The Carousel of Forgotten Places

A romantic, time travelling fantasy filled with humour and a charming cast of found family, the perfect read for those craving a whimsical, cosy romantasy in the vein of Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries.

For 500 years, immortal timekeeper Ryka has run a cozy magical fair on the edges of time, managing the time threads and protecting the spirits that live there. Among a found family of quirky ghosts, a spectral cat, and even her insufferable boss, the annoying (and sexy) time-god Everest, she gets by with a few golden rules: don’t interfere with the timelines she traverses, never stop looking for a way back to her own timeline, and avoid Everest at all costs.

That is until the carousel at the heart of the fair begins showing signs of time rot, causing ruptures that culminate in the unprecedented: a live human falling through time and landing at their feet. With the fair descending into chaos, Ryka and Everest must team up to get this human home, find the source of the rot, and keep the fabric of time from tearing apart – all while hoping that the 500 years of feelings between them don’t get in their way."whimsical world, tender romance, and achingly relatable protagonist"
– Emily Charlotte, author of Heart Check

"A mystical and imaginative romp featuring an intense, slowburn romance that will wake your spellbound mind!"
– Yejin Suh, author The Last Soldier of Nava

"The perfect slow burn between an absentminded time god and a human who just won’t let go of the past. A starry, ethereal mix of cosiness and yearning that had me hooked to the last page!"
– Eli Snow, author of The Divine Gardener's Handbook

“The Carousel of Forgotten Places is a sometimes whimsical, sometimes unhinged, and always wondrous love story – not just in its epic romance, but also the death-defying bonds among friends and family (and accomplices and semi-nemeses) that create home even in liminal spaces. Tender and wise.”
– P. H. Low, Ignyte-, Locus-, and Rhysling-nominated author of These Deathless ShoresS. Hati writes speculative fiction about brown girls who can’t seem to stop getting themselves in trouble, usually of the magical sort. She is also the author of And the Sky Bled, a starred-review cli-fi fantasy, and Morbid Curiosities, a YA thriller. She is an avid Warriors fan and can usually be found playing the guitar (badly) while staring forlornly out of the window with a chronic case of wanderlust.