The short life of A.J.A. Symons (1900-41) was described by his biographer as an intricate and largely harmless confidence trick. His many interests included the collection of musical boxes and rare books as well as the study and practice of forgery; they left him time to edit an anthology of Edwardian verse and compose studies of H.M. Stanley and other notable figures. He is remembered for The Quest for Corvo, one of the most remarkable biographies ever written, and for co-founding the Wine and Food Society.

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A. J. Liebling, born in Manhattan in 1904, joined the staff of the New Yorker in 1935 and contributed innumerable articles to the magazine throughout his lifetime, on subjects ranging from food to boxing and France to horse racing. As a war correspondent during the Second World War, he reported from France, England and Algeria, and participated in the Normandy landings. In later life he married the writer Jean Stafford, his third wife. He died in 1963.

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A. J. Rosen is an author of YA fantasy novels and is an ambassador for Wattpad, known as @agatharoza. Entwined is her first novel.

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A. O. Scott has been a film critic at the New York Times since 2000. His writing has appeared in many other publications, including the New York Review of Books, Slate, the New Yorker and the Nation. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism in 2010, Scott is currently Distinguished Professor of Film Criticism at Wesleyan University. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York. 
 
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A.S. Byatt (1936-2023) was a novelist, short-story writer and critic of international renown. Her novels include Possession (winner of the Booker Prize 1990), the Frederica Quartet and The Children’s Book, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. She was appointed CBE in 1990 and DBE in 1999, and was awarded the Erasmus Prize 2016 for her ‘inspiring contribution to life writing’ and the Pak Kyongni Prize 2017. In 2018 she received the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award.

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A. T. Williams won the George Orwell Prize for Political Writing in 2013 for his book A Very British Killing: The Death of Baha Mousa. He lives in Warwickshire.

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A. W. Chase

Dubbed ‘The new queen of spy fiction’ by the Guardian newspaper, and ‘the real thing’ by the Washington Post, A.C. 'Ava' Glass is the CWA Dagger-shortlisted author of Alias Emma (The Chase), The Traitor and The Trap. The Traitor was a 2023 Richard and Judy Bookclub pick. Alias Emma was a Barnes and Noble book of the month. A former crime reporter and communications consultant, for five years Ava worked closely with spies. Her time in that world fascinated her, and the people she met back then inspire every book she writes.

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Arthur Edward Waite was the designer and co-creator of the now famous Rider Waite Tarot deck. 
 
An American-born British poet and scholarly mystic, his strong interest in all esoteric matters - divination, magic, Kabbalism, alchemy and Freemasony - led to him penning a number of books. These include the Key to the Tarot, The Book of Ceremonial Magic and A New Encyclopedia of Freemasony.

A.E. Waite

A.E. Warren is the author of the Tomorrow's Ancestors series, which consists of Subject Twenty-One, The Hidden Base, The Fourth Species and The Final Rising. 
 
After spending eight years working as a lawyer, she began to write in the evenings and early mornings as a form of escapism from life in a very small cubicle with lots of files. She self-published her first novels in her spare time, which were picked up by Del Rey UK which is the science fiction/fantasy imprint of Penguin Random House. 
 
 She is an avid reader, occasional gamer and fair-weather runner. She lives in the UK with her husband, daughter and hopefully, one day, a wise border terrier named Austen.

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A K Benedict writes crime and speculative fiction in a room filled with clowns, mannequins and Doctor Who figures. Her first novel, The Beauty of Murder, was nominated for an eDunnit award and is in development for a major 8-part TV series by Company Pictures. Her second, Jonathan Dark or The Evidence of Ghosts, came out in February 2016. She's written Torchwood audio dramas for Big Finish and her short stories have featured in anthologies including Great British Horror and Best British Short Stories. She lives in St Leonards-on-Sea with her dog, Dame Margaret Rutherford.

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A. L. Kennedy has twice been selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists and has won a host of other awards – including the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Day. She lives in Essex.

A.L. Kennedy

A.M. Ellis is a speculative fiction author and lover of everything steeped in myth and mystery. Her stories often lean into diverse voices, not only in her identity as a Black woman, but in exploring neurodivergence and mental health. A proud introvert and nostalgic gamer, she lives in Maryland, USA, with her husband and three children.

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A.N. Wilson was born in 1950 and educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he holds a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism. He is an award-winning biographer and a celebrated novelist, winning prizes for much of his work. He lives in North London.

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A. T. Emerald lives with her husband and baby daughter in Nottinghamshire. She discovered her love of writing in 2020 and has not shut up about enemies to lovers ever since. She loves iced matcha, torrid love confessions with knives pressed to throats (fictional, of course) and does not accept bills for any therapy her books might incur.

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A.W. Priest

A.B.C. Merriman-Labor was a barrister, writer and munitions worker born in Freetown, Sierra Leone in 1877. His published works include A Series of Lectures on the Negro Race and The Story of the African Slave in a Nutshell. He also edited two editions of the Handbook of Sierra Leone. He arrived in the UK in 1904 to study law. In 1907, he organised a centenary commemoration of the abolition of the slave trade in Westminster Abbey. He later embarked on an 'entertainment-lecture' tour called Life and Scenes in Britain, travelling across thousands of miles of West, South West and Central Africa, which he expanded on to create Britons Through Negro Spectacles.

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Aabria Iyengar is an American actress and author.

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Aaliya Jaleel is a freelance illustrator, designer, and visual development artist, currently majoring in Animation at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is also the illustrator of Under My Hijab and Muslim Girls Rise. You can visit her online at www.aaliyamj.com.

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Aaron Allston

After more than fifteen years of experience as a clinical psychotherapist, Dr Aaron Balick has taken the amazing insights from psychology and psychotherapy out of the consultation room and made them accessible to the wider world. 
 
He has been an ‘agony uncle’ for many years for both CBBC and BBC Radio 1, as well as on television, including BBC Worldwide, BBC 3 and BBC Learning.

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron Dignan is the founder of The Ready--a global organizational transformation and coaching practice--that helps companies large and small adopt new forms of self-organization and dynamic teaming. Clients include Johnson &amp; Johnson, Microsoft, Lloyds Bank, Citibank, Boeing, Mailchimp, Airbnb, Dropbox, and charity: water. 
 
He is also the founder of Murmur--a SaaS startup that helps teams scale culture through the magic of working agreements. The Murmur platform will allow every team on the planet to define and share their ways of working. 
 
Dignan is the author of Brave New Work (2019) and Game Frame (2011), co-host of the Brave New Work podcast, and a friend to misfit toys.

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Catherine Cowles

A swoony small-town romance that will set your heart racing. 
 
Trust doesn’t come easily when you’ve been running for as long as I have, which is why moving in with a man I barely know is such a bad idea. 
 
Shepard Colson is all golden-boy charm and devastating good looks. But I know the dangers of easy smiles and promises—I have the scars to prove it. 
 
Only the handsome contractor won’t stop coming by the bakery and prying little truths from my lips—those amber eyes of his seeing far too much. And when secrets from my past come crashing down, it’s Shep who’s determined to keep me safe. Even if it means moving into my rundown cabin and working his way into my heart. 
 
But a ghost from my old life has unfinished business. And when he finds me, he’ll do anything to tear my life apart. 
 
Including ending it for good. . .

Delicate Escape

A swoony small-town romance that will set your heart racing. 
 
The scowl should've been my first sign to stay away from Anson Hunt. The sexy smirk and the fact that he's my brother's best friend? Reasons two and three. 
 
Anson is my opposite in every way: grumpy, rude, and loves his solitude. It doesn’t matter how many times I try to kill him with kindness; the man simply won’t crack. 
 
Until he sees me shatter. 
 
When my world falls apart, Anson catches me. And as so-called “accidents” put my life in danger, he steps in to keep me safe. 
 
But Anson has secrets with a price. 
 
And when they're revealed, neither of us will escape unscathed. . .

Fragile Sanctuary

Rina Kent

The final installment in a dark romance series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Legacy of Gods series.

Royal Elite Epilogue

Somme Sketcher

Somme Sketcher Book 5

Paisley Hope

Wanted

From New York Times Bestseller and BookTok sensation Rina Kent comes the first generation of the thrilling Legacy of Gods series. 
 
There’s a girl. 
Beautiful. Popular. Fake. 
And also my obsession. 
My downfall. 
Probably my damnation. 
 
There’s a line between right and wrong, moral and immoral. 
And then there’s her. 
 
She makes me cross every limit with blood-coated fingers. 
She says she hates me. 
I say I hate her too - 
as I trap her, claim her. 
Make her mine. 
 
Readers cannot get enough of the Royal Elite series: 
'This book had me feeling so many things' *****reader review 
'I would recommend this book a thousand times!!!' *****reader review 
'Rina Kent's universe is consuming me' *****reader review 
'Can't stop thinking about this' *****reader review 
'A rollercoaster of a read' *****reader review 
'Beautifully heartbreaking' *****reader review

Ruthless Empire

From New York Times Bestseller and BookTok sensation Rina Kent comes the first generation of the thrilling Legacy of Gods series. 
 
I have a secret. 
I stole a heart - or rather, a marriage contract. 
It wasn’t mine to want, to touch, or even consider. 
But it was there for the taking, so I took it. 
 
Huge mistake. 
 
Ronan Astor is nobility in this world. 
Arrogant player. 
Heartless bastard. 
Vicious prince. 
 
Now he’s out to destroy me. 
But what he doesn’t know is that I’m coming for him too. 
 
My name is Teal Van Doren, and I’m where princes go to die. 
 
Readers cannot get enough of the Royal Elite series: 
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'Can't stop thinking about this' *****reader review 
'A rollercoaster of a read' *****reader review 
'Beautifully heartbreaking' *****reader review

Vicious Prince

Josie Silver

Melody Bittersweet’s Christmases are always more haunted than holly jolly, and this year is shaping up to be her most complicated yet. 
 
When the town’s beloved Libertines department store faces closure following the death of its owner, Melody — inconveniently able to see ghosts — is the obvious person to call to try and save it. Teaming up with Fleur, the only heir determined to protect her family’s legacy, and one very determined ghost, Melody throws herself into the case. 
 
Unfortunately, the job also reunites her with Fletcher Gunn: her sceptical, infuriating, still-very-tempting on-off boyfriend. Fletcher doesn’t believe in ghosts — and as their undeniable chemistry starts to simmer, sparks fly and working together proves harder than either of them expected. 
 
With Christmas fast approaching and Libertines’ future hanging in the balance, Melody must race to save the store, confront the ghosts of her past, and decide whether love is worth fighting for.

Merry Spooky Love

Monty Jay

The Oath We Give

From New York Times Bestseller and BookTok sensation Rina Kent comes the first generation of the thrilling Legacy of Gods series. 
 
Love is impossible. Hate is an open game. 
 
Kimberly 
He was once my best friend. Now he’s my worst enemy. 
Xander Knight is heartbreakingly beautiful. 
Ridiculously popular. 
Brutally cruel. 
A knight in name only – Xander is not here to save anyone. 
 
Xander 
We started as a dream. Now we’re a nightmare. 
Kimberly Reed is pathetically fake. 
Dangerously innocent. 
Secretly broken. 
She can hide all she wants - but never from me. 
 
Readers cannot get enough of the Royal Elite series: 
 
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'I would recommend this book a thousand times!!!' *****reader review 
'Rina Kent's universe is consuming me' *****reader review 
'Can't stop thinking about this' *****reader review 
'A rollercoaster of a read' *****reader review 
'Beautifully heartbreaking' *****reader review

Black Knight

Ruby Winter

The Twelve Dates of Christmas

Allie Oleander

A thrilling and sexy wager between friends turns deadly when they discover they aren’t the only ones who are preying.… 
 
No deity has ever compelled Caine Underwood to drop to his knees in worship like Margot Walker does. Ever since the Halloween when she played Red Riding Hood to his Big Bad Wolf, he’s been chasing her attention—and betting that he can build a haunt so terrifying she won’t make it through. Now, Margot’s single and Caine’s pulling out all the stops to win their annual wager, and he wants her for his prize. 
 
Margot understands fear. Six years ago, she unveiled her televangelist ex-husband’s sins, and the situation turned bloody. Now, being hunted and devoured by Caine isn’t terrifying, it’s arousing…but the haunted house director isn’t the only one trying to scare her. 
 
Taunting threats commanding her to confess, repent, and atone for her sins start arriving, and when Caine discovers a zealot from Margot’s past is stalking her every move, his anger is lethal. 
 
There’s only one man allowed to haunt Margot… 
 
Him.

Prey For Me

Keri Lake

In the grimly captivating sequel to Anathema, Maevyth and Zevander must navigate the perilous mortal lands to deliver Zevander from the clutches of an ancient, malevolent power that threatens to shatter both worlds. 
 
An eldritch magic has awakened, turning the mortal world darker. Colder. Famished. With flesh-eating monsters and a sinister curse spreading like a plague, the last glimmer of humanity in Foxglove Parish has long-since faded. 
 
For Maevyth and Zevander, the only chance of escape is through The Eating Woods. But fate has woven a new web, tangling the threads of destiny, and crossing the mystical boundary to Aethyria might not be so simple. 
 
As the bones of Maevyth’s past are unearthed, and truths unravel with unsettling clarity, the possibility of never leaving Mortasia is becoming more of a reality. Unfortunately for Zevander, time is running out. The longer he stays in the mortal lands, deprived of essential vivicantem, the more he succumbs to the encroaching specter of madness. 
 
Or maybe those chasing shadows are someone hunting him. A wretched evil closing in, threatening to pull him into the darkest corners of his mind. 
 
Only, this time, Maevyth may not have the power to save him.

Eldritch

From New York Times Bestseller and BookTok sensation Rina Kent comes the first generation of the thrilling Legacy of Gods series. 
 
The kingdom isn’t supposed to fall. 
 
The truth screws you over before it sets you free. 
Masks drop. 
Secrets unravel. 
The princess’s chase for the past blinds her to the present. 
 
I’ll fight for Elsa. 
I’ll bring her back. 
I’ll protect her, even if it’s the last thing I do. 
 
We made a promise. 
She’s mine. 
 
The only question: is she ready for one final game? 
 
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'I would recommend this book a thousand times!!!' *****reader review 
'Rina Kent's universe is consuming me' *****reader review 
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Twisted Kingdom

The Blood We Crave Part One

The Blood We Crave Part Two

Brittanee Nicole

Bonfire and Bliss Bookstore

From New York Times Bestseller and BookTok sensation Rina Kent comes the first generation of the thrilling Legacy of Gods series. 
 
The princess isn’t supposed to dethrone the king. 
 
Elsa 
He told me he’d destroy me - and he did. 
I might have lost the battle, but the war is far from over. 
They say it takes just one move to dethrone a king. 
No one warned me he’d drag me down with him on the way. 
 
Aiden 
If Steel’s little princess wants a war, then she’ll get one. 
There’s only one rule: follow mine - or none at all. 
So go ahead, sweetheart. 
Show me what you’ve got. 
 
 
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'Can't stop thinking about this' *****reader review 
'A rollercoaster of a read' *****reader review 
'Beautifully heartbreaking' *****reader review

Steel Princess

From New York Times Bestseller and BookTok sensation Rina Kent comes the first generation of the thrilling Legacy of Gods series. 
 
The villain isn’t supposed to be king. 
 
I have a simple plan. 
Finish Royal Elite School and secure a place at my dream university. 
But one glance from the school’s king blows my strategy up in smoke. 
One glance and he suffocates my air. 
Because everything about Aiden King is black. 
Black mind. Black heart. Black soul. 
I should’ve remained quiet and endured the time I have left. 
I didn’t. 
I made the irrevocable mistake of provoking the king on his throne. 
And now, I’ll pay the price. 
Being hated by Aiden King is dangerous. 
But being wanted by him is lethal. 
 
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'This book had me feeling so many things' *****reader review 
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'Rina Kent's universe is consuming me' *****reader review 
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'A rollercoaster of a read' *****reader review 
'Beautifully heartbreaking' *****reader review

Deviant King

The Lies We Steal

The Truths We Burn

Aiden Foxx runs the Disciples of Sin motorcycle club with strict control and zero tolerance for weakness. A former Navy SEAL turned outlaw king, he lives by one rule - trust no one. 
 
Then Mia Tyler walks into his bar. Platinum hair, ocean eyes, and a body that tempts him to break every vow he’s ever made. 
 
Foxx knows Mia is dangerous. He knows she’s hiding something. But when suspicion collides with desire, resisting her becomes impossible, even after he discovers she’s a rival with her own deadly agenda. 
 
When war ignites, Foxx must decide: is she the enemy who could destroy him. . .or the only woman who might save him?

Foxx

Book Two in a brand new suspenseful small town series - Starlight Grove - from New York Times Bestselling Author, Catherine Cowles. For fans of Elsie Silver's found family trope and those who love the emotional depth of Colleen Hoover's books.

Into the Fading Twilight

The third in a dark hockey romance series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Legacy of Gods series. 
 
When two ruthless enemies collide. 
 
My name is Preston Armstrong, and I’m the most depraved bastard you'll ever meet. 
I take what I want, ruin what I don’t, and live exactly how I please. 
That is, until I crash into the force of nature that is Marcus Osborn. 
Captain of our rival hockey team and the perpetual thorn in my side. 
A migraine in human form and the one person who refuses to play by my rules. 
He's my brand of heartless and just as deranged. 
I set out to crush him, his career, and his infuriatingly gorgeous face. 
But Marcus hits back with equal force, turning our rivalry into a violent, addictive dance neither of us can walk away from. 
We were supposed to annihilate each other. 
Instead, we spark a fire that threatens to devour everything in its path. 
In this battle of two unhinged souls, our bodies become collateral damage. 
But I never expected our stone-cold hearts to get involved.

Tempting Venom

E L James

More than 100 million copies sold worlwide, this is a series that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.

MORE THAN 150 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE 
 
Daunted by the dark secrets of the tormented young entrepreneur Christian Grey, Anastasia Steele has broken off their relationship to start a new career with a US publishing house. 
 
But desire for Grey still dominates her every waking thought, and when he proposes a new arrangement, she cannot resist. Soon she is learning more about the harrowing past of her damaged, driven and demanding lover than she ever thought possible. 
 
While Grey wrestles with his inner demons, Ana must make the most important decision of her life. 
 
And it's a decision she can only make on her own… 
 
Praise for Fifty Shades of Grey 
 
‘Brought a whole new meaning to raunchy’ star reader review 
‘I literally could not put it down’ 5-star reader review 
‘Addictive, escapist and a naughtily good read’ 5-star reader review 
‘It's official - I'm addicted and obsessed with Christian Grey!’ 5-star reader review 
'The cream of the crop' Independent 
'Not only reviving the book market, but also reader’s marriages' Daily Mail 
'A phenomenon' Telegraph 
'Revolutionised the genre of erotic fiction' Observer

Fifty Shades Darker

OVER 150 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE 
 
When Ana Steele first encountered the driven, damaged entrepreneur Christian Grey, it sparked a sensual affair that changed both their lives irrevocably. 
 
Ana always knew that loving her Fifty Shades would not be easy, and being together poses challenges neither of them had anticipated. Ana must learn to share Grey's opulent lifestyle without sacrificing her own integrity or independence; and Grey must overcome his compulsion to control and lay to rest the horrors that still haunt him. 
 
Now, finally together, they have love, passion, intimacy, wealth, and a world of infinite possibilities. 
 
But just when it seems that they really do have it all, tragedy and fate combine to make Ana's worst nightmares come true. . . 
 
Praise for Fifty Shades of Grey 
 
‘Brought a whole new meaning to raunchy’ 5-star reader review 
‘I literally could not put it down’ 5-star reader review 
‘Addictive, escapist and a naughtily good read’ 5-star reader review 
‘It's official - I'm addicted and obsessed with Christian Grey!’ 5-star reader review 
'The cream of the crop' Independent 
'Not only reviving the book market, but also reader’s marriages' Daily Mail 
'A phenomenon' Telegraph 
'Revolutionised the genre of erotic fiction' Observer

Fifty Shades Freed

MORE THAN 150 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE 
 
When literature student Anastasia Steele interviews successful entrepreneur Christian Grey, she finds him very attractive and deeply intimidating. Convinced that their meeting went badly, she tries to put him out of her mind - until he turns up at the store where she works part-time, and invites her out. 
 
Unworldly and innocent, Ana is shocked to find she wants this man. And, when he warns her to keep her distance, it only makes her want him more. 
 
As they embark on a passionate love affair, Ana discovers more about her own desires, as well as the dark secrets Christian keeps hidden away from public view. . . 
 
Praise for Fifty Shades of Grey: 
 
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'Best book ever' *****reader review 
'Liberated, addicted, possessed and obsessed' *****reader review 
'The cream of the crop' Independent 
'Not only reviving the book market, but also reader’s marriages' Daily Mail 
'A phenomenon' Telegraph 
'Revolutionised the genre of erotic fiction' Observer

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