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The ghosts of London are restless… Lydia thought she had solved the mystery of the #NewRipper, but the murderer is still taunting her. It appears that someone is able to control the undead of London, and they are coming for Lydia and those she holds dear. Meanwhile, a child has gone missing on...

READ BY THE AUTHOR In a remote house on a hilltop, a lonely boy witnesses a traumatic event. He tries - and fails - to flee. Left alone with his increasingly deranged parent, he dreams of safety, of joining the other children in the town below, of escape. When at last a stranger knocks at his...

‘Bound to be an immediate classic’ – HANNAH KANER ‘Will tear out your heart and heal it in the same breath’ – ELIZA CHAN ‘Richly imagined and transportive’ – OLIVIE BLAKE ‘A haunting story of loneliness, love and loss’ – GARETH BROWN ** A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK ** A...

No one will hire me to work in their toxic workplace. Worse, with the Bellicose gone, the city is eerily quiet, and my biological family won’t leave me alone. While scoping out the too-quiet city and practicing my new skills, I discover something much more dangerous than the Bellicose. The human government is snooping around our battle sites and knows about us. When I make a big mistake, I once again find myself in Allure and discover the Queen is missing. Needing to focus on my own life, I decide to let the purebloods handle it.

The truth always comes out. Whether you want I know it or not. New enemies surface while old ones become your family. Finding out what you were never meant to become, is something that took me by surprise. To top everything else off, I didn’t see what was happening in my own home. If it wasn’t for Skye being my soul mate, my life would have been destroyed by a father who was supposed to love me. Instead, he used me for an end game -- one I plan on stopping if I can manage to get these new powers under control in time to stop him.

DISCOVER THE SERIES EVERYONE IS OBSESSED WITH! Don’t miss this duet narration, action-packed, jaw-dropping, dark and romantic sequel to the globally bestselling phenomenon, Dire Bound. CROWNED BY DESTINY. CONSUMED BY VENGEANCE. Against all odds, Meryn Cooper has inherited the crown – and a...

Sometimes it sucks being a werewolf. People know what I am. Which is rough because normies don’t trust monsters. Mostly, I just try to get by and keep my head down. My vampire and mummy roommates probably don’t help matters. But when a rash of robberies strikes the neighborhood, all eyes turn to the monsters. Even the police cast a distrustful eye our way. As the nights go by and the cops bumble their way through the investigation, it becomes clear that something beyond your average series of smash-and-grabs is going on. For a skittering evil lurks in the dark corners, waiting to pounce.

Gerade meint Truly, das entlegene Westedge wäre wieder in seinem üblichen Zustand entnervender Langeweile versunken, da verdonnert sie Oberhexe Ophelia zu absoluter magischer Enthaltsamkeit. Als ausgerechnet dann die umstrittene Hexe Potion Polly tot aufgefunden wird, ist Langeweile Trulys geringstes Problem. Denn der Verdacht fällt auf Truly. Da Gift im Spiel zu sein scheint, ist sie froh um die Hilfe des Londoner Spezialisten Christopher Prim, mit dem sie sich auf Mörderjagd begibt.

The battle for Central Park exposed everything. Now the world knows the monsters are real, and the ones who fought them aren’t exactly human either. Marek Tomlinson lies trapped in a coma, his power burning through what’s left of his humanity. In the dreamworld, a being older than gods drags him through trials meant to break and remake him. And when Marek finally finds the keys to escape, the question isn’t whether he’ll return… It’s who and what he’ll be when he does.

Nachdem der Seelie König Torin sie versehentlich beinahe umgebracht hätte, findet sich Ava überraschend am Hof des Kummers wieder - ihrer wahren Heimat und Reich von Königin Mab. Denn wie sich nun herausstellt, ist Ava eine Unseelie und damit eine Feindin von Torin und seinem Reich. Aber auch hier wird Ava nicht mit offenen Armen empfangen und als auch noch Torin am Hof des Kummers eintrifft, um die Frau, die er liebt, zurückzuholen, werden beide von Königin Mab gefangengenommen.

Jason Schuyler is one of Anita Blake's best friends and favourite werewolves, with benefits. J.J. is his lady love, an old flame from childhood who dances at one of the top ballet companies in New York. Neither of them wants to be monogamous, so what could go wrong? J.J. is enthusiastically bisexual. She plans to keep sleeping with women, because Jason can't meet that need, just like she can't meet Jason's need for rough sex and bondage. With some encouragement from a few other lovers in Anita's life she reluctantly agrees, and J.J.

Nachdem sie versehentlich einen Dämon befreit, den Alpha der Werwölfe auf die Palme gebracht und möglicherweise einen Krieg angezettelt hat, bringt Darbys Job als Wächterin ein ernsthaftes Risiko mit sich. Der Rat ist in heller Aufruhr und ein waschechter Gott steht vor ihrer Tür, also muss Darby ihr Leben unter Kontrolle bringen, und zwar pronto. Wenn sie das nicht schafft, könnte das Verlieren ihres Jobs das geringste ihrer Probleme sein.

Why did Cecil B. DeMille really bury the Pharaoh’s Palace set after he filmed The Ten Commandments in 1923? Fugitives Sebastian Vickery and Ingrid Castine find themselves plunged into the supernatural secrets of Los Angeles—from Satanic indie movies of the ‘60s, to the unqiet La Brea Tar...

‘Like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket’ – V. E. Schwab, author of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, on The House in the Cerulean SeaThe world is ending in thirty days. A wandering black hole is approaching Earth, and soon, everything will be gone. For husbands Don and Rodney, forty...

Meet Erik Ashendale: Detective, Wizard, Monster Hunter. In a world where magic is very real and monsters hide in every dark alley, Erik keeps people safe by taking on anything that goes bump in the night. Already embroiled in a war between Heaven and Hell, the last thing Erik needs is to babysit his apprentice, who seems intent on messing up so bad she’s bound to get herself killed. To make matters worse, the mysterious power he had awoken last time one of the Seven Deadly Sins attacked is making his own magic go awry. So what’s a wizard to do?

Just because I look like a sweet witch next door doesn’t mean I fight like one. I was supposed to be the girl who went to a state college, joined my hometown coven, and dodged invites to multi-level marketing parties. Trusting the wrong vamp damned me to a different life. Now? I’m the pint-sized assassin no one sees coming. Framed for a crime I didn’t commit, I was forced to become a Shadow, using my fire elemental powers to do the Enclave’s bidding. A decade working alongside the world’s most ruthless bloodsuckers and shifters honed me into a weapon capable of surviving a brutal world.

Paignton gets Lost is the story of a young girl, Karen, who has been befriended by a magical toy Gorilla called Paignton, who she bought with her birthday money during a visit to Paignton Zoo. When Karen and her family visit London, Paignton is stolen by a shoplifter and abandoned...

Thayer Wren ist tot. Als Gründer des Großkonzerns Wrenfare Magitech galt er als Vater der modernen Technologie. Seine Fußstapfen sind riesig, das Erbe gewaltig – und seine Kinder zerstritten. Meredith, die älteste Tochter, führt inzwischen ihr eigenes Tech-Unternehmen, das leider auf einer kompletten Lüge basiert. Arthur ist der zweitjüngste Kongressabgeordnete der Geschichte. Eilidh war eine weltberühmte Ballerina. Dass alle drei magisch begabt sind, macht die Sache nicht einfacher. Der Kampf um das Erbe hat begonnen.

We Burned So Bright is the heartfelt, queer, road trip of a novel from TJ Klune, the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Cerulean Chronicles and The Bones Beneath My Skin Husbands Don and Rodney have lived a good, long life. Together, they’ve experienced the highest highs of love and family...

Xavier's life is changing, again, but this time, things are different. He's developing new powers, more abilities, and control over spells. As his bonds grow with Hayley, Nicki, Brooke, and Amora, he can't help but wonder where the future will take him. That, and how to eradicate the corruption. Meadow Song needs saving, and Xavier has a plan, but he needs time to prepare, to finalize. But that's not all. Amora is Ironshire's newest resident! And she wants a lot more than just a room.