Showing results for "Fantasies" in Contemporary

The heart-stopping third installment in the New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series, which Ransom Riggs, author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and Hollow City, called ""a thrilling, high-stakes saga of self-discovery and forbidden love."" With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette...

The perfect summer romance has arrived! Jenny Han meets The Royal We in this YA romcom about an American girl who finds herself falling for the Prince of England during a whirlwind summer in Scotland. Perfect for fans of Harry and Megan, Will and Kate, and love that breaks all the rules...

Madrid e da una solitudine senza scampo. Ma proprio quando l'oscurità sembrava averla inghiottita, è arrivato Sean Crane. Grazie a lui, Alia ha finalmente affetto, una casa e la possibilità di inseguire un sogno: studiare medicina a Stanford, ripercorrendo i passi della donna che le ha dato la vita. Tuttavia, il campus della prestigiosa università californiana non è il porto sicuro che Alia immaginava. Il passato riemerge con i tratti di Raquel, la sua antica aguzzina delle superiori, decisa a non darle tregua. Ma c'è qualcosa di ancora più sinistro che si annida tra le ombre di Stanford.

A high-stakes fantasy rom-com about twin princesses separated at birth—one raised as the crown princess, and the other taken as an infant and raised to kidnap her sister, steal the crown, and avenge the parents' murders—the first novel in a new YA duology from bestselling UK authors...

Julie Abe's Our Cursed Love is an uplifting story about the magic of true love and the choices we make. Perfect for fans of You've Reached Sam. 'A celebration of all things Japan, magic, and romance, readers will swoon at this charming, big-hearted friends-to-lovers story' - Emiko Jean, author...

Seventeen-year-old Hylee Williams didn’t ask to disappear. She didn’t ask to move from Kansas City, Kansas out to the suburbs in Missouri. But she did disappear, and not only that, but when she vanished from our world, she materialized in a dark, twisted version of the night that changed her life forever: the night her older brother went missing. Just as Hylee realizes this moment could be the key to unraveling the truth about her brother, she’s yanked away from the dark place back to our world.

Bloomsbury presents Hearts of Fire and Snow by Michael Paul Kennedy, Pete Winner and Andy McNab, read by Ana Osorio and Johnny Rey Diaz. Award-winning authors David Bowles and Guadalupe García McCall reimagine a beloved Aztec tale of star-crossed lovers with one last chance to reunite. Blanca...

The sweeping romance of Passenger meets the dark fantasy edge of This Savage Song in this stunning contemporary fantasy debut from Vanessa Len, where the line between monster and hero is razor thin. Don’t forget the rule. No one can know what you are. What we are. You must never tell anyone...

The first book of the #1 New York Times bestselling series and the inspiration for the hit movie from Dreamworks! John Smith seems like an ordinary teenager, living a normal life with his guardian Henri in Paradise, Ohio. But for John, keeping a low profile is essential, because he is not an...

There's something strange about the Layne sisters, and Wade Diaz wants nothing to do with them. Especially the one who ripped his heart out and set it on fire before tossing it in the garbage several months ago. Iris. He can't even think her name without unconsciously rubbing the spot in his chest where she left a gaping hole. But now her sisters are claiming some evil spirit is after his soul, and Iris is the only one who can save him. Well, at least his heart would stop hurting, right? Didn't sound so bad.

Verwandte Seelen - Eine Liebe zwischen Unsterblichkeit und Tod von Erfolgsautorin Nica Stevens ist der erste Teil der großen Fantasy-Trilogie. Der Beginn der mitreißenden Geschichte von Sam und Jake, deren Völker seit jeher in Feindschaft leben. Mit der Kraft ihrer Liebe ziehen sie in den Kampf gegen das Schicksal und die Mächte des irdischen Daseins. Die 19-jährige Sam lebt in einer dunklen Welt der Tyrannei und Unterdrückung, die von den Unsterblichen beherrscht wird. Selbstbestimmung und Freiheit werden martialisch bekämpft, die Diktatur der Angst ist allgegenwärtig.

For nearly a century, the Nomeolvides women have tended the grounds of La Pradera, the lush estate gardens that enchant guests from around the world. They’ve also hidden a tragic legacy: If they fall in love too deeply, their lovers vanish. But then, after generations of vanishings, a strange boy appears in the gardens. The boy is a mystery to Estrella, the Nomeolvides girl who finds him, and to her family, but he’s even more a mystery to himself; he knows nothing more about who he is or where he came from than his first name.

Ich bin Leon, dreiundzwanzig. Alles andere geht euch nichts an. Ihr wollt meine Geschichte lesen? Nun, wer einen Fantasyroman erwartet, den muss ich enttäuschen. Mein Leben ist definitiv kein Roman – auch mit noch so viel Fantasie nicht. Und selbst die Tatsache, dass eines Tages ein Geistermädchen auf meiner Türschwelle stand und mein Leben auf den Kopf stellen wollte, war alles andere als fantastisch. Okay, sie war ja nett anzusehen, mit ihrem roten Pony und den nussbraunen Augen. Aber ehrlich... dieses "Leon, Leon, du musst dein Leben ändern und dein Glück finden"-Gerede braucht keiner.

Liebe kann jeden verwunden, doch niemanden so sehr wie Jael. Sein Auftrag ist es, anderen die Gefühle zu stehlen, und dafür muss er eiskalt sein. Als Jael auf Xenia trifft, schlägt sein Herz zum ersten Mal seit langem schneller. Dabei ist Xenia eigentlich ein ganz normales Mädchen - mal davon abgesehen, dass sie Geräusche hört, sobald sie jemanden berührt. Nur bei Jael herrscht Stille in ihrem Kopf. Die beiden sind füreinander bestimmt, doch können sie sich den Fängen derjenigen entziehen, die es auf Xenias Herz abgesehen haben?

For 20 years, the Palomas and the Corbeaus have been rivals and enemies, locked in an escalating feud for over a generation. Both families make their living as traveling performers in competing shows - the Palomas swimming in mermaid exhibitions, the Corbeaus, former tightrope walkers, performing in the tallest trees they can find. Lace Paloma may be new to her family's show, but she knows as well as anyone that the Corbeaus are pure magia negra - black magic from the devil himself.

Penguin Audio presents Eve of Man by Giovanna and Tom Fletcher, read by Charlotte Ritchie and Josh Dylan. AGAINST ALL ODDS, SHE SURVIVED. THE FIRST GIRL BORN IN FIFTY YEARS. THEY CALLED HER EVE . . . Described by Tom and Giovanna as an unconventional love story set in a dystopian future, Eve of...

Milo Mitchell's life used to be charmed, but that was before her family dissolved, she went a little crazy, and her best friends started acting more like strangers. Spending Saturday morning in a treehouse with a stun gun for company and a herd of deer for friends is the only exciting thing in her life...until she shoots a fawn and finds her dart stuck in a guy. Her gorgeous victim is dressed in a Brioni tux and armed with a hanky. He has no idea who or where he is. Afraid her dart caused his amnesia, Milo takes him in.

It's 1986 and 16-year-old Zoe Brenner's world revolves around Depeche Mode, Judd Nelson, exercise-obsessed parents, and her best friend Jonah. Then one day, in a freak Fun-Dip choking accident, Zoe falls unconscious, and awakes in the year 2016. So much has changed, and Zoe needs Jonah to help her make sense of it all. But in this life, Zoe is the most popular girl in school, and she soon realizes this Zoe doesn't associate with nerds like Jonah.

The missing dead call to Violet. They want to be found.Violet can sense the echoes of those who've been murdered and the matching imprint that clings to their killers. Only those closest to her know what she is capable of, but when she discovers the body of a young boy she also draws the attention of the FBI, threatening her entire way of life. As Violet works to keep her morbid ability a secret, she unwittingly becomes the object of a dangerous obsession.

Nach allem, was Farrah mitgemacht hat, um Mikael seinen größten Wunsch zu erfüllen, benötigt sie dringend eine Pause – doch die Mauern des Palastes halten eine unangenehme Überraschung für sie bereit. Sowohl sie als auch Emma haben mit aufkeimenden Erinnerungen zu kämpfen. Währenddessen reisen Hayet und Mikael in die Traumwelt, in der die Lösung seines Fluches auf ihn warten soll. Dort angekommen machen sie eine unerwartete Entdeckung... Lass dich verzaubern und tauche ein in eine Welt von Gut und Böse!