Hutchinson, Crouch, Gabby – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Mon, 29 Sep 2025 09:28:51 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Hutchinson, Crouch, Gabby – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 Cursed Under London https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/cursed-under-london-2/ Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/cursed-under-london-2/ When two men are thrown together by the curse of immortality in a magical version of Elizabethan London, they are drawn into a dark plot that threatens to upend the world as they know it, all the while trying not to fall in love.

]]> ‘The sort of story you want to climb inside so you can hang out with all the characters. Hilarious, warm and kind!’  Louie Stowell, author of the Loki series  

In a dark alleyway in an alternative Elizabethan London, Fang’s heart stops. Moments later, it magically restarts again. A grumpy traveller from the Ming empire, Fang is disappointed to discover that not only is he still alive, but he’s also become another creature entirely: an immortal. The first of his kind.

That is until he meets Lazare de Quitte-Beuf, an annoyingly cheerful – and undeniably handsome – Frenchman who shares the same curse. But in a world where immortality is a coveted commodity, Fang and Lazare quickly realise that eternal life is far from a blessing. With both of their futures at risk, will they ever admit that they have finally found something – or someone – to live for?

Tropes:

Grumpy x Sunshine
Found family
Dragons, vampires and supernatural beings
Mild spice

]]> Cursed under London https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/cursed-under-london/ Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=41350 When two men are thrown together by the curse of immortality in a magical version of Elizabethan London, they are drawn into a dark plot that threatens to upend the world as they know it, all the while trying not to fall in love.

]]> Two strangers.  Two Londons.  Two hearts that won’t stop beating?

In an alternative Elizabethan London, Fang awakes from his death to discover he is not quite human anymore. In fact, despite having somehow acquired the power of immortality, he’s also not quite vampire, zombie, werewolf or any of the other supernatural beings who roam the twin cities of Upper London and its underground counterpart, Deep London.

A jaded traveller from the Ming Empire, Fang is desperate to find a way to reverse the spell and get on with being dead when he stumbles upon Lazare de Quitte-Beuf, a theatrical Frenchman who is afflicted with the same mysterious condition. Thrown together by the curse they share, the two men set out to undo the strange magic that binds them. As they are drawn further into the shadowy world of Deep London, they find themselves at the centre of a dangerous plot. And when in grave danger, surely the worst thing they could do would be to fall in love, wouldn’t it?

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