Ergebnis für "Melissa" in Paranormal & Urban Fantasy

Was, wenn alles, was du über dein Leben wusstest, eine Lüge wäre? Wie alle zweitgeborenen Töchter des Reiches hat sich Cerise Solon nie über das Gelände des Tempels hinausgewagt, in dem sie als Orakel in den Diensten einer Göttin lebt. Als die junge Frau trotz ihrer Unfähigkeit, auch nur eine einzige Tragödie vorherzusagen, von der obersten Seherin beauftragt wird, dem Halbkönig zu dienen, ist sie mehr als überrascht. Der junge Herrscher ist ein Mann, der tagsüber regiert und bei Sonnenuntergang zum Schatten wird.

In near-future New Orleans, draugar, again-walkers, are faster and stronger than most humans but not venomous until they are a century old. Until then, they shamble and bite. Since not everyone wants to see their relatives end up that way, Geneviève Crowe makes her living beheading the dead. But now, her magic's gone sideways, and the only person strong enough to help her is the one man who could tempt her to think about picket fences: Eli Stonecroft, a faery who chose bar-owner in New Orleans over a life in Elphame.

"Ich weiß, was du bist. Du bist nicht willkommen auf Cheetah Manor, doch meiner Tochter zuliebe werde ich dich dort dulden." Nach dem Tod ihrer besten Freundin will die Indianerin Izusa für deren Tochter sorgen. Doch das gestaltet sich schwierig, denn Eric Morgan, der leibliche Vater des Kindes, beansprucht das Sorgerecht. Kathlyn aufzugeben, ist für Izusa unmöglich, und so lässt sie sich auf einen ungewöhnlichen Deal ein. Sie zieht nach Cheetah Manor, was ein paar Unwegsamkeiten mit sich bringt, weil Chowilawu-Indianer die magisch geschützte Plantage eigentlich nicht betreten können.

Sechsundzwanzig Jahre lang hat Aleydis im Wald gelebt, ohne jeglichen Kontakt zur Außenwelt. Es war nötig gewesen, zum Schutz – aller anderen Menschen auf der Welt. Doch ein skrupelloser Konzern bekommt Wind von dem, was sich dort in der Wildnis versteckt und schickt Männer in Schwarz um es zu holen. Aleydis gelingt die Flucht und zum ersten Mal in ihrem Leben ist sie wirklich frei. Auf ihrer Wanderschaft begegnet sie Rafael, zu dem sie sich sofort unwiderstehlich hingezogen fühlt. Aber kann sie ihm wirklich vertrauen?

Gibt es den perfekten Mann? Nach einer hässlichen Trennung muss sich die Hexe Amanda gegen ihren stalkenden Ex-Freund zur Wehr setzen. Sie nutzt das magische Wissen ihrer Familie, um den perfekten Beschützer zu erschaffen: Kaleb ist ein Golem und befolgt jeden von Amandas Befehlen. So schafft sie es, sich endlich von ihrem Ex zu lösen. Doch je länger Amanda Zeit mit Kaleb verbringt, desto menschlicher wird ihr Golem. Erste Zweifel kommen ihr: Kann sie es mit ihrem Gewissen vereinbaren, Kaleb ständig Befehle zu erteilen? Und warum schlägt ihr Herz plötzlich höher, wenn sie ihn sieht?

From the author of the highly addictive and bestselling Blue Bloods series, with almost 3 million copies sold, comes a new novel, Melissa de la Cruz's first for adults, featuring a family of formidable and beguiling witches. The three Beauchamp women-Joanna and her daughters Freya and...

When Clio conned her way into the Underworld, her job was to steal magic that could protect her homeland. Instead, she escaped with the rebellious son of a notorious spell weaver family. And in the process, she exposed his most calamitous spell. Now she and Lyre are in a race to recover his spell before his family catches up to them. Their only hope is to escape to the Overworld, and as an Underworlder on enemy ground, Lyre will have no choice but to trust Clio with his survival. But can she trust him when his seduction magic has the power to erase her will?

Half-dead witch Geneviève Crowe makes her living beheading the dead—and trying to juggle her new duties as a faery princess now that she's married Eli Stonecroft, a faery prince who was in self-imposed exile in New Orleans. But monsters have no patience with royal obligations, and the same creature who once hunted her great-times-great grandmother is now trying to put Gen in the ground.

Darf der Gott der Liebe sein Herz nur einem einzigen Menschen schenken? Faye und Ezra sind Zwillinge und erwachen gleichzeitig als neue Gottheiten. Während Ezra sich mit seinem Schicksal als Liebesgottheit arrangiert, hadert Faye mit ihrer Göttlichkeit. Sie will weiterhin für die Ärzte ohne Grenzen arbeiten – und setzt sich durch. Während die Gottheiten und Arca sich auf den Hilfseinsatz vorbereiten, kommen sich Ezra und der Wissenschaftler Pierre immer näher.

"Ich bin nicht mehr in Kansas." Dieser Gedanke schießt Tallulah Olsen durch den Kopf, als sie auf der künstlichen Insel der Organisation Arca ankommt. Sie ist eine der neuen Gottheiten, die überall auf der Welt erwachen, und muss schnell lernen, ihre Fähigkeiten zu kontrollieren. Das wäre sicher einfacher, wenn da nicht dieser Mann wäre, der Tallys Herz höherschlagen lässt. Als wäre das nicht genug Chaos, greift eine radikale Gruppe Arca und die neuen Götter an – denn nicht jeder Mensch ist froh darüber, dass es wieder Gottheiten auf der Erde gibt.

Half witch, half killer, wholly unsuccessful at every faery bargain so far...Geneviève Crowe makes her living beheading or resurrecting the dead in near-future New Orleans. After entering an accidental engagement, overcoming attempted murder, and discovering a family secret, Geneviève is ready for things to settle down, but carnival season in New Orleans is not the best time of year for "normal".

Amber Blackwood, Edgehill’s secret resident witch, recently found her parents’ grimoires and the powerful time spells within. The malevolent Penhallow clan has been ruthlessly seeking the grimoires so they can travel back in time to undo their clan’s cursed magic. Because the Penhallows will stop at nothing, Amber must find an impregnable hiding place for the grimoires, though she has no clue where to start looking. When her cousin Edgar suggests the game of Magic Cache, a magic-infused version of geocaching played by witches all over the world, Amber agrees to learn how to play.

Cleaning up crime scenes and juggling supernatural politics is hard enough, but now Scarlett must face changes to every part of her personal and professional lives. What happens when the world's most powerful null goes on parental leave? And what will the Old World have waiting for her when she comes back?

Crossover sensation Melissa de la Cruz created an instant New York Times best seller with the inventive Witches of East End. In this follow-up, everything is going smoothly in North Hampton now that Joanna and her daughters, Ingrid and Freya, are allowed to perform magic again. But chaos erupts with the arrival of Freya’s twin brother, Freddie, who’s finally escaped from Limbo. And Freddie’s convinced that Freya’s fiancé, Killian Gardiner, is the one who landed him there in the first place.

When Clio conned her way into the Underworld, her job was to steal magic that could protect her homeland. Instead, she escaped with the rebel son of a notorious spell weaver family. And in the process, she exposed his most calamitous spell, putting her people—and all magic—in peril. Now she and Lyre face two impossible feats: recover his creation, and do it before his family catches up to them. But when the spell is unleashed with devastating results, caution is no longer an option.

Months after her battles in Wyoming, Allison "Lex" Luther is still struggling with the aftereffects of the psychic attack she suffered - and with the new developments in her own magic. Then, Lex’s boss, the cardinal vampire of Colorado, passes along a strange request from her counterpart in Atlanta. Hundreds of Civil War spirits have abruptly vanished in Beau Calhoun’s territory, and he wants Lex to figure out why. In exchange, Beau can help her understand boundary magic, which runs in his family line as well.

In 1816, Elizabeth's life had been carefully planned for her. A home, a family, a life that she was trained to fill... and had never questioned if she wanted, until the future she expected was stolen from her. In the present day, Heck's hopes and dreams have been destroyed, the life she was fighting for gone in an instant. Amid the devastation of her plans, she's determined to fight for her dreams.

Ellie loves working in her local library in the small town of Ligonier. She loves baking scones and investigating the mysterious and captivating in her spare time. And there is nothing more mysterious and captivating than the intriguingly beautiful, too properly dressed woman sipping tea in her library who has appeared as if out of nowhere. The pull between them is undeniable, and Ellie is not sure that she wants to resist.

Alex McKenna is the new Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago office of the Bureau of Preternatural Investigations - the division tasked with investigating crimes involving shades. Or vampires, as they're more widely known. Children have been going missing, and agents are routinely being slaughtered. It's up to McKenna, and some unlikely allies, to get to the bottom of the problem, and find the kids before it's too late.

After discovering she's a witch and being whisked away to the magical land of Crenshaw, Ellie wants nothing more than to spend time with her new wife, Prospero, who has magically altered Ellie's memories to convince her of exactly that. Prospero herself is guilt-wracked after erasing Ellie's memories and being forced into a sham marriage with the woman she loves for real. But Crenshaw is dying, poisoned by Prospero's enemies who want their community to return to the human world, and she will do anything to save it.