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‘The sci-fi romance adventure you never knew you needed’Jennifer L. Armentrout, author of Fall of Ruin and Wrath

A thrilling and heart-healing supernatural road trip featuring an extraordinary young girl and her two unlikely protectors. The Bones Beneath My Skin is a gripping tale that explores what it means to be human – by the bestselling author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune.

In the spring of 1995, Nate Cartwright is at a loose end: his parents are dead, his older brother has disowned him and he’s been fired from his job. Looking for a sense of direction, he returns to his family’s summer cabin in Oregon.

The cabin should be empty – but it’s not. Inside is a man named Alex and an extraordinary little girl who calls herself Artemis Darth Vader. There’s far more to Art than meets the eye. But as Nate and Alex bond over just how special she truly is, they discover that powerful forces are closing in – forces that want nothing more than to control her . . .

There’s nothing more human than a broken heart.

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Readers fell in love with The Bones Beneath My Skin:

‘I sobbed even harder than the first time . . .’ – 5* Reader Review

‘Made me cry so hard that I can no longer read the words on the page . . . beautiful, emotive storytelling’ – 5* Reader Review

‘A web of car chases, government conspiracies and alien encounters, all wrapped around a heartwarming story of love and found family’ – The New York Times

The Bones Beneath My Skin was a Sunday Times HB bestseller w/c 17/02/2025

Publisher Review

This is the sci-fi romance adventure you never knew you needed. TJ’s characters are broken but they are so full of heart and hope that you will lose yourself entirely to their story — Jennifer L. Armentrout, New York Times bestselling author of Fall of Ruin and Wrath A web of car chases, government conspiracies and alien encounters, all wrapped around a heartwarming story of love and found family * The New York Times * I loved it. It is like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket. Simply perfect — V. E. Schwab, author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue on The House in the Cerulean Sea The House in the Cerulean Sea is a modern fairy tale about learning your true nature and what you love and will protect. It’s a beautiful book — Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, on The House in the Cerulean Sea Full of faith in the goodness of people . . . It broke my heart with its unflinching understanding that grief never goes away, never empties, only settles into the room of your soul like a strange souvenir. And then it healed me in the next breath — Cassandra Khaw, author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth, on Under the Whispering Door