by L.j. Smith

<p><b>Dark, gripping and romantic - perfect for fans of vampire romances and romantasy books that are popular on Tiktok and Booktok!</b><br> The Awakening is Book 1 in the smash hit <b>Vampire Diaries</b> series from bestselling author L. J. Smith.<br> <i>Elena is the school beauty, but she's bored. Until a new boy turns up in her class. Stefan is dark and mysterious - and she's determined to get to know him better. But Stefan is just as determined to resist her ... until a series of attacks in the area terrify the town and Stefan is held responsible. Elena is the only one who offers to help and, falling in love with her, Stefan tells her his terrible story. He is a vampire, on the run from his evil brother, Damon, who doesn't share Stefan's qualms about drinking human blood. And Damon is the one Stefan suspects of really being behind the recent attacks. Can Elena help prove his innocence - without revealing his secret?</i><br> <br> <b>Enjoy this dark, dangerous romance you can sink your teeth into!</b></p>

by Leigh Bardugo

Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. By age twenty, in fact, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most elite universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her? Still searching for answers to this herself, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. These eight windowless “tombs” are well-known to be haunts of the future rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street and Hollywood’s biggest players. But their occult activities are revealed to be more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive.

by Cassandra Clare

Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizarre world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.

by Stephen King

<b><b>Master storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling and spellbinding novel about a young man who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher—for that world or ours.</b></b><br><br>Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a horrific accident when he was seven, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself—and his dad. When Charlie is seventeen, he meets a dog named Radar and her aging master, Howard Bowditch, a recluse in a big house at the top of a big hill, with a locked shed in the backyard. Sometimes strange sounds emerge from that shed.<br> <br>Charlie starts doing jobs for Mr. Bowditch and loses his heart to Radar. Then, when Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie a cassette tape telling a story no one would believe. What Bowditch knows, and has kept secret all his long life, is that inside the shed is a portal to another world.

by Stephen King

<b>Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher—for that world or ours.</b><br><br>Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was seven, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself—and his dad. When Charlie is seventeen, he meets a dog named Radar and her aging master, Howard Bowditch, a recluse in a big house at the top of a big hill, with a locked shed in the backyard. Sometimes strange sounds emerge from it.<br> <br> Charlie starts doing jobs for Mr. Bowditch and loses his heart to Radar. Then, when Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie a cassette tape telling a story no one would believe. What Bowditch knows, and has kept secret all his long life, is that inside the shed is a portal to another world.<br> <br> King’s storytelling in <i>Fairy Tale</i> soars. This is a magnificent and terrifying tale in which good is pitted against overwhelming evil, and a heroic boy—and his dog—must lead the battle.<br> <br> Early in the Pandemic, King asked himself: “What could you write that would make you happy?”<br> <br> “As if my imagination had been waiting for the question to be asked, I saw a vast deserted city—deserted but alive. I saw the empty streets, the haunted buildings, a gargoyle head lying overturned in the street. I saw smashed statues (of what I didn’t know, but I eventually found out). I saw a huge, sprawling palace with glass towers so high their tips pierced the clouds. Those images released the story I wanted to tell.”

by Lauren Roberts

<b>Paedyn and Kai battle with duty and desire in this highly anticipated second installment in the sizzling and epic romantic fantasy trilogy that’s packed with spicy tension and edge-of-your-seat betrayal.</b><br><br><i>The kingdom of Ilya is in turmoil…</i><br> <br>After surviving the Purging Trials, Ordinary-born Paedyn Gray has killed the King and kickstarted a Resistance throughout the land. Now she’s running from the one person she had wanted to run to.<br> <br>Kai Azer is now Ilya’s Enforcer, loyal to his brother Kitt, the new King. He has vowed to find Paedyn and bring her to justice. <br> <br>Across the deadly Scorches, and deep into the hostile city of Dor, Kai pursues the one person he wishes he didn’t have to. But in a city without Elites, the balance between the hunter and hunted shifts—and the battle between duty and desire is deadly.

by Lauren Roberts

<b>Paedyn and Kai are reunited but face a terrible decision in this thrilling conclusion to the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling romantasy trilogy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and <i>The Red Queen</i>.</b><br><br>Paedyn Gray and Kai Azer return to the Kingdom of Ilya…<br> <br>And Paedyn has a life-altering choice to make. Whatever she decides will determine her fate—and the fate of those around her—forever. <br> <br>In the ultimate battle of love and loyalty, who wins?

by T. Kingfisher

<p><b>Named a Best Fantasy Book of the Year by NPR, Elle, and Paste</b><br><b><br>A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee</b><br><b><br>From </b><i><b>New York Times</b></i><b> bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes <i>A </i></b><b><i>Sorceress</i></b><b><i> Comes to Call</i>—a dark reimagining of the Brothers Grimm's "The Goose Girl," rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic.</b><br><br><b>*The hardcover edition features a foil stamp on the casing and custom endpapers illustrated by the author.*</b><br><br>Cordelia knows her mother is . . . unusual. Their house doesn’t have any doors between rooms—<i>there are no secrets in this house</i>—and her mother doesn't allow Cordelia to have a single friend. Unless you count Falada, her mother's beautiful white horse. The only time Cordelia feels truly free is on her daily rides with him.<br><br>But more than simple eccentricity sets her mother apart. Other mothers don’t force their daughters to be silent and motionless for hours, sometimes days, on end. Other mothers aren’t evil sorcerers.<br><br>When her mother unexpectedly moves them into the manor home of a wealthy older Squire and his kind but keen-eyed sister, Hester, Cordelia knows this welcoming pair are to be her mother's next victims. But Cordelia feels at home for the very first time among these people, and as her mother's plans darken, she must decide how to face the woman who raised her to save the people who have become like family.<br><br><b>"Kingfisher never fails to dazzle."—Peter S. Beagle, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning author of <i>The Last Unicorn</i></b><br><br><b>"Kingfisher is an inventive fantasy powerhouse."—BookPage</b><br><br><b>Also by T. Kingfisher</b><br><i>Nettle & Bone</i><br><i>Thornhedge</i><br><i>What Moves the Dead</i><br><i>What Feasts at Night</i><br><i>A House with Good Bones</i></p>

by John Wiswell

<b>Nebula and Locus Award Winner!<br><br>Hugo Award Nominee<br><br>An NPR, <i>Washington Post</i>, Book Riot, <i>Library Journal</i> and Audible Best Book of 2024!<br><br>"This novel is monstrously perfect, in every way" —P. Djèlí Clark for <i>The New York Times</i></b><br><br>“This <b>unusual queer romance is a heartfelt fable</b> about disability and the possibility of reconciling conflicting needs through love and understanding.” —<i>The Guardian </i><br><br>"<b>Sweetly furious, darkly funny, and gruesomely wholesome</b>. It's a love story for the unloved, a happily-ever-after with a higher-than-average body count. I just adored it." —Alix E. Harrow, <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author of <i>Starling House</i><br><br><b>Shesheshen has made a mistake fatal to all monsters: she's fallen in love.</b><br><br>Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who happily resides as an amorphous lump at the bottom of a ruined manor. When her rest is interrupted by impolite monster hunters, she constructs a body from the remains of past meals: a metal chain for a backbone, borrowed bones for limbs, and a bear trap as an extra mouth. <br><br>Badly hurt by the hunters, Shesheshen’s nursed back to health by Homily, a warm-hearted human. Homily is kind and would make a great co-parent: an ideal place to lay Shesheshen’s eggs so their young can devour Homily from the inside out. But as they grow close, Shesheshen realizes that eating her girlfriend isn’t an option.<br><br>Just as Shesheshen’s about to confess her identity, Homily reveals something else: she’s hunting a shapeshifting monster that supposedly cursed her family. Has Shesheshen seen it anywhere?<br><br>Shesheshen didn’t curse anyone, so now she has to figure out why Homily’s twisted family thinks she did. As Shesheshen’s hunt for the monster becomes increasingly deadly, the bigger challenge remains: learning how to build a life <i>with</i>, rather than <i>in</i>, the woman she loves.<br><br>“<b>A stealthily funny, slyly smart, and remarkably touching story</b>. Its wisdom will creep up on you as surely as your affection for its monstrous main character.”—Veronica Roth, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of <i>When Among Crows</i>

by Holly Black

<b>An instant bestseller!</b><b><br></b><b>By #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Holly Black, the first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue.</b> <i><i><br></i>Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.</i><i><br></i><i>And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.</i><i><br></i>Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.<br>To win a place at the Court, she must defy him--and face the consequences.<br>In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.

by Olivie Blake

"The much-acclaimed BookTok sensation, Olivie Blake's The Atlas Six--now newly revised and edited with additional content. The tag #theatlassix has millions of views on TikTok A dark academic debut fantasy with an established cult following that reads like THE SECRET HISTORY meets THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY The first in an explosive trilogy The Alexandrian Society, caretakers of lost knowledge from the greatest civilizations of antiquity, are the foremost secret society of magical academicians in the world. Those who earn a place among the Alexandrians will secure a life of wealth, power, and prestige beyond their wildest dreams, and each decade, only the six most uniquely talented magicians are selected to be considered for initiation. Enter the latest round of six: Libby Rhodes and Nico de Varona, unwilling halves of an unfathomable whole, who exert uncanny control over every element of physicality. Reina Mori, a naturalist, who can intuit the language of life itself. Parisa Kamali, a telepath who can traverse the depths of the subconscious, navigating worlds inside the human mind. Callum Nova, an empath easily mistaken for a manipulative illusionist, who can influence the intimate workings of a person's inner self. Finally, there is Tristan Caine, who can see through illusions to a new structure of reality-an ability so rare that neither he nor his peers can fully grasp its implications. When the candidates are recruited by the mysterious Atlas Blakely, they are told they will have one year to qualify for initiation, during which time they will be permitted preliminary access to the Society's archives and judged based on their contributions to various subjects of impossibility: time and space, luck and thought, life and death. Five, they are told, will be initiated. One will be eliminated. The six potential initiates will fight to survive the next year of their lives, and if they can prove themselves to be the best among their rivals, most of them will. Most of them."--

by Lauren Palphreyman

<b>🐺 Forbidden romance. Werewolves. Kilts. This sizzling bestselling sensation has the internet OBSESSED. 🐺</b><br><br><i>'I want to mark you as mine. And I can think of countless ways I would do it. </i><i>Countless ill-advised, highly pleasurable ways I would do it.'</i><br><br><b>When war erupts between humans and werewolves, a princess finds herself torn between duty and desire.</b><p><br>On the eve of her wedding, Princess Aurora catches the eye of a powerful alpha, Callum.<br><br>Believing she’s the key to ending a brutal war, Callum kidnaps Aurora, whisking her away to the rugged lands north of the border.<br><br>There, a forbidden attraction starts to grow. Just as Aurora learns not all Wolves are bad, Callum discovers that she is in danger from those closest to him.<br><br>With monsters on both sides and a bloodthirsty war raging, will their story end in love or tragedy? And will Aurora ever get home?<br><br>Does she even want to?<br><br><b>THE ROMANTASY SENSATION DRIVING READERS WILD! </b>⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐<br><br>‘It’s <b>a little bit <i>Outlander</i>, a little bit <i>ACOTAR</i></b>, and its own thing in just the perfect way’<br><br>‘I <b>devoured </b>this’<br><br>'So <b>unexpected. Unpredictable. Deeeeelish</b>!’<br><br>‘EXCUSEEEE ME <b>this was so fun</b>?'<br><br>‘<b>Kilt-wearing wolves?</b> PLEASE’<br><br>‘<b>THIS LOVE TRIANGLE HAS ME IN ITS WERE-JAWS</b>’<br><br>‘COMPLETELY <b>CONSUMED</b> ME’</p>

by Alex Aster

<b>THREE MILLION SERIES COPIES SOLD!<br> <br> <br> <br> An instant #1 national bestselle</b><b>r--so</b><b>on to be a major motion picture. #BookTok phenomenon and award-winning author Alex Aster delivers readers a masterfully written, utterly gripping YA fantasy novel</b><br> <br> <br> <br> Welcome to the Centennial.<br> <br> <br> <br> Every 100 years, the island of Lightlark appears to host the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play. The invitation is a summons--a call to embrace victory and ruin, baubles and blood.<br> <br> <br> <br> The Centennial offers the six rulers one final chance to break the curses that have plagued their realms for centuries. Each ruler has something to hide. Each realm's curse is uniquely wicked. To destroy the curses, one ruler must die.<br> <br> <br> <br> Isla Crown is the young ruler of Wildling--a realm of temptresses cursed to kill anyone they fall in love with. They are feared and despised, and are counting on Isla to end their suffering by succeeding at the Centennial.<br> <br> <br> <br> To survive, Isla must lie, cheat, and betray...even as love complicates everything.<br> <br> <br> <br> <b>Filled with secrets, deception, romance, and twists worthy of the darkest thrillers, The Lightlark Sagais a must-read for fans of legendary fantasy writers Marie Lu, Marissa Meyer, and Leigh Bardugo.</b><br> <br> <br> <br> <i><b>Includes Select Exclusive Excerpts from Nightbane, the Second Book in the Lightlark Saga</b></i>

by Kiera Cass

Fall in love—from the very beginning. Discover the first book in the captivating, #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series. This ebook edition contains an excerpt of Kiera Cass's newest novel, The Betrothed, a glittering royal romance sure to captivate Kiera Cass’s legion of loyal readers and lovers of courtly intrigue alike! Prepare to be swept into a world of breathless fairy-tale romance, swoonworthy characters, glittering gowns, and fierce intrigue perfect for readers who loved Divergent, Delirium, or The Wrath & the Dawn. For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape a rigid caste system, live in a palace, and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon. But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her, and competing for a crown she doesn’t want. Then America meets Prince Maxon—and realizes that the life she’s always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined. Don’t miss The Betrothed, a glittering royal romance sure to captivate Kiera Cass’s legion of loyal readers and lovers of courtly intrigue alike! A High-Stakes Love Triangle: America is torn between her secret first love, Aspen, and the alluring Prince Maxon she never thought she could want. Enemies to Lovers: She arrives at the palace determined to hate the prince, but Maxon’s quiet kindness and unexpected charm might just capture her heart. A Dazzling Royal Romance: Amidst glittering gowns and cutthroat competition, America must navigate a world of palace intrigue where the prize is a crown she never wanted. A Rigid Caste System: For thirty-five girls, the Selection is a chance to escape their station. For America, it’s a nightmare that forces her away from the only boy she’s ever loved.

by Tahereh Mafi

<p>Juliette can kill with a touch--will she wield her power for good, or will it turn her into the monster she's always feared she truly is? Find out in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Shatter Me series--all six novels are now available in this paperback box set!</p> <p>One touch is all it takes. One touch, and Juliette Ferrars can bring a grown man to his knees, begging for mercy. One touch, and she can kill.</p> <p>No one knows why Juliette has such incredible power. It feels like a curse, like too great a burden for one person alone to bear. But The Reestablishment sees her as an opportunity. As a deadly weapon. And they'll stop at nothing to shape her into what they want.</p> <p>Juliette has never fought for herself before. But when she's reunited with the one person who ever cared about her, she finds a strength she never knew she had.</p> <p>This bestselling series from powerhouse author Tahereh Mafi showcases relentlessly thrilling action, heart stopping romance, and a war-torn world in which rebellion is the only path to freedom.</p>

by Susanna Clarke

<p><b><i>New York Times </i></b><b>Bestseller</b><br><b>Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction</b><br><b>World Fantasy Awards Finalist</b><br><br><br><b>The instant <i>New York Times</i> bestselling novel from the author of <i>Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr Norrell</i>, an intoxicating, hypnotic book set in a dreamlike alternative reality.</b><br><br> Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; he understands the tides as he understands the pattern of the labyrinth itself. He lives to explore the house.<br><br>There is one other person in the house-a man called The Other, who visits Piranesi twice a week and asks for help with research into A Great and Secret Knowledge. But as Piranesi explores, evidence emerges of another person, and a terrible truth begins to unravel, revealing a world beyond the one Piranesi has always known.<br><br> For readers of Neil Gaiman's <i>The Ocean at the End of the Lane</i> and fans of Madeline Miller's <i>Circe</i>, <i>Piranesi</i> introduces an astonishing new world, an infinite labyrinth, full of startling images and surreal beauty, haunted by the tides and the clouds.</p>

by Akwaeke Emezi

<b>NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the National Book Award finalist and author of <i>Pet</i> comes a novel set in a magical West African world, about a teen girl who must save her missing twin while learning to navigate her own terrifying new powers.</b><br><br>Somadina and her twin brother, Jayaike, are practically the same person: they finish each other's sentences and make each other whole. When the twins come of age, their magical gifts begin to develop, but while Jayaike's powers enchant, Somadina's cause fear to ripple through her town.<br><br>Always an outsider, Somadina now faces blatant--and dangerous--hostility. And things go from bad to worse when her brother—the one person she trusted—vanishes. Somadina knows that no matter the dangers, she must track him down. Even if it means entering the Sacred Forest. Even if it means grueling, otherworldly travel she may not survive. Even if it means finding the hidden places where those closest to the spirit world don't dare to go. Does Somadina have the strength --within both her body and her soul -- for the trying journey ahead?<br><br>National Book Award finalist Akwaeke Emezi masterfully weaves a tale of family, identity, and the power of the past, in a world where the extraordinary is ordinary.

by Lauren Roberts

<b>A <i>New York Times</i> bestseller!</b><br> <br><b>This sparkling edition includes a special case stamping, bonus content, and a teaser to book two in this heart-pounding series! </b><br> <br><b>Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, this young adult fantasy follows the forbidden romance between a powerful prince and an ordinary girl as they try to survive their kingdom’s grueling laws pitting them against each other.</b><br><br><i>She is the very thing he’s spent his whole life hunting. </i><br> <i>He is the very thing she’s spent her whole life pretending to be.</i><br> <br>Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilya—the exceptional, the empowered, the Elites. The powers these Elites have possessed for decades were graciously gifted to them by the Plague, though not all were fortunate enough to both survive the sickness and reap the reward. Those born Ordinary are just that—ordinary. And when the king decreed that all Ordinaries be banished to preserve his Elite society, lacking an ability suddenly became a crime—making Paedyn Gray a felon by fate and a thief by necessity.<br> <br>Surviving in the slums as an Ordinary is no simple task, and Paedyn knows this better than most. Having been trained by her father to be keenly observant since she was a child, Paedyn poses as a Psychic in the crowded city, blending in with the Elites as best she can to stay alive and out of trouble…easier said than done.<br> <br>When Paeydn unsuspectingly saves one of Ilya’s princes, she finds herself thrown into the Purging Trials. The brutal competition exists to showcase the Elites’ powers—the very thing Paedyn lacks. If the Trials and the opponents within them don’t kill her, the prince she’s fighting feelings for certainly will if he discovers what she is…completely Ordinary.

by George R.R. Martin

<p>Published in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of George R. R. Martin’s landmark series, this lavishly illustrated special edition of A Game of Thrones—with gorgeous full-page illustrations in every chapter— is now fully optimised for ebook readers.</p> <p>In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the North of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall.</p> <p>At the centre of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a region of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens.</p> <p>Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavours to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.</p>