Published By: TorPages: 352Released On: 09/05/2024 Two women wanted to open a cosy bookshop. They discovered a world of adventure. Reyna and Kianthe dream of opening a friendly book shop together, serving the very best tea and cakes. Worn wooden floors, plants on every table, firelight drifting between the rafters – all complemented by loveContinue reading “Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea – Rebecca Thorne”
Category Archives: Fantasy & Sci-Fi
The Family Experiment – John Marrs
Published By: Macmillan Pages: 400Released On: 09/05/2024 Some families are virtually perfect . . . The world’s population is soaring, creating overcrowded cities and an economic crisis. And in the UK, breaking point has arrived. A growing number of people can no longer afford to start families let alone raise them. But for those desperate to experienceContinue reading “The Family Experiment – John Marrs”
Mania – Lionel Shriver
Published By: The Borough PressPages: 288Released On: 11/04/2024 What if calling someone stupid was illegal? In a reality not too distant from our own, where the so-called Mental Parity Movement has taken hold, the worst thing you can call someone is ‘stupid’. Everyone is equally clever, and discrimination based on intelligence is ‘the last greatContinue reading “Mania – Lionel Shriver”
Harlequin Butterfly – Toh Enjoh
Published By: Pushkin PressPages: 160Released On: 05/03/2024 An affluent entrepreneur named A.A. Abrams sinks seemingly infinite resources into the global pursuit of a writer about whom very little is known. Abrams’ target, known as “Tomoyuki Tomoyuki,” moves from one place to another, producing work in the local language before moving on to another part of theContinue reading “Harlequin Butterfly – Toh Enjoh”
The Blueprint – Rae Giana Rashad
Published By: HarperCollinsPages: 320Released On: 13/02/2024 Solenne Bonet lives in Texas where choice no longer exists. An algorithm determines a Black woman’s occupation, spouse, and residence. Solenne finds solace in penning the biography of Henriette, an ancestor who’d been an enslaved concubine to a wealthy planter in 1800s Louisiana. But history repeats itself when Solenne,Continue reading “The Blueprint – Rae Giana Rashad”
The Book of Doors – Gareth Brown
Published By: BantamPages: 416Released On: 15/02/2024 If you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go?In New York, bookseller Cassie Andrews is living an unassuming life when she is given a gift by a favourite customer. It’s a book – an unusual book, full of strange writing and mysterious drawings. And at theContinue reading “The Book of Doors – Gareth Brown”
All Ora: The Boiling Point – Sotto Voce
Released On: 29/11/2023 Escaping the clutch of Ora, Luke is aware that their freedom is short-lived. They are on the run; the superior Ora still needs him, and it’d stop at nothing. Can he flare against the unbeatable foe? Are they alone in their fight? Do they have a chance against the superior humans andContinue reading “All Ora: The Boiling Point – Sotto Voce”
The Finery – Rachel Grosvenor
Published By: Fly On The Wall PressPages: 300Released On: 25/08/2023 Tyranny is in the air in the city of Finer Bay, and Professor Wendowleen Cripcot would like to be left alone, thank you very much. The memories of the last one hundred years are quite enough to be getting on with, if only these youngContinue reading “The Finery – Rachel Grosvenor”
Guinevere: The Quest for Excalibur – Fil Reid
Published By: Dragonblade PublishingPages: 399Released On: 06/09/2023 Twelve years ago, 21st-century librarian Gwen decided to remain in the Dark Ages with the man she loves above all else – a man around whom endless well-known tales of legend and magic have been spun. King Arthur. Over the years, she’s carved a life for herself byContinue reading “Guinevere: The Quest for Excalibur – Fil Reid”
Conversations With The Dead – Jim Bates
Pages: 335Released On: 04/08/2023 Jasmine “Jazzy” Jaspers is a ten-year-old albino who lives with his mother, an obese telephone sex worker. When his mother dies, Jazzy is sent to live with his grandparents on their farm in southwestern Minnesota. At his mother’s funeral, he meets and befriends his first dead person and it changes hisContinue reading “Conversations With The Dead – Jim Bates”
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