NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north in
this incredibly fun journey through fae lands and dark magic” (NPR) the start of a
heartwarming and enchanting new fantasy series.A darkly gorgeous fantasy that sparkles with
snow and magic.”—Sangu Mandanna author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular WitchesA BEST
BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review NPR PopSugar Polygon The Globe and Mail
She ReadsCambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on
the study of faeries. She is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the
world’s first encyclopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people. She could
never make small talk at a party—or even get invited to one. And she prefers the company of her
books her dog Shadow and the Fair Folk to other people.So when she arrives in the
hardscrabble village of Hrafnsvik Emily has no intention of befriending the gruff townsfolk.
Nor does she care to spend time with another new arrival: her dashing and insufferably handsome
academic rival Wendell Bambleby who manages to charm the townsfolk muddle Emily’s research
and utterly confound and frustrate her.But as Emily gets closer and closer to uncovering the
secrets of the Hidden Ones—the most elusive of all faeries—lurking in the shadowy forest
outside the town she also finds herself on the trail of another mystery: Who is Wendell
Bambleby and what does he really want? To find the answer she’ll have to unlock the greatest
mystery of all—her own heart.Book One of the Emily Wilde Series
