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When Tea accidentally resurrects her brother from the dead, she learns she is different from the other witches in her family. Her gift for necromancy means that she's a bone witch, a title that makes her feared and ostracized by her community. But Tea finds solace and guidance with an older, wiser bone witch, who takes Tea and her brother to another land for training.

Seventeen-year-old RJ always gets what she wants. So when her soul is accidentally collected by a distracted Grim Reaper, somebody in the afterlife better figure out a way to send her back from the dead, or heads will roll. But in her quest for mortality, she becomes a pawn in a power struggle between an overzealous archangel and Death Himself. The tribunal presents her with two options.

Was wäre, wenn Märchen keine Erfindungen wären – sondern Erinnerungen? Ashley liebt ihr Leben in New York. Als sie jedoch eines Nachts von einem seelenfressenden Monster angegriffen wird und ein Fremder sie rettet, gerät ihre Welt ins Wanken. Denn dieser Mann ist ihr totgeglaubter Vater – und behauptet, sie sei Aschenputels Tochter. Dort soll sie an der Akademie lernen, Aschenputtel nach den strengen Vorstellungen der Gebrüder Grimm in einem magischen Märchen zu verkörpern – dabei kann sie weder glitzernde Prinzessinnenkleider leiden, noch hat sie Lust, einen Prinzen zu küssen.

Emily Joiner was once part of an inseparable group—she was a sister, a best friend, a lover, and a rival. Summers without Emily were unthinkable. Until the fire burned the lake house to ashes with her inside. A year later, it’s in Emily’s honor that Chelsea and her four friends decide to return. The house awaits them, meticulously rebuilt. Only, Chelsea is haunted by ghostly visions. Loner Ryan stirs up old hurts and forces golden boy Chase to play peacemaker. Which has perfect hostess Kennedy on edge as eerie events culminate in a stunning accusation.

Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life. Meanwhile, some very sinister people are looking for some of the same pieces of the Cabeswater puzzle that Gansey is after....

It’s the 1950s when Johnny Dixon’s mother dies, his father goes to fight in the Korean War, and he goes to live with his grandparents. Although life in a new house is strange, Johnny’s “Grampa” listens to his favorite ballgames, takes him on long walks, and tells him stories of the strange mysteries that lurk in the shadows. Best of all, he’s friends with Professor Childermass, an eccentric academic who’s about to take Johnny on the adventure of a lifetime.

Wendy Everly is facing an impossible choice. The only way to save the Trylle from their deadliest enemy is by sacrificing herself. If she doesn’t surrender to the Vittra, her people will be thrust into a brutal war against an unbeatable foe. But how can Wendy leave all her friends behind… even if it’s the only way to save them?

Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her partner-in-crime-investigation, Thomas Cresswell, are en route to New York to help solve another blood-soaked mystery. Embarking on a week-long voyage across the Atlantic on the opulent RMS Etruria, they're delighted to discover a traveling troupe of circus performers, fortune tellers, and a certain charismatic young escape artist entertaining the first-class passengers nightly. But then, privileged young women begin to go missing without explanation, and a series of brutal slayings shocks the entire ship.

Nicole Cassidy is a witch descended from the Greek gods...but she doesn't know it until she moves to a new town and discovers a dangerous world of magic and monsters that she never knew existed. When the Olympian Comet shoots through the sky for the first time in 3,000 years, Nicole and four others - including mysterious bad-boy Blake - are gifted with elemental powers. But the comet has another effect - it opens the portal to another dimension that has imprisoned the Titans for centuries.

The stage is set for a fiendishly dramatic summer at theater camp for Cynthia and her boyfriend, Ryan. With no demons at all. Right? Last fall, Cynthia Rothschild saved her best friend, as well as the entire student body, from the demon librarian, Mr. Gabriel, all while executing the most awesome set design for the school musical, Sweeney Todd. But now that all that demon stuff is behind her, Cyn is looking forward to the best summer ever at theater camp with her former-crush-and-now-boyfriend, Ryan Halsey.

Alexis lotta per sopravvivere in un mondo infestato dai Titani e governato dagli Spartani, esseri immortali appartenenti a dodici casate reali con poteri divini e ricchezze sfrenate. È una trovatella povera, timida e balbuziente, che tiene la testa bassa, nasconde le sue ferite e fa di tutto per eccellere negli studi. O almeno ci prova. Ma poi tutto cambia. Un esame del sangue svela che in realtà appartiene all'élite. È una di loro. Una Spartana. Costretta a frequentare l'Accademia Spartana della Guerra, deve sottoporsi a durissime prove per verificare se ha ciò che serve per essere immortale.

Hexe Samina hat nur eine wichtige Aufgabe: Sie muss an Samhain ein Portal zur Dämonenwelt schützen. Das war auch nie ein Problem, bis der Dämonenjäger Kuro in dem kleinen Städtchen auftaucht. Von da an muss Samina gegen Dämonen kämpfen und die Zuneigung zu dem Jäger unterdrücken. Denn eine Verbindung zwischen Hexenden und Jägern ist strengstens verboten. Ein Ringen zwischen Gefühlen, Vorurteilen und Intrigen – was wird am Ende siegen?

Something is happening to the source of the dreamers' power. It is blocked. Diminished. Weak. If it goes away entirely, what will happen to the dreamers and those who depend on them? Ronan Lynch isn't planning to wait and find out. Backed by his mentor, Bryde, he is ready to do what needs to be done to save the dreamers and the dreamed...even if it takes him far from his family and the boy he loves.

There’s only one rule in the world I come from. Keep our existence a secret. Period. The day my sister broke that rule one too many times, I knew there would be consequences. I expected us to be sent to one of those schools for “troubled” kids - and maybe Daizlei Academy was, in a way. But really, it was far more complicated than that. You see, I thought that world had forgotten me. Forgotten us. For years we were left alone, and one day...we weren’t. It was only when I got there that I remembered the second rule: Trust no one.

Danny Youngblood's destiny was fire magic, just like every man in his family. But fate had other plans. When he enters the prestigious Imperial Mage Academy, his powers manifest as something far more rare and dangerous. Monster Summoning! Now, Danny's a walking dungeon core, able to absorb creatures and unleash them as powerful allies.

Life as a demon is never an easy one. Orphaned as a child, Simi was left to make her own way in the world of humans. Bound to the Atlantean god who caused the death of her mother, she's spent her life trying to make sense of a world that baffles her. As the gods vie for a power that leaves demons, Dark-Hunters, and humans struggling to take sides, Simi can no longer rely on the god, Acheron, for protection. She must find her own way. Not just for herself, but to save the lives of her family and friends.

Als der Dämon Nitalok die Welt der Engel versklavte, waren die Lyrees gezwungen, ihre geliebte Heimat Lyrell zu verlassen. Sie flüchteten durch magische Portale in die Welt der Menschen. Ellie ist siebzehn Jahre alt und die Ziehtochter der hohen Priesterin. Als sich endlich ihre Bestimmung zeigt, überhäufen sich die Ereignisse. Nitaloks Krieg scheint sie auf einmal einzuholen und Ellies heile Welt ist in Gefahr. Dazu kommen verwirrende Träume und Visionen, die immer wieder mit diesem verflucht gutaussehenden Magier im Zusammenhang stehen.

Dennis Brunn wird aufgrund seines Andersseins in seinem konservativen Heimatort wie ein Aussätziger behandelt. Erst als Dennis eine mysteriöse Begegnung erfährt, scheint sich sein Leben in eine andere Richtung zu entwickeln. Durch die Aktivitäten einer okkulten Organisation, mit der sein Stiefvater verwickelt zu sein scheint, folgt Dennis Hinweisen, die ihn immer weiter zu den Wurzeln seiner wahren Identität führen. Eine Parallelwelt voller Magie und Rätsel öffnet sich ihm, die den meisten Menschen seit knapp vierhundert Jahren verborgen ist.

Ich liebe dich. Obwohl es verboten ist. Ich liebe dich. Fairy ist schrecklich verliebt in einen Kerl, der nicht mal von ihrer Existenz weiß. Okay. Theoretisch kennt er sie schon - wenn man denn einen versehentlichen Mordversuch als Kennenlernen bezeichnen kann.

Maeve und ihre Freunde hofften endlich auf Ruhe, nachdem der Fluch gebrochen wurde. Doch kaum scheint Frieden in ihrem Zuhause einzukehren, taucht die finstere Vampirkönigin Gabriella erneut auf und reißt alles in den Abgrund: Jamie, Andrei und Ash werden entführt, um Maeve zu zwingen, sich in ein gefährliches Machtspiel zu stürzen. Ihre einzige Chance: Ein riskanter Plan, der sie direkt in Gabriellas Territorium führt – mitten ins Herz der Dominion, wo Verrat und Geheimnisse lauern. Wird Maeve stark genug sein, die zu retten, die sie liebt?