July 1940 – as Tarn struggles to come to terms with the loss of her beloved brother in the chaos of the British retreat at Dunkirk, she and her friends scour the hills around their Lake District home, watching for any signs of the long-dreaded Nazi invasion.

But as the war drags on, with little good news from the front, the locals become aware of someone carrying out anonymous acts of kindness, such as saving a flock of sheep from a snowdrift and getting help for an injured farmer who might other wise have died.

With no one claiming credit, they come to think of this unidentified stranger as a kind of guardian angel, but when his identity is finally revealed can Tarn come to terms with the truth??

“The Agency for Scandal is glorious! Clever, funny, charming, and achingly romantic, it is a delight from start to finish. Laura Wood always writes about love and friendship with a deft hand, and this is her best work yet” Katherine Webber, author of Twin Crowns

An all-female detective agency righting wrongs at the end of the nineteenth century; infiltrating a scandalous upper class world straight out of Bridgerton and using their wit and bravery to unmask a villain.

When Marigold Bloom finds her family business in trouble a chance encounter with the devastatingly handsome and extremely bad-tempered Oliver Lockhart leads her to the Aviary – a secret agency of women who specialise in blackmailing troublesome men. Soon, Mari is the agency’s newest recruit, sent to investigate the mysterious return of Oliver’s long lost sister. Forced to masquerade as a newly engaged couple, it is up to Mari and Oliver to determine if there is an imposter in their midst. But what happens when the line between truth and fiction starts to blur? And what do you do when a pretend romance starts to feel all too real?

‘Incredibly charming’ Sophie Irwin, author of A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting

• Bridgerton meets Charlie’s Angels – the most romantic, exciting, empowering YA of the year.
• A smart, charming, brilliantly plotted and swooningly romantic story about a collective of bold women changing their world.

‘Derek Landy, a master juggler of scary and funny, has done it again with a twisty mini-masterpiece’ The Times

Italy, 1703. As the war with Mevolent rages on, the Dead Men are dispatched to a town in the Tuscan hills – not to assassinate the Lord of the Dark Sorcerers, but to save him. A rift has opened to a hellish dimension, and only Mevolent is strong enough to seal it and save the world.

A simple mission, then, which turns ever-so-slightly trickier when Skulduggery is presented with the opportunity to finally get revenge on Nefarian Serpine, the man who murdered him and killed his family thirteen years earlier.

Return to the world of Skulduggery Pleasant in a short novel set hundreds of years before Valkyrie Cain is even born, and follow Skulduggery, Ghastly, Shudder, Ravel, Saracen, Dexter and Hopeless as they argue, bicker and battle their way through an army of their most hated enemies in order to save their oldest enemy so they can stop another, brand new, enemy?

And that’s when things get complicated.

When eighteen-year-old Helena is sent to be a governess at Archfall Manor – a beautiful but crumbling manor house, perched at the edge of a causeway in the North Sea – she feels confident she will know how to deal with the esteemed but eccentric Cauldwell family who own it. But it quickly becomes clear that the Cauldwells are hiding more than Helena could ever have dreamed of.

A series of sinister events come to a head with a gruesome death – swiftly followed by another. Worse still, with the path back to the mainland cut off by a terrible storm, and no way to get help, suspicions and paranoia quickly run rampant.

But the Cauldwells aren’t the only ones keeping secrets. Helena has some very important ones of her own – and soon she begins to wonder whether dark powers beyond her control might be forcing her to twist the fate of the family – and her own destiny – forever.

Praise for A Dark Inheritance: “A powerful, heart-racing story of family, fate, and writing your own destiny. Intricately plotted and luminously written – I loved it” Laura Steven, author of The Society for Soulless Girls

Joan touched her fingers to the blade, felt the metal sing to her. It whispered its secrets . . .

Sixteen-year-old Joan Sands is a gifted craftswoman and an exceptional swordsmith.

So skilled is her technique that she is one of very few women employed at the Globe Theatre, directing William Shakespeare and his troupe of actors in fierce scenes of combat. Of course, it helps that Joan is blessed with the power to control metal, thanks to Ogun, head deity of all Orishas.

But when a pact between the ancient Yoruba spirits and Fae is broken, only she can save the streets of London from peril. Joan must find a way to defeat them in battle by herself . . .

Okay, perhaps her twin brother James, blessed with gifts from Oya, can be of some help! And, despite the simmering tensions of a love triangle between herself, Rose, and Nick, Joan has a community of people to protect and who will protect her in return.

‘Fresh and exciting.’ Samantha Shannon, New York Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree

‘Perfect for anyone looking for a fresh take on faerie magic.’ Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Shadow Bone

‘A groundbreaking addition to the fantasy genre..’ Ayana Gray, New York Times-bestselling author Beasts of Prey

‘Every sentence will thunder through your bones.‘ Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Gilded Wolves and the Aru Shah series

‘Wildly imaginative and refreshingly diverse . . . taut with intrigue.’ J. Elle, New York Times bestselling author of Wings of Ebony

As a young orphan, Jane Eyre is thrown upon the mercy of an aunt and cousins who are anything but merciful, and when they send her away to an austere boarding school for charity cases, it seems she will never be allowed to forget her humble beginnings. However, Jane has a quiet inner strength and resourcefulness, and when she take on a role as governess at Thornfield Hall, she quickly gains both the affection and respect not only of her young pupil, but also the child’s guardian, the fierce and brooding Mr Rochester.

Perhaps Jane has finally found the love for which she has always longed? But Mr Rochester has a dark secret. A secret that will rock Thornfield Hall to its very foundations?

An action-packed swashbuckling tale for readers aged 8 and up!  

While helping her sister in their grandpa’s magical emporium, eleven-year-old Bramble  Browning unearths a curious scarlet  mask.

A  tingling in her  fingers tells her to try it on. But it  fits so well, she can’t take it off … And  when she looks in the mirror, the face of a highwayman, Diamond Jack, stares back.  

It seems Bramble has been chosen for a mission. Time  to stand and deliver!

• A thrilling highway-girl adventure with a magical twist from the brilliantly-named Anna Rainbow, author of  Antigua de Fortune of the High Seas
• A fun, feminist, all-action adventure for ages 8 and up
• A deliciously familiar but wholly original mash-up of classic tales: shades of The Red Shoes, The Three Musketeers and Robin Hood

Praise for ANTIGUA DE FORTUNE OF THE HIGH SEAS:

‘Non-stop adventure’ NICKI THORNTON, author of THE LAST CHANCE HOTEL

‘A true salt-soaked swashbuckler of a story’  LINDSAY GALVIN, author of DARWIN’S DRAGONS

‘[A] magical tale of pirates, magic and high adventure’  DAN SMITH, author of NISHA’S WAR

A mesmering Gothic mystery from Costa Award-shortlisted author Nicholas Bowling.  

‘Nicholas Bowling is a thrilling writer’ THE TELEGRAPH

To the horror of  young gravedigger, Ned, body-snatchers have been visiting his churchyard in the dead of night.  Until now, he’d been daydreaming about another visitor -  daughter of the manor,  Obedience  Wellrest.

But 16-year-old Obedience has troubles  of  her own: her loving but overbearing father, and  his wish to see her married to  a rich man of science,  Phineas Mordaunt.  

But when Mordaunt starts to poke his nose into her family history – in particular, the ruinous research of late Uncle Herbert – Obedience enters into a dangerous game of Death, and Ned might be the only person who can save her ?

• A mesmerising tale of magic, death and science, wrapped up in a delicious Gothic mystery
• Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell meets Dangerous Remedy – for young adult readers
• From highly acclaimed Costa Award-shortlisted author, Nicholas Bowling