Lavender and Hemlock
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Titan Books Ltd
Publishing:10th Nov '26
£9.99
This title is due to be published on 10th November, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
A housemaid's quiet life is disrupted when the arrival of a mysterious visitor causes her to question the nature of her charming cottage home in this atmospheric Sapphic romantasy with a dark heart.
A tale of love against all odds and across many worlds, for fans of Alix E. Harrow and V. E. Schwab.
Step into the Oubliette and forget your troubles....
Housemaid Tansy’s days are all the same. Her only duties are to tend to her charge, old Lady Aster, and take care of their quaint cottage home. The seaside house is charming, peaceful, and above all, isolated. Tansy can't remember the last time she left... or when she arrived.
Merit is a Carrion Knight. A servant of the dark entity the Unmaker, she has been raised to be a monster. But when she's wounded during a routine raid, she stumbles through a mysterious door… and finds herself tumbling into the Oubliette.
When the two meet, an instant connection forms, and a crack appears in Oubliette's perfect façade. As the bond between Merit and Tansy grows and powerful feelings rise to the surface, Tansy must question not only what she wants, but who she is. Because the origins of this charming world are darker than she could imagine—and the key to uncovering them might lie with Tansy herself.
Praise for Lili Wilkinson
Perfectly blending fantasy and dark academia, Unhallowed Halls delivers a haunting tale of twisted secrets and heart-pounding betrayals. The mesmerizing mystery will keep you turning the pages late into the night, but the soul of the story--the aching desire to belong and the joy of finding home in friendship--will keep you thinking about this book long after you finish.
-Camilla Raines, author of The Hollow and the Haunted
Dark magic and strange and ancient secrets unfurl in this stunning foray whose skillful plotting is reminiscent of Donna Tart's The Secret History. Painterly descriptions of a rainy gothic atmosphere punctuated by suspense, horror, and humor as experienced by a dynamic and intersectionally diverse found-family cast feel at once as classic as its inspirations, and as an invigorating reinvention of the genre.
-Publisher's Weekly starred review
Wilkinson lavishly renders the setting through descriptive prose that revels in the school's decaying decadence. In constantly rising action that builds to increasingly fantastical and dramatic reveals, Page uncovers impossible magics, deep-rooted conspiracies, and lethal stakes. The world-breaking, bittersweet climax comes at a high cost... Moody, gripping dark academia steeped in magic.
-Kirkus starred review
The luscious depth of the worldbuilding and the effortless skill with which it is conveyed make me utterly jealous. Read this, and wonder where Lili Wilkinson has been all your life.
-Amie Kaufman, New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Aurora Cycle
A gorgeous dark fantasy about the unshakeable bond between two girls, and the undeniable power of female rage.
-Kass Morgan, New York Times bestselling author of The 100
A lush, spellbinding tale with dangerously enchanting characters, A Hunger of Thorns is filled with gorgeous emotion and sapphic yearning that will leave you breathless. Wilkinson's masterful new story soars. This is one for all the wild girls who get lost in fairy tales.
-C. S. Pacat, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Rise
This is my kind of fairy tale: visceral and dark, lush and lovely, and filled with feral girls who know how to save themselves. A Hunger of Thorns is a beautiful, ferocious vine that will work its way inside you and linger. I'll be thinking about it for a long time to come.
-Kate J. Armstrong, author of Nightbirds
Readers who prefer stories with rich characters will effortlessly lose themselves in this ambitious, lyrical fairy tale.
-Booklist
ISBN: 9781835415771
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 55mm
Weight: 255g
352 pages