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"A steamy game of cat and mouse between witch and witch-hunter, played out against a backdrop of opulence, secrets, and bloody history. I couldn't look away." - Kendare Blake, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Champion of Fate Enemies-to-lovers doesn't get more high stakes than a witch and...

In this high-stakes heist novel, an alchemologist and a con man team up to steal a rare necklace—but complicated feelings of attraction and deception threaten to destroy everything and everyone they love—for fans of Alexandra Bracken and Judy I. Lin. Within the dazzling halls of London’s...

Die Reise des Lysander Hartherz geht weiter! History trifft Fantasy! Interessantes, unverbrauchtes Setting, stimmiges Magiesystem, hochspannend mit starken Charakteren! WuchtBewahrer, Band 2 der Flammenbringer-Trilogie. Die Revolution ist vorbei. Der Krieg ist es nicht. Der König ist tot. Die Republik lebt. Der Erste Konsul muss sie gegen Kräfte im Äußeren wie im Innern verteidigen, während sich ein weiteres Reich zum Kampf rüstet, und im fernen Topangue ein Soldat seine Bestimmung findet. Lysander und Gorm setzen ihre Reise fort, mit einem unnachgiebigen Feind auf ihren Fersen.

Jastin ist der zwölfjährige Sohn eines Ritters, der die Küsten von Vastar bewacht. Ein Schicksalsschlag veranlasst Jastin die Burg seines Vaters zu verlassen und in die Berge zu fliehen, wo unzählige Drachen ihr Unwesen treiben. Jastin kann ihnen nur knapp entkommen und am Ende findet er sich in einer Gruppe von Dieben wieder, die ihn zwingen, mit ihnen durch Vastar zu ziehen. In dieser Zeit lernt Jastin dunkle Seiten an sich kennen, die ihn zwar entsetzen, ihm aber auch sein Überleben sichern.

Die Ewigkeit des Hades vor Augen. Angeblich sucht Euryale in London nur einen Ehemann. In Wahrheit ist sie die Tochter einer Göttin. Styx – der Fluss der Unterwelt – ist durchlässig geworden und gefährdet die Welt der Sterblichen. Nun ist es an Euryale, das Leck zu versiegeln. Es soll ihr letzter Auftrag sein. Erfüllt sie ihn, wird aus ihr eine Furie. Ausgerechnet Deacon, angehender Geschichtsprofessor und Euryales größter Kritiker, ist ihre einzige Hoffnung. Denn er kann die Lebensfäden der Menschen sehen.

Eine Insel voller Magie. Eine Kronprinzessin mit eisernem Willen. Ein Wettbewerb um ihr Herz. Kronprinzessin Ainslie soll nach dem Tod ihres Vaters den Thron des magischen Inselkönigreichs Dumoth besteigen - einem Ort voller Magie, der Ainslies Familie mit elementaren Kräften ausgestattet hat. Ihr Leben lang wurde sie darauf vorbereitet, Königin zu werden - und sie ist der Aufgabe mehr als gewachsen. Doch ein altes Gesetz besagt, dass sie verheiratet sein muss, um herrschen zu können. Denn nur so werden die mächtigen magischen Blutlinien fortbestehen. Und der Rat des Königshauses weigert sich, diese Regelung abzuschaffen.

The Soler sisters are infamous in polite society—brazen and rebellious. But their grandmother also knows the standards that two young Latina ladies will be held to, so she secures them coveted places at the Alarie House, a prominent finishing school. Younger sister Isla is back home within a day, but older sister Renata stays. When she returns months later, she’s unfailingly pleasant, unnervingly polite, and, Isla discovers, possibly murderous. And the same night that Renata returns home, she vanishes.

On an icy peninsula near the Arctic, there is a school where select students from around the globe are taught the secrets of the Victorian-era.

The stakes are even higher in this epic, romantic conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Crimson Moth duology A WITCH... Rune Winters is on the run. Ever since the boy she loved, Gideon Sharpe, revealed who she was and delivered her into enemy hands, everyone wants her dead. If Rune hopes...

In an alternate London in 1923, one girl accidentally breaks the tenuous truce between dragons and humans in this sweeping debut and epic retelling of Bletchley Park steeped in language, class, and forbidden romance. Perfect for teen fans of Fourth Wing and Babel. * New York Times Bestseller *...

Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne. The Brontë siblings find escape from their constrained lives via their rich imaginations. The glittering world of Verdopolis and the romantic and melancholy world of Gondal literally come to life under their pens, offering the sort of romance and intrigue missing from their isolated parsonage home. But at what price?

Many centuries before the age of Man, as the ancient chroniclers tell, Tabor, the second greatest kingdom on earth, was under siege. The king had died in battle, and the queen had died in childbirth. As the enemy was closing in, the infant heir escaped far away to the tiny hamlet of Streamside. Brought up in a boisterous tavern by his brother Jacoby, Young Nathaniel could not know that the trumpets of war had again sounded and that a greater army than ever, its leaders bent on revenge and world dominion, threatened a vastly weakened Tabor. He would be forced onto a quest of unparalleled magic.

*An instant New York Times bestseller! Vying for the hand of one brother. Falling in love with the other. A new Victorian-inspired romantasy, perfect for fans of Bridgerton, The Selection, and The Cruel Prince. “If you’re looking for the next YA sensation, here it is.” —Adalyn Grace, #1...

By sinking a fleet of Imperial Warships, the Pirate Supreme and their resistance fighters have struck a massive blow against the Emperor. Now allies from across the empire are readying themselves, hoping against hope to bring about the end of the conquerors’ rule and the rebirth of the Sea. But trust and truth are hard to come by in this complex world of mermaids, spies, warriors, and aristocrats. Who will Genevieve—lavishly dressed but washed up, half-dead, on the Wariuta island shore—turn out to be?

War doesn’t scare Jerusalem. She’s a Saint. Thanks to powerful demigod-style reflexes, endurance, and strength, she’s fearless. And she has one goal—revenge. But she never expects to team up with the handsome, arrogant Alexei to accomplish it. He’s one of those Ancient Vampires. And ever since her family was enslaved and murdered by one, Jerusalem hates vampires. But in the year they've been fighting alongside one another against the Confederate Army and the vampires who benefitted off slavery, Alexei’s never done anything but prove he’s on the Union’s side and hers.

Even after defeating her murderer, Prince Ren, Mingshin has no time to rest. The youngest prince's shocking death leaves the royal family shaken, and Mingshin is determined to get answers. She soon discovers that Wen was killed by a magical olfactory-delivered poison that drove him to suicide. But which dark sorcerer is responsible? The Night Dragon, Ren's shadowy master, has yet to show his face. Mingshin knows it is only a matter of time before he discovers that she carries the immensely powerful Divine Stone.

En esta historia, un grupo de niños excepcionales tratan de salvar un mundo victoriano al borde del colapso. ¿Lo conseguirán?, continúa la historia de J.M. Miro, Monstruos Ordinarios. Agrigento, Sicilia, 1883. Debido a la destrucción del orsine, el Instituto Cairndale yace en ruinas y Marlowe ha desaparecido. La única esperanza de Charlie y los Talentos para encontrar a su amigo reside en un segundo orsine escondido desde tiempos inmemoriales y que podría, incluso, no existir.

Magic has been banished back to the edges of the continent, and Sorin the Master Chemist has one remaining task: restore the guilds of Gasta Fletcha to save the continent's economy, and its soul. Except the continent has never been more prosperous. Queen Magda is ready to leave the guilds behind and embrace the incoming factories. Sorin's task of releasing trapped skills from magic amulets is no longer a priority of the crown. Sorin would rather die than give up on the guilds, but Sorin does not get to make these decisions.

Born the heir of a master woodcutter in a queendom defined by guilds and matrilineal inheritance, nonbinary Sorin can't quite seem to find their place. At seventeen, an opportunity to attend an alchemical guild fair and secure an apprenticeship with the queen's alchemist is just within reach. But on the day of the fair, Sorin's mother goes missing, along with the Queen and hundreds of guild masters, forcing Sorin into a woodcutting inheritance they never wanted.

I sucked in the last breath I would ever call my own and sealed my contract with one word: “revenge.” Born into the persecuted Magi class, Evan Wilde keeps her true identity under wraps. Her days are spent drawing up simple contracts—a task Magi are banned from performing—which call...