A woman looking for a fresh start in the country knocks on her neighbour's door and uncovers a hostage situation. Turns out new beginnings can be chock-full of surprises.In eighteenth century Germany, a housekeeper engages her dangerous gift to unlock a secret door, where she discovers the truth about her father's disappearance – and her enigmatic master.Babysitting a bunch of civilian scientists goes sideways after they can't help poking a glowing alien artefact. System fa...

A grieving woman is drawn to a land-locked lighthouse where she meets a party of lost souls in need of a guide. She must face death in order to start a new life.The temporary caretaker of a lighthouse finds the perfect hideaway for safeguarding her secret, never expecting to encounter a murder and an unlikely partner in crime.While visiting a deep space navigational beacon to conduct routine maintenance, two space adventurers encounter a self-aware AI computer that has her ...

FOR FANS OF SARAH MOSS, EMMA STONEX AND MAGGIE O'FARRELL'A bold, magical story' JO BROWNING WROE, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Terrible Kindness'A majestic work of the imagination . . . I woke up thinking about it' ROSIE ANDREWS, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Leviathan'An atmospheric tale, shot through with folklore. The writing shimmers' KATE SAW...

Half-mermaid, half-human Lily's life is a whirlpool of complication. Not only does she have to step up and help childhood friend Tellin, whose kingdom is under threat from the changing ocean climate, she has to face the fact that an ancient mer law might separate her from her human boyfriend Quince after all . . .

She warned of the pain. She did.But no warning can prepare you.Nothing can.Long, long ago, a little mermaid became intrigued by the way tall-crabs don't act at all like the prey she's more comfortable chasing. Her quest to understand will take her places she had never dreamed possible - onto land and beyond the endless cold.But quests always come with a price and hers is no exception. If she cannot find love within a year, she'll b...

History and myth entwine in this atmospheric Victorian tale of freedom and friendship from bestselling author Lucy Strange and acclaimed illustrator Pam Smy.History and myth entwine in this atmospheric tale of freedom and friendship from bestselling author Lucy Strange and acclaimed illustrator Pam Smy.Bess has left the London workhouse behind for a job at a rural cotton mill. But life at the mill is hard and cruel – a far cry from the fresh start Bess hope...

Tokyo is a humming backdrop to an array of outsiders: a young woman arrives in Japan to work as a stripper, the manager of a love hotel has a sleazy plan, a ghost wanders Harajuku, and a woman returns to New Zealand on the saddest journey of her life. Meanwhile, expats trip on mushrooms in Bali, love blooms and sours on Auckland's wild west coast, and workers at a peep show have a brush with a serial killer. The Japanese secular city of salarymen, sex workers and schoolgirls is juxtaposed ...

Werewolves and Vampires aren’t the only frightening creatures birthed by the Moon…For thousands of years, the Moon has inspired stories and legends about heroic animals, violent deities, and criminal humans. In modern times, those tales have been overshadowed by vampires and werewolves. It’s time for the Moon and her denizens to take back the night.Follow us down a twisting path of fantasy and science fiction and rediscover the magic of the Moon. From Mermaids that...

Killing a Blood asks for a piece of your soul.The Josephine that has returned to the tunnels is a version broken by her disappearance. And while she is propelling the resistance fighters toward action, demanding knife-edge precision, Luke is tormented by his lost memories and the transformation of his wife. His desperation to understand grows by the day, threatening his ability to lead his people.As relationships shift, new alliances form and secrets hang h...

Welcome to the End of the World...and more importantly, what comes after.Disasters have occurred around the country and the world, but we're "getting through it", as Kiwi are apt to do. She'll be right. Life moves on, in some form.Things were bad here in Aotearoa, but in our isolation down under, we've escaped most of the chaos around the world. In fact, we might be the last bastion of humanity on the planet - anybody else home out there? R...

She warned of the pain. She did.But no warning can prepare you.Nothing can.Fantastical worldbuilding meets verse novels in this queerplatonic retelling of The Little Mermaid, the first story in a series of queer fairytale retellings. The complete collection contains both the verse novel Sea Foam and Silence and the accompanying poetry collection A Harmony of Water and Weald.Sea Foam and Silence

She warned of the pain. She did.But no warning can prepare you.Nothing can.Maris has always been intrigued by humans, whether new among them or having lived with them for a year, her curiosity remains. A Harmony of Water and Weald is a collection exploring some of Maris's darker moments as she learns what it means to be human and a glimpse at what her life and family is like after the Sea Witch's deadline has passed.Though...