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Princess Rosamund has grown up under the shadow of a curse: before her eighteenth birthday, she will prick her finger and fall to a dark fate. Trapped by duty and her father’s protection, she longs for freedom. Prince Phillip would rather chase adventure than rule from a throne. When fate draws them together in the heart of the forest, sparks fly. But their bond is no accident—the dark faery who cursed Rosamund has bound their destinies in ways they never imagined. With the clock ticking, can love defy a curse written in blood?

Within months of discovering he's next in a long line of vampire hunters, Alex Van Helsing has already defeated two powerful vampire leaders. Not bad for a fourteen-year-old. But when a newly risen vampire queen threatens the fate of the world, Alex faces his deadliest challenge yet. Teaming up with a motorcycle-riding witch, Alex jets between Switzerland, the UK, and Spain in a frantic race to prevent the queen from unleashing a curse that will plunge the world into darkness.

"Filled with beautiful and dangerous magic, this book swirls around you like irresistible perfume." —Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop Perfect for fans of The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea and A Drop of Venom, this beautifully-imagined contemporary fantasy...

Jēkabs vive a Riga, ama disegnare mappe ed è affascinato da una leggenda sulla sua città: nessuno deve mai dire che "Riga è pronta" o il fiume la sommergerà e si dovrà ricostruire tutto da capo. Ma quando è proprio lui a pronunciare le parole fatidiche, ciò che accade è che viene spedito a passare l’estate dall’altra parte della città insieme alla scontrosa cugina Mimmi e allo zio Falco. Si prospettano giorni terribilmente noiosi! Quando però, nel degradato quartiere di Maskačka, Jēkabs incontra il Capo e il suo branco di cani, tutto cambia.

In this heart-pounding sequel to Threads That Bind, Io will face threats even more dangerous and players even more powerful as she discovers what it will mean to follow—or defy—her fate. “Delivers a high-stakes, page-turning mystery with an utterly gasp-worthy twist.”—Leslie Vedder...

The journey for Len Nove begins. Elysium is still recovering from the bloody Battle of the Betrayals from the kingdom of Stoltland. Queen Sealyn unlocked access to the old magic, so all seven kingdoms are adjusting to the enchanting new world. On the quest of breaking the curse for the kingdom of Len Nove, Queen Sealyn and recently crowned King Jace encounter a new evil nemesis, and now they and their friends have to battle for their lives.

Ivy Rune is shocked to receive a position at the Count’s forbidden castle, until the Count’s charming young heir, Jack reveals her late father’s connection there. Ivy accepts, determined to finally uncover her father’s secret life and learn more about her magic. But the castle holds more secrets than her father’s last journal. Unspoken rules govern the halls, danger lurks around every corner, and knowing who to trust is impossible. Soon it’s clear that her father's secrets are not the only ones hidden in these walls—others are keeping secrets too.

When Sailfish Trading and Shipping strikes back, the fragile alliance between young gods, demigods, and vampires shatters. Ships burn. Prisoners are discovered. And the Olympians themselves are divided over how far they’re willing to go to restore order. As sea battles erupt across the Mediterranean and Black Seas, former friends find themselves on opposite sides of a growing conflict. Some believe corruption can be controlled. Others believe it must be destroyed.

Safaia, Tero and Garasu are on a collision course, and the clans of Buryoku scramble to brace for the impact. While Safaia is in an uproar, Roy heads into an ancient library in search of the secrets of advancement and the Path to Gray-Belt. What he discovers may change the course of Buryoku's history forevermore.

Wallowing in self-pity, Merrik Niles finds himself at the bottom of a bottle of brandy, straining the patience of anyone who might care about him. Shamed into shaping up, Merrik decides his bystanding days are over. He's going to rejoin the war effort against the cruel hunchback currently vying for the throne of Greymond. That's easier said than done. Along the way, Merrik must rescue himself and his companions from shipwreck, form an alliance with a sorceress who previously tried to murder him, infiltrate a city under siege, and concoct an unlikely plan to bring the war to a quick conclusion.

Worlds collide and lives are changed as portals between our reality and the magical land of Ternival fray in the spellbinding sequel to the Christy Award finalist Once a Queen, called “a fresh, delightful new tale for our wonder-hungry era” by Mitali Perkins. A few years after Eva Joyce and...

Lisa Robbie, a freckled, soon-to-be-eighth-grade girl from Keyport, New Jersey, happens upon a shooting star that isn’t merely space debris but is magic—the Agapéd Magic. This leads her to a whole new way of life where she learns she has the most powerful magic in all four galaxies, a power that the Guardians have waited 120 years for... and they are not too thrilled about it.

In a world where Saints are monsters and Wonderland is the dark forest where they lurk, it’s been five years since young witches and lovers Caro Rabbit and Iccadora Alice Sickle were both sentenced to that forest for a crime they didn’t commit—and four years since they shattered one another’s hearts, each willing to sacrifice the other for a chance at freedom. Now, Caro is a successful royal Saint-harvester, living the high life in the glittering capital and pretending not to know of the twisted monster experiments that her beloved Red Queen hides deep in the bowels of the palace.

Der Gnade einer wilden Wikingerbande ausgeliefert. Gegen meinen Willen gefangen gehalten. Bin ich dazu bestimmt, alles aufzugeben, auch mein Herz? Drei rivalisierende Krieger wollen mich besitzen. Um mir die Freiheit zu nehmen. Um mich zu ihrem Bauernopfer in einem Schachspiel um Rache und Genugtuung zu machen. Ich werde der dunklen Künste beschuldigt, meine einzige wahre Freundin vergiftet zu haben, und mein Leben steht auf dem Spiel. Ich muss mein Schicksal wählen.

Joseph Colafranceschi is a fifteen-year-old, self-described geek, living in the Bronx. The second youngest of twelve sons of the former U.S. ambassador to Italy, Joey discovers that a small Egyptian statuette, given to him by his father, endows him with power to control his dreams.

This is a story that everyone should listen to as we touch on topics of wildlife and vegetation conservation and climate change. The story takes place in the Land of Azar where magical creatures roam the land. These creatures can talk, fly, and have superior strength and magical powers.

A princess with a gift for magic. A blacksmith with a blade of destiny. A queen who will stop at nothing. Snow White can hear the voices of the forest and its creatures, her gift binding her to the enchanted realm. But her stepmother, Queen Seraphina, will do anything to claim the title of fairest—even if it means Snow’s death.

Nachdem sie den Dämon getötet haben, der ihre seltenen elementaren Fähigkeiten spüren konnte, schweben die Zwillingsschwestern Gemma und Mira nicht mehr jedes Mal in Gefahr, wenn sie ihre Magie einsetzen. Aber Lilith, die stärkste Dämonin überhaupt, ist immer noch hinter ihnen her. Die einzige Lösung? Lilith töten, bevor sie Gemma und Mira tötet. Dafür müssen sie die Heilige Krone finden. Es gibt nur ein Problem: Seit über tausend Jahren hat sie niemand mehr gesehen.

A swordmaiden's hand is not easily won. Theseus, king of the Court of Knowledge, is desperate. With the barrier to the Realm of Monsters wearing thin and the chaos of Midsummer Night approaching, he needs to do something drastic to save his Court. If he doesn't secure warriors to protect his Court from the monsters, his people, the Great Library, and all the knowledge of the Fae Realm that it contains could be destroyed.

Deep in the desert a storm is brewing. The first in a slow burning YA romantasy. 'Enchanting.' Katharine Corr, co-author of Daughter of Darkness Under the blazing sun, an elite troupe of dancers are trained to harness their magic. They are the queen’s most formidable assassins. Aasira has one...