Looking for your next fantasy read? Explore some of our favourite new and upcoming releases...
The Poison Daughter Sheila Masterson
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True enemies to lovers. Murder as a love language. Blistering romance. The intoxicating global bestseller you won’t be able to resist.
Cursed with a husband she can’t kill and trapped in a fort surrounded by vampire-infested woods, Harlow must do the impossible: make the man who knows she’s a killer fall in love with her anyway.
Kiss Of The Black Flame Helen Scheuerer
OUT 22 SEP
Some bargains are sealed with blood… Others with fire… The deadliest are sealed with a kiss…
An epic romantasy trilogy about a gifted bookbinder and a cursed immortal general bound together by a dangerous magical bargain.
Songbird of the Sorrows Braidee Otto
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Ask no questions. Obey your orders. Respect your masters. But most of all, love no one.
An outcast princess turned spy embarks on a mission to infiltrate a rival kingdom in the first book in an epic romantic fantasy series.
Daughter of the Tempest Braidee Otto
OUT 22 OCT
Songbird. Traitor. Runaway. Heroine.
Princess Aella and her best friend become the kingdom’s most-wanted fugitives in the much-anticipated epic romantasy follow-up to Songbird of the Sorrows.
The Castle and the Cloister Laura E. Weymouth
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Two centuries ago, the kingdom of Honoria’s goddesses were silenced in blood. Now, as the realm’s fragile peace falters, the whims of a king may reignite the engines of war.
The first book in a compelling political fantasy duology.
Under the Iron Sky A.T. Emerald
OUT 13 OCT
The first book in a new dark, seductive and all-consuming fantasy series, in which a human commander and the masked enemy interrogator sent to break her are drawn into a slow-burn, dangerous bond - one that could end a fifteen-year war or ignite something far deadlier.
Silvercloak L. K. Steven
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An addictive new fantasy series set in a world where magic is fuelled by pleasure and pain, in which an obsessive detective infiltrates a brutal gang of dark mages - knowing that one wrong move will get her killed...
Turncloak L. K. Steven
OUT 22 SEP
The thrilling sequel to the Sunday Timesbestselling epic romantic fantasy Silvercloak and second book in the Silvercloak Saga.
Steelborn Taylor J. LaRue
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Enter a world ruled by tyrants and thieves, where magic is outlawed, revolution brews, desire is dangerous, and an impossible cure may prove deadlier than the curse.
Never run. Never bow. Never die.
An infamous thief must carry out an impossible heist to save an immortal warrior from the curse that’s killing him in this fiercely epic, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance.
The Sweetest Fiend Raven Kennedy
OUT 22 SEP
Our world cracked open and with it, came the Banes. The powerful fae slayed them, but each left a Plague. When the Piper rids my city of the Plague, he takes our people as payment. Including me. I have to get home. But the Piper won’t let me go, and something wicked stirs between us.
The first book in an alluring and addictive romantasy duology set in a world of fae and dark magic.
Adversary to the Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer
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HR Update: The position of \"adversary to the villain\" has been filled. Evie Sage does not recall applying.
Once Upon a Time meets The Office in this laugh-out-loud romantasy book based on Hannah Nicole Maehrer's viral TikTok series about the sunshine assistant to an Evil Villain... and their unexpected romance.
Reap & Sow Charlotte B. Plumb
OUT 13 OCT
The penniless in Blackbridge only have two choices: sell your body, or sell your soul. And thanks to Eda Shaw, business is booming.Indentured to a capricious demon, Mr Night, Eda and her brothers arrange illicit Pacts on his behalf, luring the city's most desperate into trading years of their lives for their deepest desires.
When a Pact goes awry, her brothers are arrested and Eda quickly realises she'll need an infernal ally of her own: Kit'rath, a demon with a curious penchant for humanity, and the only being in Blackbridge Mr Night seems to fear. But Kit's help doesn't come cheap. Eda's already given him her soul; she can't afford to give him her heart...
Magical creatures, perilous trials and one unbelievable adventure await in Protector of Beyond, the first book in a gripping new fantasy book series from exciting new voice Shara Curlett.
We wanted to know what young Kiwi readers thought about Royalslinger, the fantastical second book in Graci Kim's Slinger series (hint: they loved it!). Read on to see their reviews!
What does The Whale Rider mean to you?
There’s a version of The Odyssey for every reader - read on to find the one for you to read before (or after!) you see the movie in theatres.
Learn more and apply for the Penguin Children’s Bookseller Grant – a $50,000 initiative designed to engage young readers.
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Celebrate Matariki with Dr Hinemoa Elder at events across the South Island, in conversation about her books and the wisdom that inspires them.
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For generations, Lynley Dodd’s Hairy Maclary stories have introduced young children to the joy of reading…
There is nothing kids love more than a big old belly-laugh, and when it comes to reading, a book full of laugh-out-loud moments can unlock a joy of reading for life!