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Xane finds herself at the center of a storm when Zoe, a bandmate, reveals her deep-seated pride, causing tension and division within the band. As Zoe's arrogance threatens to tear the group apart, Xane must navigate the delicate balance between healthy pride and destructive hubris. Guided by the Analyst, Xane learns that pride can be both empowering and isolating. Through introspective conversations and challenging interactions with her bandmates, Xane discovers the importance of humility and teamwork.

Уже шесть лет как она пытается выбрать для себя другую дорогу. Поселившись в городе под названием Огиц, она учится в вечерней школе, работает подмастерьем артефактора и мечтает однажды открыть собственную лавку. Но когда Кесса оказывается вдруг в эпицентре странных и даже жестоких событий, ей приходится задаться вопросом: а бывает ли судьба благосклонна к тем, кто ее отвергает, и можно ли сбежать от того, что было тебе предназначено?

Uncle Chip Proctor thought he had it all under control. After years of protecting Sadie and Addy, two royal half-Fae teens, he’s starting to believe they might just make it to Sadie’s coronation after graduation. But when a fiery portal erupts on the soccer field, his quiet role as their stay-at-home human guardian is about to be put to the ultimate test.

There once was a girl who read feet. Sixteen-year-old Summer Field is Old Town’s fascinating new sole reader. She can tell how many steps one has left to take in life. It’s true. Her Gift is scientifically proven. She—they all—are bound by the lines that never lie. None more so than Summer’s best friend, Bryony. Bryony, who’s only ever dreamed of running the Boston marathon, is shocked to learn she has only five steps to go. An instant slave to the fortune teller’s shack on the side of the road, Bryony hopes for a miracle while Summer does her very best to beat the lines.

Jedes Jahr im April empfängt Blue die Seelen derer, die bald sterben werden, auf dem verwitterten Kirchhof außerhalb ihrer Stadt. Bisher konnte sie sie nur spüren, nie sehen - bis in diesem Jahr plötzlich der Geist eines Jungen aus dem Dunkel auftaucht. Sein Name lautet Gansey, und dass Blue ihn sieht, bedeutet, dass sie der Grund für seinen nahen Tod sein wird.

After learning how to work together, Cassidy and Sienna must face their next challenges apart. Last Chance is the final book in the Spirited trilogy.

One academy prepares the lucky descendants of Greek gods for a life of power and privilege. Another must teach the descendants of mythical monsters how to serve their betters. When the Greek gods mysteriously woke up twenty years ago, everyone with divine blood gained magic. Everyone dreams of that rare, sacred invite to the Olympian Academy. A small-town, awkward klutz like me has no chance of an invite. I can only hope to escape working in my grandmother's dusty convenience store after graduation.

Twelve-year-old Zya Nicole Jenkins wishes for an adventure on the last night of summer. But, when she and her best friend Elijah find a glowing door in the woods, the youngsters get much more than they bargained for. Cast into the midst of a centuries-long intergalactic conflict, the newly minted heroes are tasked with finding the powerful Emerald Tablets. The Guardians will have to overcome their greatest fear, learn to trust a mysterious ally, and master their new magic timepieces to save the day and free humanity from the Evil Archons.

Dahlia has proved herself a valuable employee of The Red Alder, even gaining the approval of the enigmatic—and annoyingly captivating—hotel owner Zavion. And just in time, because she'll need all the support she can get for the hotel's latest conference, a meeting between light and shadow phantoms, two warring races who've hated each other for as long as their history exists. But this conference isn't Dahlia's only concern.

Being the only human at a hotel for supernatural beings comes with all sorts of potential problems—especially when you're now their customer service expert and asked to ensure their latest conference goes smoothly. Despite Dahlia being unsure if she wants to stay at The Red Alder hotel longer than necessary, she's determined to prove she's up to the challenge of her latest assignment. She doesn't need special powers or abilities for her job, just an unbeatable arsenal of customer service tactics.

Left injured on the side of the road with no memories at ten years old, Lia has never known anything but the foster care system. Now that she's aging out, she's ready to write her own story for her life with a job and apartment all lined up . . . until she loses the job before even starting. Desperate to not become homeless, she ends up accepting an offer for a job she doesn't remember applying for at a hotel she's not sure exists. Once she arrives, she discovers a hotel catering to supernatural beings, as well as a captivating hotel owner who hates her on sight.

Seventeen-year-old junior class president Grace Bak has her entire future all mapped out. With plans to become a doctor like both her parents, Grace has her sights set on Boston University’s intensive science summer program—which will put her on the fast track to medical school.

Wren Warrender wants nothing more than to get off the waitlist at her dream school and survive the summer with an insufferable new coworker, so when a group of Magicians drag her sleeping consciousness into a magical realm called Skalterra to act as their weapon each night, she’s less than thrilled. An old evil is breaking free of his glacial prison, and now it’s up to Wren to keep him from unleashing chaos across two separate realities. The lines between waking and sleep start to blur, and Wren is forced to reckon with the fact that some bad dreams are more than Nightmares.

Eighteen-year-old Cam bounces between houses in Texas and Scotland and has always thought that’s why they don’t feel at home in either place. A recent Autism diagnosis followed by a fight with their Mothers add an extra layer of real-life stress, only amplifying their struggle to belong. However, things take an unexpected turn when they cross paths with members of the fae deep in a Scottish forest. With the Gaelic wisdom from their Granaidh (Grandma), Cam understands that they have been noticed by the fae, and that this means that their life is suddenly in grave danger.

Don hat die tolle Idee, mit Cleo, Kim und seiner neuen Bekannten Sam einen Tag am Meer zu verbringen. Und es kommt, wie es kommen muss. Auf Cleos Haut landen ein paar Spritzer Wasser und sie muss sich abrupt ins Meer verabschieden. Don ahnt natürlich nicht den wahren Grund für ihr Verhalten, sondern glaubt, dass Cleo seine Beziehung zu Sam nicht akzeptieren kann.

Pero Moshe hears a voice singing from the underground tunnels in the palace of Beijing, and a prophecy says she’s the one to answer the call. But when she does and is trapped in the Forbidden City with Dr. Carper, the journey uncovers more than the truth of her past and not-so-missing parents. The Chinese government threatens, a charming boyfriend holds his own secrets, and the Lesaries expect Pero to unlock their sanctuary for a long-awaited freedom. In a fight to restore Elohim’s kingdom, Pero must decide what matters most: saving those she loves or the ones she’s learning to forgive.

As a twenty-three-year-old college student, Lena's living a normal life in Colorado—or as close to normal as possible given her unusual childhood. She keeps her sinister origins a secret—even from her best friend. Then Lena spots a suspicious man with a black pulsing aura, and she can’t turn a blind eye. Knowing her adopted father—and especially her overprotective boyfriend—would not approve, she sets out to discover if this man is the serial attacker who’s been preying on campus women. But her decision to confront the man takes a shocking turn when she discovers he wears a face from the past.

After a devastating heartbreak, a teen girl decides to spend her summer helping her eccentric great aunt manage her quaint Vermont inn—but this fixer-upper is hiding a magical secret—in this cozy and irresistable new fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop.

When Dara Vance found out she’d been chosen for an exclusive opportunity to research a newly-discovered island in the south Pacific, she couldn’t believe her luck. She and her fellow interns traveled halfway across the world, arriving at the mysterious Wells Institute, thrilled at the prospect of spending the summer on an exotic beach and maybe discovering a new species that could bolster their chances for big-time college scholarships.

If you like Rivers of London, The Dresden Files, and The King's Watch, this is for you. The second book in the Black Museum series is an urban fantasy featuring the most unlikely hero, DCI Judas Iscariot. DCI Judas Iscariot of Scotland Yard’s occult division, the Black Museum, is heading into harm’s way—again. The Order of the Black Sun, a secret Nazi society of evil magical practitioners, has stolen a book so powerful that it once resided in the Library of the Heavens, guarded by angels and far from the meddling hand of man.