When I fled my old pack and moved to Chicago with my kids, I was originally looking for a quiet, unassuming life. That didn’t exactly happen, but honestly, I’m not mad at it. I was always good at multitasking, so I can parent my children, anonymously run thirteen territories from behind a screen, and still find time to moonlight as a secret shifter narcotics agent. All while courting several beautiful ladies. Especially a certain blonde werebear because you know what they say… The forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest.

The fifteenth in a smash hit series of hilarious tales about primary school life from best-selling, award-winning creators! Packed with excellent black and white illustrations, this is the perfect longer read for newly confident readers. Nothing is quite as it seems for Izzy and her friends, and the drama is always off the scale! When Izzy and friends get a new teacher, they are immediately suspicious. Why does she have two computers set up on her desk? Why does she speak Spanish when they're supposed to be doing maths? Why does she have a pink wig and sunglasses in her car? And WHY DOES SHE HAVE A DRAWER FULL OF DIAMONDS? Because she's an international jewel thief, of course, and MUST BE STOPPED! Have you read these brilliantly funny Izzy and friends adventures? - Baby Aliens Got My Teacher - My Headteacher Is a Vampire Rat – Children's Book Award Winner 2016 - The Spy Who Loved School Dinners – Blue Peter Award Winner 2015 - Attack of the Demon Dinner Ladies - To Wee Or Not To...

  The horse arrives in the storm, when Merryn needs him most ...  THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR READERS AGED 9 AND UP  The horse arrives in the storm, when Merryn needs him most, following the loss of her father. Sorrel is a dreamlike creature, seemingly made from the woods and the sea. Perhaps she wished him into existence. He becomes her friend and confidant. Throughout the summer and autumn, they ride and play, but as Christmas approaches, it will require all of Merryn’s new-found strength to help her mum and her sisters heal too. A perfect Christmas gift for readers aged 9 and up; all the makings of a modern classic Stunningly presented: a fully illustrated, beautiful jacketed hardback with blue ink interior printing Explores themes of grief, family and healing in an accessible way for young readers For readers...

From the author of Medusa comes a beautiful and emotional story featuring a selkie: a mythological creature who can turn from a seal into a human.  Seven years ago, Quinn finally dared to transform from a seal into a human and took her first steps on land. As a selkie, she is both a daughter of land and sea. But when a human stole her pelt, he stole her freedom as well, forcing Quinn to become his wife and bear his children. As legend tells, capturing a selkie will bring you luck, and she became a coveted prize.   Constrained to a life that was no longer her own, Quinn longed for nothing more than to find her pelt and seize her freedom. Then one day, her eldest daughter hands Quinn her pelt and without a second thought, Quinn snatches it and escapes to the sea. But she's no longer used to swimming and doesn't know where her herd has gone. And after an almost disastrous encounter with her former husband, leaving her severely injured,...

"Wicked stepmother" wasn't something Vivien wanted on her resumé (or her CV!).But six months after moving from California to join her British husband in a quiet Yorkshire village, Vivien and her cat Sydney are confronted with a volatile 24-year-old stepdaughter and the sparks begin to fly.It certainly doesn't help when they join a local protest and a dead body turns up.Once again Vivien must work with her enterprising neighbors to solve a murder and clear her family's name. Which isn't easy when you're dealing with people who "Ear all, see all, and say nowt"!Approximate length: 72K words (294 print pages)

Fate and friendship brought Horace, Rumi, Keza, and Aliyah together in Rumi's sentient self-propelling wagon. They seek the forest haunting Aliyah's dream, hoping for answers about the elf's past and unique abilities—but first, they need to traverse a world haunted by Fragments, dangerous shards that can possess travellers and react to Aliyah's presence. They finally leave the coast to undertake a long ocean crossing filled with the sailors' brand-new games and fearsome myths, but no one expects the latter to come to life. At sea, the Fragments that roam the world have coalesced into a gigantic beast—the kraken of legends—and unfortunately, it shares its landbound cousins' obsession with Aliyah. The crew may have bested countless storms, but no amount of sea-worthiness can save the ship from the wrath of its colossal tentacles. If they want to escape the kraken and continue their journey, the wagon's team will need to unravel more...