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Shy, introverted Lucy Dennings lives a quiet little life in New York City, working for a nonprofit and keeping to herself. Every afternoon, she goes home to her empty apartment and Edgar, her houseplant, and every night, she loses herself in the pages of her beloved romance novels. Her lonely heart seeks solace in tales of passionate, enduring, all-consuming love, but more and more, Lucy feels she's not just reading for pleasure but searching for a lost piece of herself in the pages. As if she once touched something beautiful, but it's been ripped away.

Cass has always had the sight. Although his official job may be to run his coffee shop, in reality, he deals with grumpy ghosts, troublesome demons, uptight angels, and all sorts of paranormal issues. When the archangel Gabriel gives him a message that he has to help a gray angel, it's just par for the course for Cassius. But who could predict that Kushiel would be the brightest soul Cassius had ever met, even if the angel can't see that about himself?

Magisch. Sinnlich. Gefährlich. Ariella ist eine mutige Lichtträgerin, eine junge Engelin, die mit einer Mission auf die Vampirwelt geschickt wird. Sie muss den Dunkelprinzen töten. Allerdings verfolgt auch Tarot, der Dunkelprinz, seine eigene Pläne. Nachdem ihn Amora täuschen konnte, er sich in sie verliebte und herausfand, welche Absichten sie wirklich hegte, traut er keinem Wesen mehr. Er lässt die Welt erschüttern und in Dunkelheit versinken. Sein Feind sind die Lichtwesen.

Aufwühlend. Dämonisch. Nervenaufreibend. Nachdem Ariella in die Fänge der Lichtwesen gerät, erwarten sie grausame Wochen in Elysee. Zur selben Zeit versucht Tarot alles, um ins Himmelreich zu gelangen und sie zu befreien. Dabei wird ihre Liebe immer wieder auf die Probe gestellt. Denn auch Prinz Jehuel verfolgt eigene Absichten, die kaum zu durchschauen sind.

Cole Matheson didn't think the road to being a successful painter would be paved in gold, but he hoped there'd be fewer potholes. Insidious self-doubt that whispers that he's no good, talentless, and hopeless has him on the brink of despair. Maybe it would be better to just give up. A midnight visitation by a beautiful creature of darkness changes everything... Ambrosius Edward Meade-Finch surrendered to darkness centuries ago after knowing only pain and suffering during his short life. Now, Ambri makes humans dance on his strings, feeding on their desire for his own pleasure.

In a world where destiny is a cruel captor, Melody has never known freedom. Her life has been a prison, shackled by a ruthless magic harvester hungry for her rare gifts. She has been a pawn in a game she cannot win—until one fateful night when she manages to escape. But her fleeting hope is crushed when the mesmerizingly beautiful fae warrior Riven captures her and drags her into the shadowy Court of the Two Moons, ruled by the Dark Lord Caryan, a fallen angel cloaked in icy cruelty.

Six months ago, Liss Jemison's life was mostly normal. Then a freaking demon crashed her roommate's party and "normal" was replaced by a chaotic, terrifying world filled with half-angels, demons, and way too much evil. Now Liss is the only powerless human among her friends...which makes her an enormous target. And a certain gorgeous grouch of a Nephilim just won’t shut up about it. As the fiercest Nephilim warrior, Zavier Carranza is doing everything he can to prevent the release of the Titans and the overthrowing of Heaven and Hell.

Aren, ancien assassin repenti, traîne dans sa fuite le poids de ses péchés. Pour échapper à la mort, il se réfugie dans un vieil hôtel perdu au milieu des bois que les superstitions estiment hanté par des sorcières. Il y rencontre la belle et froide Lifren Morgeline qui, sous ses airs charmants, le scrute avec autant de prudence que de mépris. Cependant, lorsqu'une nuit, Lifren revient blessée, portant le sceau d'une étrange plaie, ce qu'il découvre le stupéfie.

Seïs se voit contraint d'abandonner Naïs en Principauté pour retourner de toute urgence à Macline. Mais voilà, la jeune femme s'approche dangereusement de Noterre... au risque de tomber entre les griffes du lion blanc. Toutes les fondations du pays sont menacées et risquent de s'effondrer, et au-delà, celles de leur propre existence. Parviendront-ils à protéger leur univers, leur croyance et leur vie ? Réussiront-ils à se retrouver en dépit du fossé qui les sépare désormais ?

Après 5 longues années d'apprentissage, Seïs rentre enfin auprès des siens. Cependant, l'appel du sabre grandit en lui et, malgré ses sentiments pour elle, Seïs abandonne une nouvelle fois Naïs, pour prendre ses fonctions de Tenshin à la capitale. Le sacre du nouveau roi est l'occasion idéale pour mettre en action tout ce qu'on lui a enseigné à Mantaore... mais rien ne pouvait permettre de prévoir l'attaque d'envergure fomentée par le Renégat. En dépit de tous ces pouvoirs si durement acquis, Seïs ne peut rien y faire.

À 17 ans, Seïs Amorgen est nommé pour intégrer la plus grande confrérie du royaume d'Asclépion. S'il accepte, il deviendra l'un des guerriers les plus éminents de la monarchie. S'il refuse, il restera le gamin frivole et arrogant qui fraye avec les bandits de sa ville natale. Alors que l'ombre du Renégat s'étend sur sa terre d'origine, Seïs va devoir prendre la décision qui bouleversera sa vie et, bientôt, il devra faire face à ses propres démons.

Everyone's always told Aspic that trouble can't help following him because of his heritage. Determined to put the lie to half-demon stereotypes, he's finally landed a good, quiet job as an herbalist's clerk where the owner trusts him to man the shop alone. What could go wrong selling coriander and thyme? When Geoffrey first enters the shop, Aspic finds the little man's eccentric appearance startling, then intriguing. Geoffrey explains, in stops and starts, that he is a theoretical necromancer researching replacements for blood magic.

In the hustle of modern technology it might seem odd to discover an angel surfing the Internet, but what an interesting paradox that would be. Here, in Andrew M. Greeley's fine tale of young love and faith, Toby Tobin considers the peculiar terms of his great-uncle's will. Ten million dollars, a required visit to Ireland, ending a Tobin family feud, and a request to court his eight cousin once removed, Sara Elizabeth Anne Tobin.

Henry's used to everyone being afraid of him–being a hellhound has that effect on people. What he's not used to is having every animal within a four-mile radius suddenly wanting to be his best friend. Pigeons roosting on your shoulder: annoying, but mostly harmless. The local moose population stampeding toward you in the hopes of a hug: somewhat more worrying. There's nothing for it but to escape to the mountains, where he can use his hellhound form to intimidate the local wildlife into leaving him alone. But a stop for one last piece of cake leads him straight to his fated mate.

Azrael-angel of death, grim reaper, destroyer of worlds-has messed up. Instead of taking Molly Molloy's soul, he patted her on the back and saved her from choking on a chicken wing. Now this extraordinarily ordinary New York City waitress can see him. Talk to him. Touch him. Say 'no' to him. And make him question every assumption he has about what it means to live.

Bei einem Wochenendausflug in den kanadischen Wäldern wird Rose wie aus dem Nichts angegriffen wird. Sie schafft es, zu einer einsamen Hütte zu fliehen. Panisch hämmert sie gegen die Tür, woraufhin ihr ein reichlich verblüffter Mann öffnet, der sie nur widerwillig einlässt. Kaum hat sich Rose von ihrem Schock ein wenig erholt, muss sie feststellen, dass der Fremde, der sich ihr als Damian vorstellt, genauso dunkel wie gefährlich scheint.

#1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward explores what really happens when good and evil toy with humanity in her new novel of the Fallen Angels, as the salvation of a doomed soul depends once again on a crossroads... When Cait Douglass resolves to get over her broken heart, throw off her...

Bryony Moss didn’t plan to become a god, but accidents happen, and giving up immortality once you have it is easier said than done. Convinced her life is in danger, she infiltrates the crew of the infamous Black Armada with plans to dispatch their godhunter before she is discovered. But all her plans begin to unravel as soon as she learns the truth. Far from the ruthless pirates she imagined, the Black Armada are akin to ruthless librarians, distributing banned books to fight the tyrannical rule of the angels. Once she’s in, Bryony can’t imagine killing any of them.

A tale of the distant future by the author of The Shape-Changer's Wife brings listeners to a world in which the fate of all life rests on the voice of an angel.

Out of the wickedly inventive imagination of #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward comes a world where sin and salvation collide in a battle for the future of mankind—where a cynical fallen angel struggles against the seven deadly sins and a demon’s lure over seven chosen souls…...