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I used to eat rocks as a child. The family doctor diagnosed me with pica, dooming me to years of intensive therapy and extensive dentistry work. It wouldn’t be until much later that I would understand the all-consuming, insatiable craving that spurred me to eat a variety of rocks and minerals wasn’t a mental disorder, but an innate gift that allows me to extract the magic contained inside them: tourmaline for speed, celestite for strength, augite for a powerful laxative effect (that I had to discover the hard way).

‘This book is a pressure-cooked vial crafted with perfect romantic tension and pure gangster-style grit … I loved every chapter’ RAVEN KENNEDY, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Plated Prisoner series. Peaky Blinders meets Six of Crows in Australian BookTok star Stacey McEwan’s...

Previously only available on Callie Hart's website, these scenes (written from Kingfisher's point of view rather than Saeris') are now brought to life in audio by popular demand.

From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler comes the latest installment in the thrilling Invisible College series as the fate of the world hangs in the balance of two star-crossed lovers determined to unravel fate—even amid betrayals, a looming war, and twisted secrets of the...

All Ben Vecchio wanted was a quiet summer before his last semester of university. All Tenzin wanted was a cache of priceless medieval coins that had been missing for several hundred years. And some company. Phrases like "never again" don't mean much when you've been a vampire for several thousand years, and promises made in the heat of anger don't always outweigh the lure of gold.

'Just the right mix of dangerous and magnetic' CARISSA BROADBENT 'A love story as all-consuming as it is lethal' THEA GUANZON 'Nothing short of a masterpiece' H. M. WOLFE ‘I screamed, I cried, I was left absolutely breathless’ NISHA J. TULI 'Your newest romantasy obsession' KATE GOLDEN 'You...

This stunning slow-burn romantasy follows a fated pair who uncover a world-changing secret and are thrust into a violent class war, navigating love, loss, and devastating betrayals. Nina Harrow and Patrick Colson are twelve years old when they are whisked away from the shadows of their...

Kadia Greene believed she had found her place in the digital realm, but her new life is upended when she is abruptly pulled back into the harsh reality she thought she had left behind forever. Torn between the lure of returning to her digital haven and the unresolved issues of her past, Kadia faces the daunting challenge of navigating her new circumstances while grappling with a fractured sense of self. Each decision she makes now will not only define her future but also force her to reconcile the person she was with the person she must become.

Having ascended to the prestigious role of High Priestess of Philosophia Naturalis, Kadia Greene faces challenges that push her to her limits. Tasked with restoring ancient teachings and gathering followers, she embarks on a perilous journey with her friends. As they traverse dangerous terrains and navigate political intrigue, cities are forsaken, mountains are set ablaze, and temples are constructed on secluded peaks. Yet, amid her feats, Kadia grapples with a deteriorating mental state, often losing track of time, reality, and even her own identity.

A delightful and engrossing fantasy debut featuring an intelligent heroine and her guardian, a royal musketeer. Caelum is an uninhabitable gas giant like Jupiter. High above it are the Risen Kingdoms, occupying flying continents called cratons. Remnants of a shattered world, these vast disks of...

He became the leader of a rebellion. She became the symbol of everything he was fighting against. As children, Nina Harrow and Patrick Colson uncovered a secret powerful enough to change their world: Artisans aren't born. They're made. Years later, that secret has sparked a revolution. Nina is...

Veranix Calbert is the Thorn - the street vigilante who became a legend to the people of Maradaine, especially the gangs that run the neighborhood of Aventil. The Thorn continues to harass Willem Fenmere, the drug kingpin of the Dentonhill neighborhood. Veranix is still determined to stop Fenmere and the effitte drug trade, especially when he discovers that Fenmere is planning on using the Red Rabbits gang to bring the drug into Aventil. But it’s also Exam Week at the University of Maradaine, where Veranix is a magic student.

Können überhaupt zwei verfeindete Gattungen eine Zukunft haben? Und gibt es für die Liebe eine zweite Chance? Ein Jahr haben Cara und ihre Familie den Frieden genossen, den sie dank des Bürgschaftsvertrags ausleben konnten. Doch die Ruhe hält nicht lange an. Als ein Zaubertrank auf den Markt kommt, der Nicht-Magiern die Fähigkeit verleiht, Magie wirken zu können, begibt sich Cara auf die Suche nach dem Hersteller des gefährlichen Zaubermittels.

In Alchemy's Heir: Unleashing the Magic Within, Master Alistair, the most renowned alchemist in the land, takes on Leora as his apprentice. As they delve into the secrets of alchemy, they uncover dangerous conspiracies and must use their knowledge to protect the realm from dark forces.

Sinnliche New Adult Fantasy, bei der ein eiskalter Bad Boy auf eine feurige Protagonistin stößt Cara Hartley ist eine talentierte Alchemistin, die nicht nur ihr Handwerk versteht, sondern auch schon seit Jahren mit ihrer Familie vor herrschsüchtigen Magiern verborgen lebt. Doch eines Tages wird sie ausgerechnet vom gefährlichsten aller Magier entführt – Vincent Antilla. Er verlangt von ihr die Anfertigung eines Tranks, dessen Aushändigung beide zur Zielscheibe mehrerer Magier macht. Denn Cara verfügt über geheime Rezepte, die eine ganze Stadt in Schutt und Asche legen könnten.

Magic versus science. Wyst versus Etruria. The solution: A royal wedding to join the two warring lands. The Lady Emrys Bruma arrives at court, but not for the ceremony. Her task is to find the secret behind an old family disgrace. She becomes entangled with the crown prince, his future bride and his best friend. Soon it is difficult to determine where her loyalties lie. And who can be trusted. With spies, assassination attempts and the age-old superstition against magic, Emrys walks a fine line between two worlds. But nothing is as it seems. Especially the Lady Emrys Bruma.

Rander Belmorn is far from home. He searches tirelessly for the one man who might be able to cure his dying son, but time is running out. The road has led to a frozen waste at the very edge of the world. But what this simple river man never learned on that long, lonely road was the answer to the last question. The only question. How do you kill a witch?

An epic sci-fi fantasy set 1,000 years in the future, after a terrible cataclysm has set upon our world. It follows the choices a father-turned-assassin makes. Strange things are afoot, and many things are in play. We explore a world distant yet familiar to us through three sets of eyes and see the hardships, challenges, and triumphs.