A village in ashes. A forbidden oath. A boy who must choose between revenge and the freedom of the North.Eirik Stormborn was never the warrior his father wanted.While other boys of Skarvik dreamed of raids, glory, and silver, Eirik listened to the sea — and heard warnings no one else could understand. But when black sails appear on the horizon and the feared Ragnar the Ash-King burns Skarvik to the ground, Eirik’s strange gift becomes the only thing keeping...

A delightful and fascinating story that will inspire and entertain young readers, whilst introducing them to the new world of artificial intelligence and the valuable life lessons that come with it.

A dead clockmaker. A vanished girl. A room where every clock stopped at the same impossible hour.London, 1908.When respected clockmaker Edmund Voss is found dead inside his locked workshop, Inspector Arthur Bellamy of Scotland Yard is called to investigate what first appears to be an impossible death. The doors were bolted from within. The windows were sealed. No weapon is found.But every clock in the room has stopped at exactly 3:17.Then Bellamy discovers a...

A forbidden love. A hidden violin. A promise that survived the darkest winter.Clara Weiss was once a gifted young violinist in Berlin. But in Nazi Germany, her music, her family, and even her name are slowly taken from her.When Friedrich Adler, the son of a powerful German officer, discovers Clara playing in secret inside an abandoned music hall, he should report her. Instead, he helps her escape.Clara knows she should fear him. Friedrich knows he has no right to as...

Lara is a very curious little conure.When she decides that Barnaby's wooden pail is the perfect place to observe the Treehouse, something unexpected happens. A quiet afternoon becomes a gentle story about friendship, kindness, and finding a place where curiosity is always welcome.Filled with warm-hearted characters, quiet humour, and ordinary moments that become unforgettable, The Curious Conure is a story for curious hearts, young and old.Welcome t...

A forgotten inheritance. A forbidden love. A house that has kept its secrets for far too long.When young Eleanor Whitcombe receives an unexpected letter from a London solicitor, she is summoned to Ravenshade Hall, a crumbling estate hidden deep within the mist-covered Yorkshire moors.The letter concerns her late mother, Clara — a woman whose past was never spoken of, and whose death left behind more questions than answers.But from the moment Eleanor...

She buried her heart four years ago when her fiance was murdered. The dead woman in the alley is about to dig it up.Dessa Beaumont doesn't believe in accidents. Not this one. Celia Dray, twenty-four years old, arranged too neatly in an alley behind Renaud Street, arms at her sides, one needle mark, no track marks, expensive shoes, and a plastic bracelet that doesn't match anything else about her. The ME calls it an overdose. Dessa's captain calls the case closed. D...

The day my acceptance letter arrived, I knew I was in Columbia. After a whole year of gap time, I was finally going to be a college student in New York City alongside my boyfriend Ethan and my best friend Lexi. I kept it a secret from everyone. Flew to New York on my own to surprise them. Instead, I found Lexi outside Ethan's off-campus apartment, crying in his arms."Ethan, once Taylor gets here, can we really still be this close?""I wish she'd never gotten into Columbia."

A dead notary. A locked room. A vanished girl who may have never vanished at all.When respected notary Vittorio Alessi is found dead inside his private archive, the case appears impossible. The room has no windows. The door is locked from the inside. There is no weapon, no sign of struggle, and no obvious way for a killer to escape.But Inspector Elias Moretti notices what others are too eager to ignore: an old rusted key on the desk, a strange burn around t...

A dead judge. A vanished child. A secret buried beneath the city for twenty years.When Detective Inspector Elias Ward is called to an abandoned underground station beneath Hollow Street, he expects a difficult murder case.He does not expect to find Judge Malcolm Veyne sitting dead on an old platform bench, perfectly arranged, with no blood, no weapon, and a photograph of a missing boy pinned to his coat.The message beneath the photo is impossible to...

A historically significant archaeological find surfaces on the black market for artifacts. If the discovery goes public, it’ll shake the world to its core, shattering pragmatic taboos and accepted falsehoods.Dorian Murdock, a disgraced historian and notorious adventurer, realizes the artifact is even more significant than anyone thought. It serves as a guide to a relic whose existence was previously unknown, bringing ancient secrets back from the depths of oblivion. Secrets that ma...

Every night at exactly 11:47, the lighthouse on Blackwake Island stops watching the sea.For nine years, Nora Vale has lived with the disappearance of her father, the former lighthouse keeper of Bellmoor. His boat was found drifting near the western rocks. His coat was folded neatly beneath the seat. His body was never recovered.Then, one fog-covered night, the lighthouse turns inland once again.Its beam begins to flash a message.COME...