The gods are dead. All that’s left are the Players… The performers of the Playhouse are as worshipped as they are feared, their enchanting shows bending hearts, minds, and even reality itself. Vicious, godlike, lethal. Eighteen-year-old Riven Hesper knows the dangers better than anyone, after her own encounter with a Player resulted in a curse that is slowly killing her. When the Playhouse announces the spectacle of a lifetime—a chance for one mortal to steal a Player’s immortality—Riven sees her last chance to live. Desperate for answers, she infiltrates the competition. There, she finds Jude, the Playhouse’s brilliant, merciless Lead Player, whose charm is as dangerous as his Craft, and strikes a deadly bargain to save her life. But with time running out and the Playhouse’s secrets unraveling into a disturbing picture, Riven faces a grim possibility: she might not be the hero of her story after all. In fact, she may be the villain. Because the Playhouse doesn’t just tell stories. It rewrites them. And Riven’s might end in blood. Caraval meets One Dark Window in this lush and dark fantasy.

From the New York Times bestselling author of My Dearest Darkest comes a sapphic fantasy adventure about a teen witch who must complete her magical training by breaking a powerful family’s curse. But her own affliction—to never find true love—gets in the way when she falls for the girl she’s trying to save. Magic is in Delilah Bea’s blood. Her absentee father is the world’s most famous cursebreaker, while all the women in her family are fated to never find true love. So when Delilah graduates her magical training and must complete her Calling, she has the perfect task in mind—to break the Bea family curse. But Delilah’s Calling is hijacked by Kieran Pelumbra, a member of the wealthiest and most powerful family in the country, and breaking his curse suddenly becomes her official assignment. Every generation, a pair of Pelumbra twins are doomed, with one twin draining the other of their life and magic. Each day, Kieran grows weaker while Briar gets closer to…something monstrous. As Delilah and the twins set out on their quest, they quickly realize that breaking the Pelumbra curse isn’t going to be simple. For one, the Pelumbra family doesn’t actually want their curse broken—and they’ve sent hunters after them to ensure they fail. Secondly…it’s Briar. There’s just something about her that gets under Delilah’s skin and makes her want to kiss the perpetually grumpy look off her face. But with time running out for the twins and Delilah’s own curse getting in the way, they may not stand a chance of finding their Happily Ever After.

Astrid has lived in the rhubarb shed her whole life. The outside world is dangerous, Mama explains; she will understand when she’s older, but she cannot set foot beyond the door. Astrid longs to see the world; to meet other children; to live in the farmhouse with Mama. But what she longs for most of all is to see the stars. Then one night, a stranger unlocks the a stranger with wings. She has come to take Astrid to a secret city in the sky called London Overhead, far above the highest peak of the Shard. For Astrid, like her, is a Librae – and will soon grow wings of her own . . . Astrid is swept into a breathtaking and magical world of new friendships, sweeping adventures and unimaginable discoveries at the ancient, beautiful school for Librae Starminster. But quickly she learns that all is not well in the glimmering city. And when rumours abound of missing children in London Underfoot, she begins to realise that Mama may have been right about the dangers waiting for Astrid all along . . .

Liebe, Land und Lammkarrees »Der Waldmeister« ist das hinreißende Porträt eines besessenen Gourmets und seines unfreiwilligen Neuanfangs als Koch in der brandenburgischen Provinz. Böhmische Fleckensuppe, farcierter Hecht, Jens Sparschuh lädt zu einer kulinarischen Zeitreise, die das Wasser im Mund zusammenlaufen lässt und Wunder wirkt. Jahrzehntelang hat Odo Weingaertner als Gastrokritiker für das Berliner City Radio gearbeitet. Jetzt geht er in Rente. Und ausgerechnet seine letzte Kritik über das LandgasthausZur Dubrower Mühle führt zum Eklat. Inhaberin Senta Woitschke bezichtigt ihn der Lüge. Odo fährt zu ihr, um die Angelegenheit zu klären. Die Sache scheint gegessen. Da ahnt Odo noch nicht, dass ihn sein Weg schon bald wieder zur Mühle führen wird, allerdings nicht als Gast, sondern als Koch. Der Start in der kulinarischen Ödnis verläuft holprig. Doch mit den wiederentdeckten Rezepten seiner sächsischen Oma Tilda gelingt es Odo, die schwer verdauliche Provinzküche aufzumischen. Und sogar mit Senta versteht er sich besser – ehe sich ein Schatten über die Mühle legt und Odos neues Leben infrage stellt.