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Tru Dennison wird so etwas nicht noch einmal passieren. Die halb Vampir- und halb Einhorn-Wandlerin ist noch immer geschockt, weil ihr Engelsmentor ihr das Herz gebrochen hat, und begegnet jedem mit Misstrauen. Als sie von einer Hexe angegriffen wird, die sie unbedingt ausschalten will, ist die kluge Frau fassungslos – eine Frau rettet sie, indem sie die Angreiferin mit einer Bratpfanne plattmacht.

Hemlock Cove’s favorite witches can’t seem to keep their noses out of trouble. Not that they’d want to. The weather might be turning cold for the Winchester witches, but Bay and her motley crew of witchy friends are about to heat things up.

Kasira Severen broke her mother's dying wish to secure the prince his throne – her betrayal carved into the foundation of his rule. Veridian Erris wears the crown of Livadha, but the weight of it is crushing. With a twisted prophecy, gods holding grudges and a sisterhood guarding a dangerous secret, Livadha stands on the edge of ruin.

Inspector Nick Paris – reluctant hero and part-time investigator of the bizarre – would much rather deal with petty theft than portal-hopping mayhem. But when a gruesome murder rocks the streets of Manchester and a rapping dwarf tops the suspect list, Paris finds himself dragged once more into the hidden world of magic, mischief, and mildly uncooperative elves. With old allies, odd enemies, and supernatural shenanigans in full swing, Paris must solve the case before things spiral out of this realm.

When the victim is fifteen centimetres tall and has wings, even a hardened detective knows this case won't follow the rules. Inspector Nick Paris believes in facts, not fairytales. But when a murdered fairy turns up in the middle of Manchester, he's dragged into a hidden world of magic, mayhem, and mythical creatures with attitude problems. Soon he's sheltering dwarves, dodging demons, and trying not to take career advice from a chain-smoking, talking crow. As the barriers between realms begin to crumble, Nick must face the unthinkable: magic is real – and it's seriously messing with his city.

Algunas victorias no se cuentan en medallas, sino en cicatrices. La División OpenMind, formada por los mejores agentes psíquicos del MI6, afronta su misión más peligrosa: recuperar las reliquias sagradas que los nazis pretenden usar para alterar el destino de la guerra. Tras los sucesos en España, el grupo se ve obligado a dividirse en dos misiones simultáneas: una en Roma, ciudad asediada por los aliados y defendida con fiereza por alemanes e italianos, y otra en París, aún bajo el puño de hierro del nazismo, donde cada rincón puede ser una emboscada y cada decisión, una sentencia de muerte.

Noch immer irren die Menschen durch das verflucht erscheinende Haus. Einige von ihnen werden mit ihren tiefsten Ängsten konfrontiert, und immer wieder tauchen bösartige, schwarze Hunde auf, die ihnen geifernd hinterher jagen. In all dem Horror erscheint plötzlich die Gestalt eines unheimlichen Geistlichen, der es anscheinend auf eine bestimmte Person abgesehen hat...

The Beginning After the End: Publisher's Pack 2 contains books 3 and 4 of The Beginning After the End series, Beckoning Fates and Horizon's Edge. Though Arthur Leywin would like nothing more than to pursue his studies at the esteemed Xyrus Academy, where he hopes to push his already potent magical abilities to new plateaus and perhaps discover something more about his reincarnation into this world, he finds the politics of the school’s halls even more challenging to navigate than those of the council chambers he once inhabited as King Grey.

The Annual Freshman Rumble is coming up at the Krysfelt Academy for Girls, and it’s time to shape up or get wrecked! Thanks to a few… notable incidents, my team’s been selected to compete in this year’s Rumble: a no-holds-barred showdown where freshman squads face off in a gauntlet of Dungeons. Easy, right? I mean, I already soloed a Dungeon to save one of my girls!

Close your eyes, rub them six times with your right and left index fingers, and utter an incantation I will whisper to you. You now have a pitchfork in your hand, a scabby red tail, and unimaginably bad breath. Yes, you have morphed into Satan the Antichrist. Sadly, your first two insurrections failed miserably, landing you in the depths of Hell. But really, don't you want to try again? To usurp God and replace the Republic of Heaven with the Monarchy of Hell? After eons probing God's chinks, you have finally found the answer!

The yearly floods in Stonecreek inevitably claim lives, but when Valerie pulls a refugee from the turbulent waters, she uncovers a dark secret about her home. For most, there is sanctuary to be had in their high-walled homes. For outsiders shunned by those in power, there is only exile or death. To create a better future for Stonecreek, Valerie must become a light in the dark—even if it means she joins the ranks of those doomed to be purged from the city-state’s stony streets.

The worst was behind him, or so he thought. As graduation neared, an unexpected death sends Jody’s life into a spiral. Old traumas, almost healed, are ripped open. Fresh horrors rise to the surface and pull him apart from the inside out. Ghosts surround him, calling to him in all the places he once thought safe. Jody struggles to pull the tattered pieces of his world back together, fighting addiction, mental illness, and the ghosts of a world he thought long ago buried. Haunted by mistakes and regret, he tries desperately to find peace and healing.

Die Erde kämpft, aber es gibt Hoffnung. Die Abmachungen, die Silas getroffen hat, haben Ressourcen und Ausbilder auf die Erde gebracht. Er hat einigen Anführern geholfen, ein Verständnis dafür zu entwickeln, was sie erwartet.

Croire en soi est la plus puissante des magies Entre son travail chez Lunar Books — sa librairie adorée -, son nouveau patron toxique et l'énergie qu'elle met à dissimuler sa nature de sorcière à son entourage, Belle est épuisée. Perfectionner ses dons est la dernière chose à laquelle elle pense. Alors, quand, à la veille de ses trente ans, elle reçoit une convocation de son coven, Belle panique. Si elle ne prouve pas sa valeur, elle perdra ses pouvoirs.

David Hunter, étudiant en droit à Glasgow, se laisse porter par le courant de la vie, en quête de l’étincelle qui lui fait défaut. Mais lors d’une soirée, au cours de laquelle on tente de l’assassiner, il découvre qu’il est issu d’une longue lignée de sorcières connues sous le nom de Maîtres des Songes et son existence bascule.

A Vow of Ash and Bone is a dark, unapologetic urban fantasy that thrusts you into a world where everyday loss and supernatural destiny collide. Vesper—a sharp-tongued psychologist and devoted mother—finds her life shattered when a seemingly ordinary new home reveals a hidden connection to a mysterious realm known as Nyxterra. As ghostly omens, ancient gods, bloodthirsty vampires, and fierce fae emerge from the shadows, Vesper is forced to confront the brutal truths of her past and the staggering power pulsing through her veins.

A twenty-year-old secret lies revealed. Someone wants it reburied at any cost. She's now marked for termination with extreme prejudice. Julia Xero is in shock. At twenty-two, the introverted orphan found her dream job cleaning up after the dead and even acquired a family worth staying and fighting for. The semi-stuck-up hidden race she works for doesn't take the news that she's not entirely human well, but Julia stubbornly stands her ground despite one of them "shockingly" trying to kill her outright.

Paige awakens to pain and rage, her memories obliterated and her instincts ruling her every move. But just as the madness threatens to consume her, a hawk shifter appears, his calm presence breaking through her primal defenses. When he shifts into a man and speaks her name, it’s as if the chaos falters, if only for a moment. His persistence and familiar scent call to something deep within her—a memory she can’t reach but longs to reclaim.

Lark Emerson erinnert sich vage daran, glücklich gewesen zu sein. Nachdem sie ihren Mann und ihre Schwester im Bett erwischt hat, verlässt die IT-Fachfrau ihre vor siebenundzwanzig Jahren geschlossene Ehe und nimmt einen Job an der Grenze zu einer Kommune von Wandlern an. Doch als eine abtrünnige Meute ihr Büro stürmt und angreift, wird sie zu ihrem Entsetzen gefangen genommen und angegriffen.

Throw together a magical cat, a cursed tarot card deck and a free-spirited, obsessive-compulsive witch getting in touch with her sorceress forces, and you get Jane Starr, and her adorable ragdoll-Cheshire cat, Theodosia. With a large glass of wine in hand, Jane romps through a contemporary fantasy, in an absurd and surreal land full of magical, light-hearted mystery.