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Driven by poverty, Spin and her makeshift family move to the Songwynds in search of work. There they share a tiny, rat-infested tenement room with their adoptive Ma: a ferocious wishhobbler. A monster of a mother, and the mother of all monsters, the wishhobbler’s viciousness has caused fear and mayhem among the slum dwellers. Unable to hit back at the wishhobbler, her victims turn their attention to Spin.

Eirwen Blackvein grew up in a dwarven mining camp at the edge of the map. A perfect place to hide an elven princess destined to destroy a queen and save a kingdom at war, as foretold in a seer’s magic mirror. Except, Eirwen doesn’t know she is the lost princess. Only that she was found as a newborn with her heart carved out. And why she now possesses a heart of stone in her chest, one forged by the dwarves.

Thanks to the treachery of the Steel Rats clan, Falk never obtained the first of the five swords needed for his divine quest. Naturally, the new owner of the sword—the head of the Unnameables clan—has refused to sell such a valuable artifact. However, he is willing to give it up in exchange for Falk performing a little task for him in real life. All that's required is committing burglary by breaking into a secure location and stealing a well-guarded item.

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.

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?

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.

Teil 2 der spannenden Romantasy-Dilogie. Seitdem Helena nach Silent Creek gezogen ist, eine mysteriöse Kleinstadt an der schottischen Küste, weiß sie, dass dunkle Mächte existieren – sogar in ihr. Mehr noch, die Studentin gerät mitten in einen intriganten Hexenkrieg. Verraten von ihrer großen Liebe Tyrael Burnett weiß Hel nicht mehr, wem sie noch vertrauen kann. Einzig und allein der charismatische Declan Sinclair scheint sie zu verstehen, weshalb sich Hel immer mehr zu ihm hingezogen fühlt.

Cordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her. In only a few weeks, her father has been murdered, her plans to become parabatai with best friend Lucie have been destroyed, and her marriage has crumbled. Even worse, she is now bound to an ancient demon, Lilith, stripping her of her power as a Shadowhunter. Cordelia flees to Paris, hoping to forget her sorrows. But reality soon intrudes: Tatiana Blackthorn has escaped the Adamant Citadel, and London is under new threat by the Prince of Hell, Belial.

C'era e non c'era una volta - così cominciano sempre le fiabe - una principessa destinata ad avvelenare chiunque la toccasse. Ma per Soraya, tenuta nascosta fin dalla nascita, cresciuta lontana dalla sua famiglia, al sicuro solo nel suo giardino, questa non è soltanto una fiaba. All'approssimarsi delle nozze del suo gemello, Soraya deve decidere se uscire allo scoperto per la prima volta. Nelle segrete del palazzo una div, una demone, potrebbe avere le risposte che sta cercando, la chiave per ottenere la libertà.

Ava and Tyrone always shared everything. As twins, they were always two parts of a whole. But one day, Ava discovers that she is part of a much bigger whole. And Tyrone wants nothing more than for Ava to take part…or take her apart instead.

Twillo lies bleeding out in a volcanic desert. Towering over him is a snarling red wolf, death only seconds away. Right as his vision is going black, a mysterious voice offers Twillo a chance at survival. Do you agree to bind souls? It is the voice of a dragon, one that hasn't been seen for hundreds of years. By agreeing to soulbind with the dragon, Twillo will tie himself to the dragon's destiny, one of future conflict. He will need to cultivate the highly illegal magic power known as dragonessence, and seek instruction across the Four Kingdoms of the Sagaland.

With the dangerous, erratic Princess Sophia imprisoned, Queen Charlotte decides to invoke the ancient tradition of The Beauty Trials - a series of harrowing tests meant to find the one true ruler of Orleans. Edel, who has always aspired to be more than just a Belle, decides to enter and, after promising to bind her arcana to keep from having an unnatural advantage, joins a few dozen other hopefuls intent on becoming the next Queen of Orleans. But the trials are far worse than any of them bargained for.

The time has come for Ronan Renzo—the assassin—to build his powers. His training in the Night Guild has equipped him to face whatever the world might throw at him, but there is more power to be found outside its walls. A dark miasma has woven its fingers around Ronan’s fate, and destiny dictates that he and his friends must trace that miasma to its source.

Now in possession of the artifact that has torn his world apart, Zan Mardova is still reeling from the discovery of a strange new magic, a connection with Ellie that challenges everything he's ever known about typics and the Skilled. Before he can find his footing, Zan faces a new menace—a creature wearing the body of his old friend that is tearing across Italy toward Venice, leaving a trail of reanimated corpses in its wake.