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Jack Langdon has always suppressed his talent for sorcery. But his marriage to Abigail, a skilled wizard, ignites his passion and opens doorways he never imagined.

Everyone needs something to hold onto, even if it’s a lie. Discover the stunning second book in the Bristol Keats fantasy duology, filled with swoon-worthy romantasy, faeries and non-stop action, from Sunday Times bestselling author Mary E. Pearson. After Bristol nearly loses Tyghan to the...

A visionary work that combines speculative fiction with deep philosophical inquiry, The Sparrow tells the story of a charismatic Jesuit priest and linguist, Emilio Sandoz, who leads a scientific mission entrusted with a profound task: To make first contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life. The mission begins in faith, hope, and beauty, but a series of small misunderstandings brings it to a catastrophic end.

Mary è una donna come tante altre: intelligente, piacente, simpatica e professionalmente stimata, che per una serie di circostanze incontrerà un vampiro... un manipolatore affettivo... un narciso! Attraverso la narrazione di questo legame, si noterà come la protagonista con profondo dolore scandaglierà la propria vita alla luce di questo amore tossico, per poi ritrovare se stessa nonostante i propri fantasmi.

Planning a dragon wedding is hard enough. Add a stolen tiara, a brewing scandal, and one scowling werewolf with eyes like wildfire and a permanent stick up his tail, and suddenly I'm wondering if I should've stayed in bed. Sheriff Adrian Wolfsbane is stern, broody, and impossible to work with. He's handling security for the dragon wedding of the century, so when the bride's priceless tiara vanishes, and things start catching fire, of course, he takes charge of the investigation.

When Alia traded her future for her sister’s freedom, she knew exactly what awaited her—a murderous husband with a trail of vanished wives. Upon discovering a hidden lamp, she makes a desperate wish to save her life, not knowing that genie magic always comes with a cruel twist. Alia is hurled halfway across the world and straight into the clutches of Zafir, a villainous vizier with ambitions of his own. Now Alia is trapped in a foreign kingdom, her sister is in more danger than ever, and the murderous husband she fled is hunting for her.

Two months after her exile from Elysia, Sylvia is adrift in a world both strange and exhilarating. As she journeys toward Aelthorin with Jon and Cliff, every step is fraught with uncertainty. Though she promised her mother she'd reunite with her family, Sylvia finds herself drawn deeper into a forbidden bond with Jon.

Reine knows marriage isn't about love. It's about making the best bargain you can with what you have and then living with the consequences. Wedding vows are alliances given voice, and I do is on the tip of her tongue.

Frankenstein meets Fingersmith in this brilliant, queer reimagining of the most ignored sister in Pride & Prejudice, Miss Mary Bennet Mary Bennet has always been ignored by her family - her beautiful, perfect sisters, her nervous mother, her disinterested father - but she lives a rich life...

Fast hätte Bristol ihren Geliebten, den Feenkönig Tyghan, an die Monster verloren, die ihre Mutter auf ihn losgelassen hat. Doch ihre Liebe wurde durch die überstandenen Gefahren nur noch stärker. Gemeinsam setzen sie alles daran, die Bedrohung für Elfheim abzuwenden. Als eine Rettungsmission scheitert und das Leben eines Gefährten kostet, wird Bristol klar, wie gefährlich ihre Mutter wirklich ist. Sie und Tyghan stehen vor einem Scheideweg: Der Feenkönig muss sich endlich Bristols Vater stellen, der einst sein bester Freund war und ihn in seiner dunkelsten Stunde verraten hatte.

Posy's sure she won't live to see her next birthday, yet every morning she rises with the sun and hopes for something to change - and it finally does when Alpha Kendall Briggs' madness draws the attention of the Werewolf King. He sends five alphas to investigate. Five alphas who burst into Posy's life with the most delicious scents she ever imagined.

All I want is to save the library. But a greedy heiress and a grumpy dragon lawyer complicate everything. Especially when that dragon lawyer insists I'm his fated mate. Maybe this Halloween, I'm going to do both the tricking and the treating? Harold Greaves promised ten years of funding to our little town library. I believed him right up until the will was read, and everything went to his scheming niece instead. Now I've got a week to prove the new will is a fake… or lose the library forever.

Después de perder a sus padres, Bristol Keats comienza a recibir cartas de una tía suya de la que nunca había oído hablar; su tía le promete que puede ayudar tanto a Bristol como a sus hermanas a sobrellevar las penurias económicas con las que viven en la pequeña ciudad de Bowskeep. Con ciertas dudas, la joven acepta ver a su tía, y descubre que todo lo que creía que sabía de su familia era mentira. El padre de Bristol podría estar vivo, y haber sido secuestrado por aterradoras criaturas que lo habrían llevado hasta otro reino.

Schottland, Mai 1963. Ein grausamer Dreifachmord erschüttert die altehrwürdigen Mauern Houston Halls. Anthony Houston, der letzte Überlebende seiner Familie und erfolgreiche Anwalt aus Edinburgh, kehrt zum elterlichen Landsitz zurück, um dem Verbrechen auf die Spur zu kommen. Doch die Stagnation der Ermittlungen und seine Angst vor den unbekannten Tätern lassen ihn zu einem anderen, einem vergrämten, paranoiden Mann werden, der niemanden mehr an sich heranlässt. Es braucht eine mutige, schlagfertige Frau, um den alten Anthony wieder zum Vorschein zu bringen.

Интервью для Мэри Сью. Раздразнить дракона - фантастический роман Надежды Мамаевой, жанр любовное фэнтези, юмористическое фэнтези. Если судьба занесла тебя в мир меча и магии, а ты даже не скаут ни разу: ни костер развести не умеешь, ни из лука стрелять.

Schottland, Mai 1963. Ein grausamer Dreifachmord erschüttert die altehrwürdigen Mauern Houston Halls. Anthony Houston, der letzte Überlebende seiner Familie und erfolgreiche Anwalt aus Edinburgh, kehrt zum elterlichen Landsitz zurück, um dem Verbrechen auf die Spur zu kommen. Doch die Stagnation der Ermittlungen und seine Angst vor den unbekannten Tätern lassen ihn zu einem anderen, einem vergrämten, paranoiden Mann werden, der niemanden mehr an sich heranlässt. Es braucht eine mutige, schlagfertige Frau, um den alten Anthony wieder zum Vorschein zu bringen.

England, 1803. The oldest foster child of the Earl and Countess Tremayne, Caden Tremayne was one of several abandoned children rescued into the fold of the “Tribe of Tremayne,” each bearing a special gift. Now Cade’s superior investigative abilities and talent for preventing violence—or when necessary, executing it—are urgently required by the Home Office. For after an all-too-brief peace, Britain and France are about to be at war again. But it isn’t the dangerous mission that concerns Cade. It’s his secret love for his sweet, bright, spirited accomplice.

Two parallel universes: one, a faraway faerie kingdom and the other, the modern city of Belmore. Two worlds that were not meant to cross, if not for the destiny of the three. A demon fox sent to the human world to wreak havoc and destroy. A crown prince controlled by nothing but greed. Both fell in love with one woman: Yuki. The reader.

Jean Macrae’s family is one of the most prominent clans of Guardians, humans whose magical powers come from nature, but Jean considers her skills modest at best. She has never been able to summon the intense, earth-altering ability that has marked the most talented Guardians, and she is content without the adventure that such skill brings, until the day she is confronted by a handsome stranger whose magic imprisons her on his pirate ship.

Ihre Fantasie ist nichts im Vergleich zur Realität. Das muss Allie Andrews kurz vor ihrem zwanzigsten Geburtstag einsehen. Aus dem Nichts eröffnet sich ihr eine Welt, von der sie geglaubt hat, dass sie nur zwischen den Buchdeckeln ihrer Lieblingsromane existiert. Sie wird Teil einer berüchtigten Legende, und nur der mysteriöse Will scheint noch auf ihrer Seite zu stehen. Aber kann sie sich wirklich auf ihn einlassen - oder wird sie von ihrer Vergangenheit eingeholt?