It’s a hot summer’s day when Grace Adams snaps. (19 January, Simon & Schuster) Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood Icebreaker sets the bar high for deliciously spicy sports romance, offering up a star couple who will steal readers’ hearts with their sizzling chemistry.

Their relationship might get off to a rocky start but it’s not long before they start to warm to each other. Sparks fly when competitive figure skater Anastasia Allen is forced to share the rink with ice hockey team captain Nate Hawkins. Icebreaker hasn’t even been published in the UK yet but it’s already one of the most talked about and hotly anticipated contemporary romance books of January (thanks in no small part to TikTok). (12 January, Sphere) Icebreaker by Hannah Grace Set against the bright lights of a travelling circus train, this debut is easily my first favourite book of 2023. The arrival of a charismatic French boy called Alexandre changes everything for Lena, but war is approaching and it will change everything once more. Equally heart-warming and heart-wrenching, it centres around Lena, the daughter of a famed illusionist who refuses to let the limitations of her wheelchair prevent her from discovering the real-world magic of science and medicine. Step aboard the World of Wonders with Amita Parikh’s beautifully written and evocative tale of love, loss and war.

(10 January, Gollancz) The Circus Train by Amita Parikh Thrillingly imaginative and wholly immersive, this is one sequel that lives up to the hype. Once against set amongst the Ivy League elite, Hell Bent sees Alex playing with forces far beyond her control as she determines to break fan favourite Darlington out of hell. And when I say dark magic, I mean the darkest. Now protagonist Alex Stern is back for another tale of dark magic, murder and monsters.

The Grishaverse author gained a legion of devoted fans with the Shadow and Bone series, and more still with her 2020 adult debut, Ninth House. It’s by no means a comprehensive list, with plenty more wonderful books to be featured across the year, but these are just a small selection of some of the novels worthy of your attention in 2023.

And there are certainly plenty of exciting new fiction titles to lose yourself in over the next few months and beyond.įrom enthralling fantasy and sizzling romance, to transportive historical fiction and atmospheric sagas, it felt more difficult than ever to narrow down this year’s fiction picks. 2023 is off to a rainy start, but looking on the bright side, the constantly gloomy weather gives us bibliophiles a valid excuse to stay at home and hunker down with a good book.

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