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You can’t outrun your demons—McKenna Ellerbeck knows this all too well. She’s been running from literal demons for a decade, one that will stop at nothing to take McKenna’s magic for their own and one that shattered her heart by grasping for dark power. After a horrible run-in with hellhounds on the streets of Paris, McKenna is ready to hide again when she’s confronted by her ex, the Archdemon of Desire Remiel Blake.

Ropa Moyo is a wannabe magician, can speak to the dead, and has officially given up being an intern. Leaving Scottish magic behind, she now works for the English Sorcerer Royal. But just as she adjusts to working for the English, an old enemy reveals a devastating secret about her Gran, and Ropa’s world falls apart. Outraged, she rushes home, but finds her grandmother dead–murdered–with no killer in sight. What’s more, she’s the prime suspect.

Gemma lives with her mother in an isolated antique shop in Michigan, near a small patch of woods that conceals an enchanted gateway to fairyland. She knows she's not supposed to go into the woods - her mother Virginia has warned her multiple times about the monsters that lurk there - and yet defiantly, curiously, she goes anyway. Virginia understands her daughter's defiance. She knows the lure of the woods all too well. Her mother warned her about the monsters that resided there, and she also did not listen. Until a witch cursed her true love, Ash - Gemma's father - into the form of a beast.

Follow the bank of the Koitogawa river until you reach the beach. From there a path of white seashells will lead you to the Chibineko Kitchen. Step inside, they'll be expecting you. These are the directions Kotoko has been given. She arrives at the tiny restaurant, perched right by the water, early in the morning. Still reeling from the sudden death of her brother, she's been promised that the food served there will bring him back to her, for one last time.

Book 1: The Destiny of Dragons, and the first entry in the Farenar Saga. Anzig struggles to live up to the reputation of his legendary father, but he has his chance when he must represent their clan at the greatest gathering of dragons in a generation. Anzig brings news of a human invasion and a please for assistance to fight this old enemy. The last thing Anzig expects is to volunteer for a suicidal mission deep into human territory to retrieve the lost artefact, the Axinstone.

Xavier Rhodes may have discovered the answers to Meadow Song’s riddles, the fractured world, and the dark entities that plague it. He might even know a way to reverse everything... after a few dates, of course. While planning for battle, Xavier treats the dragonesses to a unique date of their choice. Each night brings him closer to Hayley, Brooke, and Nicki, all while adding equipment, technology, and amenities to Ironshire Estate.

Imara has lived a life separate from her family. She wasn’t shunned, just never acknowledged. The seventh child of a seventh child, she had had the bad taste to be born a girl. Her father’s family had no use for a girl, so she was sent to a city where the populace didn’t use magic. Now that she is grown and entering college, she has chosen the best magical college in the country. It just happens to be located in her birth city.

Telium is playing a deadly game, risking everything she knows and holds dear. The cities, the temples, even the Goddess's hang in the balance. She is running out of hands to play, Alkoria the losing bet. She has fought rebellions, killed kings and broken queens, but nothing will prepare her for her final battle. With her newfound family by her side, and the threat to her people, Telium suddenly has everything to lose. And as the game becomes far more perilous, inconceivable players come forth from the shadows.

After the tragic murder of her fiancé, Erika Navarro's life in sun-drenched Los Angeles is turned upside down. Seeking solace and new horizons, Erika arrives at her Romanian family's century-old estate, Dragos Manor, in the misty New England town of Nocturne, Massachusetts. Long rumored to be haunted, this gothic mansion stands as the town's iconic hotel, where cocktails flow, mischief is made, and the most captivating pack of characters – family, friends, and foe – roam the ornate yet foreboding halls. By the light of the full Moon, secrets are revealed, and pack hierarchy shifts.

When Rose’s father is murdered, seemingly senselessly, Rose buries him in Ireland near the grave of her mother. With secrets being unearthed, of ancient magic, king’s legends, and horsehair talismans, Rose is thrust into a way of seeing the world—an understanding of love—she never would have thought possible if he had not died. A deal made with a faerie man long ago.

The island of Inishrún, small and forbidding, holds a deeply protected secret. It is home to the Sidhe, a magical race as old as the earth. This is their stronghold in a world that has forgotten them. Holly Tremenhere, sad and disillusioned with her life, travels across the wild sea to the island on the second-to-last ferry before winter closes the crossing. She is there to unravel the mystery of who she truly is and the only living person who can tell her is her beautiful, estranged aunt, Mim.

A bundle of awkwardness and social anxiety, Charlie Lavender isn’t sure about starting her freshman year in small-town Normal, Illinois. Little does she know her new best friend, a love triangle, and…a magical owl(?) are waiting for her in the Fall of 1993. She definitely didn’t expect ominous priests, probable witches, and a secret, several-thousand-year-old war would also become part of everyday life. Welcome to Normal, where nothing ever is.

Eric Carter has a lot on his plate. He's hunting the Oracle of Las Vegas, a literal talking head that manipulates the future to make its prophecies come true. But it has a new trick. It can change the past, too. Now Jazz Age Los Angeles is invading the present. Long gone buildings suddenly restored, decommissioned Red Car trains appearing on paved over tracks, miles of the city changing back to orange groves. Throw in a hundred-year-old doomsday cult, time magic, and a terrifyingly powerful spell to raise the dead and it makes for a busy week.

Belladonna Blackthorn hasn’t lost her magical spark, precisely . . . but she hasn’t seen it in a while either. With her witchcraft under wraps and a toxic boss making her days miserable, Belle is struggling to keep her beloved Lunar Books afloat and just make it through the day. The last thing she has time for is perfecting her magic. So when her thirtieth birthday brings a summons from her coven and a trial that tests her worthiness as a witch, Belle fears the worst.

Medo, der eigentlich Leon heißt, ist ein dreizehnjähriger Draufgänger. Ständig auf der Suche nach dem nächsten Kick und nichts unversucht lassend, geschieht ihm während eines Urlaubs in Siebenbürgen Sonderbares. Er hat Lichterscheinungen und taucht ein in bizarre, surrealistisch erscheinende Welten. Die Erfahrungen sind für Medo ebenso verwirrend wie für den Leser. Erst im Rückblick ergibt das scheinbar Sinnlose einen Sinn.

Football is a game of steps: Quick steps. Trick steps. Even sneaky, slick steps. Whether you're on or off the pitch, you best know your footing. And for Max Best, that's no problem at all. He has the ability to read players to a T—thanks to the sentient stat-tracking display he received after saving an elderly man in the streets. Now, as director of football for Chester FC, everything's falling into place for Max. His team is climbing the ranks. He's executing great transfers and hired a literal old hand for his brand-new women's team. What could go wrong?

Eines Tages steht das Kind plötzlich da, die Haare feuerrot leuchtend inmitten des Kiefernwaldes, und gehört niemandem. Skalde nimmt es mit zu sich, obwohl sie weiß, dass die anderen, die in der abgelegenen Gegend leben, das nicht dulden werden. Skalde und ihre Mutter Edith gehörten selbst nie richtig zur Gemeinschaft, seit Edith vor mehr als zwei Jahrzehnten plötzlich triefend am Ufer des Flusses stand, von dem die Anderen sich erhofft hatten, er würde sie vor der im Chaos versinkenden Welt beschützen.

Während er noch den schweren Schlag verarbeitet, den er im Tempel der Schwelle erlitten hat, trifft Tib ein weiteres Unglück: Sir Gavvendyle, sein weiser Lehrmeister ist in seiner Abwesenheit gestorben. Er hinterließ ihm eine rätselhafte Botschaft und es gibt Anzeichen dafür, dass beim Ableben des alten Erzmagiers nicht alles mit rechten Dingen zugegangen ist.

Ioanna hat ihr Ziel erreicht und ist der dämonischen Welt der Kalikanzari entkommen – doch der Preis dafür ist hoch. In der letzten der zwölf Raunächte hat Ioannas große Liebe Daphne ein folgenschweres Opfer erbracht und scheint nun für Ioanna verloren. Während sie mithilfe überraschender Verbündeter schockierende Wahrheiten über die Kalikanzari aufdeckt, ist Ioanna entschlossen, für ihre Liebe zu kämpfen. Ihre Erleichterung ist groß, als sie schließlich eine Möglichkeit findet, mit Daphne zu sprechen. Doch das Gefühl hält nicht lange an, denn Daphne liebt Ioanna nicht mehr.

In Book 3: Double Lives, MeeMa, the family's wise matriarch, takes center stage in this installment, revealing her deep spiritual gifts and the secret practices she weaves into her Pentecostal faith. Set against New Orleans mysticism and modern-day tensions, MeeMa bridges ancient traditions and the restrictive church. The novel explores her powers as she uncovers hidden truths about the family, including the secrets of her grandson, Jr., and his fiancée, Nicole.