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For more than a year Royce Melborn has tried to forget Gwen DeLancy, the woman who saved him and his partner Hadrian Blackwater from certain death. Unable to get her out of his mind, Royce returns to Medford with Hadrian but the two receive a very different reception—Gwen refuses to see them. The victim of abuse by a powerful noble, she suspects that Royce will ignore any danger in his desire for revenge. By turning the thieves away, Gwen hopes to once more protect them. What she doesn't realize is what the two are capable of—but she's about to find out.

Nesta Archeron has always been prickly-proud, swift to anger, and slow to forgive. And ever since being forced into the Cauldron and becoming High Fae against her will, she's struggled to find a place for herself within the strange, deadly world she inhabits. Worse, she can't seem to move past the horrors of the war with Hybern and all she lost in it. The one person who ignites her temper more than any other is Cassian, the battle-scarred warrior whose position in Rhysand and Feyre's Night Court keeps him constantly in Nesta's orbit. But her temper isn't the only thing Cassian ignites.

Everyone said the corruption couldn't be stopped. The World Council's best minds called it a death sentence for any dungeon it touched. But when demigod Karina—the Dungeon Lord of Rozklad Labyrinth and the most powerful being Harper has ever met—begs for his help, he doesn't hesitate. Because that's what heroes do: they attempt the impossible. What starts as a desperate bargain becomes something deeper. Andrea fights to prove she belongs at his side, her skill and passion demanding recognition. Karina slowly surrenders her divine control, trusting Harper with power that could reshape worlds.

Les Contes ne sont jamais ce qu’ils semblent être au premier abord…. Lorsque Warren s'est retrouvé projeté contre son gré dans l'univers des Contes, il ne pensait pas rencontrer Blanche-Neige et encore moins que cette dernière mettrait sa tête à prix après qu'il a découvert la vérité sur la Méchante Reine. Notre Héros en formation, accompagné d’Ariane et de ses fidèles acolytes, est désormais pourchassé par les troupes de Blanche par-delà les frontières du royaume de Schneefall, à la recherche d'une Héroïne dont il ignore tout, pour tenter de sauver le monde.

On the Imperial Pleasure Island, where excess is law and indulgence reigns, Jason reshapes the corpulent obscene legacy of Magnus Travon Thull, reforging himself into something the empire has not seen in an age, a hero emperor. He now commands the empire’s gaze with the ruthless gravity of a sovereign reborn. The empire hungers, though, for power, for pleasure, for dominion. But in a world where desire and submission are weapons, even a prince must tread carefully.

A hidden artifact waits to be found - and used.... The half-breed ogre, Golgren, at last Grand Khan of all his people, faces unpleasant threats. The Knights of Neraka encroach on one border and the minotaur empire crosses another, while the rise of a new and unlikely rival among his own kind augurs the death stroke to all his ambitions...perhaps his very life. Now Golgren must abandon everything to embark on a quest he can trust to no other. The Fire Rose is a mysterious artifact that could prove the salvation - or destruction - of his growing empire.

In this chilling sequel to the best-selling Knight of the Black Rose, factions vie for control of Sithicus as Lord Soth - darklord and former knight from the Dragonlance world - fights to keep his reign from crumbling. Even as he struggles to defeat his enemies, rumor reaches him that the White Rose haunts the land. Has Kitiara finally returned to Soth, or is this another spectre from the death knight's tragic past?

Earth is gone. Noah is faced with a troubling decision. What does a man do when his entire world has vanished? The pirates are dead, the planet was erased, and now Noah knows a little more about what happened to Earth since he vanished in that wormhole. After witnessing the destruction of the planet he had been surviving on, Noah decided to follow Dorothy, the Queen of Oz. She had been instrumental in his final escape and she had the information he needed about this new universe. Though he had to say…Her planet was quite interesting.

After the king of Talador's mysterious death, Princess Lily must prepare to take the throne, even if she doesn't feel ready yet. As her coronation draws near, an attack on her life sends her fleeing the castle with her devoted Captain of the Guard, Keane, the one man she trusts above all others.

The deadly White Wizards of Fairhaven, wielding the forces of chaos, threaten the ancient matriarchy of Sarronnyn, the last bastion of order in Candar. When Sarronnyn falls despite the assistance of the Black Order mages, Justen, a young Black Engineer, must escape the city and master forbidden technology that harness chaos itself. Even so, it may not be enough to halt conquest of the White Wizards.

The deadly White Wizards of Fairhaven, wielding the forces of chaos, threaten the ancient matriarchy of Sarronnyn, the last bastion of order in Candar. When Sarronnyn falls despite the assistance of the Black Order mages, Justen, a young Black Engineer, must escape the city and master forbidden technology that harness chaos itself. Even so, it may not be enough to halt conquest of the White Wizards.