In "Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries" (£8) by Heather Fawcett, awkward faerie researcher Emily arrives in a new town with no intention of bonding with the locals; she just wants to get her research done. Making her job even harder is the presence of her rival, the very charming Wendell, who gets the townspeople on his side. As Emily works to unravel one of the biggest mysteries about the faeries, she also tries to figure out what Wendell wants — and what she wants, too.