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Auri Fareview, practical and realistic, does what she can to serve her impoverished family. When she finds a golden key that could be the answer she needs to save her sisters from the unjust Marriage Laws of her land, she discovers the treasure might be more than she bargained for. Enchanted, the key is home to an imprisoned god, who wreaks havoc on her body, her heart, and her soul. And those aren’t practical matters. He has the power to break her. Nixus Uraiahs has lost track of how long he’s been imprisoned by the spell on the key.

Can a single discovery defeat despair? An endless winter has buried the nine worlds in snow. Mutinous members of the dying village have abandoned their mission and stolen the last of the dwindling supplies. The few people that remain are left to freeze or starve in the merciless weather. They should have never left Midgard. In desperation, Líf’s family and friends venture into the bitter cold seeking any source of nourishment, any form of sustenance. But their prayers are unanswered; the gods remain silent. The truth confronting them is the rapid approach of their own demise.

Adelinde has spent her entire life dreaming of marrying Bastian, the prince she helped save when she was just a child. But when tragedy strikes and Bastian’s brother is slain, he is thrust into the role of heir to the throne, shattering any hope of a union with a simple peasant girl like Adelinde. Now his hand has been promised to the daughter of a powerful witch, and in exchange, the witch promises to destroy the dragon that took his brother’s life. Unwilling to abandon his love for Adelinde, Bastian rejects the witch’s daughter—and as punishment, is transformed into a worm.

Fallen socialite Elisabeth Wingate only wanted to make up for her life’s debauchery. But making things right for a few families made things bad for everyone else. Thanks to her exploits under Bethel, the world’s spiders have disappeared and the food chain is collapsing.

A melody once existed. It created the Rim of the World where life lives humbly and as the limbs of the land’s many colors. It was primal, untamed, and boundless. A boy, born from the yellowing mane of a horse, enters a world where gods walk with mortals, trees whisper secrets to stones, and stones morph into glistening tapestries red as blood. But it did not last…

Sowing the End: A Quest for Growth at All Costs is a dark satirical allegory about an isolated farmer whose quiet existence is upended by a strange creature with an insatiable hunger for more. Alone on the remote island of Capita, Noel Smith has lived a simple, self-sufficient life with only Pip, his ever-watchful gull, and Herbert, his scarecrow, for company—until the day the creature arrives. At first, it offers little wonders in exchange for food, but as the deal darkens, the demands grow. Soon, J. E. F. F.

Ivy Rune not only escaped the Count's castle; she uncovered the truth of her father's disappearance. But the consequences of this revelation force Ivy to seek help from her friend Ember’s mother. However, as Keeper of the White Forest, Airlend Frost is also an enemy of the Count.

Peter Fricke hat mit Der eigensüchtige Riese, Die Nachtigall und die Rose und Der glückliche Prinz drei der schönsten Wilde-Märchen aufgegriffen. Im vibrierenden Miteinander von sprachlicher Schönheit, klanglichen Abgründen und Höhenflügen wird die Vielschichtigkeit der Wilde’schen Märchen musikalisch neu ausgeleuchtet. Ein einmaliges Klangerlebnis für Herz und Ohren, das die Phantasie des Hörers beflügelt.

It's a touching tale of a young man who finds himself without shelter or food on a cold Autumn Night in Moscow. The strong opening lines of the narrator set the stage nicely: "Once in the autumn I happened to be in a very unpleasant and inconvenient position. In the town where I had just arrived and where I knew not a soul, I found myself without a farthing in my pocket and without a night's lodging." Scavenging for something to eat around the "steamship wharves," he encounters another poor wretch, the young woman, Natasha, in similar circumstance if for different reasons.

Discover the mesmerizing allure of vampires in Veil of the Night: Unveiling the Vampiric Nature of Humanity. This captivating journey takes you through the annals of time, exploring vampire folklore from ancient civilizations to modern portrayals in literature, cinema, and pop culture.

Everything is changing between Callum and I. He’s still my enemy and my greatest competition, and I sure as hell don’t know if I can trust him, but the connection between us is irresistible. Not that anyone can know.

A stubborn man. A clever woman. And a forbidden love that could destroy their world. As the daughter of one of the two most powerful families in Paradise Falls, Elora has the unique ability to slip into another world and bring resources back to her people. Unfortunately for her, the only other person with this ability is her enemy, the alluring Callum himself. So when their fathers go missing in that other world, they have a choice: search alone or together. Obviously, they chose to work alone, but fate has other plans for them.

Beatrice Barbary has been raised to believe that while education will set her mind free, there are some questions better left unanswered. But when her father, one of the most powerful men in Bern, is brutally murdered in their own home, she is left reeling, unprotected and vulnerable. Plunging head first into the mysteries surrounding her father and her own upbringing, Beatrice discovers The Order of St. Eve and the violent secrets they have been hiding her entire life.

Even before they were transformed into Gorgons, Medusa and her sisters Stheno and Euryale were unique among immortals. Curious about mortals and their lives, Medusa and her sisters entered the human world in search of a place to belong, yet quickly found themselves at the perilous center of a dangerous Olympian rivalry and learned – too late – that a god's love is a violent one. Forgotten by history and diminished by poets, the other two Gorgons have never been more than horrifying hags, damned and doomed.

Everyone in Foss Butcher’s village knows what happens when the magic-workers come; they harvest human hearts to use in their spells. That’s just how life in her kingdom works. But Foss, plain, clumsy, and practical as a boot, never expected anyone would want hers. When a sorcerer snags a piece of Foss’s heart without meaning to, she is furious. For once a heart is snagged, the experience is … well, unpleasant.

After Anova sacrificed her humanity to save the fae she loves, Death comes to collect on their deal. But when his demand of her is something they can’t stomach, Anova knows there is only one fae who can help. Even if he is the one hellbent on having her, the cruel King Hellmyr.

שתי אחיות שאוחדו בכישוף נוראי לגוף של אישה אחת נופלות קורבן לצמד נוכלים; משפחה בורחת ליער וממציאה את עצמה מחדש כמשפחת רובינזון קרוזו מודרנית; נשמתה של אישה מתה מתגלגלת בגופהּ של חתולת רחוב ובאה לבקר את משפחתה;

In her dreams, he envelops her in love. In real life, he imprisons her in ice. Assassin, liar, impersonator—dreamer. As a royal decoy, trained to replace the Krastel princess even in a political marriage, Astra’s life is not her own. With a duty like that, how can she dream about love? And yet she knows she has a kindred soul. She can feel his presence every night, holding her in his arms, surrounding her with his warmth. But ice-cold reality crashes in when Astra’s carriage is attacked by the Crystal Court’s disgraced prince.

Lonnie Skyeborne always knew at least three things to be true: 1. She was human in a land of fairies. 2. She hated the royals above everyone else. 3. She was a liar. Except, ever since becoming the queen of Elsewhere, everything Lonnie knows to be true is crumbling around her. The castle has fallen, the crown has been stolen, and the kingdom of Elsewhere is overrun by rebels and monsters. It's a bad time to be a human in the country of Elsewhere . . . except that might no longer apply to Lonnie.

Hundreds of years after the end of the world, the Appalachian community of Iron Hollow finds itself beset by demons. Such horrors are common these days in the outlands, where most folks die young—if they don’t turn into monsters first. When a legendary knight is summoned to hunt down the latest unearthly beast to haunt their woods, the town’s new oral historian, Shrike, has more reason than most to be concerned. Because that demon was her wife. And while Shrike is certain that May still recognizes her—that May is still herself, somewhere beneath it all—she can’t prove it.