Ergebnis für "Sugar" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

At best, she's expecting a kitschy candy dish, at worst a beloved taxidermied pet, so when Cassie—newly divorced, single mom with zero prospects—discovers she's inheriting a fully stocked bakery along with a beautifully furnished apartment from a great aunt she'd never even heard of, she's convinced she must be dreaming.

Most spies take a break for the holidays, but not me, Charlotte Locke. As an analyst for Section 47, a secret spy organization, I normally use my magical form of synesthesia to uncover lies and track paramortal criminals from the comfort of my cubicle. But tonight I’m going out into the field, along with my partner, Desmond Percy, a powerful galvanist. Instead of enjoying Christmastime in the city, I’m in a German castle, dressed like a toy soldier and masquerading as a waitress at a swanky Christmas Eve party.

iDEATH is a place where the sun shines a different color every day and where people travel to the length of their dreams. Rejecting the violence and hate of the old gang at the Forgotten Works, they lead gentle lives in watermelon sugar. In this book, Richard Brautigan discovers and expresses the mood of the counterculture generation.

A pinch of desire. A tablespoon of seduction. A heaping cup of frustration. A recipe for damnation. Romantic, moonlit walks on the beach have a different kind of vibe when we're surrounded by sirens who want to eat us, and not in a good way. My world has been completely turned on its head. I've...

Mm. Do you smell that? It's the warm, gooey cinnamon from my oven-hot rolls. I make the best baked goods in all of New Mexico, perhaps the whole world, in my so-very-humble opinion, using a secret family recipe, and a little forbidden magic. My bakery has been booming ever since I got rid of that big bag of moldy beans, aka the world's most grotesque farting and armpit-sniffing ex-husband. My life is finally on track. And then he walks into my life.

1923 in Midland, Texas, and Miss Dara falls in love with her best friend - who also happens to be a girl. Terrified, Miss Dara takes a job at Sugar Land Prison for men, hoping to keep her secret attractions under lock and key. Once there, she befriends inmate and soon-to-be legendary blues singer Leadbelly, who sings his way out (true story) - but only after he makes her promise to free herself from her own prison. Sugar Land is a triumphant, beautiful debut novel about the heart’s refusal to be denied what the heart wants.

Seven dark and craftily written short stories by Carole Kelly. Enter Carole’s world of Dark Fantasy, where dysfunctional relationships, dystopian worlds, and psychological horror reign. Carole Kelly’s bites of fiction dive mercilessly into the gristle of dysfunctional relationships and...

'Tis the busy season in Willow Adam's bakery, Ambrosia. The Winter Holidays are upon her and even the whisk and rolling pin are working on their own. She calls for more magical help, but instead of her fae relatives appearing, Nigel Walsh walks in. He reminds her that she is the keeper of the Heart of Spirit Springs this coming year, an artifact of ancient and mysterious origins that protects this special town. Willow doubles down to finish her orders in time with the assistance of elves, other magical beings, and two teenagers to deliver the pastries.

Newbie witch and marketing whiz Minnie Wells thought so. She's in need of some smooth sailing, considering her plate is full with magic lessons, marketing the tea room, and navigating a divorce during the most romantic time of the year. But the women's Galentine's Day celebration is thrown into chaos when their event coordinator is stabbed in the back with a pink stiletto.

Tandy has never fit in with the others at the North Pole, whether it’s his size or love for computers. But he wants to contribute to the mission of making the world’s children happy. Taking time away from his baby - a new process for the Nice and Naughty lists - to do the yearly census on the Isle of Misfit Toys just doesn’t fit into his schedule. All El wanted at this point in his life was to become a baker at the North Pole. Maybe if he avoided the elves this year, they’d just leave him to his cookies. Can the magic of the holidays bring these two together?

Liv lands right in the middle of a goddess boot camp. And she can’t remember who she is. When Gabe shows up promising answers, Liv must decide. Trust a Jinn or trust the goddesses? Liv chooses wrong. Download now to find out the devastating consequences of her choice.

With Jude dead, there’s another opening on the council of guardians and they want Liam to round out the twelve. But Liam still isn’t convinced that the guardians have Isa’s best interest at heart and not only that, Isa doesn’t want him as a guardian and he doesn’t want to do anything that would anger her. In the end Pierre convinces him that Isa’s very life is on the line if he doesn’t join.