Children’s

The Miraculous Sweetmakers 1: The Frost Fair (HarperCollins)

Illustrated by Alex T. Smith (UK, Turkey, Ukraine, New Zealand & Australia editions)

Cover illustrated by Maxine Vee (US edition)

The Great Frost of 1683 has London in its icy grip.

Thomasina and her best friend Anne sell sweets on the frozen Thames, amid rumours of the magical Frost Fair that awakens there at night. They say if you can find the fair, Father Winter himself will grant you any wish.

And Thomasina has an impossible wish: the return of her twin brother, Arthur.

But once they discover Father Winter’s kingdom, Thomasina and Anne quickly realize the Frost Fair is not what it seems – and that some wishes never come for free.

The Miraculous Sweetmakers 2: The Sea Queen (HarperCollins)

Illustrated by Alex T. Smith (UK, Turkey, Ukraine, New Zealand & Australia editions)

Cover illustrated by Maxine Vee (US edition)

Several months after the Frost Fair cast its spell over London, best friends Thomasina and Anne are running their own sweet shop - and, truth be told, longing for adventure again.

Then the rumours begin - rumours of unexplained storms and catastrophic shipwrecks. And then disaster strikes, and their beloved friend Henry disappears: snatched by a mysterious creature, and dragged down into the depths of the River Thames.

Determined to save him, the girls venture into the deep, and discover the enchanting world of the Free Waters: a vast, glittering underwater city, home to mermaids and sirens. But the Free Waters are threatened by a monstrous and terrifying evil: the Sea Queen. It is she who has Henry in her clutches - and the girls must complete three treacherous and impossible magical tasks if they are to save his life…