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Things are not well within the Lodrak Empire. An entire city goes up in smoke and ash, and an entire province is slowly being consumed by an ever-expanding cloud of death. But while the humans rally to contain the fallout of this disaster, they are much quicker to pin the blame for it on their elven neighbors to the north. With centuries' worth of strife and bad blood between the two nations flaring up, all out war is rapidly becoming an inevitability.

The fae spend their entire lives searching for their true mate. But me? I know who mine is. And I don't want him. My name is Astrid. I'm a fae—a seer and a healer. Not much scares me. But him? That's the darkness I'm never going to let catch me. Forewarned is book one in the new gripping, sexy...

We're created from birth to unite soulmates and stop the monsters that would tear them apart. We're trained to fight, to kill… and born without the ability to feel the thing we give. A cupid can't feel love. A cupid can't have a soulmate. And a cupid can't fall in love with their sworn enemy, with the monster they're destined to destroy. Until… Theo.

An instant No. 1 Sunday Times & New York Times Bestseller, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is a twisting tale of power, immortality and the terrifying price of freedom from V. E. Schwab. Three women share one desire: to break the rules men use to bind them. 1532. León, Spain: María, wild...

**WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2026** 'A wildly inventive, truly magical tour de force' – Ava Reid, bestselling author of A Study in Drowning An instant Sunday Times bestseller, The Everlasting is a time-travelling, genre-defying, utterly fantasical quest of love and endurance. Alix...

Tossed to monsters to be feasted upon for her master's entertainment, Flum makes the desperate choice to reach for a cursed weapon...and something new awakens within her. A grimdark tale about one woman's blood-soaked quest to reclaim her life!

USA TODAY BESTSELLER A mysterious inheritance draws orphaned teacher Darcy O’Sullivan to the eerie coastal town of Fairydale, where she becomes entangled in a deadly love triangle while facing an ancient evil that could destroy them all in this haunting and seductive blend of gothic horror and...

THE NEWEST NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE STARVING SAINTS The only thing more terrifying than a brood's hunger . . . is its mothers. Beatrice is a broodmother. A vampire of blood and nurture, charged with guiding the newly undead through their first, transformational years. Beneath her patron’s...

‘This book is a pressure-cooked vial crafted with perfect romantic tension and pure gangster-style grit … I loved every chapter’ RAVEN KENNEDY, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Plated Prisoner series. Peaky Blinders meets Six of Crows in Australian BookTok star Stacey McEwan’s...

DESCENT INTO DESPAIR The Church was defeated. Flum was ready for the peaceful life she'd always wanted. And then Origin struck without warning--driving the inhabitants of the capital mad and making them kill each other. Even Flum, overtaken by Origin's brainwashing influence, is compelled to...

If given the chance to be a genius, few people would say no. Outstanding talent is a key component of great success, after all. What form this ‘great success’ takes is largely up to the individual, but it is often associated with money, fame, and power. Selfish pursuits, yes, but it is only natural to look out for number one first and foremost. This is true even of the altruistic. For instance, if some wonder-child figures out a foolproof way to achieve lasting world peace they would still need an immense amount of influence and resources to turn that idea into reality.

When art birthed vicious shadow monsters hungering for those who created it, all forms of creative expression were banned. But the immortal royals destined to be humanity's salvation have their own monstrous affliction: the need to consume human blood. Inana's illegal storytelling has turned her...

The war is in full swing. Following the unprecedented outcome of the siege at Fort Yimin, both the Republic and the Empire are forced to drastically reevaluate their plans for the conflict. With matters on the western front more or less settled for the moment, the warring nations turn their attention toward the eastern theatre. Winter looms on the horizon, threatening to deadlock the region and put a temporary halt to hostilities.

Brought to you by Penguin. A visionary and atmospheric gothic fantasy about necromancy, vengeance, and soul-consuming love, the first in a duology from the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning and Lady Macbeth. Once there was an island where the dead walked the earth, and seven...

I've dreamed about the day I'd finally meet my fated mate. I just never expected him to be the most ruthless shifter that ever existed. A killer. Unhinged. Cold and broken. And the fates gave him to me? In the light, I bake sweet treats. In the dark, I'm a weapon. And in the hands of someone...

Being undead is hard enough without a cosmic girlfriend, a vengeful family, and a city full of shadow creatures watching your every move. Eldritch Blackwood Jr. was supposed to spend his winter break catching up on spellwork, not figuring out the square footage of an apartment that no longer obeys Euclidean geometry. But the shadows are growing bolder, and the walls between realms are cracking. The cause? Lea, a reality-warping eldritch entity with a soft spot for stray cats... and one very special, very anxious necromancer.

What do you do when the person you are bonded to eternally has betrayed you? Simple. You make his life hell. As the Shadow Princes secrets finally unravel, Im left scrambling to pick up the pieces. Hiding in another kingdom might fix all my problems, right? My mate will be left in the darkness...

Brought to you by Penguin. Eccentric, infamous and exceedingly wealthy, the romantic novelist Cassandra Tipp has, it seems, vanished. In her large, rambling house sits a pile of paper addressed to her niece and nephew. It is a letter. Cassie has been a murder suspect twice in her life. Her...

The most dangerous night of the year is upon Coggeshall. Fiends' Night, when the boundary between Vuldranni and hell is the weakest. And so hell comes out to play. To survive the night, Montana must put his entire holding on lockdown and turn hastily made cave apartments into an actual, inviting home for thousands of Coggeshall residents. Most of whom don't really know or like each other. And all of whom have different ideas of what needs to be done on Fiends' Night.

It’s amazing what the lack of immediate threat to one’s life and wellbeing can do for a person’s disposition. High risk, high reward endeavors suddenly seem far less appealing, month-long delays are no longer a cause for concern, and sleeping in every single day of the week becomes an extremely attractive proposition. Indeed, without a pressing need to aggressively expand its power, Boxxy T. Morningwood is finally able to simply sit back, enjoy life, and watch the world both turn and burn.