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In this beautifully crafted novel from the author of the critically-acclaimed Two Sisters, comes the story of a woman who retreats into a fantasy world on New York City’s Upper West Side as she slowly loses her once whip-smart husband to dementia—perfect for fans of Still Alice. When life...

Everyone needs something to hold onto, even if it’s a lie. Discover the stunning second instalment 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...

Unlock a world of dangerous fae, dark secrets and addictive romance . . . From the Sunday Times bestselling author Mary E. Pearson, The Courting of Bristol Keats is the first book in her debut adult fantasy series, filled with forbidden romance, deadly faerie curses and pulse-pounding action...

Practical, smart, and desperate to escape a shadowy past, Faye takes a job at a top advertising firm in London where she hopes she and her children can find a fresh start. When she finds the beautiful two-story flat for rent in a stately old Victorian complete with a neglected but tumbling English garden, she can scarcely believe her good fortune. But it isn't long before Faye realizes not everything in the old home may be as peaceful as it seems.

Nichts ist für die Londonerin Hope Turner schöner, als sich in die Bücher ihrer Lieblingsautorin Jane Austen zu träumen. Denn ihr eigenes Leben ist alles andere als spannend und romantisch. Das ändert sich, als sie sich eines Tages in die Buchhandlung "Mrs. Gateway's Fine Books" verirrt und dort einem mysteriösen Gentleman begegnet. Der attraktive Fremde geht ihr nicht mehr aus dem Kopf. Doch da ist auch der grimmige und unnahbare Rufus Walker, der sie regelrecht zu verfolgen scheint. Bis er ihr schließlich Unglaubliches offenbart.

Ein neuer Fall für den Geheimen Bund der Buchfiguren. Der neue Roman SEHNSUCHTSERFÜLLUNG stürmt die Bestsellerlisten. Mittendrin: seine Protagonistin Izzi Amazing und ihre Wünsche-Agentur, in der ihr ein uraltes, geheimnisvolles Buch hilft, die Sehnsüchte ihrer Kundschaft zu erfüllen. Als in der realen Welt plötzlich mehr Träume als üblich wahr werden - und leider auch bösartige -, bekommt Izzi Besuch vom Bund der Buchfiguren. Denn alle Spuren zur Quelle des Übels führen in ihren Roman. Erneut wird der Buchladen in der Percival Road zum Mittelpunkt eines neuen Abenteuers.

Die magische Buchwelt, in der Romanfiguren ihr eigenes Leben führen, ist für die Londonerin Hope Turner zur zweiten Heimat geworden. Doch das Geheimnis um die Buchwelt ist bedroht, und Hope hat sich dem Bund aus Menschen und Romanfiguren angeschlossen, um es zu schützen. Nun wurde das BUCH sogar entführt! Dahinter kann nur Quan Surt stecken, eine Figur, deren Roman nie vollendet wurde und die davon träumt, das Gefängnis ihres Romans zu verlassen.

Die Welt der Londonerin Hope Turner steht Kopf, seit sie mit Hilfe des unwirschen Rufus Walker in die Welt ihrer Lieblingsbücher reisen kann! Doch die magische Bücherwelt wird von einem mysteriösen Feind bedroht, der alles daransetzt, sich des BUCHES DER GELÖSCHTEN WÖRTER zu bemächtigen. Ebenjenes Buches, das in sich alle hasserfüllten Wörter sammelt, die im Internet geschrieben und dann wieder gelöscht wurden.

Pidilidi jsou malé bytůstky podobné lidem. Žijí skrytě v lidských příbytcích a půjčují si u nich vše, co potřebují k živobytí. Jakmile je však lidé přistihnou, musí dům opustit. Otec Lusk jednoho dne přecení své síly a zpozoruje ho lidský chlapec, který leží doma nemocný. Naštěstí ale nespustí povyk, ale vyděšenému otci pidilidí rodinky pomůže. To dodá panu Luskovi odvahu, aby s sebou na další lov vzal dceru Arielku. Pididívenka uzavře s lidským chlapcem přátelství.

Wenn deine schönsten Träume die größten Gefahren bergen ... Seit dem plötzlichen Tod ihres Lebensgefährten Henry lebt Dawn Walker zurückgezogen in einem ...

Throw together a magical cat, a cursed tarot card deck and a free-spirited, obsessive-compulsive witch getting in touch with her sorceress forces, and you get Jane Starr, and her adorable ragdoll-Cheshire cat, Theodosia. With a large glass of wine in hand, Jane romps through a contemporary...

My name is Jane, and I can make you do whatever I want. If you think I'm going to say "just kidding!" think again. My wish is also my command. Being chronically ill means you have the best seat on the perpetual struggle bus. Thanks to the very sexy diagnosis of end-stage kidney disease I was...

The world of Faerie never disappeared: it merely went into hiding, continuing to exist parallel to our own. Secrecy is the key to Faerie’s survival—but no secret can be kept forever, and when the fae and mortal worlds collide, changelings are born. Half-human, half-fae, outsiders from birth, these second-class children of Faerie spend their lives fighting for the respect of their immortal relations.

When twenty-something coder Seven Jones goes back to school at a community college in San Diego, the last thing she wants is to join some stupid club. And the last thing she expects is to walk into an underground magic club. Like, actual wizards and shit. Seven reluctantly joins the motley crew of magic weirdos and discovers her own power. But she struggles to control it . . . until she figures out how to channel her magic through an artificially intelligent computer program.

For most people, the story of their lives is just that: the accumulation of time, encounters, and actions into a cohesive whole. But for an unfortunate few, that day-to-day existence is affected - perhaps infected is a better word - by memetic incursion: where fairy tale narratives become reality, often with disastrous results.

Changeling knight in the court of the Duke of Shadowed Hills, October “Toby” Daye has survived numerous challenges that would destroy fae and mortal alike. Now Toby must take on a nightmarish new assignment. Someone is stealing both fae and mortal children — and all signs point to Blind Michael. When the young son of Toby’s closest friends is snatched from their Northern California home and his sister falls into a coma-like state, the situation becomes way too personal.

The struggle against not-so-charming storybook narratives isn't the only complicating factor in Henrietta "Henry" Marchen's life. As part of the ATI Management Bureau team protecting the world from fairy tales gone awry, she's juggling her unwanted new status as a Snow White, dealing with a potentially dangerous Pied Piper, and wrangling a most troublesome wicked stepsister - along with a budding relationship with Jeff, her teammate.

October “Toby” Daye is a changeling, the daughter of Amandine of the fae and a mortal man. Like her mother, she is gifted in blood magic, able to read what has happened to a person through a mere taste of blood. Half-human, half-fae, outsiders from birth, most changelings are second-class children of Faerie spending their lives fighting for the respect of their immortal relations. Toby is the only changeling who has earned knighthood, and she re-earns that position every day.

Ree Reyes, urban fantasy heroine of Geekomancy, is working her regular barista/drink-slinger shift at Grognard's when it all goes wrong. Everything. As with Geekomancy (pop culture magic!) and its sequel, Celebromancy (celebrity magic!), Attack of the Geek is perfect for anyone who wants to visit a world "where all the books and shows and movies and games [that you] love are a source of power, not only in psychological terms, but in practical, villain-pounding ones."

Things are looking up for urban fantasista Ree Reyes. She’s using her love of pop culture to fight monsters and protect her hometown as a Geekomancer, and now a real-live production company is shooting her television pilot script.

But nothing is easy in show business. When an invisible figure attacks the leading lady of the show, former child-star-turned-current-hot-mess Jane Konrad, Ree begins a school-of-hard-knocks education in the power of Celebromancy. Attempting to help Jane Geekomancy-style with Jedi mind tricks and X-Men infiltration techniques, Ree learns more about movie magic than she ever intended.