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“Mysterious and mesmerizing.”—Claire Stanford, Author of Happy for You 

Yellow is a luminous, genre-defying debut that fuses cosmic mystery, trauma, and transformation. It will take you on a journey through time, space, and the inner wilderness of one girl’s mind.

It’s 1973: summer of the Watergate hearings and Skylab’s launch into space when 12-year-old Z discovers an unclassified slime mold growing in her Louisiana backyard. Something compels her deep coherence with this magical creature—until an incident with a serial killer at the lake disrupts their connection. Both mystifying and metaphorical, Yellow becomes a guiding force for her brother Clem, a New Orleans seeker. As years pass, Z tries to recover what life has taught her to forget. A multi-threaded novel, Yellow weaves fact, physics, space exploration, and philosophy to create a transcendent reading experience.

The heartening and hilarious story of a woman who doesn’t have it all figured out just yet.

After accidentally-on-purpose exploding her listless marriage by being discovered in bed with the next-door neighbours, Clemence Lathbury returns to her hometown resolved to build a life for herself that is good and substantial, to become the kind of sensible woman who won’t be distracted by frippery and romance. It’s supposed to be Eat, Pray, Love, without the love part. But no woman is an island, and soon Clemence finds herself embroiled in neighbourhood drama; beginning a crusade at the local bookshop; becoming adopted by a well-groomed, one-eyed cat; and being forced to admit her attraction to two very different men—each a romantic lead in his own right. But how to choose? And never mind the complications of her quirky family …

A novel about friendship, community, and church jumble sales, Definitely Thriving is a celebration of people who are perfectly imperfect, and all the love and support that’s required for one woman to make it on her own.

From the bestselling author of Veil of Doubt and The Grays of Truth comes a riveting tale of political intrigue, romance, and betrayal set in antebellum Virginia.

John “Jack” Mason McCarty and his second cousin Armistead Mason are proud sons of the Virginia aristocracy—and as different as two men can be. Deeply ambitious and politically minded, Armistead has his sights on Congress and demands a level of respect he may not deserve. Jack, too, longs to make a name for himself, if he can stop gambling and drinking long enough to use his considerable wit to his advantage. Jack has little patience for Armistead’s arrogance, while Armistead views Jack as a debaucherous adolescent unworthy of honor or respect—and neither is afraid to voice his opinion of the other.

A poisonous animosity begins to fester between the two men, fueled by political schemes, illicit affairs, and scandalous reports in the press. Though the women who love them urge restraint, their bitter dispute nevertheless sets into motion a devastating chain of events that risks much more than their honor.

The first book in the Fields of Honor series and based on the true events behind the 1819 Mason–McCarty duel, Masque of Honor is a story of valor, conviction, and the cost of sacrificing one life to forge another.

Junto con otras trece competidoras, Tem debe entrenar con un basilisco para aprender el arte de la seducción y ganarse el corazón del príncipe Leo.

Cuando Caspen es asignado como su tutor, Tem se da cuenta de que él es quien ha entrenado a todas las ganadoras previas y de que la posibilidad de conquistar al príncipe no es solo un sueño. Pero la antigua rivalidad entre humanos y basiliscos no ha sido olvidada, y la tensión entre ambos bandos no para de aumentar, por lo que ahora Tem se siente atrapada entre lo que siempre soñó y sus deseos. A medida que su vínculo con Caspen se hace más fuerte, también incrementa su conexión con el príncipe.

Tras descubrir un terrible secreto sobre la familia real, Tem deberá decidir a quién apoyar, lo único evidente es que ni Leo ni Caspen podrán sobrevivir sin ella. Un libro no apto para leer en público repleto de juegos de seducción y un triángulo amoroso que podría destruir reinos enteros. No te pierdas la historia que está emocionando a todo el mundo.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Alongside thirteen other contestants, Tem must train with a basilisk to master the art of seduction and win Prince Leo’s heart.

When Caspen is assigned as her mentor, Tem realizes he’s the one who trained all the previous winners—and that capturing the prince’s heart may not be just a dream. But the ancient rivalry between humans and basilisks hasn’t been forgotten, and as tension rises between both sides, Tem finds herself torn between her lifelong dream and the stirrings of her desire. As her bond with Caspen deepens, so does her connection to Leo.

After uncovering a dark secret about the royal family, Tem must choose whom to stand with—the only certainty is that neither Leo nor Caspen can survive without her. A novel not fit for public reading, packed with seductive power plays and a love triangle that could bring entire kingdoms to ruin. Don’t miss the story that’s captivating readers everywhere.

Arriesgada. Polémica. Oscura.

Atrévete con la novela más viral de Penelope Douglas.

El amor es un tabú que no conoce reglas.

Tiernan de Haas ya no le importa nada ni nadie. Hija única de un productor de cine y de su famosa esposa, ha crecido rodeada de riqueza y privilegios, pero sin amor ni un hogar de verdad. Cuando sus padres fallecen de repente, sabe que debería estar devastada. Pero ¿ha cambiado algo realmente? Al fin y al cabo, siempre ha estado sola.

Jake Van der Berg, el hermanastro de su padre y su único pariente vivo, asume la tutela de Tiernan, a quien todavía le faltan dos meses para cumplir los dieciocho años. Tiernan es enviada a vivir con él y sus dos hijos, Noah y Kaleb, en las montañas de Colorado.

Lejos del resto del mundo, mientras los tres la toman bajo su protección y la enseñan a trabajar y sobrevivir en los bosques remotos, ella encuentra su lugar entre ellos… Las líneas se difuminan y las reglas se vuelven fáciles de romper cuando nadie más está mirando.

Uno de ellos la tiene.

El otro la desea.

Pero él... Él la hará suya para siempre.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Daring. Controversial. Dark.

Dive into Penelope Douglas’s most viral novel.

Love is a taboo that plays by no rules.

Tiernan de Haas doesn’t care about anyone—or anything. The only child of a famous actress and a film producer, she’s grown up surrounded by wealth and privilege, but without love or a real home. When her parents die suddenly, she knows she should be devastated. But has anything truly changed? After all, she’s always been alone.

Jake Van der Berg, her father’s half-brother and her only living relative, takes custody of Tiernan, who is still two months shy of turning eighteen. She’s sent to live with him and his two sons, Noah and Kaleb, deep in the mountains of Colorado.

Far from the world, the three take her under their wing and teach her how to work and survive in the rugged wilderness. She begins to find her place among them… Lines blur and rules become easy to break when no one else is watching.

One of them has her.

Another wants her.

But he... He will claim her forever.

Dos mujeres. Una misión: evitar que los nazis roben y destruyan invaluables obras de arte.

Los hermanos Sophie y Dietrich abandonaron su hogar en Alemania para escapar del régimen nazi. Cuando París, el lugar donde huyeron, cae bajo el yugo alemán, Dietrich es asesinado por pertenecer a la resistencia. Devastada por la muerte de su hermano y sola en una ciudad que alguna vez creyó refugio, Sophie se ve forzada a aceptar un puesto como restauradora de arte en el Museo Jeu de Paume bajo la supervisión de la comisión de arte alemana que utiliza el espacio como depósito para las obras que han confiscado a las familias judías.

La esposa de Dietrich, Fabienne Brandt, era una pintora en ascenso hasta que los nazis comenzaron a perseguirla por considerar sus trabajos como “degenerados”. Todavía de luto por la pérdida de su marido y la interrupción de su carrera, Fabienne vive encerrada en su casa hasta que Sophie, su cuñada, llega a su puerta con un cuadro robado.

Pronto, las dos mujeres se embarcan en una aventura para salvar las pinturas que el Tercer Reich quiere desaparecer: trabajan ante las narices de los principales conocedores de arte de Alemania para reemplazar las obras del Museo Jeu de Paume con hábiles falsificaciones, pero ¿cuánto tiempo podrán Sophie y Fabienne mantener su magistral engaño?

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Two women. One mission: to prevent the Nazis from stealing and destroying priceless works of art.

Siblings Sophie and Dietrich fled their home in Germany to escape the Nazi regime. When Paris—the city they escaped to—falls under German control, Dietrich is killed for his involvement in the resistance. Grieving her brother’s death and alone in a city she once considered safe, Sophie is forced to take a job as an art restorer at the Musée Jeu de Paume, now overseen by the German art commission, which uses the space to store artwork confiscated from Jewish families.

Dietrich’s wife, Fabienne Brandt, was a rising painter until the Nazis deemed her work “degenerate” and began persecuting her. Still mourning her husband and the abrupt halt of her career, Fabienne isolates herself in her home—until Sophie, her sister-in-law, arrives with a stolen painting.

Soon, the two women set out on a daring mission to rescue the paintings the Third Reich seeks to erase: they work under the noses of Germany’s top art experts to replace the museum’s masterpieces with flawless forgeries. But how long can Sophie and Fabienne keep up their brilliant deception?

Javi vive en una casa de madera encima de la ferretería que atiende su madre. Pero dependiendo del clima, de su abuelo, de los tiroteos, o de la furia de su padre, la casa de Javi puede estar arriba o abajo. Arriba su madre se llama Pilar, abajo es una Chica Bombón; arriba su padre es una careta de soldar, abajo un fantasma; arriba Javi le cambia los pañales a su abuelo, abajo espanta pretendientes a su madre; arriba hace nieve frotando bloques de foam, abajo construye una playa con la arena que venden en sacos; arriba Javi es un niño cruel, abajo es un adolescente tierno; arriba es gringo y abajo puertorriqueño.

Esto también es una casa es un tour de force entre un hijo y una madre, entre una casa y una ferretería, entre lo que tiene arreglo y lo que nunca lo tendrá, entre el dolor y la ternura, y entre la belleza y la violencia que implica vivir en el Caribe. Con una prosa limpia y exacta, profunda y sutil, esta novela pone en función aquel mandamiento de Nabokov: «acaricien los detalles, los divinos detalles».

«Cezanne Cardona es un escritor que rebasó la categoría de promesa: un escritor rotundo que merece leerse, aplaudirse, respetarse», Luis Rafael Sánchez.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Javi lives in a wooden house above the hardware store his mother runs. But depending on the weather, his grandfather, gunfire, or his father's fury, Javi's house might be up or down. Upstairs, his mother is called Pilar; downstairs, she's a Bonbon Girl. Upstairs, his father is a welding mask; downstairs, a ghost. Upstairs, Javi changes his grandfather's diapers; downstairs, he chases off his mother's suitors. Upstairs, he makes snow by rubbing foam blocks; downstairs, he builds a beach with sackfuls of sand. Upstairs, he's a cruel child; downstairs, a tender teenager. Upstairs, he's a gringo; downstairs, Puerto Rican.

This Too Is a House is a tour de force between a son and a mother, between a house and a hardware store, between what can be fixed and what never will be, between pain and tenderness, and between the beauty and violence of life in the Caribbean. With clean, precise, and subtle prose, this novel lives up to Nabokov’s commandment: “caress the details, the divine details.”

“Cezanne Cardona is a writer who has gone far beyond the category of promise: a powerful writer worthy of reading, applauding, and respecting,” —Luis Rafael Sánchez.

Con una atmósfera de radionovela y ritmo de bolero, Antolina Ortiz Moore —autora finalista del Premio Rómulo Gallegos (2020) y el Premio Nadal en España (2019)— «lleva a cabo una asombrosa reconstrucción histórica. Un libro que apela a todos nuestros sentidos y suscita emociones fuertes», Guadalupe Nettel.

Ciudad de México, 1951. Una lluvia torrencial sorprende a los citadinos. El caos cunde mientras una serie de sucesos trágicos —como el hallazgo de mujeres asesinadas flotando en los drenajes de la ciudad— ha puesto en evidencia la descomposición de la gran urbe. Los habitantes de una vecindad del centro histórico, náufragos entre las montañas nevadas del valle de México, padecen —como todos— el diluvio. Sus voces emergen con el lago que ha vuelto a desbordarse sobre las aceras: un niño con poliomielitis que sueña con volar, un panadero español, una maestra feminista, un artista homosexual, un judío refugiado; cada personaje guarda secretos, dolores existenciales y —a pesar de todo— una profunda esperanza.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

With the atmosphere of a radio drama and the rhythm of a bolero, Antolina Ortiz Moore —finalist for the Rómulo Gallegos Prize (2020) and the Nadal Prize in Spain (2019)— “delivers a stunning historical reconstruction. A book that appeals to all our senses and evokes powerful emotions,” —Guadalupe Nettel.

Mexico City, 1951. A torrential rain takes the locals by surprise. Chaos spreads as a series of tragic events —like the discovery of murdered women floating in the city’s drains— reveal the unraveling of the great metropolis. The residents of a tenement in the historic downtown, stranded among the snowy peaks of the Valley of Mexico, endure the flood like everyone else. Their voices rise with the lake that has overflowed onto the sidewalks: a boy with polio who dreams of flying, a Spanish baker, a feminist teacher, a gay artist, a Jewish refugee; each character harbors secrets, existential pain, and —despite it all— deep hope.

En plena ocupación nazi, dos amigas arriesgarán todo por salvar una biblioteca secreta.

Zofia siempre ha encontrado consuelo en los libros y en Janina, su mejor amiga. Desafortunadamente, los horrores desatados por la ocupación nazi de Varsovia están a punto de arrebatarle todo. Mientras las bombas caen y las fuerzas de Hitler saquean y destruyen la ciudad, Zofia descubre que no solo Janina corre peligro por ser judía, sino que también los libros necesitan ser salvados.

A medida que la situación empeora, Zofia se ve obligada a proteger a su amiga y rescatar todos los libros que pueda de entre los escombros de la ciudad. Con los libros recuperados, ambas amigas inician un club de lectura clandestino. Sin embargo, cuando Janina es finalmente confinada en el recién creado gueto, Zofia deberá luchar con la única arma que le queda, la literatura, para tratar de proteger lo que más quiere.

Una historia conmovedora sobre el vínculo inquebrantable entre dos amigas y el consuelo que solo la literatura puede brindar en medio del horror.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

During the Nazi occupation, two friends will risk everything to save a secret library.

Zofia has always found comfort in books and in Janina, her best friend. Sadly, the horrors unleashed by the Nazi occupation of Warsaw are about to take everything from her. As bombs fall and Hitler’s forces loot and destroy the city, Zofia realizes that not only is Janina in danger for being Jewish, but the books themselves must also be saved.

As conditions worsen, Zofia must protect her friend and rescue as many books as she can from the rubble. With the recovered titles, the two girls start a secret reading club. However, when Janina is eventually confined to the newly created ghetto, Zofia must fight with the only weapon she has left—literature—to defend what she loves most.

A moving story about the unbreakable bond between two friends and the comfort only books can offer in the midst of terror.

Haciendo de la literatura un ejercicio de memoria histórica, en La tierra donde volvimos a nacer Jaime Laventman narra una historia de exilio, supervivencia y redención, en una novela sobre la fuerza de las raíces, los lazos de sangre y las cicatrices que se heredan.

México, 1924. Desde las frías tierras de Europa oriental, donde ser judío se ha convertido en un estigma y sinónimo de persecución, dos jóvenes parejas atraviesan el gran océano para escapar del antisemitismo y de las guerras que están exterminando a su gente. Provenientes respectivamente de un pequeño pueblo ucraniano llamado Zhytomyr y de Cracovia, los matrimonios Yehuda-Natasha y Leah-Yakov llegan al puerto de Veracruz arrastrando tras de sí una gran estela de dolor, abusos y muerte.

En México hallan una riqueza que los sorprende, así como una comunidad que los recibe con los brazos abiertos, sin embargo, el peso del pasado es una carga difícil de sobrellevar y una retahíla de secretos y traiciones, que ocultan como cualquier familia, los perseguirá hasta el Nuevo Mundo.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Framing literature as an act of historical memory, The Land Where We Were Born Again by Jaime Laventman tells a story of exile, survival, and redemption—a novel about the strength of roots, family ties, and inherited scars.

Mexico, 1924. From the cold lands of Eastern Europe, where being Jewish has become a stigma and a synonym for persecution, two young couples cross the great ocean to escape antisemitism and the wars that are wiping out their people. Coming from the Ukrainian village of Zhytomyr and from Krakow, the couples Yehuda–Natasha and Leah–Yakov arrive at the port of Veracruz, carrying with them a long trail of pain, abuse, and loss.

In Mexico, they find a surprising richness, as well as a welcoming community—but the weight of their past is a heavy burden to bear, and a tangle of secrets and betrayals, hidden like any family’s, will follow them into the New World.

Una civilización ancestral. Un amor prohibido. El origen de un libro sagrado.

Guatemala, 1551. Catalina vive dividida entre dos mundos: el de su padre, don Alonso, un poderoso terrateniente español, y el de su difunta madre, una aristócrata maya que le encomendó la misión de preservar el texto sagrado del Popol Vuh, pues la persecución que sufre el pueblo k’iche’ a manos de los conquistadores amenaza con desaparecerlo para siempre.

Desde niña, Catalina mostró una asombrosa habilidad para memorizar las historias que su madre le contaba sobre sus ancestros; pero su padre, un fanático católico, siempre se opuso a que tuviera cualquier relación con ese pasado. Por ello, Catalina deberá escapar de su hogar para alcanzar su cometido. La travesía la llevará a atravesar antiguas pirámides mayas, hostiles villas españolas y cuevas donde se rumora que habitan viejos demonios.

En el camino coincidirá con un aliado inesperado: Juan de Rojas, un apuesto e intrépido señor maya que lo perdió todo con la conquista. Pero a medida que el amor entre ambos crece, también aumenta la violencia de don Alonso, por lo que Catalina deberá enfrentarse, de una vez y para siempre, a los secretos de su propia sangre para cumplir su destino.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

An ancient civilization. A forbidden love. The origin of a sacred book.

Guatemala, 1551. Catalina lives divided between two worlds: her father’s, Don Alonso, a powerful Spanish landowner, and that of her late mother, a Mayan aristocrat who entrusted her with the mission of preserving the sacred text of the Popol Vuh, as the persecution of the K’iche’ people by the conquistadors threatens to erase it forever.

From a young age, Catalina showed a remarkable gift for memorizing the stories her mother told her about their ancestors. But her father, a devout Catholic, always opposed any connection to that heritage. Catalina must escape her home to fulfill her mission. Her journey will take her through ancient Mayan pyramids, hostile Spanish settlements, and caves rumored to be inhabited by old demons.

Along the way, she meets an unexpected ally: Juan de Rojas, a handsome and fearless Mayan noble who lost everything in the conquest. As their love deepens, so does Don Alonso’s violence, and Catalina must finally confront the secrets of her own blood to fulfill her destiny.

In this intense drama of family life, old wounds and the search for redemption in the cracks of past experiences leads to the coming apart and the piecing together of self and the group of people we call family. 

When 16 year old Leo's mother vanishes, he is left with more responsibilities at home taking care of his younger siblings. Interrogation of his father over his missing mother leads nowhere. As the days pass, his unease grows and when he finds a mysterious untitled file on the family shared drive, his curiosity gets the better of him and he discovers it is his mother’s secret memoir. Needing to understand his mother’s disappearance, Leo begins to read the book, searching for clues.

Meanwhile, Leo’s life is complicated when Aaron, a handsome boy, shows up in the middle of the school year and is assigned as his study partner. Old stresses in his friend group begin to tear apart his long standing relationships while he wonders if Aaron reciprocates his growing attraction. As he reads his mother’s book, he begins to see her in a new light, propelling him to look for the lost side of his family that still lives in Spain potentially setting off a chain reaction of unintended consequences of old grudges and shady pasts.

The body riddle—What if the body you fought for no longer fits the life you built before it?

When Lex finally receives a date for their chest surgery, they’re not sure if they want to go through with it. But it’s been a year since they’ve had sex with their cis partner, Ada, who believes Lex’s surgery will rekindle their kinky dynamic.

When surgery doesn’t have the outcome either expects, Lex, in the spirit of their non-monogamous relationship, tries to support Ada's new romance with Noah, a cis man. But Lex’s jealousy spirals—Is Ada replacing them? And does she prefer cis masculinity after all?

Then Lex meets Sadie, a magnetic nonbinary coworker who awakens a new attraction. Lex thought they were only attracted to women and has never dated another trans person. Unsure about their changing sexuality, Lex hides the budding romance from Ada. As secrets build, Lex must decide what kind of love—and life—they really want.

Sharp, intimate, and tender, The Body Riddle is about queer longing, identity, and the messy beauty of reconfiguring desire on your own terms.

Unravel a Web of Deception in a High-Stakes Thriller of Betrayal, Survival, and Redemption

In Head of the Snake, Gary Quesenberry delivers a gripping thriller that plunges readers into a world of danger, intrigue, and relentless action. When Case Younger, a former army ranger and counter-terror operative, finds himself targeted by a shadowy network of powerful figures, he must navigate a treacherous landscape where trust is a luxury and survival is paramount.

Set against the backdrop of Pikesville, Virginia, and the sprawling estate of a corrupt billionaire, the story unfolds with heart-pounding intensity. As Case races against time to uncover the truth behind a sinister human trafficking operation, he is forced to confront his own demons and the ghosts of his past. With the help of a loyal team of allies, including the resourceful Matt and Ross, Case embarks on a mission that will test his skills, courage, and resolve to their limits.

As the stakes escalate, Case must outwit a ruthless assassin, navigate a web of political corruption, and protect those he loves from a fate worse than death. With each twist and turn, the tension mounts, leading to a climactic showdown that will leave readers breathless.

For fans of Jack Carr, Lee Child, and James Patterson, Head of the Snake offers a masterful blend of action, suspense, and complex characters. Quesenberry's storytelling prowess shines through in this electrifying tale of justice and redemption, where the line between hero and villain blurs, and the cost of truth is measured in blood.

Prepare for an adrenaline-fueled journey that will keep you on the edge of your seat from the first page to the last. Head of the Snake is a must-read for anyone who craves a thrilling adventure filled with unexpected twists, explosive action, and a hero who refuses to back down.

Unravel a Web of Deception in a High-Stakes Thriller of Betrayal, Survival, and Redemption

In Head of the Snake, Gary Quesenberry delivers a gripping thriller that plunges readers into a world of danger, intrigue, and relentless action. When Case Younger, a former army ranger and counter-terror operative, finds himself targeted by a shadowy network of powerful figures, he must navigate a treacherous landscape where trust is a luxury and survival is paramount.

Set against the backdrop of Pikesville, Virginia, and the sprawling estate of a corrupt billionaire, the story unfolds with heart-pounding intensity. As Case races against time to uncover the truth behind a sinister human trafficking operation, he is forced to confront his own demons and the ghosts of his past. With the help of a loyal team of allies, including the resourceful Matt and Ross, Case embarks on a mission that will test his skills, courage, and resolve to their limits.

As the stakes escalate, Case must outwit a ruthless assassin, navigate a web of political corruption, and protect those he loves from a fate worse than death. With each twist and turn, the tension mounts, leading to a climactic showdown that will leave readers breathless.

For fans of Jack Carr, Lee Child, and James Patterson, Head of the Snake offers a masterful blend of action, suspense, and complex characters. Quesenberry's storytelling prowess shines through in this electrifying tale of justice and redemption, where the line between hero and villain blurs, and the cost of truth is measured in blood.

Prepare for an adrenaline-fueled journey that will keep you on the edge of your seat from the first page to the last. Head of the Snake is a must-read for anyone who craves a thrilling adventure filled with unexpected twists, explosive action, and a hero who refuses to back down.

From Bram Stoker and British Fantasy Award-nominated author, Philip Fracassi, back by popular demand comes a new edition of his cult-classic, Gothic, in which a washed-up horror novelist is gifted an antique desk that channels an ancient darkness, one that flows onto the page and strangles his life.

Horror author Tyson Parks thinks his best days are behind him. He misses the heydays of the 1980s and 90s, when he was ruling the horror fiction charts, and now finds himself scrambling to remain a relevant author. He hasn’t had a hit in years, his agent won’t take his calls, and he’s never felt older.

Then, on his 59th birthday, his girlfriend gives him the gift of a lifetime: a monstrous antique desk. Rejuvenated by the desk’s mysterious energy, he begins writing with an all-consuming passion—and a savage darkness—he hasn’t felt in decades, and is eager to get his career back on track. Unfortunately, the desk, and the evil spirit that harbors within, has other plans. It won’t stop until it gets what it wants—even if it must destroy Tyson, and everyone he holds dear, in the process.

In this terrifying novel of art, obsession, and the horror of creation, Fracassi shows why he’s become a fan favorite among contemporary horror authors. Now in a brand-new edition, which includes a never-before-seen excerpt, Gothic is a dread-fueled dive into what a writer is willing to do to serve the muse, and his own desires.

Lu watched the love of his life walk the plank and sink into the inky-black depths of the sea. Nnenna was dead . . . or so he thought.

Five years later, Lieutenant “Lu” Ortega, dutiful fleet officer, embarks on a mission to hunt down a powerful talisman now in the hands of a runaway mermaid. On his quest, he discovers the impossible: Nnenna is still alive. Fierce and cunning, and as breathtaking as ever, Nnenna ’s won enough bloody sword fights as a pirate captain to earn the nickname “Devil of the Deep.” She has come to reject the system of order that Lu clings to, and worse, she’s protecting the very quarry he's tracking: Pearl Highwater, who has defied the all-powerful sea god and might hold a valuable key to finding her people’s lost island.

When the tides and fates bring them together, Nnenna, Lu, and Pearl must choose their loyalties, find their courage, and race to protect the island from false gods and forces of evil—or risk unleashing an ancient curse that could destroy them all.

An apparition of his deceased mother appears to law professor, Salim Bardien, in New York on the same day that a massive student protest movement erupts in Cape Town. She comes to foretell a revelation, an invisible stain for him to clean. The news itself—that Salim’s birth was the product of his mother’s illicit affair with a white politician in 1960s South Africa—comes from a newly found half-sister, Bertha. Yet more disorder follows when Bertha reveals that their brother is dying of cancer, and that Salim’s bone marrow may be the only hope of saving him.

How can one secret alter—or even redeem—a life? How strong are familial bonds across distances and generations? And how do the struggles of another era echo those of today? As Salim, now a husband and father, wrestles with these questions in the present, his mother Sawligha’s forbidden love story unfolds in the past.

Set between New York and Cape Town—across eras spanning apartheid’s forced removals and the rise of Black Lives Matter—and moving through lives, deaths, and the liminal spaces between, Mother/Land is the story of family, and of the world we inherit from those that came before us.

A cursed warrior. A reckless healer. A chance to save the world—or condemn it.

Like the rest of the winged eresh keyel, warrior Asaru has spent his life fighting the remnants of a long-dead enemy. When his brother’s squadron disappears from a border keep, Asaru travels into the human realm to investigate, only to become ensnared by a fatal—and unbreakable—curse that could wipe out his people.

When he inadvertently commits a terrible crime, Asaru is thrown into the path of Wren, an emotionally tortured former healer playing with dangerous magic. Bound to one another by a spell gone wrong, and on the run from freelance killers, they set out to find the Chronicler, keeper of the eresh keyel’s history who could bring them answers, redemption, and the cure to Asaru’s curse. But the truths they uncover about the past have the power to break the world into pieces, ending human civilization and settling its remnants into something entirely new.

From Nigerian Canadian author U. M. Agoawike, Black as Diamond is a fresh, dark, and thrilling debut that untangles questions of queer identity, history, and power, illuminating a society crushed by the lingering actions of a few.

As children growing up at Marchbanks, an imposing mansion built high on a hill above a Cape seaside town, Bird and her five siblings love to hear the story of how their father wooed their mother, but they don’t know much about the past of their reclusive grandmother, Ma Bess, who rules Marchbanks from its shadows and keeps her stories firmly locked in her cold heart. 

When Bird’s ten-year-old twin brothers Oliver and Oscar go missing after a day of fishing, Bird appoints herself the family scribe and begins writing to the brothers she refuses to believe are gone for good. The elderly Ma Bess may be the voice in command at Marchbanks, but Bird, the youngest in the family, becomes its all-seeing eye. If Bird learns the truth, though, can life at Marchbanks ever be the same? 

Against the backdrop of complicated, beautiful South Africa in the 1960s, an epic family saga unfolds.

Eve Hunter has grown up on her family's dairy farm in the Lowveld, but she's inherited more than just a love of the land—she's inherited their sorrow. When her father is electrocuted while building a barn, the tragedy exposes the dark secret that has run beneath her family's sadness for years. Eve turns to Jack, her closest friend and neighbor, for comfort.

But Jack belongs to Kate, her older sister, at least that's what their families have always assumed. As Eve and Jack's bond deepens into something more charged, Eve faces an impossible choice to either honor her family’s expectations or to follow her heart and risk everything.

Then Kate comes to her with a devastating request that could change everything between them.

The Light Remains is a story about the weight of family loyalty, the price of independence, and the choices that define us when duty and desire collide.

For readers of Jennifer Egan and Heather O’Neill comes a blazing debut novel set in the DIY music and arts scene of the early 2000s

In the fevered summer of 2001, charismatic activist Rob and his collective set up a squat in an abandoned house. His bandmate and lover, Ben, watches anxiously as his own plans are threatened by Rob’s choice of radical politics over music. Meanwhile, photographer Alex finds herself torn between documenting the chaos of the scene and saving the friendship that binds them together. When the police break up the squat, Rob vanishes, and the dream dies.

Ten years later, Alex and Ben find each other again—she’s conquering Montreal’s contemporary art world, he’s running a thriving restaurant in Ottawa. But their success feels hollow. As they excavate their shared past, they must confront the ghost of Rob’s disappearance and the trauma that pushed them apart.

Pulsing with the raw energy of basement punk shows and DIY creativity, late-night manifestos and first heartbreaks, Temporary Palaces is a stunning debut that captures a generation caught between idealism and survival, art and activism, the dreams that define us and the compromises that save us.

«Las historias de Cranford enlazan brillantemente unas con otras, como cerezas extraídas de un cesto».

«Casi todas pueden ser leídas como cuentos independientes, pero en su conjunto forman una narración suficientemente sólida como para estar muy lejos de ser consideradas una mera sucesión de relatos. Si algo unifica todas las historias que se cuentan es, sin duda, la ternura que late en cada una de ellas: la de la mujer madura que recupera a un amor de juventud al que abandonó para cuidar a su hermana enferma; la solterona que, ablandada por la muerte de un viejo amor, autoriza a su criada a responder a los requiebros de un pretendiente; la del chiquillo descarriado que huye de la casa tras una inopinada paliza de su padre, de la que el hombre se arrepiente de por vida…» – del prólogo de Marta Rivera de la Cruz

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“The stories in Cranford are brilliantly interwoven, like cherries drawn from a basket.”

“Most of them can be read as standalone tales, yet together they form a narrative solid enough to be far from a mere succession of anecdotes. If there’s something that unites all the stories, it’s undoubtedly the tenderness that pulses through each one: the mature woman who reunites with a long-lost love she once left behind to care for her ill sister; the spinster who, softened by the death of an old flame, allows her maid to respond to a suitor’s advances; the wayward boy who runs away after an unexpected beating from his father—a moment the man regrets for the rest of his life…” – from the foreword by Marta Rivera de la Cruz

Vuelve el Enrique Vila-Matas de Bartleby y compañía.

«Abundante, inclasificable y particularmente original.» Mario Aznar, Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos

«Es reconfortante que un autor como Vila-Matas, tan consagrado y tan unánimemente aplaudido, haga del regocijo del lector su principal objetivo, sin por ello descuidar la máxima autoexigencia.» Juan Marqués, La Lectura, El Mundo

«Con Enrique Vila-Matas sólo tienes que dejarte llevar porque estás en manos de un maestro.» Paul Auster

¿Y si la lectura fuera un experimento secreto... o una forma desesperada de amor?

En un cuarto oscuro de su casa, Vidal Escabia ha reunido setenta y un libros. Cada mañana, elige uno al azar, lee un fragmento y lo destina a su misterioso Canon personal. Pero nada de esto es casual: lo que descubre en cada texto transforma su día... y también su vida.

Canon de cámara oscura es una novela singular y provocadora, donde la línea entre lector y narrador, entre realidad y ficción, se difumina. ¿Es Vidal un hombre obsesionado por su hija ausente o un androide infiltrado en la Barcelona cotidiana? ¿Está construyendo un mapa íntimo a través de la literatura o desvelando un complot escondido entre las páginas?

Una historia magnética sobre la fuerza de los libros, la fragilidad de la memoria y el extraño poder de reescribirnos cada día.

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The return of Enrique Vila-Matas in the spirit of Bartleby & Co.

“Abundant, unclassifiable, and particularly original.” Mario Aznar, Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos

“It’s refreshing that an author as acclaimed and unanimously praised as Vila-Matas makes the reader’s delight his main goal—without compromising his own high standards.” Juan Marqués, La Lectura, El Mundo

“With Enrique Vila-Matas, you just have to let yourself go—you’re in the hands of a master.” Paul Auster

What if reading were a secret experiment... or a desperate act of love?

In a dark room of his home, Vidal Escabia has gathered seventy-one books. Each morning, he selects one at random, reads a fragment, and adds it to his mysterious personal Canon. But none of this is accidental: what he uncovers in each text transforms his day—and his life.

Canon de cámara oscura (Darkroom Canon) is a singular and provocative novel where the line between reader and narrator, between reality and fiction, becomes blurred. Is Vidal a man obsessed with his absent daughter, or an android infiltrated into everyday Barcelona? Is he building an intimate map through literature—or uncovering a hidden conspiracy between the pages?

A magnetic story about the power of books, the fragility of memory, and the strange ability to rewrite ourselves each day.

El Robinson urbano, publicado originariamente en Granada en una edición de escasa difusión en 1984, y reeditado luego en breve tiraje en Pamplona en 1988, es el primer libro de Antonio Muñoz Molina, que muestra ya en plena sazón los rasgos característicos de su estilo y su visión del mundo.

Prologada hoy por Pere Gimferrer, se incorpora así por primera vez a un circuito de difusión más amplio esta crónica de la cotidianidad ciudadana que el propio Antonio Muñoz Molina sitúa y define certeramente al escribir en su texto inicial:

«La mejor literatura de la modernidad la han escrito los grandes robinsones urbanos. Para escribir sus Confesiones, De Quincey tuvo primero que morirse de hambre y desolación en las aceras de Oxford Street, madrastra del corazón de piedra. En una América que ya prefiguraba la locura de Metrópolis, Edgar Allan Poe vio en medio de las calles a su criatura más temible: el hombre de la multitud. En París, hacia la mitad del siglo pasado, Baudelaire reunió las voces de Allan Poe y De Quincey y supo reconocer la tiranía del rostro humano infatigablemente repetido en las multitudes y en los espejos de las calles, pero también descubrió el territorio de un vasto paraíso artificial: el placer, absolutamente inédito hasta entonces, de recorrer la ciudad sin ir a parte alguna y sin tener otra compañía que la propia voz en la conciencia.»

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El Robinson urbano (Urban Robinson), originally published in Granada in a limited edition in 1984 and later reissued in a small print run in Pamplona in 1988, is Antonio Muñoz Molina’s first book, already showcasing the distinctive traits of his style and worldview in full maturity.

Now with a foreword by Pere Gimferrer, this chronicle of urban everyday life enters a broader readership for the first time. Muñoz Molina himself defines it in his opening text:

“The best literature of modernity has been written by the great urban Robinsons. To write his Confessions, De Quincey first had to starve and despair on the sidewalks of Oxford Street, stepmother of the stone heart. In an America already foreshadowing the madness of Metropolis, Edgar Allan Poe saw in the streets his most terrifying creature: the man of the crowd. In Paris, around the mid-nineteenth century, Baudelaire brought together the voices of Poe and De Quincey and recognized the tyranny of the human face, endlessly repeated in crowds and in the mirrors of the streets. But he also discovered the territory of a vast artificial paradise: the pleasure, entirely novel until then, of wandering the city without going anywhere, with no company but one’s own inner voice.”

Rendirse a la tentación puede poner todo en riesgo... incluso su corazón.

Después de perder a mi tía, la única familia que me quedaba, he tenido que sacar a flote la empresa de planeación de bodas que me heredó. Lo que trajo un poco de luz a mi vida fue que Franco, piloto de MotoGP y mi amor platónico desde la adolescencia, me pidió fingir ser su novia para mejorar su imagen. Él era el mejor amigo de mi difunto hermano y jamás dudaría en ayudarlo…

Todo cambió cuando conocí a Christian Baxter, el feroz rival de Franco dentro y fuera de la pista. ¿Cómo es posible desearlo tanto si apenas lo conozco? Christian está comprometido con Lena, la influencer del momento que, además, quiere que yo organice su boda. Será el evento más comentado del año y me dará la exposición que necesito para asegurar el éxito del negocio.

Debo aprovechar esta oportunidad, aunque también sé que no puedo explicar mi conexión con Christian. Esto definitivamente no acabará bien, no quiero fallarle a Franco, pero tampoco puedo fallarle a mi corazón.

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Giving in to temptation could risk everything... even her heart.

After losing my aunt—the only family I had left—I’ve been trying to keep the wedding planning business she left me afloat. A small spark of light came when Franco, a MotoGP rider and my teenage crush, asked me to pretend to be his girlfriend to improve his image. He was my late brother’s best friend, and I’d never hesitate to help him…

Everything changed when I met Christian Baxter, Franco’s fierce rival on and off the track. How can I want him so badly when I barely know him? Christian is engaged to Lena, the hottest influencer of the moment—who also wants me to plan her wedding. It’ll be the most talked-about event of the year and the exposure I need to make my business a success.

I have to take this opportunity, even though I know I can’t explain my connection to Christian. This definitely won’t end well—I don’t want to let Franco down, but I can’t betray my heart either.

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Él tiene el corazón de hielo. Pero por ella, quemaría el mundo.

Aunque Ava Chen y Alex Volkov se conocen desde hace años, él siempre se ha mostrado distante y frío. Pero ahora que el hermano de Ava se ha ido y lo ha dejado encargado de la protección de ella, Alex parece algo menos indiferente… Y su relación, poco a poco, se va haciendo más estrecha, hasta que llegan a confiarse sus secretos y traumas más profundos. A ella, su madre intentó ahogarla en un arrebato de locura; mientras que Alex presenció el brutal asesinato de toda su familia.

Tras compartir sus más íntimos pensamientos, su relación dará un giro. No pueden negar que existe una fuerte atracción entre ellos, pero ninguno de los dos se atreve a dar un paso adelante. Finalmente, Ava admite la pasión que está surgiendo, y, aunque Alex intenta resistirse tanto como puede, las chispas acaban saltando... y prenden un fuego ardiente. Sin embargo, cuando todo empezaba a funcionar entre ellos, unas sorprendentes revelaciones sobre la verdad de su pasado dinamitarán su relación y pondrán en riesgo sus propias vidas.

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He has a heart of ice. But for her, he’d burn the world down.

Although Ava Chen and Alex Volkov have known each other for years, he’s always been distant and cold. But now that Ava’s brother is gone and has left Alex in charge of protecting her, he seems a little less indifferent… Their relationship slowly begins to deepen, and they start to share their darkest secrets and deepest traumas. Her mother once tried to drown her in a fit of madness; Alex witnessed the brutal murder of his entire family.

After opening up to each other, everything shifts. They can’t deny the intense attraction between them, but neither dares to take the first step. Eventually, Ava gives in to the passion building between them, and although Alex tries to resist, sparks fly… and ignite a blazing fire. But just when things start to fall into place, shocking revelations about their past threaten to destroy their relationship—and their lives.

In the heart of Zululand, the mystery of a missing young woman is lost in the shadow of iSandlwana, the lion shaped mountain that looms over the residence of the valley captured in the vortex of past legends rising from the piled rock monuments guarding the bones of Zulu and British Soldiers killed in the colonial war. 

When the body of a young woman, presumed to be the beautiful Sam Webster, appears briefly on the banks of the flooded Buffalo River, the writer Daniel Hawthorne decides to visit the Websters’ luxury lodge perched at the edge of an old battlefield. Under the guise of researching a new novel about his disgraced ancestor, the lepidopterist Lieutenant Charles Hawthorne, who fought in the Battle of iSandlwana, Daniel starts to investigate the reasons for Sam’s disappearance. The lines between loyalty and betrayal, love and hate, cowardice and courage, redemption and shame, soon become blurred as Daniel gets closer to the truth. 

Written in Craig Higginson’s masterful prose, Shadow Country is at once a war novel, a murder mystery, a multi-layered love story and a robust reassertion of what it is to remain human during the most challenging times.

Chasing Ghost concludes the Catalyst International Crime Duology started in Phantom Pass as a killing spawns a hunt through a tangled web of drug gangs, political intrigue, and old apartheid mysteries that criss-crosses southern Africa.

As clues smolder on the freeway of Cape Town, Captain Josh Holland and Colonel Gavin Whitall of the SAPS Serious Crimes Unit in George, South Africa are sucked into a dangerous world of corruption overseen by politically appointed leadership as they search for the killer who left a prominent lawyer mutilated and floating in a small row boat on the tranquil waters of the Knysna estuary on South Africa’s southern tip. As Josh and Gavin dig into the victim's past, the body count rises while tantalizing clues from the war in apartheid South Africa point to old hatreds and past murders as potential instigators of the whirlwind of violence the detectives find themselves in. The sprint is on to prevent more killings even while careers and lives are threatened by powerful people and bureaucratic deceit in this twisting and relentless conclusion to Phantom Pass.

The Knysna Murder Duology explores the intricate thought process of solving a murder while navigating the modern reality of politicized policing.

¿Puede haber belleza en el dolor?

Drake tiene una vida perfecta, el éxito lo acompaña y el futuro le pertenece.
Annie tiene una vida bonita y vislumbra un futuro a la altura de sus expectativas.

Son dos desconocidos y sus caminos no tendrían por qué cruzarse. Sin embargo, el frío llega y el hielo lo cubre todo. Los cimientos de sus vidas se hunden y los dos, la chica que desea aprender a patinar y el chico que se ha prometido no volver a hacerlo, huyen a un pequeño pueblo. Ahí, junto a un lago congelado, se encontrarán con el futuro reducido a una hoja en blanco.

¿Puede el amor ser la salvación de dos almas a la deriva? ¿Podrán despertar las flores antes de que el invierno arrase con todo?

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Can there be beauty in pain?

Drake has a perfect life—success follows him, and the future is his for the taking.
Annie has a lovely life and envisions a future that matches her dreams.

They’re strangers, and their paths were never meant to cross. But then the cold sets in, and ice covers everything. The foundations of their lives collapse, and both—the girl who longs to learn how to skate and the boy who swore he never would again—escape to a small town. There, beside a frozen lake, they’ll find the future reduced to a blank page.

Can love be the salvation of two drifting souls? Will the flowers bloom before winter wipes everything away?

¡Que empiece el juego! Llega el sports romance que arrasa en BookTok.

Clay Johnson tiene un cuerpo para desmayarse y una sonrisa que te detiene el corazón. Antes de que su novia rompiera con él, era el jugador estrella del equipo de fútbol universitario del que soy coordinadora de relaciones públicas. Él jamás saldría con alguien como yo, pero cuando me descubre derritiéndome frente al chico que me gusta, se encarga de tramar un plan absurdo: fingir que estamos juntos para ponerlo celoso a él y a su ex.
Sin embargo, conforme pasamos más tiempo juntos, me cuesta distinguir lo falso de lo real: ya no puedo negar el modo en que mi cuerpo reacciona cada vez que me toca.

Dejamos las reglas claras. Establecimos límites. Pero dicen que las reglas se hicieron para romperse. Y, al parecer, los corazones también.

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Let the games begin! Here comes the sports romance taking BookTok by storm.

Clay Johnson has a body to swoon over and a smile that stops your heart. Before his girlfriend broke up with him, he was the star player on the college football team I manage as the public relations coordinator. He would never date someone like me, but when he catches me melting in front of my crush, he comes up with a ridiculous plan: pretend we’re together to make both his ex and my crush jealous.
But the more time we spend together, the harder it becomes to tell what’s fake and what’s real: I can’t deny the way my body reacts every time he touches me.

We set the rules. We drew the lines. But they say rules are meant to be broken. And apparently, hearts are too.

Poderoso. Brillante. Ambicioso.

Dominic Davenport se convirtió en el rey de Wall Street a base de sangre, sudor y lágrimas.

Lo tiene todo: una enorme casa, una hermosa esposa y más dinero del que podría gastar en su vida. Pero no importa cuánto acumule, nunca es suficiente; al estar enfocado en su imperio, ha alejado a la única persona que siempre estuvo a su lado.

La tuvo, la perdió y hará cualquier cosa por recuperarla.

Amable. Inteligente. Reflexiva.

Alessandra Davenport ha desempeñado el papel de esposa perfecta durante años.

Acompañó a su marido mientras construía su imperio, pero ahora que ha llegado a la cima, se da cuenta de que ya no es el hombre del que se enamoró.

Cuando le queda claro que siempre estará en segundo lugar después de su trabajo, decide dejar al único hombre que ha amado.

Pero no contaba con que Dominic se negará a dejarla ir… ni con que luchará por reconstruir su matrimonio a cualquier precio.

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Powerful. Brilliant. Ambitious.

Dominic Davenport clawed his way to the top of Wall Street through blood, sweat, and tears.

He has it all: a sprawling mansion, a stunning wife, and more money than he could ever spend. But no matter how much he accumulates, it’s never enough. Obsessed with building his empire, he’s pushed away the one person who’s always stood by his side.

He had her. He lost her. And now he’ll do anything to win her back.

Kind. Intelligent. Thoughtful.

Alessandra Davenport has played the role of the perfect wife for years.

She stood by her husband as he built his empire, but now that he’s reached the top, she realizes he’s no longer the man she fell in love with.

When it becomes clear she’ll always come second to his work, she makes the hardest decision of her life—leaving the only man she’s ever loved.

But she never expected Dominic to refuse to let her go… or to fight for their marriage at any cost.

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Tras casi dieciocho meses en el Colegio de Guerra Basgiath, Violet Sorrengail tiene claro que no queda tiempo para entrenar. Hay que tomar decisiones. La batalla ha comenzado y, con enemigos acercándose a las murallas e infiltrados en sus propias filas, es imposible saber en quién confiar.

Ahora Violet deberá emprender un viaje fuera de los límites de Aretia en busca de aliados de tierras desconocidas que acepten pelear por Navarre. La misión pondrá a prueba su suerte, y la obligará a usar todo su ingenio y fortaleza para salvar a quienes más ama: sus dragones, su familia, su hogar y a él.

Aunque eso signifique tener que guardar un secreto tan peligroso que podría destruirlo todo.

Navarre necesita un ejército. Necesita poder. Necesita magia. Y necesitará algo que solo Violet puede encontrar: la verdad.

Pero una tormenta se aproxima… y no todos sobrevivirán a su furia.

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After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there’s no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty.

Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it’s impossible to know who to trust.

Now Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre. The trip will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to save what she loves—her dragons, her family, her home, and him.

Even if it means keeping a secret so big, it could destroy everything.

They need an army. They need power. They need magic. And they need the one thing only Violet can find—the truth.

But a storm is coming...and not everyone can survive its wrath.

Nadie la derrota. Nadie la olvida. Nadie la detendrá.

Hipólita es la reina de las amazonas, mujeres temidas y respetadas en toda Grecia por su inigualable destreza en combate. Cuando Heracles llega hasta las costas de Temiscira, hogar de las famosas guerreras, para apoderarse del cinturón de su reina, trae consigo algo más peligroso que la posibilidad de una guerra... Lo acompaña el arrogante y apuesto Teseo, de quien la reina se enamora.

Ambos se entregan a una pasión sin límites, hasta el punto en el que Hipólita decide dejar todo para seguir a su amante hasta Atenas.

Pero ¿será capaz de dejar atrás su pasado para forjar un futuro nuevo?

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No one defeats her. No one forgets her. No one will stop her.

Hippolyta is queen of the Amazons—women both feared and revered across Greece for their unmatched prowess in battle. When Heracles arrives on the shores of Themyscira, home of the legendary warriors, to seize the queen’s belt, he brings with him something more dangerous than war itself... the arrogant and strikingly handsome Theseus, who soon captures the queen’s heart.

Their passion knows no bounds, and Hippolyta is willing to leave everything behind to follow her lover to Athens.

But will she be able to let go of her past to build a new future?

Un enigma que suena a través del tiempo.

Si cada novela pudiera representar un mundo, esta nueva novela de Alejandro Guillermo Roemmers representa, y de manera muy efectiva, dos. El último violín construido por el célebre lutier Antonio Stradivari es el protagonista y, al mismo tiempo, es el común denominador de las dos tramas, que terminan por formar un texto único: una novela policial cercana a la serie negra, que parte de un hecho actual (el asesinato de un padre y su hija en una pequeña ciudad de Paraguay), con una novela histórica ricamente compuesta en la que, a través de los siglos, la historia del violín aparece representada en la vida de sus dueños ocasionales a lo largo de casi tres siglos.

Hablamos aquí de una narrativa compleja que ofrece varias capas de sentidos. Esta novela invita a los lectores a hacer un recorrido apasionante entre las leyes propias del policía (nada se sabe del móvil del doble crimen), y asistimos a su investigación, el seguimiento de un hilo histórico desde las profundidades de las almas de quienes han sido dueños del violín. Esta novela policial y el germen de novela histórica que van alternando en los capítulos pares e impares se contraponen, se articulan y complementan para formar un universo muy atractivo en su coherencia interna.

La novela no está exenta de una veta sobrenatural: el último violín construido por Stradivari se presenta como un amuleto, un objeto poderoso que preserva de todos los males a quien lo posea. Aunque, de tomarlo de una manera estrictamente realista, la música sublime que produce también podría ser un buen ejemplo de alguna especie de protección pagana o divina.

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A mystery that echoes through time.

If every novel could represent a world, this new work by Alejandro Guillermo Roemmers represents—quite powerfully—two. The last violin crafted by the celebrated luthier Antonio Stradivari takes center stage and serves as the common thread binding two distinct plots into a single, unified narrative: a crime novel in the noir tradition, rooted in a contemporary event (the murder of a father and his daughter in a small Paraguayan town), and a richly composed historical novel in which, over the centuries, the violin’s story is reflected in the lives of its successive owners across nearly three hundred years.

What unfolds is a layered narrative, rich in meaning. The novel invites readers on a thrilling journey through the logic of a detective story (the motive behind the double homicide remains unknown), while also tracing a historical thread deep into the souls of those who have owned the violin. The crime novel and the historical novel—woven through alternating chapters—stand in contrast, yet interlock and enrich each other, creating a captivating world with powerful internal coherence.

A hint of the supernatural runs through the novel: Stradivari’s final violin is portrayed as a talisman, a powerful object that protects its possessor from all harm. Though, taken from a purely realistic perspective, the sublime music it produces could just as easily be seen as a form of pagan—or divine—protection.

Una obra maestra del terror de los años setenta, un clásico redescubierto con ecos de La lotería de Shirley Jackson y La tienda, de Stephen King.

En el aislado pueblo de granjeros de Harlowe (Nuevo Hampshire), donde la vida apenas si ha cambiado desde hace varias décadas, John Moore y su esposa Mim trabajan la tierra que ha pertenecido a su familia durante generaciones. Pero tan pronto como el carismático Perly Dunsmore llega a Harlowe y empieza a solicitar donaciones para sus subastas, el pueblo empieza a sufrir una lenta y siniestra transformación. A medida que el subastador ejecuta su horrendo y misterioso plan, los Moore y sus vecinos van perdiendo su libertad, sus propiedades y, quizá, también la vida…

El subastador, en una nueva edición, que incluye un prólogo de Grady Hendrix (Cómo vender una casa encantada, Guía del club de lectura para matar vampiros).

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A 1970s horror masterpiece—rediscovered and resonating with the chilling echoes of Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery and Stephen King’s Needful Things.

In the remote farming town of Harlowe, New Hampshire—where life has hardly changed in decades—John Moore and his wife Mim work the land that’s been in their family for generations. But everything shifts when the charismatic Perly Dunsmore arrives and begins asking for donations for his auctions. Slowly and ominously, the town begins to change. As the auctioneer carries out his gruesome and mysterious plan, the Moores and their neighbors begin to lose their freedom, their property… and perhaps even their lives.

The Auctioneer, now available in a new edition, features a foreword by Grady Hendrix (How to Sell a Haunted House, The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires).

El bestseller que inspiró la película de Steven Spielberg, ahora en una edición especial por su 50° aniversario.

Amity es un idílico pueblo costero que vive del turismo. Una mañana, poco antes del inicio de la temporada de verano, aparece en la playa el cuerpo de una joven atacada por un tiburón. La policía y la prensa ocultan la noticia, que podría ahuyentar a los veraneantes. Cuando los ataques continúan, un grupo de hombres decide enfrentarse a la bestia.

Publicada en 1974, Tiburón alcanzó el éxito de inmediato. Al año siguiente, se estrenó la célebre adaptación al cine dirigida por Steven Spielberg, en la que Peter Benchley colaboró como coguionista. Desde entonces se ha consagrado como un absoluto clásico contemporáneo de la cultura popular.

Esta nueva edición incluye contenido adicional de los archivos personales del autor, como reproducciones del manuscrito original, fotografías del rodaje y varios textos en los que narra en primera persona la escritura de Tiburón y su colaboración con Spielberg, además de un prólogo exclusivo firmado por la esposa del autor, la defensora de la conservación oceánica Wendy Benchley.

Tiburón es una trepidante novela de suspenso y una brillante meditación sobre la naturaleza humana, considerada uno de los mejores thrillers jamás escritos.

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The bestselling novel that inspired Steven Spielberg’s film, now in a special edition for its 50th anniversary.

Amity is a picture-perfect beach town that thrives on tourism. One morning, just before the start of the summer season, the body of a young woman—attacked by a shark—appears on the beach. The police and the media hide the news, fearing it might scare off vacationers. When the attacks continue, a group of men decides to confront the beast.

Published in 1974, Jaws became an instant success. A year later, the acclaimed film adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg was released, with Peter Benchley co-writing the screenplay. Since then, it has become an undisputed contemporary classic of popular culture.

This new edition includes bonus content from the author’s personal archives, such as facsimiles of the original manuscript, behind-the-scenes photos from the shoot, and several texts in which he narrates in the first person the writing of Jaws and his collaboration with Spielberg, as well as an exclusive foreword by the author’s wife, ocean conservation advocate Wendy Benchley.

Jaws is a fast-paced suspense novel and a brilliant meditation on human nature, considered one of the best thrillers ever written.

Con un lenguaje estético audaz que rompe los moldes tradicionales, Vimos casas hundirse es una novela «de iniciación a la disidencia amorosa, sexual y familiar, una reconstrucción sobre cómo el poder político y económico van tramando sus redes para enmarañar nuestro futuro. Una novela hermosa», —Juan Pablo Villalobos.

A principios de los años noventa, la construcción de la presa hidroeléctrica en Zimapán, Querétaro, irrumpió como un símbolo de los nuevos tiempos, pero también llegó con la amenaza de dejar bajo el agua a comunidades enteras… Varios años después, I —quien era una niña cuando se construyó esa presa— regresa al hogar de su infancia tras una inundación. Mientras ayuda a su madre con la limpieza, se desbordan momentos de su historia, como la sofocante relación con su entorno, la rebeldía juvenil, la necesidad de forjar una identidad propia, las relaciones amorosas y sexuales y, por encima de todo, el deseo de deshacerse de la Irene que fue para convertirse en «I», una versión de sí misma que no carga con el peso de las expectativas de su familia.

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With bold, aesthetic language that breaks with traditional narrative forms, Vimos casas hundirse (We Watched Houses Sink) is “a novel of initiation into romantic, sexual, and familial dissent, a reconstruction of how political and economic power quietly weaves the web of our future. A beautiful novel,” —Juan Pablo Villalobos.

In the early 1990s, construction of a hydroelectric dam in Zimapán, Querétaro, emerged as a symbol of new times, but it also came with the threat of submerging entire communities... Years later, I—who was a little girl when the dam was built—returns to her childhood home after a flood. As she helps her mother clean, memories overflow: the suffocating relationship with her surroundings, teenage rebellion, the need to forge her own identity, romantic and sexual experiences, and above all, the desire to shed the Irene she once was in order to become “I”—a version of herself free from the weight of family expectations.

NUEVA EDICIÓN.

Un libro que, en cuanto terminamos de leer, queremos que lo lea el mundo entero.

Las malas es el retrato de un grupo de travestis deslumbrantes, de sus experiencias y su solidaridad en un mundo que las condena. Amparadas bajo el afecto y la rabia de La Tía Encarna, serán testigos de cómo la llegada de El Brillo de los Ojos, un niño abandonado en el parque donde ejercen la prostitución, lentamente modifica una amistad que parecía eterna.

Camila Sosa Villada teje la vida de esta vibrante comunidad a principios del milenio y desafía nuestras ideas sobre el amor, el género y la identidad. Una prosa precisa y descarnada que a la vez celebra la alegría de vivir en un cuerpo que renace.

Novela ganadora del Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz en 2020; el Finestres de Narrativa en Español en 2020 y del Grand Prix de l’Héroïne 2021, con más de 100,000 ejemplares vendidos en el mundo y traducida a más de veinte idiomas, Las malas es un manifiesto explosivo, una plegaria, pero también una venganza.

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NEW EDITION.

A book that, the moment we finish reading, we want the whole world to read.

Las malas (Bad Girls) is a portrait of a dazzling group of travestis, their experiences, and their solidarity in a world that condemns them. Sheltered by the fierce affection of Auntie Encarna, they witness how the arrival of The Bright of the Eyes, an abandoned child found in the park where they work as sex workers, slowly transforms a friendship that once seemed eternal.

Camila Sosa Villada weaves the life of this vibrant community at the dawn of the new millennium and challenges our ideas about love, gender, and identity. Her prose is raw and precise, yet celebrates the joy of living in a body that is constantly reborn.

Winner of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize (2020), the Finestres Prize for Spanish-Language Fiction (2020), and the Grand Prix de l’Héroïne (2021), with over 100,000 copies sold worldwide and translated into more than twenty languages, Las malas is an explosive manifesto, a prayer—and a revenge.

Una carta. Un último deseo. Un secreto inconfesable.

La faceta más romántica de Rebecca Yarros, autora de la serie Empíreo.

Cuando el soldado Beckett Gentry regresa de la guerra, carga consigo el peso de un secreto y la responsabilidad de una promesa: su mejor amigo, Ryan MacKenzie, se sacrificó y murió por él, dejando una última carta en la que le pedía que cuidara de su hermana.

Ella MacKenzie es madre soltera de dos gemelos y administradora de un resort en Colorado. Poco antes de que Ryan perdiera la vida, Ella intercambiaba cartas con Caos, un compañero de su hermano con quien tuvo una inesperada y profunda conexión a pesar de nunca haberlo visto.

Lo que Ella no sabe es que Beckett es Caos y que Ryan murió por salvarlo. Así, mientras Beckett trata de cumplir con su promesa y el amor entre ambos va creciendo, revelar la verdad se vuelve cada día más difícil.

¿Tendrá Beckett el valor de confesar y enfrentar las consecuencias o seguirá guardando el secreto para no arriesgarse a perder a Ella?

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A letter. A final wish. A secret that could change everything.

From the author of the Empyrean series comes her most moving, addictive love story—full of secrets, redemption, and a romance built on second chances.

Beckett Gentry returns from war carrying a promise: to protect the sister of his best friend, Ryan, who gave his life to save him. But Ella MacKenzie doesn’t know that Beckett is “Chaos,” the soldier she poured her heart out to in letters… or that Ryan died in his place.

Now Beckett faces an impossible choice: tell the truth and risk losing Ella—or stay silent and hold on to the fragile bond they’re just beginning to build.

A broken team. A battle for dignity. A summer of softball that united them against the odds.

Marty’s fast-pitch softball team is far from typical. He and his unlikely teammates represent the Residence, a haven for chronic alcoholics—where forgotten men, written off by society, drown in their addictions. Yet they find something worth fighting for on a dusty Minnesota baseball diamond: their dignity.

As the men square off in a rec league against polished corporate teams with everything going for them, Marty and his gang must battle their inner demons and society’s prejudices on an extraordinary path to redemption. The teammates form a fragile bond as they discover that their magical season offers more than just wins and losses—it’s a chance to reclaim their identities and find purpose in a world that has long forgotten them.

Based on a true story, A Season on the Drink chronicles the raw, unforgettable story of redemption. Pat Harris masterfully weaves together themes of addiction, friendship, and resilience in this gripping narrative that transcends traditional sports literature. Through intimate portraits of the residents, the story reveals the transformative power of community and the unexpected joy found in life’s darkest corners.

Can the spirit of sports triumph over the crushing weight of addiction? As the season unfolds, these men discover that sometimes the greatest victories happen far from the scoreboard, in the quiet moments between pitches where hope takes root and friendship blooms.

A murdered conservation officer and a multi-million-dollar poaching business—how are they connected to Sam Rivers’ childhood friend?

Holden Riggins is an expert outdoorsman and a known poacher. He’s made a small fortune by exploiting nature’s bounty. So it’s no surprise when two conservation officers (COs) from the Department of Natural Resources come upon Holden’s fishing boat, anchored beside an illegal walleye net.

What is a surprise, though, is Holden’s condition: nearly frozen to death on the bottom of his boat. That’s not the COs’ most shocking discovery. Twisted and tangled within the twines of another nearby net is the dead body of their missing colleague.

After the COs save Holden from the icy grip of hypothermia, the suspected murderer refuses to answer questions. The only person he’ll speak with is Sam Rivers, a man he last saw when they were 12 years old. Since then, Holden has become a known scofflaw and ex-con, using wilderness and everything in it for his ill-gotten gains. Sam has become a special agent for the US Fish & Wildlife Service, hunting, capturing, and incarcerating criminals—like his childhood friend.

Throughout the state’s finest walleye lakes, the population of Minnesota’s most prized game fish has been unaccountably dropping. Holden’s net might explain why. Has he resurrected his illegal netting ring, cashing in on the state’s $25-million walleye industry? Did he commit murder to evade the law? One thing is certain: Sam will follow the facts wherever they lead—but is he the one reeling in suspects, or is he just the bait?

Natural history writer Cary J. Griffith brings back Sam Rivers for his fourth outdoors-themed mystery—a suspenseful novel filled with fast-paced action.

In this outdoors thriller, the investigation of a bizarre wolf attack leads to evidence of murder, conspiracy, and shocking family secrets.

A decades-old promise haunts Sam Rivers, but the wildlife biologist refuses to return home—not with his abusive and estranged father still there. Rivers left the family farm some 20 years ago. He found solace in nature and built a respected career as a special agent for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. His experiences have given him a penchant for understanding predators—a skill he’ll need, now, more than ever.

After his father’s mysterious death, Rivers is lured back to his hometown of Defiance, in northern Minnesota, to fulfill his mother’s dying wish. But all is not as it seems. Rivers breaks into his childhood home during a howling winter storm and discovers something sinister. His suspicions are heightened after a bizarre wolf attack on local livestock. The events lead the special agent to a series of clues that could change everything he knows—or thinks he knows—about the town, his family, and himself.

With the help of alluring reporter Diane Talbott, Rivers must unravel the wolf kill and learn what really happened to his father—a man Rivers has hated for most of his life. It is a case unlike any he’s worked before. His knowledge of frigid winters, wolves, and wilderness will be put to the test, as he tries to solve the case—and stay alive.

In Wolf Kill,natural history writer Cary J. Griffith introduces readers to Sam Rivers, the predator’s predator, and weaves a masterful tale of danger and suspense in the far north.

Two dead bodies and too many coincidences to ignore—in this outdoors mystery, special agent Sam Rivers must stop a murderous conspiracy.

As a special agent for the US Fish & Wildlife Service, Sam Rivers has researched and studied a variety of animals. He’s visiting sixth graders at Hopkins Elementary to share photographs of the Monarch butterfly—and he’s brought along his drug-sniffing wolfdog, Gray, to give students a demonstration of his partner’s remarkable skills.

Gray finds a sample drug packet, hidden by Sam, but that’s not all. The wolfdog keeps following his nose, leading Sam to a utility room where they discover the school’s janitor, dead. Local police write it off as a drug overdose, but Sam is no stranger to crime scenes. He suspects foul play.

When Sam and Gray come upon a second victim, the coincidences are too great to ignore. Sam starts turning over rocks—and what slithers out is more insidious than anyone could have foretold. Sam’s instincts tell him there’ll be more deaths, but those instincts put him at odds with conventional law enforcement. Armed with his knowledge of the natural world and his wolfdog companion, Sam must uncover answers to questions that few others believe exist.

The Denver Post calls Sam Rivers the “predator’s predator.” In Killing Monarchs, natural history writer Cary J. Griffith brings back Sam for his third mystery—a thrilling novel filled with action and suspense.

In this outdoors mystery, special agent Sam Rivers investigates the unexplained—and very unlikely—cougar attack that killed a wealthy business owner.

The sighting of a cougar in the Minnesota River Valley, outside the Twin Cities, is incredibly rare. A deadly cougar attack on a human in this area is about as likely as getting struck by lightning—twice. Yet when wealthy business owner Jack McGregor is found dead, the physical evidence seems incontrovertible.

Sheriff Rusty Benson brings in Sam Rivers, a US Fish & Wildlife (USFW) special agent and a wildlife biologist, to examine the scene and sign off on his conclusions. But Sam’s experiences have given him a penchant for understanding predators, and he has more questions than answers.

Details begin to surface that challenge law enforcement’s open-and-shut case. To find justice, Sam must take matters into his own hands. He enlists the help of reporter Diane Talbott and his wolf-dog, Gray, who’s in training to become a working dog for the USFW. Gray’s nose leads the investigation in unexpected directions. The more rocks Sam turns over, the more motives for murdering McGregor seem to slither out.

With no help or support from local law enforcement, Sam and his team are all that stand between justice and those who might otherwise get away with murder. Sam’s knowledge of backcountry, cougars, and the criminal mind will be put to the test, as he tries to solve the case—and stay alive.

In Cougar Claw, natural history writer Cary J. Griffith brings back Sam Rivers, the predator’s predator, and pens a puzzling mystery filled with suspense and intrigue.

When the mysterious appearance of an endangered snake leads to murder, special agent Sam Rivers must solve the case before those responsible can slither away.

The appearance of a rattlesnake wouldn’t normally be enough to halt construction on Alta Vista, an upscale housing development in Southeast Minnesota’s bluff country. But this is no ordinary reptile; it’s a rare eastern massasauga rattlesnake (EMR). The endangered snake has not been seen in the region for more than two decades, so Sam Rivers is called in. As a special agent of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Sam takes his responsibilities seriously—especially when it comes to protecting endangered species and their habitats. If he finds EMR dens on the construction site, he’ll close it permanently.

While the developers protest in outrage, Sam enlists the help of herpetologist Gina Larkspur from the Department of Natural Resources. Together, they begin to find anomalies that call the entire situation into question. When Sam’s wolfdog, Gray, tries to sniff out the EMR dens, it isn’t rattlesnakes he finds. Instead, Gray discovers the remnants of a terrible, 25-year-old crime. Were the endangered species merely pawns in a diabolical coverup? As Sam searches for the truth, bodies begin to pile up. He and his team must race to find answers before more innocents die.

Natural history writer Cary J. Griffith brings back Sam Rivers for his fifth outdoors-themed mystery—a suspenseful novel filled with fast-paced action.

In this outdoors mystery, special agent Sam Rivers investigates the unexplained—and very unlikely—cougar attack that killed a wealthy business owner.

The sighting of a cougar in the Minnesota River Valley, outside the Twin Cities, is incredibly rare. A deadly cougar attack on a human in this area is about as likely as getting struck by lightning—twice. Yet when wealthy business owner Jack McGregor is found dead, the physical evidence seems incontrovertible.

Sheriff Rusty Benson brings in Sam Rivers, a US Fish & Wildlife (USFW) special agent and a wildlife biologist, to examine the scene and sign off on his conclusions. But Sam’s experiences have given him a penchant for understanding predators, and he has more questions than answers.

Details begin to surface that challenge law enforcement’s open-and-shut case. To find justice, Sam must take matters into his own hands. He enlists the help of reporter Diane Talbott and his wolf-dog, Gray, who’s in training to become a working dog for the USFW. Gray’s nose leads the investigation in unexpected directions. The more rocks Sam turns over, the more motives for murdering McGregor seem to slither out.

With no help or support from local law enforcement, Sam and his team are all that stand between justice and those who might otherwise get away with murder. Sam’s knowledge of backcountry, cougars, and the criminal mind will be put to the test, as he tries to solve the case—and stay alive.

In Cougar Claw, natural history writer Cary J. Griffith brings back Sam Rivers, the predator’s predator, and pens a puzzling mystery filled with suspense and intrigue.

When the mysterious appearance of an endangered snake leads to murder, special agent Sam Rivers must solve the case before those responsible can slither away.

The appearance of a rattlesnake wouldn’t normally be enough to halt construction on Alta Vista, an upscale housing development in Southeast Minnesota’s bluff country. But this is no ordinary reptile; it’s a rare eastern massasauga rattlesnake (EMR). The endangered snake has not been seen in the region for more than two decades, so Sam Rivers is called in. As a special agent of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Sam takes his responsibilities seriously—especially when it comes to protecting endangered species and their habitats. If he finds EMR dens on the construction site, he’ll close it permanently.

While the developers protest in outrage, Sam enlists the help of herpetologist Gina Larkspur from the Department of Natural Resources. Together, they begin to find anomalies that call the entire situation into question. When Sam’s wolfdog, Gray, tries to sniff out the EMR dens, it isn’t rattlesnakes he finds. Instead, Gray discovers the remnants of a terrible, 25-year-old crime. Were the endangered species merely pawns in a diabolical coverup? As Sam searches for the truth, bodies begin to pile up. He and his team must race to find answers before more innocents die.

Natural history writer Cary J. Griffith brings back Sam Rivers for his fifth outdoors-themed mystery—a suspenseful novel filled with fast-paced action.

In this outdoors thriller, the investigation of a bizarre wolf attack leads to evidence of murder, conspiracy, and shocking family secrets.

A decades-old promise haunts Sam Rivers, but the wildlife biologist refuses to return home—not with his abusive and estranged father still there. Rivers left the family farm some 20 years ago. He found solace in nature and built a respected career as a special agent for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. His experiences have given him a penchant for understanding predators—a skill he’ll need, now, more than ever.

After his father’s mysterious death, Rivers is lured back to his hometown of Defiance, in northern Minnesota, to fulfill his mother’s dying wish. But all is not as it seems. Rivers breaks into his childhood home during a howling winter storm and discovers something sinister. His suspicions are heightened after a bizarre wolf attack on local livestock. The events lead the special agent to a series of clues that could change everything he knows—or thinks he knows—about the town, his family, and himself.

With the help of alluring reporter Diane Talbott, Rivers must unravel the wolf kill and learn what really happened to his father—a man Rivers has hated for most of his life. It is a case unlike any he’s worked before. His knowledge of frigid winters, wolves, and wilderness will be put to the test, as he tries to solve the case—and stay alive.

In Wolf Kill, natural history writer Cary J. Griffith introduces readers to Sam Rivers, the predator’s predator, and weaves a masterful tale of danger and suspense in the far north.

Two dead bodies and too many coincidences to ignore—in this outdoors mystery, special agent Sam Rivers must stop a murderous conspiracy.

As a special agent for the US Fish & Wildlife Service, Sam Rivers has researched and studied a variety of animals. He’s visiting sixth graders at Hopkins Elementary to share photographs of the Monarch butterfly—and he’s brought along his drug-sniffing wolfdog, Gray, to give students a demonstration of his partner’s remarkable skills.

Gray finds a sample drug packet, hidden by Sam, but that’s not all. The wolfdog keeps following his nose, leading Sam to a utility room where they discover the school’s janitor, dead. Local police write it off as a drug overdose, but Sam is no stranger to crime scenes. He suspects foul play.

When Sam and Gray come upon a second victim, the coincidences are too great to ignore. Sam starts turning over rocks—and what slithers out is more insidious than anyone could have foretold. Sam’s instincts tell him there’ll be more deaths, but those instincts put him at odds with conventional law enforcement. Armed with his knowledge of the natural world and his wolfdog companion, Sam must uncover answers to questions that few others believe exist.

The Denver Post calls Sam Rivers the “predator’s predator.” In Killing Monarchs, natural history writer Cary J. Griffith brings back Sam for his third mystery—a thrilling novel filled with action and suspense.

A murdered conservation officer and a multi-million-dollar poaching business—how are they connected to Sam Rivers’ childhood friend?

Holden Riggins is an expert outdoorsman and a known poacher. He’s made a small fortune by exploiting nature’s bounty. So it’s no surprise when two conservation officers (COs) from the Department of Natural Resources come upon Holden’s fishing boat, anchored beside an illegal walleye net.

What is a surprise, though, is Holden’s condition: nearly frozen to death on the bottom of his boat. That’s not the COs’ most shocking discovery. Twisted and tangled within the twines of another nearby net is the dead body of their missing colleague.

After the COs save Holden from the icy grip of hypothermia, the suspected murderer refuses to answer questions. The only person he’ll speak with is Sam Rivers, a man he last saw when they were 12 years old. Since then, Holden has become a known scofflaw and ex-con, using wilderness and everything in it for his ill-gotten gains. Sam has become a special agent for the US Fish & Wildlife Service, hunting, capturing, and incarcerating criminals—like his childhood friend.

Throughout the state’s finest walleye lakes, the population of Minnesota’s most prized game fish has been unaccountably dropping. Holden’s net might explain why. Has he resurrected his illegal netting ring, cashing in on the state’s $25-million walleye industry? Did he commit murder to evade the law? One thing is certain: Sam will follow the facts wherever they lead—but is he the one reeling in suspects, or is he just the bait?

Natural history writer Cary J. Griffith brings back Sam Rivers for his fourth outdoors-themed mystery—a suspenseful novel filled with fast-paced action.

"It is a real pleasure to find what many readers are always on the lookout for: a new and original writer of a rattling good story told with intelligence and depth." The Tablet

Parson's daughter Mara Johns arrives as a postgraduate student at a great northern cathedral city. Antagonistic to the church and fiercely independent, she repels all friendly overtures and seeks spiritual answers in her theological research. But when her past involvement in an extreme sect resurfaces, she finds her quest won't stay academic. Nor can she hold out against her persistent would-be friends.

Gradually she unbends and laughs with Maddy and May; locks horns with the insufferable 'polecat' - and finds herself torn between the attentions of two suitors. But they are both ordinands, and she's vowed she'll never marry a vicar. When her carefully controlled world falls apart, it is these new friends she must turn to if she wants to survive.

Mel Starr's latest novel is a thoroughly enjoyable medieval crime mystery. It may be enjoyed as complete in itself, or as part of the Hugh de Singleton series.

When Hugh and Kate's new-born son is taken to the church to be baptized, they are astounded to find that the locked font is completely dry. The possibility of a leak is quickly ruled out, and just as Hugh is beginning to wonder if there may be a sinister explanation for the stolen holy water, Fr Robert is found lying motionless by the rood screen in a pool of blood...

Meanwhile, parliament has passed a poll tax, stipulating everyone above the age of 14 is to be taxed equally. Folk are soon scrambling to find the money to pay and, inevitably, unscrupulous elements in society see an opportunity to feed off people's desperation and make some cash... But what connection can there possibly between this and events at Bampton?

Finding Mr Goldman tells of the epic battle of good and evil played out in the life and sudden death of a wicked man.
Had he known the hour of his death, the wealthy Harry Goldman might have arranged his day differently. Instead he finds himself plunged into a nightmare in which his life of violence and ruthless greed is laid bare before him.
Accompanied by a disreputable looking but likeable tramp, who bears a striking resemblance to Jesus, Goldman sets out on a quest to save his soul. But confronted by the shattering reality of hell, he realises all is lost. It is only then that he discovers the redeeming love of God . . .

Everyone agrees that Bob Dexter, the prominent Evangelical clergyman, has a great deal of personal charisma. Those who know him realise that he also has an unshakable faith in his own righteousness, and a real talent for rubbing people up the wrong way.

It is no surprise, therefore, that someone should want to kill him. In fact, when the Reverend Dexter moves to a small Norfolk parish, traditionally Anglo-Catholic, and begins remoulding it in his own image, his distraught parishioners are not the only ones with good reason to want to remove him. And there are secrets in his seemingly tranquil family life that Dexter does not even begin to suspect – until the fateful and eventful day of his death.

Solicitor David Middleton-Brown and his artist-friend Lucy Kingsley step in to investigate. Their search for the truth culminates at the annual National Pilgrimage to Walsingham, where Anglo-Catholic pomp clashes with heated Evangelical protest, and feelings run perilously high. Too late, perhaps, David realises the danger: will he be in time to prevent a second murder?

A woman priest at St Margaret's? Over my dead body!

Dolly Topping, head of the national organisation 'Ladies Opposed to Women Priests' and wife of one of the churchwardens, feels that strongly about it. It is unfortunate, therefore, that Father Julian, the well-loved curate of the Pimlico church, should have been killed in a burglary gone wrong. And doubly unfortunate that the Vicar, upwardly-aspiring William Keble Smythe, should choose to appoint a woman to replace him.

From the moment that Rachel Nightingale enters the serene Anglo-Catholic world of St Margaret's, tempers and emotions run high; Christian charity is not much in evidence, even among those who espouse it loudly.

Then another 'accidental' death unites the parishioners in new heights of hypocrisy, and leaves some crying 'murder'. But David Middleton-Brown is sceptical - until he learns about Father Julian's death. With the encouragement of the Archdeacon, David and Lucy Kingsley embark on a search for the truth about the 'dead man out of mind', and discover more than they ever wanted to know about greed, hypocrisy, ambition - and the cost of love.

Grieving the loss of wife and mother, Aidan and Melangell visit the renowned spiritual retreat center on the British island of Lindisfarne so Aidan can share with bright eight-year-old Melangell one of the places that inspired Jenny to write her books.

There they meet up with Jenny's friend Lucy, a Methodist minister, who is teaching a course on the local Northumbrian saints. Lucy has brought Rachel, a troubled teenager, to the Holy Island in hopes that the remoteness and peace of the location will help her.

But when Rachel is found dead on the beach, everyone on the island is under suspicion. As investigators and Rachel's "friends" come to the island, Aidan and Lucy learn more about Rachel, and Lucy's past as a policewoman is revealed.

And so Aidan is drawn into his second mystery. Masterfully told by award-winning author Fay Sampson, Death on Lindisfarne explores the complicated motivations of fallen people against the backdrop of ancient holiness.

'A powerfully evoked sense of place and unfolding mystery is woven into a contemporary tale of tragedy turned sinister, on the ancient island of saints.' C. F. Dunn, author of Mortal Fire.

Ben and his family are walking in the woods when they are blinded by a dazzling light.

Ben wakes up to find they have been abducted by aliens. He and his wife Anne are in a space zoo! But there is no sign of their son Jack, who is in even greater danger from the aliens.

Will Ben and Anne be able to escape from the zoo and rescue Jack before it is too late?

This book is particularly suitable for adults who are new to reading (emergent reads). It includes ‘What do you think?’ questions at the end of each chapter.

Father Gabriel Neville has everything going for him as vicar of St Anne's, Kensington Gardens: intellectual prowess, physical beauty, a happy family life and the prospect of promotion to Archdeacon. But his perfect world is shattered when he receives an anonymous letter that has the power to destroy his career and marriage, by threatening to expose something that no one could possibly know.

The only person Gabriel can turn to is David Middleton-Brown, an old friend and a man with a few secrets of his own. Against his better judgement, David comes to London, where his discreet enquiries bring to light a whole host of suspects.

There's the eccentric church organist, Miles Taylor; the gossip Mavis Conwell; the disapproving Dawson family; the Churchwarden, Cyril Fitzjames, who's in love with Gabriel's wife Emily; and the charming and talented artist Lucy Kingsley.

In his efforts to help Gabriel uncover the blackmailer, David hauls numerous skeletons out of cupboards, and enters into a web of relationships that threaten to shatter his own peace of mind.

"She has again succeeded in creating a cast of compelling characters (some of whom made their first appearance in Angels and Men), whose fate one becomes anxious to discover." Kate Chisholm, Sunday Telegraph

Annie Brown, wrestling with doubts about her faith and a biological clock the size of Big Ben, escapes the stifling kindness of her fellow ordinands and the stifled yelps of her sexuality by writing a raunchy novel.

Yet Annie can no more control her characters than she could a congregation. Outrageous Isabella and butter-wouldn't-melt Barney hurtle unbidden into difficult situations that lead Annie inexorably back to her own repressed upbringing and present predicament. Some of their liberation rubs off on her too, and when she meets brusque outsider Will, Annie plunges into passion as uninhibitedly as Isabella.

But Annie's vocation, like her libido, won't lie down, and she despairs of finding a happy ending to either of her stories . . .

'Another exciting page-turner by Mel Starr. He beautifully depicts the counds, sights and smells, as well as the emotions, of the medieval world in this welcome addition to his long-running series. ' Jill Dalladay, author of The Abbess of Whitby

Lord Gilbert Talbot must provide soldiers for Prince Edward's battle in France. He wishes his surgeon - Hugh de Singleton - to travel with the war party to tend any injuries. Among those on the road is Sir Simon Trillowe, Hugh's old nemesis, who had once torched Hugh's house.

Finding himself in the same war party, Hugh resolves to watch his back in the presence of the knight, who is still holding a grudge. But it is Sir Simon who should not have turned his back...

When Trillowe's body is found, many suspect Hugh has wreaked revenge on his adversary.

To clear his name, Hugh must once again riddle a reason for murder.

When musician Anna Greene dies at the untimely age of 42, her family and friends are stunned by their sudden loss. Theo, Anna’s husband, fluctuates between numb grief and fury at the world. Fifteen-year-old Beth is fighting her own demons, while little brother Sam just misses his mum.

But Anna has left one last request: that those who love her should walk the Pilgrims’ Way to Canterbury in her memory.

Four months later, they set out on a hundred-mile journey that will change their lives for ever. Walking with the family are Father Stephen – a priest wrestling with a deeply personal crisis of conscience – and Anna’s sparky best friend, single mother Tamsin. Then a stranger joins the group. Who is he? And what was the catastrophe that drove Anna from home a decade earlier?

Over the course of nine days, the pilgrims share their memories of Anna, and gradually the layers of her life are peeled back to uncover secrets no one ever suspected.

Can those who love her live with all that is past?

‘Beautifully written, emotionally resonant and truthful, this is an inspiring novel about the many faces of love and the struggle to come to terms with grief.’
Elizabeth Buchan, author of Consider the Lily

‘Sarah Meyrick’s latter-day pilgrims are as congenial companions for the reader as for one another. A highly accomplished debut filled with wisdom and grace.’
Michael Arditti, author of The Enemy of the Good

Liam loves visiting the local pet shop and is desperate to have his own snake. Then one day, Mr Nash, the owner of the shop, disappears.
What has happened to Mr Nash? And how far will Liam go to get what he wants?
This book is particularly suitable for adults who are new to reading (emergent reads). It includes ‘What do you think?’ questions at the end of each chapter.

The year is 1935. Clive Staples Lewis (known to his friends as ‘Jack’) and his brother Warren (‘Warnie’) are visiting their young friend Tom Morris at Nesfield Cathedral School. Jack is to be the guest speaker at the school’s speech night.

They become eyewitnesses to a murder, an impossible murder.

A man is stabbed to death by an unseen assailant, and Tom and Jack see his body fall from the rooftop . . . but the body doesn’t hit the ground until the following day!

An entertaining homage to the beloved creator of Narnia – and a celebration of the hugely popular school stories of the early twentieth century – The Floating Body reveals how Jack’s nimble brain again proves invaluable to the police in their attempts to explain the seemingly impossible.

Praise for The Corpse in the Cellar:

‘A satisfying, many-faceted piece of holiday reading.’ Methodist Recorder

‘Charming.’ The Tablet

Who will be the next bishop of Lindchester? That's what everyone's been asking since bishop Paul Henderson resigned in haste and a whiff of scandal.

Unseen Things Above rejoins our friends in the diocese as they address themselves to the labyrinthine process of appointing his replacement.

When they aren't arguing about love and marriage, that is. Should Jane renounce her feminist orthodoxy and wed the manly archdeacon? Could Father Ed defy the House of Bishops and marry Neil? And how many hearts will start atrembling when the gorgeous but volatile Freddie May returns to the Cathedral Close?

Come, dear reader, and clamber once again onto the liturgical rollercoaster. Travel from Easter to Advent with bishops, archbishops, and all the company of Lindchester. Hang on to your hat as you're whirled through ups and downs and twists of plot. There are unseen things above, all right. But if you manage to open your eyes, the view from the top is glorious.

Master Hugh, Kate, and their children attend the Midsummer's Eve fire. Next morning early Hugh hears the passing bell ring from the Church of St. Beornwald, and moments later is summoned.

Tenants collecting the ashes to spread upon their fields have found burned bones. Master Hugh learns of several men of Bampton and nearby villages who have gone missing recently. Most are soon found, some alive, some dead. Master Hugh eventually learns that the bones are those of a bailiff from a nearby manor. Someone has slain him and placed his body in the fire to destroy evidence of murder. Bailiffs are not popular men; they dictate labour service, collect rents, and enforce other obligations. 

Has this bailiff died at the hand of some angry tenant? Hugh soon discovers this is not the case. There is quite another reason for murder ...

Chosen as handmaid to Eostre, the Saxon goddess, Hild would spend a year serving the goddess before she was wed. Her future was mapped out - until her father was murdered, and King Edwin claimed her as kin. 

Hild's first love was given a key command in Edwin's forces, and vanished from her life, wed to her elder sister. That same day, the court was baptised, ending the people's fertility religion and Hild's role. 

Life looked bleak - even more so when the husband to whom she was given was killed, along with her child. Hild resented the compulsory baptism, but became intrigued by the Iona priests, and eventually converted. 

Aidan, the charismatic figure who taught, and lived, a new kind of love, persuaded Hild to help spread the new faith. In thanks for a significant victory, King Oswy ordered her to found one of his new monasteries at Whitby. She would see the men she trained appointed by the Pope as missionary bishops, carrying the faith across Britain.

Elemental, timeless stories, set in Italy, Finland, Ireland, Russia, Germany, Scotland and America, reveal the impact the seasons can have on our inner being

Although each is complete in itself, these beautifully crafted tales contain recurring motifs so our understanding of one is enriched by the reading of others. The perspectives shift mesmerizingly as layer upon layer of human experience is uncovered. Ambiguity, mystery and spiritual searching abound, as the author meditates on many of the themes found in his highly acclaimed poetry: betrayal, lostness, bullying, the miraculous, faith and the power of love.

"Edwin, High King of Britain, brings to life the heroic age of our distant past, a splendid novel that leaves the reader wanting more." Bernard Cornwell

Debut historical fiction series vividly recreating the rise of the Christian kings of Northumbria, England

In 604 AD, Edwin, the deposed king of Northumbria, seeks refuge at the court of King Raedwald of East Anglia. But Raedwald is urged to kill his guest by Aethelfrith, Edwin's usurper. As Edwin walks by the shore, alone and at bay, he is confronted by a mysterious figure--the missionary Paulinus-- who prophesies that he will become High King of Britain. It is a turning point.

Through battles and astute political alliances Edwin rises to great power, in the process marrying the Kentish princess Aethelburh. As part of the marriage contract the princess is allowed to retain her Christian faith. But, in these times, to be a king is not a recipe for a long life.

This turbulent and tormented period in British history sees the conversion of the Anglo-Saxon settlers who have forced their way on to British shores over previous centuries, arriving first to pillage, then to farm and trade--and to come to terms with the faith of the Celtic tribes they have driven out.

The dramatic story of Northumbria's Christian kings helped give birth to England as a nation, English as a language, and the adoption of Christianity as the faith of the English.

Josh has everything ticking along nicely. He’s worked out a great scam for ripping off old ladies, he’s still living with his mum, and he can afford all the latest gear.
But when he meets the lovely Lisa, she starts asking questions that don’t have good answers. And when the police start nosing around too, Josh begins to realize that a life of crime may not pay after all.
This book is particularly suitable for adults who want to improve their reading skills. It includes ‘What do you think?’ questions at the end of each chapter.

An engrossing read in the successful Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon series.

Lady Philippa, the wife of Sir Aymer - a knight of the realm - disappears while travelling from her husband's manor to Bampton. She and her maid are travelling in an enclosed wagon, whilst her husband and his grooms and a squire are mounted. When the party arrives at Bampton Castle neither the lady nor her maid are within the enclosed wagon: they have simply vanished.

As the disappearance may have happened while the travellers were on Lord Gilbert's lands, his surgeon and bailiff, Hugh de Singleton, is assigned to discover what has happened to the lady. Has she been taken? Her has she fled her husband?

Can Hugh help find her, or is it already too late?

Dan has got his life together. He’s training as a plumber and he’s the star of his local boxing club. But his life hasn’t always been so good.

When Dan is given the chance to get revenge on his abusive dad, will he take it? After all, he’ll only get one shot. Can he make it count?

This book is particularly suitable for adults who want to improve their reading skills. It includes ‘What do you think?’ questions at the end of each chapter.

Discover the next gripping installment in the Hugh De Singleton's Chronicles series, following the life and adventures of Hugh de Singleton, surgeon in medieval Bampton, Oxfordshire.

When the beadle of the manor of Bampton disappears after going out to enforce curfew, his young wife Matilda turns to Master Hugh de Singleton, surgeon and bailiff of the manor, for help. Two days later, Alan's mutilated body is discovered in the hedge near St Andrew's Chapel. His throat has been ripped out, his head nearly severed from his body, and his arms and hands covered in deep scratches.

At the scene, Master Hugh teams up with Hubert the coroner, who suggests that a wolf could have caused the fatal wound. But why is there no blood, and why are there so many scratches? As Master Hugh delves deeper into the investigation, he uncovers a web of secrets and lies that threaten to tear the community apart.

With vivid descriptions of medieval life, graphic medical procedures, and a cast of compelling characters, this story is a must-read for fans of historical mysteries.

"This skillfully woven story is a delight to read. The setting is exceptionally well crafted. Highly recommended." Davis Bunn, best-selling author

Barry is looking forward to his first weekend on the out. Free at last!
He has nothing to lose but his £46 discharge grant, a bag of dirty washing, and all the promises he has made to himself in prison…
You can find out what happens to Barry next in the sequel to this book, Bare Freedom also by Andy Croft.
This book is particularly suitable for adults who want to improve their reading skills. It includes ‘What do you think?’ questions at the end of each chapter.

Camping out in Dyrys Woods, she starts to make a new life for herself and she finds space for her active imagination to run wild. Weaving together the stories she loves and memories of her past, including the mother she lost thirteen years ago. 

Back in the village, Rhiannon's disappearance triggers a series of events that uncovers the cracks in Llandymna's quiet surface. Quick-tempered Callum finds himself reluctantly drawn into search parties, while a young police officer is forced to investigate his neighbours, and the village's elderly story-teller hints at a secret that the older generation have kept for decades. But as painful as the village's past may be, it may hold the key for hope in the present...

Claire Wong's strong debut explores how human relationships develop, how we change as we interact with one another, and the role of folktales and mythology in small communities.

'Mel Starr has done it again with another brilliant Sir Hugh de Singleton medieval mystery to keep readers guessing until the very end. [.] I was there at the Queen's College, dining on pottage, getting soaked in the rain in fourteenth-century Oxford - Mel always draws you into the experience.' Toni Mount, author of the Sebastian Foxley murder mystery series

One of Master John Wycliffe’s scholars is found dead after a thunderstorm. Was he struck by lightning, or was there something more sinister to his death?

Scholar Richard Sabyn, a particularly obnoxious fellow, was believed to have been struck by lightning. However, Master Wycliffe believes otherwise and calls upon Sir Hugh de Singleton for help. Sir Hugh shares Wycliffe’s suspicions and launches a private investigation, learning that it might indeed be possible to make it look as though a man has died from a lightning strike. But who would go to all that effort, and why?

When fellow scholar Simon Duby dies, it raises even more questions and suspicions. What is the connection between the two men? Sir Hugh believes a bronze pot, a bucket of urine, and a small quantity of charcoal and brimstone may hold the answer. During a bleak 1375, can he survive the insidious plague and several attempts on his life as he continues his quest for truth?

'If you have ever wondered how you might have felt and reacted had you lived in Palestine and heard tales about a wonderful 'Teacher' performing miracles down in Galilee, you will definitely enjoy this book.' Farifteh V. Robb, author of In the Shadow of the Shahs

“When a pot breaks, it’s useless; at best there might be a shard that you can use to scoop grain. But what about a broken life? What about me? I feel so fragmented. Can I be repaired somehow? How do I live with the hate I feel towards those I’m supposed to be closest to? My life is in pieces and I don’t know what to do…”

Will one tragic event leave friendship and family ties irrevocably broken? And how will a historical Middle Eastern mountain community deal with news of a miracle worker? Is he too good to be true?

"A powerful and compassionate book looking into the heart of human dilemma, corruption, and redemption. This is a gripping story of depth and insight." - Pen Wilcock, author of The Hawk and the Dove

Berlin, 1933: as Hitler rises to power, the law - designed to protect and serve - becomes twisted to the will of those who dream of a pure Aryan race.

SS Officer Walter Gunther is intensely loyal to the Third Reich. His readiness to kill without question or remorse would seem to make him the ideal candidate to lead the T4 euthanasia programme. SS Officer Karl Muller, a trainee doctor and engineer, is also brought into the programme, and assured that his work is consistent with the Hippocratic oath he's due to take. Their mandate: to kill the "unworthies" - not just the Jews, but crippled children, the mentally ill, homosexuals. Hedda, Walter's wife and old acquaintance of Karl, has no idea of what their work entails. Until, that is, the fate of their families is at stake, and each must confront afresh the choices they have made.

This dark, tense novel is a compelling story of human tragedy, and man's potential to revel in, or fight against, the evil actions of a corrupted nation.

'Brilliant, witty, and full of down-to-earth humour... The perfect 'church hall' anecdotal read' JB Gill, TV Presenter

Songs of Praise presenter is back with another thrilling read and an unputdownable series centered on a Victorian church hall and Kath, its brash and inexperienced administrator.

There's never a dull moment at Hope Hall. Its rooms are filled throughout the day with gossipy grandmas, body-popping teenagers, and a nursery group where it's the grown-ups who are near to tears!

But it's all in a day's work for administrator, Kath, whose job it is to make sure Hope Hall offers something for everyone! As the team works to pull off their ambitious Hope Hall Centenary Easter Monday Fayre, Kath realizes reinforcements are needed. Brash, loud and inexperienced though she may be, Kath has a feeling that Shirley might be just the ticket! The Fayre is a triumph but when Kath's old flame comes back on the scene, she's faced with some tough choices. Will Kath make the right decision?

Jerry is excited about taking his young son Stevie to watch the big match.
But when trouble breaks out between the fans, Jerry and Stevie can’t escape the shouting, fighting and flying glass. And then Stevie gets lost in the crowd.
What will Jerry do next? And what will happen to Stevie?
This book is particularly suitable for adults who are new to reading (emergent reads). It includes ‘What do you think?’ questions at the end of each chapter.

The Battle of Flodden in September 1513 was one of the bloodiest battles ever fought on British soil, in which James IV, King of Scots, and virtually the whole of his nobility and gentry were annihilated in an afternoon along with 15,000 soldiers.

Five centuries on and the slaughter still occupies a core position in the Scottish nationalist debate and in the pantheon of heroic failures. This novel puts you in the heart of the action; you'll feel the sweat and the fear, the curtain of red mist.

The narrative covers the period April - September 1513, focusing around a handful of key characters:

- John Heron, Bastard of Ford, swaggering, violent and disreputable, the black sheep of a good English family
- Sir Thomas Howard, leader of the English forces, a skilled strategist
- Alexander, 3rd Lord Hume, leader of the Scots, bold but impetuous
- Isabella Hoppringle, Abbess of Coldstream, hub of a web of influential women throughout the Scottish borders, a woman of significant influence and charisma.

Jack Flynn, strong and aggressive, but slowly dying of tuberculosis on his farm in Tipperary in the Republic of Ireland, decides to acquire - buy - a young wife who can bear him sons to inherit his family's land. 

His choice, Caitlin Spillane, is less than half his age, attractive and intelligent, and resents bitterly the obedience that is forced upon her. When Donal Kelly, a young firebrand and IRA activist, arrives in the village, he is determined to liberate Caitlin from her unloved husband - by any means. 

A novel set against the struggle for the heart of Ireland in the Second World War.

Edmund Harkins has gone missing.

Few would confess to liking the man – a wife-beater and distinctly unsavoury character – so when some hungry pigs disinter his corpse in a shallow grave, there is hardly an outpouring of grief.

However, this intensifies the problem Sir Hugh faces: as bailiff of Bampton it is his duty to discover who has slain Edmund. But if he does, he will earn the enmity of villagers who are pleased the scoundrel is dead, and who knows what repercussions might follow?

To further complicate Hugh's life, the Bishop of Exeter has sent a new vicar to Bampton, his nephew, who behaves in an obnoxious manner to Lady Katherine’s maid, and seems obsessed with discovering any heretical views Hugh might hold. The vicar also, it transpires, is contributing to the unhealthy atmosphere of suppression and suspicion that has come to pervade the village . . .

It’s 1923, and a resilient Paris is beginning to recover from the ravages of war and the Spanish Flu Epidemic. Enter Muriel Ross, a young American photographer tasked with documenting the antiques that Senator Tom Bryan has travelled to France to acquire. Exhilarated to escape the confines of her stifling Virginia home, Muriel revels in Parisian culture. But as she captures its sights on her Leica camera, lingering questions remain . . . Why has she been hired for this grand adventure?

Events soon take a dangerous turn. The senator appears to be on a mission far more momentous—and potentially deadly—than a mere shopping trip. At the Cathedral of Notre Dame, he asks his young employee to photograph an astonishing artefact: a piece of the True Cross, discovered by Helena, mother of Constantine the Great. When rumours surface that another fragment has been unearthed, Muriel becomes enmeshed in a covert international alliance dedicated to authenticating the fragment . . . And protecting it from those who will stop at nothing to steal and discredit it.

“Bunn’s attention to historical accuracy is spot-on. But, where others might have fun taking a more mystical approach, Bunn travels the higher road and focuses on characters being changed from the inside . . . [It’s] clear he has mastered the art of weaving history and story together in a seamless fashion. 5 Stars.”
—Dave Milbrandt, author of Chasing Deception

‘I don’t compare books to Tolkien… this is the best fantasy book I’ve read since then.’ GoodReads

The epic final battle between the Master and King

Eamon Goodman is now the Master’s Right Hand. But despite being the second-in-command to the ruler of the River Realm, Eamon becomes the victim of vengeful plots engineered by the other Quarter Hands. Eamon finds himself powerless to stop them and the people he cares for are under threat.

Eamon then discovers that the Nightholt?the book he long ago delivered to the Master’s Hands?holds the key to the Master’s power, which will become absolute upon the death of the King.

Thus the stage for the final battle is set. Eamon rides out at the head of the Master’s army and must finally decide where his true allegiance lies. His choice will determine the fate of the River Realm

The story of the discovery of the True Cross, featuring one of the most important women in Christian history

Abandoned by her husband, in danger because of her faith, but determined to do what God calls her to, Empress Helena sets out on pilgrimage through the ancient landscapes of Caesarea and Judea. Here she is stalked by the menacing Roman assassin Severus. Yet she also meets those who would help her: the wise and wizened bishop Macarius; the rough-edged but kind-hearted sergeant Cratus, and the young soldier Anthony, a man who has lost everything.

Miracles seem to follow this humble but determined woman as she wins many over to the faith, and changes lives forever – including her own.

‘Davis is a master storyteller and his ability to tell an ancient tale in a contemporary style regularly leaves readers wanting more.’
Dave Milbrandt, author of Chasing Deception

‘[Bunn] does something few Christian fiction writers do . . . his stories open readers to a bigger multicultural and multireligious world . . . he always seems to surprise and lead into places readers don’t expect.’
Publishers Weekly

A prequel to The Fragment, also published by Marylebone House

'Mel Starr's writing is superb. And the stories themselves are captivating. Highly recommended.' Davis Bunn, internationally bestselling author

To bring justice, Master Hugh must foil the corrupt power of great men.

Many medieval scholars discontinued their university studies before completing their degree. Some lacked funds; others became bored with a scholar's life. Occasionally these young men formed lawless bands, robbing and raping and creating chaos. They were called goliards.

In Deeds of Darkness Master Hugh learns that the Bampton coroner, an old friend, has been slain while traveling to Oxford. As he seeks the killer (or killers) he discovers a band of goliards in the area between Oxford and Bampton.

But how to apprehend these youths? They have protectors far above Hugh's station. He must deal with the claims of justice on the one hand and the power of great men to protect their henchmen on the other.

One handstand.

That's all it took.

And Lucy Pitcher spun William Shearwater's world upside down.

Fifty years on, 'Shears' is a squeaky-clean Anglican chaplain, nursing memories of a lost and secret love. He has never met English teacher Sophie Daggert, recently bereaved and on a quest to trace her natural parents. But through a mesmerizing series of twists and turns, Sophie and Shears are brought together in a shocking journey of self-discovery - with 1967's Summer of Love at the heart of it all.

'Witty, tragic and emotional. If there's a better-observed comic novel about the 1960s, I'll eat my kaftan.'
Cindy Kent MBE, (ex-The Settlers)

'Goddard's knowledge of popular culture is extraordinary, and the way he weaves it into a believable range of characters makes this book utterly compelling. A splendid read is guaranteed for all.'
Don Maclean, former presenter of BBC TV's Crackerjack!

'Immensely readable.' - Belfast Telegraph
'Exhilarating.' - Christianity Today
'Imaginative, stimulating and fresh... Above all, the work of a craftsman.' - Glasgow Herald

'My purpose and effort in writing this 'holy history' was always to persuade the reader to feel - to experience, in fact and in spirit - this, the greatest of stories.'

This innovative, dramatic and highly readable retelling of the Bible - from the Creation to the Acts of the Apostles - in the style of an epic novel has sold 1.5 million copies worldwide. Reading like a great historical novel, The Book of God dramatizes the sweep of biblical events, making the men and women of this ancient book come alive in vivid detail and dialogue. From Abraham wandering in the desert to Jesus teaching the multitudes on a Judean hillside, The Book of God follows the biblical story in chronological order.

This blockbuster is now being reissued with a striking new cover for the 21st century.

Here is a collection of brilliant and poignant parables and stories, for personal reading and public use.

Each offers a penetrating insight into some aspect of the human condition. They include:

•  The Spider Who Believed in Himself: a cautionary tale for millennials.
• An Artist Tries to Create the World: she tries and tries again... but she still can't get it right.
• The Divine Call Centre: 'Your call is important to God. Please don't hang up.'
• An Atheist Troubled by His Doubts: he just wishes that he had the simple faith of other atheists.

Midwinter in Antarctica.

Six months of darkness are about to begin.

Scientist Katie Flanagan has an undeserved reputation as a trouble-maker and her career has foundered. When an accident creates an opening on a remote Antarctic research base she seizes it, flying in on the last plane before the subzero temperatures make it impossible to leave.

Meanwhile patent lawyer Daniel Marchmont has been asked to undertake due diligence on a breakthrough cancer cure. But the key scientist is strangely elusive and Daniel uncovers a dark secret that leads to Antarctica.

Out on the ice a storm is gathering. As the crew lock down the station they discover a body and realise that they are trapped with a killer...

What’s a fair punishment for stealing a watch?
It’s 1788 and Jacob Jones has been sentences to seven year’s labour in Australia. The work is hot, hard and dangerous.
Will Jacob find a way to escape? Or is there nowhere to run?
This book is particularly suitable for adults who want to improve their reading skills. It includes ‘What do you think?’ questions at the end of each chapter.

"Mel Starr has done it again. This latest episode in the saga of Hugh de Singleton, medieval surgeon and detective, is another jewel in the author's crown. Each of these stand-alone dramas are tales of the highest order. The epoch and the region are portrayed with flawless beauty. His writing is superb. And the stories themselves are captivating. Highly recommended." - Davis Bunn, bestselling author

Another brilliant slice of medieval crime fiction.

Thomas atte Bridge, a man no one likes, is found hanging from a tree near Cow-leys Corner. All assume he has taken his own life, but Master Hugh and Kate find evidence that this may not be so.

Many of the town had been harmed by Thomas, and Hugh is not eager to send one of them to the gallows. Then he discovers that the priest John Kellet, atte Bridge's partner in crime in A CORPSE AT ST. ANDREW'S CHAPEL, was covertly in Bampton at the time atte Bridge died.

Master Hugh is convinced that Kellet has murdered atte Bridge ' one rogue slaughtering another. He sets out for Exeter, where Kellet now works. But there he discovers that the priest is an emaciated skeleton of a man, who mourns the folly of his past life. Hugh must return to Bampton and discover which of his friends has murdered his enemy...

'Mel Starr has given us another layered, compelling mystery, strong with abundant, telling details of everyday medieval life. This is a series well worth the reading.' - Margaret Frazer, author of the Dame Frevisse medieval mysteries

'The Light Keeper' is the debut novel by award-winning writer Cole Moreton. It is a story of faith and hope that follows themes of depression, love and loss, and redemption. Rich in prose throughout and written with sensitivity, Cole writes about difficult issues and themes with human warmth.

Set in the South Coast of England, amongst the setting of Beachy Head and the South Downs National Park, 'The Light Keeper' contains compelling twists that keep the reader invested and guessing until the very end.

Moreton explores the intimacy of relationships through husband and wife, Jack and Sarah. Sarah has run away from home to this wild, beautiful place to make a decision that is, for her, truly a matter of life and death. Pursued by Jack, he is desperate to find her on these hills before it is too late as the number of men and women going over the cliff edge has ominously increased of late. But does the secret lie with the Keeper who live alone in the old lighthouse, a few steps from the four-hundred-foot drop in this gorgeous, terrifying place?

Cole Moreton's profound novel has endorsements from many respected authors from Matt Haig to Jane Fallon to Anthony Horrowitz.