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MUSAFIR CAFÉ de Divya Prakash Dubey

What happens when two people determined not to fall in love keep finding reasons to stay? The phenomenal Hindi bestseller now in English.

MUSAFIR CAFÉ
by Divya Prakash Dubey
HarperCollins India, 2016/September 2026

In the bustling heart of Mumbai, Chandar and Sudha meet across a coffee-house table—two strangers bound by parental pressure, mutual reluctance and an unexpected honesty that cuts through every social pretense.

She’s a divorce lawyer who knows exactly how love ends. He’s a software engineer who doesn’t know what he wants from life. Neither wants marriage. Neither expects this.

From staged matrimonial disasters to tearfilled evenings at Prithvi Theatre, from seaside confessions to late-night messages left unsent, their story unfolds in stolen conversations and eloquent silences—the kind that change everything.

Now a major Netflix series, Musafir Café is a tender, witty and deeply human exploration of modern relationships, self-discovery and the terrifying beauty of connection.

Divya Prakash Dubey is known for his contemporary Hindi writing and has authored other books like October Junction and Masala Chai. His works are appreciated for their simplicity and emotional depth.

THE RABBIT HOUR de Sofija Stefanovic

A brilliant debut novel—part propulsive thriller, part pitch-perfect comic romp—that explores surprising tensions at the heart of the immigrant experience, inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt.

THE RABBIT HOUR
by Sofija Stefanovic
HarperVia, June 2027

When the Andric family goes on a weekend away, 19-year-old Maja’s rich boyfriend goes missing. Something foul seems afoot. Is Oggie, her volatile war veteran brother to blame? Will the local cop find out—if he can break away from the hilarious affair he’s having with Oggie’s Aunt Vera? Will Jelena, Oggie’s mother, take the blame—all in the name of protecting her beloved son? Or will the family band together to cover up the crime, because blood is thick, especially when you’re an outsider?

Told in four rotating perspectives over the course of one weekend, Things We Do for Love follows a group of characters inextricably bound by family, conspiracy, desire, and first-generation dreams—who may or may not have stumbled into a murder plot. As absurdly charismatic as it is profoundly resonant, this is a true American novel for our times that introduces Sofija Stefanovic as an intoxicating, extravagant new voice in upmarket and literary thrillers.

Sofija Stefanovic is the creator and host of This Alien Nation, a program that celebrates immigration, and the author of the memoir Miss Ex-Yugoslavia. She’s a regular storyteller with The Moth, and has traveled with their Mainstage, telling personal stories across the country. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times and other outlets. She lives in New York City.

THE ACTIVE GIN SOCIETY de Kathleen Flinn

An American woman inherits a flat in London, unaware that behind its walls lies the legacy of a notorious secret society whose shadow still falls across modern London.

THE ACTIVE GIN SOCIETY
by Kathleen Flinn
Crown, October 2027

After the sudden death of her father, American food writer Marnie Wells travels to London to settle his estate, expecting only a brief stay in the Covent Garden flat he left behind. Instead, she discovers hidden passageways, cryptic journals, and evidence that her home may once have belonged to a centuries-old secret society whose deadly secrets have remained buried beneath the city for generations.

Following the trail her father left behind, Marnie joins forces with Jameson Quinn, a charismatic historian researching London’s notorious gin craze and the clandestine organizations rumored to have shaped Britain’s past. As anonymous threats mount and strangers begin watching her every move, they uncover a conspiracy stretching from Georgian London to the present day, forcing Marnie to confront the possibility that her father’s death was no accident.

Rich in history, food, and atmosphere, and inspired by the real legends and secret societies of Georgian London, THE ACTIVE GIN SOCIETY is infused with folklore and magical intrigue, bringing centuries of hidden mystery into the present day.

Kathleen Flinn is an author, journalist, French-trained chef, and television producer. She is the New York Times bestselling author of The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry. The book is in development with Fox Entertainment Studios and Fox Network as a streaming series, under the direction of Gordon Ramsay as his first venture into scripted television. Her acclaimed follow-up, The Kitchen Counter Cooking School, was named 2012 Book of the Year by the American Society of Journalists & Authors.

DIE BOTANIKERIN de Corina Bomann

A dual-timeline story of lost love, botanical discovery and a mysterious disappearance, following a London woman who becomes obsessed with the love letters of two botanists who traveled to Tibet in the early 20th century, by German bestselling author Corina Bomann.

DIE BOTANIKERIN
[The Botanis]
by Corina Bomann
Penguin Germany, May 2027

Photo credit: Nadja Klier

After Cleo was left at the altar by the love of her life, her days have been passing by without purpose. How on earth is she supposed to go on? Even her job at the historic London Lost and Found Office barely distracts her—until one day she opens an old suitcase and finds a Tibetan prayer flag along with some letters.

Out of curiosity, Cleo begins to read and is drawn into the story of Richard and Rosa—two botanists who traveled to Tibet at the beginning of the 20th century to research a rare species of rhododendron. Initially bitter rivals, their letters soon reveal a deep love. Until contact abruptly ceases.

Cleo can’t stop thinking about the love letters, and she wonders what dramatic end the relationship between Richard and Rosa met. She begins to research, delving into the history of the first female botanists, and has no idea that Richard and Rosa’s love will give her own life a new twist …

With sales totalling over two million copies, Corina Bomann‘s popular historical sagas are regular bestsellers, and her readers adore her strong women, passionate emotions and moving stories – such as her four-book Waldfriede saga set in a Berlin clinic, the two-part Rosenhag series set in Sweden, and now her new two-part Rosewell Castle series, which takes her readers into the fascinating world of butlerdom.

THE BLOOD MAIDEN de Chapel Vane

A dystopian crossover fantasy set in a fortress city where monsters lurk beyond the walls – sated by the nine drops of blood which each citizen must donate daily – and where a brother and sister witch find themselves plunged into a deadly competition.

THE BLOOD MAIDEN
by Chapel Vane
on submission in the UK and the USA
(via Mushens Entertainment)

Nine hearts to spare.
Eight for the monsters.
One for the heir.

In the fortress city of Narvall, each citizen must let nine drops of blood a day. A small price to pay the stave off the monsters beyond the steel wall. But for Vesper and her brother Rion, donating blood is anything but simple. For they are witches, and if the monsters ingested their blood they would become dangerously powerful. And if the Lord Protector and his bloodkeepers found out who they were? They’ll be put to death. Vesper’s ability to manipulate her appearance, and blood, and Rion’s magic which allows him to take blood from a lover during a poison kiss has kept them alive. So far. But the more Rion uses his powers the sicker he becomes, and Vesper is desperate to find a way to save him.

When the monsters break through the walls their fragile existence is shattered but with it a new opportunity comes: nine citizens will be picked for a deadly competition. Eight of them will donate their hearts to appease the monsters. And one will be picked to enter a life of luxury, married off to the heir: the dangerously attractive Lord Dellion. Vesper’s plan is to take on a new identity and win: accessing the wealth and medicine which can heal Rion. But when she tricks her way into the competition she is horrified to discover that Rion has also entered. And worst of all, why does her heart suddenly skip a beat whenever the heir is near?

Chapel Vane studied at London and Oxbridge. They work as the Editorial Director for a major Science Fiction and Fantasy imprint at one of the big five publishers. Chapel currently resides in England with their partner and fur babies. THE BLOOD MAIDEN is their debut fantasy novel.