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Ein dunkles Geheimnis scheint über dem winzigen Städtchen zu liegen, in das die siebzehnjährige Katy gerade erst gezogen ist. Im umliegenden Gebirge sollen Lichtgestalten gesehen worden sein... Viel schlimmer findet Katy jedoch, dass die nächste Bibliothek meilenweit weg ist und sie kein Internet hat. Bis sie beschließt, bei ihren Nachbarn zu klingeln und ein Junge die Tür öffnet, so düster und geheimnisvoll wie der Ort selbst.

You are mine now. Mine to play with. Mine to break. He is secrets, danger and passion. He is forbidden sin. And now he holds the key to destroy all I hold dear. The Dark Fae prince never told me his name. Not when he tried to seduce me, and not before he purposely botched one of my jobs and stole what was mine—a dangerous relic with unlimited power. It has the ability to break kingdoms… and tear down the wall that separates the human world from the dangerous, wyld magic of the fae. He knows that I will do anything to protect my family. Even follow him beyond the wall, into his lands.

"Ein letzter Auftrag – dann bin ich tot, aber er ist frei. Das ist es wert." Die Assassine Kenna erhält ihren letzten Auftrag: Sie muss den Prinzen des Südens töten – den einzigen Fae, der alle vier Elemente beherrscht. Ein unmögliches Unterfangen. Doch weigert sie sich, stirbt ihr bester Freund Caelan. Eine Wahl, die keine ist. Aber schon bald wird sie von der Jägerin zur Gejagten. Denn in ihr steckt ein mächtiges Erbe, von dem nicht einmal sie selbst etwas geahnt hat.

When 17-year-old Katy Swartz moved to West Virginia right before her senior year, she'd pretty much resigned herself to thick accents, dodgy Internet access, and a whole lot of boring, but then she spotted her hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up...until he opened his mouth. Daemon Black is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. It's hate at first sight, but when a stranger attacks her and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something...unexpected happens. The hot guy next door? Well, he's an alien.

Als Katy nebenan einzieht, weiß Daemon sofort: Das gibt Schwierigkeiten. Er darf niemanden an sich heranlassen, denn das würde Fragen aufwerfen. Warum bist du so stark? Wie kannst du dich so schnell bewegen? Was BIST du? Die Antwort darauf ist ein Geheimnis, das niemals gelüftet werden darf. Doch Katy bringt Daemon vom ersten Tag an aus der Fassung. Aber sich in sie zu verlieben würde nicht nur sie in Gefahr bringen - es könnte auch das Ende der Lux bedeuten.

Die Suche nach dem Bösen ist absolut nichts, was in das geordnete Leben der ängstlichen Mathematikstudentin Leyla passt. Doch ausgerechnet sie erblickt und durchschreitet einen Übergang in das magische Land Naurénya, das durch einen ungewöhnlichen und starken Zauber nach und nach von schwarzem Stein überzogen wird. Die dortige Bevölkerung ist ratlos. Trotz der großartigen Fähigkeit die Elemente zu beherrschen, kennen sie keinen Weg das drohende Unheil aufzuhalten.

Keira hat alles in einen Plan investiert, der Menschen zeigen sollte, wie gefährlich es war, die Reviere der Wolfswandler in ihrer Nähe zu haben. Der Plan scheiterte und nun steht sie mit einem Bein im Gefängnis. Lex, der Alpha eines der menschenfeindlichsten Rudel, verlangt, dass sie ihre Strafe bei ihm im Rudel verbüßt. Er hat eine ganz besondere Aufgabe für sie. Der Alpha hatte ihr zuvor bereits versprochen, dass sie sich wiedersehen würden, und Keira erkennt schnell, dass er kein Mann leerer Worte ist.

My name is Nate Temple, and I’m secretly a wizard. I ride a foul-mouthed unicorn, drink with Achilles, and am pals with the Four Horsemen. I’ve even cow tipped the Minotaur. I understand the theory of following the rules. I’m just not very good at the application. Because, rules were meant to be broken. Especially when I find out a monster just murdered my parents. Now all I can hear is the sweet, soothing song of vengeance in my ears, playing on repeat.

At sixty-nine years old and with two black belts to her name, former nun Monica Barrett has never backed down from a fight. So when a woman turns up on her doorstep with an attacker on her heels, Monica is quick to step in. But this assailant has powers-he moves with uncanny speed, strikes with brutal accuracy, and isn't after the woman at all. Instead, he wants what she has: a smooth, flat piece of rock that she throws to Monica.

Kellen Tavadon, son of the Arch-Mage Lycaelon, thought he knew the way the world worked. His father, leading the wise and benevolent Council of Mages, protected and guided the citizens of the Golden City of the Bells. Young Mages in training---all men, for women were unfit to practice magic---memorized the intricate details of High Magic and aspired to seats on the council.

Sierra Carter learns that her former employer's technology is in reality a means of spreading a deadly evil around the world. Necocyaotl, god of death and destruction, has placed his essence in every device, causing people to place their self-interest and personal desires above all else. If Sierra's going to stop him, she'll need some help. And help is on the way. Chaco, also known as Coyotl the Trickster, is a handsome young man when he isn't a coyote - and an excellent cook. Fred the mannegishi has the gift of disappearing at will and a few well-kept secrets.

On the fringes of human space, a murder will light a fuse and send two different people colliding together. She lives on earth, where peace among the population is a given. He is on the fringe of society where authority is how much firepower you wield. She is from the powerful, the elite. He is with the military. Both want the truth - but is revealing the truth good for society? Two years ago, a small moon in a far-off system was set to be the location of the first intergalactic war between humans and an alien race. It never happened.

Aspen doesn't know how to behave in front of the shifter dragon king.... And the consequences are deadly. But, Aspen, never one to fear much of anything, tells him to get lost. If she knew who he was, she might act differently. But to her, Sid is just a reminder of a past she’d rather forget. Sid won’t leave Aspen alone, because she’s the one girl that might be able to help save him and the rest of the dragons.

I met him in college, and I fell in love. It was a beautiful love, pure and perfect. Max quickly became everything I could have ever wanted. He was the jock, the popular guy, and I was just Belle - but he made me so much more. He gave me everything I could have ever wanted in life. But one night, one accident changed everything.

The first time Tucker saw the disk, his father disappeared into thin air. The Reverend Adrian Feye had climbed onto the roof to fix a loose shingle - and suddenly he was gone. An hour later, the Reverend came walking up the road, tattered and sunburned, bringing with him an unspeaking, yellow-haired, dark-eyed girl. He refused to say where he had been, instead declaring that there would be no more prayer in the Feye house: He had lost his faith. Now Tucker’s family is unraveling.

When I heard Pestilence - a horseman of the apocalypse - had been set free, I thought returning him to his crypt would be just another job. After all, that’s what watcher angels do - we protect humanity from the creatures that go bump in the night. Everything changed the instant I locked eyes with her. The fiery red hair rolling in waves down her back and the freckles scattered across her cheeks stole the air from my lungs. I’d been awed by Earth’s wonders before, but she was different. And not just because she is a witch.

Year One-Knife, Tenochtitlan – the capital of the Aztecs. The end of the world is kept at bay only by the magic of human sacrifice. A priestess disappears from an empty room drenched in blood. Acatl, high priest, must find her, or break the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead. But how do you find someone, living or dead, in a world where blood sacrifices are an everyday occurrence and the very gods stalk the streets?

Quand l'empereur Xica apprend que son unique héritier, prisonnier de ses ennemis Mézétains, a été exécuté, il décide de répudier son épouse et d'en prendre une nouvelle. Les huit provinces de l'empire sélectionnent chacune une jeune femme pour participer à l'Ayotl : une compétition impitoyable où, au terme de trois épreuves, la gagnante montera sur le trône. Aucune des candidates ne peut se permettre de perdre. Sinon, c'est la mort qui les attend.

Earth has been destroyed, the entire solar system turned to dust by a cataclysmic event known as the Fracture. Now, the last survivors of humanity live on vast arkships drifting through the Cluster, doing what they can to survive in a hostile ever-changing environment. When the arkship Obsidian is attacked, Wynn awakes in an escape pod fleeing from a huge space battle, unable to remember who he is. Hunted by a killer robot, the forces of a rival arkship, and the Church of the Infinite, Wynn must survive long enough to unlock his lost memories, discover who is behind the attack and take his revenge.

A broken man, Khraen awakens alone and lost. His stone heart has been shattered, littered across the world. With each piece, he regains some small shard of the man he once was. He follows the trail, fragment by fragment, remembering his terrible past. There was a woman. There was a sword. There was an end to sorrow.