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Once part of a dying species, one wolf now harnesses supernatural and godlike abilities as it fights for survival, in this grimdark fantasy adventure.Its been nearly a millennium since wolves prowled the earth. Theyre only spoken of as mythical destroyers of life. But one solitary wolf, born a simple, primal beast, is becoming the very monster of legend feared by both humans and otherworldly creatures. A multilimbed shapeshifter, it slaughters anything that threatens it or the pack of companions it has sworn to protect, including Emhreeil; her human friend, Katherine; and a goblin known as Scruffy.All three are grateful for the wolfs guidance but frightened of its growing power. And as the team navigates warring factions battling for control of a dungeon labyrinth, they discover one of those factions wants to ally themselves with their party. This partnership would allow them the means to telepathically communicate with their savage leaderand access a ritual blood spell to make the wounded Emhreeil whole once more, an offer they cant refuse.As the two groups join forces, Emhreeil undergoes a physical transformation as uncanny as the wolfs: now shes a winged elven vampire, consumed with bloodlust and evolving into an immortal being. Although powerful, her healing comes at the cost of her humanity. With each victory won against monsters and hunters living in the dungeon, she descends further into madness. And as she and the wolf prove themselves as apex predators, they begin to reach toward a godhood that Katherine and Scruffy dontand cantshare.But their enemies still stalk them. The dungeon lord Baron Manos Ironheart will stop at nothing to make the wolf his personal weapon, and Emhreeils volatile mother, Marquess Irythiel, has massacred a dungeon nobles family in a quest to find her daughter. As these threats and more close in, the wolf and his pack know they must break out of the underground labyrinth . . . and take the fight to the surface once and for all.The third volume of the hit LitRPG adventure serieswith more than a million views on Royal Roadnow available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook!Tropes include: found family and fight to survive.

The third installment of a scorching new dark vampire romance series by the New York Times bestselling author, Lilith Saintcrow.Becoming a bloodsucker had fixed her knee problemswhich was, so far as Simone could see, the only good point.Simone Deschants was all ready to begin a new life as a middle-aged divorcee, until a monsters attack turned her into something unspeakable. Now she hunts down vampires while trying to ignore her own terrible, raging thirst. Until one night, an old, powerful specimen finds her.No name, no home, no sanity. An eternity of roaming the night has become madness, true death looming ever closer until a leman crosses his path. Now the ancient wanderer has found the prize every sanguinant seeks, and his survival is assuredif he can hold what he has claimed. He will stop at nothing, and his hold on her is assured.Unless, that is, another powerful predator snatches her away. Because someone else has noticed Simones existence, and has plans of his own

When a priceless family heirloom goes missing during a small private dinner party, Mel must find the culprit, and the painting, before Lord Jonathan and Lady Laura return home.Despite their moment of passion, Mel and Derrin are now estranged because there is still too much anger. Still trying to find her place as a Greenway in the new world, Mel holds a small reunion soiree for her pre-war friends at Avonby while Lady Laura and Lord Jonathan are away in London for the season. Mel invites Derrin to try and patch up their relationship. But when a priceless Turner painting disappears from Jonathans study, Mel learns there is a thief at Avonby.With Derrins reluctant assistance, Mel locks in the guests and servants. No one is getting out until the painting is returned. But where has the culprit hidden it, and why? Locked in together the real motives, nature and resentment of her guests begin to emerge. Mel learns how little the Greenways are liked by the locals. She is forced to hide her increasingly debilitating illness from them, even as they surround her like a pack of feral wolves. A short flashback hints at the cause of Mels war induced trauma.As the truth comes to light, and a shock reveal brings Mel face to face with the culprit, she realises there are more enemies than friends in Avonbys close-knit community, and there are those willing to do anything to get revenge even commit murder.

Leonardo da Vinci, twelve years old and a bastard, leaves the Tuscan countryside to join his father in Florence with dreams of becoming a painter. Francesco Salviati, also a bastard and scorned for his too-dark skin, dedicates himself to the Catholic Church with grand hopes of salvation. Towering above them both is Lorenzo de Medici, barely a man, yet soon to be the patriarch of the worlds wealthiest and most influential bank. Each is, in his own way, a son of Florence. Each will, when their paths cross, shed blood on Florences streets.Brash and breathtaking, this lush historical drama explores the dangerous pursuit of artistic and political achievement-especially at a time when "florenzers," or gay men such as Leonardo, were often persecuted. Mining the origins of one of historys finest artists and the city where he came of age, Florenzer introduces an enthralling new voice in fiction.

Its cold outside. Huddle close round the fire, and make sure the candle doesnt blow out. That tapping at the window is only the branch of a tree, quivering in the winter wind. Time for a story. Before the Wicker Man and the Midsommar sacrifices before the days of television and radio before Count Dracula landed in Whitby and Victor Frankenstein stitched together a man from scavenged body parts all around the world people gathered to be entertained by the blood-chilling tales of the storytellers.A shape-shifting serial murderer. A girl who gives birth to a cat. The four demons who have everything sewn up. This is a collection of traditional tales from the repertoire of master storyteller Bob Pegg. Most are from the British Isles, and many are versions of ancient narratives that are found in many cultures. They reflect a universal appetite for the strange, the sinister and - occasionally - the downright gruesome.

We cant look out for the land unless we love the land, and we cant love the land unless we know its stories.Taffy Thomas MBEThis book is the third in a trilogy of nature-inspired volumes of folk tales by well-loved storyteller Taffy Thomas. Collected over many years spent travelling the length and breadth of the British Isles in his work as a professional storyteller, and told in his well-honed style, these traditional tales are engaging, entertaining, humorous and powerful. With captivating illustrations and a centre section of illustrated trails by the talented illustrator and animator Dotty Kultys, this collection will reconnect readers to the land through story.

Invierno de 1952. La vida de Penelope Fitzgerald se desmorona: su marido, brillante pero hundido en el alcohol, ya no sostiene la casa; las deudas apremian, y ella, embarazada de su tercer hijo, apenas ve salida. Entonces llega una carta insolita: las hermanas Delaney, dos ancianas irlandesas con una mina de plata en el norte de Mexico, afirman querer dejarle a su hijo Valpy una herencia salvadora. Asi, Penelope cruza el oceano con el niño hasta Fonseca, un caseron remoto en pleno desierto. Pero nada encaja con lo prometido. En la casa conviven buscadores de fortuna, una pareja americana demasiado ambiciosa, artistas errantes entre ellos Edward Hopper y su esposa, comerciantes, oportunistas y un hombre que dice ser el heredero legitimo. Durante tres meses, entre el Dia de Muertos y la Candelaria, Penelope debera navegar intrigas, lealtades fragiles y un paisaje casi novelesco. Fonseca se convierte en su travesia iniciatica, el preludio inesperado de una de las grandes escritoras del siglo XX.Con una narrativa envolvente y una ironia sutil, Jessica Francis Kane transforma un episodio real de la vida de Penelope Fitzgerald en una novela luminosa y profundamente humana, donde la creacion literaria, la maternidad y la pura supervivencia se entrelazan. Una historia de coraje, ingenio y esperanza en su forma mas inesperada.CRITICAUn retrato vibrante y apasionante de unos meses hasta ahora inexplorados en la vida de Penelope Fitzgerald. Toronto StarCon un ingenio inquietante, Penelope Fitzgerald vuelve a cobrar vida en Fonseca. Me mantuvo enganchado de principio a fin. Alexander CheeNo se pierda esta novela. Posiblemente le ganara a Fitzgerald una nueva legion de fans. Book ClubFonseca despliega un ingenio discreto y una sabiduria agridulce que recuerdan a la propia obra de Fitzgerald... Como corresponde a un homenaje a Fitzgerald, la linea divisoria entre la realidad y la ficcion es muy difusa. Y muy entretenida. The New York TimesNo es necesario saber nada sobre Penelope Fitzgerald para dejarse llevar por la magnifica prosa, el ingenio seco y el fuerte sentido del lugar de Kane. Se trata de una deliciosa comedia de costumbres que honra tan bien el legado de Fitzgerald que parece una de sus propias novelas. Adam Morgan,Esquire

One of the Lists Best Scottish Books of All Time Peggy is sixteen, ambitious and wants to get a job to help her rise above her current predicament. Soon, she is employed at Willie Ropers corner shop. But before long, her situation goes from bad to worse as she falls in love with her married, older employer. Looking back to her misspent youth, Peggy, now in a psychiatric hospital, is turning her teenage exploits into a romance novel and is trying to get her bedfellow, the duchess, to read the manuscript but she would rather read a Mills and Boon. As we read both sides of the tale, we learn about the fate of young Peggy and how she came to be in the duchesss company; the novel culminates in a surprising narrative punch. A book that remains both shocking and quietly revolutionary Heather Parry Agnes Owens hallmarks have been a frank irony, a deadpan gothic quality and a down-to-earth insistence on the surreality of most peoples normality Ali Smith Published to celebrate Agnes Owens centenary year in 2026.

Logan is Manhattans good guy. Everyone wants him. But he only wants Grace. Grace, who has hated him since childhood and would never let him get close to her. Or would she? A soulful enemies-to-lovers novel for all fans of the bestselling authorGrace Bishop is an Upper East Side girl and part of Manhattans elite. With her degree from New York University Business School in her pocket and the prospect of a secure future as a hotel heiress, her life seems perfect. But the reality is different. Grace has long since felt uncomfortable in a world where everything is predetermined. So she makes her own plans. Plans that her parents would never accept. But Logan, one of Manhattans richest sons who breaks every womans heart, gets in her way. Logan, whom she has despised since childhood...Forbidden Lies is the second book of the East Side Elite trilogy by Ayla Dade. The volumes are loosely connected and can be read independently of each other

A sensational morally gray lesbian romantic suspense about an icy museum curator and an openhearted art forger. Lucia Rossi is a gifted, intuitive, emotional artist who forges classical masterpieces and carries burdens that were never meant to be hers.Enter highly controlled, brilliant museum art curator Penelope Blackwell who can practically taste colors and chases down the truth like its her calling.When a stolen masterpiece sets them on a collision course, buried betrayals force the women to choose between loyalty and truth, and vengeance and love.Can they reach a fragile future they never thought was possible?

Entra no mundo de Game Changers, a série por trás do fenómeno de sucesso Heated Rivalry, e descobre como tudo começou com a história apaixonante de Scott e Kip.Quando um smoothie preparado pelo barista Kip Grady muda a sua sorte no jogo, Scott Hunter, astro do hoquei profissional e capito dos New York Admirals, fica ansioso por conhecer o rapaz sexy atras do balco.A atraço entre ambos e imediata e inegavel. Mas a medida que a temporada lhe corre cada vez melhor e Scott se ve no centro das atençes, torna-se cada vez mais impossivel manter esta relaço em segredo.Kip esta pronto para se comprometer com Scott, mas sera que este esta preparado para assumir tudo e virar o jogo?

Esta novela es para mujeres que saben que, detrás de cada familia perfecta, hay un secreto a punto de estallar.En el corazón del Madrid más exclusivo, entre casas con ascensor privado, niños trilingü

Gentlemen of the West is Agnes Owens first novel. It is the acutely observed series of episodes in the life of the narrator, a 22-year-old bricklayer whose situation and lifestyle will be immediately identifiable to many readers. Published to celebrate Agnes Owens centenary year in 2026.

Full of wit, heart and charm, Ghost Month asks a timeless question: do we only value life when we are reminded that it will end?Perhaps youve already noticed little things, strange details. A shadow not attached to anything. A face in a window which might be a trick of the light. They come at dusk. Today. Every September, the spirits of the dead return before vanishing four weeks later in a puff of green ash.The haunting has become a holiday - part Christmas, part Halloween, full of annual reckonings with the past. The ghosts arent real in any way that can hurt you, so its hard to tell the silent spectres from ashen commuters: they linger on train platforms, they crowd buses, they take up space on your sofa. The proper term these days is people without pulses. This year, four strangers prepare for a visit from their dearly departed. The season forces them to confront all the things that haunt them, not just their dead. As suppressed truths emerge from the shadows, each of them will end Ghost Month changed in ways they never imagined. Happy Haunting.

A heart attack at a funeral, blackmail, murder, grief bots, affairs, the power of music and ghosts of every kind, who threaten the Skelfs very existence. The Skelfs are back in another gripping, heartfelt and irresistible mystery.The persistence of love in the Skelf household, no matter what fate flings at it, is reassuring and life-affirmingThe TimesThe Skelfs feel like family their joys are my joys, their pains are my pain Edinburghs favourite family, bringing darkness and delightVal McDermidAI remain a happily hopeless SkelfaholicMark Billingham______The Skelf women have been keeping their heads down, running the familys funeral directors and private investigation businesses. But when a woman collapses at her husbands funeral and is saved by Dorothy, she finds herself drawn into the murky world of grief tech a booming new industry that creates digital avatars of the dead.Jennys latest case a simple blackmail job for an old school friend quickly spirals into chaos as the womans tangled love life pulls Jenny towards dangerous old habits.Meanwhile, Hannah and her wife, Indy, are confronted by the unexpected arrival of Indys ex-boyfriend, claiming to be dying and eager for the Skelfs to arrange his funeral. But his arrival uncovers more ghosts from the past, and threatens to upend everything theyve built.As their cases collide and their personal lives spiral, the Skelfs face danger from all sides. How far will they go to protect one another, and what will it cost to finally silence the ghosts?Warm, tense and full of heart, Ghost Notes is another masterful instalment in Doug Johnstones award-winning, addictive Skelfs series, and the stakes are higher than ever__________Praise for The Skelfs series:**SHORTLISTED for Theakston Old Peculier Crime Book of the Year****SHORTLISTED for the McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Novel**Some of the best female characters in crime fictionSarah HilaryIf you loved Iain Banks, youll devour the Skelfs seriesErin KellyAn addictive blend of Case Histories and Six Feet UnderChris BrookmyreWonderful characters: flawed, funny and braveSunday TimesUnderlines just how accomplished Johnstone has becomeDaily MailJohnstone never fails to entertain whilst packing a serious emotional punchGytha LodgeAn engrossing and beautifully written taleHerald ScotlandOne of the greats of Scottish crime fictionLuca VesteGripping and blackly humorousObserverA must for those seeking strong, authentic, intelligent female protagonistsPublishers Weekly

In Girling, her open-hearted debut collection, Eve Esfandiary-Denney wrestles with the boundaries between living and death, history and the present, and how these are preordained for us in the fabric of our DNA and in our geographical or cultural environments. Through a personal relationship with illness and a closeness to death, the author asks the reader, I hope its ok to die. I can / be something / like actualized metaphor. She recounts the story of a father left abandoned in a church, and remembers a grandmothers home in a travellers caravan. Grief is portrayed with a tongue in cheek, cosmic register, as the speaker invests in lions mane, attempts to feel super-radiant, and moves into moon pose, while we watch electronic deep-sea claws on YouTube, and google what to do if your mum died last night. Philosophical, funny, pertinent, ecological, global and intimate, this is a collection of poems for the contemporary moment, a book deeply personal yet communal in its intention, beginning from a personal history then resonating outwards, ending on a note so gorgeously hopeful, as life moves towards the speaker, gloriously close.

A twisty and colourful retelling of Christina Rossettis Goblin Market that sees changeling Toast navigate the dangerous den of faerie dealers to save her human sister for being framed for murder. Perfect for readers of conniving unscrupulous fairy tale fantasies like After the Forest by Kell Woods and Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher.Toast is a changeling child whose life has always been for trade. Ever since her goblin parents ripped her away from the human family that raised her, Toast has struggled to find security in the transactional world of the fabled goblin market, where anything can be bought and everything has a price. As a guide for humans that stumble into the Market, shes learned that the fae world is cruel to the unwary.The only fae friend she trusts is the enigmatic Kulm, the ageless guardian whose existence anchors and protects the Market. But when the wayward human Sam stumbles into the Market and Kulm is found murdered, Toast will have to barter harder than ever before. Sam is accused of the murder though Toast knows shes innocent. With the begrudging help of a goblin fruit-addicted artist, a reluctant kelpie, and a fae princess with her own agenda, Toast will traverse the strange, fluid and twisting halls of the Market in search of the rarest commodity amongst the fae: the truth.When the high fae courts take advantage in the power vacuum left by Kulms death, its Toasts home and her strange community that is threatened by stakes greater than one murder. Whats more, the abduction of Sams sister by the high faewhich caused Sam to seek the Market in the first placemakes their role in Kulms death suspect. Exactly what trade are the power-hungry fae scheming? And can any of Toasts market-bound family afford the dangerous cost?Ultimately, when bartering for the very heart of the Market itself, Toast will have to decide where her loyalties lie, the value of a home, and whats not for sale.

In this edge-of-your-seat high fantasy, a petty thief on the run from her all-seeing god is unwillingly drawn into a murder conspiracy when she finds herself cursed.Brimming with unpredictable gods, unreliable narrators, and heart-stopping suspense, this gripping Sapphic standalone is perfect for fans of Six of Crows and The Priory of the Orange Tree.Annethe Tavery fell in love with a god. Now, he hunts her in a twisted game of cat and mouse. If she so much as thinks of him, her past, or even her real name, it will call him like a beacon to her. So she runsstraight to a port town, where a failed pickpocketing attempt leaves her with a nasty curse.Theres only one way to free herself: do the bidding of the nobleman she tried to rob. Annethe soon finds herself embroiled in a murder plot amongst the dangerous world of godboundnobles whose pacts with gods have twisted them in horrifying ways. If Annethe doesnt complete the noblemans task, the curse will rot her from the inside out. But the longer she stays, the more chance there is that her god will find herand he isnt the only one looking.Before him, before all the death and pain and running, there was a woman. A woman Annethe lovedand who her god killed. Now, the scraps of Calika Korskas body are held together by her own pact with an unstable god. And both of them are broken, angry, and hell-bent on revenge.

Podolia, 1911: one day, a stranger arrives at the shtetl. He walks with a limp, appears to be deaf and has the look of a vagrant. The tight-knit community is on the point of chasing him out, but the local tzaddik sees the spark of holiness in his eyes. Named Rafael, he settles in the shtetl and begins forming close relationships with members of this Hasidic community - and slowly, this incomprehensible, magnetic figure stirs up buried feelings and old conflicts. Is he a divine figure, as some speculate, or does his arrival presage disaster?Written in poetic prose that draws on fascinating elements of Jewish folklore and mysticism, Golem reconstructs a vanished world with a spellbinding combination of the real and the fantastical.

LA NOVELA MÁS AUDAZ DE BERNARDO ATXAGAUna historia que mezcla de manera magistral el humor y la intrigaPremio Nacional de las Letras EspañolasPremio Liber«Una narrativa impregnada de poesía en la que