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A Beautiful Evil front sleeve

A Beautiful Evil

Bea Fitzgerald

Penguin

Pandora is the first human woman – made by the gods for one simple purpose: to love and be loved by her new husband, the titan Epimatheos. The only problem? He wants nothing to do with her. Hurt and confused, Pandora struggles to find meaning in her new life. As she works with Matheos to uncover why she was created, the fated connection between them feels increasingly difficult to ignore.

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Bea Fitzgerald

Bea Fitzgerald is an author and content creator whose debut, Girl, Goddess, Queen, was the bestselling YA hardback debut of 2023 and won the Romantic Novelists’ Association Fantasy Romantic Novel of the Year Award. Her work has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the YA Book Prize and the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards. 

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Mondays are Murder

Mondays Are Murder

Ravena Guron

Usborne

When Kay returns to the sleepy hometown she left after the devastating death of her friend, Ivy, she is greeted by an anonymous letter threatening her murder in a week’s time. If she cannot figure out who is behind the threats, the worst day of the week is about to get deadly.

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Ravena Guron

Ravena Guron is the author of YA thrillers This Book Kills and Catch Your Death. A born and bred Londoner, she is a lawyer with a degree in biochemistry, and uses the knowledge she has gained to plot perfect murders (only for her books, of course). Ravena's thrillers have been shortlisted for the YA Book Prize and the British Book Awards' Children's Fiction Book of the Year. 

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Heartbreaker

Heartbreaker

Anika Hussain

Hot Key Books

When school bad boy Fahim breaks Saachi’s best friend’s heart, she is hell-bent on getting revenge. It is time for Operation Heartbreaker: Saachi will make Fahim fall in love with her and then pull the plug on him – just like he has done to every girl he has ever dated. But, as she spends more time with Fahim, against her better judgement, she finds herself falling for him.

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Anika Hussain

Anika Hussain was born and raised in Stockholm and currently lives in Bristol. Not having seen herself in the books she read as a teenager, she writes YA novels with South Asian characters at the heart of the story. Her debut, This Is How You Fall in Love, was also shortlisted for the YA Book Prize.

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The Boy I Love

The Boy I Love

William Hussey

Andersen Press

Broken-hearted and wounded, Stephen is returning to the trenches but wondering what he is fighting for. Then he meets smart and talented Private Danny McCormick. There is something undeniable between them, forbidden by both society and the army. As the summer of 1916 ticks down to one big push on the Somme, can Stephen and Danny stay together – and will their love save them, or condemn them?

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William Hussey

William Hussey is the award-winning author of novels including Hideous Beauty, The Outrage and Broken Hearts and Zombie Parts. He has spent more than a decade visiting schools in the UK and internationally, teaching creative writing and presenting workshops on LGBTQ+ lives and fundamental human rights.

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Heir of Storms

Heir of Storms

Lauryn Hamilton Murray

Penguin

Blaze’s birth summoned a devastating storm that killed thousands and she has spent her life as an outsider, reviled and feared. When she and her twin brother, Flint, are selected to compete in the trials that decide the future rulers of the empire, she is suddenly thrust into the limelight – and into battle. Threats abound at the Golden Palace, where intrigue and romance await. Can Blaze take the crown?

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Lauryn Hamilton Murray

Lauryn Hamilton Murray grew up in Scotland writing stories about sad girls, secrets and storms. She holds a BA Hons in English Literature from the University of Stirling and a Master's in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh. She is happiest when reading in the sun and hiking with her dogs, Huxley and Ziggy.

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Skipshock

Skipshock

Caroline O'Donoghue

Walker Books

Margo is on a train when she slips into another dimension. New Davia is part of a world scarred by uprisings, travel bans and world sealings where power is determined by time. Can Margo find a way to get back home – or will she choose to stay in a world where her youth is slipping away, but where she may have found the only person with whom she would choose to spend eternity?

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Caroline O'Donoghue

Caroline O'Donoghue is the author of YA fantasy series All Our Hidden Gifts and several novels for adults, including The Rachel Incident, which is being adapted for television. She has written for the Times and the Guardian, and is the host of an award-winning podcast, Sentimental Garbage. She was born in Ireland and lives in London.

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The Five

The Five

edited by Elgan Rhys, translated by Mared Roberts

Co-authors: Elgan Rhys, Tomos Jones, Mared Roberts, Ceri-Anne Gatehouse, Marged Elen Wiliam, Mahum Umer, Iestyn Tyne, Leo Drayton, Megan Angharad Hunter, Maisie Awen

Firefly Press

The Five, created in a collaborative authorship process, follows a year in the interconnected lives of five very different teenagers at a secondary school in north-west Wales. As they navigate the joys and tribulations of what makes them different as individuals, their newfound community is both tested and strengthened.

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Elgan Rhys & MAred Roberts

Elgan Rhys works as head of engagement for the young people’s theatre company Frân Wen in north-west Wales. He is the co-author, project manager and creative editor of The Five (Y Pump), his first English-language publishing project.

Mared Roberts is a writer and translator from Cei Newydd. She won the Drama Medal at the Urdd National Eisteddfod in 2019 and was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize in 2022. Tami, the second of the five novels in the Y Pump series, was her first novel in the Welsh language and The Five is her debut novel in English.

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Traumaland

Josh Silver

Rock the Boat

As the anniversary of Eli’s near-fatal car crash looms, his therapist and family struggle to help him deal with the fallout. Emotionally numb, Eli’s desperation to feel again leads him to Traumaland, an underground club where crowds seek new thrills through virtual reality simulations of nightmarish scenarios. But Eli soon discovers a darker truth to the club that sets him on a dangerous journey.

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Josh Silver

Josh Silver trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, performing in the West End and on Broadway. After deciding to change careers, he now works as a mental health nurse. His first book, HappyHead, was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize and nominated for the Carnegie Medal.

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Our Infinite Fates book jacket

Our Infinite Fates

Laura Steven

Penguin

Evelyn can remember all her past lives. She can also remember that in every single one, she has been murdered before her 18th birthday. Now, she must find and destroy the centuries-old enemy who hunts her through each life, figure out exactly why she is being hunted in the first place and try quite hard not to fall in love with them – again.

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Laura Steven

Laura Steven is an author from the northernmost town in England. She has published several books for young adults, while the Silvercloak trilogy was her adult fantasy debut. When she is not writing, you can find her trail running, reading chunky fantasy novels or ignoring her husband and son to perfect her Stardew Valley farm.

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The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King

The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King

Harry Trevaldwyn

First Ink

Patch has decided that this is the year he will get a boyfriend. Unfortunately, this does not prove to be easy, until fate finally intervenes and two mysterious boys join his drama club. Patch is determined that one of them will be his first boyfriend. So, armed with his overly supportive best friend Jean and an alarming level of self-confidence, he sets out to make his mission a success.

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Harry Trevaldwyn

Harry Trevaldwyn is an actor, comedian and writer who has been listed as a Screen International Star of Tomorrow and nominated for Best Debut Writer at the New Voice Awards. His acting credits include Ten Percent, The Outlaws, How to Train Your Dragon and My Lady Jane. He has worked with Soho Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and the Bloomsbury Theatre. The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King is his debut novel.

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