves Mesoamerican mythology and sixteenth-century Mexican history into a swashbuckling historical fantasy filled with magic, intrigue, treachery, and romance.
*THE INSTANT SATURDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*'Readers can't get enough of this enchanting story' The Sun'Filled to the brim with joy' 'A delightful journey into a fantasy realm where dreams make everything better' Daily Mail|| THE #1 KOREAN BESTSELLER WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD || In a mysterious town hidden in our collective subconscious there's a department store that sells dreams.
***Shortlisted for the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards for Best Novel***'A gorgeous, aching love letter to stories, storytellers and the doors they lead us through .
Dolores Reyes' Eartheater is an "e;outstanding"e; (New York Times) synthesis of mystery and magical realism that explores the dark tragedies of ordinary lives.
Suspicion and rumor threaten the future for three unique sisters in a seaside town in this "e;haunting, magical, modern-day fairytale"e; (Sarah Addison Allen).
Isabel Allendethe New York Times bestselling author whose books, including Mayas Notebook, Island Beneath the Sea, and Zorro, have sold more than 57 million copies around the worlddemonstrates her remarkable literary versatility with Ripper, an atmospheric, fast-paced mystery involving a brilliant teenage sleuth who must unmask a serial killer in San Francisco.
Haunted by their friend's illness, a group of young friends struggle to find meaning as the world collapses around them in this meditative literary novel.
Richly reminiscent of Umberto Eco, the headlong pace of this dark fantasycombining elements of mystery, historical fiction, horror and the splinter genre clockpunkwill let readers swallow the entrancing story in a single gulp.
Envision an imaginary dial with which you can turn all sounds from your everyday experience onto the highest level of volume: that is the world of 13year old Ship Sooner whose incredible ability to hear sounds normally indiscernible to the human ear defines her life"e;Carson McCullers meets Alice Hoffman"e; (Baltimore Sun).
The haunting first novel by international multi-million copy bestseller Joanne Harris - a captivating and compelling study of human desires and compulsions.
';Full of Hoffman's bewitching and lucid prose and vivid characters, The Book of Magic is ultimately about the very human magic of family and love and actions that echo through generations it casts a spell'Matt HaigTHE STUNNING, UNFORGETTABLE CONCLUSION TO THE BELOVED PRACTICAL MAGICSERIES For centuries, the Owens family has been cursed in matters of love.
* SOON TO BE A MINDY KALING TV SERIES ** A Book of the Month pick by CNN, Bustle, PopSugar, Entertainment Weekly and Vox ** One ofThe Washington Posts 10 Best Books of 2021 ** Longlisted for the Center for Fictions First Novel Prize *';Achingly familiar and marvellously inventive a dizzyingly original, fiercely funny, deeply wise novel' Celeste Ng';Completelyoriginal, utterly absorbing, complex and confident'Karen Joy Fowler';Truly funny, insightful, smart and filled with wonderful characters unmissable' Ann NapolitanoANYONE CAN BE EXTRAORDINARY.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST'A dazzling epic of love, war and the joy of books' Guardian'There is magic in this place .
