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Anno Domini 1095. Cresciuta all'estremo nord del Sacro Romano Impero, Viridiana è abituata a viaggiare ed esercitare l'arte della guarigione. Fino a quando re Jonas dei Naconidi irrompe nel suo villaggio e la reclama come ostaggio in cambio della pace, ammaliato dalla chioma di fuoco e dallo spirito fiero che la contraddistinguono. Perché proprio a lei è toccato in sorte un simile sacrificio? Jonas è un sovrano arrogante e un guerriero spietato. Non c'è limite alla sua forza, né al suo desiderio di proteggere il figlio Andreas, unico vincolo con il suo perduto amore.

Wolf shifter Riley Savage thought his fated mate was lost in the river almost seven years ago. But when it's revealed that not only is she alive, but also she's a witch who's been hiding from him, fury doesn't begin to describe how Riley feels. He's determined to get answers and hits nothing but dead ends. And then she shows up in Arcana Falls. Despite how angry he is, the desire to claim, bite, and knot her is stronger. Warring between anger and biological urges, Riley malfunctions.

She is lightning and storm. A spy, driven out of her home by a tyrant ruler. He is granite and earth. A guard, ordered to keep her contained. To protect herself and her family, she’s learned to go unnoticed, unseen. Suddenly, a refugee in a land that once was enemy and now must be home, she isn’t certain where she belongs, or what her duty is beyond her family. She can’t protect them alone this time, but the only man who can help her is the only one she cannot ask.

Callahan Murphy is a ruthless Irish mafia boss with blood on his hands and vengeance in his veins. When he strikes a power deal with a New York crime family, marriage to the Don's daughter is just another strategic move—until everything goes to hell. Because the bride he's promised? Vanishes. And her younger sister is offered in her place. Lucia de Rosa is untouched, unwilling, and unprepared for the savage man who now claims her as his own. She thought this arrangement was temporary—a mistake that could be undone once her sister returned. She was wrong.

Ein sündhafter Vertrag. Drei Männer mit finsteren Geheimnissen. Eine Liebe, die nicht sein darf. Ich habe Mist gebaut. So richtigen Mist.Nach meiner Trennung, bei der ich alles verloren habe, muss ich ausgerechnet den teuren Wagen eines aufgeblasenen Snobs demolieren.Den Schaden kann ich unmöglich begleichen, da ich ansonsten zu meinem Ex-Mann zurück muss. Der Snob namens Ash unterbreitet mir jedoch ein Angebot:Zehn Tage mit seinen Freunden in einem Penthouse leben – natürlich gegen Bezahlung versteht sich.

Rejoignez Fiona dans une autre aventure pleine d'action à travers le temps, les mythes et les traditions dans le septième tome des Chroniques d'une druidesse urbaine. Tous les jours, je fais de mon mieux : je cherche à ne pas me disputer avec mon petit ami et à améliorer ma relation avec une belle-famille hostile, mais aussi à résoudre les conflits avec des êtres surnaturels en colère.

Brought to you by Penguin. A merchant’s daughter who yearns for adventure gets more than she bargained for when she falls for a broodingly handsome stranger in this saucy romantasy from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Hurricane Wars. As the daughter of an ambitious merchant...

Trigger Warnings :. Maltraitance infantile, consentement douteux, drogue, suicide, chantage affectif, trafic d’êtres humains, torture, sévices sexuels et physiques, prostitution, addiction." Ta gentillesse te perdra. "Je n’ai jamais compris comment l’excès d’une qualité pouvait en faire un défaut. Puis, il y a eu cette fameuse nuit, et cet adage a soudain pris tout son sens. Ma faiblesse nous a plongés dans un enfer sans précédent. Désormais, mon quotidien s’est transformé en un champ de bataille.

I heard the stories about Savage Ax. They're whispered among vampires everywhere in the Hidden Realm. He's dangerous, merciless, a predator even among monsters…but nobody told me that he was dangerously sexy, too. Now, on top of having to go searching for a vampire out there in the human world infested with sorcerers, I have to do it with him by my side.

The Blight ravages both Tamar and Sarkum, and their people, and armies, are starving. Violence and protests in Narfour have the city on the brink of rebellion. When Ihsan sees a chance to gain an ally with the only productive land left in Tamar for his cousin, the Sultana, he takes it. But nothing is as it seems when Behram Kadir is involved. Ihsan knows he should not trust the woman who has upended his life, even if she is the first warmth he has felt since fire stole everything from him.

He is the future sultan, a man who wields brutal magic and only knows how to be what they’ve made him. She is a commoner, a woman who champions the vulnerable and treads where she does not belong. Dilay Akar is the daughter of a judge. By day, she trains the wealthy in magic, and by night, she breaks the Sultan’s laws. But even those closest to her do not always appreciate what she is striving for, or believe that she can achieve it.

Ein einziger Tag kann dein restliches Leben zerstören. Ein einziger Tag kann dafür sorgen, dass deine Welt im Chaos versinkt. Sie haben Elea alles genommen und sie tut alles dafür, um die zu rächen, die ihr am meisten bedeutet haben. Sie will den Club vernichten, der ihr Leben zerstört hat: Der Demons of Abyss MC. Und obwohl sie jahrelang darauf hingearbeitet hat, ist sie nicht auf das vorbereitet, was sich ihr in den Weg stellt. Die Welt da draußen ist nicht annähernd so einfach wie sie gedacht hat.

Yardley Whitmer, code name “the Unicorn,” can do no wrong. She’s honed her spycraft and become an instant legend in the field. If only breaking up with her girlfriend were as easy as rappelling off the Eiffel Tower. Living a full-time cover story has slowly eroded her relationship until there’s nothing left but lies. KC “Tabasco” Nolan, hacker extraordinaire, can crack any code—except the one that would tell her the right moment to confess her secret job to Yardley. Now it’s too late, and she’s in danger of losing the best chance at love she’s ever had.

Her true power lies dormant inside her, only to be discovered when everything she knows is lost. Terra stands on the brink of an unremarkable and unwanted life. That is until a shockingly beautiful stranger with dark intentions turns the village's match-making ceremony into a night of bloodshed, leaving her family dead and revealing a power within Terra she cannot comprehend—or wield.

Holly lascia Liverpool per fuggire dai drammi del precedente lavoro e dimenticare gli amici che le hanno voltato le spalle nel momento del bisogno. Si trasferisce quindi nel vecchio cottage dell'amata nonna paterna nella regione di Snowdonia, in Galles. Proprio come la nonna prima di lei, Holly ha intenzione di condurre un'esistenza solitaria perché, se c'è una cosa che la vita a Liverpool le ha insegnato, è che non può ci si può fidare di nessuno. Chloe si sente prigioniera del suo lussuoso appartamento nell'esclusivo quartiere di Chelsea, nel cuore di Londra.

Holly si è trasferita nella villa di Chloe per sfuggire al mittente delle terrificanti lettere minatorie. Insieme, le due donne intraprendono una missione di salvataggio, portando il povero Ethan dalla solitudine del cottage al calore del vecchio maniero. Holly si prepara all'inaugurazione del suo pub, che sarà inaugurato proprio la Vigilia di Natale. Ad aiutarla c'è l'affascinante quanto irritante Baptiste, il quale pare conoscere l'uomo che la sta minacciando. Insieme, Baptiste e Holly mettono a punto un piano per assicurarlo finalmente alla giustizia.

Ethan arriva in Snowdonia e comincia a fare i conti con le aspettative che la sua famiglia ha riposto in lui. Vecchi ricordi iniziano a riaffiorare, e ripensa a come suo padre voleva che lui facesse carriera per poi, un giorno, prendere in mano la gestione della tenuta di famiglia. Che Ethan sia stato preso nel coro maschile più prestigioso di Cambridge non ha alcuna importanza per i genitori. Per evitare i parenti durante il periodo natalizio, Ethan ha quindi affittato un piccolo cottage fingendosi uno scrittore alla ricerca di un posto tranquillo dove terminare il proprio romanzo.

Brielle Holberry finds herself in a complicated mess when she moves to a new city to scrub herself of her past. Though she becomes the nurse to the notorious Afton 'Adders'. The family has earned their name throughout Lockham, England, for being ruthless Peaky Blinders. Her circumstances turn grave as she falls into the crosshairs of Everett Afton, and he refuses to let his newfound obsession go. Once he learns of her dark secret, will she be struck by the top Adder himself?

Madison wacht nach der Entführung in einem finsteren Keller auf und blickt ihren Entführern entgegen. Während sich Neptuno absolut sicher ist, dass Madox hinter der Entführung steckt, läutet er den Krieg ein. Niemand ist vor seiner blinden Rache sicher! Es führt zu einem gewaltigen Blutbad, das nur einer beenden kann: Joaquim. Wird er rechtzeitig auftauchen, um Madison zu retten, Neptuno davon abzuhalten, folgenschwere Fehler zu begehen und sich seine Macht zurückholen? Denn der wahre Feind steht direkt hinter Joaquim und dies ist nicht Madox Bodega.

Der tragische Tod von Joaquim Edogavaz erschüttert die gesamte dunkle Gesellschaft. Bloß wer? Wenn es den Lords nicht gelingt, Joaquims Platz zu ersetzen, werden Diabo und Madox die Macht an sich reißen. Und dann tauchen plötzlich Hinweise auf, dass Joaquim womöglich noch am Leben ist. Handelt es sich um falsche Fährten oder lebt er wirklich und plant seine Rückkehr?