Khalie, an avid Krampus-ofile, finally has her chance to sing at a Christmas Caroling Competition. With her loser boyfriend dressed as Krampus and her ghost-hunting friends at her side, what could go wrong? Except, her friend's juvenile delinquent kid keeps running away and messing everything up for Khalie, and it looks like a forecast of snow might put a damper on things. It's going to take a little bit of magic and a strong belief in fairytales for Khalie to find her Happily Ever After.

Get ready for next great adventure in the only official Minecraft chapter book series!Based on the most popular video game of all time, this all-new chapter book series takes a group of intrepid Minecraft players deeper into the game than ever before. Someone—or something—has turned the Evoker King to stone. And now a new player, Theo, has joined the team on their quest to return their former enemy to normal. Theo's has coding skills that could come in handy, but does he have what it takes to be part of the team, or will his meddling put a crack in the game code that none of them will survive? © 2021 Mojang AB and Mojang Synergies AB. MINECRAFT and MOJANG are trademarks or registered trademarks of Mojang Synergies AB.

A lyrical novel set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution that follows a father's quest to reunite his family before his precocious daughter's momentous birthday, which Garth Greenwell calls "one of the most beautiful debuts I've read in years."How many times in life can we start over without losing ourselves? In the summer of 1986 in a small Chinese village, ten-year-old Junie receives a momentous letter from her parents, who had left for America years ago: her father promises to return home and collect her by her twelfth birthday. But Junie's growing determination to stay put in the idyllic countryside with her beloved grandparents threatens to derail her family's shared future. What Junie doesn't know is that her parents, Momo and Cassia, are newly estranged from one another in their adopted country, each holding close private tragedies and histories from the tumultuous years of their youth during China's Cultural Revolution....

A deadly flu epidemic sweeps through Moscow, killing hundreds of thousands. Anya and her husband Sergey decide they have no choice but to flee to a lake in the far north of Russia.Joining them on their journey are her son and father-in-law; Sergey's ex-wife and son; and their garish neighbours. But then some friends of Sergey show up to complete Anya's list of people she'd least like to be left with at the end of the civilised world.As the wave of infection expands from the capital, their food and fuel start to run low. Menaced both by the harsh Russian winter and by the desperate people they encounter, they must put their hatreds behind them if they're to have a chance of reaching safety...Inspired by a real-life flu epidemic in Moscow, To the Lake was a number one bestseller in Russia, and has now appeared in a dozen languages and been adapted into a Netflix TV series.

Splinter Salem What if the worst version of you is exactly what the world needs? The epic Space Fable Splinter Salem is a tale of love and loss, life and death, of redemption and copious amounts of space grog. With inspiration from Douglas Adams, Hunter S Thompson, Terry Pratchet, Clive Barker and Stephen King, Splinter Salem is currently a three part series, with much more planned for the future. Think DEADPOOL meets RED DWARF.Each novella- sized part consists of 11 stunning artworks and just under 200 pages. Why not raise a Bucky beer and join the Space Fable revolution? All three sections along with the 30+ images were completed over a 10 year period by one extremely unusual chap.This first instalment of this unreal adventure has washed ashore.If you enjoy it, why not leave a review?I'm trying to find my tribe and a place for my lunacy.

The promise of old printer's trays has her heart aflutter, but it near stops when she finds a body at the bottom of the elevator shaft. When salvage expert and historian Paisley Sutton heard that a 19th century printing press was still in the old warehouse that was scheduled for demolition, she knew she had to get in there. But when her dreams of a salvage windfall lead her on the genealogical hunt for the owners of the press and their descendants, she uncovers a story that promises to stay with her far longer than the income from her salvage operations. When the story becomes public, will Paisley's business be safe? Will she?

It's summer at last and Darcy Sweet thinks it's time for a family vacation... But where to go? The Sweet-Tinker family are discussing the idea of a Californian summer vacation when a phone call puts the kibosh on that. They certainly didn't expect to be heading back to Pittsfield and the Hideaway Inn so soon after their visit last Christmas. They also didn't expect to be walking into complete chaos. The new manager is incompetent and uncaring, and so it falls to Darcy and Jon to try to keep the place running smoothly. And it does... for less than a day. When a former employee of the Inn is found dead the day after they arrive the police rule it a suicide. Darcy knows that things are not as they seem and there's more to the death than meets the eye. Is it murder? Darcy and Jon are going to find out!...

Scarlett Cristiano is my enemy. He's also the only man with whom I've ever felt safe. Protected. But I have to remember that he married me with one purpose in mind. Revenge. I would be the bridge to his real enemies. I can't let myself forget that he isn't the hero of this story. His hands are covered in blood. I saw that with my own eyes. Cristiano I thought I knew Scarlett's past, but I didn't know anything. I thought I knew the worst of monsters, but I hadn't seen anything yet. Sometimes you have to lie to yourself to survive. Sometimes it's those closest to you who will bury their knives in your back. Too many times it's the innocents who pay for your mistakes. For your refusal to see. I can't let Scarlett pay for mine. But I may be too late to stop it.

‘You’re not out for romance at thirty-one; it’s business.’
Sally Lunton is on the rocks and in search of a husband. As the First World War grips Europe, she flees Paris to the safety of life in Little Crampton under the roof of her guardian, the Reverend Adam Lovelady. Sally is a warm-hearted, spirited heroine, who is determined to settle into a comfortable life now she is in her early thirties. But she has a rival for the affections of the village’s ‘most eligible’ bachelor, and her pursuit is further frustrated by a soldier tortured by his experience at the Front and a secret in her bohemian past which follows her home.

The Devil is in the details... Cletus Byron Winston wishes to marry Jennifer Anne Donner-Sylvester (aka The Banana Cake Queen) posthaste! He's spent the last year wanting nothing more than for the celebrations to be brief, libations flowing, and BYOB (bring your own blueberries). His future mother-in-law has other plans, plans his intended has been willing to indulge, much to Cletus's chagrin. Therefore, so must he. To a point. But truth be told, he wouldn't mind if the meddlesome matriarch disappeared, at least until the nuptials are over. On the night of Cletus and Jenn's long-awaited engagement party, just when the surly schemer is of a mind to take matters into his own hands, a shocking event upends everyone's best laid plans and sends the small hamlet of Green Valley into complete disarray. The final months leading up to Cletus and Jenn's matrimonial bliss are plagued with chaos and uncertainty. Will Cletus and Jenn finally make it to the altar? Or...

Rose Brighton, a Birmingham police detective, the last witch of her House. Her unique gift reveals the truth about the death of a university professor, plunging Rose into a race to uncover a plot that will affect countless lives.