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Inspired by Moulin Rouge! and set on an island in a magical version of Prohibition-era New York, Revelle is a breathtaking YA stand-alone fantasy full of dazzling magic, romance, and mystery from debut author Lyssa Mia Smith. On the island of Charmant, magic flows like bootlegged champagne, and...

Hazel Sinnett is alone and half-convinced the events of the year before—the immortality, Beecham’s vial—were a figment of her imagination. She doesn’t even know if Jack is alive or dead. All she can really do now is treat patients and maintain Hawthornden Castle as it starts to decay around her. When saving a life leads to her arrest, Hazel seems doomed to rot in prison until a message intervenes: Hazel has been specifically requested to be the personal physician of Princess Charlotte, the sickly granddaughter of King George III.

Phileas Fogg befindet sich auf der Rückreise nach Europa. Mitten auf dem Atlantik kommt es jedoch zu gefährlichen Vorfällen auf der kleinen Brigg Sally Palmer. Auch in London stehen die Dinge nicht zum Besten. Aouda wurde entführt, und Passepartout entgeht nur knapp einem heimtückischen Attentat. Doch da erhält er überraschend Hilfe von unerwarteter Seite. Es beginnt eine dramatische Suche nach Aouda Fogg, die ihrerseits auf einen alten Bekannten trifft. Sie muss erkennen, dass sie von ihrer eigenen Vergangenheit eingeholt wurde. Ist eine Rettung überhaupt noch möglich?

En Prentisstown tus pensamientos son públicos. No existen los secretos. En su huida de un ejército implacable, Todd y Viola se encuentran una vez más con su peor enemigo, el alcalde Prentiss, que los espera para darles la bienvenida a Nueva Prentiss.

Jeder neue Anfang folgt auf das Ende eines anderen. Sie nannten ihn Sven, die Splitterfaust. Der Mann, der vergaß. Der Mann, der sich erinnerte. In Adventurer's Twilight findet er Antworten, die schon lange im Verborgenen liegen. Er ist nicht allein. Er hat eine Familie. Lloyd, die Rekruten. Die Freunde, die er dazugewonnen hat, und die Freunde, die er sich bewahrt hat. Und vor allem Ash. Gemeinsam bauen sie das Leben wieder auf, das an die Zeit verloren ging. Die saga geht weiter.

England 1891, and when Natalya's woodland village is attacked by witch hunters, she flees to the fog-filled streets of London. There, she is befriended by pickpocket, Nathan Croft, who introduces her to Ella Cinders, the owner of a burlesque cabaret bar. Natalya’s life, however, continues to be plagued by the strange world that keeps intruding on her own.

Tigera now stood very still. She turned and looked deep into her mother’s eyes. "We have a very simple decision to make,” she said. “Run, or stay and die,” Tigera stated. Their lands, the Nine Boroughs, are abundant in food and shelter. They prosper, expand, and it could be said, have become complacent in their existence. However, far to their western border, other eyes look on with want and jealousy on this bountiful land. Now a great Lord has assembled the Hoard, west of the river border, and they plan an invasion the clan will not see coming until it is too late.

Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows meets Alexandra Bracken’s Passenger in this spellbinding conclusion to the “vivid and compelling” (BCCB) New York Times bestselling Last Magician series. Unite the Stones Free the City Remake the World Once, Esta believed that she could change the fate of...

Phileas Fogg und dem Häftling Edmond Dantes ist die Flucht von der Gefängnisinsel Chateau d'If geglückt. Doch der Versuch, zur rettenden Küste zu schwimmen, scheitert katastrophal. Die Strömung zieht sie immer weiter auf das offene Meer hinaus. In letzter Sekunde taucht eine Brigg auf, die sie an Bord nimmt. Fogg und Dantes verschlägt es auf eine unbewohnte Insel, auf der Dantes? Aufzeichnungen nach ein Schatz vergraben ist. Doch schon bald stellen die Abenteurer fest, dass etwas auf der Insel nicht in Ordnung ist.

“Whimsical, witty, and brimming over with charm” (India Holton), Olivia Atwater’s delightful debut will transport you to a magical version of Regency England, where the only thing more meddlesome than a fairy is a marriage-minded mother! It’s difficult to find a husband in Regency...

Prentisstown no es como el resto de ciudades. Desde que sus habitantes se infectaron con el germen pueden escuchar los pensamientos de la gente de su alrededor en un Ruido constante y abrumador. No existe la privacidad. No hay secretos.

Aspiring young naturalist Celeste Rossan is determined to live a life of adventure and scientific discovery. But when her father loses everything, Celeste’s hopes of ever leaving her hometown are dashed…until she sees a narrow opportunity to escape to Paris and attend the 1867 Exposition Universelle. Celeste seizes her chance, but the elements overwhelm her before she can make it five miles. In desperation, she seeks refuge in an abandoned chateau, only to find herself trapped inside the den of an unknown species: a predator with an intelligence that rivals any human.

The lush and pulse-pounding sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Witch Haven “sparkles with magic” (Kirkus Reviews) as it follows Frances and her fellow witches to the streets of Paris where family secrets, lost loves, and dangerous powers await. Months after the devastating battle...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series comes the steamy conclusion to Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy. Two curses. One prophecy. A reckoning all have feared. And a love more powerful than fate. All hail the king and queen of Hell. Emilia is reeling...

The stunning sequel to New York Times bestseller Skin of the Sea, in which the world must pay the price for one mermaid’s choice, and a dark force reverberates across realms. Perfect for anyone eagerly anticipating the live-action The Little Mermaid. One life. One choice. One sacrifice. To...

In this magical, ethereal fantasy novel from the bestselling author of The Bone Houses a crew led by a magic welding woman fight to take down the overpowered prince that used and abused them.​ Once upon a time, the kingdoms of Wales were rife with magic and conflict, and eighteen-year-old...

Sixteen-year-old Portia White is used to being overlooked - after all, her twin sister Alex is a literal genius. But when Portia holds an Egyptian scarab beetle during history class, she takes center stage in a way she never expected: She faints. Upon waking, she is stronger, faster, and braver than before. And when she accidentally touches the scarab again? She wakes up in ancient Egypt - her sister and an unwitting freshman in tow. History comes alive as the three teens realize that getting back to the present will be the most difficult thing they’ve ever done.

New York Times bestselling author Brittany Cavallaro delivers the thrilling conclusion to her YA duology set in a reimagined American monarchy about a girl fighting for her own freedom, trying to change the government from within . . . or burn it all down. For the first time in her life, Claire...

Als die 15-jährige Zoe nach einer Party erwacht, findet sie sich im London des Jahres 1821 als Zofe der jungen Miss Lucie wieder. Lucie hat panische Angst vor ihrem Debüt bei der nahenden Ballsaison: Sie neigt zu Stressflecken, hysterischem Schluckauf und fällt bei jeder Gelegenheit in Ohnmacht. Zum Glück ist Zoe hier in ihrem Element! Sie erfindet den "WhisperWhisper"-Kettenbrief, in dem sie offenherzig und mit modernem Blick auf die heimlichen Fragen der jungen Londoner Ladys eingeht. Die Ballsaison beginnt und Zoe trifft auf den gutaussehenden Lord Falcon-Smith.

After accompanying his father to a Slavic settlement to investigate strange tales of the undead, Viking Folkvarr discovers that the whole forest seems to want his kind dead. When his father is kidnapped by the magical rusalka maidens, there's only one person who can help. With generations of dislike running through their veins, Folkvarr and Agna must embrace their growing desire, and work together to save both of their people from the rising dead. But sometimes, love isn't enough, and it can't stop what's about to come.