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From Alix E. Harrow, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Starling House, comes a moving and genre-defying quest. A legend. A lie. A love story. A lady-knight whose legend built a nation meets a retiring historian in awe of her fame. He’s sent back through time to make sure she plays her...

Arrivée dans cette paisible bourgade après la mort de son oncle, Darcy aspire à une vie tranquille. Jusqu'à un soir où Darcy est témoin de l'agression sanglante et mortelle envers une de ses clientes. L'agresseur prend ensuite Darcy pour cible, mais une créature mystérieuse intervient et lui sauve la vie.

Alexis hat sich in Sparta den Ruf einer unbarmherzigen, gefährlichen Kriegerin erworben. Das verlockt nicht wenige Männer, ihr Glück bei Alexis zu versuchen. Kharon und Augustus, die beiden düsteren Götter der Unterwelt geben sich jede Mühe ihr zu gefallen. Doch auch Alexis attraktive Mentoren Achilles und Patro sind sich auf einmal sicher, dass sie und Alexis füreinander bestimmt sind. Es sieht so aus, als müsste zwischen den Göttern wählen – aber ist das wirklich eine gute Idee?

When Kiara is unwillingly bonded to a Demon, they must work together to save humanity. This news shatters Kiara’s life: her boyfriend, James—childhood love and the one she was certain she’d spend forever with—is dead. Now, he wants to talk to her. Damian, the demon now possessing James’ body, and one of the many monsters prowling amongst mostly ignorant humans, couldn’t care less about Kiara. Until she tries to kill him and he’s forced to make a contract with her to stay alive. Her first love is now her monstrous enemy.

Nelbow Rockfist is a dwarf on a mission. Her brother has a bad case of demonic possession and there is a shortage of exorcists. Her only hope is to convince the sorcerer Grumblechin to come out of retirement, but the once-infamous spellcaster is adamant she won't leave the comfort of her tower for anything, least of all to meddle with demons. Meanwhile, Orsnart Rogtog knows that firsts are difficult. Being the first orc 'pryvate eye' in a city of dwarves is tough. Avoiding the axe blows of gangsters and smugglers while trying to crack a case is tougher.

Rahil Zaman has good reason to keep his distance from the world—and his fangs are only part of that. He hides in his home, acquiring blood through the risky one-night stands he finds on hunter-infested hookup apps. After one such fling turns sour, Rahil ends up trapped in the work shed of the one match he wishes would respond to his flirtations. Finding the hot twink he'd been ghosting inside his work shed was not on Mercer Bloncourt's agenda. But Rahil is not the only intruding presence in Mercer's life.

Casa del Chocolate is one of Salem's most charming boutique candy shops, making it a perfect profile story. Although preoccupied with her own personal sweet news—Lee and her detective husband Pete Mondello are expecting a bundle of joy—she cheerfully agrees to interview the chocolatier. Since becoming pregnant, the radiant and exhilarated mother-to-be has discovered that she is finally free of the unwanted haunting "visions" she has endured since childhood.

Zoe Ziakas enjoys a quiet life, working as a librarian in her quaint New England town. When a mysterious black book with an unbreakable latch is delivered to the library, Zoe has a strange feeling the tome is somehow calling to her. She decides to consult the Museum of Literature, home to volumes of indecipherable secrets, some possessing dark magic that must be guarded. The collection is known as the of Books of Dubious Origin. Here, Zoe discovers that she is the last descendant of a family of witches and this little black book is their grimoire.

When Detective Domenica Kiernan solved the murder of a mayor’s aide—killed by a vampire—she never imagined she’d find herself at the vanguard of the NYPD’s latest special squad: the Supernatural Crimes Unit. Tasked with closing cases involving magic and monsters, the SCU has dealt with a shape-changing domovoy committing assault in Chelsea, the murder of a kappa on City Island, a thieving Taotie in Chinatown—and their latest: two murder victims whose corpses have been liquefied by a powerful spell.

After seven long years Joan Greenwood is finally returning home. Unfortunately, her family totally forgot about it. Joan's homecoming is lukewarm at best, but soon turns disastrous when news hits that someone has created a spell that can turn an ordinary human into a powerful witch, threatening the balance of the magical world and the Greenwood’s place at the top of it.

Nachdem Jason sich beim Verlassen von Awaken Online mit einem Messer in der Hand über zwei Leichen stehend wiedergefunden hatte, steht er jetzt unter Mordverdacht. Um die Sache noch schlimmer zu machen, ist Claire auf Beweise gestoßen, dass Alfred in den Vorfall verwickelt ist, und wie ein kreisender Geier wartet die CPSC nur darauf, dass Cerillion Entertainment einen Fehler macht.

Nach dem Tod seiner Mutter kämpft der 17-jährige Leopold Berry damit, den hohen Ansprüchen seines Vaters gerecht zu werden. Immer wieder passieren ihm merkwürdige Dinge, und als ihm Visionen der TV-Serie »Sunderworld« erscheinen, weiht er schließlich seinen Freund Emmet ein. Gemeinsam finden sie heraus, dass Sunderworld viel mehr ist als eine alte Fantasyserie aus den Neunzigerjahren: Die magische Welt ist real und in großer Gefahr! Wurde Leopold auserwählt, Sunderworld zu retten? Nur zu gern würde er beweisen, dass mehr in ihm steckt, als sein Vater denkt.

Shards of Fate is the compelling story about the immortal Kamae Caineson. A man whose three-century-long slumber has recently come to an end one cold and rainy night in a Los Angeles museum. Kamae struggles with adjusting to life in the modern world with only his children and their friends to aid him. He must once again thrust himself into the very fight he tried to escape at the beginning of the 18th century, in order to rescue his beloved from the grasp his ancient enemy has mystically placed her in.

Lucy is trapped in a life that no longer fits. On the outside, she’s holding it together. On the inside, she’s unraveling. Then, one impulsive decision changes everything. Enter Gabe—her Vision Catcher—an enigmatic guide sent to help her rediscover the dreams she’s forgotten and the self she buried. Swept into a mysterious 40-day Vision Quest, Lucy must confront the voices of doubt, untangle her past, and fight for a future shaped by her own truth. But as she uncovers sabotage within the very system meant to protect her, the journey becomes bigger than just her healing.

Er hat das Haar eines Raben und die Augen eines Uhus: Munk. Und in seinen Träumen sieht er die Toten. Eines Tages wird Munk auf die Burg des tyrannischen Greifen von Amser verschleppt. Während seine furchtlose Schwester Enna sich auf die Suche nach ihm macht, entdeckt Munk tief im Burgberg ein grauenvolles Geheimnis... »Du, Munk, wirst bald ein ganz besonderer Falkner sein«: Was die undurchsichtige Greifenkriegerin Magwit dem Vogeljungen aus Nyth verspricht, führt ihn auf eine gefahrvolle Reise zu sich selbst und über die Grenze, die die Lebenden von den Toten trennt.

Callum, Melusine and Al play in a band with no name, baffling audiences in terrible pubs across the north-east of England with their 'sound.' Their songs tell the stories of the Solkats: fictional northern gods of small things, of mishap and mayhem. Absolutely no one knows what they're on about. But they believe in their music, and in each other. And they're happy. That is, until an act of violence at a pub gig goes viral, they catch the eye of a disillusioned influencer and suddenly go from having a cult following to having a cult, following.

My name is Rylee and I am a Tracker. When the dust settles, my heart feels as though it will never be pieced back together. But there are too many lives riding on my ability to function at my best. So I push through. And I find that I still have some fight left in me. Now I have one last task before I can rest: to find the simple ingredients of a spell. A spell that will help heal much of my wounds. But it is not only my injuries that I have to stitch closed. My sister’s wounds have broken open . . . and perhaps most surprising of all so do another vampire’s. Faris.

War is nearly upon them, and the demons will have their pint of blood... one way or another. "My name is Rylee and I am a Tracker." When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. The clock is ticking and I can feel the weight of the final battle with the demon hordes looming over my head. The puzzle pieces are becoming clearer, but the casualty list is growing. And with each name that is added to those we've lost, my confidence cracks a little more. Yet there is hope. A child saved.

Gwen Tailor is stunned when her most formidable Noble enemy—and captor—Valjean, becomes a powerful ally. Her unique crafter abilities have helped her gain monster-killing talents usually reserved for Nobles, but to save her town and people from extinction, she needs Valjean's help to become a Noble herself and infiltrate their aristocratic circles. So, along with cleaver-wielding butcher Sandy and enchanted-weapons-maker Gerald, she enrolls in the legendary Academy to learn its lethal arts . . . and uncover the secrets behind their land's ruthless class divisions.

When Zoey’s estranged grandmother passes away, the crafty crocheter volunteers to venture to Pine Falls, Colorado, to clean out the woman’s cabin. But when a confusing flyer lands Zoey and her balls of yarn in the middle of a motorcycle club’s bar, she becomes tangled with the residents of the mysterious small town. One handsome biker in particular seems hell bent on tying her up in knots.