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4 produkter
4 produkter
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
155 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 202577 kr
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All the women in Ariel Scarlet's family die before the age of forty. Family legend blames a cursed Victorian necklace, and Ariel is determined to discover who cursed it and why.Sophey Cartwright works in Bezzina's Emporium of Magical Artefacts and Antiquities. She can help Ariel find out the truth… but is Ariel ready to face the past and choose her own place in history?The first instalment in the Bezzina's Emporium of Magical Artefacts and Antiquities trilogy, building on short stories set in the Bezzina's Emporium world. A coming of age story set against the background of a magical antiques shop, this urban fantasy combines elements of mystery, horror, and magical whimsy. For fans of Discworld and Maggie Stiefvater, Rotting Trees is a young adult novel about family, privilege and the complexities of facing the past.Look out for news of book two in the trilogy in 2026!About Francesca AstraeaBorn in Rochford in 1995, Francesca decided at an early age that the worlds inside books and television were infinitely preferable to the real one. Initially put off the idea of being a writer because it requires one to sit alone and ignore people, she now finds sitting alone and ignoring people to be the most satisfying parts of the job. You can find her via her online handle: FrancescasWords.
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Rotting Trees
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
232 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 202764 kr
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As an assistant in the UK's finest occult antiques shop, Sophey Cartwright is used to the bizarre, the dangerous and the ethically controversial. When Bezzina's Emporium of Magical Artefacts and Antiquities finds itself under attack from a murky organisation determined to ruin the shop's reputation, Sophey is confident she can help restore the shop's fortunes. But Sophey's mother plans to move the family abroad, Sophey's best friend Ariel is distracted by a cute girl with a mysterious past and the macabre artefacts crossing the Bezzina's Emporium threshold point to increasingly horrifying aspects of the antiques trade.Can Sophey work hard enough to save the shop before she leaves forever? Will there be a shop to save if her efforts aren't good enough? And why, when she looks in the mirror, is she seeing eyes that aren't hers?The second instalment in the Bezzina's Emporium of Magical Artefacts and Antiquities trilogy, Dead Ends is an urban fantasy about grief, friendship and the complexities of delving into history. For fans of Maggie Stiefvater and Discworld.