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Strange things exist on the periphery of our existence, haunting us from the darkness looming beyond our firelight. Black magic, weird cults, and worse things loom in the shadows. The Children of Old Leech have been with us from time immemorial. And they love us.... Donald Miller, geologist and academic, has walked along the edge of a chasm for most of his nearly 80 years, leading a charmed life between endearing absent-mindedness and sanity-shattering realization. Now, all things must converge.

No secret stays hidden forever. A phone call from an old friend sets mysterious book researcher Giovanni Vecchio back on the path of a mystery that has eluded him for centuries. Little does he suspect a young librarian holds the key to an ancient secret, nor could he expect the danger Beatrice De Novo would attract. Now both will follow a twisted maze leading from the archives of a university library, through the fires of Renaissance Florence, and toward a passion that could destroy them both.

A magical serial killer is on the loose, and gelatinous, otherworldly creatures are infesting the English countryside. Which is making life for the Ministry of Occultism difficult, because magic is supposed to be their best kept secret. After centuries in the shadows, the Ministry is forced to unmask, exposing the country's magical history - and magical citizens - to a brave new world of social media, government scrutiny, and public relations.

The world of Faerie never disappeared: it merely went into hiding, continuing to exist parallel to our own. Secrecy is the key to Faerie’s survival—but no secret can be kept forever, and when the fae and mortal worlds collide, changelings are born. Half-human, half-fae, outsiders from birth, these second-class children of Faerie spend their lives fighting for the respect of their immortal relations.

It should be the best time of half-vampire Cat Crawfield’s life. With her undead lover, Bones, at her side, she’s successfully protected mortals from the rogue undead. But though Cat’s worn disguise after disguise to keep her true identity a secret from the brazen bloodsuckers, her cover’s finally been blown, placing her in terrible danger.

Jane Yellowrock is the last of her kind-a skinwalker of Cherokee descent who can turn into any creature she desires and hunts vampires for a living. But now she's been hired by Katherine Fontaneau, one of the oldest vampires in New Orleans and the madam of Katie's Ladies, to hunt a powerful rogue vampire who's killing other vamps.

Jane Yellowrock is back on the prowl against the children of the night. The vampire council has hired skinwalker Yellowrock to hunt and kill one of their own who has broken sacred ancient rules - but Jane quickly realizes that in a community that is thousands of years old, loyalties run deep.

Since half-vampire Cat Crawfield and her undead lover Bones met six years ago, they’ve fought against the rogue undead, battled a vengeful Master vampire, and pledged their devotion with a blood bond. Now it’s time for a vacation. But their hopes for a perfect Paris holiday are dashed when Cat awakes one night in terror. She’s having visions of a vampire named Gregor, who’s more powerful than Bones and has ties to her past that even Cat herself didn’t know about.

Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, married to a bright and pretty woman who actually loves him for his normalcy. They're even about to have their first child. Yes, Charlie's doing okay—until people start dropping dead around him, and everywhere he goes a dark presence...

Jessamyn Teoh is closeted, broke, and moving back to Malaysia, a country she left when she was a toddler. So when Jess starts hearing voices, she chalks it up to stress. But there's only one voice in her head, and it claims to be the ghost of her estranged grandmother, Ah Ma. In life Ah Ma was a spirit medium, the avatar of a mysterious deity called the Black Water Sister. Now she's determined to settle a score against a gang boss who has offended the god - and she's decided Jess is going to help her do it. 

Charlotte de Ney is as noble as they come, a blueblood straight out of the Weird. But even though she possesses rare magical healing abilities, her life has brought her nothing but pain. After her marriage crumbles, she flees to the Edge to build a new home for herself. Until Richard Mar is brought to her for treatment, and Charlotte’s life is turned upside down once again.

Three-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts her most incredible novel yet, a "glorious" story of culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New York City. In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember...

There has never been a dragon quite like Ruth - he's small, agile, able to communicate with fire lizards and has an uncanny ability to know exactly when he is. His bond with the young Lord Holder Jaxom is uniquely strong thanks to their unlikely connection and the fact that nearly everybody else on Pern thought the diminutive dragon wouldn't survive to adulthood. With Jaxom set to inherit control of his Hold, the pair is banned from fighting Thread, their flying time strictly limited at the insistence of the Weyrleaders and Lord Holders.

On Chaco Rez, keeping the balance between life and death is sacred—and darkness never sleeps for long. Years after her fight with Black Bear, Kai senses something is wrong. Children are vanishing without a trace, and whispers move through the canyons of a whistling man and his devil dog—shadows that refuse to stay buried. At her side is Chaco, a crow who can fly between worlds, bound to protect Kai and the power she carries. But when something from his past returns, he’s forced to confront memories he thought were buried forever.

On a stormy February night in 1957, tragedy, magic, and destiny collide on Rattlesnake Road... When Calista Elizabeth Burroughs discovers her parents dead in a car mysteriously wrapped around an oak tree that shouldn’t exist, her world is turned upside down. As the rain falls in curtains around her, Calista realizes the impossible has happened—and life in Pink, Oklahoma, will never be the same again.

What happens when the man who controls everything... loses control? Ren Lewis thought he'd won. Perfect woman. Perfect job with the Lucidites, stopping disasters before they unfold. The monster inside finally caged. So why does victory taste like ash?

A riveting collection of short stories, each a soul rending experience unbound by the confines of the mortal plane, each offering a unique journey into the titillating realm beyond the pale. Captivating, intoxicating, but not for the timid. Enter at your own risk.

Hailey Edwards presents Book 4 in the Groom & Doom series...

Kristen and the team head to Winston-Salem where a friend of the Consociation has been gruesomely assassinated at a local conference center. But all is not as it seems when the assassins target Marie, the DRC’s dragon-shifter leader. Chasing one lead to the next, there is a chance that each might be a trap. There are some Realms no human should enter. This paranormal procedural episode will change Kristen–and the team.

Un hombre al que siempre le acompaña un enjambre de abejas; una joven que huye de casa para vivir entre los sioux; una madre que se niega a deshacerse del cadáver de su hijo; un chico que se enamora de alguien que llama demasiado la atención. Personajes cruzados cuyos secretos dan sentido a sus vidas y a las de quienes los rodean.

The author of A Vampire's Guide to Gardening and Obsidian Queen brings you a lighthearted fantasy full of humor and romance, set in a cozy contemporary fae town in Vermont. Welcome to Moss Hollow. There are three things you need to know about my great aunt—she’s eccentric, she’s rich, and...

The author of A Vampire's Guide to Gardening and Obsidian Queen brings you a lighthearted fantasy full of humor and romance, set in a cozy contemporary fae town in Vermont. Welcome to Moss Hollow. Welcome to Merriweather Tea Shop, where the tea is piping hot, gossip flows like Earl Grey, and a...

In einer Zukunft, die es gar nicht mehr geben dürfte, sitzt Conny Bligh für den Mord an sich selbst im Gefängnis. Wie konnte ein solches Durcheinander überhaupt entstehen?

Tollund only wanted to tidy up magic. Instead, he accidentally deleted it—and created a world that insists it never existed. Magic was never meant to be neat. It was loud, unpredictable, and had a terrible sense of humour, much like humanity itself. When Tollund, an unassuming wizard with more patience than flair, cast a spell to erase magic, he thought he was saving everyone.

Mein Aufenthalt in Adrians Penthaus mit seinem Wolfs-Rudel ist vor allem eines: nervenaufreibend. Einerseits fühle ich mich wie Pretty Woman, werde auf Händen getragen und von gleich mehreren Typen verehrt – andererseits merke ich, dass mir die Zeit im Nacken steht sowie ein Canicoren-Alpha, der mich eben dort beißen und markieren möchte. Sofern ich mich denn für ihn als meinen Alpha entscheiden werde. Denn ich bin es, die hier die Regeln aufstellt, nicht Adrian.

Was ist schlimmer, als ein totes Mädchen im Büro seines Chefs zu finden? Zum Hauptverdächtigen in ihrem Mordfall zu werden. Als mein unverschämt gutaussehender und superheißer Chef, Mr. Nox, einschreitet und mir seine Hilfe anbietet, bin ich zunächst erleichtert. Doch seine Hilfe hat einen Preis. Oh, und hier kommt der Supergau: er behauptet, er sei Luzifer. Der Teufel. Ein Gott der Sünde. Es sieht nicht gut für mich aus und ich bin gezwungen, einen Deal mit dem Teufel einzugehen.

Je näher ich Adrian kennenlerne, desto mehr Fragezeichen eröffnen sich mir. Ja, er respektiert meinen Wunsch nach Freiheit – und trotzdem fühle ich mich ein bisschen wie in einem Käfig. Zudem werde ich auf eine Art und Weise zu ihm hingezogen, die mir Gänsehaut beschert. Und da ist etwas in seinen dunklen Augen … ein Schmerz aus der Vergangenheit, der ihn immer wieder einzuholen scheint. Ob ich es bin, die ihm diesen nehmen kann?

From the masterful John Gwynne, Valour is the second epic fantasy in the Faithful and the Fallen series, following Malice. The Banished Lands are torn by war, as the army of High King Nathair sweeps the realm challenging all who oppose his holy crusade. Allied with the manipulative Queen Rhin of...

Nach ihrer Trennung sucht Ophelia in Prag Ablenkung. Was sie findet, ist ein jahrhundertealtes Geheimnis – ein mächtiger Golem, den sie versehentlich erweckt. Als wäre das noch nicht schlimm genug, wird sie von einer geheimen Organisation gefangen genommen, da nur Ophelia dieses Wesen wieder unschädlich machen kann. Einar, ein isländischer Formwandler mit eisigen Augen und noch kälterem Herzen, soll sie beschützen. Er verachtet Menschen – bis Ophelia an der Eisschicht seines Herzens kratzt. In den mystischen Gassen Prags müssen die beiden zusammenarbeiten, um die Welt zu retten.

A librarian witch must use her bookish knowledge to track down a dangerous, magical tome, in this enchanting novel from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay. Thanks to her training as a librarian and her newfound magical abilities, Zoe Ziakas thinks she has a handle on her job at the...