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She was promised to one man. Claimed by four. And fate is just getting started. Gabriella’s future is set—or so she believes. She’s engaged to her childhood sweetheart, a golden boy with charm to spare and secrets buried deep. But when a journey through the cursed Redlyn forest turns deadly, everything changes. Attacked by Fae Wolves and left for dead, Gabby is rescued by the very monsters she was raised to fear. Deep in the forest, hidden from the war tearing the realm apart, four exiled warriors take her in. Journey. Talon. August. Percival.

Every culture on earth, independently, without contact, across thousands of years, has told the same story. A deal is made. A soul is traded. And the person who made the deal always regrets it. The Soul Trade traces the concept across every major religion, folklore tradition, and spiritual practice that has attempted to explain it.

When Callie finds an old locked chest in her parents’ attic, her mom tells her to not worry about it. That’s a dare to find the key and find out what’s inside, right? Full of old journals, she digs into the chest’s depths and pulls one out. But when Callie starts to dream about the world in the journal, these dreams feel far too real. The snow is cold. The run from the wolf makes her heart pound. And she can feel the pain of the ropes digging into her wrists when she is taken to the castle under the mountain.

In the heart of Victorian England, where steam and iron threaten to smother the ancient countryside, artist Robert McKinley is swept into a world of enchantment and peril. When the actress he loves vanishes with her mysterious troupe, Robert’s search leads him beyond the veil of ordinary life—into a realm where forgotten gods and immortal lords dwell beneath the hills, wielding magic older than time itself.

Knapp ein Jahr ist vergangen: Hagen, Grimhild und Gundahar warten am Hof der Burgunden darauf, ob der Xantener Königssohn Siegfried seinen Vater von einem Bündnis mit Burgund überzeugen konnte. Es ist nur eine Frage der Zeit, bis die Hunnen das Tributgeld einfordern. Aber Hagen weiß, dass das Bündnis mit Xanten bedeuten würde, dass Grimhild mit Siegfried ginge.

Ich bin geflohen! Saskia und Mama beschäftigen Marcus. Doch ich habe es nicht mehr ausgehalten bei diesem Sauertopf. Charlie hat mir eine Nachricht geschickt, dass sie inzwischen bei Mandy ist. Also bin ich die paar Schritte zu Mandy und nun sitzen wir zu dritt auf der Couch der freien Ferienwohnung. "Du kannst das Schwert jetzt auch wieder hinlegen.", ermahnt mich Mandy schmunzelnd. Verlegen lege ich den Brieföffner in Form eines Schwertes wieder auf den Tisch. Charlie küsst mich sanft in den Nacken. Ihr warmer Atem löst einen wohligen Schauer aus.

'She's showing no signs of losing her brilliance. She is unparalleled in creating fantasy peopled by finely drawn and complex characters... GIFTS has the simplicity of fairy tale and the power of myth' GUARDIAN 'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power' OBSERVER Orrec, the son of the Brantor of...

One step closer to safety. One heartbeat away from surrender. Gabriella left the Redlyn forest with one of her fated mates, but nothing could prepare her for what waits beyond. In the crumbling village of Milanis, betrayal strikes from every side —August lies bleeding after a violent clash, her best friend clings to life after childbirth, and Gabby’s carefully guarded heart begins to unravel. Desperate to save the ones she loves, Gabby makes a dangerous deal with the high Fae of Vyndari —a realm of shadowed magic and ruthless desire. Her blood is their key to power.

Award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan collects brand-new stories of murder, myth, and misadventure including contributions from international bestsellers Garth Nix, Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones, Tamsyn Muir, and featuring stunning illustrations from Galen Dara. We are all going to die...

What if every time you tipped an hourglass, the world held its breath and secret doorways appeared where you'd never seen them before? Alex discovers a mysterious, cracked hourglass tucked away in Mira's shop—an artifact that doesn't just stop time, but focuses it, revealing "hidden paths" at the seams of human choice. As Alex learns to step into these frozen moments, they realize that time shows more than what happens; it shows the footprints not taken and the truth of what could have been.

The sole heir to the kingdom is destined to sleep for a hundred years. To hide this liability, the queen left her cursed daughter in the care of a trusted lord, while taking his son as her own. Rowan grew up hating the boy who had her crown and vowed to one day reclaim her place as queen. But when a neighboring king threatens a war they won’t survive, Rowan must work with the fraud prince to save Elenvérs. She pledges herself as his spy in the enemy court and lives in the heart of danger. If she can’t save her kingdom before the curse hits, there may be nothing left to wake up to.

What do you get when you have a renegade Greek Goddess, a fiery witch, a toddler dragon, a fae child, and a temperamental teenage bogeyman in one house? Chaos. Not literally, of course. Ellie—or more accurately, the Greek Goddess formerly known as Eleos—left the true embodiment of Chaos behind when she abandoned the Greek Pantheon for the mortal world. Spilt milk, giant sunflowers, and random spot fires are just par for the course when you're raising Halflings, the outcasts of the magickal world. 

A spicy retelling of Persephone and Hades and the second in the Dark Fates series, centered around Greek deities and Otherworlders. Buried alive in Ancient Greece two thousand years ago, Persephone—the Goddess of Spring—resurfaces in '90s New Orleans with no memory of who she is or where she...

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A Book Riot Best Mystery & Thriller of the Year Three women in one twisted family race for answers in this striking mystery set in the Mexicali borderlands that "breathes new life into the myth of Persephone and Demeter" (Ana Reyes, author of The House...

Nacida fuera del matrimonio y rechazada por la sociedad, Alma ha aprendido a vivir en soledad y es feliz así, siempre que tenga a su madre a su lado. Pero, cuando esta enferma gravemente, descubre una pista sobre su padre, del que hasta ese momento no sabe nada, y le escribe pidiéndole ayuda. No sospecha entonces que es una bastarda de la Casa de Avera, una de las cuatro familias nobles que, imbuidas de poder divino, sirven a los dioses, y que su padre es un recipiente de la Bestia Pavorosa, el dios más aterrador de todos, el heraldo de la muerte.

They say monsters are made. I was born one. With an angelic face and a cursed talent, I eat magic and ask for seconds. When I pass through the land, flowers wither, earth scorches, and colors bleed out—all at the command of my father, the God of Ruin. I escaped his prison, only to stumble upon a dangerous school ruled by five heirs. Girls fight to fall into their laps, even though they’re all hot mess assholes.

"The ground remembers. The mountains don’t wash away blood like the rain does."Step into the deep ridges of Black Mountain with The Weight of Cloverlick Holler, the complete supernatural Appalachian trilogy. Bound by blood, inheritance, and a terrifying gift, one family discovers that no matter how far you run, the high country never lets you go. The Sum of Knowing: The Complete Cloverlick Holler Series includes-Book 1: The Weight of Knowing Born into an Appalachian family gifted with "the sight," an office manager tries to outrun her roots.

La arqueóloga náutica Haven Ambrose acaba de llegar a la soleada ciudad de Positano para investigar los misteriosos naufragios de la costa amalfitana, pero a la vez, en secreto, busca el tesoro de gemas de valor incalculable que su padre descubrió durante su última inmersión. Tras la llegada de Haven, extraños remolinos y desgracias comienzan a encadenarse. En 1821, Mari DeLuca y las mujeres de la ciudad practican el legendario arte de la stregheria, la magia para controlar el poder del mar.

Yule Court is days away, but who can think about that when Esme's been kidnapped?

A raíz de una insignificante batalla entre dos reinos anclados en el olvido de la India del siglo XIV, una niña de nueve años tieneun inesperado encuentro que cambiará el curso de la historia. Tras presenciar la muerte de su madre, la niña, Pampa Kampana, seconvierteen receptáculo de una diosa que empieza a hablar por su boca. La diosa le otorga poderes que escapan a la comprensión de PampaKampana y le confía que vaaser fundamental en la erección de una gran ciudad llamada Bisnaga, literalmente “ciudad de la victoria”, la maravilla del mundo.