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Living with the Dead
(Hardcover)
Darrell Schweitzer; Introduction by Tim Lebbon; Illustrated by Jason Van Hollander
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R588
Discovery Miles 5 880
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A drizzly, moody, and lustrously carnal rendition of a storybook tale, Savage Blooms is the holy grail for lovers of dark academia and faery magic alike. By the time I got to the epilogue, I was ready to bite into the pages like they were made of faery fruit, just so I'd never have to leave' Sierra Simone, author of Priest. Wuthering Heights meets Sierra Simone in the new Celtic-inspired erotic fantasy romance from Sunday Times bestseller S.T. Gibson, author of the cult phenomenon A Dowry of Blood. For as long as Adam can remember, the legends passed down from his world-traveling grandfather have called him to a crumbling manor in the Highlands. His closest friend Nicola longs for the same adventure, as well as for Adam himself. She'll follow him just about anywhere -even to the remote wilds of Scotland-if it pushes the pair to surrender to their shared attraction. But when a storm strikes and strands them unexpectedly, Adam and Nicola find themselves at the mercy of the eccentric owner of the infamous house, Eileen, as well as her brooding groundskeeper, Finley. Trapped by the weather, and bound by ancient faery magic, Nicola and Adam get more than they bargained for as they become entangled in Eileen and Finley's world of mind games, deceit and forbidden desire. As ancestral sins are unearthed, Adam and Nicola will have to reckon with the spell Eileen and Finley have cast over them - and whether or not they even want to be free. Praise for S.T. Gibson's A Dowry of Blood: 'With Savage Blooms, Gibson cements herself as one of the strongest and most unique voices in gothic romance. This dangerous and decadent subversion of a found family is fresh, unabashedly queer, and gripping from the very first rain-soaked page. Gibson is a ferociously talented writer at the top of her game' Sydney Shields, author of The Honey Witch
Where there’s a will, there’s a war.
Thayer Wren, brilliant CEO of Wrenfare Magitech, is dead. As the
‘father of modern technology,’ he leaves an incredible legacy. But
which of his three telepathically and electrokinetically gifted
children could inherit the Wrenfare throne?
Meredith, head of her own profitable company, has recently cured mental
illness. If only her journalist ex-boyfriend wasn’t set on exposing
what she really is: a total fraud. Arthur, second-youngest congressman
ever, wants to do everything right. Except his wife might be leaving,
and he’s losing his re-election campaign. Heading Wrenfare could
relaunch his sinking ship. Eilidh was a world-famous ballerina, until a
life-altering injury. Gaining the company might finally validate her
worth.
On the pipeline of gifted kid to clinically depressed adult, nobody
wins. Yet as they gather to read his final words, which Wren will come
out on top?
This is a compulsive contemporary fantasy of family, twisted love and
dangerous secrets from a writer at the height of her powers.
Saving the world is a test no school of magic can prepare you for in the triumphant conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate.
The one thing you never talk about while you’re in the Scholomance is what you’ll do when you get out. Not even the richest enclaver would tempt fate that way. But it’s all we dream about: the hideously slim chance we’ll survive to make it out the gates and improbably find ourselves with a life ahead of us, a life outside the Scholomance halls.
And now the impossible dream has come true. I’m out, we’re all out—and I didn’t even have to turn into a monstrous dark witch to make it happen. So much for my great-grandmother’s prophecy of doom and destruction. I didn’t kill enclavers, I saved them. Me and Orion and our allies. Our graduation plan worked to perfection: We saved everyone and made the world safe for all wizards and brought peace and harmony to all the enclaves everywhere.
Ha, only joking! Actually, it’s gone all wrong. Someone else has picked up the project of destroying enclaves in my stead, and probably everyone we saved is about to get killed in the brewing enclave war. And the first thing I’ve got to do now, having miraculously gotten out of the Scholomance, is turn straight around and find a way back in.
'Mary E. Pearson is a fearless storyteller' Stephanie Garber Vow of
Thieves is the thrilling sequel to Dance of Thieves, set in the
same world as Mary E. Pearson's New York Times bestselling Remnant
Chronicles. Kazi and Jase have survived, stronger and more in love
than ever. Their new life now lies before them - the Ballengers
will be outlaws no longer, Tor's Watch will be a kingdom, and Kazi
and Jase will meet all challenges side by side, together at last.
But an ominous warning mars their journey back, and they soon find
themselves captured in a tangled web of deceit woven by their
greatest enemies and unlikeliest allies, a place where betrayals
run deeper and more deadly than either had thought possible, and
where timeless ambitions threaten to destroy them both. PRAISE FOR
MARY E. PEARSON 'One of my favorite reads of the year' Alyson Noel
'Deeply satisfying, intricately plotted fantasy' Robin LaFevers
'Breathtaking' Booklist 'Heart-pounding' Cinda Williams Chima
From World Fantasy Award-winning author Tasha Suri comes The Isle in the Silver Sea, a heart-shattering romantasy of sapphic longing, medieval folklore and a love that spans the centuries. In an island nation fuelled by stories, the knight and the witch are fated to fall in love and doom each other over and over, the same tale retold over hundreds of lifetimes. Simran is a witch of the woods. Vina is a knight of the Queen's court. When the two women begin to fall for each other, how can they surrender to their desires, when to give in is to destroy each other? As they seek a way to break the cycle, a mysterious assassin begins targeting tales like theirs. To survive, the two will need to write a story stronger than the one that fate has given to them. But what tale is stronger than The Knight and the Witch?
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