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Nightcurse

Name: Nightcurse
Brand: Arotahi Agency
SKU: 9781836048435
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By Emma Hinds

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Nightcurse by Emma Hinds: Cursed with eternity, haunted by love – discover the truth about living forever in this queer enemies-to-lovers romantasy with a magical mystery at its heart, for fans of Juno Dawson and VE Schwab. Emrys Swift is so dead. 157 years' worth of... Read More

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Nightcurse by Emma Hinds: Cursed with eternity, haunted by love – discover the truth about living forever in this queer enemies-to-lovers romantasy with a magical mystery at its heart, for fans of Juno Dawson and VE Schwab.

Emrys Swift is so dead. 157 years' worth of dead, to be exact. And eternity feels even longer when you're cursed to be seventeen forever, hidden from the world in a magical library, and desperate to remember how you died.

But when ancient spellbooks go missing, Emrys must join forces with annoyingly attractive shapeshifter, Aubrey Vale, to solve the mystery. Which would be fine... if they weren't (im)mortal enemies.

As they tangle with ghosts and battle mermaids, can they outrun the secrets of Emrys's death and Aubrey's life? And is it possible to fall in love when you're already dead?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781836048435

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 October 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 310g

Pages: 368

Collections

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About the Author

Emma is a queer playwright living in Manchester with a focus on telling untold feminist narratives. Her latest play, PURE, was featured in Turn On festival at Hope Mill Theatre Manchester and she was the recipient of the Artist Development grant. She has written an essay published in Tarantino and Theology with Gray Matter Books, and her book Ineffable Love: Christian Themes in Good Omens was published by Darton Longman & Todd.

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