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A dragon, a fae, and a pixie walk into a bookstore… Sounds like a joke, right? For me, it's just an ordinary day on the job. At least, it has been ever since my aunt disappeared and left me with her store, her cat, and a whole lot of unanswered questions. My whole life, I've been told to stay hidden. Pretend I'm human. Sell books, drink tea, and never betray the truth of what I am. But it turns out my aunt had secrets, and a lot of those secrets seem to involve me ending up dead. To survive, I'm going to have to reckon with my past, even if it means placing my trust in a total stranger.

If you could steal things from dreams, what would you take? Ronan Lynch has secrets. Some he keeps from others. Some he keeps from himself. One secret: Ronan can bring things out of his dreams. And sometimes he's not the only one who wants those things. Ronan is one of the raven boys - a group of friends, practically brothers, searching for a dead king named Glendower, who they think is hidden somewhere in the hills by their elite private school, Aglionby Academy. The path to Glendower has long lived as an undercurrent beneath town.

Endlich ist Lyn mit Gabriel zusammen und alles fühlt sich richtig an. Da wird Gabriel plötzlich von einem Zeitstrudel verschlungen! Getrieben von Liebe und Verzweiflung folgt Lyn ihm durch die Zeit. Doch kaum sind sie wieder vereint, beginnt der wahre Albtraum: Jeder Versuch, zurück in ihre Gegenwart zu gelangen, endet tödlich. Gefangen in einem gnadenlosen Kreislauf aus Zeitsprüngen jagen Lyn und Gabriel durch unterschiedliche Epochen, während eine übermächtige Gegnerin ihnen dicht auf den Fersen ist.

Mit einer verschrobenen Familie aus Geheimniskrämern ist die 16-jährige Ginny Follett Skurrilitäten gewohnt. Die vermeintliche Existenz von Dämonen ist dann allerdings doch zu viel. Ausgerechnet ihre Familie hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, die Wesen aus der Unterwelt zu jagen. Als wäre das noch nicht schlimm genug, verschwindet ihr Bruder und Ginny soll seinen Platz einnehmen – als Dämonenjägerin!

Layla Shaw is trying to pick up the pieces of her shattered life - no easy task for a 17-year-old who's pretty sure things can't get worse. Her impossibly gorgeous best friend, Zayne, is forever off-limits thanks to the mysterious powers of her soul-stealing kiss. The Warden clan that has always protected her is suddenly keeping dangerous secrets. And she can barely think about Roth, the wickedly hot demon prince who understood her in ways no one else could.

Prinzessin Aella, einst aus dem Palast verstoßen, wächst mit anderen Waisenkindern bei einem Orden auf. Doch die Schule, die sie dort besucht, bildet alle im Geheimen zu Spionen des Königreichs aus. Nach Abschluss ihrer Prüfungen wird Aella in das Elite-Team der Absolventen berufen, das ausgerechnet Raven anführt. Alles an ihm zieht sie seit jeher an, er ist mutig, loyal – und tödlich. Die erste Mission ihres Teams wird sie beide an ihre Grenzen führen.

No confíes ni en tu sombra. Nadie es lo que aparenta. Luego de arruinar los planes del terrible asesino de ferronatos (y romper varias leyes fae en el camino), Arlo sólo quiere un verano tranquilo, por lo que acepta hospedarse en el palacio Seelie de Verano. Aunque nadie confía en la reina...

An dieser Akademie endet die erste große Liebe tödlich. Kann man an gebrochenem Herzen sterben? Eine einzige Nacht hat Joys Welt auf den Kopf gestellt: Von nun an muss sie ihre Gefühle verbergen wenn sie nicht in einem der grausamen Maskenduelle gegen den jungen Fürsten kämpfen will in den sie sich nicht hätte verlieben dürfen. Doch der Fluch sucht immer noch sein tragisches Liebespaar und das Spiel um Leben und Tod an der Akademie nimmt eine gefährliche Wendung.

In the real world, when you vanish into thin air for a week, people tend to notice. After his unexpected journey into the lands of the fey, Ethan Chase just wants to get back to normal. Well, as "normal" as you can be when you see faeries every day of your life. Suddenly the former loner with...

Nicht jede Geschichte hat ein Happy End. Wer an der Akademie überleben will, darf niemals seine wahren Gefühle zeigen, diese eine Regel hat Joy auf herzzerreißende Weise gelernt. Und dennoch hat sie sie gebrochen – mit tödlichen Folgen. An der Seite des jungen Fürsten, dem ihr ganzes Herz gehört, muss Joy dem Unausweichlichen ins Auge blicken: Der Fluch hat sie als wahres Liebespaar ausgewählt und damit ihr Todesurteil gefällt. Verzweifelt suchen Joy, Rhyme und Cut nach einem Ausweg. Doch am Ende sterben alle legendären Liebespaare.

Nach der großen Pandemie und einem erbitterten Krieg herrscht in Sestiby vollkommener Frieden. Eine allgegenwärtige KI sorgt für die Bevölkerung. Lügen gehören der Vergangenheit an, genau wie jene Emotionen, die Menschen unbedacht handeln lassen: Misstrauen, Eifersucht oder Wut. Nur Mae spürt diese verbotenen Gefühle – Gefühle, die sie ihr sicheres Leben kosten könnten. Als sie in das Partnerschaftsprogramm der Regierung gesteckt wird, steht sie unter strengster Beobachtung.

When Manda notices a creepy white-haired goth watching her donate blood, her best friend Lenore panics and drags her to a tiny New Mexico village where she learns the horrible truth - the goth is a vampire...and she's the target. Hiding out in the village with Len's gorgeous boyfriend, Manda meets several of his kindred, strangely beautiful men who call themselves lven. She is drawn to Savhoran, who is troubled and recovering from an ominous wound, made by another vampire. Can Manda's heart survive the pain of loving an immortal who may himself be doomed?

Caroline Ellis, the final heir of the Light Fae, must learn to survive without the protection of her one true love. She must come to embrace her own strength to evade those in the Dark court who seek her destruction - for the power is within Caroline to use Light to change Fate itself. Caroline and Devilyn's chemistry is undeniable. Their destiny together inevitable if only they have the will to overcome The Darkness and The Fates.

The fate of humanity hangs in the balance as Aidan faces a crushing choice: give in to the demands of the forces of Darkness in order to save his sister, Ava, or fight on the side of good and risk losing her forever. With so much at stake and so little time, Aidan rushes to finish assembling a team of Lights, other teens whose special abilities are linked to his own.

Aidan O'Linn's childhood ended the night he saw a demon kill his mother and mark his sister, Ava, with Darkness. Since then, every three years the demons have returned to try to claim her. Living in the gritty, forgotten corners of Los Angeles, Aidan has managed to protect his sister, but he knows that even his powers to fight demons and speak dead languages won't keep her safe for much longer.

Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realises, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, something she was put on this earth to do. Figuring out what that is, though, isn't easy. Her visions of a raging forest fire and an alluring stranger lead her to a new school in a new town.

In Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other. Now, in Linger, they must fight to be together. Add to the mix a new wolf named Cole, and Isabelle, who already lost her brother to the wolves.

For there to be light, you must first suffer the darkness. The end came at me jagged and skewed like puzzle pieces to a game I didn't know I was playing. Iniquitous is the heart-pounding third installment in The Marked saga, a fast-paced YA paranormal romance that grapples with love, loss, and self-discovery in a unique supernatural world filled with vampires, witches, shifters, and angels.

Cole St. Clair has come to California for one reason: to get Isabel Culpeper back. She fled from his damaged, drained life, and damaged and drained it even more. He doesn't just want her. He needs her. lost. Isabel is trying to build herself a life in Los Angeles. It's not really working. She can play the game as well as all the other fakes. But what's the point? What is there to win? sinner.

In Tempest Rising, Tempest chose to return to the sea, following in her mother's footsteps and forging a relationship with the selkie Kona. Now many months have gone by, and she yearns to see her family again. Life under the ocean is full of rigorous training to eventually take over the throne, which leads to Tempest's powers growing and manifesting in new ways. When Tiamat, Tempest's power-hungry nemesis, attacks Tempest's brother Moku on land, she returns to his side, which also brings her back to her old flame, Mark. But was the attack calculated to get Tempest out of the way?