Showing results for "One House" in Fantasy

Octavia Beaumont, one of the original three vampires, is determined to run the city. Red, an expert hunter, is hell-bent on getting revenge on the vampire that turned her sister. When deadly trials for the heir of the city begin, Red and Octavia are forced to work together. Octavia wants a crown. Red wants blood. But there's only one first place. To win, they're going to have to trust each other. But teamwork is not easy when their past is filled with betrayal… A betrayal Red can't remember. Someone is lying. Someone has a secret. Everyone has a hidden agenda.

When Finlay Ashowan joins the staff of the King and Queen of Daxaria, he’s an enigma. No one knows where he comes from or how he came to be where he is, which suits Fin just fine. He’s satisfied simply serving as the royal cook, keeping nosy passersby out of his kitchen, and concocting some truly uncanny meals. But Fin’s secret identity doesn’t stay hidden for long. After all, it’s not every day a house witch and his kitten familiar, Kraken, take to meddling in imperial affairs.

Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life–working hard all day and partying all night–until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone. When the accused is behind bars but the crimes start up again, Bryce finds herself at the heart of the investigation. She'll do whatever it takes to avenge their deaths. Hunt Athalar is a notorious Fallen angel, now enslaved to the Archangels he once attempted to overthrow. His brutal skills and incredible strength have been set to one purpose–to assassinate his boss's enemies, no questions asked.

Until an oracle predicted my regal future, I'd never imagined myself rising above the curve of my round ears. After all, I was the magicless halfling loved by beasts but loathed by every pure-blooded faerie at court. Well...by all but one.

Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all she wants is to get back. Everything she loves is in Midgard: her family, her friends, her mate. Stranded in a strange new world, she's going to need all her wits about her to get home again. And that's no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust.

I spent most of my life feeling dead inside—until I met Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. It wasn't until Pan and Neverland that I finally felt alive. But things are not all full of magic and sunlight on the island. There's something darker and more sinister haunting the forest. And worse, the fae queen and Captain Hook are ready to fight for control of Neverland and they will stop at nothing to get what they want. War is brewing—can the Never King get his shadow back and assume his rightful throne? Or will all of Neverland be in jeopardy along with my dark, twisted heart?

Als Jupiter Wilson auf dem Jahrmarkt ein seltsames Amulett aus dem Spielzeugautomaten fischt, ahnt sie nicht, dass sie damit ein Tor nach Zodiac öffnen wird. Ein Reich, in dem die Sternzeichen über die Magie jedes Einzelnen bestimmen – und wo sie, ein Mensch, plötzlich in einen jahrhundertealten Konflikt zwischen den vier herrschenden Häusern hineingezogen wird. Verzweifelt versucht Jupiter einen Weg zurück nach Hause zu finden. Unerwartete Hilfe erhält sie dabei ausgerechnet von dem geheimnisvollen Nox. Doch kann sie dem gefährlichen Wächter wirklich trauen?

Nico has his own motivations for their union beyond maintaining peace with her family. A serial kidnapper known as The Collector has been ravaging the streets of Remnant Row, stirring up mistrust between natives and descendants. If Milla can help restore safety to his streets, he'll have no need for her or her family's company. Find the Collector, prevent a war between their sides of the city, and pay off the family debt before she turns twenty-one. If Milla can fulfill her end of the bargain, she'll walk away with more freedom than she's ever had before.

The stories were all wrong—Hook was never the villain. For two centuries, all of the Darling women have disappeared on their 18th birthday. Sometimes they’re gone for only a day, some a week or a month. But they always return broken. Now, on the afternoon of my 18th birthday, my mother is running around the house making sure all the windows are barred and the doors locked. But it’s pointless. Because when night falls, he comes for me. And this time, the Never King and the Lost Boys aren’t willing to let me go.

Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life until a demon murdered her closest friends. When the accused is behind bars but the crimes start up again, Bryce finds herself at the heart of the investigation. She'll do whatever it takes to avenge their deaths. Hunt Athalar is a notorious Fallen angel, now enslaved to the Archangels. His brutal skills and incredible strength have been set to one purpose-to assassinate his boss's enemies, no questions asked. But with a demon wreaking havoc in the city, he's offered an irresistible deal: help Bryce find the murderer, and his freedom will be within reach.

I lost everything when my mother and I were sentenced to exile by my own father. My home, my throne, my promised prince...all of it stolen for a crime I didn't commit. Now my father is dead without a lawful heir, and the dragon Houses are at war for the vacant throne. Only a mate-bonded dragon and his rider can ascend to it—and without a dragon I have no claim.

Camilla Marchese, Erbin des mächtigen Eisenbahnimperiums von Lynchaven, würde alles tun, um ihre Firma und Familie vor dem drohenden Bankrott zu bewahren – sogar den Meistbietenden heiraten. Als Nikolai Attano, magiebegabter Bandenführer einer rivalisierenden Industriellenfamilie, anbietet, den Schuldenberg im Tausch gegen ihre Hand zu tilgen, bleibt ihr keine andere Wahl, als einen Deal einzugehen. Milla soll ihm helfen, den Täter zu fassen und den drohenden Krieg zwischen den Stadtteilen zu verhindern.

Ein Jäger. Eine Gejagte. Ein tödliches Spiel – der Auftakt der mitreißenden Romantasy-Reihe von TikTok-Star Lauren Roberts. Seit eine Seuche den Menschen im Königreich Ilya magische Fähigkeiten verliehen hat, wird jeder gejagt, der ohne Kräfte geboren wird. Dank ihres nicht magischen Talents, andere lesen zu können, gelang es Paedyn Gray bislang, sich in den Gassen Ilyas zu verstecken. Doch dann rettet sie ausgerechnet Prinz Kai das Leben und gerät so ins Visier des Königs. Dieser macht sie zur Kandidatin eines gnadenlosen Wettbewerbs, bei dem die Teilnehmer ihre Kräfte zur Schau stellen und im Kampf einsetzen.

He's a roguish pirate, she's the girl he failed to protect years ago—now a deadly syren sworn to destroy him. Brigid was never meant to survive at sea. At fifteen, she drowned, only to become a syren. Now, her revenge is her purpose, and sailors are her prey. But when she recognizes a drowning man and spares his life, her loyalties shift.

Es sollte der schönste Tag ihres Lebens werden, als die junge Wächterin Brynn zum ersten Mal mit ihrer Kohorte den jährlichen Markt auf dem Festland besuchen darf. Seit die verfeindeten Kenta die Alaha aufs offene Meer verbannten, herrscht ein brüchiger Frieden zwischen den beiden Völkern. Als Brynn sich mit dem geheimnisvollen Kenta-Soldaten Acker anlegt, ahnt sie nicht, dass sie eben diesen Frieden aufs Spiel gesetzt hat. Die Ereignisse überschlagen sich und Brynn und ihre Freunde müssen fliehen. Was Brynn ebenfalls nicht ahnt: Acker verfolgt sie über den Ozean bis nach Alaha.

Es sollte der schönste Tag ihres Lebens werden, als die junge Wächterin Brynn zum ersten Mal mit ihrer Kohorte den jährlichen Markt auf dem Festland besuchen darf. Seit die verfeindeten Kenta die Alaha aufs offene Meer verbannten, herrscht ein brüchiger Frieden zwischen den beiden Völkern. Als Brynn sich mit dem geheimnisvollen Kenta-Soldaten Acker anlegt, ahnt sie nicht, dass sie eben diesen Frieden aufs Spiel gesetzt hat.

Lucian: I am a Dragon Prince of the House of Smoke...and I am dying. Five hundred years is truly enough for a man like me. A monster. Yet a 10,000-year treaty will die with me, if I don't spawn a dragonling to take my place. My two brothers are no use in this task. It falls to me, the eldest by a hair's breadth, and yet, I cannot face the horror of another sealing. Another death. Another woman's blood on my hands.

Думала ли Вика, что заброшенный дом, полученный в дар от незнакомки, прячет в своих "шкафах" не скелетов и призраков, а древних магов, оборотней, фамильяров, демонов, водяных и даже… загадочных лиреллов. Ведь дом-то стоит на перекрестке миров. Загадочный суженый, ищущий ее среди миров, и титул, полученный в другом мире… Способности, проснувшиеся в крови… Сколько еще сюрпризов впереди?

Fino a quando un oracolo non mi ha predetto il futuro, non avrei mai immaginato di potermi distaccare dalla mia reputazione. Dopotutto, sono una mezzosangue priva di magia, amata dalle bestie ma detestata da ogni Fae purosangue. Beh, tutti tranne uno. Dante Regio, principe di Luce, possiede il mio cuore da quando mi ha rubato il primo bacio. Per aiutarlo a destituire Marco Regio, l’attuale sovrano, e salire al trono con me al suo fianco, devo ritrovare cinque corvi di ferro e restituirgli la libertà. Se solo l’oracolo mi avesse avvertita del demone che avrei liberato.

Valeria is a dreamer. Rífíor is a damaged male. And, through no fault of her own, she finds herself entangled in the throes of his hunger for retribution. But for him, there will be no distraction, even if she becomes a momentary detour, even if he breaks her heart. What he fails to anticipate is Valeria's fiery spirit and the countless ways she will make him pay for stealing her innocence—not to mention the tempest of strength he'll find impossible to bend to his will.