Newt’s Emerald by Garth Nix

It’s her eighteenth birthday, and Lady Truthful Newington – nicknamed ‘Newt’ – is dreaming of her debut in London, where the streets are filled with eligible young men and magic. Coming of age, she is also to inherit the Newington Emerald, a dazzling gem of mysterious power, last worn by her late mother. When the Emerald is stolen in a magic-infused storm, Newt will do anything to recover it – even disguise herself as a man and ally with the handsome-but-insufferable Major Harnett, who professes to despise womankind and harbours secrets of his own. The two are quickly swept into a perilous adventure, filled with sinister fey and shocking reveals, in which grand balls and witty banter mix with daring escapes and deadly curses – for they discover the Emerald is at the heart of a nefarious plot that leads all the way to the Prince Regent!

As Newt and Harnett battle enemies of the realm, each realises there is more to the other than meets the eye: despite mutual disdain and mortal danger, could they actually be falling in love?

In Newt’s Emerald, bestselling author Garth Nix shares his own love for the Regency romantasy genre in a charmed world where everyone has something to hide.

Tropes include:
– Regency romance
– Romantasy
– Enemies to lovers
– Disguised as a man
– Witty banter
– Nefarious plots

Romance crackles in magical Regency London in this dazzling tale of a stolen jewel, the heroine determined to retrieve it, and a high-handed-but-attractive stranger who is not what he seems. From New York Times bestseller Garth Nix, praised as ‘one of the greatest living fantasy writers’ by bestselling author Sarah J. Maas.

About the Author: Garth Nix OAM has been a full-time writer since 2001, but has also worked as a literary agent, marketing consultant, book editor, book publicist, book sales representative, bookseller, and as a part-time soldier in the Australian Army Reserve.

Garth’s books include the Old Kingdom fantasy series: Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, Clariel, Goldenhand and Terciel and ElinorShade’s Children and A Confusion of PrincesAngel MageThe Left-Handed Booksellers of London and sequel The Sinister Booksellers of Bath. His novels for children include The RagwitchFrogkisser! and The Keys to the Kingdom series; plus, co-written with Sean Williams, the Troubletwisters and Have Sword Will Travel series and Spirit Animals: Blood Ties. He is also the author of more than 60 published short stories, some of them collected in Across the Wall and To Hold the Bridge.

His most recent books are Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: Stories of the Witch Knight and the Puppet Sorcerer, which collects all nine stories of the godslaying duo; and the children’s novel We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord. His next book is the science fiction novel Massif, out September 2026.

More than seven million copies of Garth’s books have been sold around the world; they have appeared on the bestseller lists of The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, The Bookseller and others, and his work has been translated into 42 languages. He has won multiple Aurealis Awards, the ABIA Award, Ditmar Award, the Mythopoeic Award, CBCA Honour Book, and has been shortlisted for the Lodestar Award, the Locus Awards, the Shirley Jackson Award and others. In 2025, he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for ‘services to literature’.

30 Jun 2026
 

Newt’s Emerald by Garth Nix ISBN 9781761182990