Published By: Bantam/TransworldPages: 368Released On: 30/11/2023 Light and dark – this is the destiny placed upon Natasha and Clara, the birthright bestowed on them by their godfather, the mysterious sorcerer Drosselmeyer. Clara, the favourite, grows into beauty and ease, while Natasha is cursed to live in her sister’s shadow. But one fateful Christmas Eve, NatashaContinue reading “The Kingdom of Sweets – Erika Johansen”
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A December to Remember – Jenny Bayliss
Published By: Pan MacmillanPages: 400Released On: 09/11/2023 Wildly different half-sisters Maggie, Simone, and Star have hardly seen each other since their idyllic summers spent in the charming village of Rowan Thorp, the home of their eccentric father, Augustus. Known for the fruitful ways in which his bustling curiosity shop kept the tired town afloat, AugustusContinue reading “A December to Remember – Jenny Bayliss”
Alexandra Benedict
Despite wanting to be a writer since she was four years old, Alexandra took the scenic route, becoming an indie-rock singer, a composer for film and TV, an actor, and a university lecturer, before writing full time. She lives by the sea in Eastbourne with her husband, writer Guy Adams, their daughter Verity, and theirContinue reading “Alexandra Benedict”
Operation Nativity – Jenny Pearson
Published By: Usborne PublishingPages: 352Released On: 09/11/2023Reading Age: 7-10Illustrated By: Katie Kear When Oscar and Molly rush outside to investigate a crash in the night, they’re not expecting to find a dazed Angel Gabriel wandering around their grandparents’ back garden. And they’re certainly not expecting to find themselves in a race to save Christmas. ButContinue reading “Operation Nativity – Jenny Pearson”
Alice Bell
My name is Alice Bell, aged 33 and ¾, and I started trying to write books when I was about 11. There followed 20 odd years of failure, during which I got a job writing about video games, got married, got divorced, moved several times and eventually ended up in Cork in Ireland, which isContinue reading “Alice Bell”
Christmas by Candlelight – Karen Swan
Published By: PanPages: 416Released On: 26/10/2023 It’s three days before Christmas and starting to snow when high-flier Libby and her new boyfriend reluctantly attend her university reunion on the way back from a wedding in Yorkshire. Hosted by Archie Templeton – the heartbreaker of their group – at his grand family estate, the night isContinue reading “Christmas by Candlelight – Karen Swan”
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”
The Four – Ellie Keel
Published By: HQPages: 368Released On: 11/04/2024 We were always The Four. From our very first day at High Realms. The four scholarship pupils. Outsiders in a world of power and privilege. It would have made our lives a lot easier if Marta had simply pushed Genevieve out of our bedroom window that day. Certainly, itContinue reading “The Four – Ellie Keel”
The Curious Kidnapping of Nora W – Cate Green
Published By: One More ChapterPages: 384Released On: 20/07/2023 I am the oldest person ever to have lived in this world. I am the one who lived through their monster camps and brought the ones left of my family to London to make more family. I am the one to laugh at those angry, evil peopleContinue reading “The Curious Kidnapping of Nora W – Cate Green”
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