Two villains, one girl, and a deadly battle for happily ever after. Evangeline Fox ventured to the Magnificent North in search of her happy ending, and it seems as if she has it. She's married to a handsome prince and lives in a legendary castle.But Evangeline has no idea of the devastating price she's paid for this fairytale. She doesn't know what she has lost, and her husband is determined to make sure she never finds out . .. but first he must kill Jacks, the Prince of Hearts. Blood will be shed, hearts will be stolen, and true love will be put to the test in A Curse for True Love, the breathlessly anticipated conclusion to the Once Upon A Broken Heart trilogy.
Tootekood: 45226922GTIN: 9783570167199Teenage fiction: Fantasy romance
Es war einmal ... ein Mädchen ohne ErinnerungEvangeline Fox hat sich auf der Suche nach ihrem Happy End bis in den Fantastischen Norden gewagt. Und es scheint, als hätte sie es gefunden: Sie ist mit einem gut aussehenden Prinzen verheiratet und lebt in einem sagenumwobenen Schloss. Doch Evangeline hat keine Ahnung, welch verheerenden Preis sie für dieses Märchen gezahlt hat. Sie weiß nicht, was sie verloren hat, und ihr Ehmann ist fest entschlossen, dafür zu sorgen, dass sie es auch nie erfährt. Aber zuerst muss er Jacks, den Prinz der Herzen, töten ...Von der #1-New-York-Times-Bestsellerautorin der »Caraval«-Reihe: Das atemberaubende Finale der Fantasy-Trilogie über Liebe, Flüche und den Kampf um das eigene Happy End. Die BookTok-Sensation erscheint erstmals auf Deutsch!Alle Bände der »Once Upon a Broken Heart«-Reihe:Once Upon a Broken Heart (Band 1)The Ballad of Never After (Band 2)A Curse for True Love (Band 3)
Tootekood: 22647323GTIN: 9781681195100Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy & magical realism
A New York Times bestseller Has everything you'd want in a retelling of a classic fairy tale. - Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of A Spark of Light and Small Great Things
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 178, Publishers: ROCKRIDGE PR, Author: Jennifer Bonicelli, ISBN-13: 9781647391287, Date of issue: 2020
A dad was washing his car with his son until the son said, "Dad, can you please just use a sponge?"Unleash the dadliest force known to man: dad jokes. A Daily Dose of Dad Jokes is packed with 365 jokes to make you groan-
»Herzen sind höchst empfindlich, wie Glas. In den falschen Händen zerbrechen sie allzu leicht.«Zwischen Intrigen und Fehden einer Königsfamilie, muss die Tänzerin Vasalie um ihr Leben kämpfen. Gleichzeitig entspinnt sich ein Love Triangle, das in der großen Liebe oder aber in einer Katastrophe enden könnte. Brittney Arena hat mit »A Dance of Lies« das Romantasy-Debüt des Jahres geschrieben.Vasalie war einst Tänzerin am Hof von König Illian, bis er sie fälschlicherweise des Mordes bezichtigte. Zwei Jahre im Kerker hat sie überlebt, aber ihr Körper ist versehrt. Dann wird sie plötzlich zum König gerufen, der ihr einen Deal anbietet: Wenn sie seine Spionin wird und die Versammlung der Königreiche infiltriert, gewährt er ihr die Freiheit. Doch Illians Anweisungen werden immer brutaler. Er zwingt Vasalie, Menschen Schaden zuzufügen und sie an die Krone zu verraten. Sie sucht Hilfe bei Illians Bruder und größtem Widersacher, Anton, dem berüchtigten König des Ostens. Während die Rivalität zwischen den Brüdern eskaliert, entsteht zwischen Vasalie und Anton eine verbotene, intrigenreiche Liebe. Doch noch ein Anderer will sich in Vasalies Herz schleichen. Wenn sie überleben will, muss sie sich entscheiden, wem sie vertrauen kann, für wen sie kämpfen soll und wie viel sie bereit ist, für ihre Liebe zu opfern.
Tootekood: 46461038GTIN: 9781526681393Fantasy romance, dark romance
The epic, unmissable new romantic fantasy. 2025's most-anticipated debut romantasy is filled with hope after heartbreak, secrets, betrayal, dancing - and the touch of a goddess of death.My protector is gone, revealed to be a monster. But I remind myself that I am not a damsel. I'm no princess bound within a tower.I am a shadow.Vasalie Moran was once a dancer in King Illian's court - until he framed her for murder. Barely surviving her two years in the dungeons, she's suddenly called to face her King. He offers her a deal: become his spy at the month-long royal Gathering and he'll grant her freedom.As Illian's orders grow bloody and dangerous, forcing her to harm and betray those around her, Vasalie discovers the monster she serves may be aligned with a bigger monster - one far closer to home. With her world threatened, Vasalie enlists the help of Illian's brother and greatest adversary, the King of the East.As the rivalry between brothers escalates with Vasalie caught in the middle, the truth of her past comes to light. If she wants to survive, she must decide who to trust, who to fight for, and how much of her soul she's willing to damn in the process
Cinderella meets THE CRUEL PRINCE in this standalone fantasy romance about a human girl and her marriage to the prince of the fae. She knew her hand in marriage would be sold. She had no idea a fae prince was the buyer.Katria swore she'd never fall in love. She's seen what 'love' means through the cruelty of her family. So when she's married off to the mysterious Lord Fenwood for a handsome price, all Katria wants is a better life than the one she's leaving.Feelings are off the table. But her new husband makes not falling in love difficult. As their attraction begins to grow, so too do the oddities within her new life: strange rules, screams in the night, and attacks by fae that Katria never thought were real.When she witnesses a ritual not meant for human eyes, Katria finds herself spirited away to the land of Midscape. Surviving the fae wilds as a human is hard enough. Katria must survive as a human who accidently pilfered the magic of ancient kings - magic a bloodthirsty king is ready to kill her for in order to keep his stolen throne - and her new husband is the rightful heir in hiding.The power to save the fae is in her hands. But who will save her from a love she vowed never to feel?A Dance with the Fae Prince is a *standalone novel* inspired by the tales of Psyche and Eros, as well as Cinderella, with a happily ever after ending. It's perfect for romantic fantasy readers who enjoyed of A Court of Silver Flames and An Enchantment of Ravens.A Dance with the Fae Prince features a slow-burn romance, swoon-worthy couple, and steaminess that ranges from simmering to sizzling.
Tootekood: 43652842GTIN: 9780593722343Myth & legend told as fiction
Lorelei Kaskel, a folklorist with a quick temper and an even quicker wit, is on an expedition with six eccentric nobles in search of a mythical spring of untold power. The king wants to harness the fabled water source from which magic flows to secure his reign, and Lorelei is determined to prove herself and to make her dream come true: to become a naturalist, able to travel freely to faraway lands. The expedition gets off to a harrowing start when its leader?Lorelei’s beloved mentor?is murdered in her quarters aboard their ship. The suspects are her five remaining expedition mates. The only person Lorelei knows must be innocent is her longtime academic rival, the insufferably gallant and maddeningly beautiful Sylvia von Wolff. Now in charge of the expedition, Lorelei must find the spring before the murderer strikes again?and a coup begins in earnest. But other dangers lurk in the dark: forests that rearrange themselves at night, rivers with slumbering dragons hiding beneath the water, and shapeshifting beasts out for blood. As Lorelei and Sylvia grudgingly work together to uncover the truth?and resist their growing feelings for each other?they discover that their leader had secrets of her own. Secrets that make Lorelei question whether justice is worth pursuing, and if this kingdom is worth saving at all.
Tootekood: 10972378GTIN: 9780140546217Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction
"Once upon a time there was dark, dark moor. On the moor there was a dark, dark wood. In the wood there was a dark, dark house". Young listeners will be kept on the edge of their seats as the journey continues up dark stairways through hidden passages, around sharp corners and behind windblown curtains. "A splendid choice for group story time".--School Library Journal. American Bookseller Pick-of-the Lists. Full-color illustrations.
Tootekood: 11046849GTIN: 9781400096725Fiction: general & literary
The incomparable master of horror and suspense returns with a terrifying novel that redefines the genre in original and unexpected ways. Four high school friends fall under the spell of charismatic wandering guru Spencer Mallon. During an occult ceremony, something goes horribly awry leaving one participant dead. Decades later, the quartet is interviewed to find out what happened. Each relates a slightly different account of the trauma they experienced. Brilliant in its orchestration, this novel ranks as one of the finest tales of modern horror.
'Will burrow under your skin and live forever in your darkest dreams' BustJoyce Carol Oates assembles a spectacular cast to explore, subvert and reinvent one of horror's most visceral of subgenres. Focusing on distortions of the human body, the fifteen short stories of A Darker Shade will delight, disgust and shock you.From the metaphysical horror of a snail trapped in body of a young office worker, to a women cursed to dance endlessly, her body ravaged and torn, these are stories that confront the inextricable link between physical and mental terror.Featuring brand-new stories by: Margaret Atwood, Raven Leilani, Lisa Tuttle, Tananarive Due, Joyce Carol Oates, Megan Abbott, Aimee Bender, Cassandra Khaw, Lisa Lim, Elizabeth Hand, Valerie Martin, Sheila Kohler, Joanna Margaret and Aimee LaBrie, and Yumi Dineen Shiroma.
"Addictive and immersive, this series is a must-read." -Entertainment WeeklyEnter #1 New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab's beloved Shades of Magic trilogy-a dazzling world of parallel Londons where magic thrives, starves, or lies forgotten,and where power can destroy just as quickly as it can create.Kell is one of the last Antari-magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black.Kell was raised in Arnes-Red London-and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see.Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand.After an exchange goes awry, Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. She first robs him, then saves him from a deadly enemy, and finally forces Kell to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure.Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, they'll first need to stay alive.Other books by V. E. Schwab The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Shades of Magic series A Darker Shade of Magic A Gathering of Shadows A Conjuring of Light Villains Duology Vicious Vengeful
Don't miss the hotly-anticipated new novel in the New York Times bestselling Darkest Minds series by Alexandra Bracken, just in time for the major motion picture adaptation of The Darkest Minds, starring Amandla Stenberg and Mandy Moore!
A Darwinian Survival Guide: Hope for the Twenty-First Century
Tootekood: 43428865GTIN: 9780262048682Geography
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 264, Publishers: MIT PR, Author: Salvatore J. Agosta, ISBN-13: 9780262048682, Date of issue: 2024
A coloring-and-activity book starring the fairies from Nickelodeon's Butterbean's Caf --and includes a rainbow pencil Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will love this coloring-and-activity book featuring Butterbean, Cricket, Poppy, and Dazzle f
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 348, Publishers: CULTUREA, Author: SUGIMOTO ETSU INAGAKI, ISBN-13: 9791041800087, Date of issue: 2023
A grown up Little Red Riding Hood meets werewolves and witches in an adult fantasy romance that's perfect for fans of Danielle L. Jensen, Sarah J. Maas, and Laura Thalassa.To enter the woods as a human is death... But I am no mere human. They call me, "witch."As one of the last surviving witches, her sole duty was to keep the protective barriers on the forests where the lykin roam-creatures who can shed flesh for fur. But when she has a magical encounter with the rare, primordial spirit of the moon, she's taken to the magical land of Midscape and claimed by the Wolf King as his bride.But the king's blisteringly handsome knight who's now her sole protector has other ideas...PRE-ORDER NOW!A Dawn with the Wolf Knight is a complete, *standalone novel*. For readers who love romantasy novels with second-chance/long-lost love, life-changing female friendships, deep lore, forbidden romance, slow-burn, and a happily ever after.
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Jerusalem Odyssey
Tootekood: 42869737GTIN: 9781250854971
WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTIONNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, The Economist, Time, The New Republic, and the Financial Times.Immersive and gripping, an intimate story of a deadly accident outside Jerusalem that unravels a tangle of lives, loves, enmities, and histories over the course of one revealing, heartbreaking day.Five-year-old Milad Salama is excited for a school trip to a theme park on the outskirts of Jerusalem. On the way, his bus collides with a semitrailer. His father, Abed, gets word of the crash and rushes to the site. The scene is chaos-the children have been taken to different hospitals in Jerusalem and the West Bank; some are missing, others cannot be identified. Abed sets off on an odyssey to learn Milad's fate. It is every parent's worst nightmare, but for Abed it is compounded by the maze of physical, emotional, and bureaucratic obstacles he must navigate because he is Palestinian. He is on the wrong side of the separation wall, holds the wrong ID to pass the military checkpoints, and has the wrong papers to enter the city of Jerusalem. Abed's quest to find Milad is interwoven with the stories of a cast of Jewish and Palestinian characters whose lives and histories unexpectedly converge.In A Day in the Life of Abed Salama, Nathan Thrall-hailed for his "severe allergy to conventional wisdom" (Time)-offers an indelibly human portrait of the struggle over Israel/Palestine and a new understanding of the tragic history and reality of one of the most contested places on earth.
A temp assistant and the British boss she loves to hate . . . The Devils series is asexy blend of spice, romance and grumpy men. Prepare to laugh, swoon and cry . . .perfect for fans of C hristina Lauren and Emma C hase.He might not be the devil, but working under him for six weeks is my idea ofhell.Hayes Flynn is an arrogant jerk known best for his scotch habit and the way he spreadshis British "charm" all over Hollywood, never with the same woman twice.He's the last person I want to work for, except he has a face I can't look away from, andthe longer we're together, the harder he is to hate. Because under that smug exterior is aheart he doesn't want to show-one that was badly broken a decade earlier.A part of me wants to fix it for him before I leave...but can I do it without breaking myown in the process?
Perfect for fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses and Uprooted, this standalone fantasy romance about a human girl and her marriage to the Elf King is impossible to put down!The elves come for two things: war and wives. In both cases, they come for death.Three-thousand years ago, humans were hunted by powerful races with wild magic until the treaty was formed. Now, for centuries, the elves have taken a young woman from Luella's village to be their Human Queen.To be chosen is seen as a mark of death by the townsfolk. A mark nineteen-year-old Luella is grateful to have escaped as a girl. Instead, she's dedicated her life to studying herbology and becoming the town's only healer.That is, until the Elf King unexpectedly arrives... for her.Everything Luella had thought she'd known about her life, and herself, was a lie. Taken to a land filled with wild magic, Luella is forced to be the new queen to a cold yet blisteringly handsome Elf King. Once there, she learns about a dying world that only she can save.The magical land of Midscape pulls on one corner of her heart, her home and people tug on another... but what will truly break her is a passion she never wanted.A Deal with the Elf King is a complete standalone novel, inspired by the tales of Hades and Persephone, as well as Beauty and the Beast, with a happily ever after ending. It's perfect for fantasy romance fans looking for just the right amount of steam and their next slow-burn and swoon-worthy couple.
The brilliantly funny and clever fourth book in the critically acclaimed Her Majesty The Queen Investigates mystery series - and the first set in late 1970s London featuring a young Queen Elizabeth II.
