'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 An intrepid professor must uncover faerie secrets in the delightful and
heart-warming second instalment of the Sunday Times bestselling Emily Wilde series. Emily Wilde
is a genius scholar of faerie folklore and has catalogued many secrets of the Hidden Folk in
her encyclopaedia with her infuriatingly charming fellow scholar Wendell Bambleby by her
side. But Bambleby is more than just a brilliant and unbearably handsome scholar. He's an
exiled faerie king on the run from his murderous mother in search of a door back to his realm.
By lucky happenstance Emily's new project a map of the realms of faerie will take them on an
adventure to the picturesque Austrian Alps where Emily believes they may find the door to
Bambleby's realm and the key to freeing him from his family's dark plans. But with new
friendships for the prickly Emily to navigate and dangerous Folk lurking in every forest and
hollow Emily must unravel the mysterious workings of faerie doors and of her own heart.
Praise for this series: '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 Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep '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' Melissa Albert 'The ideal book to curl up with on a chilly winter's evening. . . this
book is an absolute delight.' Megan Bannen author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy 'A
charmingly whimsical delight. . . Five dazzling gladdening stars' India Holton author of The
Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels 'I enjoyed every word of this gorgeously written fairy tale
featuring a grumpy heroine and an utterly charming love interest' Isabel Ibañez author of
Woven In Moonlight
