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Laure Mesny is a perfectionist with an axe to grind. Despite being constantly overlooked in the elite and cutthroat world of the Parisian ballet, she will do anything to prove that a Black girl can take center stage. To level the playing field, Laure ventures deep into the depths of the Catacombs and strikes a deal with a pulsating river of blood. The primordial power Laure gains promises influence and adoration, everything she's dreamed of and worked toward. With retribution on her mind, she surpasses her bitter and privileged peers, leaving broken bodies behind her on her climb to stardom.

È stata... Vittima e sopravvissuta: Poppy non avrebbe mai immaginato di innamorarsi del principe Casteel, e men che meno di essere ricambiata con lo stesso trasporto. L’unica cosa che desidera è godersi quella felicità inaspettata, ma il dovere li chiama: devono trovare i rispettivi fratelli prima che sia troppo tardi, e tutto lascia pensare che sarà una missione pericolosa, con conseguenze inimmaginabili. Nemica e guerriera: Poppy non desiderava altro che tornare padrona della propria vita.

No sexto e último livro da série, As desolações do Recanto do Demônio, Jacob e Noor estão de volta ao lugar onde tudo começou: a casa de seu avô. Os dois não fazem ideia de como escaparam da fenda de V. e foram parar na Flórida, mas de uma coisa têm certeza: Caul ressuscitou do mundo dos mortos.

Die Black Bird Academy ist ein Ort, der seines Gleichen sucht. An dieser dunklen Schule werden Exorzisten ausgebildet, deren Aufgabe es ist, die Menschheit vor den Dämonen zu beschützen. Als Leaf Young in einem Kerker der Black Bird Academy erwacht, kann sie nicht glauben, was ein attraktiver Kerl namens Falco ihr erklärt: Ein Dämon hat von ihr Besitz ergriffen, kurz nachdem dieser ihr einen Dolch ins Herz gerammt hat! Falco ist fasziniert von Leaf. Denn noch nie konnte ein Mensch nach einem Dämonenangriff die Kontrolle über den eigenen Körper behalten, ohne dabei seinen Verstand zu verlieren.

Beaked. Feathered. Monstrous. Avita was born to be a star. Her circus tent sells out nightly, and every performance incites bloodcurdling screams. She’s the most lucrative act from Texas to Tacoma, the crown jewel of the Family Fortuna. Avita feeds on the fear, the screams, the gasps. But when a handsome young artist is commissioned to create new posters of the performers, Avita is appalled by his rendering of Bird Girl. Is that truly all she is—a hideous monster, all sharp beak and razor teeth, obsidian eyes and ruffled feathers?

When nineteen-year-old Fin volunteers to take her secret love’s place in their village’s Finding, she is terrified. Those who are chosen at the Finding are whisked away to Castle Courtsheart, a vampire school where human students either succeed and become vampires, fail and spend the rest of their lives as human thralls, or they don’t survive long enough to become either. Fin is determined to forge a different path: learn how to kill the undead and get revenge for her mother, who was taken by the vampires years ago. But Courtsheart is as captivating as it is deadly.

Nabik, a soldier, owes his loyalty to his elder brother Fydir, who lifted him and their sister, Drakne, from poverty. But when Fydir orders him to quell unrest among the city’s beastfolk, the magic Nabik had long buried begins to stir. A wintery voice urges Nabik to desert his post—and his brother’s watchful eye—to journey north into Kolznechia, a frozen, enchanted kingdom ruled by the mercurial Rat King. His power may hold the key to breaking an ancient curse and ending the Rat King’s terrible reign.

In the industrial city of Theumas, Nhika is seen not as a healer, but a monster that kills for pleasure. And in the city's criminal underbelly, the rarest of monsters are traded for gold. When Nhika is finally caught by the infamous Butchers, she's forced to heal the last witness to a high-profile murder.

A crown princess. A monster the gods fear. A destiny no one can outrun. Inspired by Korean history and myths, the first book in the Sacred Bone series is a rich and evocative high-stakes fantasy that is perfect for fans of Gallant and Six Crimson Cranes. Mirae was meant to save her queendom, but...

* Instant New York Times Bestseller * Indie Bestseller * In this riveting sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel Dark Rise, Will and his allies have survived the Dark’s first assault, but at a terrible cost. A new threat from the past is rising, and only a handful of heroes remain to...

Saoirse Sorkova survives on lies. As a soldier-in-training at the most prestigious barracks in the kingdom, she lies about being a siren to avoid execution. At night, working as an assassin for a dangerous group of mercenaries, Saoirse lies about her true identity. And to her family, Saoirse tells the biggest lie of all: that she can control her siren powers and doesn’t struggle constantly against an impulse to kill.

Brought to you by Penguin. Master storyteller and internationally bestselling author Christopher Paolini returns to the World of Eragon in this stunning epic fantasy set a year after the events of the Inheritance Cycle. The world is no longer safe for the Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon...

Despite the odds, Joan achieved the impossible. She reset the timeline, saved her family - and destroyed the hero, Nick. But her success has come at a terrible cost. She alone remembers what happened. Now, Aaron, her hard-won friend - and maybe more - is an enemy, trying to kill her. And Nick, the boy she loved, is a stranger who doesn't even know her name. Only Joan remembers that there is a ruthless and dangerous enemy still out there. When a deadly attack forces Joan back into the monster world as a fugitive, she finds herself on the run with Nick - as Aaron closes in.

Chtělo by se říct, že Nikdo Owens (v originále Nobody Owens), známý jako Nik, je normální kluk. Je to ale pravda jen napůl. Jeho domovem je po tragické smrti rodičů hřbitov a vychovali ho duchové, vlkodlaci a jiné příšery spolu s jeho strážným andělem Silasem, který nepatří ani do světa živých, ani mezi mrtvé. Díky nim ale přežije a naučí se leccos užitečného - třeba jak se stát neviditelným pro lidi.

With the return of the Housekeeper on the cards, Maeve must find out everything she can about the vengeful tarot spirit in order to finally defeat her. Crossing over into a parallel dimension inside the old school building, she explores the history of the Housekeeper—and spends too long in a world and a mind not her own. With the Children of Brigid closing in once more, and Maeve's friend group now fractured across Ireland, can they hope to ultimately save the town—and Maeve—from the grip of a power greater than they ever imagined?

Een duister en betoverend fantasydebuut.Violet is een ziener en een leugenaar. Met haar slim geformuleerde voorspellingen drukt ze haar stempel op het koninklijke hof. Eerlijkheid is voor zwakkelingen, vindt ze, zoals de o zo niet-charmante prins Cyrus, die van plan is om Violet direct uit haar officiele rol te zetten zodra hij aan het einde van de zomer tot koning gekroond is. Maar wanneer de koning Violet vraagt een vals liefdesverhaal voor Cyrus te voorspellen, wekt ze een gevreesde vloek op die de ondergang of de redding van het koninkrijk zal betekenen.

Indigo and her mother, once-famous artist Zoe Serra, have barely been scraping by since her mom's breakdown. When a gallery offers Zoe a revival show for her unfinished blockbuster series, Wolfwood, Indigo knows it's a crucial chance to finally regain stability. Zoe, however, mysteriously refuses. Desperate not to lose the opportunity, Indigo secretly takes up the brush herself. It turns out, there might be a very good reason her mother wants nothing to do with Wolfwood.

In Träumen ist nichts unmöglich: Tote können wieder ein Teil unseres Lebens sein, wir erreichen die Ziele, von denen wir nicht einmal zu hoffen wagen, und wir sind mit den Menschen zusammen, nach denen wir uns sonst nur aus der Ferne sehnen. Ich bin in der Lage, Träume zu schenken. Meine Begabung hat sich herumgesprochen und dadurch wurde die böse Königin auf meine Familie aufmerksam. Sie nennt mich Rapunzel. Manchmal frage ich mich, ob es nicht eher ein Fluch ist, anders zu sein.

Mikey Black's life shattered the night monsters with glowing eyes attacked. He was left orphaned and marked by an eerie aura that brings sickness and death to those around him. Tossed from one fleeting foster home to another, Mikey resigns himself to a lonely existence until a kind-hearted mailman named Arthur offers to adopt him. To Mikey's astonishment, Arthur is immune to his radioactive presence.

From debut author Jamison Shea comes this slow-burn horror novel that lifts a veil on the institutions that profit from exclusion and the toll of giving everything to a world that will never love you back. This program is read by Grammy- and Emmy-award-winning-actor Kristolyn Lloyd. There will...