Ergebnis für "Rosen" in Krimis & Thriller

Südstaatenglamour, Intrigen und Spannung vom Feinsten von Bestsellerautorin Jennifer Lynn Barnes. Seit Sawyers Geburt vor achtzehn Jahren sind sie und ihre Mom sehr gut ohne ihre reiche Südstaatenfamilie ausgekommen. Doch als Sawyers Großmutter plötzlich vor ihr steht und ihr eine halbe Million Dollar bietet, wenn sie an der diesjährigen Debütantinnensaison teilnimmt, kann sie nicht ablehnen. Das ist ihre Chance, endlich herauszufinden, wer ihr Vater ist! Und schon befindet sich Sawyer mitten in einer Welt voller Geld, Perlenschmuck und Intrigen.

International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood. A Printz Honor Book! If there’s one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it’s that a real man...

Ein Geheimbund, ein mysteriöser Fund im See und ein schockierendes Familiengeheimnis Sawyer ist der High Society, in deren Kreisen sich ihre neu gefundene Familie bewegt, nur sehr widerwillig beigetreten. Dabei hat sie nur ein Ziel: herauszufinden, wer ihr Vater ist. Doch dann wird sie mit ihrer Cousine Lily in den mysteriösen Debütantinnen-Geheimbund der White Gloves eingeführt.

An dieser Akademie endet die erste große Liebe tödlich. Noch heute liegt auf den Familien von Romeo Montague und Julia Capulet ein Fluch: Alle siebzehn Jahre muss sich ein Liebespaar aus ihren beiden Häusern opfern. Joy ahnt von ihrem gefährlichen Erbe nichts, bis sie an eine Akademie entführt wird. Als Capulet darf sie sich auf keinen Fall in einen Montague verlieben, doch die Fürsten beider Häuser lassen ihr Herz höherschlagen. Auf dem Ball, auf dem das tragische Liebespaar ausgewählt wird, bringen Joys Gefühle nicht nur sie selbst in Gefahr.

Grausame Entdeckungen in den dunklen Gassen Edinburghs. Edinburgh im 19. Jahrhundert: Die junge Hazel Sinnett möchte lieber Chirurgin werden, als zu heiraten. Der arme Jack Currer ist Leichengräber, der nur versucht, in einer Stadt zu überleben, in der es zu leicht ist zu sterben. Als die beiden eine zufällige Begegnung außerhalb der Edinburgh Anatomist’s Society haben, denkt sich Hazel zunächst nichts dabei.

I am Narissa, and I invite you to journey with me from the pulsing heart of London to the enigmatic Scottish highlands, through the mystic corners of Eastern Europe and down to the sun-drenched South of France. This is the Dark Creatures Collection—an odyssey of suspense, friendship, and deception.

“Beautifully written and deliciously complex…I couldn’t get enough.” —Nicki Pau Preto, author of the Crown of Feathers series The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones in this thrilling urban fantasy set in the magical underworld of Toronto that follows a queer cast of characters racing to...

What if vampires were the good guys and a human girl was the one to fear? Death of a Black Rose, book three in The Rose Trilogy, is a paranormal romance that concludes with a heroine who's now the one to fear, a vampire who vows to save the soul of the one he loves, and a vampire clan whose new Sire is already facing extinction.

A steamy paranormal YA romance with deadly stakes for a new generation of Twilight and Vampire Academy readers. A few years ago, Rose was in an accident that nearly claimed her life. In the chaos of that night, a mysterious boy pulled her from the brink of death, then vanished before anyone else...

When Faith Williams almost loses her life during a robbery, Death is there. While he spares her soul, he makes a promise to return when she's eighteen and collect it. Now, it's the eve of that special birthday, and Faith has no recollection of that fateful day. But echoes of Death appear in her art—his intense eyes, his intriguing demeanor—and she can't get him out of her head. When he arrives in person, Faith is drawn into an epic supernatural battle where her very existence is questioned at every turn.

A traveling medicine show promises to cure all, but two kids learn it takes more than faith in the miraculous to fix things that are broken. Thirteen-year-old Jack knows what cured his baby sister when his family thought she might never get well—Dr. Kingsbury’s “Miraculous Tonic.”...

Last year, Nan’s three best friends ventured into the canyons near their small town and never returned. Now one of them is back, and Nan can’t believe it…because she’s the one who killed them. From the New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls comes another dark thriller about...

I barely survived my first year at Darkhen Academy, and now, with Ryder gone and my heart shattered, I’m not sure I’ll outlive the second. But I have to, right? Because, Luxora and her evil minions aren’t waiting around for me to get over my broken heart. With increased attacks in the human world, the super slayer squad must ride on! Then, there’s my father. He’s kind of obsessed with unlocking my new superpowers.

Half-fae Arlo becomes entangled in the courtly intrigue at the Seelie Summer palace as danger for ironborns mounts in this “beautifully written and deliciously complex” (Nicki Pau Preto, author of the Crown of Feathers trilogy) sequel to A Dark and Hollow Star that’s The Cruel Prince meets...

Lexi is a survivor; she has spent her whole life moving from one abusive foster home to the next, until she decided to take charge of her own life. Living in abandoned buildings, couch surfing, and working at a strip clubs were a huge improvement on what she had before. All she needs is enough money to feed herself, finish high school, and hopefully go to college. She has a plan. That is until she is caught and sent to live with a strange foster family upstate.

Our task is simple. Kill all the demon baddies before they wreak havoc on the human realm and destroy the fragile peace between our two worlds. Easy peasy, right? Well if I can't figure out how to get this devil's mark off my chest, the demons won't stop coming for me. Luckily, my long lost father has shown up promising to help me get rid of it. But do I really want a dark warlock's help? Then there's my love life - or serious lack there of. I broke all the rules my first semester, and the worst was falling for my demon bad boy instructor.

Faith Williams has managed to escape the clutches of Death and the gates of hell. But when she discovers she is the only one who can read the Book of the Dead, she realizes why her soul is so valuable to the forces of evil. Suddenly, someone Faith loves is stolen from her, bringing her back to the Devil's door. To stop a common enemy, Faith is forced to team up with her irresistible but villainous "friend," Death. Fighting alongside the enemy quickly becomes a dangerous game of saving the mortal realm while fighting forbidden feelings for each other.

June, 1993. Claire has been dumped in rural Indianola, Texas, to spend her whole vacation taking care of mean, sickly Grammy. There's nothing too remarkable about Indianola: It's run-down, shabby, and sweltering, a pindot on the Gulf Coast. Except there is something remarkable. Memories shimmer and change. Lizards whisper riddles under the pecan trees. People disappear as if they never existed. Yesterday keeps coming unspooled, like a video tape. And worst of all, a red-lightning storm from beyond our world may just wipe the whole town off the map.

Belle Morte. One of five houses where vampires reside as celebrities and humans are paid to be their living donors. While others came here seeking fortune, I came in search of my sister who walked into Belle Morte five months ago . . . and never walked back out. Now that I'm here, the secrets about this world have proven to be much bigger than I ever anticipated. And lurking around every corner are shocking insinuations of what happened to my sister.

In sunny Southern California, 17-year-old Ruby Rose is known for her killer looks and her killer SAT scores. But ever since her dad, an LAPD SWAT sergeant, died, she’s also got a few killer secrets. To cope, Ruby has been trying to stay focused on school (the top spot in her class is on the line) and spending time with friends (her Jimmy Choos and Manolo Blahniks are nothing if not loyal). But after six months of therapy and pathetic parenting by her mom, the District Attorney, Ruby decides to pick up where her dad left off and starts going after the bad guys herself.