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Emotional, magisch und dramatisch: der Auftakt zur Why-Choose-Romantasy-Reihe Hearts of the Hunted Devrim hat ihre magischen Kräfte seit Jahren verborgen, denn am Hof von Temnýen gilt weibliche Magie als Teufelswerk. Als ihre Schwester, die Geliebte des Königs, vergiftet...

Dancing with the devil's son 1640 Jersey Rue Underwood has long understood that her magic could kill her. In an age where witches are reviled and hunted gleefully by men like Elias le Cerf, the notorious Witchfinder, it’s crucial that she remain hidden. But when whispers reach Elias’s ears...

DEATH IS NOT THE END OF LOVE A queer, gothic horror romance set in a necromancy-tinged London, sure to entrance fans of The Death of Jane Lawrence and Mexican Gothic. London, December 1849­ Irene Shallcross Haley has dedicated her life to necromancy, a forbidden, reviled art that is passed...

For fans of HOUSE OF THE DRAGON and THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE, a dark and lyrical epic fantasy of warring kingdoms, female rage and a wild magic that refuses to be tamed. Tilde has always heard the whispers of the kithwood, the voices of her ancestors speaking through the mysterious forest...

Año 1582. Una formidable flota de piratas japoneses se propone invadir la isla de Luzón, defendida por apenas un puñado de infantes de los Tercios. Será la primera vez en la historia que se midan, frente a frente, los mejores guerreros de Oriente y Occidente. Juan Pérez-Foncea sumerge al lector en los pormenores de la batalla de Cagayán, un enfrentamiento militar que la Armada Española de Filipinas hubo de afrontar al mando del capitán Juan Pablo de Carrión.

Winner takes all. The tribes may have been expelled, but with half the realm in the hands of a usurper, the fate of Geth's new home hangs in the balance. And his head will be first on the chopping block if the traitor prevails. At least he knows which direction to turn his sword. But can he tip the scales without pitting brother against brother in civil war? The board is set, every piece already in motion. When Geth's search for allies takes him back home, he'll find all his old enemies waiting for him. And a few new ones.

Born an old man. Destined to die a baby. When Benjamin Button enters the world in 1860, he is no ordinary newborn. Swaddled in baby clothes and crammed into a hospital crib sits a seventy-year-old man with a smoke-colored beard, faded eyes, and a raspy, demanding voice. Cast out by a horrified...

Piranesi meets Swordspoint in an elegant relay race through fantasy Venice from Hugo award-winning author Jo Walton The Serenissima is built from mist and belief, a mythical shadow sister to Venice and crossroads of the nine worlds. When a laborer called Tiry has a dream that Serenissima will...

A powerful order of warrior monks forged in the fires of the Crusades during the twelfth century, the legendary Knights Templar did not vanish entirely following their failed campaigns in the Holy Land. Having attained great power and arcane skill, they withdrew from the public eye but remained...

The Ryskamp family fortune is in trouble. And Arden’s gift for invisibility can’t stave off his creditors…or the shame of catastrophic courtships. His only recourse is to marry a highborn Luster girl of his great-aunt’s choosing. But when Arden goes to meet her, another woman catches his eye: the copper-haired beauty who ran away with his heart. And engagement ring.

The confrontation between the Novgorod and Permian empires is reaching a critical stage. It’s an opportunity for Savino to become a new center of power–and I will do all I can to make sure that happens...

A cozy slice-of-life romantic fantasy set in a Regency-inspired world where humans and fairies compete for artistic supremacy, from Sylvie Cathrall, author of A Letter to the Luminous Deep. On her first day working in the prince’s galleries, art conservator Florrie Hyverfell discovers that the...

Set in Victorian London during Jack the Ripper’s reign of terror, this gripping, original novel is perfect for fans of V. E. Schwab, Dana Schwartz, and Sarah Penner. When Caroline Foster arrives at the Whitechapel Full Moon Society in search of her missing brother, she finds a dilapidated...

Edinburgh, 1653. Cromwell's soldiers patrol the Royal Mile. The Scottish Parliament has been silenced. And the Kirk, stripped of its authority, is reaching for its oldest weapon: the accusation of witchcraft. Anna Gilmour has spent her life hiding what she is. She feels the city the way no one else can, the rage of an occupied people humming through the very ground beneath her feet. When she is pushed too far, her magick rises.

Un ultimo autunno prima della fine del mondo. Quando in inverno il fiume gelerà, la polvere d'ombra supererà il ghiaccio e divorerà avida la vita superstite del continente. Una prova, implacabile e letale quanto il nemico stesso, dovrà portare la salvezza. I Maghi della Luce cercano tre eroi, sulle cui ampie spalle possa gravare la speranza di un intero popolo.

What’s really behind the story of star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet? Let’s start with the truth about Rosaline—Romeo’s actual first love. Rosaline scorns romance and instead craves magic. To free herself from Romeo’s amorous attention as well as her dull life in Verona, she uses her...

Relentlessly, King Melim-anna of Uruk insists on the right of the first bridal night, regardless of the growing frustration of his people or the advice of his confidants. To escape his cruelty, Dumu-ugen decides to commit suicide – but the goddess of creation, Namma, foils her plan and hides the bride-to-be in the middle of the salt sea. When the king mysteriously disappears on the sea voyage there, the hymn writer Mesh-ursang finally sets out to find the missing man.

In 1908 a dying man told Willis George Emerson that he had sailed through an opening at the North Pole into a lit world beneath our own, and lived among the people there for two years. He was not the first to make the claim, and he would not be the last. Before the hollow earth became a...

Der emeritierte Münchner Geschichtsprofessor Gregor Cornelius wollte eigentlich nur vier Wochen das Haus seines Neffen im niederbayerischen Neukirchen hüten, doch bald nach seiner Ankunft ist die Illusion vom erholsamen Landleben dahin. Ein Mord in der Nacht zum 1. Mai, der Walpurgisnacht, erschüttert das kleine Dorf, und Tatverdächtige sind bald gefunden. Doch Hauptkommissar Thorwald muss einen nach dem anderen wieder von seiner Liste streichen.

What if, on the night of August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe didn’t die? What if she got away? Because all she ever dreamed of was to disappear and have a child. Marilyn Monroe would have turned 100 on June 1, 2026, and the world is preparing for a massive centennial celebration with official...