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Mische lost everything when she was forcibly Turned into a vampire—her home, her humanity, and most devastating of all, the love of the sun god to whom she had devoted her life. Now, sentenced to death for murdering the vampire prince who turned her, redemption feels impossible. But when Mische is saved by Asar, the bastard prince of the House of Shadow with a past as brutal as his scars, she's forced into a mission worse than execution: a journey to the underworld to resurrect the god of death himself.

The day my mother was killed, she told my father I wouldn't speak again, and she told him if I died, he would die too. Then she predicted the king would sell his soul and lose his son to the sky. My father wants desperately to be king, and I just want to be free. But freedom will require escape, and I'm a prisoner of my mother's curse and my father's greed. In a land purged of enchantment, love might be the only magic left, and who could ever love...a bird?

Dystopie is back! Die Tribute von Panem trifft auf Powerless in Band 1 der tödlichen Fantasy-Romance über eine knallharte Kopfgeldjägerin. Das Leben in Dividium beruht auf einer einzigen Regel: Disziplin oder Tod. Denn in Dividium wird nicht nur jedes Verbrechen mit lebenslanger Haft bestraft, die Bürger der Oberschicht bekommen außerdem die Gelegenheit, die Gefängnisinsassen zu jagen und zu töten. Als der Bruder der 23-jährigen Raven verhaftet wird, schmiedet die Kopfgeldjägerin den Plan, die Haftanstalt Endlock als Insassin zu infiltrieren und eine Ausbruchsaktion zu starten.

After falling for a lie and ruling over another, Snowlin starts revealing her dealing hand. Two queens and a joker. Isjord hangs by her carefully woven threads deep in her father's council, and Adriata pushed to the corner of her mercy, she awaits. But first she must stop Isjord from taking Adriata before her. Reborn as their demon, she unmasks long-hidden fear and returns to take her seat along the Night King as his Queen, much to everyone's displeasure.

In a magical world of gods and mythical races, an outcast princess turned spy infiltrates a rival kingdom—uncovering secrets that force her to choose between obedience and defiance—in the first book of a propulsive romantic fantasy series for fans of Danielle L. Jensen’s The Bridge Kingdom...

The day my mother was killed, she told my father I wouldn’t speak again, and she told him if I died, he would die too. Then she predicted the king would sell his soul and lose his son to the sky. My father has a claim to the throne, and he is waiting in the shadows for all of my mother’s words to come to pass. He wants desperately to be king, and I just want to be free. But freedom will require escape, and I’m a prisoner of my mother’s curse and my father’s greed. I can’t speak or make a sound, and I can’t wield a sword or beguile a king.

Companions are the kingdom’s most beautiful and educated women - possessions of Syrasan’s royal men. Aldara has left the Companion life behind her. Having returned south to her family, she thought all ties to her prince were severed. She was wrong. Now, she has a secret - one she must keep in order to protect the people she loves. But when her past shows up at her home, lives begin to unravel.

Dunkle Magie, gefährliche Abenteuer und eine verbotene Liebe – der Auftakt der neuen Saga von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Deborah Harkness. Diana Bishop und Matthew Clairmont sind ein ungewöhnliches und verbotenes Liebespaar: In der Historikerin fließt das Blut eines uralten Hexengeschlechts, während ihr Mann nicht nur Naturwissenschaftler ist, sondern ein 1.500 Jahre alter Vampir. Mit ihren siebenjährigen Zwillingen haben die beiden ein neues Leben in Connecticut begonnen, als Diana erfährt, dass sie ihre Kinder zu einem großen Ritual zum Stammsitz ihrer Familie bringen muss.

There will be a battle, and you will need to protect your heart. Kjell of Jeru had always known who he was. He'd never envied his brother or wanted to be king. He was the bastard son of the late King Zoltev and a servant girl, and the ignominy of his birth had never bothered him. But there is more to a man than his parentage. More to a man than his blade, his size, or his skills, and all that Kjell once knew has shifted and changed. He is no longer simply Kjell of Jeru, a warrior defending the crown.

An epic love story. More than 26 hours of listening. Aldara and Tyron’s complete story. This audiobook features books one to three in The Companion Series: The Royal Companion, The Common Girl, and The Majestic Impostor.

Kjell of Jeru had always known who he was. He'd never envied his brother or wanted to be king. He was the bastard son of the late King Zoltev and a servant girl, and the ignominy of his birth had never bothered him. But there is more to this man than his parentage. More to this man than his blade, his size, or his skills, and all that Kjell once knew has shifted and changed. He is no longer simply Kjell of Jeru, a warrior defending the crown. Now he is a healer, one of the Gifted, and a man completely at odds with his power.

Love has never been more dangerous. Companions are the kingdom’s most beautiful and educated women - possessions of Syrasan’s royal men. But the longstanding tradition is about to change. A new trade agreement between two kings will see women sold across the border. Prince Tyron never wanted a companion, but now he cannot fathom a life without her. But when a rebellious act brings brutal consequences, Tyron realises his feelings put his companion at risk. As her future grows more uncertain, he will do whatever it takes to keep her safe.

Companions are the kingdom’s most beautiful and educated women - possessions of Syrasan’s royal men. Aldara is 16 when she is sold to the obnoxious crown prince as a gift for his brother. Forced to leave the only life she has ever known, Aldara is sent to Archdale Castle, where she is mentored to become Prince Tyron’s perfect Companion. But no amount of lessons can prepare her for the troubled man marked by war. He sees straight through the polished exterior presented to him. He sees her. She must keep the facade together or deal with the repercussions.

Rejected by her betrothed and banished into the wilderness, Brianna finds herself broken-hearted with nowhere to turn. She wants nothing more than to be left alone. But greater threats loom across the Border, and there are whispers of war on the breeze. The Spirit-Beasts are coming and Brianna might be the only thing that can stand in their way and stop the massacre of a nation.

Brianna bears a deadly secret: she’s not the princess she is pretending to be. If the prince finds out, her life will be forfeit and her country plunged into war. But there is more to the icy prince than meets the eye, and Brianna slowly unravels the secrets of his dark past while surviving in a strange culture. However her goodness and wit will only get her so far. Terrifying beasts stalk the border and a murderer is at work in the town. They know the truth of Brianna’s identity and will stop at nothing to destroy all she has fought for.

Sie wird aus ihrem Leben gerissen und dem Tod höchstpersönlich verpflichtet. Aus irgendeinem Grund wirkt sie wie ein Magnet auf Dämonen. Glücklicherweise steht ihr ein besonderer Gefährte zur Seite. Doch nicht nur ihr Begleiter hat etwas zu verbergen, selbst Mias unbändige Anziehung zum Todesengel beruht auf einem großen Geheimnis.

Es ist gefährlich, einem gebrochenen Herzen Blut anstelle von Liebe zu geben. Als Mische in einen Vampir verwandelt wurde, verlor sie alles – ihr Zuhause, ihre Menschlichkeit und die Liebe des Sonnengottes, dem sie ihr Leben gewidmet hatte. Nun ist sie zum Tode verurteilt, weil sie den...

In a place where realms combine and portals open passages to the unknown, a prophecy speaks of fertility being restored to his people through the taking of King Kabril’s mate. The prophecy neglects to mention she lacks something vital to his kind - wings. Kabril, King of the Buteos Regalis has no interest in taking a human mate. His kind believes humans are dirty, vile creatures who rely on machines to lift them into the air. The last place he wants to go in search of his mate is Earth, but he’s left no choice.

As the Songbird sits beside the old man—her father’s lifelong friend—the veil of the past begins to lift. Through his tale, she is pulled into the mystery she has long hungered for: the story of her father’s sacred Quest.

Вот и спасай торговцев на свою голову! Мало того, что раненый расстроил мою свадьбу, так еще и невероятным образом прошел невыполнимое задание, чтобы стать моим суженым! После этого у моего клана не осталось выбора... Им пришлось принять чужака. Вот только вскоре оказалось, что он совсем не тот, за кого себя выдаёт!