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NATIONAL BESTSELLER * #1 INDIE NEXT PICK * 6 STARRED REVIEWS Secrets. Lies. Bad choices. Dangerous magic. . . . From NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Melissa Albert comes OUR CROOKED HEARTS, a contemporary fantasy "so precise and enthralling that the only explanation is that Albert herself is a witch" (Booklist, starred review) On the way home from a party, seventeen-year-old Ivy and her soon-to-be ex nearly run over a nude young woman standing in the middle of a tree-lined road. It's only the first in a string of increasingly eerie events and offerings: a dead rabbit in the driveway, a bizarre concoction buried by her mother in the backyard, a box of childhood keepsakes hidden in her parents' closet safe. Most unsettling of all, corroded recollections of Ivy and her enigmatic mother's past resurface, with the help of the boy next door. What if there's more to Ivy's mother than meets the eye? And what if the supernatural forces she messed with during her own teen years have come back to haunt them both? Ivy must grapple with these questions and more if she's going to escape the darkness closing in. Straddling Ivy's contemporary suburban town and her mother's magic-drenched 1990s Chicago, this bewitching and propulsive story rockets towards a conclusion guaranteed to keep readers up all night.

Welcome to Melissa Albert's The Hazel Wood—the fiercely stunning New York Times bestseller everyone is raving about! Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her luck can really get: Her mother is stolen away—by a figure who claims to come from the Hinterland, the cruel supernatural world where her grandmother's stories are set. Alice's only lead is the message her mother left behind: “Stay away from the Hazel Wood.” Alice has long steered clear of her grandmother’s cultish fans. But now she has no choice but to ally with classmate Ellery Finch, a Hinterland superfan who may have his own reasons for wanting to help her. To retrieve her mother, Alice must venture first to the Hazel Wood, then into the world where her grandmother's tales began—and where she might find out how her own story went so wrong. Don’t miss the bestselling sequel to The Hazel Wood, The Night Country or the illustrated collection of twelve fairy tales, Tales from the Hinterland!

Get a sneak peek of the first two chapters of Our Crooked Hearts by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Albert. Our Crooked Hearts is a darkly gripping young adult fantasy about a daughter and her mother, their powers as witches, and the super-bad choices that come back to haunt them. Our Crooked Hearts goes on sale June 28.

'A joyously grim, open-eyed, adult fairy tale with the messiest of morals' PAUL TREMBLAY 'An insidious and masterfully cast spell of a book . . . Gorgeous and dreadful, I devoured it' MONA AWAD _____________________________________________ Their childhood was yours. They want it back . . . Guinevere's late mother, Edith Sharpe, needs little introduction. Bestselling author of the unendingly successful Ninth City series, her books brought so much joy and inspired the imagination of countless children the world over. Guin's childhood with her mother, brother Ennis and her actor father was a blissful, bohemian affair, filled with continuous laughter and surrounded by artistic types in their Vermont barnhouse. At least, this is the story Guin presents as she prepares for the press tour for her upcoming memoir about life in the Sharpe family. Now estranged from her brother and her parents long dead after a devastating fire, strange events threaten the veneer of serenity and familial harmony Guin is keen to project. Ennis, now a notorious artist with a troubled past, announces a new installation - his first since a disastrous last show one year prior - simply entitled Mother. And Guin can't help but worry that the truth behind their idyllic childhood is about to blow her world apart. Told in alternating narratives between 1990s Vermont and present-day New York, The Children is a twisting narrative of family secrets and long-held resentments, which asks whether we can ever really exorcise the ghosts of a childhood forsaken in favour of a parent's artistic vision. _____________________________________________ 'A poison apple of a book: glossy, sweet, and absolutely terrifying' ALIX E. HARROW 'Twisty and strange in all the best ways' HEATHER FAWCETT

The New York Times bestselling sequel to Melissa Albert’s beloved The Hazel Wood! In The Night Country, Alice Proserpine dives back into a menacing, mesmerizing world of dark fairy tales and hidden doors of The Hazel Wood. Follow her and Ellery Finch as they learn The Hazel Wood was just the beginning, and that worlds die not with a whimper, but a bang. With Finch’s help, Alice escaped the Hinterland and her reclusive grandmother’s dark legacy. Now she and the rest of the dregs of the fairy tale world have washed up in New York City, where Alice is trying to make a new, unmagical life. But something is stalking the Hinterland’s survivors—and she suspects their deaths may have a darker purpose. Meanwhile, in the winking out world of the Hinterland, Finch seeks his own adventure, and—if he can find it—a way back home... Don’t miss Tales from the Hinterland, coming January 12, 2021!

A gorgeously illustrated collection of twelve “lush and deliciously sinister fairy tales” (Kelly Link) by the New York Times bestselling author of The Hazel Wood and The Night Country! Before The Hazel Wood, there was Althea Proserpine’s Tales from the Hinterland... Journey into the Hinterland, a brutal and beautiful world where a young woman spends a night with Death, brides are wed to a mysterious house in the trees, and an enchantress is killed twice—and still lives. Perfect for new readers and dedicated fans alike, Melissa Albert's Tales from the Hinterland features full-page illustrations by Jim Tierney, foil stamping, two-color interior printing, and printed endpapers.

This excerpt from The Hazel Wood—Melissa Albert's fiercely stunning contemporary fantasy perfect for fans of The Magicians—contains the first six chapters. Everyone is talking about The Hazel Wood! “Thoroughly, creepily captivating.” —Kristin Cashore, author of Graceling and Jane, Unlimited “This book is pure imagination candy.” —Stephanie Garber, author of Caraval “Destined to be a classic.” —Kami Garcia, author of The Lovely Reckless “Absolutely breathtaking.” —Seanan McGuire, author of Every Heart a Doorway “Terrifying, magical, and surprisingly funny.” —Jennifer Niven, author of All the Bright Places “Unlike anything else I’ve ever read before.” —Evelyn Skye, author of The Crown’s Game “A part of me will never leave The Hazel Wood.” —Heidi Heilig, author of The Girl from Everywhere “An elegant dark fairy tale, full of the power of story.” —Kat Howard, author of Roses and Rot

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND INDIE BESTSELLER! Bestselling author Melissa Albert returns with The Bad Ones, a supernatural horror novel about four mysterious disappearances in a town haunted by a sinister magical history Goddess, goddess, count to five In the morning, who’s alive? In the course of a single winter’s night, four people vanish without a trace across a small town. Nora’s estranged best friend, Becca, is one of the lost. As Nora tries to untangle the truth of Becca’s disappearance, she discovers a darkness in her town’s past, as well as a string of coded messages Becca left for her to unravel. These clues lead Nora to a piece of local lore: a legendary goddess of forgotten origins who played a role in Nora and Becca’s own childhood games. . . . An arresting, crossover horror fantasy threaded with dark magic, The Bad Ones is a poison-pen love letter to semi-toxic best friendship, the occult power of childhood play and artistic creation, and the razor-thin line between make-believe and belief.

Di Negeri Malam, Alice Proserpine kembali terjun ke dunia dongeng gelap yang mengancam namun memesona, penuh pintu tersembunyi nan misterius dari Hutan Hazel. Dengan bantuan Finch, Alice berhasil melarikan diri dari Hinterland dan warisan gelap neneknya, sang pertapa sekaligus pencipta Hinterland. Sekarang dia dan para pelarian lainnya dari dunia dongeng Hinterland terdampar di Kota New York, tempat Alice mencoba menjalani kehidupan baru yang tidak ajaib. Namun, sesuatu sedang mengintai para penyintas Hinterland—dan Alice curiga kematian mereka mungkin memiliki tujuan yang lebih gelap. Sementara itu, di dunia Hinterland yang terancam padam, Finch mencari petualangannya sendiri, dan—jika dia bisa menemukannya—jalan pulang....

Ivy parviendra-t-elle à inverser les sortilèges lancés par sa mère 17 ans plus tôt, et la sauver ? Ivy, dix-sept ans, est témoin d'événements aussi étranges qu'inquiétants : une jeune femme inconnue près d'un lac semble la reconnaître, elle trouve un lapin décapité devant sa maison et sa mère, Dana, adopte un comportement encore plus irrationnel que d'habitude... jusqu'au jour où elle disparaît ! Un soir que Ivy, seule et angoissée, fouille dans les affaires de sa mère, elle tombe sur une étrange boîte dorée et comprends qu'elle lui a volé ses souvenirs... La jeune femme se lance alors dans une enquête au cours de laquelle elle doit confronter la mystérieuse femme du lac. Celle-ci lui explique pourquoi sa mémoire a été effacée : à sa naissance, Ivy était une sorcière puissante, encore plus puissante que sa mère. Après lui avoir enseigné tout ce qu'elle savait, prenant peur face à ses pouvoirs incroyables, Dana a pris la décision d'effacer la mémoire de sa fille et toute ce qui avait un rapport avec la magie, mais aussi sa relation très forte avec leur voisin, Billy, qui l'aide dans sa quête de vérité. Ivy récupère ses souvenirs, mais parviendra-t-elle à sauver sa mère, qui est retenue prisonnière ?

Egy buliból hazafelé tartva a tizenhét éves Ivy és jövendőbeli expasija majdnem elgázolnak egy meztelen, fiatal nőt egy fákkal övezett út közepén. És ez csak a kezdete az egyre hátborzongatóbb eseményeknek. Ivy hamarosan meghökkentő dolgokra figyel fel otthon is: egy döglött nyulat talál a kocsibejárón, majd anyja bizarr főzetét a kertben elásva, de kisvártatva előkerül egy gyermekkori kincses doboza is a szülei gardróbszéfjéből. Hamarosan a felszínre bugyognak Ivy titkolózó anyja múltbeli titkai. Mit követett el annak idején? És mi van, ha a természetfeletti erők, amelyekkel tinédzserkorában dacolt, most visszatérnek, hogy mindkettejüket kísértsék? Ivynak válaszokra lesz szüksége, ha el akarja kerülni a vészesen közelgő sötétséget. A részben Ivy jelenkori, külvárosi otthonában, részben pedig anyja mágiával átitatott, 1990-es évekbeli Chicagójában játszódó történet boszorkányos lendülettel, letehetetlenül száguld izgalmas befejezése felé. Melissa Albert regénye titkokkal, hazugságokkal, rossz döntésekkel és veszélyes mágiával szőtt paranormális fantasy, ami a horror eszköztárából sem rest válogatni. “Mintha minden sora titkos varázsigéket rejtene. Csak úgy lüktet a mágiától, és bűvkörébe vonja az olvasót is.”

UNA COLECCIÓN ILUSTRADA DE 12 CUENTOS DE HADAS ENMARCADA EN EL UNIVERSO DE LA PUERTA DEL BOSQUE Y LA TIERRA DE LA NOCHE Viaja a Interior, un mundo brutal y hermoso, y pasa una noche con el Exterminador... Oye el susurro de los huesos al viento... Conoce a una mujer que fue asesinada dos veces... y sobrevivió. Melissa Albert, autora de la dulogía La puerta del bosque, regresa con una recopilación de doce historias originales ilustradas de un modo fabuloso. La crítica ha dicho: «Cuentos de hadas tentadores y deliciosamente siniestros» Kelly Link «Esta original y cautivadora recopilación se lee igual que las antiguas historias fantásticas susurradas de mujer a mujer, antes de que llegaran los hermanos Grimm y limpiaran toda la sangre» Laura Ruby

Kematian Althea Proserpine seharusnya menjadi titik dimulainya hidup damai ibu adan anak, Ella dan Alice Proserpine. Tak dinyana, Ella menghilang tiba-tiba. Demi mencari ibunya, maka Alice memulai perjalanan epik untuk menguak mitos lama dari Hazel Wood, rumah lama milik Althea. Di balik bayangan pepohonan Hazel Wood yang penuh teka-teki dan rahasia, terdapat pintu menuju dunia penuh misteri. Alice harus memecahkan teka-teki keluarganya yang ganjil dan mengejar makhluk-makhluk mitos untuk mengungkap kebenaran di balik Hazel Wood.

De zeventienjarige Alice heeft het grootste deel van haar leven samen met haar moeder reizend doorgebracht om het ongeluk voor te blijven. Wanneer haar oma, auteur van een duister sprookjesboek, op haar landgoed Het Hazelwoud overlijdt en haar moeder wordt ontvoerd door een figuur die zegt dat hij uit Hinterland - de wereld van haar oma's verhalen - komt, zit er maar één ding op: ze moet hulp vragen aan super-Hinterland-fan Ellery Finch en afreizen naar Het Hazelwoud. Zal ze er daar achter komen hoe háár verhaal begon?