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Afsløringerne fortsætter hos Howard & Partnere – alle har mindst én hemmelighed. Viktor afslører Siljes hemmelighed – protokollerne – og det resulterer i et kæmpe skænderi, som måske slutter deres forhold, før det overhovedet er begyndt. Hos Howard & Partnere bliver hun trukket...

Poche creature al mondo riescono a suscitare in me più disprezzo di Dante Regio. Ora mi ritrovo prigioniera in un reame di ossidiana, un abisso tenebroso dove i Corvi non possono volare. Nulla è come appare. Le persone si rivelano maschere, e il passato… una menzogna lucidata a dovere.

Après les terribles évènements dans "Le chant des Ombres", retrouvez la suite des aventures de Maeve Knox à New York ou ailleurs en bonne compagnie ou... non. Obligée de fuir, Maeve se réfugie à l'autre bout du monde où elle se fait passer pour une simple humaine. Déterminée à...

Découvrez le grand final de la saga Dette de Sang d'Hailey Turner. Les mensonges rattrapent désormais l'agent spécial Patrick Collins, dont le temps est compté s'il veut empêcher la secte du Dominion de transformer son père en dieu. Jonothon de Vere est prêt à tout pour protéger Patrick face à un avenir incertain. C'est la raison pour laquelle il le suit à Salem, où un amer secret refait surface.

Now that they've recognized the pattern, Idina and her unit need to close the Monstrous Pandora's Box to balance out the scales after defeating the Olc. But supernatural entities in Scotland are nothing like what Bravo Team has dealt with back home. Neither is magic. That's a problem when their primary objective is to get in, stop the source of monsters, and get back out. When everything leads Idina and her team back to her Muirden ancestral home in Scotland, the mission takes on a completely different meaning none of them saw coming. 

In New Orleans in 1937, a man and woman embark on a headlong flight into the wilderness of illicit passion. In Mississippi ten years earlier, a convict risks his one chance at freedom to rescue a pregnant woman. From these separate stories Faulkner composes a symphony of deliverance and damnation.

Eine der beliebtesten Manga-Serien endlich als Hörspiel-Blockbuster. Folge 10: "Karma-Polizei": Seit der Befreiung von Sayu befindet sich das DEATH NOTE in den Händen des kriminellen Mello. Doch Light gibt sich nicht so schnell geschlagen und will es sich zurückholen. Sein Ermittlerteam macht Mello in einer alten Lagerhalle der Mafia aus und bereitet sich auf eine gefährliche Razzia vor. Zusammen mit seinen Kollegen und seinem pensionierten Vater stürmt Light das Gebäude und gerät dabei in einen tödlichen Hinterhalt.

Grace Valentine had the perfect marriage and a great career managing her husband’s real estate office. Or so she thought until three months ago when she was served with divorce papers. Thanks to her philandering ex, not only is she out of a husband, she’s out of a job, too. At the age of 45 with the help of her coven, Grace is ready to pick up the pieces and move on. But her only job prospect is at the rival real estate office, and it’s only for a trial run. She’ll need to prove that she can sell the haunted properties of Premonition Pointe before she’s hired permanently.

Kandri Hinjuman was never meant to be a soldier. His brother Mektu was never meant for this world. Rivals since childhood, they are drafted into a horrific war led by a madwoman-Prophet, and survive each day only by hiding their disbelief. Kandri is good at blending in, but Mektu is hopeless: impulsive, erratic - and certain that a demon is stalking him. Is this madness or a second sense? Either way, Kandri knows that Mektu's antics will land them both in early graves. But all bets are off when the brothers' simmering feud explodes into violence, and holy blood is spilled.

Miriam is trying. Really, she is. But this whole "settling down thing" that Louis has going for her just isn't working out. She lives on Long Beach Island all year round. Her home is a run-down double-wide trailer. She works at a grocery store as a check-out girl. And her relationship with Louis - who's on the road half the time in his truck - is subject to the piss and vinegar Miriam brings to everything she does. Still, she's keeping her psychic ability - to see when and how someone is going to die just by touching them - in check. But even that feels wrong, somehow. Like she's keeping a tornado stoppered up in a tiny bottle.

Girton Club-Foot, apprentice to the land's best assassin, still has much to learn about the art of taking lives. But their latest mission tasks him and his master with a far more difficult challenge: to save a life. Someone, or many someones, is trying to kill the heir to the throne, and it is up to Girton and his master to uncover the traitor and prevent the prince's murder. In a kingdom on the brink of civil war and a castle thick with lies, Girton finds friends he never expected, responsibilities he never wanted and a conspiracy that could destroy an entire land.

For over 30 years, Dominion of Blades has been the hottest online role-playing game in the world. But the game is too real for some, and after an epidemic of real-life fatalities, public use of the immersion technology has been banned. Jonah wakes to find himself in-game, level one, with no memory of how he arrived and no way to eject. With only two companions, trapped in a world that once hosted millions, Jonah must battle his way across a treacherous landscape, fighting virtual monsters, all too real pain, and a very human enemy.

House of Comarré author Kristen Painter weaves a tale of intrigue and betrayal, as the battle for New Orleans escalates in this second novel of the Crescent City series. Mardi Gras approaches, bringing with it hordes of tourists eager to see the real-life Faery Queen holding court atop her...

Classic fables take on new meaning as five of today’s most original bestselling authors serve up some deliciously modern twists. New reflections on evil queens, charmless princes, and star-crossed lovers branch out in provocative and enchanting directions. Follow the path and see where it...

A heartwarming tale of hope, fate, and folk magic unfolds when a young woman travels to a sleepy southern town in the Appalachian Mountains to bury her best friend. At the age of eleven, Mel Smith’s life found its purpose when she met Sarah Ross. Ten years later, Sarah’s sudden death...

All must face the end of days . . . Salute the Dark is the fourth book in the critically acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award. As spymaster Stenworld makes a stand in his home city, others must choose where their loyalties...

Sinnliche New Adult Fantasy, bei der ein eiskalter Bad Boy auf eine feurige Protagonistin stößt Cara Hartley ist eine talentierte Alchemistin, die nicht nur ihr Handwerk versteht, sondern auch schon seit Jahren mit ihrer Familie vor herrschsüchtigen Magiern verborgen lebt. Doch eines Tages wird sie ausgerechnet vom gefährlichsten aller Magier entführt – Vincent Antilla. Er verlangt von ihr die Anfertigung eines Tranks, dessen Aushändigung beide zur Zielscheibe mehrerer Magier macht. Denn Cara verfügt über geheime Rezepte, die eine ganze Stadt in Schutt und Asche legen könnten.

As a mafia-like demon family trapped on Earth, the Youngbloods have seen their share of family drama...but it’s never been like this before. While they battle the secret society trying to destroy them, Petra Youngblood must choose who she loves most. Will her loyalty lie with her family or with Killian Irons, the human she’s fallen in love with, whose family is hell-bent on eradicating her own? Complicating matters further, a long-hidden secret is about to come to light. Ora Youngblood has been holding out on the clan.

Once a sworn enemy of all monsters, Anita is now the human consort of both Jean-Claude, the Master Vampire, and Micah, the leopard shapeshifter. Not quite as human as she once was, she is consumed by both their hungers – desires that must be sated time and time again. And when a centuries-old vampire targets Jean-Claude and his clan, Anita finds herself tested as never before – needing all the dark forces her passion can muster to save the ones she loves the most.

A Chronicles of Ixia Novel featuring behind-the-scenes notes from the author, exclusive to the audio edition Choose: a quick death…or slow poison… Locked deep in the palace dungeon for killing her abuser, Yelena knows she’ll never be free again. The laws in Ixia are strict, and murderers...