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A queer historical romantic suspense novel about a young engineer working for Gustave Eiffel caught in a web of deceit that could destroy both him and the famous tower. Fin Tighe is clinging to respectability by his nail-bitten fingers. He may be the illegitimate son of an English earl, but he...

What do you get when you cross a nervous bride, a chain-smoking, former pageant-queen aunt, and two cans of Aqua Net? A “perfect” New England wedding day in 1984. At least, that’s what everyone keeps telling Julie Winfield. She’s marrying Doug, her sweetheart since sixth grade, and he couldn’t be a more dreamy hunk. They have a romantic past and a bright future. He’s going to be a doctor and Julie is going to have 2.5 kids and enough money to get her hair set every week at the Cut ‘n Curl.

Luke Morley is a draper's son struggling to accept his sexuality. He has withdrawn into a world of fantasy, but with the arrival of Mr. Thronton this private world is shattered. Grantham's most eligible bachelor is everything Luke has ever dreamed of. After months of silent admiration, he determines to introduce himself. Reenter Clarence, who arrives to win back his old lover. When Daniel rejects him again, he is not about to take it lying down. A blackmail note appears—a demand that Daniel marry one of Luke's sisters.

If the dead can wake and walk among us, how can we know what is truly real? Roos Beckman has a spirit companion only she can see. Ruth - strange, corpse-like, and dead for centuries - is the light of Roos' life. That is, until the wealthy young widow Agnes Knoop visits one of Roos' backroom...

A deliciously haunting, “lush, and twist-filled tale” (CrimeReads) that blends gothic mystery with a captivating sapphic romance as two estranged sisters—celebrated (and fraudulent) spirit mediums—come back together for one last con in 19th-century Paris. Paris, 1866: When Baroness...

'ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE' KATE SAWYER 'WILL GET UNDER YOUR SKIN AND LODGE ITSELF IN YOUR HEART' ERIN KELLY 'HEARTBREAKING AND LIFE-AFFIRMING' LOUISE HARE 'POWERFUL, TIMELY, IMPORTANT' BETH UNDERDOWN "BEAUTIFUL, COMPLEX AND MOVING' PLATINUM MAGAZINE 'POWERFUL AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING' RED 'I URGE...

Pregnant at fifteen after gleefully losing her virginity to pansexual neighborhood strongman Francis Anthony Mozzarelli, she is robbed of her baby by a pack of nefarious nuns and her embittered papa has her sterilized without her consent (legal in 1935). With the help of a besotted Francis and her top-secret meatball recipe, a devastated Bella embarks on a riotous quest through Depression-era Coney Island sideshows, the tawdry world of peek-a-boo striptease routines, a queer mob marriage, and a tasty collection of wisdom-filled recipes to find her lost child, herself, and maybe even true love.

Set against Nantucket’s Great Fire of 1846, this sweeping, emotional novel brings together three courageous women battling to save everything they hold dear... Nantucket in 1846 is an island set apart not just by its geography but by its unique circumstances. With their menfolk away at sea...

Bloomsbury presents Saltblood by Francesca De Tores, read by Dakota Blue Richards. **WINNER OF THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE ** 'A gripping tale of one woman's extraordinary adventures ... Saltblood is a triumph of the imagination' ELODIE HARPER, author of 'The Wolf Den' trilogy 'A...

Brought to you by Penguin. Paris, 1866. When Baroness Sylvie Devereux receives a house-call from Charlotte Mothe, the sister she disowned, she fears her shady past as a spirit medium has caught up with her. But with their father ill and Charlotte unable to pay his bills, Sylvie is persuaded into...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION FINALIST FOR THE 2024 GILLER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 FERRO-GRUMLEY AWARD FOR LGBTQ FICTION The Globe and Mail’s Best Books of 2024 CBC’s Best Canadian Fiction of 2024 “Pure delight.” —Ann-Marie MacDonald...

A young woman uncovers a dark secret about her neighbor and his mysterious new wife. Now she’ll have to fight to keep herself—and the woman she loves—safe. “A modern sapphic updating of the selkie wife folk tale that’s already scoring with readers”—Parade (A Best Romance and Best...

“A heart-wrenching story of love, family, and spirituality.” —People Magazine From the New York Times bestselling author of Boy Erased, an electrifying, deeply moving novel about the love story between two men in Puritan New England. Cana, Massachusetts: a utopian vision of 18th-century...

Gunpowder, treason and a plot like no other… **AN OBSERVER TOP 10 DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2024** **WINNER OF THE UNICORNS CULTURE AWARD 2024** **SHORTLISTED FOR SCOTLAND’S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD – FIRST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024** 'Ignites a fire in your heart' ANYA BERGMAN 'An explosive re-imagining...

A sweeping epic in the vein of Philipp Meyer’s The Son and Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko and inspired by a true story, this stunning US literary debut captures the never-before-told journey of the Baleine Brides: a ship full of young women plucked from a Paris asylum and sent to marry settlers in...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF CANADA READS 2026 FINALIST FOR THE 2026 KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 GILLER PRIZE A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK Evocative, magical and luminously written, The Cure for Drowning is not only a brilliant, boundary-pushing love story but a Canadian...

Published in 1928, Orlando is a fictional biography that spans several centuries and follows the protagonist, Orlando, an Elizabethan nobleman who undergoes a mysterious gender transformation. The novel explores themes of gender identity, fluidity and the constraints imposed by societal norms. It challenges traditional notions of gender roles and raises questions about the nature of identity and the passage of time.

1953: Der junge Journalist Eddy McLaine und sein Fotograf Bruno Matthiesen machen sich mit einem ausgebauten VW-Bus auf die weite Reise von Deutschland in den Iran. Begeistert von der fremden Welt des Orients und der iranischen Gastfreundschaft, gelingt es den aufgeschlossenen jungen Männern schnell, Kontakte zu knüpfen. Doch der Iran steht am Scheideweg zwischen Tradition und Moderne – Teheran ist ein Pulverfass und Eddy und Bruno sind mittendrin. Wenn jetzt noch herauskommt, dass Bruno und er viel mehr sind als nur Kollegen, könnte es für sie beide lebensgefährlich werden.

Eighteen-year-old Anna Dickinson is nothing like the women around her, and she knows it. Gifted with a powerful voice, a razor-sharp wit, and unbounded energy, the diminutive curly head sets out to surpass the men of her day as she rails against slavery and pushes for women’s rights. Only two things can bring her downfall—the entangling love she has for her devoted companion, Julia, and an assassin’s bullet.

Un fantasma in gola esplora la femminilità e il desiderio. Doireann Ní Ghríofa racconta la maternità nella sua dimensione universale, e ne fa metafora della scrittura capace di ricucire le ferite più intime e creare echi tra universi lontani:un’opera sul suono che allontana e unisce l’ultimo sospiro di un uomo che muore e il primo vagito di una nuova vita. Dopo aver avuto tre figli in pochi anni, l’autrice ha adattato la propria vita su quella dei suoi bambini: poppate, pappe da preparare, viaggi in macchina verso scuola e ritorno, cartoni animati e sonni sempre troppo brevi.