In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona a young man
- David Martin
- makes his living by writing sensationalist novels

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The first book in a sexy dark & gripping new paranormal romance series by New York Times bestselling author Jocelynn Drake. Buyer beware.. . Looking for a tattoo
- & maybe a little something extra: a burst of good luck a dollop of true love or even a hex on an ex? Head to the quiet & mysterious Gage the best skin artist in town. Using unique potions
- a blend of extraordinary ingredients & special inks
- to etch the right symbol he can fulfil any heart's desire. But in a place like Low Town where elves faeries trolls werewolves & vampires happily walk among humanity everything has its price. No one knows that better than Gage. Turning his back on his own kind he left the magical Ivory Tower where cruel witches & warlocks rule a decision that cost him the right to practice magic. & if he disobeys his punishment
- execution
- will be swift. Though he's tried to fly under the radar Gage can't hide from powerful warlocks who want him dead
- or the secrets of his own past. But with the help of his friends Trixie a gorgeous elf who hides her true identity & a hulking troll named Bronx Gage might just make it through this enchanted world alive.





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Once upon a time fairy tales werent meant just for children & neither is Angela Carters Book of Fairy Tales. This stunning ...

This bestselling collection of stories extols the female virtues of discontent sexual disruptiveness & bad manners Here are subversive tales ? by Ama Ata Aidoo Jane Bowles Angela Carter Colette Bessie Head Jamaica Kincaid & Katherine Mansfield among others ? all have one thing in common: the wish to restore adventuresses & revolutionaries to their rightful position as models for all women Reflecting the wide-ranging intelligence & deliciously anarchic taste of Angela Carter some of these stories celebrate toughness & resilience some of them low cunning: all of them are about not being nice. ...

Stunning reissue of the phenomenal worldwide bestseller: Frank Mc Court's sad funny bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York in the 30s & in Ireland in the 40s. It is a story of extreme hardship & suffering in Brooklyn tenements & Limerick slums
- too many children too little money his mother Angela barely coping as his father Malachy's drinking bouts constantly brings the family to the brink of disaster. It is a story of courage & survival against apparently overwhelming odds. Written with the vitality & resonance of a work of fiction & with a remarkable absence of sentimentality ' Angela's Ashes' is imbued on every page with Frank Mc Court's distinctive humour & compassion. Out of terrible circumstances he has created a glorious book in the tradition of Ireland's literary masters which bears all the marks of a great classic.
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In Ariostos epic sixteenth century poem Orlando Furioso the beautiful Angelica is rescued by the valiant Ruggiero. He swoops in riding a hippogriff a fantastical winged creature the offspring of a griffin & a mare. Volatore as this hippogriff calls himself has escaped Ariostos poem after being trapped within it for centuries & is now determined to find Angelica himself. Landing in San Francisco he meets Angelica Greenberg & the unlikely couple falls in love. But events constantly conspire to separate them & Volatore sets out to find the perfect form he must embody to consummate their love. Angelica Lost & Found contains life-enhancing wisdom & emanates with wicked drollery aesthetic insight & the romance of Russell Hoban at his best. ...

Angelica the Angel Fairy makes sure we all treat each other kindly at Christmas time. But when Jack Frost steals her magic items everyone from Brownies to the residents of an old folks home start acting up! Can Kirsty & Rachel restore order in time for Christmas? ...

Miss Lillys Ballet School has been invited to perform for the Princess of Mouseland & Angelina hopes to be a prima ballerina. But disaster strikes & she is only given a minor role. Angelina is so disappointed that she wants to leave ballet school but she decides to work hard for the sake of all her friends in the performance. There is an unexpected turn of events however when the prima ballerina sprains her ankle on the day of the show & Angelina is delighted to be able to step in & save the day! ...

Angelina & the Royal Wedding"
- a wonderful story by Katharine Holabird & Helen Craig. Angelina is full of excitement. She
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Angelina & Henry visit the Royal Palace of Mouseland to help teach the princesses a special ballet for the King & Queen's wedding anniversary. To Angelina's horror Miss Lilly is confined to her bed with a terrible cold & Angelina is asked to be in charge. When she finds the 'perfect' princesses squabbling in the ballroom she realizes they are just like other mouselings & loses her nerves. She soon teaches them to be magic fairies & the ballet is a great success. ...