Delve into the twisted, magical world of H. L. Macfarlane's Bright Spear trilogy, now compiled into an omnibus edition for the first time!\nSet in Regency-era Scotland along the beautiful shore of Loch Lomond, Prince of Foxes is based on the Scots tale of Gold Tree and Silver Tree, with Lord of Horses moving down to the dark streets of London and based on the tale of The Kelpie's Bride. King of Forever, the final story in the trilogy, is set in the faerie realm itself and is based on the tale of Tam Lin and the myth of Hades and Persephone.\nFall in love with the series readers have described as delightful, compelling and enchanting.\nInside this edition:\n***\nPrince of Foxes\nSometimes a fox is not a fox, and a man is not what he seems.\nWhen Lachlan, the golden Prince of Faeries, is transformed into a fox and banished from the forest on the eve of his mother's funeral, the last creature he expects to seek help from is a human.\nBut Sorcha Darrow is not so easily enchanted by the wily faerie. Only after discovering her father means to marry her to a wealthy Londoner does she decide to help him, seeking the power of a being even Lachlan is wary of: a kelpie. In finding one Sorcha hopes that she may just avoid her own dire fate in the process.\nWith Sorcha's dreams being their only true form of communication, Lachlan has to race against time to break his curse and take his place as king before he's doomed to live as a fox forever.\nBut someone else is after the throne, and may just use Sorcha's growing connection to Lachlan to reach it.\n***\nLord of Horses\nSometimes a villain is not a villain, and first impressions have to change...\nWhen the disgraced kelpie of Loch Lomond, Murdoch, discovers a new threat to his homeland, he finds a loophole in his banishment to show up at Sorcha Darrow's door. Despite initial misgivings about Murdoch's plea for help, Sorcha quickly agrees to help the creature out of guilt for what she did to him two years ago in the faerie realm.\nLachlan, now the King of the Seelie Court, is less than happy about the kelpie's reappearance by Sorcha's side. Fuelled by jealousy and possessiveness he considers once more finding out his mortal paramour's full name in order to take her away from Murdoch forever.\nBut trouble is brewing between the Seelie and Unseelie Courts, and Murdoch and Sorcha - now travelling down to London to deal with the threat to their home - may just be caught in the middle of it.\n***\nKing of Forever\nSometimes protecting those we love means working with those we hate.\nSeven years ago Sorcha saved the life of Lachlan, Crown Prince of the Seelie Court, and became the object of affection for the kelpie, Murdoch, who sought to best him and destroy the court from within.\nFive years ago she saved them both from the wrath of the Unseelie king by giving up half her life.\nNow it's time to pay up.\nThe last thing Sorcha wanted was an immortal life, but now she may not have a choice in the matter.\nFor King Eirian wants nothing more than to rule over his Seelie brethren and take control of the kelpie's powers, and has no qualms about using the mortal woman they both love to do it.

Bright Spear Trilogy: A Gothic Scottish Fairy Tale

Literature & Fiction

Macfarlane, H. L.

Genre Fiction

Macfarlane Lantern Publishing

Adored fairy tales as a kid and never quite grew out of them? Love your fantasies written with hard-working heroines, snarky heroes and a dash of romance? Look no further!\nThe Chronicles of Curses omnibus compiles together the first three fairy tale retellings in the series by H. L. Macfarlane into one all new package. 
The books contained in this omnibus are: Big, Bad Mister Wolfe Snowstorm King The Tower Without a Door\nBook blurbs:\nA young girl with an uncertain future. A deceitful conman with something to hide...\nWhen Scarlett Duke discovers the truth about her birthright, she's whisked away to live with her grandmother in the dark depths of the woods. Desperately trying to reconnect with her estranged family, Scarlett soon finds herself increasingly drawn to the mysterious wandering merchant who saved her life two years prior.\nAdrian Wolfe is a merchant and conman with a dark secret. Cursed by Scarlett's grandmother for one of his tricks, he's determined to do whatever it takes to rid himself of the spell. And when he lays eyes on Scarlett, he knows he's found his chance. But as he tries to seduce her and force her grandmother's hand, they stumble upon something much bigger - a murderous plot involving the entire Duke family.\nAs they begin unravelling the truth, Adrian can't help but start falling prey to the shy, innocent charms of the young woman he sought to betray...\nWhat do you do when winter never ends?\nTempestuous, hedonistic Kilian Hale does not wish to be king. Only a curse cast by his father on his deathbed ties him to the throne until his elder brother, Gabriel, returns from war.\nSpurned for not possessing the blonde hair and blue eyes of the people of Alder, Elina Brodeur seeks to win their approval by requesting an audience with their cruel, lazy king. But Kilian is not interested in the town's pleas for extra provisions to help them through the particularly harsh winter, and time and again turns Elina away.\nYet the king soon discovers that he's met his match in Elina, who strikes a deal with Kilian to get what she wants. But as provisions run low and tensions run high, Kilian struggles to get rid of the crown he never wanted whilst Elina tries to deny her growing feelings for the king she swore to hate.\nThe appearance of a pair of travelling magicians may just change everything...\nEventually, talking to yourself gets a little boring.\nAfter being locked away for twelve years in an enchanted tower, Princess Genevieve finally decides that enough is enough. She'll climb out of the window of the tower and...\nAnd that's where her plan ends. For Genevieve knows nothing of the world - not even the way back to the royal palace and her beloved mother. But when a tired and angry wizard magically appears in the tower just as Genevieve is trying to escape it, she is provided with a very reluctant guide back home.\nJulian Thorne has been exploring the world and strengthening his magic for twelve years to avoid coping with the mysterious death of his father. Now shackled with a young woman who claims to be the Princess Genevieve, the wretched wizard becomes embroiled in a conspiracy that may finally give him answers to what happened twelve years ago.\nThe lives of the two may be far more connected than either of them could have ever imagined.

Chronicles of Curses Books 1-3

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

“There’s something here, beneath the surface. Something alive. Can’t you feel it? Don’t you want to…join it?” 
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The last thing Charlie Hope wants is to get into magical politics – especially when she’d rather spend all her time singing in the woods. But when her father gives her an ultimatum she cannot ignore Charlie reluctantly becomes assistant to Mr Silver, immortal magician extraordinaire and one of the biggest political influences in the country. 
The last thing Daniel Silver wants is to look after a precocious young woman whilst working to avoid all-out war with foreign magical factions. Yet though Charlie hides the true extent of her abilities from the enigmatic man, it isn’t long before Silver is drawn in by what’s lurking beneath the surface of his unwilling protégé. 
As tensions rise between Silver and Charlie and war between factions becomes inevitable, something deep and ancient and forgotten may just be using their petty distractions as a means to crawl back into existence and obliterate them all. 
••• 
The first volume of the Gold and Silver duology, Intended is a brand new mythology-soaked fantasy from the acclaimed author of Prince of Foxes, H. L Macfarlane. Itis an enchanting read ideal for fans of Uprooted, Howl's Moving Castle and Shadow & Bone.

Intended: An Adult Romantic Fantasy (Gold and Silver Duology)

Romance

Paranormal

A shape-shifting spirit haunts a family in England during the depths of winter. 
A woman must locate a snowflake for a magical trickster to save her frozen true love. 
A witch knocks upon a young man’s door to take his life on Christmas day. 
A small boy meets a faerie housed within a snow drop. 
••• 
Once upon a time stories travelled from place to place on the tongues of merchants and thieves and kings alike. Under the blanket of night they were exchanged between children, and passed on to their children, and their children after them. Details were altered from one generation to the next until thousands of tales existed where once there were few.\nIn the spirit of these age-old stories comes Once Upon a Winter, a seasonal anthology of folk and fairy tales from 17 authors across the globe. It covers the Gothic, the romantic, the whimsical, the frightening and everything in-between, and features both intriguing twists on classic tales and exciting original stories.\nThe first of four planned seasonal anthologies from Macfarlane Lantern Publishing, Once Upon a Winter is sure to have a story for just about everyone. Grab your copy in time for Christmas today! 
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Inside this anthology:\nThe Biting Cold by Josie Jaffrey 
The Match Girl by Rebecca F. Kenney 
Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Bharat Krishnan 
A Pea Ever After by Adie Hart 
The Snowdrop by H. L. Macfarlane 
Silverfoot’s Edge by Ella T. Holmes 
The Storm Hags by Caroline Logan 
The Boggart of Boggart Hole Clough by Jake Curran-Pipe 
Around the Hawthorne Tree by Jenna Smithwick 
The Best Girl this Side of Winter by Laila Amado 
The Snow Trolls by S. Markem 
Lord of the Forest by Katherine Shaw 
Queen of the Snows by Joyce Reynolds-Ward 
Long Meg and the Sorcerer’s Stones by M. J. Weatherall 
The Frost of Mercy by A. J. Van Belle 
Wintercast by R. A. Gerritse 
You Can’t See Me by Kate Longstone

Once Upon a Winter: A Folk and Fairy Tale Anthology (Once Upon a Season)

Shaw, Katherine

Kenney, Rebecca F.

Logan, Caroline

Amado, Laila

Curran-Pipe, Jake

Holmes, Ella T.

Krishnan, Bharat

Smithwick, Jenna

Weatherall, M. J.

The Unbalanced Equation: An enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy (Hot Mess Trilogy)

What do a bad landlord, a family wedding and a rogue Bunsen burner all have in common? After suffering four years of scrutiny from her PhD assessor, Elizabeth Maclean believes she’s finally free of Dr Thomas Henderson’s tyranny when she begins her postdoc. But when a fire goes off in Tom’s lab (stupid undergrads) he ends up working in the same lab as Liz.\nOn the same bench, no less.\nFor three whole months.\nTo make matters worse – and much to their mutual surprise – Tom’s mum and Liz’s dad announce their impending marriage after a whirlwind romance. So when Liz’s landlord tells her to move out, pronto, it tips her over the edge. Desperate for a place to stay and in need of a saviour, the last person Liz expects to offer her a temporary home is Tom himself.\nNow stuck working together, living together and planning their parents’ Christmas wedding together, will Liz discover that Tom’s attitude over the last four years was all a ruse to hide his true feelings? Or are the two doomed to fail in their co-existence experiment?\nA smart, sexy enemies-to-lovers story perfect for fans of The Hating Game, Book Lovers and The Love Hypothesis, The Unbalanced Equation is H. L. Macfarlane’s first foray into contemporary rom-com territory. She swears there are no faeries this time.\nThe Unbalanced Equation is the first book in the Hot Mess Trilogy – a series of standalone but connected rom-coms set in Glasgow.

Contemporary

Once Upon a Summer: A Folk and Fairy Tale Anthology (Once Upon a Season)

Jaffrey, Josie

Hart, Adie

Bellows, Elanna

Longstone, Kate

What do a bad landlord, a family wedding and a rogue Bunsen burner all have in common? After suffering four years of scrutiny from her PhD assessor, Elizabeth Maclean believes she's finally free of Dr Thomas Henderson's tyranny when she begins her postdoc. But when a fire goes off in Tom's lab (stupid undergrads) he ends up working in the same lab as Liz. On the same bench, no less. For three whole months. To make matters worse - and much to their mutual surprise - Tom's mum and Liz's dad announce their impending marriage after a whirlwind romance. So when Liz's landlord tells her to move out, pronto, it tips her over the edge. Desperate for a place to stay and in need of a saviour, the last person Liz expects to offer her a temporary home is Tom himself. Now stuck working together, living together and planning their parents' Christmas wedding together, will Liz discover that Tom's attitude over the last four years was all a ruse to hide his true feelings? Or are the two doomed to fail in their co-existence experiment? A smart, sexy enemies-to-lovers story perfect for fans of The Hating Game, Book Lovers and The Love Hypothesis, The Unbalanced Equation is H. L. Macfarlane's first foray into contemporary rom-com territory. She swears there are no faeries this time. The Unbalanced Equation is the first book in the Hot Mess Trilogy - a series of standalone but connected rom-coms set in Glasgow.

Romantic Comedy

Invisible Monsters: A Dark Fantasy Horror (Monsters Trilogy)

Once Upon a Spring: A Folk and Fairy Tale Anthology (Once Upon a Season)

Gerritse, R. A.

Markem, S.

Once Upon an Autumn: A Folk and Fairy Tale Anthology (Once Upon a Season)

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