Ergebnis für "Still" in Paranormal & Urban Fantasy

Imagine being the only human left on an Earth occupied by monsters, aliens, and worse. Sounds terrible? Well...it's not so bad when you are an introverted battle junkie like me. Honestly, I was almost starting to appreciate being left behind while everyone else was given the chance to prepare for the mess Earth had gotten itself into. On a side note, it turns out I'm pretty good at hunting monsters. Though dragons and such are a bit out of my league. Just a bit. I survived dozen-something kobolds that wanted me dead, and now it's time to pay back their leader. 

Jess Bailey hates her restricted world. With an abusive father keeping a tight leash, she dare not reveal the secret scar on her hand that kills anyone it touches. But when her drop-dead gorgeous stepbrother moves into the house, she sees the perfect escape route into some thrilling shenanigans. Enjoying the lingering attention of her stepsibling and his two hot friends, Jess crushes hard on each of the bad boys in the crew. But when a drunken night out ignites a dangerous chain of events, she confronts the fateful purpose behind her lethal touch.

"Unser Haus ist ein Ort der Ruhe. - Doch es ist keine friedliche Ruhe. Es ist eher, als schwebe etwas Unausgesprochenes im Raum. Etwas, das verlangt, gehört zu werden. Etwas voller Begehren - voller Hunger. Ich fürchte mich nicht davor, allein im Haus zu sein. Vielmehr fürchte ich, dass ich es nicht bin.

Lina fühlt sich oft fremd in der Welt. Sie spricht wenig, denkt viel und erlebt ihre Umgebung intensiver als andere. Als sie eines Morgens einen überwucherten Pfad im Stadtpark entdeckt, gelangt sie an einen geheimen Ort – einen stillen Garten, der sich auf rätselhafte Weise mit ihren Gefühlen verbindet. Je besser Lina sich selbst versteht, desto lebendiger wird der Garten. Doch mit dem Erwachen der Blüten regt sich auch eine dunkle Kraft, die droht, alles zu zerstören – nicht nur den Garten, sondern auch Linas innere Welt. Was ist dieser Ort? Warum reagiert er auf sie?

Eine magische Welt und das Verbot, seine Gaben zu nutzen. Trotz gesetzlicher Verbote nutzt Runa seit Jahren heimlich die Gabe ihrer Familie, in Bücher zu reisen. Dabei begibt sie sich jedes Mal wieder in Gefahr. Als sie ein Treffen mit dem geheimnisvollen Kirian prophezeit, muss sie sich mit dem Gedanken anfreunden, dass sie mehr als nur die Lesergabe innehat. Ihre Suche nach Antworten stößt etwas Unaufhaltsames an, das nicht nur ihr Leben verändert.

A cozy vampire vacation mystery set in a seaside Italian village, featuring a reformed vampire, his magical talking cat, and a handsome, brooding detective. Bastian may be a vampire, but he doesn’t bite. . . . Not anymore, at least. These days, Bastian just wants to live his best undead life...

National bestselling author Sharon Shinn presents a passionate, heart-wrenching story of secrets and the lengths we’ll go to, to protect those we love... Melanie Landon and her half-sister share a unique bond. For her entire life, Melanie has hidden the fact that Ann is a shape-shifter. The never-ending deception is a heavy weight to bear, but Melanie is determined to keep Ann’s secret and protect her from a world that simply wouldn’t understand. For months, Melanie hasn’t seen or heard from Ann, in either of her forms.

Salisteen, a very powerful colleague of McGowan's, suspects a demon is loose in her city, the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Something has murdered and possessed the souls of a string of young girls. At her request, McGowan brings Paul down to see if his special necromantic powers might be of help in hunting down the demon. McGowan also brings Colleen and Katherine. But Salisteen's hidden agenda is for her and another senior practitioner to have a look at Paul, and he finds himself under their microscope.

Als die Journalistin Marianne Binder wie jedes Jahr zum Heiligen Abend das Grab ihres verstorbenen Mannes aufsucht, bemerkt sie neben seiner Ruhestätte einen frisch aufgeworfenen Grabhügel. Davor steht eine junge Frau. Die Unbekannte hält eine Kerze in den Händen, ist auffällig altmodisch gekleidet und scheint sie zu erwarten. Trotz eines verwirrenden Gefühls folgt Marianne der Fremden in ein kleines Café nahe der Stadt - und wird mit einer unglaublichen Geschichte konfrontiert.

Prue embarks on a long overdue fresh start at what feels like the beginning of the rest of her life. Before she can even take her first steps into this new life, reality takes a swing at her newfound peace, with the loss of someone larger than life.

It's been 737 days since the Department of Extraordinary Affair's last vampire incursion, but that streak appears to have ended when a boat full of dead lawyers is found in the Hudson River. Using the power of psychometry - the ability to divine the history of an object by touching it - agent Simon Canderous discovers that the booze cruise was crashed by something that sucked all the blood out of the litigators. Now, his workday may never end - until his life does.

Antigone Baehr is almost eighteen when her life takes a bizarre turn. All those feelings she'd had her whole life that she was different from all of her peers were actually true -- she is something called 'unlife'. Now forced to face Death face-to-face, Annie finds herself caught up in a future she never wanted for herself-- is she fated for Death? Or to be Death?

All it took was one phone call and TV show host and archaeologist Annja Creed is in mortal danger. Her producer Doug Morrell has been abducted by a greedy treasure hunter who's seeking the lost raubgold, or looted gold of Nazi Germany. The terms are simple: retrieve the bounty and Doug lives. Fail, and he dies....Now Annja and her friends must find a missing German fighter plane that was shot down over the Alps in 1945. 

Due to an error made by Li, the Guild is split while on a monster hunt. Jonathan and Sam wind up at the Guild's cemetery, while Asadi and John make their way back to the library. Here they learn the true identity of the monsters and what they need to trap them. Unfortunately for John, the materials can only be found at the bait shop owned by his estranged wife, Gladys.

David is trapped in the suburbs of Ashburn, forced to serve as the supernatural enforcer for his master, Ahriman. He's starting to get the hang of his demonic body and his new role. And then he sees a human dressed like a monk kill one of the nastiest, baddest demons he's ever encountered. Sybil recognizes the human for what he is—a Demon Slayer. Most demons think that Slayers are only a myth. But, as David discovers, they're deadly real, and one of them is on the job in Ashburn with a mission to kill all the demons he can find. And he will, unless David can stop him.

Punkin-the-cat knows there's something terrible in the walls of their new house in Shadow Hill, something BIG. He's going to need Shannan's help, but sometimes communicating with your human pet is…challenging.

Mrs. Marsh spends her days caring for her home and avoiding her neighbors whenever possible. A home invasion by a pompous goop and a monstrous, flaming rat creature will threaten her peaceful retirement plans.