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Celeste Varick has a simple plan. Charter a plane to a remote island on Lake Michigan, hike into the woods, find the last remaining wormholes on earth, and ya know, walk into one. For reasons! Okay, maybe not quite simple, given she has no idea where she’ll land in the timeline, or what she’ll need to do to fix a past she can't move on from. Perhaps she could use a little help…

Running from strife in her homeland, Maribella Waters becomes the new owner of the fabled Cozy Quill. After finding squatters on her property, she employs Asteria Helsdottir, a giant, barbarian warrior woman more accustomed to swinging an axe than opening a book. Together, the odd couple must make a success out of the bookshop—and survive a dizzying procession of seasonal festivals. But the local evil noblewoman has other plans in mind.

What could possibly be the most infuriating thing to a vampire disgusted by the internet? A twenty-six-year-old social media influencer who just ran out on her cheating ex-fiancé and insists on staying in Vlad's quiet castle. But he needs money to repair his ancestral home, and Aubrey needs a place to lick her wounds after getting her heart broken. He is ready to have humans invading his space. He is not, however, ready for her.

I was born under the shadow of death, and my life since has been intricately entwined with that of the Grim Reaper. They call me the Death Whisperer. One hand fixes; the other breaks. All I have ever known is a life full of pain and suffering, because what the legends don't tell you about my power… is that there's always a price. And I'm the one who has to pay for it. My powers took my voice from me, and every day, I'm forced to experience unbearable agony. But my suffering doesn't stop the fae of our realm from using me and my gifts, regardless of the consequences.

I'm one scrappy wizard. As someone with barely a flicker of magic, I've spent my life being mocked and surviving fights with bullies. But when my parents die in an accident, and I find myself responsible for our whole wizard house and family, I know my usual tactics aren't going to cut it. The situation veers from bad to catastrophic when my backstabbing cousin stages a coup and takes my family hostage. I barely manage to flee, but the only supernatural willing to help me is Killian Drake - the most feared vampire in the region.

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 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. Hunt Athalar has found himself in some deep holes in his life, but this one might be the deepest of all. After a few brief months with everything he ever wanted, he's in the Asteri's dungeons again, stripped of his freedom and without a clue as to Bryce's fate.

Oram's journey from average Joe to hero begins when he's transported into his favorite game. Lucky for him, he still has access to his Early Backer class, the Phylomancer, a mage class that learns spells and abilities by binding others to him. To become a master of the fantasy world of Aerda, Oram will need to embrace his role as a Phylomancer. Along the way, he will forge powerful bonds with his companions, a beautiful Elven Ranger, a fierce Priestess of the icy North, and a deadly and seductive Demon Assassin.

In uno scontro tra corti, si verserà del sangue. Ma in uno scontro tra destini, il sangue sarà la chiave del potere. Obbligata al servizio del re, Faythe deve tenere sé stessa e i suoi amici al sicuro. Nel frattempo, la lealtà di Nik viene messa alla prova, mentre il principe combatte contro i metodi crudeli del proprio padre. Con i regni che si preparano a riunirsi, Faythe è costretta a nascondere la sua vera identità. Ma i sospetti crescono in fretta con l’arrivo del misterioso generale di una corte alleata.

Long lost to the public in out-of-print pulp magazines, dusty Victorian anthologies, and the pages of now defunct newspapers, these vintage vampire stories have truly proved immortal. Resurrected now for the year 2011, this is a stunning collection of nineteenth-century vampire stories by heavyweights such as Sabine Baring-Gould and Bram Stoker. These rare stories are arranged in chronological order from 1846 to 1913 and are compiled by two of the world's leading vampire anthologists and experts.

Amare il dio degli inferi è proibito.

Persefone è la dea della primavera, ma solo di nome. La verità è che, sin da quando era bambina, i fiori si avvizziscono non appena lei li tocca. Dopo essersi trasferita a Nuova Atene, la ragazza finge di essere una semplice giornalista mortale, in modo da poter vivere una vita senza troppe pretese. Ade, il dio dei morti, ha costruito un impero del gioco d’azzardo nel mondo dei mortali, e si dice che le sue scommesse preferite siano quelle irrealizzabili.

En trahissant Lorkan, Larissa croyait venger sa sœur. Mais l'attaque des dieux des ténèbres ébranle ses certitudes : le dieu de la guerre n'a pas assassiné Adriana. Quand Larissa s'en rend compte, il est trop tard. Sa véritable identité est dévoilée et Lorkan est entraîné au Temple des ténèbres. Déterminée à découvrir la vérité, Larissa va le traquer dans un royaume que même les dieux craignent.

Hazel Trépas ha sempre saputo di non essere come gli altri fratelli. Merrick benedice Hazel con un dono: la capacità di dedurre istantaneamente la cura necessaria per trattare i malati. Hazel riesce ora a capire quando ogni speranza è svanita e la Morte ha reclamato uno dei suoi pazienti, e il suo ultimo compito è dunque di porre fine alle sue sofferenze. Perseguitata dai fantasmi di coloro che ha ucciso, non desidera altro che fuggire. Ma il destino la porta alla corte reale, dove incontra Leo, un principe che disprezza tutto e tutti.

The shadows are in my blood. I can feel them crawling through me, slithering under my skin and taking me hostage. But the darkness within me, isn't nearly as bad as the darkness that lives around me. The four heirs will stop at nothing to destroy the lives of me and my sister. But they haven't figured out yet, we're the strongest creatures they've ever known...

Jak ha un solo obiettivo nella vita: spezzare la maledizione, o morire provandoci. Per anni, le streghe hanno aspettato la loro salvezza, un modo per ritrovare la magia, perduta quando la maledizione è stata lanciata. Jak, un ragazzo nato con dei poteri che le streghe non possiedono più da un secolo, è il loro profetizzato salvatore, l'unico che può uccidere la creatura, spezzare la maledizione e restituire la magia alla sua congrega.

As more secrets come to light, and my sister and I work harder than ever before to reach our potential and claim our birthright, the end is finally drawing closer. The curse chases on our heels as time rushes by, and the blood-drenched destiny of the man I love looms ever closer just like the monster who stole our throne. We must prepare for the final battle, but three things are clear now—the cards have already been dealt, blood will spill for a new future to rise, and the stars themselves can’t help us.

Vitus Adamson is falling apart. As a pre-deceased private investigator, he takes the prescription Atroxipine hourly to keep his undead body upright and functioning. Whenever he is injured, he seeks Niko, a bombshell mortician with bedroom eyes and a way with corpses, to piece him back together. Decomposition, however, is the least of his worries when two clients posing his most dangerous job yet appear at his door looking for their lost son.

Elloren Gardner e i suoi amici stavano solo cercando di riparare qualche torto quando hanno salvato una Selkie e liberato un drago militare. Non si sarebbero mai sognati di venire coinvolti in una resistenza clandestina contro l'avanzata gardneriana. Mentre la Resistenza si oppone alle dure decisioni del Concilio dei Maghi, i soldati gardneriani piombano sull'Università... guidati nientemeno che da Lukas Grey, ora comandante della vicina base militare.

Drem e i suoi amici, ancora perseguitati dal ricordo degli orrori di cui sono stati testimoni durante la battaglia del lago Pietrastella, dalle urla di uomini trasformati in bestie alla vista di un demone che risorgeva dalla morte, sono in fuga per avvertire l’ordine dell’Astro splendente. Fritha, la spietata somma sacerdotessa dei demoni è però più letale di qualsiasi ricordo, e sta dando loro la caccia. Nascosta nella Foresta di Forn, Riv sa che in quanto mezzosangue la sua stessa esistenza costituisce una minaccia per i Ben-Elim.

A vengeful god has stolen everything from the queen of assassins. Her title. Her power. Her memories. Even her name. Now merely a ghost of her former self, Shadow must enter a deadly game and fight for her freedom or risk spending the rest of her life as a madman’s prisoner. But in order to win, she may be forced to lose what’s left of her true self in the process.

IO SONO PERSEFONE FUTURA REGINA DEGLI INFERI. Persefone e Ade sono fidanzati. A questa notizia, Demetra scatena una tempesta di neve, e si rifiuta di placare la tormenta a meno che sua figlia non annulli il fidanzamento. Quando gli dei dell’Olimpo intervengono, il destino di Persefone verrà messo nelle loro mani... e loro sono in conflitto. Lasceranno che Persefone sposi Ade, entrando così in guerra con Demetra, oppure ostacoleranno la loro unione e impugneranno le armi contro il dio dell’Oltretomba? L’unica cosa certa è che presto ci sarà una guerra.