Books by Tansy Rayner Roberts

Welcome to Charming, where fairy tales come true (whether you like it or not).Kai's new job to report on the scandals of the messed up royal family for the local newspaper. He didn’t expect to become the story.Dennis signed up to protect the princes. Falling in love with one of them was never part of the deal.Ziyi made a wish to catch her own Prince Charming… but wishes come at a cost, when fairies are involved.In this magical kingdom of cursed spinning wheels, violent beanstalks, deadly queens and disaster princes, the most dangerous thing of all might be a Happily Ever After.Castle Charming collects five previously published stories and novellas: Glass Slipper Scandal, Dance Princes Dance, Charm or Dare, Let Sleeping Princes Lie and Dead Queen Walking.

There''s nothing more dangerous than an eligible duke...Every eligible young lady of the Teacup Isles wants to marry the Duke of Storm, except Miss Mnemosyne Seabourne, who is quite content on the shelf, thank you very much. All she wants is a quiet life and a good book.At a house party full of ruthless debutantes willing to employ sneaky sympathetic magic to win a husband of quality, Mneme joins forces with an enigmatic spellcracker to rescue the duke from being married against his will, and to find out who is responsible for his abduction.Can Mneme save the Duke of Storm without becoming his bride? Will this caper ruin her reputation forever? Can teacups and hedgehogs be used as projectile weapons in emergencies? Why are attractive men more devastating when they roll up their sleeves?If you enjoy Regency house parties, witty romantic banter and high society sorcery, you''ll adore this magical comedy of manners cosy mystery novella.

What's an Aussie witch to do for Halloween when the weather is all spring sunshine and happiness? What's the appropriate ritual for breaking up with your boyfriend on the Summer Solstice? And who did Ferd Chauvelin kiss on New Year's Eve? Follow our Belladonna U student witches through three holiday festivals with their usual romantic disasters, friendship dramas, and magical explosions. (Includes the stories Halloween Is Not A Verb, Solstice on the Rocks and Kissing Basilisks)

Hebe wants her sister’s band to stop writing songs about her life.Sage wants to kiss boys and make music.Jules wants Sage.Holly wants to be famous.Juniper wants Holly to notice her.Ferd wants his magic back.Viola wants her best friend to stop ditching her for some geeky rock band!Welcome to Belladonna U, where Australian student witches study the Real and the Unreal. On a Friday night, they drink hard and play hard down the local pub. Roll the dice. Fight the troll. Let’s make magic.

With three kings at war over the title of Power and Majesty, someone’s going to bleed. A final battle is coming, and the Creature Court must learn from their past to save their future, before they lose everyone.Saturnalia will change the Creature Court and the city of Aufleur forever.

Daylight and nox collide as Ashiol and Velody’s uneasy alliance fractures. The Creature Court try to fight the war with theatre instead of bloodshed… but they still have to deliver a sacrifice.Will Delphine and Rhian escape the dangers of Velody’s new world, or be consumed by them?

Aufleur is a city of honey cakes, decadent ritual… and a secret war fought by an army of beautiful monsters. The Creature Court die and bleed to keep the daylight folk safe, but no one even knows they exist.Who will be the new Power and Majesty of the Creature Court: a man who was broken and exiled from their world, or the woman who knows nothing of their ways? Neither of them wants to rule, but Ashiol is determined to train Velody to take his place, so that he can finally escape his destiny.Winner of the 2011 Best Novel Ditmar, and the 2011 Best Fantasy Novel Aurealis Award.

From Granny Weatherwax to Susan Death and beyond...Terry Pratchett's Discworld is an epic, groundbreaking work of fantasy often hailed for its originality, humour and deep, layered intelligence. But what about the women?Award-winning author & pop culture critic Tansy Rayner Roberts looks at the portrayal of female characters in many of Pratchett's best loved books, from the early years of fantasy satire and sexy lamps to the more complex, iconic characters of the witches, werewolves, dwarves and queens.Contains 10 essays about gender and the Discworld, including "Socks, Lies & the Monstrous Regiment" which is exclusive to this collection.

Cabaret of Monsters is a prequel novella to the Creature Court dark fantasy trilogy.Saturnalia in the glamorous city of Aufleur is a time of topsy-turvy revels, of the world turned upside down. The city''s theatres produce an annual display of reversals and surprises. Women can transform into wolves. Even the rats are not what they seem.Evie Inglirra has travelled to Aufleur to uncover the city''s sinister secrets... but this newspaper reporter has secrets of her own. As she befriends the dazzling cabaret performers of the mysterious Vittorina Royale theatre, she falls under the spell of their most charismatic celebrities: songbird Livilla and the Stagemaster himself, a man some know as Poet.Who is Garnet, and why is everyone so afraid of him? What is the secret society known as the Creature Court, and why do they live underneath the city?Evie thought she wanted to learn the truth, but now she just wants to get out of Aufleur alive.If you enjoy intrigue, LGBT characters and sumptuous detail, you''ll adore this art deco shapeshifter fantasy novella.

The two original Mocklore novels in one volume!#1 Splashdance Silver#2 Liquid Gold SPLASHDANCE SILVERKassa Daggersharp has been avoiding her legacy as the daughter of infamous parents for far too long. But the death of her father, Vicious Bigbeard, leaves her the heir of a precious treasure trove, the Splashdance silver.All she has to do is form a pirate crew from scratch, dodge the minions of the new Lady Emperor, learn how to control her long-neglected magic, and win the loyalty of the worst traitor in the history of the Mocklore Empire.No problem, right? LIQUID GOLDThe most seductively dangerous substance in the world is invented by Mocklore alchemists... and promptly stolen by a beautiful troll. This golden goo with the power of time travel causes havok throughout the Mocklore Empire, causing damage to reality and even the Underworld.It's a problem for everyone, but especially for Kassa, whose unexpected death by trinket leaves her in a prime position to investigate what's going wrong in the land of the dead... while her crew, left behind, have to decide what their futures hold.Comedy pirates, saucy witches, magical explosions, gratuitous historical trivia and flying sheep… it's just another day in Mocklore.  

Kassa Daggersharp has been a pirate, a witch, a menace to public safety, a villain, a hero and a legend. These days, she lives the quiet life, lecturing college students on the dangers of magic.Egg Friefriedsson is Kassa's young cousin, a lapsed Axgaard warrior who would rather stay in his room and draw comics all day than train to be a warrior. If only comics had been invented.All the adventures are over. It's time to get on with being a grownup. But when Egg's drawings produce an evil dark city full of villains and monsters, everyone starts to lose their grip on reality. Even the flying sheep.It’s getting harder to tell the difference between heroes and villains, but someone has to step up to save Mocklore, one last time. 

It's not easy to make an honest living in the tiny magical empire of Mocklore. Bounty Fenetre isn't a bounty hunter. Delta Void isn't a mercenary. But trouble follows both of them, everywhere they go...Six stories of adventure, magic, chaos and chainmail lingerie, where fairy tales are bad for your love life, and shoes can solve anything.