Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales

<p><b>'A charmingly whimsical delight. . . </b><b>Five dazzling, gladdening stars'</b> India Holton, author of <i>The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels</i></p><p><b>The third instalment in the enchanting light academia<i> Emily Wilde </i>books, about a curmudgeonly scholar of folklore and the fae prince she loves, from<i> Sunday Times</i> bestselling author Heather Fawcett.</b></p><p>Emily Wilde has spent her life studying faeries. A renowned dryadologist, she has documented hundreds of species of Folk in her <i>Encyclopaedia of Faeries</i>. Now she is about to embark on her most dangerous academic project yet: studying the inner workings of a faerie realm-as its queen.</p><p>Along with her former academic rival-now fiancé-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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Praise for the<i> Emily Wilde</i> books:</p><p><b>'Forget dark academia: give me instead this kind of winter-sunshined, sharp-tongued and footnoted academia, full of field trips and grumpy romance' </b>Freya Marske, author of<i> A Marvellous Light</i></p><p><b>'A darkly gorgeous fantasy that sparkles with snow and magic, this book wholly enchanted me'</b> Sangu Mandanna, author of <i>The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches</i></p><p><b>'A thoroughly charming academic fairy tale, complete with footnotes and a low-key grumpy romance' </b><i>Guardian<br></i><br><b>'Enchanting in every sense of the word. . .</b><b> This book is real magic' </b>H. G. Parry, author of <i>The Magician's Daughter</i></p><p><b>'A book so vividly, endlessly enchanting, so crisply assured, so rich and complete and wise and far-reaching in its worldbuilding that you'll walk away half ensorcelled, sure Fawcett found Emily Wilde's journal in some sea-stained trunk'</b> Melissa Albert</p><p><b><i>'</i>The ideal book to curl up with on a chilly winter's evening. . . this book is an absolute delight.</b>' Megan Bannen, author of <i>The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy</i></p><p><b>'I enjoyed every word of this gorgeously written fairy tale featuring a grumpy heroine and an utterly charming love interest'</b> Isabel Ibañez, author of <i>Woven In Moonlight</i></p>