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Shorelines
Name: Louisa Farrow
18 February 2026;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Shorelines, a melancholy and thought-provoking verse novel, follows the story of Muireann, the mermaid, grieving for her lost twin and full of naïve curiosity about humans. To save her ocean home where fish stocks are dwindling and the merfolk are beginning to starve, she make...
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Kill Me Now
Name: Clare Wilkins
06 February 2026;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
The school crime thriller genre remains an ever-popular popular field and Helen Price's spiky new addition will certainly please fans of Holly Jackson, M A Bennett et al. Set in a rigidly religious catholic school in deeply pious Langbury, Kill Me Now follows...
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The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar
Name: Clare Wilkins
19 January 2026;Genre: LBGTQ+
Riven with self-doubt, anger and Catholic guilt, Cesar finds it impossible to deal with his feelings for ex-boyfriend Jamal whilst still holding close to his family's ideals. Throw in being bipolar and bisexual, and life seems impossibly complicated. In an effort to get a hold on his fr...
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Gaslit
Name: Sue Wilsher
19 January 2026;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
When a migraine cancels Ella's New Year's Eve plans, she agrees to babysit for her younger cousin, Joey. Arriving at her aunt's house, she is horrified to find the family unconscious and strives to save them. An investigation discovers that there had been a gas leak, leading to the death of he...
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King of Beasts (Twin Crowns, Book 5)
Name: Linda Brown
05 January 2026;Genre: Fantasy
King of Beasts is the concluding book to the amazing Twin Crowns series. Even though this is a spin-off, it has the same immersive reading experience that make it clear that this talented author knows how to engage her target audience . . . King Alaric,...
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Tidespeaker
Name: Clare Wilkins
02 January 2026;Genre: Fantasy
Tidespeaker is a deliciously gothic, fantasy fiction thriller set in a fractured world ruled by the Hundred - aristocratic families who have harnessed the power of the Orha. A people blessed with ancient, elemental gifts, the Orha were deemed a danger to the noble families of...
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Owl King: Faery Realms series
Name: Sue Wilsher
02 December 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Ilsette has always been protected by her sister, Lyla. Being half-human, half-faery would make her an outcast if anyone in the Realm of Never Moon found out and Lyla would do anything for her sister. However, summoned by the dark, dangerous Owl King to his court, they, along with everyone else...
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Sisters in the Wind: From the award-winning author of Firekeeper's Daughter
Name: Tanja Jennings
01 December 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Boulley revisits key characters from her New York Times Bestseller Firekeeper's Daughter five years into the future in this explosive thriller which fizzes with action, danger and intrigue from the start. Influenced by Nancy Drew and...
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Witchlore
Name: Linda Brown
28 November 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Witchlore, a debut YA novel, is full of magic, folklore creatures, spells and witches . . . The story follows Orlando or 'Lando' ( as they liked to be called), a shapeshifter attending Demdike College of Witchcraft in the UK. Lando is an outcast in their own community, they sw...
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Furysong
Name: Jacqueline Harris
28 November 2025;Genre: Fantasy
War has come to Callipolis and enemies are closing in. Griff is on death row in Norcia and it seems that no one is in a position to save him. Lee is unwittingly caught up in revolution and Annie struggles to become the leader everyone needs. Things are very dire and dark indeed and it i...
