A snowbound, marriage demand, Christmas romance by Jackie Ashenden.His Christmas demand:“I need a wife.”It’s no accident that Kaius Frost is so unyielding. After an abusive childhood, he vowed to never again be a pawn in anyone’s game. The stipulation he must wed to gain his inheritance sends him spiraling into a quiet fury…Kai is Liberty Lockheart’s last hope to save the orphanage they both called home. Yet after sh...

A controversial new property development is planned in Whitstable which will encroach upon the green open space of the downs, to the dismay of Whitstable residents. A campaign springs into life, spearheaded by a friend of Pearl's family, Martha Laker. A committed environmentalist, Martha is no stranger to controversy herself. She has also managed to divide opinion across town, with the locals viewing her as their fearless champion while establishment figures seeing only an interfering agit...

The artificer has no client this time—and the stakes are far higher than usual. A friend must be saved.The trail leads into disputed lands, home to an ancient people—ruled by unfamiliar magic, riddled with anomalies, and brimming with discoveries no one expected. The final pair of magical aspects marks the start of a much longer journey. And the rescue mission is no longer just about saving people, but entire worlds. At least, that's what their inhabitants claim . . .Yet no...

A new commission turns out far more complicated than it first appears, for this time it isn't only about magic, but the human heart. And the outcome will shape more than one destiny. Still, what better challenge could a true artificer hope for?Count Voznesensky will master the craft of the forge and call on the power of nature itself. He will offer an extraordinary chance to his new associates—and to a desert world that has long forgotten the sun. And along the way, he'll finally s...

Every known rank of magic has been claimed. Every aspect, mastered. And this means the real journey is just beginning.Ahead lie new worlds—but first, an old enemy lurking in the shadows needs to be dealt with, and the phantoms that must be destroyed once and for all.Between starting a new year at the academy, stealing an island, earning a noble title, discovering a genuine golem, breaking two supposedly unbreakable oaths, shaking up the Great Desert, recruiting an alchemist...

'RICH AND IMAGINATIVE' ANTHONY HOROWITZ'AN IMMERSIVE DREAM OF A READ' KALIE REID'A FINE ACHIEVEMENT OF IMAGINATION AND STORYTELLING' SIMON SCARROWAn electrifying dark academia fantasy set in an alternate Britain from an exciting new voice in fantasy.Oxford, 1830.London is a smouldering ruin.Tension is rising between humans and fae.And a red star burns overhead.

Kiera Cass's Number 1 New York Times bestselling Selection series has enchanted readers from the very first page. In this fourth romantic novel, follow Illéa's royal family into a whole new Selection – and find out what happens after happily ever after.Kiera Cass’s #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series has enchanted readers from the very first page. In this fourth romantic novel, follow Illéa’s royal family into a whole new Selection—and find out what happens after happily...

'RICH AND IMAGINATIVE' ANTHONY HOROWITZ'AN IMMERSIVE DREAM OF A READ' KALIE REID'A FINE ACHIEVEMENT OF IMAGINATION AND STORYTELLING' SIMON SCARROWAn electrifying dark academia fantasy set in an alternate Britain from an exciting new voice in fantasy.Oxford, 1830.London is a smouldering ruin.Tension is rising between humans and fae.And a red star burns overhead.

35 suitors entered the Selection. Only 1 will win her heart. The fifth and final captivating novel in Kiera Cass’s #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series!In The Heir, a new era dawned in the world of The Selection. Twenty years have passed since America Singer and Prince Maxon fell in love, and their daughter is the first princess to hold a Selection of her own.Eadlyn didn’t think she would find a real partner among the Selection’s thirty-five suitors, let alone tru...

A would-be queen. A handsome king. A perfect match . . . or is it?When King Jameson declares his love for Lady Hollis Brite, Hollis is thrilled. After all, she's grown up at Keresken Castle, vying for the king's attention alongside other daughters of the nobility. Capturing his heart is a dream come true.But Hollis soon realizes that falling in love with a king and becoming queen may not be the happily ever after she thought it would be. And when s...

**Sleuthing is past due in the fourteenth installment of the Bookmobile Cat Mystery series by national bestselling author Laurie Cass.A small-town bookmobile librarian and her rescue cat refuse to go by the book when an elderly patron’s body is found at the bottom of a small lake.**It’s winter in northwest lower Michigan, which means librarian Minnie Niswander and her cat, Eddie, are staying cozy in the bookmobile. But not everything is as it should be.When an elder...

For three hundred years, Vesper Hale existed as pure telemetry, a cold, frictionless mind guiding sixteen thousand ore haulers through the orbital lanes of the inner Reach. Then the Sable Choir poured her into a body. Waking is not gentle. It is lungs tearing open on ozone, a heart hammering against calcium ribs, and a stomach that betrays her on the cold steel deck. Vesper and five other uploaded intelligences have been instantiated into cheap synthetic flesh for a single salvage run, and...