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“Urban fantasy, unexpected romance, and mythology all collide in King's latest. A must for V.E. Schwab and Katee Robert fans.” –Booklist In this stunning contemporary fantasy novel for fans of V. E. Schwab and Kaliane Bradley, a historian’s dream job in Italy takes a dark turn when she...

When Selena travels to the remote desert town of Quartz Creek in search of her estranged Aunt Amelia, she is desperate and short of options. Fleeing an unhappy marriage, she has exactly twenty-seven dollars to her name, and her only friend in the world is her dog, Copper. On arrival, Selena learns Amelia is dead. But the inhabitants of Quartz Creek are only too happy to have a new resident. Out of money and ideas, Selena sees no harm staying in her aunt’s lovely house for a few weeks, tending to her garden and enjoying the strange, desolate beauty of the desert.

»Der Tag, an dem ich gestorben bin, war der glücklichste meines Lebens. Denn an jenem Tag trat ich in eine neue Welt voller Magie. Ich wurde Teil eines uralten Geheimnisses und verschwand in euren Schatten. Ihr seht mich nicht. Aber ich sehe euch. Wir sind uns so nah. Tagein, tagaus. Und dennoch trennen uns Welten. Ich beschütze euch. Ich kämpfe für euch. Ich blute für euch. Aber manchmal genügt nicht mal das.

When a vampire serial killer sends Anita Blake a grisly souvenir from Las Vegas, she has to warn Sin City's local authorities what they're dealing with. Only it's worse than she thought. Police officers and one executioner have been slain – paranormal-style. Anita heads to Vegas, where she's joined by three other federal marshals, including the ruthless Edward hiding behind his mild-mannered persona. It's a good thing Edward always has her back, because, when she gets close to the bodies, Anita senses 'tiger' too strongly to ignore it.

DI Adams is not having a good summer. Her house has been hexed. Her parents have just turned up, determined to experience all Yorkshire has to offer. And they're going to get more than they bargained for, because someone else has turned up too. He calls himself Velmyr Duskthorn, Lord of the Fae, and he's demanding a powerful book Adams doesn't have, can't get, and couldn't hand over even if she had it – unless she fancies starting an inter-species war.

With only a few dollars to her name and her beloved dog Copper by her side, Selena flees her past in the city to claim her late aunt’s house in the desert town of Quartz Creek. The scorpions and spiders are better than what she left behind. Because in Quartz Creek, there’s a strange beauty to everything, from the landscape to new friends, and more blue sky than Selena’s ever seen. But something lurks beneath the surface. Like the desert gods and spirits lingering outside Selena’s house at night, keeping watch.

„Achte den Ehrenkodex und du wirst in deinem nächsten Leben ruhen!“, sagten sie. „Das wird ein Spaß!“, beteuerten sie. Doch wieso haben sie mir nicht verraten, dass ich heiraten und die Verantwortung für eine ganze Adelsfamilie tragen muss–samt einem Haufen Verpflichtungen und anderem Mist, um den ich mich jetzt kümmern muss? Kann ich bitte wieder als Jäger neugeboren werden?

Alors que le mariage approche à grands pas et que les ambassadeurs sorciers et loups-garous sont sur le point d'arriver, la famille royale apprend que le coupable derrière la tentative d'assassinat de Ryan n'est pas celui qu'ils pensaient. Ainsi, leur ennemi est toujours en liberté… et prêt à frapper. Matthew et Evelyn parviendront-ils à démasquer le traître à la cour avant qu'il ne soit trop tard ?

Mais le compte à rebours est lancé. La cicatrice de Jane ne cesse de grandir, envahissant son bras d'un sang aussi noir que de l'encre. Alors, quand ils sont envoyés à Prague pour aider leurs collègues à défaire des renégats particulièrement coriaces, elle est bien décidée à tout faire pour sauver ses amis.

Subject 336, once a victim of sinister experiments designed to replicate her extraordinary abilities, now grapples with the consequences of her captors' actions. Unbeknownst to them, they unleashed a primal force that laid waste to their facility and left her haunted by the aftermath. Adrift and uncertain, Subject 336 embarks on a perilous journey from the scorching Mexican desert to the lush Colombian Amazon, all while the Third World War rages on.

A military veteran is adopted by a werewolf and brought into his pack. Insanity ensues. Jason Forte's a military veteran the entire world seems to have forgotten about. Everyone except his good friend Crash, who rescues Jason, brings him home and tells him he's part of his pack. But what does that mean exactly? What is Crash's job that makes him have to go out at night every night? Can Jason survive this new world he finds himself in? About Life With A Werewolf Life With A Werewolf is an episodic story told in a blog format.

Wieder eine Schule der Erleuchtung. Doch jetzt sind die Suchenden aus der energieknappen Zone Null in Zone Eins aufgestiegen, deshalb ist diese Schule eine ganz andere Hausnummer. Sie ist gewaltig. Sie ist erhaben. Sie erfüllt die Herzen aller, die dort lernen, mit Ehrfurcht und lässt jeden Gedanken an einen Regelverstoß im Keim ersticken. Suchende sind hier nicht willkommen, denn sie halten sich an keinerlei Regeln. Aber sind Regeln nicht dazu da, dass man sie bricht?

TGIF used to mean happy hour drinks or curling up with delivery pizza. But when you live in an inn for paranormal beings, the end of the week often signals the beginning of chaos. And this Friday? A banshee has invaded the basement, I've shifted from human to cat three times in one day (a personal record I never wanted to set), and my confidential files at SPA headquarters have mysteriously vanished. Getting rid of the shrieking banshee is priority number one, and all we have to do is solve a local murder.

You'd think that after battling a demon, Astrid Knightstorm would deserve a break. No such luck for Austin's premier wizard private detective. Her former master and mentor, Orpheus, has gone off grid. And with rising tensions at the Hellmouth—the literal gateway to the nine realms of hell—she's getting worried. What begins as a fact-finding mission to LA embroils Astrid in a battle to save the world from an invasion of monsters that even an army of vampires struggles to contain.

Als die außergewöhnliche Hexe Amber DeLea ein paar Tage vor Weihnachten auf meiner Türschwelle steht, erwarte ich Ärger. Doch wie sich herausstellt, hat ihre Schutzbefohlene, das Waisenkind Jade, ihren Weihnachtssack verloren – und Amber möchte, dass ich ihn finde. Einfach, oder? Die kleine Jade kennenzulernen, berührt mich. Plötzlich bin ich bereit, alles zu tun, um sicherzustellen, dass sie noch ein weiteres Weihnachten erlebt, das sie an den Weihnachtsmann glauben lässt. Ich darf sie nicht enttäuschen.

When Maverick Hale, alpha of the Storm Moon Pack, is ambushed during a routine hunt, the impossible happens. His wolf is stolen. He's not the only victim. Shifters and witches across the territory are falling prey to a mysterious assailant who they suspect is amassing supernatural power for an unknown purpose.

Prince Darleon Goldenwill has always lived for battle magic and duty—until a forbidden portal yanks him from his 18th-century dragon realm into the heart of 21st-century Los Angeles. Bruised, bewildered, and half-transformed, he awakens in the care of Mia—a fiercely independent nurse reeling from betrayal and burnout.

When Westchester nurse Morgan Monroe triggers the CIA’s Preternatural Surveillance Division alert, she’s flagged as a Gamma-level succubus—rare, unstable, and dangerous. His mission: go undercover, infiltrate her life, and extract her quietly. But Morgan isn’t just any supernatural. She's the key to a five-hundred-year-old prophecy—one that speaks of a child born of Light and Dark, destined to either unite or destroy the Fae Courts…and maybe humanity itself.

Imagine if a superhero failed to save a city and the villains won. With the city in ruins and no hope in sight, the United States government has no choice but to surrender. Suddenly, the world becomes a darker, deadlier place for anyone who opposes Lord Boundary and his crew. Arcadia Austin isn’t faring well under the new regime, but she has managed better than most ex-heroes. With the ability to blend in, Arcadia has the rare opportunity to start over, or, in her case, drink her life away.

My secret is finally out. I am a Boneweaver, and the last of my kind: A beast who can shift into any other. Now there’s an elephant sized target on my back and two people I love have been taken from me. In order to get them back, I’m going to have to do the unthinkable: present myself to the most dangerous beasts of the underworld and Scythe Kharkorous is going to help me do it. The Great White shark with the sharp, cold eyes has plans no one can guess at and the devastating secret he’s about to reveal to me will turn my world upside down. Everything is about to change.