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I was a good little princess...until the Reaper came for me. It’s the day of the Hunt, and I've always known it would decide my future. The man who brings the largest stag to the feet of my father will win my hand in marriage. My oldest friend and the greatest hunter in Aetherus is favored to w...

A magical prince wants to date me, but there's one problem. This prince has claws. Everyone at Shadow Hills Academy desires the dark and powerful Jarron Blackthorn. But I'm the only one who has seen the terrifying beast beneath his magical façade. When my sister is murdered, and the case my...

Brought to you by Penguin. AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in ...

**Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2024** A gripping account of survival and recovery from internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize-winner Salman Rushdie On the morning of 12 August 2022, Salman Rushdie was standing onstage at the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York, prep...

From the author of Bearmouth, a captivating teen fantasy that explores the power of love and friendship in the face of ecological turmoil, set against the mystical backdrop of the Pembrokeshire coast__________'What a fabulous book. Hauntingly beautiful, this is such a special time slip story with...

Taking the form of one long email addressed to an estate agent, Goodlord is a fictional memoir of habitation, a genre-defying novelistic text that beautifully evokes the people and places of our lives——the spaces of work, those that may or may not be 'home', sites of trauma and ecstasy. Showing a...

A Guardian Book of the Year A Financial Times Most Anticipated Book 'A charming, fascinating foray into corners of history ... the perfect book for our golden age of indigestion' Washington Post 'A brilliant new cultural history of the gut' Daily Mail 'A fascinating, erudite and entertaining j...

An irreverent, accessible, essential guide to the science of flavor and how to use it in your own kitchen, from the food scientist-confidante of some of the world’s best chefs, Arielle Johnson, with more than 75 recipes—plus a foreword by René Redzepi. “Arielle changed the way that I think about...

Brought to you by Penguin. Post-university life doesn’t suit Phyl. Time passes slowly living back home with her parents, working a zero-hour contract serving Japanese food to holidaymakers at Heathrow’s Terminal 5. As for her budding plans of becoming a writer, those are going nowhere. That is,...

'Darkly funny, heart-smashing, and absolutely unforgettable, Madwoman is a masterpiece.' Rachel Yoder, author of Nightbitch CLOVE HAS SPENT YEARS BUILDING THE PERFECT LIFE. IT'S ABOUT TO COME CRASHING DOWN. To the outside world, Clove has it all. But then a letter arrives from a women's prison ...