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Vincent has finally got his life figured out. More or less. And, after only fifteen-hundred years, it’s about time. “Mild-mannered” bodyguard by day, butt-kicking sorcerer by night, and immortal Viking warrior whenever the memories refuse to leave him alone. But when ancient Norse horrors start sprouting up in his city, Vincent realizes that his past life—and one of his greatest failures—has come back to finish what it started …

From the #1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Arcana Academy comes the first in a new, heart-pounding fantasy duology, about a young woman who must survive a score of brutal tests and trials to escape her cursed fate. The moment you see a dragon is usually your last... Since...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The first in a new magical young adult romantasy duology from the bestselling author of To Kill a Shadow. A palace darling and a thief join forces after he unwittingly steals a necklace with the power to change their world forever. In the city of Andalay, the ruling...

In this YA fantasy thriller from the author of These Deadly Prophecies, two teens are pitted against each other in a magical duel for revenge while they fight their growing attraction to each other. “Dueling sapphic magicians collide in To the Death, a no-holds-barred story of love, rivalry...

**A Good Morning America YA Book Club Pick** Three teens infiltrate the magical ivy league in this heart-stopping dark academia romantasy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz. Raven, Atticus, and Dorian have dreamed of attending Sibylline for as long as they can remember...

Gemma Brown hat Probleme. Zum einen sind Dämonen hinter ihr her – Dämonen, die sie töten wollen. Und zum anderen ist ihre Schwester Mira verschwunden. Und auch hinter ihr sind Dämonen her. Aber Gemma wurde gerade von ihrem Seelenverwandten Ethan zur Königin der Münzen gekrönt. Als Königin verfügt sie über die Magie des fünften Elements: die Zeit. So kann sie zwar ihre Probleme nicht in der Gegenwart lösen, aber sie kann in die Vergangenheit zurückreisen und das gibt ihr die Macht, alles zu ändern.

Nicole Handl was an ordinary teacher in eastern Washington. She supported her students and learned about their interests, which led her to an experience far beyond her imagination. After her transformation, she is overloaded with sights and smells she can’t handle, risking her entire livelihood as she simply seeks to live her life for the kids. She struggles with the wolves, but who is the real enemy? Is that enemy truly evil, or can she end this war?

Che tu sia un essere umano o un vampiro, le regole per sopravvivere sono le stesse: non fidarti mai, non cedere mai e proteggi sempre il tuo cuore. Sempre. Oraya è un'umana, figlia adottiva del re vampiro dei notturnati. Si è ritagliata un posto in un mondo destinato per natura a ucciderla, e ha un solo modo per cessare di essere una preda: partecipare al Kejari, il leggendario torneo organizzato da Nyaxia, la dea della morte in persona. Uscire vincitrice dalla feroce sfida fra i tre Casati dei vampiri non sarà facile e Oraya si troverà obbligata a stipulare un'alleanza con un misterioso rivale.

Evie Wilder is an orphan who has gone through most of her life unnoticed...until she's caught up in a dramatic heist and captures the attention of the Dark Fable. They have chosen her for a reason: she can turn invisible. This skill would make Evie a treasured asset to the legendary group of thieves known for spiriting away obscure and occult artifacts. Evie cannot resist their allure and is eager to join this newfound family. But she discovers there are more skeletons in the Dark Fable’s past than she could have ever imagined. And these secrets might be the answer to her own tragic past.

As a new coven, Aziza, Leo, and Tristan faced evil and triumphed. All that’s left is to put their lives back together, a process complicated by the fallout from painful secrets, the emotional and physical scars they now carry, and the mysteries that still haunt them. But with the approach of the solstice comes the arrival of strange new visitors to Blackthorn: the Summer Court, a nomadic community of Fair Folk from deep in Elphame. They’ve journeyed to the border between the human world and fairyland, far from their usual caravan route, to take back something that belongs to them.

Eine Seele, die einmal mit dem Bösen in Berührung kommt, gilt für immer als verloren. Dennoch ist es unmöglich, sich vor ihm zu verschließen, denn das Böse findet immer einen Weg zu den Menschen. Es hat viele Gesichter und kann in jeder Erscheinungsform auftreten, selbst mit einer winzigen rosa Nasenspitze, die lustig hin und her wackelt, wenn es sein Schnäuzchen in die Luft reckt. Kein Haus, nicht einmal ein Schloss, ist vor dem Bösen sicher.

Das Sklavenmädchen Kiri träumt von einem besseren Leben. Als die Barbaren, die sie gefangen halten, von den edlen Stormcast Eternals angegriffen werden, flieht sie durch eine geheimnisvolle Reichspforte zur legendenumwobenen Stadt Lebensstein. Dort begegnet sie einer Gruppe besonderer Kinder – der kämpferischen Thanis, der erfinderischen Alish, dem verstohlenen Kaspar und dem fürsorglichen Elio. Zusammen müssen sie einen schrecklichen Fluch brechen, der die Stadt ins Verderben zu stürzen droht.

Flame ist gelungen, was niemand je zuvor vollbracht hat: Die Insel der Seligen lebend zu verlassen. Während Ziva weitere Gefangene in ihre Gewalt bringt, wächst ihre Armee und Dark steht noch immer unter ihrem dunklen Bann. Um ihn und die anderen zu befreien, müssen Flame und ihre Freunde die Gunst einer Titanin gewinnen und einen der mächtigen sechs Urgegenstände Viridis finden. Nur so haben sie eine Chance, Ziva zu besiegen, doch den Artefakten wohnt eine uralte Macht inne und diese Finsternis verschlingt selbst die reinsten Seelen …

I was reincarnated in a fantasy world as the manifestation of absolute void—the Black Knight—and my goal is to return the destitute, sickly, youngest-born princess, who is kind of a loser, to her throne because it beats doing nothing.

Il principe Rhen, erede al trono di Emberfall, è condannato da una maledizione a rivivere all'infinito l'autunno dei suoi diciott'anni, fino a che una ragazza non si innamorerà di lui. Facile? Non tanto, perché ogni anno Rhen si trasforma in un mostro che semina morte e distruzione. Ma un giorno nel suo mondo irrompe la giovane Harper Lacy. Sarà lei a liberarlo dalla maledizione e a salvare Emberfall dalla rovina?

The time has come for Roiben's coronation, and pixie Kaye is sure of one thing – she loves him. When she declares herself to Roiben during the celebration, he's forced to send her on a seemingly impossible quest to find a faerie who can tell a lie. But Kaye's adventure soon leads to danger when she finds herself caught up in the games of the Seelie Court. Queen Silarial wants Roiben's throne, and she will use any means necessary to get it. Can a pixie outplay a queen?

Blaise wasn't supposed to be the villain. She was supposed to charm the prince, the male she'd loved for years. That was all the potion was supposed to do—give her another face, and only for a few hours. All so she could prove the prince loved her. Except Blaise got more than she bargained for, and instead of a beauty potion, she's now infected with a magical parasite who takes control of her body every full moon. A parasite who would rather take control permanently.

"Denk immer daran, dass Rosen Dornen haben. Sie sind nicht nur schön anzusehen, sondern können Schmerz verursachen." Die Tage der Kindheit sollten erfüllt sein von Wärme und Licht. Rosalies waren tiefschwarz. Wenn sie an ihre ersten Monate auf dieser Welt zurückdachte, verspürte sie keine Zufriedenheit in ihrem Herzen, sondern hatte einen salzigen Geschmack im Mund.

Los aliados de Mary Hightower, que yace en un ataúd de cristal, han emprendido su espantosa misión. A su ejército se une un recién llegado: Jix, espía del rey maya de Everlost, cuyas intenciones puede que no sean tan claras como creen. Mikey intenta desesperadamente rescatar a Allie, mientras que Nick apenas recuerda quién era antes. Y entretanto, a medida que se forjan nuevas alianzas e intrigas, la lucha por el alma de Everlost llega a su punto álgido.

Seventeen-year-old Krescent Dune is buried under the weight of her dead parents’ debt and the ruinous legacy they left behind. The only way she can earn enough money to escape her unforgiving island is by battling monstrous creatures in an underground fighting pit. After a fight goes terribly wrong, she’s banned from the pits. Now hopeless, she is offered a deal: in exchange for the erasure of her debts, she must join and protect a hunting party for a rescue mission deep within the mining caves beneath the island.