Ergebnis für "The Kissing Contract" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

»Portland ist ein Ort der Schatten. Und du hast dich mit den finstersten davon angelegt.« Als ihr Bruder einer mysteriösen Studentenverbindung beitreten soll, von deren Existenz niemand auf dem Campus zu wissen scheint, ist Ivys Misstrauen geschürt. Auf der Suche nach Hinweisen gerät sie an den verschlossenen Liam, von dem eine prickelnde Gefahr ausgeht. Er warnt sie davor, weiter nach Antworten zu graben – doch Ivy ist fest entschlossen, das Geheimnis der Bruderschaft zu entschlüsseln.

If there is one thing you needed to know about me it is this: I hate vampires. They are useless, soul-sucking monsters that destroy everything in their path, even my own family. I joined The Order and became a vampire hunter for revenge, but I never would have guessed that my job would entail baby-sitting the vampire heir to the most powerful clan in the world. And if she thought I was going to break like the other hunters she has been through... she has another thing coming to her.

Thirteen tales are unspun from the deeply familiar and woven anew into a collection of fairy tales that wind back through time. Emma Donoghue reveals heroines young and old in unexpected alliances--sometimes treacherous, sometimes erotic, but always courageous. Told with luminous voices that shimmer with sensuality and truth, these age-old characters shed their antiquated cloaks to travel a seductive new landscape, radiantly transformed.

Evie is trapped. Held captive by the vampiric Court of Night, she has experienced nothing but pain and terror for over a year. Treasured for her rare and delectable blood, Evie knows she will never see the outside of the dark estate that is her prison. She is fated to be forever ruined by cruel monsters. Her freedom is a concept lost.

Steel is beyond irritated when he is maneuvered into ownership of a fragile human female. She’s not nearly big enough to handle his size or strength, yet she’s determined to get him into bed - into her. Steel realizes just what this little female is capable of when he awakens, chained to his bed, with her riding his very turned-on body. For a man who prides himself on his unyielding control, Steel soon finds Rena stripping him of it an inch at a time.