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Readers are LOVING The Tiny Magic Bookshop 'This book feels like the cosiest hug of all' ★★★★★ 'Magical realism 🤝Grief 🤝 Learning to trust yourself'★★★★★ 'I want to work in Lamplight books!' ★★★★★ 'Creeps into all your dark corners and lights them up with a...

With magic declassified in the UK, the fake psychics and fraudulent healers are running amok, and it's up to the Department of Extradimensional Affairs' newly appointed Skepticism Officers to crack down. But when they set their sights on Modern Miracle, a highly suspicious and fast-growing faith healing cult with remarkably good social media presence, even their skepticism is put to the test.

Rockland Barkclay has had a rough year. On top of everything else, his father has just passed, and Rocky has to go it alone on their annual trip. But his plans for drinking alone in Algonquin Park are rudely interrupted by a sea of cosmic energy that governs the universe...With the awakening of the very planet they reside on, humans are in a desperate fight to survive in an evolving world. If only Gaia hadn’t woken up so very...very...unhinged.

Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake. Their closest neighbours are more than two miles in either direction along a rutted dirt road. One afternoon, as Wen catches grasshoppers in the front yard, a stranger unexpectedly appears in the driveway. Thus begins an unbearably tense, gripping tale of paranoia, sacrifice, apocalypse and survival that escalates to a shattering conclusion, one in which the fate of a loving family and quite possibly all of humanity are entwined.

Step into Starling House, if you dare . . . Alix E. Harrow reimagines Beauty and the Beast in this gorgeously modern Gothic fantasy, perfect for fans of V. E. Schwab and Naomi Novik. Opal is a lot of things – orphan, high-school dropout, full-time cynic. Most of all, she’s determined to find...

Maxwell is one drink away from ending it all when he finds a rat statue while at work. The statue purges him of his addiction, and he finally feels free. But the cure is no gift. The statue animates, commanding him to save a child, and he does, but was it a good thing he did?When Teisha, the...

Das Abenteuer geht weiter, als Leon und seine Gefährten die gefrorenen Ödlande hinter sich lassen – in Richtung einer wärmeren, aber nicht minder gefährlichen Region. In einer gewaltigen Zikkurat gestrandet, als Spielzeug eines mysteriösen Gottes, steht Leon vor der Frage: Wird seine...

It's Turtle Time! Chaste Witch Vagia's All-Faction Conference turned out to be a trap after all! But Takuto overturned the demand for his surrender by enacting a special ritual from Eternal Nations, buying Mynoghra a year's worth of time. Taking advantage of the brief peace brought by the ritual...

Spicy Hexen-Romantasy im Feelgood-Setting vom winterlichen London: Wenn die Weihnachtsgeschichte zum Fluch wird ... Die Welt der Hexe MJ gerät aus den Fugen, als ihr eine wichtige Erinnerung gestohlen wird. Denn wenn sie sie nicht bis Weihnachten wiederbekommt, wird etwas Schreckliches...

Dies ist die unglaubliche Geschichte von Alfie, der mit acht Jahren seine einzigartige Gabe entdeckt, die ihm bei (fast) allem eine zweite Chance verleiht. Er kann jeden Schritt im Leben ungeschehen machen und ihn noch einmal gehen. Der Haken: Der zweite Versuch zählt – im Guten wie im Schlechten. Und es gibt zwei Dinge, die größer sind als seine Gabe: die Liebe und der Tod. Als junger Erwachsener begegnet ihm dann jedoch Gianna, seine große Liebe – und unversehens wird Alfies Gabe zur größten Herausforderung seines Lebens.

Enter a hidden world of vampires, dark magic and blood-soaked bargains in this brand-new paranormal urban fantasy. Perfect for fans of the Threadneedle series! 'Bitingly fresh' CARI THOMAS 'Original and intriguing' READER REVIEW *** Pepper Montgomery is a mortal woman on a desperate quest to...

Enter a hidden world of vampires, dark magic and blood-soaked bargains in this brand-new paranormal urban fantasy. Perfect for fans of the Threadneedle series! 'Bitingly fresh' CARI THOMAS 'Original and intriguing' READER REVIEW *** Pepper Montgomery is a mortal woman on a desperate quest to...

In the start of an original fantasy series, Genevieve Cogman, the author of the bestselling The Invisible Library, welcomes you to Graynes, a magical school for demon-summoning. This is St Trinian’s meets the legend of Faust. Philomela once enjoyed the carefree life of a Cambridge Classics PhD...

Mark is a handsome and troubled young man seeking help from a therapist to escape the damage school bullying has done to him and find a way forward. Trying a new therapist can be a gamble, but surprisingly, the stodgy and skeptical Dr. Myron might be the loser when he discovers the magic of a kiss.

On the outskirts of London lives a mysterious girl called Leonie. Leonie loves her name, because all people who like it when they hear her name say: "Wow! Such a beautiful name!" And she feels so happy, and she wears the face of Cygnini.  

Letting go of her was not easy but winning her back was harder than anything I could have ever imagined'After nearly losing the love of his life to a terrible accident, Ronnie realizes how much he loves Adira and what an idiot he had been to hurt her...

Lukan Gardova is a cardsharp, academy dropout, and - thanks to a duel that ended badly - the disgraced heir to an ancient noble house. His life consists of cheap wine, rigged card games and wondering how he might win back the life he threw away. When Lukan discovers that his estranged father has been murdered in strange circumstances, he finds fresh purpose. Deprived of his chance to make amends for his mistakes, he vows to unravel the mystery behind his father's death. His search for answers leads him to Saphrona, fabled city of merchant princes.

A delightful and hilarious supernatural adventure featuring a lady-in-waiting who must keep the court safe from murder, from the author of The Rook. Alexandra Dennis-Palmer-Hudson-Gilmore-Garnsey (call me “Alix”), the twelfth Lady Mondegreen, has never had any control of her life. Her...

‘Bound to be an immediate classic’ – HANNAH KANER ‘Will tear out your heart and heal it in the same breath’ – ELIZA CHAN ‘Richly imagined and transportive’ – OLIVIE BLAKE ‘A haunting story of loneliness, love and loss’ – GARETH BROWN ** A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK ** A...

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