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Stumbling into a crime scene is pretty typical for me. As a human, joining the VRC has done everything but keep me out of trouble. And now I seem to be playing a part that I’d really rather not play…if I want to keep my head, that is. By my side is my partner Marcus, a vampire who has vowed to tear the world apart—and even a mattress—to keep me safe. I want to do everything I can to protect my newfound family, no matter what we’re forced to face.

Als Aran mit den Teufeln tanzte. An ihre Feinde gekettet, wird Aran gezwungen, mit ihnen an den brutalen Legionärsspielen teilzunehmen. Sie wollen sie brechen. Aber man kann nichts brechen, was bereits zerbrochen ist. Und wenn erst einmal ihre Geheimnisse aufgedeckt werden, wird sie sie in die Knie zwingen.

Ellie Beckett's life is simple and uncomplicated; she's on track to become a leading expert in biomedical engineering, she has a pub where she feels comfortable enough to hang out multiple times a week, and so what if she doesn't have time for . . . people? She doesn't need or want them. Until she meets Mia Sharpe. As it turns out, maybe Ellie does want at least one person.

Mercedes Midnight is a reaper in debt with exactly one year left before hell comes to collect. Lucy Corvine, the devil’s daughter and revered professor, is imprisoned by a contract she never agreed to. For nine long years, Midnight scoured graveyards and grimoires for a loophole, while Lucy wore a gilded smile and dreamed of revolt… Until a chance encounter sparks a pact neither of them can afford to break.

When the gods come calling, you don’t get to say no. Patrick Collins is three years into a career as a special agent for the Supernatural Operations Agency when the gods come calling to collect a soul debt he owes them. An immortal has gone missing in New York City and bodies are showing up in the wake of demon-led ritual killings that Patrick recognizes all too easily from his nightmares.

Edgar Mason is losing Agamemnon Frost despite everything they've been through - the passion, the torture, the heat. Frost's fiance, Theodora, is back, and Mason can feel his lover gravitating toward her. Every day he sees them together, it tears at his heart. Frost feels raw himself. His brother and sister-in-law are missing, and his guilt about failing to save Theodora from Pandarus eats at him. His feelings for Mason, whom he has put through hell twice already, just twist the screws tighter.

In New York tobt ein Bandenkrieg zwischen verfeindeten politischen Gruppen, und die Straßen der Stadt werden zum Schauplatz blutiger Auseinandersetzungen. Für die THIRDS spitzt sich die Lage zu: Ein Maulwurf in den eigenen Reihen spielt der Ikelos-Koalition geheime Informationen zu. Das Einsatzteam Destructive Delta steht vor einer schweren Mission. Alte Wunden aus dem verheerenden Anschlag auf das Therianer-Jugendzentrum sind noch längst nicht verheilt, als eine Begegnung mit Mitgliedern der Koalition alles verändert. Agent Dex Daley stößt auf eine Wahrheit, die alles infrage stellt.

Bold, queer and utterly thrilling, Hell's Heart is a speculative retelling of Herman Melville's classic, Moby Dick. From bestselling author of Boyfriend Material, Alexis Hall. They are monsters. They are legends. And they are our prey. Earth is dead. Which leaves us stuck living in atmospheric...

Nothing in life that’s worth having, comes easy. Having finally learned the horrible truth about Peilor society, Emma has chosen to cut the chain connecting her spirit to her body, and fled to the Realm of Imagination. Now she is headed for a Realm whose ruler banished her, with no way back. Worse, she has never managed to stay there for longer than a few hours before starting to Fade out of existence....

Nach einem Anschlag auf ein Therianer-Jugendzentrum gerät nicht nur das Team Destructive Delta unter Druck – auch zwischen Dex und Sloane läuft nicht alles rund. Während der fanatische »Orden von Adrasteia« mit Gewalt und Propaganda für Unruhe sorgt, kommen Geheimnisse aus der Vergangenheit ans Licht, die mehr als nur den Einsatz gefährden. Im Kampf gegen eine Organisation, die immer einen Schritt voraus zu sein scheint, zählt jede Entscheidung. Und vor allem eines: Vertrauen.

Ein neuer Job, ein mürrischer Partner – und jede Menge Chaos. Nachdem Detective Dexter J. Daley mit seiner Aussage vor Gericht seinen eigenen Kollegen hinter Gitter gebracht hat, ist sein Leben ein Trümmerfeld. Sein Ruf ist ruiniert, seine Beziehung zerbrochen, und plötzlich ist er das schwarze Schaf bei der Polizei. Doch statt gefeuert zu werden, landet er dank seines Adoptivvaters bei den THIRDS – einer Spezialeinheit, in der Menschen und Gestaltwandler, die Therianer, Seite an Seite kämpfen. Dex ist fest entschlossen, sich zu beweisen, doch sein Start verläuft … holprig.

Tylers Plan für den Sommer:. Sein Leben genießen, sich selbst finden und nebenbei einige Herzen brechen. Dazu bietet ihm sein vierwöchiges Praktikum in Bern die beste Gelegenheit, da er dort Menschen kennenlernt, die nichts von seiner Vergangenheit wissen und die er im Zweifel nie wiedersehen muss. Jedoch funktioniert das Ganze nur, wenn er eine Regel befolgt: sich nicht verlieben! Diese selbstauferlegte Devise wird bereits nach einem einzigen Date auf die Probe gestellt, als er ausgerechnet mit einem Mitschüler ausgeht.

Die Liebesgeschichte von Winnie und Jo geht weiter. Selbst wenn ich es gewollt hätte - ich hätte keine Ahnung gehabt, wie ich es ihr hätte näher bringen sollen: dass ich in ihrer Gegenwart nicht das Gefühl hatte, im Schatten zu verschwinden. Dass genau das es so schmerzhaft machte, sie anzusehen und nur denken zu können: Was, wenn sie nie in mein Leben getreten wäre? Teil 2 der neuen Reihe von SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Autorin Anne Pätzold.

The Oracle foretold that Princess Valda Aither of the Sky Kingdom would discover her mate on her twenty-fifth birthday. They would lock eyes and find each other, as has happened since the dawn of time. Valda desperately wanted to believe the Oracle, but her hopes of finding her soulmate were shattered when she inexplicably lost her vision during her birthday celebration. Needing time to heal and adapt to her new reality, she was assigned an assistant, a young woman named Maris Era, who set her body and mind ablaze.

You can’t bargain with death if you’ve already sold your soul. Special agent Patrick Collins has been reassigned by the supernatural operations agency to New York City. Navigating his new relationship with Jonothon de Vere, the werewolf he’s now soulbound to, is nothing compared to dealing with territorial disputes between the vampires and werecreatures who call the five boroughs home. But the delicate treaties that have kept the preternatural world in check are fraying at the edges, and the fallout is spilling into the mundane world.

Adrian Maddox fled his royal life - and tragic past - in Sector One, choosing instead to join up with the O’Kanes. For years, he’s lived by one rule: love fast, love hard, and always be willing to walk away. He’s managed to guard his heart, keep it whole and untouched - until now. They couldn’t be more different - Dylan, the brilliant, burned-out doctor from Eden who drowns his pain with drugs and self-destruction. Scarlet, the sensuous, sexy rocker from Three. And Jade, the whore turned spy from Sector Two.

For decades, the four families who rule the Summerlands have been locked at an impasse. No one is fighting, but neither has anyone been speaking. We don't have time for that anymore. Mount Slate, the volcano that sits in the middle of the Summerlands, is threatening to erupt, and only the four family heads working together can avert disaster.

Time-travel tour guide Reegan McNamara's job-taking eager tourists to whenever they want to go-is usually a breeze. A trip back to 2020 to watch a world-changing speech seems no different, until a woman runs away from his tour group before the jump home. Now her tycoon husband is demanding her safe return-or Reegan will lose more than just his job.

A sweet'n'spicy collection of bonus tales, first shared on Patreon and featuring the guys and gals (and nonbinary aliens) from the superhero x villain MM+ (& FF!) romance series, Villainous Things (along with the MCs of the Villains in Space spin-off series)!

Confined in a sterile research facility and treated like a lab rat, Chris is alone and terrified. His special powers are his only escape, allowing him to psychically connect with other patients.... Alone in his cell for longer than he can remember, Vance is hungry. When newcomer Chris makes a mental connection, Vance is intrigued and soon wants more than just conversation. Chris and Vance seek comfort with each other, and with Simon - the only staff member who's shown them a hint of compassion.