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My husband. My tormentor. The most notorious man in the city offers me a job. Act as his dead wife. Adrian Volkov isn’t the type of person who takes no for an answer. He commands with an iron fist and all his orders are met. When he approaches me with the offer, I have two options. Go to prison or put myself under his wrath. I choose to have a roof over my head. What’s so hard about acting, right? Wrong. The moment I step into his wife’s shoes, everything spirals out of control. My only way of survival is through Adrian. Or is it?

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.

With their families torn apart by the vicious life of the streets, Sunshine and Rain find each other living with the same foster mother, who has a secret life of her own. With Rain's stern heart of steel and Sunshine's innocent heart of gold, they try to cope with traumatic, unforeseen circumstances that come their way. As these two diamonds hook up and shine, they go from rags to riches. Watch as Sunshine and Rain deal with death, betrayal, love, and sweet temptation. Can their newfound friendship survive all the madness?

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.

During her journey to the Mystique Mountains, Ophelia uncovered twisted secrets of love and war. Now, she's left to pick up the pieces while stepping into her new role. But when a chancellor of a minor clan delivers a destructive premonition, Ophelia's appointment is challenged, forcing her into a trial period—one that heightens the tensions already brewing in her relationships.

It's been two years since Ophelia has seen the boy she loves. When a treaty was signed ending the war and lifting the curse on Mystique Warriors, Malakai left to attempt the sacred ritual known as the Undertaking. He never returned, and the Undertaking was forbidden. Ophelia's world crumbled around her. Since then, she has pursued a fruitless search for answers. When the deadly curse resurfaces only on her, Ophelia finds solace in the idea that when she dies, she may finally be reunited with her lost love. Then, a messenger appears, telling her that she alone may be the one to save her people.

When Nyx's quest to discover the secrets behind the Harvester's rings leads her to the Meerkin homeworld of Kyvren, she's only too happy to have an excuse to visit them. Since going their separate ways from Arkadia's Station, she's been unable to find any information on the state of their planet—or their attempt to reclaim it—and she only knows of one entity capable of covering up a civil war. Of course, the one person who could probably answer every question she has is also the last person she wants to ask.

Marie-Luises Leben ändert sich grundlegend, als die lebenslustige Cosima ihren Weg kreuzt. Zwischen beiden Frauen entwickelt sich eine tiefe Zuneigung, getragen durch die maritime Berufswahl ihrer Männer. Bevor sie ihre Erinnerungen über das Leben an Bord eines Hochseefrachters mit ihrer jungen Freundin teilen kann, verstirbt sie unverhofft und hinterlässt Cosima ein Tagebuch. Als diese erkennt, wie sehr Marie-Luises Leben ihr eigenes tangiert, begibt sie sich auf eine abenteuerliche Reise und in eine erschütternde Vergangenheit... Ein historischer Roman über die Seefahrt.

Nyx has finally managed to dismantle the magic keeping her from her missing memories, but things are a bit . . . fractured. Her mind keeps slipping into different points in her past, and she's not always aware of when the present is. The issue couldn't have come at a worse time, because she finally has a lead on the Kumir—the race of identical assassins who have hunted the Hidden to the brink of extinction—but following that lead involves another interstellar trip.

Mayla geht auf eigene Faust los, um die Jäger aufzuhalten. Sie muss Emma schützen und um jeden Preis erfahren, was hinter all dem steckt. Als sich ein unerwarteter Helfer an ihre Seite gesellt, muss sie sich fragen, ob vieles, was sie geglaubt hat zu wissen, überhaupt seine Richtigkeit hat. Was ist das Ziel der Jäger? Wo zum Teufel steckt Tom? Und was hat es mit den Hohepriesterinnen auf sich, die früher die magischen Steine behütet haben? Ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt.

Mayla kehrt mit ihrer Familie zurück nach Deutschland, doch Freude weicht schnell bitterer Realität. Es gibt einige Hexen, die nicht davon begeistert sind und ihrem Glück im Wege stehen. Als dann auch noch einer der magischen Steine gestohlen und Tom verdächtigt wird, überschlagen sich die Ereignisse.

Was würdest du tun, wenn du erfährst, dass du eine Hexe bist? Mayla arbeitet in einer Werbeagentur und geht ihrem geregelten Alltag nach. Eines Morgens beginnen ihre Hände zu kribbeln und Gegenstände explodieren vor ihrer Nase. Als sie auf ihrem Nachhauseweg durch die City auf einmal mitten in einem Wald steht, ist ihr Leben in Gefahr und sie muss sich ihren neuen Fähigkeiten stellen. Aber woher kommen sie? Und was hat der geheimnisvolle Fremde mit all dem zu tun, der ständig bei ihr auftaucht? Ein Urban-Fantasy-Roman voller Magie, Spannung und Liebe.

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After her latest trip off-planet, Nyx Fortuna has every intention of keeping both feet firmly on Earth. Between trying to figure out why the Kumir have been hunting her friend Seth, searching for a way to destroy the Harvester of Worlds, and getting frustrated by the glacially slow return of her memories, she doesn't have any time for planet-hopping. Unfortunately, the universe has other plans. When she's abducted from Earth Between, Nyx finds herself in the remote reaches of the universe, on planets unconnected to the Station's ley lines.

Skabue es una saga audaz donde Abue, una abuela con el don mágico de servir té e historias desde sus dedos, y Tono, su leal colibrí, luchan contra Roji, la sombra de la apatía. Cada capítulo del pódcast es un emblema de la comunidad y la resistencia, evocando ritmos de Ska y calidez de la tradición. La confrontación de Abue no se limita únicamente a un ser, sino también hacia el silencio que aqueja el espíritu creativo. Skabue es una celebración de la vida, un desafío a la monotonía, donde la música y el té se convierten en símbolos de unión y alegría, en la que la música y el té se convierten en símbolos de unión y alegría.