Diverse Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

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 Witches HUGO AND LOCUS AWARD FINALIST • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, PopSugar, Polygon, The Globe and Mail, She Reads Cambridge 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 Don’t miss any of Heather Fawcett’s charming Emily Wilde series: EMILY WILDE’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES • EMILY WILDE’S MAP OF THE OTHERLANDS • EMILY WILDE’S COMPENDIUM OF LOST TALES

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 Witches HUGO AND LOCUS AWARD FINALIST A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, PopSugar, Polygon, The Globe and Mail, She Reads Cambridge 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 Don’t miss any of Heather Fawcett’s charming Emily Wilde series: EMILY WILDE’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES EMILY WILDE’S MAP OF THE OTHERLANDS EMILY WILDE’S COMPENDIUM OF LOST TALES

Im frühen 20. Jahrhundert reist eine mürrische Professorin in eine kleine Stadt, um die Folklore der Feen zu studieren, wo sie dunkle Feenmagie, Freundschaft und Liebe entdeckt. Die Cambridge-Professorin Emily Wilde ist in vielen Dingen gut: Sie ist die führende Expertin für Dryadologie, das Studium der Feen. Sie ist eine geniale Wissenschaftlerin und eine akribische Forscherin, die die erste Enzyklopädie über Feenwissen der Welt verfasst. Doch Emily Wilde ist nicht gut im Umgang mit Menschen. Sie konnte nie Smalltalk auf einer Party führen – geschweige denn, zu einer eingeladen werden. Sie zieht die Gesellschaft ihrer Bücher, ihres Hundes Shadow und der Feen dem Umgang mit Freunden oder Liebhabern vor. Als sie also im rauen Dorf Hransvik ankommt, hat Emily nicht die Absicht, sich mit den grimmigen Dorfbewohnern anzufreunden. Auch interessiert sie sich nicht für einen weiteren Neuankömmling: den charmanten und unerträglich gutaussehenden Wendell Bambleby, der es schafft, die Dorfbewohner zu bezaubern, sich in ihre Forschung einzumischen und Emily völlig zu verwirren und frustrieren. Doch je näher Emily den Geheimnissen der Verborgenen – der geheimnisvollsten aller Feen – kommt, die im schattigen Wald ausserhalb der Stadt lauern, desto mehr findet sie sich auch auf der Spur eines weiteren Rätsels: Wer ist Wendell Bambleby und was will er wirklich? Um die Antwort zu finden, muss sie das grösste Rätsel von allen lösen – ihr eigenes Herz.