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Belle Morte. One of five houses where vampires reside as celebrities and humans are paid to be their living donors. While others came here seeking fortune, I came in search of my sister who walked into Belle Morte five months ago . . . and never walked back out. Now that I'm here, the secrets about this world have proven to be much bigger than I ever anticipated. And lurking around every corner are shocking insinuations of what happened to my sister.

Teenie-Detektive auf gefährlichen Spuren: Mit dem ungleichen Duo Basti und Sabse schickt Hörspiel- und Comicautorin Frauke Schmickl zwei übersinnlich begabte Kids auf geheime Missionen, um neben Schule, Fußball und Serienmarathon mal eben schnell die Welt zu retten. Besuch? Ist nicht immer willkommen. Vor allem, wenn er aus einem Paralleluniversum anklopft und gleich ganz Schafsbüttel übernehmen will. Wie gut, dass es "Weltenwächter" gibt, die unschöne Überraschungen abwehren – ohne, dass wir Normalos etwas davon mitbekommen.

Ein mächtiges Vampirhaus. Ein Mädchen auf der Suche nach ihrer Schwester. Eine gefährliche Leidenschaft. In einer Welt, in der Vampire wie Top-Celebritys behandelt werden und jeder um ihre Gunst buhlt, ist Renie eine Außenseiterin. Zu tief sitzt ihr Misstrauen gegenüber Vampiren. Doch ausgerechnet sie verdingt sich als sogenannte Spenderin: für eine begrenzte Zeit und gegen Entlohnung wird sie in eines der fünf Vampir-Häuser als Blut-Spenderin einziehen – in Belle Morte.

Emilie de Marais is more at home holding scalpels than embroidery needles and is desperate to escape her noble roots to serve her country as a physician. But society dictates a noble lady cannot perform such gruesome work. Annette Boucher, overlooked and overworked by her family, wants more from life than her humble beginnings and is desperate to be trained in magic. So when a strange noble girl offers Annette the chance of a lifetime, she accepts. Emilie and Annette swap lives. But when their nation instigates a terrible war, Emilie and Annette come together....

"Så var der ordet Støv, med stort S, som om det ikke var almindeligt støv, men noget særligt..." Malcolm Polsteads liv på kroen ved floden er trygt og rart, selvom det til tider er lidt kedeligt. Men der er en hel særlig vinter på vej, hvor det vil regne som aldrig før, og kampen mellem videnskab, religion og politik er begyndt. Denne vinter mister Malcolm alt, hvad han kender. Og midt i uvejret får han ansvaret for spædbarnet Lyra, og sammen må de begive sig ud på en rejse, der vil ændre deres liv for altid.

Two weeks before graduation, Henry "Babe" Simmons is resurrected by his best friend (and secret crush) Eugene "Dude" Marsh. Consequences include freaking out a town who just buried you, an overwhelming hunger for human flesh, and a monster who will step in if you ignore that hunger too long. Thankfully they have Kate Higgins on their side, a whiskey-drinking lesbian police chief who is all too eager to get rid of the town riff-raff.

Queen bee Honey Williams and burnout Sadie Greer haven't spoken since middle school, when a huge fight ended their lifelong friendship and sent the girls down wildly different paths. All of this changes when Honey turns up at 3 am to ask Sadie to help her bury a body and kill the indie band that turned her into a vampire. It's the tail end of summer vacation. They've got the band's tour dates, a full tank of gas, and two weeks before senior year starts. But Honey's newfound hunger is insatiable, and the road trip gets even gorier than they anticipated.

Galen is a vampire, Rafferty is a red wolf, and the twins, Ranger and Maverick, shift into grey wolves. What the shifters don't know is there is a war brewing and Lexi is caught right in the middle. But Lexi isn't human.

Lexi is a survivor; she has spent her whole life moving from one abusive foster home to the next, until she decided to take charge of her own life. Living in abandoned buildings, couch surfing, and working at a strip clubs were a huge improvement on what she had before. All she needs is enough money to feed herself, finish high school, and hopefully go to college. She has a plan. That is until she is caught and sent to live with a strange foster family upstate.

Honey and Sadie have a plan: get back home and take senior year by storm. Out and proud girlfriends, secret vampires. They can rock this new undead life if they stick together. Right? But the past doesn't die easily. A revealing video from a true crime YouTuber forces the girls to come up with a new plan: say they were home all summer and avoid each other in the hallways until everything blows over.

Saint is torn. What his wolf and heart want is Ada. He believes he isn't good for her, that Noah or even Huxley are a better choice, but he can't stay away. He knows he is just going to break her heart if he keeps doing this to her. When Saint witnesses Huxley kissing Ada, he wants to rip his throat out, but at the same time it would just be easy to walk away. She has all she needs, two good mates...what does she need with a third one? Especially one like him. Damaged. No one wants a mate who has a secret...not one like his. And the more he pushes her away, the better for everyone.

With the help of Renie and Edmond, the battle for Belle Morte has been fought and won. However, the bigger fight is not over, as enemy vampires have escaped into the city and the future of vampirekind hangs in the balance. The escapees must be brought to justice—and fast.

Ever since Renie Mayfield survived the merciless attack on Belle Morte that killed donors and vampires alike, she is forever changed. Now a vampire, the agonizing transformation of her body and mind is rivaled only by uncovering the horrific truth about her sister, June, who has escaped the mansion in her rabid form, adding even more chaos to Renie's reality.

When offered a chance to avoid summer school, goth girl Frankie Tanner reluctantly agrees to help Ivy Wexler, a cheerleader who has just resurrected her cat in preparation for bigger and better (dead) things. Perfect for people who wanted The Craft to be sapphic.

Senior year is almost over and secret girlfriends Frankie and Ivy are itching to escape their dying town and start their new lives in New York. But Bulldeen won't let go of them yet. After a sudden attack, Ivy gets . . . strange. Fainting spells and bloody noses and speaking in a voice that isn't hers. Something is setting up roots in Ivy, and it wants Frankie gone. Will the girls make it to graduation, or will Bulldeen finally get its way?

What better way to celebrate spring break than another romantic murder road trip? The search for Honey's sire has finally heated up again, and Sadie and Honey have a foolproof plan: track that sucker down so Honey can kill him and go back to her normal human life. But what about Sadie? Can she follow Honey to college after senior year ends, or is she too dangerous to keep around? Sadie is just as hungry as the day Honey turned her. Honey is keeping secrets. And their road trip is about to get an unwelcome tag-along who could change everything . . .

Dans les Royaumes Immobiles, l'existence est contrôlée par quatre monarques. Sans eux, la réalité serait réduite à un flot d'énergie magique et chaotique. Or le trône d'Automne, vacant depuis trop longtemps, menace cet équilibre : il faut lancer un nouveau sacre. Sept jeunes femmes peuvent y prétendre.

Callesta, Sylvan, Rhys und Kenra versuchen mit aller Macht, die seltsame Anziehungskraft zwischen ihnen loszuwerden, doch solange sie nicht wissen, woher sie kommt und was sie bezweckt, ist es ein aussichtsloses Unterfangen. Währenddessen ergreift die Halbelfe Leria eine einmalige Chance. Das Elfenkönigspaar hat einen einmaligen Wettkampf ausgerufen. Der Sieger erhält nichts Geringeres als die Königswürde. Da sie zur Hälfte eine Fee ist, gehört Leria weder richtig ins Feenreich noch ins Elfenreich.

Ein Wettbewerb, bei dem nur das Äußere zählt. Eine Kandidatin, die nicht dazugehört. Ein tödliches Geheimnis, das alle in Gefahr bringt. Solidaris, im Jahr 107 nach der Vereinigung. Der nächste Mondzyklus steht kurz bevor: Eine glitzernde Show, ausgetragen unter den sensationsgierigen Augen der Nation, bei der Kandidatinnen aus allen Provinzen um das begehrte Monddiadem kämpfen. Als die 17-jährige Marisol für den Wettbewerb ausgewählt wird, glaubt sie erst an einen Scherz. Denn Marisol ist nichts von dem, was die Kandidatinnen normalerweise sind – anmutig, elegant und vor allem: schlank.