Showing results for "Fire" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

She is the last of her kind... It is not a peaceful time in the Dells. In King City, the young King Nash is clinging to the throne, while rebel lords in the north and south build armies to unseat him. War is coming. And the mountains and forest are filled with spies and thieves. This is where...

Maggie has witnessed impossible things. But no one believes her and now her family has taken her away to spend the winter upstate in a remote, freezing farmhouse. Bored and angry, Maggie and her younger sister Kate start to play tricks: rapping on the floorboards above their parents’ bedroom, cracking their toes under the table and telling tales about noises in the night. Then the house starts to make sounds of its own. Neither Maggie nor Kate can explain it, but it seems as though someone - or something - is trying to speak to them....

Secrets prove deadly in book two of the Burn for Burn trilogy from New York Times bestselling author of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (soon to be a major motion picture!), Jenny Han, and New York Times bestselling author of The List, Siobhan Vivian. Lillia, Kat, and Mary had the perfect...

Kira Dawson has the power to burn vampires to a crisp. The problem is, she doesn't know it yet. The even bigger problem is, she's dating one. When Kira Dawson moves to South Carolina, she meets Luke, a blond goofball who quickly becomes her best friend, and Tristan, a mysterious bad boy who sends shivers down her spine. Kira knows they're keeping secrets, but when she discovers Tristan's lust for blood and her own dormant mystical powers, Kira is forced to fight for her life, and make the heartbreaking decision between the familiar comfort of friendship and the fiery passion of love.

Life as a demon is never an easy one. Orphaned as a child, Simi was left to make her own way in the world of humans. Bound to the Atlantean god who caused the death of her mother, she's spent her life trying to make sense of a world that baffles her. As the gods vie for a power that leaves demons, Dark-Hunters, and humans struggling to take sides, Simi can no longer rely on the god, Acheron, for protection. She must find her own way. Not just for herself, but to save the lives of her family and friends.

Gefährliches Spiel mit dem Feuer! Obwohl Malias Feuerelement immer deutlichere Formen annimmt, ist die 17-jährige Elite-Soldatin immer noch nicht von ihren Fähigkeiten überzeugt. Doch die Lage in den obersten politischen Rängen spitzt sich zu und als sich die Situation plötzlich gegen sie wendet, kann nur noch ihr Mentor Chris sie vor dem sicheren Tod bewahren. Dabei kommen sich die beiden wieder einmal näher und Malia erfährt etwas über Chris, das alles, was sie je über den attraktiven High-Society-Boy erfahren hat, in ein anderes Licht rückt...

Still recovering from her troubled past, Farris is no stranger to change. But when the military transfers her father across the country to an experimental aircraft squadron, settling in to a new life is the least of her problems. As a series of apparent computer glitches threaten the security of the fleet and the blame falls on her father, she decides to put her computer skills to use, digging up the truth. Soon she's drawn into the perilous world of a hacker who is determined to ground the fleet - at any cost.

With Ellie’s fate hanging in the balance after Nosizwe’s brutal attack, Carter is forced to make a life changing decision—the consequences of which threaten to tear Ellie and him apart. Permanently. However, teaming up again may be unavoidable. Nosizwe, convinced Carter as the Talos is the key to unlocking the Stones of Fire, throws everything she has at him, endangering not only Carter but Ellie as well. When the plots of a traitor allied with the shifter queen shove the two into an unescapable outcome, only the highest form of self-sacrifice can preserve Ellie’s life.

Grace and her dad have just moved to a tiny, sleepy Devon village, desperate to put tragic events from their old life in London behind them. But their fresh start is derailed when the second-hand Echo in their new house comes alive at midnight, and tells Grace: I'm going to murder you. Grace works out it’s an old recorded message, and the Echo has previously been used by four people in their village – all of whom are now dead. And Grace’s passion for science and statistics comes alive. She knows within these accidental deaths, there must lie a murder – and she’s going to work it out.

The Forsaken hunger for vengeance, leaving Steel and me with no choice but to follow Camiel to the only place strong enough to protect me - Eden, an ancient, hidden city darkened by my family’s secrets. But Eden isn’t the safe haven I expected, and family runs deeper than blood. As Thorne grows stronger by the day, his Fallen forces threaten to raze London - and then the world - to cinders. In order to stop him, the entire angelic community has to unite, but ancient feuds and millennia of prejudice put everything at risk.

Noelle dachte, sie hätte das Schlimmste überstanden. Das mysteriöse Mal, das ihren Nacken ziert, birgt ein Geheimnis, das sogar ihre mächtigsten Verbündeten erschüttert. Während Noelle versucht, die Herkunft dieses Symbols zu entschlüsseln, entfaltet sich eine düstere Prophezeiung, die sie in einen Strudel aus Verrat, Liebe und uralten Mächten zieht.

It lives in her bloodstream. It's unpredictable and could flare up anytime, exposing her secret. Alice was a normal teenager until a dying race of aliens chose her and a handful of others to preserve bioluminescent DNA known as Fluorescence. Now she and the others must hide their condition from the rest of the world, while trying to learn the truth behind the living light.

Elliott D’Angelo-Brandt is sick and tired of putting up with it all. Every week, she attends a support group for teen victims of sexual assault, but all they do is talk. Elliott’s done with talking. What she wants is justice. And she has a plan for getting it: a spell book that she found in her late mom’s belongings that actually works. Elliott recruits a coven of fellow survivors from the group. She, Madeline, Chloe, and Bea don’t have much in common, but they are united in their rage at a system that heaps judgments on victims and never seems to punish those who deserve it.

Erin Tait is a 15-year-old girl, born with a birthmark covering the left side of her face. She moves to her parents' hometown of Galladale, where all is not what it seems. From day one, Erin is bullied by Jessica Watson for looking at Sean Jackson. Why is she trying to keep Erin away? It's hard when Sean goes out of his way to talk to Erin, causing the bullying to get worse. Erin is lonely and scared; she doesn't know what to do. Can she control the fire inside?

Noelle hat alles riskiert, um Rayen zu retten – und damit eine gefährliche Schwelle überschritten. Dunkle Kräfte nagen an ihrer Seele, und während die Jungs versuchen, sie vor sich selbst zu schützen, brodelt es zwischen ihnen gewaltig: Ori, Kai, Paulo und Rayen sind zerrissen zwischen Liebe und Furcht, denn Noelles Macht wächst stetig – zusammen mit der Dunkelheit in ihr. Als Intrigen innerhalb der Akademie ihren Höhepunkt erreichen, stellt sich die Frage: Ist Noelles Band zu ihren Gefährten stark genug, um den uralten Bedrohungen und ihren eigenen inneren Dämonen zu trotzen?

Tell the Wind and Fire is about a young girl called Lucie who lives in a New York very different from the New York we know: The city is torn between two very different kinds of magic, and Lucie's own family was torn apart years ago by that conflict. Lucie wears magic rings and carries a burden of guilt she can't share with anyone. The light in her life is her sweetheart boyfriend, Ethan, but it turns out Ethan has a secret, too: a soulless doppelganger created by dark magic.

Dragon Fire Academy : Reverse Harem trifft auf magische Drachenkrieger Die Bestseller-Serie aus den USA jetzt auf Deutsch! „Es sieht so aus, als wäre es unsere Aufgabe, von nun an deine Leibwächter zu spielen." Die Dragon Fire Academy ist berühmt dafür, nur die Besten der Besten aufzunehmen. Dass Noelles Vater einer der mächtigsten Männer der Welt ist, half ihr dabei ausnahmsweise nicht. Ganze sechs Monate lang quälte sie sich durch die harten Aufnahmeprüfungen. Doch schließlich hat sie sich ihren Platz an der Akademie redlich verdient – wie alle anderen auch.

Five years ago, Tessa's life was forever altered when she was branded by the Umbraxis: relentless curse draining her life with each passing day. The shadow of the disease hangs over her, a constant reminder that her time is running out. But when she and her brother Tristan are captured by a mysterious organization, she’s thrust into a secret world of Veldan warriors…the last line of defense against the encroaching darkness and the deadly Wraithkin stalking them.

When Kira Dawson moves to South Carolina, she meets Luke, a blond goofball who quickly becomes her best friend, and Tristan, a mysterious bad boy who sends shivers down her spine. Kira knows they're keeping secrets, but when she discovers Tristan's lust for blood and her own dormant mystical powers, Kira is forced to fight for her life and make the heartbreaking decision between the familiar comfort of friendship and the fiery passion of love.

Will Maine's historic Schooner Inne Bed and Breakfast be a safe haven for the island kids boarding during the school year - or the end of them all? Christina Romney is thirteen, with a personality that matches her unruly but charming tri-colored hair. She is about to start seventh grade, and for kids from Maine's Burning Fog Island, that means leaving their little white schoolhouse for regular classrooms and life on the mainland. Everyone assures Christina it will be a fantastic year.