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Myra has a gift many would kidnap, blackmail, and worse to control: she's a portrait artist whose paintings alter people's bodies. Guarding that secret is the only way to keep her younger sister safe now that their parents are gone. But one frigid night, the governor's wife discovers the truth and threatens to expose Myra if she does not complete a special portrait that would resurrect the governor's dead son. Once she arrives at the legendary stone mansion, however, it becomes clear the boy's death was no accident.

A steamy paranormal YA romance with deadly stakes for a new generation of Twilight and Vampire Academy readers. A year ago, Rose was in an accident that nearly claimed her life. In the chaos of that night, a mysterious boy pulled her from the brink of death, then vanished before anyone else...

What if vampires were the good guys and a human girl was the one to fear? Death of a Black Rose, book three in The Rose Trilogy, is a paranormal romance that concludes with a heroine who's now the one to fear, a vampire who vows to save the soul of the one he loves, and a vampire clan whose new Sire is already facing extinction.

I barely survived my first year at Darkhen Academy, and now, with Ryder gone and my heart shattered, I’m not sure I’ll outlive the second. But I have to, right? Because, Luxora and her evil minions aren’t waiting around for me to get over my broken heart. With increased attacks in the human world, the super slayer squad must ride on! Then, there’s my father. He’s kind of obsessed with unlocking my new superpowers.

Magic is desperately at risk of being lost forever… All because of one witch. The original one. Mater Inferni. She must be stopped. Witchcraft must be eradicated. But to do so, will be the biggest challenge Rose Beaufont has ever faced. Actually it will be the greatest feat most anyone has confronted. Few are as powerful as Mater Inferni. Finding her will be key. Determining how to destroy her might be impossible. Doing it will be life threatening. Can Rose take down the Mother of Witches before she destroys magic?

David was going through the hardest time in his teenage life. He was sitting in a waiting room of a funeral home when his world got flipped upside down. The lines between what was real and what was fake were starting to blur in a way no one sees coming.

Still reeling from the heartbreaking events that unfolded on Grissom Island, Ruby Rose is trying to come to terms with the fact that she’s gone from a vigilante in killer shoes to a stone-cold killer. Everyone from her therapist to her smoking-hot boyfriend keeps trying to convince her that she hasn’t crossed over to the dark side, but Ruby isn’t so sure. It doesn’t help that her nemesis, Detective “Mastermind” Martinez, is still out there, waiting for another chance to take her down

In sunny Southern California, 17-year-old Ruby Rose is known for her killer looks and her killer SAT scores. But ever since her dad, an LAPD SWAT sergeant, died, she’s also got a few killer secrets. To cope, Ruby has been trying to stay focused on school (the top spot in her class is on the line) and spending time with friends (her Jimmy Choos and Manolo Blahniks are nothing if not loyal). But after six months of therapy and pathetic parenting by her mom, the District Attorney, Ruby decides to pick up where her dad left off and starts going after the bad guys herself.

Seventeen-year-old Bryar Rose has a problem. She is descended from one of the three magical races - shifters, fairies, or witches. That makes her one of the Magicorum, and Magicorum always follow a fairy tale life template. In the case of Bryar, that template should be Sleeping Beauty. Trouble is, Bryar is nowhere near the Sleeping Beauty life template. Not even close. She does not like birds or woodland creatures. She cannot sing a note. And she certainly cannot stand Prince Philpot, the so-called His Highness of Hedge Funds that her aunties want her to marry.

När de besöker farmor på Mallorca det här höstlovet är det något som inte stämmer. Farmor kommer inte för att ta emot dem och maten är inte påbörjad. De tror att hon är försvunnen tills de hittar henne fastbunden i vardagsrummet. Farmor försöker skämta bort det och vägrar ta kontakt med polisen. Zäta måste nu ta reda på vad det är farmor döljer... Elsie Petrén föddes 1954 är en svensk författare och musiker. Hon skriver deckare för ungdomar men kan även spela saxofon. Mest känd är hon för sin serie om Kommissarie Tax, som hon också gjort musikföreställningar om.

When 15-year-old Grace Branduff finds an old man dying on her doorstep, she can’t understand his last words and is mystified by the beautiful gift he leaves behind. When his death sets off a chain of events that drastically changes the course of Grace’s life, she must rely on her instincts and intuition to discover whom she can trust and where she belongs. Haunted by the time-worn love letter the old man carried across an ocean, Police Chief Scott Gordon is determined to unravel the man’s mysterious past and find out why he came to Rose Hill.

Lillium Greystone (Rosie) and Constantine Blackwell (Poe) are two teenagers with extraordinary abilities. Bound by legend, they are tasked with investigating a dangerous situation in their community at their academy. Someone or something is trying to destroy the very fabric that holds the world of the gifted and the ordinary world together.

Eine Frau ist mit ihrem Auto auf der Flucht, als sie von ihrem Verfolger von der regennassen Bergstraße gedrängt wird und in den Abgrund stürzt ... Am nächsten Morgen wird auf Schloss Stollenberg eine Frauenleiche gefunden. Es ist bereits der zweite Mord innerhalb weniger Wochen und auch dieses Mal hinterlässt der Mörder neben dem Körper seines Opfers eine Wildrose. Baron Frederik von Stollenberg versucht der Polizei bei der Aufklärung behilflich zu sein … bis seine Söhne Philipp und Stefan in das Visier der Ermittlungen geraten.

The haunting trees lead me astray, a liar’s tongue that I hear play. Avery has a dangerous secret. He pretends to be this perfect angel, but he regularly sneaks into the town’s forbidden forest. I’m the only one who knows, and I paid for it the night I followed him inside. There’s a reason the forest is forbidden. Ghost wolf, anyone? Don’t worry. I survived. But I’m more confused than ever, and Avery isn’t forthcoming. What’s it going to take to get him to talk?