You’d think that inheriting a substantial estate would be good news, but Halla finds it rather intolerable. She would be happy just going about her duties as a housekeeper and being ignored by everyone, but now that she’s inherited the coveted money, her extended family has plans for her: plans that include locking her in […]
When kingdom come, there will be one. In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born—three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers. Katharine […]
It’s 1087. The plague is sweeping through Anderson’s fantasy version of Italy, just as it was in the real world. A Benedictine monk named Nicephorus is having visions of St. Nicholas calling him to minister to the sick and dying. And a team of relic hunters, the dog-headed Reprobus and silver-tongued Tyun, are looking for […]
Gadriel, the fallen angel of petty temptations, has never agreed with the point system of Sin and Virtue that decides a human’s fate after they die. Why should eating chocolate cost you a ½ point of Sin? Despite this, she stays out of the way and tries not to catch the notice of other angelic […]
Set in an alternate 1840s New England, Anequs, is an indigenous teen from the island of Masquapaug, known in English as Martha’s Vineyard. She and her people are mostly unbothered by the Anglish colonizers. When she discovers she is a Nampeshiweisit, a person who can bond with dragons, she becomes an honored member of her […]
This classic of holiday fantasy by the one and only Sir Terry Pratchett, like most of the Discworld novels, turns the tropes and events of our world just a little sideways–often with the effect that we can see it all a bit more clearly. And he does it, of course, with his trademark wit and […]
Tress enjoys an uncomplicated life on a tiny island called The Rock that’s situated in the Emerald Sea where she works as a cleaner, collects cups, and is close with the local duke’s son, Charlie. The Duke does not approve, so he secretes Charlie away to find him a suitable wife, but returns with a […]
Move over Colleen Hoover, this heartwarming slice-of-life novel with the adorable cover took BookTok by storm! Legends & Lattes takes place in a classic fantasy world. Main character, Viv, a mercenary orc, has decided that she’d like a break from the grind of earning her living through violence and would rather run a coffee shop […]
