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Compiled by intrepid journalist Neve Pride, this archive of recordings spans the months after dragons emerged on earth, chronicling the communities that sprang up amid the destruction, the scientists, military leaders, and experts searching for a defense, and those steadfastly seeking the missing. Neve and her young daughter Bex travel among the wreckage speaking to those left behind and surviving, against all odds. Neve records everything for history, and in the hopes of locating a clue as to where the dragons came from and how one might stop them.

It's the morning of my wedding. I don't look like the ruthless mafia boss who rules the underworld. No matter how fake this marriage might seem, by the end of the day, she'll be my wife. Until…she's gone. They call me the Reaper. Feared. Ruthless. Untouchable. I don't save people. I bury them. Until she stumbled into my world.

Galen and Lisveth, unofficially recruited to single-handedly stop the theft of magical artifacts and the coming invasion, try to stay ahead of the rogue prince. Kayvin is determined to take what he needs to save his mother—but even success will not bring him the peace he craves and needs. A girl from the sera qadra may be the one to tip the scales in this arms race…

Galen was unhappy in his overcrowded farmhouse even before learning his uncles murdered his father for the spoils of a robbery. Now the only way to keep his family from killing each other—again—is to steal the magical amulet they’re fighting over. Too bad it turns out to be a hoax. A coup leaves Kayvin entrapped by the usurper, with his mother hostage in an icy prison. To save her life, he must venture alone into a hostile land to collect legendary artifacts. He can trust no one but a beautiful dancer and a young man trained to be the perfect luxurious companion—and perhaps not both of them.

When Caleb Murray, the Harley-riding Irish kingpin, saves my brother and offers me a job, I can't believe my luck. Until he asks me to sign a marriage contract and pretend to be his wife. All to avoid an arranged marriage to his ex, a rival family's mafia princess.

Liadan dovrà intraprendere un viaggio alla scoperta di un mondo che sa essere tanto meraviglioso quanto oscuro e crudele. Un'esperienza che la cambierà per sempre, insegnandole a quale prezzo è stata conquistata la serenità che ha sempre conosciuto. Tra insidie e dilemmi, Liadan avrà bisogno di tutta la sua forza per fronteggiare proprio coloro che ama di più. Perché la sua ricerca del vero amore potrebbe essere per tutti loro una condanna... o la salvezza.

En un futuro cercano, siete años después de que un cometa golpeara la Tierra y oscureciera el sol, el mundo es un paisaje oscuro y congelado. Y entonces, emergen criaturas bestiales y toman el control. ¿Podrían ser realmente vampiros?

As a Red, Darrow grew up working the mines deep beneath the surface of Mars, enduring backbreaking labor while dreaming of the better future he was building for his descendants. But the Society he faithfully served was built on lies. Darrow’s kind have been betrayed and denied by their elitist masters, the Golds—and their only path to liberation is revolution. And so Darrow sacrifices himself in the name of the greater good for which Eo, his true love and inspiration, laid down her own life.

Florida, 1971. Fern es una adolescente que, al quedar embarazada, es enviada a una institución donde las familias esconden a sus hijas para que den a luz en secreto y entreguen a sus bebés. Las chicas llevan una vida controlada y monótona. Pero todo cambia cuando Fern descubre un libro sobre brujería oculto en una biblioteca ambulante. Intrigadas, las jóvenes comienzan a practicar hechizos, descubriendo un poder que nunca habían experimentado. Lo que comienza como un juego para resistirse a un sistema que las quiere invisibles pronto se transforma en una revolución mágica.

Sola, incapace di controllare i propri poteri e piena di paura, si dirige verso il Regno Celeste, terra di meraviglie e di segreti. Per salvare la madre, Xingyin sarà costretta a intraprendere un viaggio avventuroso e ad affrontare creature leggendarie e pericolosi nemici.

I wasn't supposed to want her. I wasn't supposed to need her. But the second I crash into Ruby Jackson, I'm screwed. She's the enemy's daughter. My father burned her family legacy to the ground. I didn't know. Not that it would matter. One car crash changes everything. Now, we're trapped in a hospital bed, her body against mine. One kiss and she's mine. I propose. She laughs, thinks it's a drugged-up joke. It's not. It's a goddamn promise.

Her brother sold her off, and now she belongs to me—she just doesn't know it yet. Ginevra Bianchi is nothing like the spoiled billionaire princess and politician's fiancée I thought she'd be. She doesn't bow, doesn't break, and that smart mouth of hers is going to get her into serious trouble—my kind of trouble. Her family owes me, and I always collect.

The year is 1831. Down the murky alleyways of London, acts of unspeakable wickedness are taking place, and no one is willing to speak out on behalf of the city's vulnerable poor as they disappear from the streets. Out of these shadows comes Hester White, a bright young woman who is desperate to escape the slums by any means possible. When Hester is thrust into the world of the aristocratic Brock family, she leaps at the chance to improve her station in life under the tutelage of the fiercely intelligent and mysterious Rebekah Brock.

The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound is the third installment in the charming young adult series by Laura Lee Hope, best known as the author of The Bobbsey Twins. First published in 1914, this delightful story continues the adventures of sisters Ruth and Alice DeVere, along with the spirited crew of the Comet Film Company, as they navigate the early days of silent filmmaking. In this volume, the company journeys to a remote lodge in upstate New York to capture picturesque winter scenes for their latest motion picture.

Shianan Becknam, commander, count, and bastard, has survived committing treason and the murder plot against him. Now that the kingdom is at last protected from marauding Ryuven, the only worth he’s ever had is no longer needed. Trapped in conflicting oaths of allegiance, he’s more a political liability than ever—and less able to court the woman he nearly died to save. But the protective shield, for which Shianan suffered so much, may not be working. The reports of Ryuven raiding the countryside should be impossible within the magical shield.

When a mysterious event leaves nearly every human being on the planet frozen and unaware, a desperate few will do whatever it takes to prevent the AI from controlling the fate of humanity. In New York, one of DELIO’s creators joins forces with a washed-up suicidal detective and a young film maker with a dark past, while in London convicted drug dealer Alfie is saved by an abused young woman trafficked into London – together, only they can stop DELIO. But can they do it before it’s too late?

Six years ago, I was supposed to get married. But the night before the wedding, my groom-to-be showed me sides of himself I'd never seen before. I might've died in that hotel room... if Mikhail Novikov hadn't burst in to save me. Handsome, strong, capable knight in shining armor—sign me up, right? Wrong. Because Mikhail wasn't just the hero I never knew I needed... he was also way more dangerous than I ever could've known. But for one night, I let myself do something I never should've done. It was worth it—several times over, if you catch my drift.

My ex came back from the dead and stole me away from my happily ever after. Somehow, that's not even the worst of my problems. I've also been separated from my son. My father is trying to kill me. And my husband thinks I'm pregnant—but the truth is that I lost the baby... and I don't know how to tell him. Basically, my whole world's on fire. So I have a choice to make: I can take my son and run from this life, or I can beg Mikhail to leave it behind with us.

Nuevo México, 1880 A unas millas de Silver City, en medio de la nada y rodeado por arena y matorrales, se alza el Golden Paradise, el salón más famoso y exclusivo de todo el territorio. Una fría noche de enero, Diego Suárez desmonta de su caballo y se adentra en el fastuoso local. Lleva la determinación escrita en su mirada de fríos ojos plateados. Nadie sabe lo que busca el peculiar forastero de aspecto misterioso y origen mexicano, pero sus andares y su forma de portar el revólver parecen indicar que se trata de un pistolero.

Quando as trigêmeas Beatriz, Daphne e Sophronia nasceram, sua mãe, a imperatriz Margaraux, já havia traçado um plano: elas deveriam ser rainhas. Agora, aos 16 anos, as três precisam deixar sua terra natal e se casar com um príncipe. Belas, inteligentes e reservadas, elas parecem ser as noivas perfeitas, mas não são nada inocentes. Treinadas nas artes da falsificação, dos venenos e da sedução, as irmãs têm como objetivo derrubar monarquias. Seus casamentos são apenas a primeira etapa de uma trama muito maior da imperatriz para reinar sobre todo o continente de Vesteria.