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A late shift watching an empty cell in a middle-of-nowhere facility? Sign Grant up. If the money's good, he'll gladly take the peace and quiet of a long, boring night. And then he meets the prisoner: Subject B-31. Blue, beautiful, and inhuman. He's told to think of her as a test subject, not a person. He's told to ignore the sorrow on her face and the desperation in her crimson eyes. Maybe he should have listened. Because his rescue attempt quickly turns into an alien abduction.

As a bookseller, Nia saved up for years for her dream vacation—drinking champagne on a beach with her favorite books. But her dream turns into a nightmare when she's kidnapped by a muscular, tattooed jerk of a fey named Raphael. Yes, kidnapped. It turns out Nia has a magic power, and Raphael demands that she train at Camelot's elite academy for spies.

Cypherion does not love recklessly, but he loves hard. And while his friends may have forgiven Vale's betrayal following the Battle of Damenal, he has kept the Starsearcher at arm's length. That is, until his Revered commands the two embark on a quest to Vale's territory in order to find the secrets hidden within her damaged magic. And with so many betrayals being exposed in her life, Vale has one goal: win him back, even if only as a friend.

Nia never imagined becoming the fake mistress of a terrifying Fey prince known as the Dream Stalker. But that’s exactly what happens when she ventures into Brocéliande to rescue her lover, Raphael. Sometimes, fate has a twisted sense of humor. Captured by the prince, Nia quickly learns he’s a beautiful, living nightmare. He soon discovers her hidden talent—mind control—and gives her no choice but to serve him. Avalon Tower believes it’s a good idea, too. Now, Nia is keeping secrets from everyone, and the Dream Stalker remains unaware that she is a spy.

Sweet artist omega Bailey-Rose is dumped by the only man she thought would love her because of her congenital heart condition. Cut off from being able to participate in the national Scent Matching services Bailey-Rose has decided she will be single for life. In a surprising turn of events, who should show up in the middle of her pity party but her brother's best friend? Unbeknownst to her, Ulysses has moved back to town after years of traveling for work. Not only is Bailey-Rose stunned to find him in her room looking like a broken-hearted trash panda—but discovers they are a scent-match.

Jericho Bentley is disillusioned by life. He feels lost in a world of peace and restless in a time threatened by war. He has given up on love, forgotten how to trust others and decided a lifetime of bachelorhood is all that remains for him. Olivia Taylor was struggling to find her way in a human world. Now taken from the only life she's ever known and changed on a molecular level, she is more lost than ever.

There were so many reasons for me not to trust Vail...to not give him my heart. But I did and paid the price for my foolishness. Soon all the Moroi will suffer as well. Because the Fae crown capable of enslaving minds now rests on my aunt’s head. The other betrayal I never saw coming.

This novel—told from Grim’s perspective—gives listeners insight into his past: the motivations and events that cemented his fate as Isla’s eventual love interest. It includes key moments from the ruler’s love story with Isla, told in his own voice. Grim is certain to thrill listeners and test allegiances, leaving new and longtime fans second-guessing who they’re rooting for in the breathtaking battle for Isla’s heart.

The gorgeous and charming Prince Draven wants to court me. There’s just one catch–he's the enemy. Further complicating matters, I’m already entangled with two others, and harboring confusing feelings for a third. Marriage is the last thing on my mind, especially with a traitor.

Ein Fae-Krieg steht bevor, und ich finde mich im Kreuzfeuer wieder. Mein Vater, der gnadenlose König der Unseelie-Fae, ist tot. Dies hätte ein Moment des Triumphs sein sollen, doch stattdessen verstecken wir uns in Roans Stadtvilla in London, um unseren alten Feinden, den Seelie-Fae, zu entgehen. Um zurückschlagen zu können, müssen wir die sechs Unseelie-Höfe vereinen, doch die jahrhundertealten Konflikte zwischen den Höfen machen dies zu einem schier unmöglichen Unterfangen.

After the Seelie king Torin nearly froze me to death, I plunged through a portal into my true home. Turns out, my hometown is a wild Unseelie kingdom known as the Court of Sorrows. When Torin follows me and sees my new horns, he quickly realizes that his intended bride is an enemy of his realm. In fact, his name for my kind is "demon." But even if I have the horns of an Unseelie, I'm not welcome here, either. Queen Mab and her monstrous soldiers are delighted to torment us, accusing me of being a traitor.

The Fae are gone and the monsters reign. Lunaria was always a land full of nightmares. But when the Fae vanished without a trace, we had to make sacrifices to survive. From the ashes, the Moroi Houses rose. As the Heir to one of the most influential Houses, I’ve always known that an arranged marriage would be part of my future. One where I ruled alongside my husband as we fought to strengthen the crumbling alliances of our people. When I’m betrayed by my husband and his House, however, I return home to an uncertain future—and to both my childhood crush and my arch-nemesis.

Ein Geheimnis bedroht ihr Reich und jeden, den sie liebt Isla Crown ist die junge Herrscherin über das Wildfolk, ein Volk atemberaubend schöner Verführer. Doch ein jahrhundertealter Fluch hat sie dazu verdammt, jeden, in den sie sich verliebt, zu töten. Isla ist entschlossen, diesem grausamen Schicksal ein Ende zu bereiten, und reist dafür in das Königreich Lightlark. Dort wird alle hundert Jahre das Centennial ausgetragen – ein Wettkampf zwischen den sechs Herrschern, deren Reiche unter dem Bann leiden. Die Prophezeiung besagt: Einer von ihnen muss sterben, damit der Fluch endgültig gebrochen wird.

Enemies to Lovers at its finest! Endlich: Isla hat den Fluch, der auf den sechs Völkern lastete, gebrochen! Nun ist sie nicht nur die Anführerin des Wild Folk, sondern herrscht auch über Lightlark. Statt sich jedoch ihrer neuen Aufgabe zu widmen, sucht sie nach Ablenkung, denn der Schmerz über den Vertrauensbruch – insbesondere von Grim – sitzt tief. In der Zwischenzeit werden die Stimmen ihrer Gegner immer lauter. Nicht jeder gönnt Isla ihre gewonnene Macht. Als dann auch noch lang gehegte Geheimnisse ans Licht kommen und eine neue tödliche Gefahr droht, Lightlark endgültig zu zerstören, muss Isla sich entscheiden.

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В смысле в клетку? Кто кикимора? Это я-то кикимора?! Вот так живёшь себе, студентка-студенткой, самой обыкновенной, а они тебя раз — и в клетку! Да ещё и в зоопарк для особо редкой нечисти... И что делать? Бежать туда, где не найдут. А лучше вернуться в свой родной мир! Да вот только как, если дорога туда известна одному лишь лесному царю, а ты ж поди, сыщи его ещё... Ну, допустим, нашла. Да только жизнь проще не стала: говорят, тот царь лесной давно лишен воспоминаний и любых чувств. Ну ничего, и с этим справимся. Я, может, и вправду кикимора, но зато какая красивая!

Я - одна из лучших воровок Империи Фернран, но даже лучшие совершают ошибки. Я попала в тюрьму, из которой только две дороги - на плаху или… на отбор невест для принца соседней Империи. Конечно, не для того, чтобы стать его женой, а чтобы убить будущего Императора.

Icarus may not have flown particularly close to the sun, but he has fallen… right into the rough hands of Olympus's own Poseidon. Being held captive by the gentle giant wouldn't be so bad if Olympus wasn't on the eve of destruction… or if Poseidon stopped looking at him with those irresistibly stormy eyes. Poseidon doesn't have time to babysit his increasingly bratty prisoner, but he has no choice: Olympus is officially at war, and someone has to keep their best bargaining chip out of harm's way.

Что может пойти не так после перевода в новую академию? Да всё! В первый же день искупать сына ректора, Бастера-главная-заноза-в-заднице-Вольфрама в фонтане? Легко. Узнать, что наши родители хотят пожениться? Почему бы и нет. Влюбиться в главного красавчика академии? Без проблем!

After the devastation on Daminius, Ophelia threw herself into restoration to cope with her losses. Two months later, answers to an ancient curse still evade her, a queen threatens her life, and war rages in the southern mountains. Despite her scars and the loved ones lost, Ophelia knows she must move forward for her people.