To be published 02/03/2021… Living in 18th century London Nella, like her mother before her, runs an apothecary shop exclusively for women. Like her mother before her, she helps them with women’s ailments and offers a safe space for women from all walks of life. Unlike her mother, Nella also sells poisons. Having been betrayedContinue reading “‘The Lost Apothecary’ by Sarah Penner”
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‘Ariadne’ by Jennifer Saint
To be Published April 29th 2021… Ariadne is the daughter of King Minos, the sister of the Minotaur, the accomplice of Theseus, and the wife of Dionysus. Very rarely is she described in any way that is not adjacent to the power of the men who lived their lives alongside her. This book explores theContinue reading “‘Ariadne’ by Jennifer Saint”
‘The Forever Sea’ by Joshua Phillip Johnson
Kindred is a Keeper; she keeps (and builds and controls) the hearthfire which keeps the ship afloat above the Forever Sea, a sea made entirely of grasses and with unknowable and fearsome depths. Having been raised aboard her grandmother’s ship, under her masterful but unyielding tutelage, Kindred is now trying to find her own placeContinue reading “‘The Forever Sea’ by Joshua Phillip Johnson”
‘The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue’ by V.E. Schwab
Adeline just wants a life of freedom, a life where she can make her own choices. When decisions start being made for her, and her freedom is one ‘I do’ from disappearing forever, Adeline calls on the wrong kind of god in her desperation. She makes a deal with the darkness: for time, for freedom,Continue reading “‘The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue’ by V.E. Schwab”
‘The Second Bell’ by Gabriela Houston
To be published March 9th 2021… In Heyne Town babies are sometimes born with two hearts. Two hearts mean that the baby is a Striga. The mother faces a choice then. There are three options: to kill her baby, to abandon her baby by the hope tree and hope that others of its kind willContinue reading “‘The Second Bell’ by Gabriela Houston”
‘The Kingdoms’ by Natasha Pulley
To be published May 20th 2021… Joe Tournier steps off a train in London. His ticket shows that he came from Edinburgh, but he doesn’t remember ever having been there and he doesn’t remember getting on the train or a single minute of the journey itself. Actually he doesn’t remember anything. All he knows isContinue reading “‘The Kingdoms’ by Natasha Pulley”
‘She Who Became The Sun’ by Shelley Parker-Chan
To be published July 22nd 2021… Zhu-Chongba is marked for greatness. But then he dies. It is no simple thing for his sister, marked for nothing, to take his identity and, with it, his fate. At first she is driven by desperation, by survival. Then by want. And later, by desire. First a monk, thenContinue reading “‘She Who Became The Sun’ by Shelley Parker-Chan”
‘A Witch in Time’ by Constance Sayers
In trying to save her daughter from ruin a well-meaning mother accidentally curses her instead, binding her for four lifetimes to a doomed relationship cycle with different reincarnations, the man who ruined her. Juliette and Marchant in 1890’s France, Nora and Billy in 1930’s Los Angeles, Sandra and Rick in 1970’s Los Angeles, and HelenContinue reading “‘A Witch in Time’ by Constance Sayers”
‘Feathertide’ by Beth Cartwright
Born covered in feathers, Marea grew up hidden away from view. Even though the women in the whorehouse where she lived revered her and treated her as a precious treasure, she began to hate that which made her special and to question more and more her own existence. Eventually she makes the difficult decision toContinue reading “‘Feathertide’ by Beth Cartwright”
‘The Hollow Places’ by T. Kingfisher
Kara, a.k.a Carrot, is going through a tough time: she’s penniless, homeless, and getting a divorce. But when she moves in with her Uncle to help him run the ‘Wonder Museum’, she makes a discovery that causes all her other troubles to pale in comparison. The hole to another dimension seems sinister from the outset,Continue reading “‘The Hollow Places’ by T. Kingfisher”
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