Ergebnis für "Melissa" in Urban Fantasy

She spends her days chasing around her high-energy, half-shifter toddler and her nights working full-time trying to make ends meet. Oh, and add in the absolute cluster of a situation her ex dumped in her lap on his way out? Well, that's just icing on the cake. With virtually no options left, Emerson heads for Haven, a sanctuary city for monsters and humans alike. Survival means taking a job at The Monster's Den—a club that caters to the inhuman residents of her new home. But freedom comes with complications of its own.

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.

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?

Vampires don't exist. It's a mathematical certainty. But the mathematical reality? I'm trapped in a gothic mansion filled with them. Laurent claims that my blood will make him the most powerful vampire alive. So he kidnapped me from a college party. I was supposed to be celebrating my graduation...

The brilliant conclusion to Melissa Caruso’s Echo Archives trilogy; a whip-smart adventure fantasy where a detective has to solve the greatest mystery of all—her own murder. Kembral Thorne is back on the job. Everything is going great—she hasn’t been in mortal peril for months, her...

A whip-smart adventure fantasy packed with reality-bending magic, and sapphic romance, The Last Hour Between Worlds is the brilliant launch of a new series from David Gemmell Award-nominated author, Melissa Caruso. In the Deep Echoes, no one can save you. Kembral Thorne has a few hours away from...

Piper Griffiths wants one thing in life: to become a Consul, a keeper of the peace between humans and daemons. There are three obstacles in her way. The first is Lyre. Incubus. Hotter than hell and with a wicked streak to match. His greatest mission in life is to annoy the crap out of her, but...

The Last Soul Among Wolves is the brilliant second installment in Melissa Caruso's Echo Archives series, a whip-smart adventure fantasy featuring cursed relics, sapphic romance, and a magical murder mystery. All Kembral Thorne wants is to finish her maternity leave in peace. But when her best...

Their relationship? Complicated. Their chemistry? Irresistible. Their enemies? Biblical. Petra is the only one of her kind—a telekinetic supernatural with a tragic past, questionable judgment, and the subtlety of a thrown grenade. After spending three years wiping an evil corporation of the map (long story, lots of fire), she and Jesse can finally be free. Then a demon shows up to say, You’re one of us. So naturally, Petra ghosts. Not because she doesn’t love Jesse.

Years ago, boundary witch Allison “Lex” Luther made a promise to an alpha werewolf. Now, just when the supernatural community in Colorado is enjoying a period of hard-won peace, the alpha turns up at Lex’s door to call in his marker. Two of his pack members have disappeared in the Colorado sand dunes, and he needs safe passage to hunt for them. With her friend Simon Pellar along for backup, Lex ventures into the dunes to search for the missing couple…but what they find is only the opening move in an ambitious assault against those who hold power in the Colorado Old World.

What happens when you run into a gorgeous, tattooed goblin with bad boy vibes? You spill coffee down the front of your shirt. Yeah, not my finest moment. Bastian Croft is a supernatural bounty hunter, and it turns out he's hunting...me. I've been hiding for two years under a fake name, working...

After her twin sister’s brutal murder, former US Army Sergeant Allison “Lex” Luther vowed to protect her niece, Charlie. So when two vampires try to kidnap the baby, it quickly turns into a fight to the death - Lex’s death, that is.

When LA’s vampires, witches, and werewolves make a mess, they call Scarlett Bernard to clean it up. Her ability as a null erases all magical traces from anything—or anyone—that comes within ten feet of her, and keeps humans in the dark about the city’s paranormal activity. One night when she’s called to a grisly crime scene, Scarlett is spied by the all-too-human LAPD cop Jesse Cruz, who strikes up a deal with her: he’ll keep quiet about the supernatural underworld if she helps him crack the case. 

"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.

Fitting into the Old World isn't going very well for Boulder boundary witch Allison "Lex" Luther: she may have earned a place in a vampire's service, but now it seems as if every supernatural creature in town has found a reason to hate her. And when Lex and her partner are assigned to investigate the suspicious disappearance of two vampires during the night of the full moon, they find themselves with more questions than answers.

From her first fateful glimpse of the Sahar Stone to the explosive battle in Asphodel, Piper fought with Ash and Lyre beside her. A draconian and an incubus—an unlikely friendship of two skilled warriors, deadly in very different ways, both hiding dark secrets and dangerous pasts. Now, return...

This set includes a prequel novella as well as the first two novels of the Charm Collector urban fantasy series. Veiled Threats: Camila Fletcher has made a career out of finding missing people. Despite being a full-blooded human, she’s often contacted by members of the fae population hiding amongst mundanes. When a young fae girl asks for help finding her sister, Camila is thrust into an investigation that involves much more than one missing girl…

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.

Something wicked is at work in Colorado's supernatural community. Vampires are being paralyzed or killed with poison...a weapon favored by witches. This offense threatens to break apart the already-fractured alliance between witches and the undead. The state's cardinal vampire, Maven, summons boundary witch Allison "Lex" Luther to stop the killing before it ignites a war. Lex has barely started investigating when she gets another surprise: the biological father she's never met arrives on her doorstep.

As a null, Scarlett Bernard possesses a rare ability to counteract the supernatural by instantly neutralizing spells and magical forces. For years she has used her gift to scrub crime scenes of any magical traces, helping the powerful paranormal communities of Los Angeles stay hidden. But after LAPD detective Jesse Cruz discovered Scarlett's secret, he made a bargain with her: solve a particularly grisly murder case, and he would stay silent about the city's unearthly underworld.