With Ilya in turmoil after the king’s death, Paedyn Gray is on the run. Kai Azer, now charged with enforcing his brother’s rule, must hunt her down. Their pursuit across hostile territory turns the conflict between duty and desire into a test of survival.
In a society of floating islands where rank determines survival, exiled teenager Conrad enters a dangerous competition among monster hunters. Winning could help him rescue his sister, but life aboard an airship exposes secrets beneath the world's rigid hierarchy.
Maths teacher Eve believes her life with her husband Nate is secure, but their school is still dealing with a scandal involving a student. Conflicting accounts surround Addie, the teenager at its centre, and the secrets hidden behind those accounts threaten more than one reputation.
Lai grows up in a working family in Beijing, finding encouragement in her grandmother and in the books she discovers. A university scholarship opens another world of friendships and possibilities. Her coming of age unfolds alongside the hopes and political tensions that lead to the protests of 1989.
A woman pays for her mother’s psychiatric care through an unusual occupation: killing elderly women at the request of their sons. Her arrangement changes when she falls in love with one of her intended victims. This darkly comic novel brings family obligation, dependence and affection into collision with the violence of her work.
With only ten days before a contest that could decide Roshar's future, Dalinar and his allies prepare on several fronts. Kaladin accompanies Szeth to Shinovar, while unfinished conflicts and buried histories threaten every attempt to secure a lasting peace.
Comedian Andy is trying to understand why Jen ended their relationship. With his career faltering and his friends moving into different stages of life, he searches for an explanation that will restore order. The novel considers heartbreak through the mismatch between personal narratives and another person’s experience.
Diego and Claudia prepare to celebrate their new house in Menorca when a woman from Diego’s past reappears. Their encounter at an American music festival two decades earlier left an enduring mark. Her return unsettles his present and raises questions about gratitude, intimacy and the lives built around unspoken experiences.
Growing up in a working-class neighbourhood of Madrid in the 1980s and 1990s, a young trans woman struggles to find a way to live openly. Her journey connects the pressures of class and violence with the friendship and solidarity of women who help her imagine another life.
A fire destroys a Venetian palazzo during a gathering of rare-book dealers, yet the missing guests leave no bodies behind. Connections with an earlier fire and his mother Ítaca’s past draw Kraken into the case. The investigation forces him to weigh family obligations against unanswered questions about his parents.
On a roadside in early 1990s Spain, sixteen-year-old Catalina tries to get home before her parents’ curfew. The wait brings her troubled relationship with her body into focus, alongside the expectations and threats that shape her passage into adulthood.
Working in the Garricks’ luxurious penthouse, Millie is told to stay away from the room where her employer’s wife remains hidden. Disturbing sounds and traces of blood make obedience increasingly difficult. Her decision to intervene draws her into another household built around dangerous secrets.
Two young would-be militants cross into France to join ETA, only to find themselves stranded on a poultry farm as the organisation abandons armed struggle. Their determination to continue exposes the absurdities, rivalries and self-deceptions behind their revolutionary ambitions.
Nikki’s life on Bali is far removed from Alex’s world of London and private aviation. Their meeting brings thirty days in which attraction crosses differences in routine, expectations and experience. The first Bali novel follows a romance shadowed by the secrets each person brings into a seemingly idyllic setting.
Needing work to support her family, Evie accepts a position in the household of a notorious villain. Office duties become considerably more complicated when she suspects sabotage inside his operation and discovers that her feelings for her employer are changing.
Greta earns her living transcribing a sex therapist’s sessions in Hudson, New York. When she recognizes a patient’s voice outside the office, she enters a relationship shaped by knowledge she cannot admit possessing. Desire, secrecy and the ethics of listening become inseparable in their growing intimacy.
The first woman admitted to an elite magical institution receives a former outsider as her laboratory assistant. Their uneasy collaboration exposes the human cost beneath their city’s apparent prosperity, forcing both to question the system that has shaped their lives.
Nina’s precarious life in Madrid unravels when she loses her magazine job. Returning to her home city means living close to her mother and sister again, while the second novel she hoped to write remains unfinished. Family silences and frustrated expectations complicate her attempt to find a new direction.
Fatherhood changes Alejandro Zambra’s sense of time, reading and everyday life. These essays, stories and poems move between caring for a child and reconsidering one’s own childhood. Family routines, books, football and play become occasions to explore how parents and children continually remake one another.
Alba Cardalda explores why saying no can feel difficult in friendships, relationships and the workplace. The book introduces ways to express needs and establish boundaries through assertive, empathetic communication. Everyday situations illustrate how fear of rejection or conflict can shape behaviour, inviting readers to reconsider the space they give their own priorities.