Ergebnis für "Nora" in Urban Fantasy

Everyone has secrets. Some are hidden in plain sight. Some are buried. And some date back centuries. For Nora Grayson, those secrets are always in the open. An empath and a wizard living in Boston, she sees them come through her door every day as she acts as a counselor to the supernatural among us. Cheating spouses, financial troubles, and hidden longings all unfold in her private study as she struggles to keep magic from ripping through the walls and exposing Bright creatures to humanity.

Eine Mordserie erschüttert die übernatürliche Community – und auch Sages Freundin, die Werwölfin Lucy, wird tot aufgefunden. Sage ist wild entschlossen, sich den offiziellen Ermittlungen anzuschließen und den Täter zu finden. Doch sie gerät ausgerechnet an den unnahbaren Ermittler Oren. Der höchst attraktive Hexenmeister macht keinen Hehl daraus, dass er am liebsten allein arbeitet, und auch Sage ist zunächst nicht sehr begeistert. Schließlich ist Oren für seine rabiaten Methoden bekannt.

As a professional wizard, Harry Dresden knows firsthand that the “everyday” world is actually full of strange and magical things—and most of them don’t play well with humans. And those that do enjoy playing with humans far too much. He also knows he’s the best at what he does. Technically, he’s the only at what he does. But even though Harry is the only game in town, business—to put it mildly—stinks. So when the Chicago P.D. bring him in to consult on a double homicide committed with black magic, Harry's seeing dollar signs.

Just one week after the werewolf fiasco, Terrance is nearly killed by an unknown attacker. He's not the only victim. Fey all around the city are being murdered and with Nora's reputation for solving cases, they're looking to her for help. What choice does she have but to get involved? Not only does being fey make her a target, but the killer went after her troll. He's going to pay for that.

You’d think there’d be a little more action for the only professional wizard listed in the Chicago phone book. But lately, Harry Dresden hasn’t been able to dredge up any kind of work: magical, mundane, or menial. Just when it looks like he can’t afford his next meal, a murder comes along that requires his particular brand of supernatural expertise. There’s a brutally mutilated corpse, and monstrous animal markings at the scene. Not to mention that the killing took place on the night of a full moon. Harry knows exactly where this case is headed.

Most humans have no idea that a dark and deadly underworld, filled with magic and monsters, exists. They wander through life blissfully ignorant of the supernatural world around them. Nora Jacobs is different. Nora knows exactly what kinds of hellish creatures haunt the streets of Detroit. Thanks to a unique set of psychic abilities, Nora has managed to steer clear of the underworld most of her life. But all that changes the night the most powerful vampire in the city discovers her gifts and decides to use her as a tool to find one of his missing clan members.

Something is wrong with Nora. There's a darkness inside her that she can't seem to control. As she and her men search for answers to her siren's dark nature, someone puts out a hit on her clan. Now, mercenaries from all over are trying to kill them. On top of all that, Nora must take on her first official case for the FUA. Someone is stealing mythical creatures, and they need to be stopped before they can steal the magic of the world's most powerful underworlders.

Jasmine Jolly will alles, aber nicht bei ihrem Namen genannt werden. Sie ist eine mächtige Wandlerin, aber sie verwandelt sich nicht in ein cooles gefährliches Wesen, sondern in ein Stinktier. Was würde sie dafür geben sich stattdessen ebenfalls in einen Löwen oder einen Wolf zu verwandeln. Allerdings entwickelt Jasmine in diesem Semester ganz eigene Fähigkeiten. Sie scheint plötzlich über eine neue Form der Magie zu verfügen, die ihre Wünsche wahr werden lässt. Doch leider scheint Jasmine sich oft Dinge zu wünsche, die sie sich besser nicht gewünscht hätte.

Life is busier than ever for Innkeeper Dina DeMille and Sean Evans. But it’s about to get even more chaotic when Sean's werewolf mentor is kidnapped. To find him, they must host an intergalactic spouse-search for one of the most powerful rulers in the Galaxy. Dina is never one to back down from a challenge. That is, if she can manage her temperamental Red Cleaver chef; the consequences of her favorite Galactic ex-tyrant's dark history; the tangled politics of an interstellar nation; and oh, yes, keep the wedding candidates from a dozen alien species from killing each other.

Jas und ihre Gefährten sind endlich wieder an der Schule für magische Wesen. Die Schule ist nicht mehr das, was sie einmal war. Sowohl die Schüler, als auch die Lehrer, und selbst die Eule Sir Lancelot bereiten sich auf eine finale Schlacht mit den Magierrebellen vor. Jas ist diesesmal eines klar. Sie wird nicht wieder weglaufen. Sie wird kämpfen.

Kate and the former Beast Lord Curran Lennart are finally making their relationship official. But there are some steep obstacles standing in the way of their walk to the altar. Kate’s father, Roland, has kidnapped the demigod Saiman and is slowly bleeding him dry in a never-ending bid for power. A Witch Oracle has predicted that if Kate marries the man she loves, Atlanta will burn and she will lose him forever. And the only person Kate can ask for help is long dead. The odds are impossible. The future is grim. But Kate Daniels has never been one to play by the rules.

Neue Regel: Wenn du eine glänzende, hübsche Halskette findest, zieh sie nicht an. Jas weiß schon lange, dass es magische Gegenstände gibt. Sie hätte nur nie gedacht, dass der Anhänger, den ihr Sommerflirt zurückgelassen hat, einer sein würde. Jetzt muss Jas herausfinden, wie sie ihren Anhänger beherrschen kann ... bevor er sie beherrscht.

One month after Nora's violent induction to the dangerous supernatural side of Detroit, she's finally settling into her new life as the underworld's token human. All she wants to do is mind her own business, enjoy her new friends, and stay safe. But that's easier said than done when she's such an enigma to everyone around her. Thanks to her unique psychic abilities, she's garnered a reputation for being mysterious and powerful. When the alpha of a local werewolf pack asks her to help him figure out who is stealing from him, she can't say no.

"Die Töchter der Elemente" - Die große Serie von A. L. Knorr. Ibby arbeitet als Archäologin in einem Museumsarchiv in London. Ihre Arbeit wirkt recht monoton. Nur ihr fürchterlicher Boss sorgt gelegentlich für Aufregung. Darum kann Ibby es kaum glauben, als sie im Museum ein nirgendwo registriertes Artefakt entdeckt. Ein Artefakt, das sich nicht nur nirgendwo einordnen lässt, sondern das Ibby auch seltsame Kräfte verleiht.

Jas ist es nicht fremd, Ärger zu haben. Normalerweise macht sie sich zum Spaß auf die Suche danach. Aber jetzt nicht mehr. Nicht jetzt, da ihr verfluchter Anhänger sie an den letzten Ort gebracht hat, an den sie jemals gehen wollte. An den einen Ort, an den sie definitiv nicht gehört. Sie wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher, als zur Akademie für magische Kreaturen zurückzukehren, um ein wenig Zeit mit dem heißen Wandler zu verbringen, der endlich ihr gehört. Aber zuerst muss sie einen Weg aus dieser alternativen Dimension finden.

When the magic is up, rogue mages cast their spells and monsters appear, while guns refuse to fire and cars fail to start. But then technology returns, and the magic recedes as unpredictably as it arose, leaving all kinds of paranormal problems in its wake. Kate Daniels is a down-on-her-luck mercenary who makes her living cleaning up these magical problems. But when Kate’s guardian is murdered, her quest for justice draws her into a power struggle between two strong factions within Atlanta’s magic circles.

After breaking from life with the Pack, mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate–former Beast Lord Curran Lennart–are adjusting to a very different pace. While they’re thrilled to escape all the infighting, Kate and Curran know that separating from the Pack completely is a process that will take time. But when they learn that their friend Eduardo has gone missing, Kate and Curran shift their focus to investigate his disappearance. As they dig further into the merc’s business, they discover that the Mercenary Guild has gone to hell.

As the mate of the Beast Lord, Curran, former mercenary Kate Daniels has more responsibilities than it seems possible to juggle. Not only is she still struggling to keep her investigative business afloat, but she must now deal with the affairs of the Pack, including preparing her people for attack from Roland, a cruel, ancient being with godlike powers.

Kate has come a long way from her origins as a loner taking care of paranormal problems in post-Shift Atlanta. She's made friends and enemies. She's found love and started a family with Curran Lennart, the former Beast Lord. But her magic is too strong for the power players of the world to let her be.

Dina Demille doesn’t run your typical bed and breakfast. Her inn defies laws of physics, her fluffy dog is secretly a monster, and the only paying guest is a former Galactic tyrant with a price on her head. But the inn needs guests to thrive, and guests have been scarce, so when an Arbitrator shows up at Dina's door and asks her to host a peace summit between three warring species, she jumps on the chance.