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'Magnetic. I couldn't put it down.' STEPHEN KING'Immersive, gripping and wish a twist you won't see coming' ELLERY LLOYD'The very definition of a page-turner' CLARE MACKINTOSH'Truly compelling. Emiko Jean . . . will soon be a household name' DAILY MAIL----I guess you're probably wondering about the next girl. Because there's always another girl, right? A girl waiting to be taken. To be swept away. I'll tell you about her.It's been twenty years since Detective Chelsey Calhoun lost her sister, and she's been searching ever since: for signs, for closure, for other missing girls. Happy endings are rare in Chelsey's line of work.Until one day, local teenager Ellie Black is found in Washington State woods. Two years after her disappearance, she's an echo of herself, but alive.But something's not right about this girl. Where has she been, and who is she protecting?Chelsey has to find out. For herself, for her sister, and before the next girl is taken.----'I stayed up late into the night turning the pages . . . a truly jaw-dropping twist.' JESSICA KNOLL'An emotional gut-punch of a thriller' SAMANTHA DOWNING'What a page-turner, with a truly shocking twist at the end. It's an absolute winner for me.' SUSAN LEWIS'Brooding and atmospheric' MARY KUBICA

Return to Tokyo for a royal wedding in Emiko Jean's Tokyo Dreaming, the sequel to the Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Tokyo Ever AfterWhen Japanese-American Izumi Tanaka learned her father was the Crown Prince of Japan, she became a princess overnight. Now, she's overcome conniving cousins, salacious press, and an imperial scandal to finally find a place she belongs. She has a perfect bodyguard turned boyfriend. Her stinky dog, Tamagotchi, is living with her in Tokyo. Her parents have even rekindled their college romance and are engaged. A royal wedding is on the horizon! Izumi's life is a Tokyo dream come true. Only...Her parents' engagement hits a brick wall. The Imperial Household Council refuses to approve the marriage citing concerns about Izumi and her mother's lack of pedigree. And on top of it all, her bodyguard turned boyfriend makes a shocking decision about their relationship. At the threat of everything falling apart, Izumi vows to do whatever it takes to help win over the council. Which means upping her newly acquired princess game. But at what cost? Izumi will do anything to help her parents achieve their happily ever after, but what if playing the perfect princess means sacrificing her own? Will she find a way to forge her own path and follow her heart?

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK'Definitely 'best books of 2022' material!' GLAMOUR'By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, this is a total joy of a read' Holly Miller, author of The Sight of You'With the offbeat humour and poignancy of Maria Semple and Kirsty Capes, this has the potential to be a big hit' Bookseller, Editor's Choice________AT 35, MIKA SUZUKI IS STRUGGLING.She's been fired (again). Her last relationship went up in flames. Her mother is perpetually disappointed in her.And now, she's had a phone call from sixteen-year-old Penny Calvin: the baby she reluctantly placed for adoption when she was just a teenager herself.Penny has questions - and Mika is desperate to meet her girl. But she barely feels like she can take care of herself . . .Is she ready to show Penny who Mika Suzuki really is?________'A sheer delight' Rochelle Weinstein'Had me laughing, crying and cheering' Lauren Kate'Hilarious, tender and very real . . . for every human trying to figure it out' Nancy Jooyoun Kim

Return to Tokyo for a royal wedding in Tokyo Dreaming, by Emiko Jean - the sequel to the Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Tokyo Ever AfterWhen Japanese-American Izumi Tanaka learned her father was the Crown Prince of Japan, she became a princess overnight. Now, she's overcome conniving cousins, salacious press, and an imperial scandal to finally find a place she belongs. She has a perfect bodyguard turned boyfriend. Her stinky dog, Tamagotchi, is living with her in Tokyo. Her parents have even rekindled their college romance and are engaged. A royal wedding is on the horizon! Izumi's life is a Tokyo dream come true. Only...Her parent's engagement hits a brick wall. The Imperial Household Council refuses to approve the marriage citing concerns about Izumi and her mother's lack of pedigree. And on top of it all, her bodyguard turned boyfriend makes a shocking decision about their relationship. At the threat of everything falling apart, Izumi vows to do whatever it takes to help win over the council. Which means upping her newly acquired princess game.But at what cost? Izumi will do anything to help her parents achieve their happily ever after, but what if playing the perfect princess means sacrificing her own? Will she find a way to forge her own path and follow her heart?

A Reese Witherspoon Book Club YA Pick!Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean is a hilarious and heartfelt novel perfect for fans of To All the Boys I've Loved Before and The Princess Diaries.Izumi Tanaka has lived an uneventful seventeen years in her small town, keenly aware of all the ways in which her family is different from most of her classmates. But then Izumi discovers a clue to her previously unknown father's identity . . . and he's none other than the Crown Prince of Japan. Soon she's traveling overseas to meet the father she never knew and discover the country she's only dreamed of. But being a princess isn't all ball gowns and tiaras. There are conniving cousins, a hungry press, a scowling but handsome bodyguard who just might be her soulmate, and thousands of years of tradition and customs to learn practically overnight. Izzy soon finds herself caught between worlds, and between versions of herself - back home, she was never "e;American"e; enough, and in Japan, she must prove she's "e;Japanese"e; enough. Will Izumi crumble under the weight of the crown, or will she live out her fairytale, happily ever after?

How far will one girl go to become empress in this beautifully written, edge-of-your-seat YA fantasy for readers of Tomi Adeyemi and Laini Taylor