Showing results for "The Promise" in Dark Fantasy

After saving her rebel friends on the final day of the election, Elessia is on the run. But the danger is far from over. As she fights her guilt for betraying Loche, the man she foolishly believed could mend her broken soul, and wrestles with the unexpected emotions stirring within her for Merrick, her fiercely loyal guard, Elessia learns of the rebels' true plans—plans that threaten every loved one she's left behind.

Finn has lost everything – her family, her love and her purpose. Betrayed and sold into captivity, she existed awaiting her end until she was mistakenly taken for a Magic Wielder and gifted to the brutal Destroyer General to be killed. Surrounded by her enemies, Finn makes a promise. One she will fight to keep.

A terrible storm is brewing in London, and Nathan Garrett, the sorcerer known as Hellequin, is the only one who can stop it. But his enemies have other plans. Harnessing the power of an ancient stone tablet, they cast Nate and his allies into another realm, where a bloody conflict rages between creatures twisted by magic. Meanwhile, with his friends' lives in danger, Nate must put centuries of differences aside, and place his trust in one of his greatest foes.

With war brewing between the bitter enemies, the prince forces Queen Adaia to uphold an ancient treaty: she will send one of her daughters to his court as a political hostage for three months.

Curses run deep. Desire runs deeper. Welcome back to the City of the Damned. Suri survived Queen Lera's ceremony, but now she's trapped in the City of the Damned. Its ruler, Kol, believes she's the key to breaking the desert wasteland's curse, but Suri just wants to save her brother and escape the growing temptations of his court. As dangerous threats close in, Suri learns her blood bond might be the only way to stop Queen Lera. Spellbinding balls, glamours, blood witches, and dark prophecies await – but only if Suri dares to confront Kol's shadowed past.

Possessed by the demon of Misery, Cameo isn't allowed to experience joy. If she dares, her memory is wiped clean. With no other recourse, she sneaks into a land more fantastical than any fairy tale, determined to find the one man with the key to her redemption. Lazarus the Cruel and Unusual rules his kingdom with a single unwavering focus: to build his army and annihilate his enemies. Nothing distracts him - until Cameo.

We thought we had all the answers. We were wrong. The government captured them, tortured them, ran experiments on them. But now they’ve escaped, and the hunted have become the hunters. Eveleen Spellman spent months in the Hollow, a government facility that claimed to be trying to find a cure for the deadly Cava V-20 virus. She escaped with her friends Brassard and Corrine—a move that cost the life of the man she loved and Brassard the life of his sister. But the government lied. The virus isn’t killing people—it’s changing them into vampires.

Griffin O’Shea is trapped. Again. His prison sentence was supposed to end when the magic keeping the dark fae captive in Myrkur finally fell. But when King Egan’s army clashed with the armies of Iskalt and Fargelsi on the battlefield, there was no winner and no clear path forward. Now the dark fae king is missing, vanished without a trace of the army at his back or the abducted child leading him to the prize he desires. With no way to locate the forever moving village, Griffin can only set his sights on a more attainable goal: saving Eldur from the coming invasion.

Pass auf, wem du vertraust Meliya erfährt, dass die Aydemir-Brüder ihr Versprechen, sie gehen zu lassen, nicht einhalten wollen. Obwohl sie sich zu den Brüdern hingezogen fühlt, bedeutet ihr ihre Freiheit mehr. Sie beschließt, zu fliehen und unterzutauchen. Die Flucht könnte allerdings ihren Tod bedeuten. Denn nicht nur die Brüder sind auf der Suche nach ihr, sondern auch die verfeindeten Kalkans. Eine andere Mafia-Familie, deren Klauen sie bereits einmal nur knapp entkommen ist. Es beginnt ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit …

Friendship. Love. Two things Ainsley had found for the first time in her life, only to lose them in the blink of an eye. Betrayed and heartbroken, she must work to overcome the pain of her past. Now trapped in a new kingdom ruled by a king who wants far more from her than he’s leading on, she will have to find the strength to persevere. But as Ainsley becomes more sure of herself and her magical abilities, a force threatens to take away all she’s gained.

One touch of Sevastee's skin will boil the magic from a person's blood. Because of this, she lives alone and in fear of harming others. But she longs to be a part of the world, and to view her condition as a gift rather than a curse. Beyond the safety of her forest home, a war for survival rages. The High Priestess has fractured the rebellion and conquered most of the known world, using her resources to siphon more of the gods' magic. But no one can get close enough to discover why.

After 12 years of captivity, Nora grows tired of the oppressive cage keeping her locked away from the free world. She escapes, only to find herself in the arms of another. A man, whose intentions spring from an obsession brought on by a prophecy written in stone. He will stop at nothing to ensure she remains with him for all of eternity.

»Er glaubt, ich wäre seine Rettung. Aber ich werde sein Untergang sein.« In dem von Dämonen bedrohten Königreich Lethia hält sich Gestaltwandlerin Scarlett mit Diebstählen über Wasser. Als sie bei einem Einbruch in die königlichen Gemächer erwischt wird, scheint ihr Schicksal besiegelt. Doch ausgerechnet in jener Nacht wird die Verlobte des Königs ermordet, und statt Scarlett hinrichten zu lassen, bietet König Ren ihr einen Deal an: Sie darf leben, wenn sie mithilfe ihrer Magie in die Rolle seiner künftigen Ehefrau schlüpft.

Faryn had arrived in the kingdom she had only ever heard of a year ago. She had no choice but to recruit the help of an unwanted ally—Daemon, Dante’s older brother—to get an army to save Thana.

It has been mere days in the world of Eon, where Rune Jenkins, her twin brother Ryker, and their friend Grey have been trapped, fighting for their lives. After discovering the truth of their ancestry, the three are far from home, and far from anything resembling their mundane lives of the past. While Ryker is still held captive by the eerily beautiful Zio and her goblins, Grey falls into the clutches of Feena, the Fae queen. She begins to drain his soul bit by bit to feed her dark underground garden, and Grey has no hope of escaping on his own.