Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
By Heather Fawcett

A charmingly whimsical delight. . .and Five dazzling, gladdening stars'and India Holton, author ofand The Wisteria Society of Lady ScoundrelsThe third instalment in the enchanting light academiaand Emily Wildeand books, about a curmudgeonly scholar of folklore and the fae prince she loves, fromand Sunday Timesand bestselling author Heather Fawcett.Emily Wilde has spent her life studying faeries. A renowned dryadologist, she has documented hundreds of species of Folk in herand Encyclopaedia of Faeries. Now she is about to embark on her most dangerous academic project yet: studying the inner workings of a faerie realm-as its queen.Along with her former academic rival-now fiance-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.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.Praise for theand Emily Wildeand books:'Forget dark academia: give me instead this kind of winter-sunshined, sharp-tongued and footnoted academia, full of field trips and grumpy romance'and Freya Marske, author ofand A Marvellous Light'A darkly gorgeous fantasy that sparkles with snow and magic, this book wholly enchanted me'and Sangu Mandanna, author ofand The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches'A thoroughly charming academic fairy tale, complete with footnotes and a low-key grumpy romance'and Guardian'Enchanting in every sense of the word. . .and This book is real magic'and H. G. Parry, author ofand The Magician's Daughter'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'and Melissa Albert'The ideal book to curl up with on a chilly winter's evening. . . this book is an absolute delight.' Megan Bannen, author ofand The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy'I enjoyed every word of this gorgeously written fairy tale featuring a grumpy heroine and an utterly charming love interest'and Isabel Ibañez, author ofand Woven In Moonlight