Showing results for "The Kiss" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

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.

If you can possibly thirst for more mysterious metaphysical accounts of love, Trisha Telep has organized some of the greatest and most thrilling tales of paranormal paramours since The Eternal Kiss. She presents the acclaimed literary talent of thirteen unique authors, creating a collection of stories that will undoubtedly capture the imagination of every soul who dares to read them. Werewolves, ghosts, zombies, vampires, and fallen angels drive the plot of these riveting romances.

Sixteen-year-old Merry is fed up with her feuding family and nonexistent social life. High school is a terrible time to have magic shooting from her fingertips without warning. Then Merry meets sweet, sensitive Jack, and can't resist falling under his spell. There's just one problem: he's part of an evil, centuries-old curse that Merry is supposed to break. Is Merry about to lose her heart and her life? Or will true love's kiss save the day?

An obstinate girl who will not be married. A soldier desperate to prove himself. A kingdom on the brink of war. With a sharp tongue and an unruly temper, Sage Fowler is not what they’d call a lady―which is perfectly fine with her. Deemed unfit for marriage, Sage is apprenticed to a...

Atemberaubendes Romantasy-Debüt ab 14 zur Zeit der Belle Époque – mit einer prickelnden Dreiecks-Liebesgeschichte in der glanzvoll verruchten Opernwelt. Cleodora ist ein Niemand. Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters kann sie sich und ihre sterbenskranke Schwester kaum über Wasser halten. Sie wohnt in der glanzvollen Stadt Lutèce, doch deren Welt der magischen Talente ist für Cleo unerreichbar. Als sie von der berüchtigten Madame Dahlia beim Diebstahl erwischt wird, nimmt ihr Leben eine unglaubliche Wendung: Dahlia macht sie mit Hilfe eines Gesangstalents über Nacht zur gefeierten Sängerin an der Oper.

"I was told to beware the accursed spindle, but it was so enchanting, so hypnotic. I was looking for a little adventure the day I ditched my tour group. But finding a comatose town, with a hot-looking chick asleep in it, was so not what I had in mind. I awakened in the same place but in another time – to a stranger’s soft kiss."

Paige has no interest in being a demon’s plaything. She shouldn’t even be in the Fallen City of Elisium, but all it takes is one Nephilim jerk proclaiming her to be tainted and that’s exactly where she winds up. The demons she encounters there are vile, wicked beings, though none more so than Kincaid: The cruelest and most powerful of them all. To ensure her safe return home, Paige must strike a bargain with him. Forty days in exchange for her freedom.

A princess with a gift for magic. A blacksmith with a blade of destiny. A queen who will stop at nothing. Snow White can hear the voices of the forest and its creatures, her gift binding her to the enchanted realm. But her stepmother, Queen Seraphina, will do anything to claim the title of fairest—even if it means Snow’s death.

Wenn der Winter den Frühling küsst. Als Bloom zu einer Hüterin des Winters bestimmt wird, bricht ihr ganzes Leben über Nacht in sich zusammen. Denn obwohl sie zu einer der vier magischen Herrscherfamilien gehört, die seit Generationen den Kreislauf der Jahreszeiten aufrechterhalten, wollte Bloom sich aus alldem heraushalten und stattdessen weit weg studieren. Doch nun muss sie von Oslo nach Amsterdam fliegen, um das Amulett der Jahreszeiten an den Hüter des Frühlings zu übergeben.