Ergebnis für "Wintermaid" in Literatur & Belletristik

Ein heiliger Auftrag führt die Jägerin Lhan ins Gebirge. Als sogenannte Wintermaid soll sie den Winter bezwingen. Doch zwischen den Felsen lauert der Eisgeist, ein blutrünstiger Menschenfresser. Wenn es ihr gelingt, die Bestie als Jagdbeute ins Dorf zu bringen, wird sie als Winterbezwingerin gefeiert. Sollte sie scheitern, wird die Rache des Dorfes grausam sein. Schon bald wächst in Lhan der Verdacht, dass dies ihr geringstes Problem ist.

King Leontes of Sicilia is seized by sudden and terrible jealousy of his wife Hermione, whom he accuses of adultery. He believes the child Hermione is bearing was fathered by his friend Polixenes, and when the baby girl is born he orders her to be taken to some wild place and left to die. Though Hermione's child escapes death, Leontes' cruelty has terrible consequences. Loss paves the way for reunion, and life and hope are born out of desolation and despair.

In a realm of orcs and powerful men, housemaid Alma Andersson is drowning—in grief, debt, and drudgery. When her awful employer makes his darkest demand yet, she flees for the forest and tumbles toward her doom… Until she’s snatched to safety by a huge, vicious green beast. An orc. He’s utterly terrifying, with his towering bulk, sharp teeth, and deadly black claws—but his touch is gentle, and his eyes are kind. And his scent is a deep, decadent sweetness, sparking a furious flame between them.