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This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Petra checks things for a living. She's the analyst at a Zurich bank who reads the ledger nobody else opens, and right now one line in a little weaving co-op's loan file is four hundred francs off. She still can't sign it. So she spends her own vacation...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Ethan Quek checks his sleep score before he's properly awake. He runs the same loop along the canal every morning, and the heron that stands in the shallows there stopped being a bird to him a long time ago. It's the two-kilometer mark. Then a parcel...

When fourteen-year-old T.J. and her family are forced to move from their farm to the Newford suburbs, she has to leave her best friend and give up her beloved horse, Red. She's lonely, depressed, and furious...until she makes a most surprising new friend. Meet Elizabeth–a punked-out teen...

It's Turtle Time! Chaste Witch Vagia's All-Faction Conference turned out to be a trap after all! But Takuto overturned the demand for his surrender by enacting a special ritual from Eternal Nations, buying Mynoghra a year's worth of time. Taking advantage of the brief peace brought by the ritual...

Ava has survived the Elderoak Journey and unlocked her powers, at last claiming her heritage. But with a daring rescue that brings her back to the very place where her own journey began, she must face her enemies head-on, or risk losing the one she loves. As war bears down on the realm of Eorhan...

Dies ist die unglaubliche Geschichte von Alfie, der mit acht Jahren seine einzigartige Gabe entdeckt, die ihm bei (fast) allem eine zweite Chance verleiht. Er kann jeden Schritt im Leben ungeschehen machen und ihn noch einmal gehen. Der Haken: Der zweite Versuch zählt – im Guten wie im Schlechten. Und es gibt zwei Dinge, die größer sind als seine Gabe: die Liebe und der Tod. Als junger Erwachsener begegnet ihm dann jedoch Gianna, seine große Liebe – und unversehens wird Alfies Gabe zur größten Herausforderung seines Lebens.

Enter a hidden world of vampires, dark magic and blood-soaked bargains in this brand-new paranormal urban fantasy. Perfect for fans of the Threadneedle series! 'Bitingly fresh' CARI THOMAS 'Original and intriguing' READER REVIEW *** Pepper Montgomery is a mortal woman on a desperate quest to...

In the start of an original fantasy series, Genevieve Cogman, the author of the bestselling The Invisible Library, welcomes you to Graynes, a magical school for demon-summoning. This is St Trinian’s meets the legend of Faust. Philomela once enjoyed the carefree life of a Cambridge Classics PhD...

Mark is a handsome and troubled young man seeking help from a therapist to escape the damage school bullying has done to him and find a way forward. Trying a new therapist can be a gamble, but surprisingly, the stodgy and skeptical Dr. Myron might be the loser when he discovers the magic of a kiss.

On the outskirts of London lives a mysterious girl called Leonie. Leonie loves her name, because all people who like it when they hear her name say: "Wow! Such a beautiful name!" And she feels so happy, and she wears the face of Cygnini.  

Als Vivienne Jones von Rhys Penhallow verlassen wird, tut sie, was jede junge Hexe an ihrer Stelle getan hätte: Sie lässt sich ein Bad ein, mixt sich einen ordentlichen Drink und verflucht den Mistkerl, der ihr das Herz gebrochen hat. Neun Jahre später ist Vivi immer noch nicht über Rhys hinweg, und als dieser zum jährlichen Herbstfest nach Graves Glen zurückkehrt, beschließt sie, ihn zu ignorieren. Leichter gesagt, als getan, denn Vivis alter Fluch entfaltet mit Rhys Besuch erst seine volle Wirkung, und plötzlich ist das ganze Städtchen in Gefahr.

Magically compelled by bad guys, Arwen Forester shot her half-dragon ally in the thigh. She longs to make amends to him, but she’s busy with a new quest: Get rid of the tattoo that lets dark elves control her.

One night in Lagos, two former friends reunite. Obinna is a dutiful and unsophisticated stay-at-home husband and father married to a powerful businesswoman. Eze is single, a cautious rebel from his university days whose arrival soon upsets the balance in Obinna’s life. In a world where men are constantly under surveillance and subject to the whims of powerful women, more than Obinna’s ordered and accustomed routine might be on the line. 

Immortal. Powerful. Bloodthirsty. Her sanity hangs in the balance. An ageless, unkillable assassin must kill to maintain her sanity, or risk succumbing to all-consuming bloodlust. Her most challenging contract yet: restore order to the gang-ridden city of Easy in post-World War 3 America. To...

“Delightful and darkly magical. Julia Fine has written a beautiful modern myth, a coming-of-age story for a girl with a worrisome power over life and death. I loved it.” —Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler’s Wife and Her Fearful Symmetry In this darkly funny, striking debut...

Alexis hat sich in Sparta den Ruf einer unbarmherzigen, gefährlichen Kriegerin erworben. Das verlockt nicht wenige Männer, ihr Glück bei Alexis zu versuchen. Kharon und Augustus, die beiden düsteren Götter der Unterwelt geben sich jede Mühe ihr zu gefallen. Doch auch Alexis attraktive Mentoren Achilles und Patro sind sich auf einmal sicher, dass sie und Alexis füreinander bestimmt sind. Es sieht so aus, als müsste zwischen den Göttern wählen – aber ist das wirklich eine gute Idee?

Les producteurs exécutifs de The Walking Dead et Travis Beacham, scénariste de Pacific Rim, vous présentent une histoire originale Audible à couper le souffle, interprétée par une brillante distribution française. Nous sommes dans un futur proche, sept ans après qu'une comète ait frappé la Terre et obscurci le soleil. Le monde est devenu un paysage sombre et gelé. C'est alors que des créatures bestiales font leur apparition et prennent le pouvoir. S'agit-il vraiment de vampires ?

When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. The FBI wants me on their team. Bad enough that they are dangling bait they know I can't resist. The catch? It’s on the other side of the ocean. And if I want what they’re offering, I have to help them with a salvage gone terribly, terribly wrong. But this time, I have no back up. I have no Plan B. And I have no O’Shea. 

"My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker." When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. O’Shea is AWOL, and Tracking him is proving to be harder than I expected. Not to mention the small fact that I have the Beast of Bodmin Moor chasing me across Europe, in a race against the odds, and my life as the prize. But those things are minor compared to the secrets that finally come to light. Secrets I wish had stayed hidden in the darkness....

When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I’m the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. Underestimating demons is a bad idea, and it’s a mistake that may cost me not only my own life but the life of a missing child. If I can swallow my pride, and allow Agent O’Shea to help me find a way to deal with the demon, we might be able to save the child.