A cozy cooking romance with low angst and high heat. Locky Sorenson would bake every day if he could. There was just something magical about it. In the sight of the tidy copper measuring spoons. In the soft swish of flour through a silver sieve. In the alluring scent of freshly whipped buttercream or gooey chocolate chip cookies. Of course, he'd never be a real baker. That was just a dream. And 30-something accountants didn't get to live their dreams. Or so he thought. When Locky unexpectedly loses his job, he decides to put his whole redundancy payout towards a wild business a night-time bakery. A decadent midnight escape for those who like their cakes thick and their buns sticky. To help him succeed, he hires the supportive but scatter-brained project manager, Benedict Harris. While it all starts professionally, they quickly discover that cupcakes aren't the only thing rising in their kitchen. And that the metal bench-top makes an excellent surface to really pound out the dough. Now they have to decide just how deep they want to go together. Will they biscuit all for love? Or will they decide the whisk is just too great? Bears & Bakeries is a sweet and spicy romance about chunky men - as tasty and indulgent as a cream filled donut.

Chloe attends Cologne pride every year – it’s a place and time where she can express herself and explore her sexuality. It’s just that this year, everything seems to be different. The first night of pride weekend, between sweaty bodies and loud music of a lesbian bar, Chloe meets Mel and her world turns upside down. Mel is older, mysterious, and stirs something inside Chloe she didn’t know existed – Is it just sexual tension or true romantic feelings? The world of quick hook-ups and short-term crushes suddenly turns into the beautiful ups and downs of an emotional rollercoaster. Within the color and clamour of one of the biggest prides in Europe, the lesbian universe seems to be the size of a small town. As Mel’s ex-girlfriend steps into the picture, the delusion of a dreamy weekend is shaken up…

“Do you know this feeling when your biggest dreams are right in front of you? That moment when they learn to walk and then fly? Everything else, your whole life, seems to shift.” Kari's been an on and off fan of the band Paper Rings and Promises for 8 years. When the band is looking for a social media intern on their comeback tour, Kari applies. Soon, she finds herself working for her favorite band and sleeping on the same bus as her gay awakening. Marina, said gay awakening, is so much more gorgeous in person, and she's nice to Kari. Really nice. On tour, Kari gets way closer to Marina than she could've ever dreamed of, and the rumors about Marina’s queerness don’t seem so far-fetched anymore. “Suddenly, the only real thing is that dream. I was experiencing dreams that I hadn’t even dreamed yet. Dreams I didn’t know that I had.”

Charlotte Bronte, who dazzled the world with some of literature's most vital and richly drawn characters, spent her brief but extraordinary life in search of love. She eventually found it with Arthur Bell, a reserved yet passionate Irishman. After marrying, the pair honeymooned in Ireland - a glimmer of happiness in a life shadowed by tragedy. That moment of joy was destined to be short-lived however, as Bronte died just nine months into their marriage. Her genius, and the aura of mystery surrounding her, meant she'd been mythologised even within her own lifetime - a process which only intensified after her death. Observed through the eyes of Mary Nicholls - who encountered Charlotte on that fateful journey to Ireland, and who went on to wed her widower Arthur - Charlotte is a story of three lives irrevocably intertwined. Bound by passion and obsession, friendship and loss, loyalty and deception - this a story of Bronte's short but pivotal time in Ireland as never before told. Martina Devlin's enthralling new novel Charlotte weaves back and forth through Charlotte's life, reflecting on the myths built around her by those who knew her, those who thought they knew her, and those who longed to know her. Above all, this is a story of who creates it, who lives it, who owns it.

Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, Sophie finds herself under a horrid spell that transforms her into an old lady. Her only chance at breaking it lies in the ever-moving castle in the hills: the Wizard Howl's castle. To untangle the enchantment, Sophie must handle the heartless Howl, strike a bargain with a fire demon, and meet the Witch of the Waste head-on. Along the way, she discovers that there's far more to Howl—and herself—than first meets the eye. An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here

A wandering fortune teller finds an unexpected family in this warm and wonderful debut fantasy, perfect for readers of Travis Baldree and Sangu Mandanna. Tao is an immigrant fortune teller, traveling between villages with just her trusty mule for company. She only tells "small" fortunes: whether it will hail next week; which boy the barmaid will kiss; when the cow will calve. She knows from bitter experience that big fortunes come with big consequences… Even if it’s a lonely life, it’s better than the one she left behind. But a small fortune unexpectedly becomes something more when a (semi) reformed thief and an ex-mercenary recruit her into their desperate search for a lost child. Soon, they’re joined by a baker with a knead for adventure, and—of course—a slightly magical cat. Tao sets down a new path with companions as big-hearted as her fortunes are small. But as she lowers her walls, the shadows of her past are closing in—and she’ll have to decide whether to risk everything to preserve the family she never thought she could have.

If you stop and look around you, you'll start to see. Tall marigolds darkening. A spring wind blowing. The woods awake with sound. On the wooden porch, your love smiling. Dew-wet red berries in a cup. On the hills, the beginnings of green, clover and grass to be pasture. The fowls singing and then settling for the night. Bright, silent, thousands of stars. You come into the peace of simple things. From the author of the 'compelling' and 'luminous' essays of The World-Ending Fire comes a slim volume of poems. Tender and intimate, these are consoling songs of hope and of healing; short, simple meditations on love, death, friendship, memory and belonging. They celebrate and elevate what is sensuous about life, and invite us to pause and appreciate what is good in life, to stop and savour our fleeting moments of earthly enjoyment. And, when fear for the future keeps us awake at night, to come into the peace of wild things.

Power is returning to the world after millennia, ancient constructs are stirring back to life, and one man is doing his best to ignore all that noise. Fischer has everything he could possibly want in life: a menagerie of cute animal companions, a waterfront property from which to fish, friendships that blossom more and more by the day, and enough coffee to take out a small elephant—or a really large dog. If it were up to him, he’d spend the rest of his life laying in the shade with Maria at his side, a rod in one hand and a fresh pastry in the other. Unfortunately for Fischer, cosmic forces still don’t care about mortal feelings. The capital is growing wise to his movements. The cults are still culting. The merchant that provides coffee beans is nowhere to be seen. And awakened beings are popping up like barnacles on the rocky shore. Even his friends have gone behind his back and started a church with the express goal of turning him into a god. It’s a lot for one man to take on. But thankfully, Fischer isn’t alone. Between his trusty guard crab, an otter that can summon lightning like Zeus, and a bunny that seems a little too fond of roundhouse kicks, he’ll be just fine . . . right? The second volume of the laugh-out-loud LitRPG adventure series—a #1 Rising Star on Royal Road with more than three million views—now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Audible!

A sweet and sparkling chapter book series about finding your place and believing in yourself!   It’s Marnie Blue’s first day at Lady Sealia Foam’s Mermaid School, and she’s terrified. What if she can’t make friends? What if she has to ride a seahorse? And what if the teachers assume she’s just like her Aunt Christabel, a famous singer who was a troublemaker growing up. Even though Marnie is sweet and tries her best to fit in, a mermaid named Orla seems intent on getting her in trouble. But when Orla finds herself in danger, Marnie has to swim to the rescue! Filled with fabulous, fishy fun, Mermaid School is the start of a sparkly new chapter-book series that’s sure to enchant young readers.  

Miyara has saved the day, again. And once again, the world has come calling. Everyone wants a piece of the magical disaster zone for their own agendas, and some will stop at nothing to destroy the border and bring catastrophe down on the world. It's up to Miyara to host a summit bringing all the players to one place so she can find out what's going on and forge the connections necessary to stop it before it's too late for everyone. Failure means the end of the world. Miyara has no choice but to prove once and for all that her path in serving people with tea is powerful enough to matter.

Miyara saved the city of Sayorsen and the dragons. She was happy with the place she'd made for herself. But every action triggers consequences. Her older sister comes to drag her back to the palace and the meaningless life she hated. The tea guild won't support her unless she succeeds on her own in their chosen challenge: a tea tournament, and the international politics and unrest that come along with it. And to top it all off, the border protecting the remaining world from the magical disaster zone is suddenly failing. The path she'd thought was clear is twistier than ever, but armed with her trusty tea set Miyara will fight to keep it.

When the fourth princess of Istalam is due to dedicate herself to a path serving the crown, she makes a choice that shocks everyone, herself most of all: She leaves. In hiding and exiled from power, Miyara finds her place running a tea shop in a struggling community that sits on the edge of a magical disaster zone. But there's more brewing under the surface of this city—hidden magic, and hidden machinations—that threaten all the people who've helped her make her own way. Miyara may not be a princess anymore, but with a teapot in hand she'll risk her newfound freedom to discover a more meaningful kind of power.