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Sophie Arundel is stranded in history, stuck in a grand house in 1925 England. Thankfully, she has her faithful dog with her. Oh, and fellow student Hugo, fit, privileged, and annoying. Baffled by upper-class rules, courted by boring suitors, Sophie is desperate to get back to the twenty-first century. But the only way home is through a hidden portal — and to unlock its secrets, she must work with Hugo.

I never believed magic was real–until I used it to kill a werewolf. I'd spent my life chasing gold as a figure skater until a letter arrived from a supernatural school for fae, claiming I was a sorceress. Now I’m forced into a world where dragons breathe fire, griffins fly, alicorns battle and wolves hunt monsters. At this academy, sorceresses are bound to alpha shifter mates, and pagan rituals are used to connect with the gods.

A dragon, a fae, and a pixie walk into a bookstore… Sounds like a joke, right? For me, it's just an ordinary day on the job. At least, it has been ever since my aunt disappeared and left me with her store, her cat, and a whole lot of unanswered questions. My whole life, I've been told to stay hidden. Pretend I'm human. Sell books, drink tea, and never betray the truth of what I am. But it turns out my aunt had secrets, and a lot of those secrets seem to involve me ending up dead. To survive, I'm going to have to reckon with my past, even if it means placing my trust in a total stranger.

In the future, mankind has learned to manipulate their DNA, harnessing only the good genes, like intelligence, strength, and height. They called this prime DNA and humans rushed to get these new pDNA injections, which gave them superhuman-like qualities. Centuries later, however, their DNA became so engineered that humans rarely lived past the age of 30, thanks to a new deadly disease called the Kiss. The only cure is to receive an injection of oDNA, DNA from an Original human that hasn't been genetically altered. Problem is there aren't many Originals left.

Violette, daughter of a duke, committed a terrible, jealous crime against her half sister. As she languishes in prison, something unexpected happens: time is rewound, sending her back to the day her problems began! Armed with the memories of her disastrous first go-round, Violette is determined to live a quiet, unobtrusive life this time...but fate has something else in store!

When four strange, and strangely talented, youngsters are brought to Winding Circle by master sorcerer Niko they find themselves drawn together in a Circle of Magic - a circle that binds them despite their differences.

Prinzessin Aella, einst aus dem Palast verstoßen, wächst mit anderen Waisenkindern bei einem Orden auf. Doch die Schule, die sie dort besucht, bildet alle im Geheimen zu Spionen des Königreichs aus. Nach Abschluss ihrer Prüfungen wird Aella in das Elite-Team der Absolventen berufen, das ausgerechnet Raven anführt. Alles an ihm zieht sie seit jeher an, er ist mutig, loyal – und tödlich. Die erste Mission ihres Teams wird sie beide an ihre Grenzen führen.

In Compound Eleven, the hierarchy of the floors is everything. My name is Eve Hamilton, and on my floor, we fight. Which at least is better than the bottom floor, where they toil away in misery. Only the top floor has any ease in this harsh world; they rule from their gilded offices. Because four generations ago, Earth was rendered uninhabitable—the sun too hot, the land too barren. Those who remained were forced underground. While not a perfect life down here, I’ve learned to survive as a fighter. Except my latest match is different. 

It's not until Dez's father shows up, wielding a gun and knowing more about Kale than he should, that Dez realizes there's more to this boy - and her father's "law firm" - than she realized. Kale has been a prisoner of Denazen Corporation - an organization devoted to collecting "special" kids known as Sixes and using them as weapons - his entire life. 

From the world of the best-selling YA series Red Rising comes a story of love and loss and rage! In the future, when mankind has spread across the stars, the hierarchy of man is dictated by the color of one’s caste. The Golds rule all, but what will happen when one falls for a lowly Red? See how a forbidden love will set the course of events for the future and lead to the formation of the formidable Sons of Ares! 

Der Sprung ins Ungewisse. Ein winziges Kellerapartment in New York City ist alles, was Amber von ihrer Großmutter geerbt hat. Freiheit, Abenteuer und der Puls der Großstadt – genau das hat Amber gesucht. Nach einer geheimnisvollen Sonnenfinsternis erwacht in Amber eine mächtige, uralte Magie. Plötzlich steht sie im Zentrum einer jahrhundertealten Fehde: Ein Königreich der Vampire erhebt Anspruch auf sie, während dunkle Schattenseelen durch die U-Bahn schleichen und alles Leben auslöschen wollen.

Khalani Kanes has never stood on the surface of the earth. In the underground city of Apollo, faith and dreams are as absent as the sun. She longs to visit Genesis, the infamous Domed City and the final place where humanity lives aboveground. But when Khalani is given a life sentence and thrown into prison for a theft she didn't commit, that wish shatters into oblivion.

Seventeen-year-old Layla just wants to be normal. But with a kiss that kills anything with a soul, she's anything but normal. Half demon, half gargoyle, Layla has abilities no one else possesses. Raised among the Wardens - a race of gargoyles tasked with hunting demons and keeping humanity safe - Layla tries to fit in, but that means hiding her own dark side from those she loves the most.

Wendy Darling has a perfectly agreeable life with her parents and brothers in wealthy London, as well as a budding romance with Booth, the neighborhood bookseller's son. But one night, while their parents are at a ball, the charmingly beautiful Peter Pan comes to the Darling children's nursery, and - dazzled by this flying boy with god-like powers - they follow him out of the window and straight on to morning into Neverland, an intoxicating island of freedom.

Below Forsaken Mountain, a plot is being hatched to overthrow the tyrant king of Trollus, and Marc is the right-hand man of its leader. His involvement is information more than one troll would kill to possess, which is why he must keep it a secret from everyone, even the girl he loves. After accidentally ruining her sister's chance to become queen, Pénélope is given one last opportunity by her father, the Duke d'Angoulême, to make herself useful: she must find proof that the boy she's in love with is conspiring against the crown.

"Wenn die Magie der Zeit dir den Atem raubt ..." Für die 17-jährige Zoe ist das Leben neuerdings ein einziges Chaos. Seltsame Tagträume verfolgen sie, in denen sie Dinge sieht, die noch nicht geschehen sind. Als dann auch noch eine Einladung zur hoch renommierten Franklin Academy eintrudelt, glaubt Zoe an einen Scherz. Weder hat sie sich dort beworben, noch gehört sie zu den reichen Kids, die normalerweise auf das Elite-Internat gehen. Wenige Tage später steht ein Junge vor ihrer Tür und es ändert sich alles.

INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Enthralling ' Chloe Gong 'Enchanting' Amélie Wen Zhao A princess. A portal. A prophecy. Ying Yue believed in love . . . once. Yet when she's chosen to wed the Crown Prince, Ying's dreams of a fairy tale marriage fall apart. Her husband-to-be is cold and...

Sixteen-year-old Neryn is alone in the land of Alban, where the oppressive king has ordered anyone with magical strengths captured and brought before him. Eager to hide her own canny skill - a uniquely powerful ability to communicate with the fairy-like Good Folk - Neryn sets out for the legendary Shadowfell, a home and training ground for a secret rebel group determined to overthrow the evil King Keldec.

When Emma moves to Astoria, Oregon, she is given two rules: #1 - don’t cross to “their” side of the street. #2 - don’t mess with the elites, especially Lexen Darken, top elite and resident bad boy. While she finds this both weird and insulting, Emma has no actual intention of breaking these rules - until her guardians go missing. Now all bets are off. Only a single line separates her side of the street from the elites', and she's crossing it.

An dieser Akademie endet die erste große Liebe tödlich. Noch heute liegt auf den Familien von Romeo Montague und Julia Capulet ein Fluch: Alle siebzehn Jahre muss sich ein Liebespaar aus ihren beiden Häusern opfern. Joy ahnt von ihrem gefährlichen Erbe nichts, bis sie an eine Akademie entführt wird. Als Capulet darf sie sich auf keinen Fall in einen Montague verlieben, doch die Fürsten beider Häuser lassen ihr Herz höherschlagen. Auf dem Ball, auf dem das tragische Liebespaar ausgewählt wird, bringen Joys Gefühle nicht nur sie selbst in Gefahr.