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As more secrets come to light, and my sister and I work harder than ever before to reach our potential and claim our birthright, the end is finally drawing closer. The curse chases on our heels as time rushes by, and the blood-drenched destiny of the man I love looms ever closer just like the monster who stole our throne. We must prepare for the final battle, but three things are clear now—the cards have already been dealt, blood will spill for a new future to rise, and the stars themselves can’t help us.

Bin ich dein Jäger oder deine Beute? Seit Hexen von der gefürchteten Blutwache gejagt werden, führt Rune ein gefährliches Doppelleben. Tagsüber spielt sie ein Mitglied der gesellschaftlichen Elite, nachts bringt sie unter dem Decknamen "Roter Nachtfalter" Hexen in Sicherheit – und muss ihre eigene Magie verbergen. Um an Informationen zu kommen, beginnt Rune, den berüchtigten Hexenjäger Gideon Sharpe um den Finger zu wickeln. Als Gideon sich auf das knisternde Spiel einlässt, ahnt Rune noch nicht, dass er sie längst durchschaut hat. Band 1 der prickelnden New-Adult-Romantasy-Reihe.

Don’t miss the first book in New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter’s sexy, heart-pounding new Immortal Enemies series about a ruthless warrior hellbent on revenge, the fae princess determined to thwart him at every turn, and the desire that threatens to consume them in Heartless...

Earth, 2053. Scientist Quinn Buyers discovers motherhood is not the joy-filled experience she thought it would be. Adding to the sleepless nights, boundless love, and ceaseless worry, Tig, her cyborg husband, is never home. Her AI meerkat has also run away, and her best friend is mysteriously missing from CyberSleep's cryogenic freeze.

Earth: 2049. Scientist and BASE jump enthusiast Quinn Buyers would rather be studying clouds than getting ready for her wedding. When a devastating climate tragedy strikes, she makes a narrow escape, only to be held responsible for the catastrophe. With powerful enemies threatening everything she holds dear, including her famous scientist mother, she embarks on a dangerous quest for answers that takes her across the globe.

Once, this world was dominated by the fallen, but humanity cast off their tyrannical rule and created a mighty empire with colonies spread out across the globe. The power of the metropolis is stronger than ever before, but its past is dark and its future cloudy. Old secrets are capable of destroying in one moment what took years to create. After all, nothing can save it from treason, not armadas of battleships nor bomb-laden dirigibles.

Despite the spoils of a solid relationship and an idyllic life at Keystone, Raven is itching for the thrill of another big case. Things begin to heat up when a dangerous assignment falls in her lap. Searching for the mastermind behind an illegal fighting ring is no easy feat, but as the weeks roll by, Raven's undercover job begins to take an unexpected emotional toll. It's a deadly mission, and if she's not careful, she could lose everything.

Earth, 2050. Pregnant, unemployed, and living back home with her father, scientist Quinn Buyers wonders how she got to this point. Her famous scientist mother is still mysteriously missing. The planet is at risk from a massive solar storm, and the pesky Transhumans want to take a colony to Titan. As if that weren’t enough, her assisted living companion, a robotic meerkat, is depressed. But her biggest challenge is her partner. How can she reconcile her long-distance relationship with this reserved, enigmatic cyborg?

At the age of seven, in a London workhouse, newly orphaned James meets ten-year-old Peter. Mysterious, mercurial, thoughtless to the point of cruelty, Peter nonetheless takes a liking to James. The two forge a strange friendship, bound together by their shared love of stories—stories of a magical island called Neverland, where they adventure as the pirate James Hook and the child-king Peter Pan. But one fateful night, Peter vanishes from his bed, and in the morning, James is found lying alone and broken in the courtyard outside.

Henry Jekyll was a brilliant doctor, a passionate idealist who aimed to free mankind of selfishness and vice. He's also the man who carelessly created a race of monsters. Once shared secretly among the good doctor's inner circle, the Hyde drug was smuggled into mass-production - but in pill form, it corrupted its users at the genetic level, leaving them liable to transform without warning. A quarter of the population are now clandestine killers - ticking bombs that could detonate at any given moment.

Captain Hook isn’t loyal to anyone, but I’d die for her. Once I was a prince, then I became a lost boy, then their king. Now, I’m nothing more than a heartless villain. Or at least so I thought. Until I met her. Until I had a reason for that husk in my chest to resume its beating. I know I’m not alone. She’s worked her magic on all of us. Her monstrous beast

I once had everything—until it all disappeared. Years later, I’m on the cusp of finally filling in the missing pieces, only for them to barge into my life at the worst possible moment. It only takes one glimpse to realize I’m not the only one who’s changed. Alexi, Talon, and Malik. Gone are the boys I once knew. Gone are my saviors from across the road. In their place are the furies that rule and set order, now nothing more than my captors.

The Heartless Knaves is a new dark fantasy audiobook podcast featuring clever heists, gory scraps, sad bits, saucy bits, murderous nuns, talking donkeys, and an 8-year-old boy king who won’t take no for an answer.Set in a twisted version of the English Renaissance, the story hinges on the macabre adventures of assassins Silkin and Rooks, who may be dead, their hearts stolen by the church, their severed heads mounted on the royal battlements, but there’s no rest for the wicked...Blending black humour and squishy violence with a whip-smart plot and a cast of loveable rogues, the first book, ...

The world has collapsed. Relentless blizzards erode what’s left into a barren husk, and the fractured remnants of humanity sleep with a weapon in hand. Weathered by it all, Leper has gone numb. As a robot from a bygone era, all he needs to do is maintain his battery and keep out of sight, but when he opens the long-buried cryopod he has been searching for, Leper is faced with a terrified little girl. Alone, he was invincible. Now a fragile life is at stake, and Leper must scour the unyielding wasteland to provide food and shelter. But will he ever be enough for her?