The third instalment in the enchanting light academia Emily Wilde books, about a curmudgeonly scholar of folklore and the fae prince she loves, from Sunday Times bestselling author Heather Fawcett. Emily Wilde has spent her life studying faeries. A renowned dryadologist, she has documented hundreds of species of Folk in her 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 fiancé-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.

The third instalment in the enchanting light academiaEmily Wildebooks, about a curmudgeonly scholar of folklore and the fae prince she loves, fromSunday Timesbestselling author Heather Fawcett.Emily Wilde has spent her life studying faeries. A renowned dryadologist, she has documented hundreds of species of Folk in herEncyclopaedia 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.

První díl bestsellerové fantasy série o vědkyni zkoumající svět víl Mrzoutská profesorka Emily se vydává na ostrov Ljosland na dalekém severu, aby tam studovala místní folklor a víly a sepsala svou přelomovou encyklopedii kouzelných bytostí. Čelí zde však řadě potíží, včetně skutečnosti, že ačkoli je přední odbornicí na vše, co se týká nadpřirozených tvorů, komunikace se smrtelnými lidmi pro ni představuje tvrdý oříšek, a proto se raději drží v ústraní se svými knihami a psem. Emilyin výzkum ještě víc zkomplikuje příjezd jejího akademického rivala, šarmantního Wendella Bamblebyho, který si dokáže místní obyvatele okamžitě získat, a navíc se Emily k její frustraci neustále plete do vědecké práce. Když však víly vlákají do své říše mladé vesničanky, Emily a Wendell musí spojit své síly, aby se je pokusili zachránit. Přitom vyplouvají na povrch tajemství, která se týkají i jich samých. Jakou oběť budou muset podstoupit, aby zachránili ostrovany před zlovolným Lidem? A kolik víl bude moct Emily přidat do své encyklopedie?