EMILY WILDE 3: EMILY WILDES COMPENDIUM OF LOST TALES – HEATHER FAWCETT

" A charmingly whimsical delight. . . Five dazzling, gladdening stars India Holton, author of The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels The third instalment in the enchanting light academia Emily Wilde books, about a curmudgeonly scholar of folklore and the fae prince she loves, from Sunday Times bestselling author Heather Fawcett. Emily Wilde has spent her life studying faeries. A renowned dryadologist, she has documented hundreds of species of Folk in her Encyclopaedia of Faeries. Now she is about to embark on her most dangerous academic project yet: studying the inner workings of a faerie realm-as its queen. Along with her former academic rival-now fiance-the dashing and mercurial Wendell Bambleby, Emily is immediately thrust into the deadly intrigues of Faerie as the two of them seize the throne of Wendell s long-lost kingdom, which Emily finds a beautiful nightmare, filled with scholarly treasures. Emily has been obsessed with faerie stories her entire life, but at first she feels as ill-suited to Faerie as she did to the mortal world-how could an unassuming scholar like herself pass for a queen? Yet there is little time to settle in-Wendell s murderous stepmother has placed a deadly curse upon the land before vanishing without a trace. It will take all of Wendell s magic-and Emily s knowledge of stories-to unravel the mystery before they lose everything they hold dear. Praise for the Emily Wilde books: Forget dark academia: give me instead this kind of winter-sunshined, sharp-tongued and footnoted academia, full of field trips and grumpy romance Freya Marske, author of A Marvellous Light A darkly gorgeous fantasy that sparkles with snow and magic, this book wholly enchanted me Sangu Mandanna, author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches A thoroughly charming academic fairy tale, complete with footnotes and a low-key grumpy romance Guardian Enchanting in every sense of the word. . . This book is real magic H. G. Parry, author of The Ma