A cosy and spicy spellbinding fantasy romance, about a kitchen witch cursed to hurt anyone who falls for her. Perfect for fans of Talia Hibbert and 'The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches'
The novel is set in Baghdad following the 2003 American invasion of Iraq that toppled Saddam Hussein and unleashed chaos. At the centre of the narrative is a young woman, Ghosnelban, who belongs to what would have been an aristocratic family under the former Iraqi monarchy and sees herself and her family as guardians of an aristocratic code of noble values and traditions.
hey recognized that they were all existing in a perfect moment, and eventually it would have to end. Other times it felt like it would always be this way. These Impossible Things charts the dreams and disappointments of a group of British Muslim women; Jenna, Kees and Malak.
Paris, 1941. At the height of World War II, young and headstrong Josephine Portier is the protgégé of a wealthy family in the highest echelons of Paris society. When she meets the arrogant but handsome Gabriel, she wants nothing to do with him until he reveals a shocking secret about her adoptive family that puts her in grave danger.
ARE YOU READY TO ENROL INTO THE HOUSE OF MARIONNE? Quell Marionne has lived her entire life on the run, all in order to hide the deadlymagic that flows through her veins. She was born cursed with Toushana - a perilous dark magic. And the sentence for having it? Death . . .
A fascinating and surprising history of the world told through the lines people have drawn on maps, by the 'charming and outstandingly nerdish' author of The Compendium of (Not Quite) Everything. Illustrated by fascinating hand-drawn line maps throughout