Ergebnis für "The Spell" in Literatur & Belletristik

After surviving the Epic Celestial Rift and learning powerful magic, Alex returns home exhausted and craving a sense of normalcy. He buys a new place to call home for his team, focuses on training with friends, and tries to figure out who he is when he’s not fighting for survival. But that peace won’t come easily. While his best friends level up and grow stronger, Alex struggles with the feeling that he’s falling behind… stagnating while the world moves to catch up with him. Rivalries and petty bullies turn dangerous as the pressure builds every day for him to push his magic further.

Tortured, framed for murder, and hunted by a kingdom. For Daren Morin, it's a familiar taste of betrayal. His enemies think he’s cornered. They're about to learn how wrong they are. His only path to untouchable status lies within a mysterious, labyrinthine artifact—the stage for a deadly, kingdom-wide tournament.

Twenty-nine-year-old Imogen Banks is hashtag struggling. After a disaster ends her career, destroys her home, and burns up all the money she’s saved to open her own bakery, she enters a baking contest for an all-or-nothing last-ditch chance at getting her life together. But when she arrives at the mysterious island off the coast of France, she discovers all the inhabitants of the quaint town are magical, and if she wins the contest, she’ll become the next royal baker at the castle on top of the hill. No worries that the last royal baker appears to have been murdered.

Alex was just trying to escape his dead-end job and overbearing family. Then the System arrived, bringing with it magic, Rifts, and the chance for ordinary people to become extraordinary. Unfortunately for Alex, his stats start out as unimpressive as his old life. But when he gains the unique trait [Primordial Will], which only allows him to put his free points into one stat, everything changes.

I swear I didn’t mean to bind my secret high school crush to me, it just happened. I made a promise to my family that there would be no spell casting while they were away. It was well known in the Turner household that my spells tended to go a bit, shall we say, wonky. Like turning my ex-boyfriend into a frog when I’d been trying to conjure breakfast in bed. Complete accident, though my sister claimed he was better in frog form. She wasn’t wrong. So, for the next two weeks I would look after our family store, hang out with my cat, Hex, and enjoy having the house to myself for once.

From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Line of Beauty. The Spell is a comedy of sexual manners that follows the interlocking affairs of four men: Robin, an architect in his late forties, who is trying to build an idyllic life in Dorset with his younger lover, Justin; Robin's twenty-two year...

A failed escape dumps Daren Morin on a distant continent—with a parasite burrowing into his mind. The Mind Serpent coiled around his Mana Portal has one goal: devour his consciousness and wear his body like a suit. Most mages would panic. Daren sees an opportunity. Stranded without allies, hunted by forces that span kingdoms, and fighting a war inside his own skull, Daren has been in worse situations. Probably. The difference is, this time his enemies don't know who they're dealing with—or what's already living inside him.

For two centuries, Daren Morin was one of the most powerful mages in existence, a master of forbidden magic and feared across the realm. But betrayal ended everything. Now, he wakes up...eighteen years old. Again. Stripped of power. Trapped in a ruthless magic academy. Mocked by classmates who call him "Moron." This time, he's weaker. This time, they think he's no threat. This time, they're dead wrong.

Jack Langdon has always suppressed his talent for sorcery. But his marriage to Abigail, a skilled wizard, ignites his passion and opens doorways he never imagined.

Sure, I heal faster than most, and I've got a sixth sense for brewing tea that can fix just about any problem, but my cafe isn't exactly a hotbed of paranormal activity. At least it wasn't...until some psycho attacked me and woke up the freaky, forbidden magick inside, earning me a one-way ticket to jail. Now, a covert magickal university is offering me a deal: my freedom in exchange for help with the Tarot prophecies - cryptic predictions they believe hold the key to stopping a deadly apocalyptic plot.

Sigfrid roams the aftermath of a war-torn kingdom in the wake of a brutal battle against disciples of the Dark Flame. He’s one of the world’s last holy warriors—a Spellsword—and he’s tasked with upholding justice and keeping the Bright Flame burning. He slays monsters by contract, upholding morality despite being jaded to the world, and is summoned to answer a challenge by a Duke—pull the giant sword of stone from the vines of the Ancient Grove and win a small fortune along with his daughter’s hand in marriage.

Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. His father has lost his job, so Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor, collecting newspapers and begging, dreaming of a big future. Wuraola is a golden girl, the perfect child of a wealthy family. Now an exhausted young doctor in her first year of practice, she is beloved by Kunle, the volatile son of family friends. When a local politician takes an interest in Eniola and sudden violence shatters a family party, Wuraola and Eniola's lives become intertwined.

A reincarnated evil lord knows the value of a good tool. At the Arcane Academy, Daren Morin has found a toolkit of broken misfits, and he's ready to start building his arsenal. His goal isn't just to survive his second life; it's to dominate it. He offers them secrets and forbidden power, demanding a price they don't yet understand. Then, the game changes. A routine competition becomes a deadly dungeon crawl—an unexpected trial by fire.

Katrin's nightmares have returned. This time, they are not visions of the past, but the present. His present. Castle Drakos hadn't been attacked since the ancient war. Until that day. The day everything changed. The day she became Queen. The day she barely escaped with her life in exchange for Alexander's. Now Katrin must work with the crew of The Nostos and several unlikely allies to not only rescue Alexander, but journey through the depths of Aidesian itself to prevent Hades from being resurrected.

In Spellbound bleibt es mörderisch und magisch! Emma und ihre Freundinnen aus dem Hexen-Nachhilfeunterricht machen einen aufsehenerregenden Fund! Durch Zufall entdecken sie in einem alten Grimoire eine geheime Buchseite. Darauf könnte sich ein Hinweis befinden, mit dem sich der Fluch von Spellbound endlich brechen lässt. Emma stürzt sich in diese Aufgabe. Doch sie ahnt nicht, welche Gefahren dabei auf sie warten ... Und als wäre das nicht genug, stolpert sie während eines Besuchs bei Agnes im Spellbound-Pflegeheim über die Leiche eines alten Satyrs. Emma hofft, dass wenigstens dieses eine Mal jemand eines natürlichen Todes gestorben ist.

Für Emma hat sich einiges verändert, seit ihr Geheimnis gelüftet wurde und ihr Liebesleben eine dramatische Wendung nahm. Doch noch immer hat Emma nicht alle Geheimnisse ihrer Vergangenheit aufgedeckt. Und eine weitere Veränderung steht an: In Spellbound soll der nächste Bürgermeister gewählt werden. Emmas Freundin Lucy kandidiert, und Emma hilft ihr fleißig bei der Kampagne. Die Stimmung während des Wahlkampfes ist aufgeheizt. Und dann wird auch noch einer der Gegenkandidaten ausgerechnet mit dem Pfahl von Lucys Wahlplakat gepfählt.

Die angehende Hexe Emma beschließt eine Therapie zu machen und hofft, dass ihre Vampir-Therapeutin sie nicht aus Versehen aussaugt. Zuzutrauen wäre es ihr. Zum Glück sorgt ihre Freundschaft mit dem Architekten Markos, dem begehrtesten Minotaurus von Spellbound, für Abwechslung! Als jedoch in dessen neuestem Projekt der Bauinspektor tot aufgefunden wird, findet sich Emma schnell in ihrer nächsten Mordermittlung wieder. Leider ist sie so abgelenkt wie noch nie, denn sie muss ständig an den Engel Daniel und dessen Verlobung denken.

Das Finale der ersten Staffel um die verhexte Stadt Spellbound und ihre liebenswerten, magischen Bewohner! Emmas großer Tag rückt immer näher und ihre Freundinnen schmeißen für sie sogar eine Junggesellinnen-Party! Doch Emma wäre nicht Emma, wenn es nicht jemand auf sie abgesehen hätte. Denn auf der Party jubelt ihr jemand einen Zaubertrank unter, durch den sie all ihre wichtigen Erinnerungen verliert.

A cursed witch must team up with a rival coven leader to save her small town in this atmospheric tale of magic, love, and self-discovery—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic. “Absolutely irresistible . . . I was enthralled...

Emma Hart schwelgt im Glück! Ihre Verlobung ist offiziell, und die ganze Stadt freut sich mit ihr. Doch das Verbrechen in Spellbound fordert ihre Aufmerksamkeit. Die Leiche eines Pixies wird gefunden, und es sieht nicht nach einem natürlichen Tod aus. Schnell steckt Emma mitten in der Mordermittlung. Erster Ermittlungsort: Das Spellbound-Casino, wo das Opfer mit einem Leprechaun Streit um Geld hatte.