Published By: John MurrayPages: 272Released On: 06/11/2025 Before she was a hideous monster, the queen of the underworld was simply Hel. But cast as a girl out of lofty Asgard, realm of the gods, by Odin the Allfather, Hel’s fate as the terrible goddess of death is sealed. Half beauty, half crone, she has reigned forContinue reading “The Shapeshifter’s Daughter – Sally Magnusson”
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The White Octopus Hotel – Alexandra Bell
Published By: Del ReyPages: 400Released On: 28/10/2025 ‘Have you travelled a long way?’ she asked carefully. A smile twitched at the corner of his mouth. ‘Well, yes,” he said slowly. ‘Yes, you could say that. But it was worth the wait.’ When reclusive art appraiser Eve Shaw shakes the hand of a silver-haired gentleman inContinue reading “The White Octopus Hotel – Alexandra Bell”
Costumes for Time Travellers – A. R. Capetta
Published By: WalkerPages: 224Released On: 09/10/2025 Anyone who has hiked through time knows the town of Pocket. It’s the place time travellers first reach after they stumble away from their hometime, passing through on their way to any other when. To Calisto, Pocket is home. They love their grandmother’s shop, which is filled with clothes fromContinue reading “Costumes for Time Travellers – A. R. Capetta”
Magic at the Grand Dragonfly Theatre – Brandie June
Published By: IBPAPages: 304Released On: 07/10/2025 Welcome to the Grand Dragonfly Theatre. Violet Ashmore is an aspiring playwright who lives in her sister’s shadow. While Iris performs onstage, Violet hides forbidden magic. Should anyone discover the powers she’s hidden her whole life, she would be conscripted to fight in the same war that stole awayContinue reading “Magic at the Grand Dragonfly Theatre – Brandie June”
Cinder House – Freya Marske
Published By: TorPages: 144Released On: 09/10/2025 You think you know Cinderella’s story: the ball, the magical shoes, the handsome prince. You’re halfway right, and all-the-way wrong. Ella is a haunting. Murdered at sixteen, her furious ghost is trapped in her father’s house, invisible to everyone except her stepmother and stepsisters. Even when she discovers howContinue reading “Cinder House – Freya Marske”
Twice – Mitch Albom
Published By: SpherePages: 320Released On: 07/10/2025 When he is eight years old, Alfie Logan discovers the magical ability to get a second chance at everything. He can undo any moment and live it again. The one catch: he must accept the consequences of his second try – for better or worse. He grows up correctingContinue reading “Twice – Mitch Albom”
No Friend to This House – Natalie Haynes
Published By: MantlePages: 384Released On: 11/09/2025 This is what no one tells you, in the songs sung about Jason and the Argo. This part of his quest has been forgotten, by everyone but me . . . Jason and his Argonauts set sail to find the Golden Fleece. The journey is filled with danger, for himContinue reading “No Friend to This House – Natalie Haynes”
The Transcendent Tide – Doug Johnstone
Published By: OrendaPages: 300Released On: 14/08/2025 It’s been eighteen months since the traumatic events of The Collapsing Wave, where the Enceladons escaped the clutches of the American military intent on exterminating the peaceful alien creatures. Lennox and Vonnie have been lying low in the Scottish Highlands, Ava has been caring for her young daughter Chloe, and HeatherContinue reading “The Transcendent Tide – Doug Johnstone”
The Society of Unknowable Objects – Gareth Brown
Published By: BantamPages: 352Released On: 07/08/2025 The world of unknowable objects – magical items that most people have no idea possess powers – has been quiet for decades . . . But three current members of a secret society have remained watchful, meeting every six months in the basement of a bookshop in London. TheyContinue reading “The Society of Unknowable Objects – Gareth Brown”
The Library of Second Chances – Molly Reid
Published By: WildfirePages: 288Released On: 12/08/2025 How does a girl with her head permanently stuck in a book look beyond stories and start over? If only it were that simple . . .Chloe’s life feels like a book with a missing chapter. Stuck in a rut and back in her quiet hometown of Wellbridge, ChloeContinue reading “The Library of Second Chances – Molly Reid”
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