Showing results for "Storm" in Contemporary

A call from a distraught wife, and another from Lt. Murphy of the Chicago PD Special Investigation Unit makes Harry believe things are looking up, but they are about to get worse, much worse. Someone is harnessing immense supernatural forces to commit a series of grisly murders. Someone has violated the first law of magic: Thou Shalt Not Kill. Tracking that someone takes Harry into the dangerous underbelly of Chicago, from mobsters to vampires....

River Waterborn is the daughter of a Representative. She was born to immense privilege and is cursed with immeasurable power. For the past eight years, she's been trying to atone for the Incident. No matter how many lives she saves or patients she heals, she'll never truly be able to escape the weight of her magic. One night, she loses two patients, and her control breaks. She runs from the hospital to seek the help of the only man she trusts: Nikhail Galebringer.

For Libbie Stark, Friday night cocktail club is a lifeline. Whatever her problems, whether her stubborn boss, unruly teens or deadbeat boyfriend, time with the women of Lake Cloverleaf always feels like a tonic. But when tragedy strikes on the Fourth of July, Libbie discovers a magical secret. Witches are real. Only they aren’t born–they’re created. When a witch dies, her powers pass from one generation to the next. And a local witch has chosen to pass her powers onto the ladies of the cocktail club.

Kate Golden has built a successful career helping others become their best selves. But when Kate inherits magical powers from the late Inga Paulsen, the spell that holds her carefully controlled world together begins to unravel. What starts with a mysterious cocktail recipe from an enchanted book quickly spirals into disaster. A grotesque wart sprouts on her chin, her hair turns shocking pink and her perfect life crumbles in the most public way possible.

Calliope just wants to make it big in the Big Apple like any other working girl. But Callie is also Death's Daughter, no matter how much she tries to stay out of the family business. And now her older sister has made a deal with the Devil himself to engage in a hostile takeover of both Death Inc...

Tyen is teaching mechanical magic at a school respected throughout the worlds. News arrives that the formidable ruler of all worlds is back and enforcing his old laws - including the one forbidding schools of magic. As teachers and students flee, Tyen is left with no home and no purpose...except the promise he made to Vella. Tyen must decide what he is willing to do to free her. After five years among the tapestry weavers of Schpeta, Rielle's peaceful new life has been shattered by a local war.

When members of the Storm Moon Pack begin to vanish, alpha Maverick Hale uncovers a chilling truth—someone is collecting shifters, offering them up like sacrifices of old. Whispers spread of an underground club where some wolves go willingly, drawn by promises of power. But behind the club's glittering façade lurks something far older than London's packs. Something ancient and hungry that remembers being worshipped by wolves.

Maverick Hale, the alpha of the Storm Moon Pack, has worked hard to put his past behind him. However, when a man is killed in their territory, his injuries bring back memories he'd rather forget. Especially when a witch arrives who was directly involved in his parents' death, challenging everything Maverick thought he knew. Maverick has to find his brother. With the killer still on the loose, the Storm Moon Pack must act quickly, or more will die.

War on the mainland is draining Reykjavík. For some, the remote islands off Hrímland's coast are their only hope of survival. Elka, a recovering addict, has fled there with her son Sölvi. In their village they find a new life—all thanks to the Deep, a peculiar power their neighbours praise for the booming fishing industry. Everything seems perfect, but Sölvi does not trust the people who take his mother in.

When a forgotten ring reveals Mevlida Brennan’s true heritage as the long-lost princess of Aetheria, a kingdom of immortals and magic, her world is turned upside down. But there’s just one problem—Mev didn’t know she was missing. Thrust into a realm on the brink of war, Mev is caught between her newfound legacy and a dangerous political game. A powerful king holds the key to restoring the ancient portal that connects their realms, but his son, Kael, stands in her way.

Even better, no one suspects she is human. Masquerading as a goblin Traveler, she roams Reality in her glittering van pulled by her two trusty world walking birds, Warp and Weft. But when a storm of cosmic chaos strands her in an outer thread, the only refuge in sight is the legendary Darkhouse of Doom. Goblin legend says it is cursed; that the appearance of the wandering darkhouse foretells the appearance of world-devouring monsters and the death of all who see it.

Das Imperium der Stürme ist ein gewaltiges Reich, das von einem gottgleichen Kaiser regiert wird - und von den Biomanten, mächtigen Zauberern, die einen Menschen mit nur einem Wimpernschlag töten können. Der junge Straßendieb Red soll von ihnen zum Assassinen ausgebildet werden, im Gegenzug dafür schenkten die Magier seiner großen Liebe Hope die Freiheit. Noch während Red versucht, das Spiel der Intrigen und Ränke am Kaiserhof mitzuspielen, segelt Hope als Piratenkönigin Dire Bane die Küste entlang.

Naturkatastrophen haben weite Teile Amerikas verwüstet. Während Tausende den Tod fanden, erwachten alte Legenden zu neuem Leben. Die Navajo-Kriegerin Maggie Hoskie jagt die Monster, die seitdem durchs Land streifen. An ihrer Seite der Medizinmann Kai Arviso. Doch nach der Schlacht von Black Mesa haben sich die beiden entzweit, und nun ist Kai spurlos verschwunden - scheinbar beteiligt an der Entführung des jungen Caleb. Maggie entdeckt eine geheime Nachricht von Kai: "Ich liebe dich. Folge mir nicht." Worin ist Kai verstrickt? Maggie weiß: Sie muss Kai und Caleb finden, bevor es zu spät ist.

Naturkatastrophen haben weite Teile Amerikas verwüstet. Während Tausende den Tod fanden, erhoben sich alte Legenden zu neuem Leben ... Die Navajo-Kriegerin Maggie Hoskie jagt die Monster, die über das magisch erwachte Land streifen. Als aus einem Dorf ein Mädchen verschleppt wird, nimmt sie die Verfolgung auf. Und macht eine furchterregende Entdeckung: Die Kreatur, die sie jagt, wurde nicht geboren, sondern erschaffen! Doch wer besitzt solche Macht? Zusammen mit dem Medizinmann Kai macht sie sich auf die Suche nach Antworten und muss sich ihrer schlimmsten Angst stellen.

Heir to a noble fae house, Trahern is forced to watch helplessly as his twin brother is cruelly changed into a grim - a death dog - as punishment for falling in love with the wrong person. Trahern doesn't believe love exists, but he will do anything to keep his brother alive - even join the Wild Hunt and ride the night skies of the human world. Lissy Santiago-Callahan believes in love but has no time for it. She's busy juggling her career as an academic and her home life as a single mom to a young son with Asperger's.