Family changes everything.

Tao roams the dusty countryside with only her mule for company, telling small fortunes, for small prices. Fleeing a troubled past, she knows big fortunes come with big consequences.

Until one day, when she finds herself joining a desperate search for a lost child. Alongside an ex-mercenary, a (semi) reformed thief, an overly enthusiastic baker and a slightly magical cat, Tao will need to risk everything to save the family she never thought she'd have.

Can her walls finally break down, or will the shadows of her past close in?

A cozy, heart-warming fantasy adventure about trying to find yourself - and finding family instead.

In New York City where we lay our scene, two rival witch families fight to maintain control of their respective criminal ventures. On one side of the conflict are the Antonova sisters, each one beautiful, cunning, and ruthless, and their mother, the elusive supplier of premium intoxicants known only as Baba Yaga. On the other side, the influential Fedorov brothers serve their father, the crime boss known as Koschei the Deathless, whose community extortion ventures dominate the shadows of magical Manhattan.

After twelve years of tenuous coexistence, a change in one family’s interests causes a rift in the existing stalemate. When bad blood brings both families to the precipice of disaster, fate intervenes with a chance encounter, and in the aftershocks of a resurrected conflict, everyone must choose a side. As each of the siblings struggles to stake their claim, fraying loyalties threaten to rot each side from the inside out.

If, that is, the enmity between empires doesn’t destroy them first.

A dazzlingly epic debut that charts the incredible, adventurous life of one woman as she journeys the globe trying to outrun a mysterious curse that will destroy her if she stops moving.

Paris, 1885: Aubry Tourvel, a spoiled and stubborn nine-year-old girl, comes across a wooden puzzle ball on her walk home from school. She tosses it over the fence, only to find it in her backpack that evening. Days later, at the family dinner table, she starts to bleed to death.

When medical treatment only makes her worse, she flees to the outskirts of the city, where she realizes that it is this very act of movement that keeps her alive. So begins her lifelong journey on the run from her condition, which won’t allow her to stay anywhere for longer than a few days—nor return to a place where she’s already been.

From the scorched dunes of the Calashino Sand Sea to the snow-packed peaks of the Himalayas; from a bottomless well in a Parisian courtyard, to the shelves of an infinite underground library, we follow Aubry as she learns what it takes to survive and ultimately, to truly live. But the longer Aubry wanders and the more desperate she is to share her life with others, the clearer it becomes that the world she travels through may not be quite the same as everyone else’s...

Fiercely independent and hopeful, yet full of longing, Aubry Tourvel is an unforgettable character fighting her way through a world of wonders to find a place she can call home. A spellbinding and inspiring story about discovering meaning in a life that seems otherwise impossible, A Short Walk Through a Wide World reminds us that it’s not the destination, but rather the journey—no matter how long it lasts—that makes us who we are.

A prequel to the original Hunger Games trilogy, that explores the origins of a young Coriolanus Snow and his mentor-tribute relationship with Lucy Gray Baird during the 10th Hunger Games.

It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capital, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.

The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined -- every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death.

Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute... and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.

In the glass city of Amoria, magic is everything. And Naila, student at the city's academy, is running out of time to prove she can control hers. If she fails, she'll be forced into exile . . . or consumed by her own power.

When a tragic incident threatens her place at the Academy, Naila is saved by Haelius Akana, the most powerful living mage. Haelius risks his reputation to help her to harness her abilities, but he has many enemies who desire him - and Naila - to fail. Trapped in the deadly schemes of Amoria's elite, Naila must discover the truth of her powers, or watch Amoria descend into civil war.

For there is danger brewing on the wind, and greater forces at work across the wider world. Forces who could use her powers for good . . . or destroy everything she's ever known.

Avoiding fate is a lot harder than I expected.

The day the alphas dragged me to Golden Claw I'd thought my life was over. After years of running from the packs and the shifter cities they ruled over, I finally found myself trapped within their borders.

Trapped and surrounded by my scent matches. My fated mates.

Four, disturbingly perfect alphas, who claimed me as one of their quintet. Despite my determination to keep them at arm's length, and escape the moment the Alpha Council let their guard down... I find myself completely ensnared.

The pack works its way into my life and heart with an ease that should terrify me. They show me the perfection of a bond filled with respect and care, and give me a glimpse of a future I never expected to have.

A future that I'd believed would be my downfall.

When I'm stolen away by the very shifters who destroyed my mom, I find myself fighting to not only protect myself, but also the alphas I'm growing to care about. As more of my past is revealed, and the bond to my pack deepens, I start to question everything I thought I knew about my mom's death.

With enemies surrounding us, I have no choice but to trust in my pack. Trust and hope that my world is not about to crash and burn around me.

* This is book two in a why choose romance with very dominant and possessive male main characters. The female main character will not choose between the love interests. It's a full length (115k words) romantasy and contains adult themes and descriptions that are suitable for 18+.

Discover the romantic, addictive and thrilling world of Tahereh Mafi’s fantasy Shatter Me series. This stunning hardback collector’s edition with its exclusive design and gold reading ribbon is the perfect gift for fans and new readers alike.

Juliette Ferrars isn't who she thinks she is.

Nothing in her world is what it seemed. She thought she'd defeated The Reestablishment. She thought she'd finally taken control of her life, her power, her pain. But a lifetime of lies unravelling before her has changed all that.

Stronger, braver, and more resilient than ever, Juliette must fight for life and love. But first she has to survive the war being raged against her mind.

She has to remember who she was.

In a world where magic is bound by colour, one boy awakens with none.

The Empire of Ithuriel stands divided among seven Orders of magic, each jealously guarding its power and weaving a sacred lie: that the Void beyond the Veil is only destruction. But the truth is far older and far more dangerous. The Void was once the Source itself—radiant, whole—until betrayal shattered it into hunger and silence.

Ren Cael, an orphan abandoned at a village inn, never expected more than a quiet life of chores and lantern festivals. But when a knife meant for his throat halts midair at his unspoken command—without colour, without incantation—his life unravels. Declared an anomaly by Archmagister Corvallis and dragged before the Academy, Ren discovers that he is not fire, not shadow, not storm—he is something else. Something feared. Something erased from the histories.

Placed among the Orderless—students cast out from every Colour—Ren finds allies as strange as himself: Kael, a flame-born warrior with too much defiance for Ignari discipline; Riven, a scion of nobility whose poise hides a blade; Silas, an Umbrancy exile walking with shadows; Tyven, an alchemical prodigy too reckless for Verdara; and Lira, a silver-haired seer whose visions may already know his fate. Together, they begin to uncover the Empire's deepest secret: the Rift did not destroy magic—it only twisted it. And what sleeps beneath the Isle may yet awaken.

Visions plague Ren—a white flame split into seven, the betrayal of the Devoured, and a staff cradling a flame without colour. The Orders watch him as a weapon, a heresy, or a last hope. And beyond the Veil, something older stirs. It knows his name. It has been waiting.

To restore balance, Ren must decide: hide with the ones he has grown to love, or step into the rift between worlds and risk everything to mend what was broken. But to heal the Source, he may have to unseal the very wound bleeding darkness—and summon what has slept for millennia.

The Rifted is the opening volume of The Riftborn Chronicles—an epic fantasy of shattered truths and forbidden magic, perfect for readers of The Wheel of Time, The Death Gate Cycle, and Daughter of the Empire. Rich worldbuilding, a revolutionary magic system, and characters bound by love, exile, and prophecy drive this tale of belonging, betrayal, and the thin line between salvation and ruin.

HBO's hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin's internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A GAME OF THRONES is the first volume in the series. 'So vivid that you'll be hooked within a few pages' The Times Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must ... and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty. The old gods have no power in the south, Stark's family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, the vengeance-mad heir of the deposed Dragon King has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities. He claims the Iron Throne.

Alchemist. Poisoner. Reluctant queen.

Wren Embervale knows her duty demands a crown, even if it means a strategic betrothal to the influential Lord Darian Devereux. Their arranged marriage promises the formidable army she needs to wrestle her kingdom from the clutches of the tyrannical usurper, Silas. Yet Wren’s heart still belongs to Torj Elderbrock, her soul-bonded Warsword.

Torn between her pragmatic alliance and the visceral pull of her bond with Torj, Wren must navigate a treacherous landscape of courtly intrigue and looming war. As Silas’s shadow alchemy tightens its grip on the midrealms and a creeping poison steals Torj’s strength, Wren’s carefully constructed facade begins to crack . . .

Can Wren play the dutiful fiancée to secure her throne while her body and soul yearns for the warrior who would lay down his life for her? Or will the tangled threads of political necessity leave her kingdom – and her heart – in ashes?

The signs at the time of her birth - the blackness covering the sun and the reluctance of a fortune-teller to comment on the fate of the infant Athenais - were to be of a significance discernible later in the young girl's life.Sent to assume her position as a lady-in-waiting at the court of Louis XIV of France, Athenais swiftly becomes embroiled in the bitter jealousy and rivalry among the girls who vie ruthlessly for the affections of the King. Even in the wake of alternative relationships with other members of the court, the young duchess's determination to win over the King persists and it is this self-centred competition that drives Athenais to seek the macabre assistance of local sorceress La Voisin; a step which might have been avoided had she taken heed of the fortune-teller's words at her birth.

Emerson Parker is exhausted. She spends her days chasing around her high energy, half-shifter toddler and her nights working full-time trying to make ends meet.

...oh, and add in the absolute cluster of a situation her ex dumped in her lap on his way out?

Well, that's just icing on the cake.

With virtually no options left, Emerson heads for Haven, a sanctuary city for monsters and humans alike. Survival means taking a job at The Monster's Den - a club that caters to the inhuman residents of her new home.

But freedom comes with complications of its own: delusional monsters dead set on inserting themselves into her life and her bed.

With the North American Alpha hot on her heels and monsters standing in his way...

Will it be enough to keep Emerson and her daughter safe?

They say Black Dow's killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbor, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud. Thousands of men are converging on a forgotten ring of stones, on a worthless hill, in an unimportant valley, and they've brought a lot of sharpened metal with them.
THE HEROES
For glory, for victory, for staying alive.