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Book editor Emily Bryant finds herself unexpectedly in the charming town of Cascata on California’s Lost Coast, holding the keys to her grandmother’s rambling Victorian mansion. While sorting through her grandmother’s things, Emily learns that she must edit old manuscripts to inherit the estate. It’s a strange request from a family member who was basically a stranger. Emily quickly realizes that there’s something different about these manuscripts. Any changes she makes come true.

If Tipsy Collins learned one thing from her divorce, it’s that everyone in Charleston is a little crazy - even if they’re already dead. Tipsy, a gifted artist, cannot ignore her nutty friends or her vindictive ex-husband, but as a lifelong reluctant clairvoyant, she has always avoided dead people. When Tipsy and her three children move into the house on Bennett Street, she realizes that some ghosts won’t be ignored. Till death do us part didn’t pan out for Jane and Henry Mott, who have haunted the house for nearly a century.

Brought to you by Penguin. A quirky, joyful queer love story about a lonely museum worker who falls in love with a statue of Venus Rika Horauchi’s new part-time job is to converse with a statue of Venus – in Latin – every Monday, when the museum is closed. Initially reluctant, Rika starts...

Einmal Königin sein im Reich der Feen – Traum oder Albtraum? Im dritten Band in der Sunday-Times-Bestsellerserie findet die Feenforscherin Emily Wilde es heraus. Emily Wilde hat ihr Leben dem Studium der Feen gewidmet. Als renommierte Dryadologin hat sie in ihrer Enzyklopädie der Feen Hunderte von Arten dokumentiert. Jetzt steht sie kurz davor, ihr bisher gefährlichstes akademisches Projekt in Angriff zu nehmen: die Erforschung des Innenlebens eines Feenreichs – als dessen Königin.

Una familia huye de la guerra. La revolución francesa está causando estragos en la capital, pero el hambre y la desesperación azota a los más indefensos. Pierre echa de menos su infancia y sus padres intentan hacerle olvidar las penurias que están sufriendo. Hasta que llegan a una ciudad misteriosa. Una ciudad rodeada de niebla. ¿Quién les recibe? ¿Cómo son sus habitantes? ¿Cuáles son sus secretos? Un relato que quizás os haga sonreír... u os arrancará una dulce lágrima.