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In the ghetto, the last 50,000 Jews await their fate, but, unlike those who preceded them to the death camps, these Jews are prepared to fight. Jan Kalisz, Kripo investigator and Resistance double-agent, has promised to supply them with weapons. But how will he fulfil his vow? The murder of a German officer appears to provide an opportunity.

A short story from the British Library Crime Classic collection Final Acts. Detective novelist Dorothy L. Sayers presents a look at morality and motive as playwright John Scales grows angrier and more resentful towards the actor who reinvented his script, and must decide how far he will allow his hatred to take him.

I was to wed a Lord of my parents’ choosing. Wealth can’t buy you everything, or I would have had freedom years ago. Instead, my strict parents made sure I lived a dull life in a mansion resembling a prison. But on my wedding day, I was handed over to another man—an even more ruthless Lord that my family hated. Tyson Riley Crawford only wanted me for his revenge. I’m nothing more than a debt to be paid. I didn’t have a say in the matter. So when I said my vows before the congregation, I knew I’d break them. Consequences be damned.

All's fair in blood and war…Talk about wedding crashers from hell. Keira Kelly and her sexy vampire king, Adam, are about to tie the proverbial knot-sort of-when an uninvited blood relative shows up to cast a long, dark shadow over the happy occasion. Adam's brother Gideon comes bearing the one-size-fits-all gift of bad news: an ancient, convoluted Challenge thrown down upon the entire Kelly clan. It seems the dreaded forces of the Dark Fae have declared war on Keira's family, and at stake is the land that is rightfully theirs.

Two months after her eighteenth birthday, scrappy Hikari Skye is ready to leave her ramshackle mobile home on Earth for icy dwarf planet Ceres and the underground bases that house Space Force. She's trading her dingy trailer park; her baby sister, Bea; and her best friend, Rho, for the excitement of the Proxy Wars and the freedom of the galactic front lines—where her father once deserted his own platoon. And the most appealing part? She's leaving behind Draeden Rache, the cocky, privileged bully who tried to kiss her last year.

Michael Warren isn't your ordinary detective, he's a werewolf. With his partners, Tabitha and Sam Edwards (she's a witch and he's the I.T. guy), Michael takes on cases where the supernatural is the norm and it pays to be more than human. When his partner's niece, a talented witch named Samara, is kidnapped, Michael must journey to England to try and save her. He discovers more than meets the eye as a fanatic tries to use Samara's special magical abilities to bring an ancient goddess back into the world.

Lass die Magie fliegen! Nachdem sie den Klauen von Corrigan, dem Lord Alpha der Bruderschaft, entschlüpfen konnte, versucht Mack sich nun auf ein ruhiges Leben in der ländlichen Idylle von Inverness. Weit weg von allem - insbesondere fort von den Gestaltwandlern. Als Mack dann noch einen Job in einer kleinen Buchhandlung ergattern kann, scheint das Leben perfekt zu sein... für einen kurzen Moment! Denn die Besitzerin des Ladens - eine rätselhafte ältere Dame - scheint nicht nur ein Faible für Kräuterkunde zu haben, sondern weiß auch mehr, als sie vorgibt.

Was the troubled young Tammy Taylor a victim of an exorcism gone horribly wrong or cold-blooded murder? John Jordan must exorcise his own demons to find out. Following a particularly brutal and costly case, John Jordan goes to a secluded retreat center and encounters one of the most bewildering and haunting cases of his career: the suspicious death of a troubled and sexualized young woman undergoing exorcism.

A storm’s been awakened, and it won't be contained for long. I've been pushed beyond my limits, my heart shattered into pieces, and a magic forced on me I know nothing about. With a darkness stirring inside me that I should be afraid of - but I’m not - it’s time to show Alaryk even though he won the last battle, he won’t get so lucky again. My grieving period is over. I’ve moved onto rage, letting vengeance guide me. Everyone left that I care about wants me to let them in, but until Alaryk is no longer breathing, I won’t let them distract me from what needs to be done.

Brought to you by Penguin. A GRIPPING AND SEARINGLY HONEST ACCOUNT OF A YEAR IN THE TURBULENT LIFE OF A PROFESSIONAL JOCKEY, FROM FOUR-TIME CHAMPION OISIN MURPHY. Born prematurely, weighing less than a bag of sugar, Oisin Murphy’s life has always been one of struggle. From a young age he found...

Ihr ganzes Leben wurde Fei auf ein einziges Ziel vorbereitet: Siwang, den Kronprinzen des mächtigsten Reiches der Welt, zu heiraten. Prinz Siwang ist seit Kindheitstagen Feis bester Freund und würde alles für sie tun, doch Fei will nur eins: frei sein. Als sie die Chance bekommt, aus dem Palast zu fliehen, trifft sie ausgerechnet auf Yexue, den geheimnisvollen Prinzen des verfeindeten Königreiches. Mit seiner gefährlichen Magie der Nacht könnte er der Schlüssel zu Feis Freiheit sein – und vielleicht noch viel mehr.

Um Freunden dabei zu helfen, einen Fluch aufzuheben, hat Mack beschlossen, sich an der Magier-Akademie ausbilden zu lassen. Doch kaum hat sie die geheiligten Hallen betreten, ist sie umgeben von unfreundlichen Erwachsenen und launischen Teenagern - und alle scheinen nur darauf aus, Mack scheitern zu sehen. Da sie sich so unter Beschuss fühlt, gerät Macks Temperament - ein heißer Zorn, die seit jeher in ihr schlummert - jedoch immer weiter außer Kontrolle.

Das Feuer in ihrem Blut brennt heiß! Mackenzie Smith ist anders - schon ihr Leben lang. Als einziger Mensch wurde sie mitten im idyllischen Cornwall in einem Rudel Gestaltwandler aufgezogen. Doch auch wenn sich Mac nicht transformieren kann, etwas Seltsames fließt in ihrem Blut. Ihr feuriges Temperament und ihr Kampfgeist machen sie zu einer kühnen Kämpferin. Und dennoch ist ihre Präsenz in dem Rudel eine tödliche Gefahr für all seine Mitglieder: Denn sollte die Bruderschaft - die die Herrschaft über die Wandler innehat - jemals herausfinden, dass Mac ein Mensch ist, sind sie alle dem Tod geweiht.

Ein verführerischer Gothic-Roman voller Nervenkitzel und Dark Romance. Dies ist mein letzter Liebesbrief an dich, auch wenn manche ihn ein Geständnis nennen würden ... Kurz bevor der Tod sie ereilt, wird die Bäuerin Constanta von einem mysteriösen Unbekannten gerettet - in dem er sie in einen Vampir verwandelt. Dass sie dafür seine Braut wird und tun muss, was er verlangt, ist ein Preis, den sie zunächst nur allzu gern zu zahlen bereit ist. Bald schon nimmt Dracula sich zwei weitere Geliebte: die spanische Edeldame Magdalena und einen armen Künstler namens Alexi.

In the years since Lindon left Sacred Valley, he has attained power beyond anything his family thought possible. Now he’ll have to put those powers to the test, because a Dreadgod is on its way. Lindon and his allies set out to evacuate the valley before the arrival of the Wandering Titan, but their sacred arts are weakened by an ancient curse. They’ll have to persuade the squabbling inhabitants of Sacred Valley to leave behind their home and set off into the outside world. But it has been a long time since Lindon left, and more has changed than he realized.

While many Christians believe that Jesus purchased all we need at the cross, few of us grasp the true power of his blood and its vital relevance to our daily lives. In this essential guide for every believer, honored Christian leader and Bible teacher Derek Prince helps you understand and apply the power of Jesus’ blood to your everyday life.

I’ve loved Kaldur of House Kaalium since the first moment I laid eyes on him. He’s a sinfully charming, lore-smoking playboy with a smile that makes me see stars. As the High Lord of Vyaan, his vast power and wealth extends throughout the entirety of our nation—and he’s as untouchable as he is devastatingly handsome. Me? I’m a lowly human keeper on his grand estate. An orphan with no family. A dreamer, who lives in the adventure of my own fictional stories. I couldn’t be more beneath his notice or unlike the plethora of pretty, clever socialites who warm his bed.

Sora finds this to be doubly true after meeting the struggling Burkhard Clan and the mischievous Ravi. The wind dragon has stolen his breath, and heart, away. Sora suspects he might have found his mate. But his inability to be truthful with Ravi eats at Sora. When the Jaeggi attack, Sora can’t keep his secrets any longer. Not when Ravi is in the center of the war raging around them. He has to reveal who he really is. It’s the only way to be with Ravi and give the Burkhards the help they need.

Magisch, kämpferisch, leidenschaftlich – eine Romantasy wie ein Rausch Yeeran ist die jüngste Colonel ihres Elfenvolkes, doch der erste Einsatz endet in einer Katastrophe. Die Strafe lautet Exil. Der treuergebene Kommandant Rayan folgt Yeeran gemeinsam mit ihrer jüngeren Schwester Lettle in die Wildnis. Auch wenn Lettle die Kunst der Prophezeiung beherrscht – niemals hätte sie vorhersagen können, dass sie dort auf die Fae treffen würden. Seit mehr als Tausend Jahren gelten sie als ausgestorben und leben nur in Legenden voller Magie und Grausamkeit fort.

The Tanith First have been pulled back from the front line and are enjoying some well-deserved rest – but that is about to end. An enemy prisoner – one of the deadly Blood Pact – wants to betray his masters, but he will only talk to Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt. Can he be trusted, and what exactly does he know? Gaunt must discover the truth and avert a deadly threat to both his own life and to the Sabbat Worlds Crusade itself.