'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
