'There is a certain star I like above all others. It is named after us. It’s called the Dog Star, and shines brighter than any other. If you are ever lost, look for the star. It will guide you home'This is the story of a loveable mixed breed dog named Burke who, shortly after he is born, misunderstands something his mother tells him, leading him to believe that he - like all other dogs - is immortal. Only, as we know, that's not true. In fact, in a cruel twist of fate, dogs tend to lead much shorter lives than their human counterparts. So, what happens when a dog like Burke finds out that he is not immortal as he was first led to believe?It sends him on a journey to understand the power of hope, of joy, and the heavy weight of grief. The book follows Burke as he moves from one home to another, trying to find a place to belong. And when he finally does, he is given the ultimate task: find his person, someone to love before Burke expires from this Earth.(Burke, as it turns out, is a bit of a drama queen.)The Stars Look Like Home is a novel of found family, of finding happiness in the unlikeliest of places and fighting with all your might to keep it and above all this is a love story for our four legged friends.

A lyrical tale of sisterhood, conspiracy, betrayal and powerful magic, perfect for fans of The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow and The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by V.E. Schwab.What would you do to have another chance at magic?As children, three wayward sisters – wandering the grounds of the family’s mysterious seaside hotel in Northern California, on the day of an annual masquerade auction – discover (and steal) a highly desirable and expensive book . . . and accidentally fall into another, more magical world.At least, Agatha and Ellery do – Margery, the eldest Ellison sister, stays behind.At first too cautious, then panicked and furious with regret, she’s the only witness to her sisters’ disappearance. She’s also the only one to miss them during the 48 hours of their absence . . . and when the two younger sisters reappear, they are alternately terrified and awestruck at the fantastical, dangerous years they’ve spent in another world. Determined to protect them, Margery gets rid of the book, so that none of the sisters can ever be tempted to return . . .As grown-ups, the Ellison sisters are separated by distance and disappointments. Agatha is wayward and searching for magic denied, while Ellery has taken her penchant for storytelling and become a bestselling author – with a book that echoes the fantastical story of another world. Margery has thrown herself at the joys of motherhood, and the mundane disappointments of her marriage – but it’s impossible to pretend she doesn’t still yearn for the chance she hadn’t taken.All three will be drawn together again as their secrets spill out in the face of a threat: a dangerous, enigmatic group is looking for a magical book that was stolen decades ago. And they are willing to kill to get it back . . .

To save his great-granddaughter, he must relive a story he has buried for a lifetime.When elderly Thomas Haruki sees small horns sprouting from eight-year-old Alice’s head, he recognizes a terror he has spent a lifetime trying to forget. He believes it is the mark of the Oni, a demon curse that has haunted his family across generations. With his memory failing, he begins to tell her a secret story, a desperate, final attempt to prune the horns and protect her from her fate.It is a story that begins not with the bombs of Pearl Harbour, but with the screech of giant mythological birds tearing the sky apart. As a young boy, Tomoe is plunged into a hidden world of Japanese folklore, escaping the destruction through a magical portal with a mysterious girl named Jane. His journey takes him from the bottom of the ocean to a castle made of sand, and finally to the breathtakingly beautiful, and terrifyingly restrictive, Crystal City.In this shimmering prison, to be different is to be dangerous, and to remember one's heritage is to risk being branded a monster. But Tomoe’s story is more than a fantastical memory; it is a confession. The same darkness that hunted him then now threatens his family. The horns on Alice's head are proof that the past is never truly past. To save her, Thomas must finally confront the truth he has spent a lifetime running from: that the only way to defeat a monster is to embrace the horns you were born with.

Every book is a door. Every binding a journey . . .Ever since she was attacked in a dark alley two years ago, Olive has been living in self-seclusion at her family’s home and bookbinding business in Seattle. Lonely but unable to venture outside without an umbrella to protect her, Olive has only her father and her bookbinding work for company. That is, until Olive’s father disappears in search of her estranged twin brother, and a handsome gentleman with old-fashioned clothes and a British accent whirls into her workshop, introducing himself as Jack Vale: Master Binder of the Bindery Guild and protector of the many worlds.Jack opens Olive’s eyes to the magic she’s been inches away from her whole life: they are living in a multiverse, connected through a network of book ‘leaves’ – meticulously crafted dioramas disguised as leatherbound books. While it might be 1914 everywhere, each world is on its own trajectory, influenced by the movements and conflicts of its inhabitants. Due to a revolution centuries before her birth, Olive has grown up without inequality or oppression. But when she discovers her brother has been spotted collaborating with the Serbian insurgent group, the Black Hand, in another timeline, it is up to her to keep the violence from spiralling out of control.With Jack’s help, Olive must rise above her fears, take control of her inheritance and get to the bottom of her twin’s betrayal, before the villainous ‘Author’ brings the death and destruction of total war to yet another world.Jumping between futuristic Seattle, Edwardian England and the Austrian Empire, The Bindery Guild is an utterly original, perfectly paced adventure that merges the romance and conspiracy of The Ministry of Time with the feminist imagination of The Lost Apothecary and ambitious scale of The Discovery of Witches.

Every book is a door. Every binding a journey . . . Ever since she was attacked in a dark alley two years ago, Olive has been living in self-seclusion at her family’s home and book-binding business in Seattle. Lonely but unable to venture outside without an umbrella to protect her, Olive has only her father and her bookbinding work for company. That is, until Olive’s father disappears in search of her estranged twin brother, and a handsome gentleman with old-fashioned clothes and a British accent whirls into her workshop and introduces himself as Jack Vale, Master Binder of the Bindery Guild, protector of the many worlds.Jack opens Olive’s eyes to the magic she’s been inches away from her whole life: they are living in a multi-verse, connected through a network of book 'leaves' — meticulously crafted dioramas disguised as leatherbound books. While it might be 1914 everywhere, each world is on its own trajectory, influenced by the movements and conflicts of its inhabitants. Due to a revolution centuries before her birth, Olive has grown up without inequality or oppression, but when she discovers her brother has been spotted collaborating with the Serbian insurgent group, the Black Hand, in another timeline, it is up to her to keep the violence from spiraling out of control.With Jack’s help, Olive must rise above her fears, take control of her inheritance, and get to the bottom of her twin’s betrayal before the villainous “Author” brings the death and destruction of total war to yet another world.Jumping between futuristic Seattle, Edwardian England, and the Austrian Empire, THE BINDERY GUILD is an utterly original, perfectly paced adventure that merges the romance and conspiracy of THE MINISTRY OF TIME with the feminist imagination of THE LOST APOTHECARY and ambitious scale of THE DISCOVERY OF WITCHES.

'There is a certain star I like above all others. It is named after us. It’s called the Dog Star, and shines brighter than any other. If you are ever lost, look for the star. It will guide you home'This is the story of a loveable mixed breed dog named Burke who, shortly after he is born, misunderstands something his mother tells him, leading him to believe that he - like all other dogs - is immortal. Only, as we know, that's not true. In fact, in a cruel twist of fate, dogs tend to lead much shorter lives than their human counterparts. So, what happens when a dog like Burke finds out that he is not immortal as he was first led to believe?It sends him on a journey to understand the power of hope, of joy, and the heavy weight of grief. The book follows Burke as he moves from one home to another, trying to find a place to belong. And when he finally does, he is given the ultimate task: find his person, someone to love before Burke expires from this Earth.(Burke, as it turns out, is a bit of a drama queen.)The Stars Look Like Home is a novel of found family, of finding happiness in the unlikeliest of places and fighting with all your might to keep it and above all this is a love story for our four legged friends.

A lyrical tale of sisterhood, conspiracy, betrayal and powerful magic, perfect for fans of The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow and The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by V.E. Schwab.What would you do to have another chance at magic?As children, three wayward sisters – wandering the grounds of the family’s mysterious seaside hotel in Northern California, on the day of an annual masquerade auction – discover (and steal) a highly desirable and expensive book . . . and accidentally fall into another, more magical world.At least, Agatha and Ellery do – Margery, the eldest Ellison sister, stays behind.At first too cautious, then panicked and furious with regret, she’s the only witness to her sisters’ disappearance. She’s also the only one to miss them during the 48 hours of their absence . . . and when the two younger sisters reappear, they are alternately terrified and awestruck at the fantastical, dangerous years they’ve spent in another world. Determined to protect them, Margery gets rid of the book, so that none of the sisters can ever be tempted to return . . .As grown-ups, the Ellison sisters are separated by distance and disappointments. Agatha is wayward and searching for magic denied, while Ellery has taken her penchant for storytelling and become a bestselling author – with a book that echoes the fantastical story of another world. Margery has thrown herself at the joys of motherhood, and the mundane disappointments of her marriage – but it’s impossible to pretend she doesn’t still yearn for the chance she hadn’t taken.All three will be drawn together again as their secrets spill out in the face of a threat: a dangerous, enigmatic group is looking for a magical book that was stolen decades ago. And they are willing to kill to get it back . . .

To save his great-granddaughter, he must relive a story he has buried for a lifetime.When elderly Thomas Haruki sees small horns sprouting from eight-year-old Alice’s head, he recognizes a terror he has spent a lifetime trying to forget. He believes it is the mark of the Oni, a demon curse that has haunted his family across generations. With his memory failing, he begins to tell her a secret story, a desperate, final attempt to prune the horns and protect her from her fate.It is a story that begins not with the bombs of Pearl Harbour, but with the screech of giant mythological birds tearing the sky apart. As a young boy, Tomoe is plunged into a hidden world of Japanese folklore, escaping the destruction through a magical portal with a mysterious girl named Jane. His journey takes him from the bottom of the ocean to a castle made of sand, and finally to the breathtakingly beautiful, and terrifyingly restrictive, Crystal City.In this shimmering prison, to be different is to be dangerous, and to remember one's heritage is to risk being branded a monster. But Tomoe’s story is more than a fantastical memory; it is a confession. The same darkness that hunted him then now threatens his family. The horns on Alice's head are proof that the past is never truly past. To save her, Thomas must finally confront the truth he has spent a lifetime running from: that the only way to defeat a monster is to embrace the horns you were born with.

Every book is a door. Every binding a journey . . .Ever since she was attacked in a dark alley two years ago, Olive has been living in self-seclusion at her family’s home and bookbinding business in Seattle. Lonely but unable to venture outside without an umbrella to protect her, Olive has only her father and her bookbinding work for company. That is, until Olive’s father disappears in search of her estranged twin brother, and a handsome gentleman with old-fashioned clothes and a British accent whirls into her workshop, introducing himself as Jack Vale: Master Binder of the Bindery Guild and protector of the many worlds.Jack opens Olive’s eyes to the magic she’s been inches away from her whole life: they are living in a multiverse, connected through a network of book ‘leaves’ – meticulously crafted dioramas disguised as leatherbound books. While it might be 1914 everywhere, each world is on its own trajectory, influenced by the movements and conflicts of its inhabitants. Due to a revolution centuries before her birth, Olive has grown up without inequality or oppression. But when she discovers her brother has been spotted collaborating with the Serbian insurgent group, the Black Hand, in another timeline, it is up to her to keep the violence from spiralling out of control.With Jack’s help, Olive must rise above her fears, take control of her inheritance and get to the bottom of her twin’s betrayal, before the villainous ‘Author’ brings the death and destruction of total war to yet another world.Jumping between futuristic Seattle, Edwardian England and the Austrian Empire, The Bindery Guild is an utterly original, perfectly paced adventure that merges the romance and conspiracy of The Ministry of Time with the feminist imagination of The Lost Apothecary and ambitious scale of The Discovery of Witches.

Every book is a door. Every binding a journey . . . Ever since she was attacked in a dark alley two years ago, Olive has been living in self-seclusion at her family’s home and book-binding business in Seattle. Lonely but unable to venture outside without an umbrella to protect her, Olive has only her father and her bookbinding work for company. That is, until Olive’s father disappears in search of her estranged twin brother, and a handsome gentleman with old-fashioned clothes and a British accent whirls into her workshop and introduces himself as Jack Vale, Master Binder of the Bindery Guild, protector of the many worlds.Jack opens Olive’s eyes to the magic she’s been inches away from her whole life: they are living in a multi-verse, connected through a network of book 'leaves' — meticulously crafted dioramas disguised as leatherbound books. While it might be 1914 everywhere, each world is on its own trajectory, influenced by the movements and conflicts of its inhabitants. Due to a revolution centuries before her birth, Olive has grown up without inequality or oppression, but when she discovers her brother has been spotted collaborating with the Serbian insurgent group, the Black Hand, in another timeline, it is up to her to keep the violence from spiraling out of control.With Jack’s help, Olive must rise above her fears, take control of her inheritance, and get to the bottom of her twin’s betrayal before the villainous “Author” brings the death and destruction of total war to yet another world.Jumping between futuristic Seattle, Edwardian England, and the Austrian Empire, THE BINDERY GUILD is an utterly original, perfectly paced adventure that merges the romance and conspiracy of THE MINISTRY OF TIME with the feminist imagination of THE LOST APOTHECARY and ambitious scale of THE DISCOVERY OF WITCHES.