Books from Hot Key Books

  • My Bad Valentine
    My Bad Valentine
    By Ali Cronin

    Poor them – all that hard work for nothing. Moohahahaaa! I got my essay back: seventyone per cent! Go me! I phoned Mum to tell her – she was as underwhelmed as ever. She was like, seventyone per cent, as in out of one hundred per cent?

  • Fearsome Dreamer
    Fearsome Dreamer
    By Laure Eve

    A sensual and provocative novel about the power and the peril of dreaming In the world of FEARSOME DREAMER, England has become Angle Tar - a technophobic and fiercely independent country holding its own against the mass of other nations ...

  • The Elites
    The Elites
    By Natasha Ngan

    A beautifully written futuristic romance 'There is a rumour that the Elites don't bleed.

  • Liberty's Fire
    Liberty's Fire
    By Lydia Syson

    Liberty's Fire began to take shape in my head after I came across Michel's extraordinary story through my greatgreat ... You can read more about all three in Angela V. John's War, Journalism and the Shaping of the Twentieth Century: The ...

  • Mary-Mary
    Mary-Mary
    By Joan G. Robinson

    First released in 1957, this is a lovingly restored edition complete with original illustrations. This special edition includes the first book of the series (MARY-MARY), as well as its sequel, MORE MARY-MARY.

  • Trouble is a Friend of Mine
    Trouble is a Friend of Mine
    By Stephanie Tromly

    Peppered with razor-sharp dialogue, this is a romance that is decidedly unromantic, a crime novel where catching the crook isn't the only hook, and a debut novel you won't forget.

  • Fireweed
    Fireweed
    By Jill Paton Walsh

    Perfect for readers young and old, this book is a beautifully written classic, full of adventure, heroism and British wartime courage.

  • The Midnight Dress
    The Midnight Dress
    By Karen Foxlee

    THE MIDNIGHT DRESS weaves a mesmerising story of love, loss and longing to the very last page.

  • No True Echo
    No True Echo
    By Gareth P. Jones

    Told with Gareth's signature wit, humour and thoughtfulness, this story examines the way stories shape our past, present and future Eddie is pretty certain nowhere could be more small-town, more boring, and more inconsequential than his ...

  • As White as Snow
    As White as Snow
    By Salla Simukka

    The second story in the thrilling Nordic crime series The Snow White Trilogy, an international success published in 52 territories worldwide and soon to be a Hollywood film.

  • The Boy in the Smoke
    The Boy in the Smoke
    By Maureen Johnson

    A SHADES OF LONDON exclusive World Book Day story On a cold night, Stephen Dene went to the Eton boathouse to perform a desperate act.

  • The Blue Lady
    The Blue Lady
    By Eleanor Hawken

    ... hardly knew Marina. They were best friends at school,' Tina said softly. 'They were inseparable.' I stared at Tina blankly, wondering if I'd heard her correctly, or if I was remembering wrongly what Ms Barts had told me. 'She told me she ...

  • Ophelia and The Marvellous Boy
    Ophelia and The Marvellous Boy
    By Karen Foxlee

    In which young Ophelia rescues a magical boy, battles the Snow Queen, and saves the world Eleven-year-old Ophelia might not be brave, but she certainly is curious.

  • When I Was Me
    When I Was Me
    By Hilary Freeman

    One girl, two lives.

  • Anything That Isn't This
    Anything That Isn't This
    By Chris Priestley

    And then one day, the perfect sign lands in his lap. A message, in a bottle. A wish, for 'anything that isn't this'. The girl who wrote this is surely his soulmate - and now he just needs to find her.

  • Lorali: A colourful mermaid novel that’s not for the faint-hearted
    Lorali: A colourful mermaid novel that’s not for the faint-hearted
    By Laura Dockrill

    Colourful, raw, brave, rich and fantastical - this mermaid tale is not for the faint-hearted.

  • Cloud 9
    Cloud 9
    By Alex Campbell

    Life's short. Enjoy it. This is the slogan of Leata, the wonder-drug that sixteen-year-old Hope has been taking since she was a child, just like the rest of her family. Well, the rest of the country really.

  • Baby, It's Cold Outside
    Baby, It's Cold Outside
    By Catherine Cooper

    Is it just a crush... or something more? BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE is part of Hot Key Books' exclusive new novella list, and one of a series of five available this Christmas. Unlock your naughty side!

  • Heap House (Iremonger 1): from the author of The Times Book of the Year Little
    Heap House (Iremonger 1): from the author of The Times Book of the Year Little
    By Edward Carey

    'Roald Dahl by way of Charles Dickens' - Vox.com 'Dark and wildly original urban fantasy tale' - The New York Times 'Delightful, eccentric, heartfelt, surprising, philosophical, everything that a novel for children should be' - Eleanor ...

  • Foulsham (Iremonger 2): from the author of The Times Book of the Year Little
    Foulsham (Iremonger 2): from the author of The Times Book of the Year Little
    By Edward Carey

    'All of Edward Carey's work is profound and delightful' - Max Porter 'Dark and wildly original urban fantasy tale' - The New York Times 'If this were music, Carey would be Eric Satie.