検索キーワード： "rose rose" 現代文学

When divination fails, will disaster automatically follow? To take her place as a seer, Sibyl first has to pass an exam proving her ability. But not all exams end well. When Sibyl fails her seers exam, she escapes to a family farm to come to terms with her failure. Her stay doesn't bring the relief she expected; instead, she's reminded all over again how much hard work there is to do on a farm in rural Aotearoa New Zealand—and what dangers there are, too.

Paris 2250. Le monde tel que nous le connaissons a été réduit en cendres. L'humanité est alors divisée en deux : les humains et les mutants. Izar se bat pour survivre dans la Sphère, une réplique de l'ancien monde où tout est factice. Lorsque le gouvernement l'accuse d'être une mutante, un être agressif et sanguinaire, sa vie bascule en enfer. Enrôlée par les dirigeants de la Sphère, Izar va découvrir ses pouvoirs, qui elle est réellement mais va aussi se heurter à de nombreux secrets.

Sibyl’s family are descended from the same bloodlines that provided the oracles in Greece. She’s even inherited the name to go with the talent. But she's just failed her prophecy exams. Worse than that, her dog has disappeared and none of her far-seeing family can find him. When her aunt prophecies that her dog has gone where he's needed most, Sibyl decides she's had enough of the seer lifestyle.

Izar se retrouve propulsée au cœur du Monde Oublié où tout lui est étranger. Ses croyances volent en éclats à l'apparition de ses pouvoirs et un ultimatum s'impose à elle : choisir son camp. Tâche rendue d'autant plus difficile à cause de Lui. Vega. Désigné comme son Protecteur, il est censé lui apprendre à maîtriser ses facultés, qu'elle peine à canaliser. Il est l'homme de ses songes, celui qui hantait ses cauchemars. Aujourd'hui, il hante sa réalité.

Playboy, cowboy, and con man, Logan has to go straight when he's suddenly saddled with his brother's four-year-old, filly-shifting daughter. Tabby was taken for a ride by a horse thief, and when she finally tracks him down to demand what she paid her last pennies for, finds herself lassoed into an unbelievable story about magic and shifters.

Gryphon shifter Theo has ninety-nine problems, including a brand new gryphon-shifting baby to care for, a surly preteen son who just broke his wrist, and expired truck tags. "Weird Wendy" at the DMV isn't sure what to make of the must-be-a-movie-star smuggling a baby gryphon in a car seat, but she's there to save the day when secrets—and lives!—are at stake.

Lynx shifter Addison has come to the quaint Montana town of Nickel City to work at a new, shifters-only daycare. She doesn't expect to meet a breathtakingly gorgeous man on her first day wrangling owl toddlers and armadillo kids. But she's been dazzled by a handsome face before and barely got away from her last controlling boyfriend. Can she trust her lynx's instinct that this is where she's meant to be at last?

In the small town of Shadow Hills, Tennessee, paranormals and humans coexist on charming cobblestone streets. For tourists, it's the perfect place to visit and experience Halloween all year round. But for Raegan Baker, it's home. Living among werewolves, vampires, and other beings unlike herself is perfectly normal, and besides the small town drama, Raegan's life is peaceful. She's happy working at the local bookstore, Bound & Buried, and spending time with her two best friends, Jamie and Joanna.

Imogen has grown up reading fairy tales about mothers who die and make way for cruel stepmothers. As a child she used to lie in bed wishing that her life would become one of these tragic fairy tales, because she couldn't imagine how a stepmother could be worse than her mother now. As adults Imogen and her sister, Marin, are accepted to an elite postgrad arts program - Imogen as a writer and Marin as a dancer. Soon enough, though, they realize that there's more to the school than meets the eye.

The antique shop is a historical landmark discovered by Tom, Mark, and Melinda in the small town of Greenville Valley in upstate New York, tormented by demonic historical paintings, possessed porcelain dolls, and wicked ancient artifacts. The Whitfields owned the antique shop in the early 1800s and lived in the Shadow Heart Castle Mansion estate, which was built on desolate American Civil War battlegrounds located in upstate New York with dimensions of American Civil War soldiers' apparitions.

Indigo Watson gets serotonin from sticking to her plans. She has a long list of to-do’s, including grading midterms, and the list only grows longer when she meets a sexy half-orc at the bar. After spending a weekend with the woman, Indigo is beside herself with feelings, and for once, it’s not anxiety: it’s lust.

They say she’s been a patient at the Blackbriar Institute since childhood, that she’s sick, alone, and nobody’s coming for her. But someone’s already here—a mysterious man in her therapy group with unfathomable pain in his dark eyes—and she can’t deny her draw to him, no matter how much he tries to keep her away. He doesn’t speak, but he seems to know something the others do not. Is she really sick, or might it be magic? What other dark secrets hide behind Blackbriar’s gates, and will she ever find a way to break free?

When a lesser king and his two Sword Lords refuse to slay the dragon, Elendria, in order to steal her Star Fire, High King Manix declares them outlaws. When he orders that their three children are to be executed, Lucas, Alex, and Celeste become determined to rescue them - for one is to be a legendary Sword Lord, the other is to become the Lion Lord, and the third is destined to become the queen, Alicia the Black Rose.

Ten years ago, in the land of Centernia, a deadly mage feud left Castle Aurumice trapped under a sinister energy field. Fearful, the cat-like inhabitants of the castle were forced to flee with nothing but the clothing on their backs. Only three people remained in the abandoned castle— the starry-eyed drug addict Misa, her dangerously manipulative brother Teren, and Nico, an alluring fire mage and the last true Lord of Aurumice. Misa is determined to destroy the barrier and save the castlefolk, no matter what trickery it takes.

Evil doesn't exist. Neither does "good". Vampires do, though. I just happen to be one. I've cruised through the centuries managing to avoid all the wars, supernatural and human, but still going to all the best parties. I would say I avoided bloodshed, but it's kind of part of the whole "vampire" thing. I've lived on the fringes of a society that considered cruelty and sadism favorable character traits for almost 500 years. Now, I'm in the middle of a war that might just put my non-beating heart in a lot of danger.

Jon-Tom has been trapped in a strange land of talking owls and wizarding turtles for a year now, his sole consolation that in this universe his musical abilities have inadvertently made him something of a sorcerer. But when an encounter with some burglars leads to him snapping the magical duar that channels his power, he finds himself an ordinary human again — on a quest to repair his instrument with nothing but his staff and his semi-faithful, ever-complaining otter sidekick to defend him.

In a small modern day little village of Ingleton, the family of Wilsons have always had a reputation. Living in a huge manor overlooking the town full of history, they are also well known for being a family of witches, reaching back to the 1600s. When a thick fog lays over the village and begins to spread across the neighbouring towns and cities, bringing the undead and spirits of the underworlds with it, it is up to the Wilson witches.

"Jenseits der Welt" ist das 2. Buch der Weltherzen Chronik "Von Rosen und Krähen" Weit von Lhargos entfernt ahnt Maira nicht, dass auch die Welt, die sie kennt, kurz vor dem Untergang steht. Erst als ein blutroter Mond aufgeht und ein geheimnisvoller Fremder ihr Briefe schreibt, wird die Gefahr offensichtlich.

Hell was just the beginning. Tim Kovak was supposed to be a bad guy, the latest in a line of evil wizards bound by a demon contract, supervised by a 600-year-old succubus named Lydia. With a little magic and a lot of luck, Tim broke the contract and set them both free. Now he’s trying to be a superhero, learning the hard way that you can’t save everybody, and some problems are too big to punch. He thought he had managed to flip the script and beat Hell at its own game, but demons are patient, and all debts eventually come due.

Jemma Avalon is the daughter of a gentle part elf-fae mother and a father with fiery dragon blood, an unusual combination even in the magical world. Ten years after her mother's sudden death, Jemma is working at a major museum in DC, where magic is all but outlawed. Her father wants her to assimilate and live without magic, but Jemma is determined to fully embrace her heritage. She longs to return to Everland Bay, the enchanting world where her Grandmother Annalyn lives, and find a way to join the renowned magical research institute there, like the women in her family before her.