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*THE HEARTWARMING KOREAN BESTSELLER**A new book from Shanna Tan, translator of Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop*Situated at the heart of a rapidly gentrifying district of Seoul, the Yeonnam-dong Smiley Laundromat is a place where the extraordinary stories of ordinary residents unfold. It is already a haven of tranquility and reflection for locals, but when someone leaves a notebook behind, the laundromat becomes a place that brings people together. One by one, customers start jotting down candid diary entries, opening their hearts and inviting acts of kindness from neighbours who were once just faces in the crowd. But there is more to the diary than first appears, and before long the laundromat''s regulars are teaming up to solve a mystery and help the notebook''s former owner find peace. A heartwarming, healing debut that instantly captured the hearts of Korean readers, this is a novel about the preciousness of human relationships and the power of solidarity in a world that is incr

★情緒張力與情慾描寫達到完美平衡，既有令人血脈賁張的激情場景，也兼顧情感深度和人物成長，被讀者形容如同調和完美的雞尾酒，令人回味無窮。★探討黑暗浪漫中權力、信任與救贖等深刻主題，同時在配角中納入多元包容的非二元性別代表，讓故事更具現代感和社會意識，獲得讀者讚許。《Caught Up》是Navessa Allen所著的《Into Darkness》三部曲第二本。故事聚焦於Lauren Marchetti和Nico “Junior” Trocci這對兒時情人，兩人因過去的恩怨和錯綜複雜的情感糾葛再度相遇，展開一段充滿傷痛與混亂的愛情。Lauren已經轉變成一位性感自信、為性工作權利奮鬥的網絡直播主，她強勢且堅定，帶著傷痕與嚴格的底線；而Nico是意大利黑手黨家族的繼承人，背負家族與暴力陰影，擁有危險的氣質和強烈的佔有慾。兩人過去的秘密、背叛與相互吸引，使得這場重逢既瘋狂又充滿火花，故事中穿插黑幫陰謀、性愛俱樂部的暗潮涌動，以及心理和情感的拉鋸。本書以雙主角視角敘述，探討權力、信任、療癒與救贖的主題。故事重點在於即使在血淚與謊言中，愛情是否仍有可能存活與重生。與前作《Lights Out》相比，本書更加黑暗、成熟和情感深沉，呈現出更嚴肅的主題氛圍和複雜的人物關係，是一個糾結、激烈且充滿激情的黑暗浪漫續作。此書同樣包含強烈成人內容及黑暗主題，適合成熟讀者閱讀The sizzling sequel to Tiktok sensation Lights OutTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the author of TikTok's favourite dark and steamy romance, Lights Out, comes Navessa Allen's second book in the New York Times bestselling Into Darkness trilogyI want this woman, and I'm a man who always gets what he wants.Nico 'Junior' Trocci knows Lauren Marchetti is off limits. Men like him don't get to have women like h

A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2025A New York Times Notable Book of 2025A Telegraph Book of the Year 2025A Guardian Book of the Year 2025An Observer Book of the year 2025'Supple, horrifying and mordantly droll' New York Times'Nothing short of brilliant' Wall Street Journal'A subtle, often darkly funny novel about the relationship between art and power' Sunday Times'A dazzling performance and a real page turner' Salman RushdieFrom 'one of the brightest, most pleasure-giving writers at work today' (Jeffrey Eugenides), a visionary tale inspired by the life of the 20th century film director G.W. Pabst, who left Europe for Hollywood to resist the Nazis and then returned to his homeland with his wife and young son and began making films for the German Reich.An artist's life, a pact with the devil, a novel about the dangerous illusions of the silver screen.G.W. Pabst, one of cinema's greatest, perhaps the greatest director of his era: when the Nazis seized power he was filming i

'This wildly imaginative book speaks to every reader who yearns for a more magical world' - THAO THAI, author of Banyan Moon 'If you'd like to dream instead of a parallel world where love and loyalty and friendship are the magic that transforms the least of us into genuine heroes, then Meg Shaffer's The Lost Story is the book you've been waiting for' - RICHARD RUSSO, author of Empire Falls From the author of the bestselling novel The Wishing Game comes a Narnia-inspired fairy tale for grown-ups who still knock on the back of wardrobe doors . . .just in case. Once upon a time, two boys went missing in the woods. Six months later, they reappeared, with no explanation for where they'd been or how they'd survived.Fifteen years on, Rafe is a reclusive artist with no memory of what happened during those months, despite the scars he bears. Meanwhile, Jeremy is a famed missing persons investigator. With his uncanny abilities, he is the one person who can help vet tech Emilie Wendell find her l

A witty and charming coming-of-age debut novel set in the city of Edinburgh. Perfect for fans of Nora Ephron, Elizabeth Jane Howard and Coco Mellors.'A spellbinding debut about friendship, motherhood, first love, and the choices that bind us' CARLEY FORTUNE'Addictive, nostalgic and comforting, this layered family mystery crept round my heart' CLAIRE DAVERLEYPen and Alice, childhood best friends from Toronto, are in their first year at the University of Edinburgh. Each has come to the city for her own reasons.Pen knows her divorced parents back in Canada are hiding something from her. She believes she'll find the answer here in Scotland, where an old friend of her father's - now a famous writer known as Lord Lennox - lives. When she is invited to spend the weekend at Lennox's centuries-old estate with his enveloping, fascinating family, Pen begins to unravel her parents' secret, just as she's falling in love for the first time . . .Meanwhile Alice, an aspiring actor, sees university as