In 'De rol van mijn leven', de nieuwste feelgoodroman van Courtney Walsh, zit het Rosie Waterman tegen. Ze doet er alles aan om een succesvolle actrice te worden maar als ze op één dag haar appartement en haar baan kwijtraakt trekt ze weer bij haar ouders in, en daar wordt ze met haar neus op de feiten gedrukt. Terwijl zij, tevergeefs, aan het waarmaken van haar dromen werkte, zijn haar vrienden volwassen geworden, met carrières, relaties en baby's tot gevolg. En Rosie? Die is geen stap verder dan de dag van haar diploma-uitreiking.Wanneer ze de kans krijgt om een productie van Assepoester te regisseren grijpt ze die dan ook met beide handen aan. Al heeft ze nauwelijks ervaring als regisseur. Eenmaal aangekomen in Door County, Wisconsin, komt ze er tot haar grote schrik achter dat ze in een bejaardengemeenschap terecht is gekomen – en dat haar cast óók uit bejaarden bestaat.Langzaam maar zeker krijgt de theaterproductie vorm, en begint Rosie de charme van een rustiger leven in te zien. Is de realiteit misschien wel beter dan ze ooit had kunnen dromen?

A boy has lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than empires and larger than cities. A girl has spent hers in a tiny settlement out on the Dust where nightmares stalk and no one goes. The world has never even noticed them. That's about to change. Their stories spiral around each other, across worlds and time. This is a tale of truth and lies and hearts, and the blurring of one into another. A journey on which knowledge erodes certainty, and on which, though the pen may be mightier than the sword, blood will be spilled and cities burned.

A princess desperate to win back the prince who broke her heart follows him to his kingdom's prestigious military academy – and in doing so, falls in love, saves the realm, and continues to look fabulous, in this romantic debut fantasy. Prince Domhnall and Princess Clía are a perfect royal match – or so everyone says. Until Domhnall ruins everything by refusing to propose. Heartbroken but determined, Clía makes the perfect plan: Follow Domhnall to Caisleán Cósta, the military academy he’s attending. Show she can protect her kingdom. Secure the betrothal. Sure, the castle has a brutal reputation. But how hard can dueling really be? Warrior Ronan promised himself he’d never lose his focus. He fought and sacrificed for his place at Caisleán Cósta, and he has no time for blonde princesses who waltz intro arenas like they’re attending a ball. Even if she and her otter-like pet are…well, cute. He doesn’t want to be intrigued by Clía. But her hunger to prove herself is something he understands. He tells himself there’s no harm training her. Even if his heart does race around her. Even if Domhnall is his best friend. But as they say, love is a battlefield – and unfortunately for them all, a very real war is looming on the horizon. It’s a fight that will threaten all their kingdoms…and test all their hearts.

'Destined to be a romantasy sensation' – Katherine Webber ONLY THE SHARPEST WILL SURVIVE Sharp, funny, sexy and dangerous, and packed full of irresistible twists, Thorn Season is an unforgettable novel that marks the introduction of a major YA voice. In the Kingdom of Daradon, a persecuted few are Wielders – able to exert a physical power that extends beyond their visible a shimmering tendril that can pick a lock, a gentle coil that reaches out to give a loving caress, or an inexorable rope that will kill a man before he knows it is around his neck. Feared and mistrusted for this ability, Wielders have always been Hunted. Alissa Paine – heiress of a noble lineage, daughter of a Hunter family – is also a Wielder. And as she approaches her eighteenth Season, Alissa knows she has escaped execution so far only through painful self-control, and the fragile efforts of her beloved father. Summoned to the harsh and glittering royal court for the debutante season, Alissa finds herself trapped in a web of hidden intentions – and caught between two equally dangerous men. One is a brutal ruler with the handsome face of a fairytale prince, who would see her destroyed in an instant if the truth were known – and the other a beguiling foreign ambassador with secret agendas of his own. It’s Rose Season at the palace, but Alissa knows that survival will depend on being the most vicious of the thorns…

Gideon the Ninth meets the Game of Thrones White Walkers in this dark young adult fantasy about a disgraced ghost-fighting warrior who must journey into a haunted wasteland to rescue a kidnapped prince. Ready your blade. Defeat the undead. In the Dominions, the dead linger, violent and unpredictable, unless a bonesmith severs the ghost from its earthly remains. For bonesmith Wren, becoming a valkyr—a ghost-fighting warrior—is a chance to solidify her place in the noble House of Bone and impress her frequently absent father. But when sabotage causes Wren to fail her qualifying trial, she is banished to the Border Wall, the last line of defense against a wasteland called the Breach where the vicious dead roam unchecked. Determined to reclaim her family’s respect, Wren gets her chance when a House of Gold prince is kidnapped and taken beyond the Wall. To prove she has what it takes to be a valkyr, Wren vows to cross the Breach and rescue the prince. But to do so, she’s forced into an uneasy alliance with one of the kidnappers—a fierce ironsmith called Julian from the exiled House of Iron, the very people who caused the Breach in the first place…and the House of Bone’s sworn enemy. As they travel, Wren and Julian spend as much time fighting each other as they do the undead, but when they discover there’s more behind the kidnapping than either of them knew, they’ll need to work together to combat the real danger: a dark alliance that is brewing between the living and the undead.

Leilani Stellarion is cursed. The last surviving member of an ancient bloodline, she’s shunned for the volatile Starborn magic that grants her prophetic visions – and is slowly corrupting her mind. Branded a pariah, Leilani bears the legacy of the Sistertouched, who unleashed the Sickening: a deadly curse that’s dragged the four realms of Arcelia into war and ruin. Heir to a tainted throne, Leilani’s father brokers an arranged marriage with her childhood rival to wrest the line of succession away from her. And to make matters worse, her mother’s health is failing by the day, and Leilani believes her magic is to blame. When a prophecy reveals the existence of a relic that could end the Sickening, Leilani seizes her chance to escape the court and reclaim her fate. To recover the lost sceptre, she must survive the perilous journey to the Astral Mountain and perform an ancient blood rite – one that demands unity between the feuding realms. If she’s to succeed, Leilani must forge an uneasy alliance with sworn enemies, outwit rebel forces, and hide her growing feelings for a rival envoy, all under the gaze of her watchful fiancé. But something sinister hunts them through the mountains: a faceless spectre with a centuries-old grudge, determined to claim the lost sceptre for herself. As darkness poisons her mind, Leilani must confront the truth of her magic – before it consumes her, and everything she loves. 'A thrilling quest, masterfully woven with heart-stealing romance and rich, complex characters... A triumph of dazzling prose and intricate world building' - A. S. Webb, bestselling author of Daughter of Chaos

In 'De rol van mijn leven', de nieuwste feelgoodroman van Courtney Walsh, zit het Rosie Waterman tegen. Ze doet er alles aan om een succesvolle actrice te worden maar als ze op één dag haar appartement en haar baan kwijtraakt trekt ze weer bij haar ouders in, en daar wordt ze met haar neus op de feiten gedrukt. Terwijl zij, tevergeefs, aan het waarmaken van haar dromen werkte, zijn haar vrienden volwassen geworden, met carrières, relaties en baby's tot gevolg. En Rosie? Die is geen stap verder dan de dag van haar diploma-uitreiking.Wanneer ze de kans krijgt om een productie van Assepoester te regisseren grijpt ze die dan ook met beide handen aan. Al heeft ze nauwelijks ervaring als regisseur. Eenmaal aangekomen in Door County, Wisconsin, komt ze er tot haar grote schrik achter dat ze in een bejaardengemeenschap terecht is gekomen – en dat haar cast óók uit bejaarden bestaat.Langzaam maar zeker krijgt de theaterproductie vorm, en begint Rosie de charme van een rustiger leven in te zien. Is de realiteit misschien wel beter dan ze ooit had kunnen dromen?

Book Two in Beyond the Tides is coming Spring of 2026.BLURB & COVER TO COME.

Their marriage will unify the land if they don't destroy each other first...Sterling nation princess and dragon shifter, Avaline Silver, has spent her entire life trying to escape the demands of her royal duties. When she’s not sneaking out of the palace to impersonate her mentor, she’s terrorizing the guards and teasing her retainer. Karat nation princess and hen shifter, Mariella Gold, doesn’t pull any punches or mince words. Her direct personality intimidates whomever she comes across, while her intense focus on combat training keeps her isolated from her own subjects. With war threatening to break out between the two nations, an arranged marriage is the obvious answer. Their parents, citizens, and even the universe support their engagement, but after their first meeting ends in disaster, uncertainty sweeps across the realm. Mariella swears to get her revenge on Avaline for the humiliation she caused, and Avaline refuses to back down. In this war of wills, only one can prevail. Will Avaline gain the freedom she’s always longed for? Or will Mariella make her suffer for the rest of her life?

Their marriage will unify the land if they don't destroy each other first...Sterling nation princess and dragon shifter, Avaline Silver, has spent her entire life trying to escape the demands of her royal duties. When she’s not sneaking out of the palace to impersonate her mentor, she’s terrorizing the guards and teasing her retainer. Karat nation princess and hen shifter, Mariella Gold, doesn’t pull any punches or mince words. Her direct personality intimidates whomever she comes across, while her intense focus on combat training keeps her isolated from her own subjects. With war threatening to break out between the two nations, an arranged marriage is the obvious answer. Their parents, citizens, and even the universe support their engagement, but after their first meeting ends in disaster, uncertainty sweeps across the realm. Mariella swears to get her revenge on Avaline for the humiliation she caused, and Avaline refuses to back down. In this war of wills, only one can prevail. Will Avaline gain the freedom she’s always longed for? Or will Mariella make her suffer for the rest of her life?