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From New York Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree – the soaring fifth novel in the bestselling Bone Season series. 'A fabulous, epic fantasy thriller ... Lavish, ebullient, escapist' The Times 'Samantha Shannon is a master storyteller and wordsmith' Katherine Webber 'Blazing...

Rising above the desert plain, Uluṟu stands, ancient feet planted deep within the dry red earth. For much of the year, Uluṟu bakes in the kuḻi. But on rare days when rain-song beats, waterfalls cascade down the rock, creatures stir ... and Uluṟu and Kata Tjuṯa burst into life. Rain on the Rock c...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An eerily prescient guide to the phantasmagoria of our political moment."–The New York Times Book Review "Meticulously researched, elegantly written, and hard-hitting." –Kristin Kobes Du Mez From the acclaimed author of The Power Worshippers, "an indispensabl...

'If you love a slow burn, enemies-to-lovers rom-com with plenty of chemistry, then this is the book for you' Sophie Cousens, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Next Year Yesterday they were just exes. Today they're a writer and a publicist... on tour in Europe... for a month. When A...

The powerful and evocative story of a young West Indian man's search for home in 1960s London - by the multi-award-winning author dubbed 'one of the literary giants of our time' (New York Times) **A Guardian book to look forward to in 2025** ' A masterful stylist writing at the top of his power...

When family tragedy strikes, Alice Fonseka, the dreamy, artistic child of a Singhalese mother and Tamil father, leaves the beautiful island of Sri Lanka. Unable to bear the injustice of what has happened, her family heads for England.There, in a totally foreign environment, Alice builds a life fo...

A BRAND NEW spicy upstairs/downstairs historical romance featuring the Queen's Deadly Damsels! Perfect for fans of Emma Orchard, Virginia Heath and India Holton Dare she risk her secrets? In the world of upstairs/downstairs, Housemaid Penny Smith anticipates her employer’s needs and blends into...

A BRAND NEW psychological thriller from USA Today bestseller Claire Allan She would have been the perfect mother. But if she can’t have her happy family, she's not going to let me have mine. All I wanted was to help women become mothers. When I met Alice Monroe, we instantly connected. She was ...

She came. She cooked. She killed.Little Hélène Jégado was always different. Schooled in the ancient beliefs of the Breton people by her mother, the beautiful child grew up feeling detached from the nineteenth-century world around her. Her destiny was to do the work of the Ankou, Death's henchman. ...

In 1760, Guillaume le Gentil, astronomer to King Louis XV, sets sail for India. He hopes to record the transit of Venus, but rough seas - and war with the British - make his quest more complicated than he could have imagined.Two hundred and fifty years later, anxious, lonely Xavier Lemercier chan...