Moderne fantasy

Villains are made when victims are ignored.Centuries have passed Feya by and the people of Oak Grove have forgotten her name, her existence reduced into the legend of the Oak Grove dryad.Inexperienced with the modern world, it is with the help of Tabby, the local florist, and her friends that the dryad pleads for her home to be spared from destruction. If they are not heeded, the town will feel her wrath.Revenge will be all she has left if her oaks are felled. If any townfolk survive, they can choose: is Feya a victim...or the villain?

Als der dreizehnjährige Max seinen Wunsch erfüllt bekommt, nach Süddeutschland in ein Reitinternat zu gehen, ahnt er noch nicht, welche Wendungen sich in seinem Leben abzeichnen. Ein göttliches Pferd namens Flame gesellt sich an seine Seite, um ihn in seinen Abenteuern zu unterstützen. Gemeinsam mit neuen und alten Freunden lüften sie das Geheimnis um den Verkauf wertvoller Pferde im Reitinternat - und dabei gerät Max selbst in höchste Gefahr!

The Goddess of Spring and Queen of the Underworld is out of balance with who she's meant to be.As Persephone shares domain of the Underworld alongside Hades, she struggles to get a handle on her growing frustrations. The constant pull between the King - her husband in title only - and the demands of her mother, Demeter, have forced Persephone into an untenable situation.Regular Godsrests keep her refreshed and renewed - and protected from reality. The rests also propel her further and further from her origin story - at least the one most commonly told - forcing Persephone to re-examine every assumption she has about herself. Though her quest to find her voice and stand up for herself doesn't signal a complete break from her duties and obligations, it does require the beloved immortal to craft a wholly new balance between her dual roles as Goddess of Spring, and Queen of the Underworld.

Lena Sullivan is a blade for hire making her way (as best as she can) in an unfriendly world. Working to put a difficult past behind her, she leads a solitary life with no permanent home and no prospects for the future. When she lands a high paying contract to work as a bodyguard for an elderly history professor, the job seemed too good to be true. And of course, when a job seems too good to be true...

Die Zwillinge Meresankh und Seth Wyss wachsen frei von jeglichen Problemen in der schweizerischen Stadt Zürich auf - denken sie zumindest. Bis eines Tages der mysteriöse junge Mann Artys Pan Tera auftaucht, der Meres den Kopf verdreht - und die beiden anschließend in ein sehr spezielles Internat entführt: dem Eiger-Internat für Paranormale.Artys offenbart den Zwillingen, dass sie ihr Schicksal mit seiner Hilfe erfüllen müssen, ansonsten werden sie sterben. Natürlich ist dieses Schicksal nichts Geringeres als die Aufhebung eines Fluchs, den eine längst vergessene Göttin in einem längst vergessenen, verschollenen Land über dessen Bewohner ausgesprochen hat.Dass dabei ihre eigene Vergangenheit und ihre Eltern eine nicht unbedeutende Rolle spielen, hätten die Geschwister allerdings nicht vermutet...

Freedom and a chance to live, right?Cori Munroe just wants to enjoy her life after her Draft service has completed. The kids are delightful, her home life is good, but as always, trouble finds her.Rips between Earth and the realms are appearing and she seems to be to the only mage that can easily close them. When Esmere calls her to attend the council, something she thought she was well clear of, she finds herself forced to take up a position as Lord of Earth.With the council expecting her as the Herald of Magic to stop the rips, Earth freaking out and preparing military responses to the rips, Cori finds herself caught in the middle between old friends in the structures of power and new friends in the realms.Can Cori find the answers to the Undoing and stop this before something unforgivable is done? Or will she and her family be caught in the middle of a war between Magic and Earth? How high will the cost get?Book seven in the Twisted Luck series is here now.

A hunted portrait. A twisted duke. An embarrassing crush.When a hunted portrait arrives at the priory for safekeeping, Violet makes a disturbing discovery or two about her immortal neighbour. And an unwelcome one about herself.As the resourceful Penhaligons try to figure out what's so special about the painting, a sinister duke makes a bold move in his bid to claim it. But the painting is not the only thing he's after.Can Violet and the Penhaligons outwit the duke and bargain their way to victory? Or will they learn that they're not the only ones with betrayal in mind?Of Blood and Oil is book 3 of Not the Same River, which follows Violet as she goes from gobby orphan to gobby warrior in this six-book series.This book features a vampire who doesn't know where his trousers are, a stray nephilim, and judgemental goats.

According to legend, the Horned Serpent, a primordial symbol for evil, dwells in the watery abyss of Lake Manitou. To fifteen-year-old Lily Weber, who lives along the shores of Lake Manitou, the Horned Serpent is just another symbol for Satan, which the nuns at Sacred Heart Mission explained as Leviathan in the Old Testament and the Red Dragon in the New Testament. To Halvar Dobie, rumors of a Horned Serpent connect to his Norse heritage with Jormungandr, the creature destined to destroy the world with fire. If his forefathers are correct, an ancient quest is nearing the end. To Winnie Weber, Lily's mother, the evil Unktehi is a malicious monster from Lakota legend that brought the great flood and, even in death, is a force to be feared. To Lily's estranged grandfather Nanakonan, the Horned Serpent is mishi-ginebig, a dreaded creature from Anishinaabe lore that sleeps below the waters of his home, Lake Manitou. His hereditary role is to prepare a warrior to defeat this monster, but when his grandson is forcibly taken away to a boarding school, he is forced to teach Lily the secrets of their family.Caught between cultures, Lily confronts not only this sleeping evil but also her own faith and family as she learns what it means to be a FIREHANDLER.THE DREAMCATCHER CHRONICLES is a generational battle between good and evil, where the dark deeds of the past shape the present-and the prophecies of the future reach back to influence the past.

Fox is the teenage son of a single mom who has grown up poor and transient until he arrives in Orange, California, with his first chance at a sense of belonging. There he meets Axel, an eccentric loner with a hyperactive imagination who introduces him to the fenced off no-man's land of a riverbed that winds through the suburban neighborhood where they live. There fantasy and reality collide in the stories they invent, the games they play, and the powers they resist. When Axel gets into trouble with the authoritarian pastor of his church, he runs away both for real and into his own fantasies. Fox goes looking for him in more ways than one, accompanied by his friend Angel, a Latin-X girl with a critical mind and a lot of experience in adult hypocrisy. What they all end up finding is the courage to be themselves and to care for one another in a world that doesn't much value either. The Riverbed tells the story of three intelligent young people coming to learn about the darker sides of the suburban dream they call home. Written in a fabulating style but with a realist's eye for the details of place, history, and nature, it combines the playfulness (if not the largeness) of a Salman Rushdie novel with the moral seriousness of J. D. Salinger. It will be loved by readers of all predilections - those with their heads in the clouds no less than those with their feet on the ground.

The Green Man sends Daniel Mackmain to stop threats from folklore making trouble in the everyday world. Now a naiad and dryad want him to deal with the big cat they've seen prowling in their woods. Reports like this turn up in the tabloid press from time to time, though no one has ever caught such a cat, or even found evidence of a large carnivore's kills. Can Dan discover the truth behind this modern myth before social media turns his hunt into an internet sensation? He knows that not all animals are what they seem. A huge cat which can appear and disappear without a trace must be more than meets the eye. Dan knows one thing for certain. He's on the trail of a killer.A modern fantasy rooted in the ancient myths and folklore of the British Isles.

I thought I could leave the mythical world behind, but now it's hunting me instead… Following the events of the blood moon market in Rome, Ambrose Davids is ready to put the mythical world behind him and return to a normal life. Until a creature who had escaped from the Colosseum comes after him, leaving a trail of bodies in its wake. Does Ambrose have what it takes to save himself, and those he cares for? Meanwhile, the Keeper of Exotic Animals has her own battles to fight. Amid the greatest influx of new residents the Repository has seen in decades, Amari also has to contend with an obnoxious rival intent on thwarting her every move and a new apprentice with very different ideas on how to care for the creatures in their custody. Amari will do whatever it takes to keep her charges safe from the outside world, but can she protect them from machinations inside the Repository itself?

My father taught me that myths were real, but it wasn't until they tried to kill me that I believed him. Ambrose Davids - young, ambitious, disgraced - wants nothing more than to get his life back in order. When a mysterious woman from an unnamed Council offers him a silver whistle and an impossible mission, he's desperate enough to take the job. With his landlord breathing down his neck and a police detective suspecting him of murder, Ambrose falls headfirst into a world he had never believed possible - a world in which mythical creatures are real - and one which forces him to question everything he thought he knew. From London's dark alleys and the high streets of Paris to the ancient ruins of Rome, Ambrose must rely on his wits, and his luck, to survive long enough to become the hunter instead of the hunted. Join him on his adventures as he tries to uncover the secrets behind the hidden Repository and the magical creatures confined within it!

New powers, new knowledge, same old enemy. Hope the fourth time's the charm.A storm is rolling into Columbus and me and my shadows stand right in its path. But to save my family, friends, loves, and the rest of humanity, I'll need to kill a god gone rogue.No pressure, right?Helps that I found out from our enemy who or what I really am. Kinda. I'm a Titan reborn as human. Not sure how it affects me and my new powers, but I have to figure it out to save the human realm.Good news? I'm not alone. I have powerful family and friends at my back, including the Outer God and the mage who both share my bed.Bad news? The timer is ticking for all of us, and my magical plans aren't fully baked.Like they say, if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.The Chronicles of Randy Carter series is urban fantasy Lovecraft with snacks, snark, and steam!

Nach einem eskalierenden Ehestreit - die Frau verunglückt tödlich bei einem Verkehrsunfall, der Mann ist verschwunden. Wochen später erst wird seine Leiche zufällig entdeckt in einem Stollen tief im Weinberg, von dem weder Winzer noch Nachbarn etwas zu wissen scheinen. Die Umstände können nicht als natürlicher Tod angesehen werden.Die junge Polizeibeamtin Juana Ruweler muss wegen Personalknappheit fast allein auf die Suche nach dem Täter gehen. Dabei stößt sie immer wieder auf Hinweise zu einem mysteriösen Familienschatz und auf alte Vampirgeschichten.Wird es ihr gelingen, Licht ins Dunkel des Weinbergs zu bringen?

N'avez-vous jamais été curieux de savoir ce qui se trouve par-delà la réalité que vous connaissez ?Sengo, un jeune esclave rêveur va se lancer dans un périple au coeur du Brésil impérial pour comprendre les lois de l'univers. Cependant les Précepteurs, une mystérieuse secte dirigeant le monde dans l'ombre recherche la même chose. Le destin de Sengo et ses compagnons va basculer malgré eux, lorsqu'ils vont être impliqués dans la mort de l'un des champions de la secte. Pour se protéger des Précepteurs, ils devront à tout prix trouver un moyen de survie. Au dépit de leurs passés respectifs et des dangers surnaturels de l'Inframonde. . .

Three magical sisters. A raja with claws. A labyrinth of deceit.Darkness wakens in Jalapashu. In this kingdom, silks are soaked in blood, and bones bend like boughs. To survive, my witch sisters and I must buckle up and learn fast.The seer is gone. Her parrot warns that we must find her before time runs out. We unravel the raja's tangled web of corruption, discovering how many people he has wronged. None more so than the enigmatic general, whose terrible curse means he can't shift into his true form. I take refuge in his soft kisses, but our deepening chemistry is just another secret to keep.With black magic closing in, the raja's wrath is one misstep away. I captivate him, but he is suspicious. He and his courtiers-including my grandfather-aren't afraid to fight dirty. But a woman in midlife stalks her own path. Will I rescue my friends from the raja's clutches before he wises up to our treachery, or will he ensnare me, too?To Curse a Rival is the second book in a Paranormal Women's Fiction series. If you're a fan of stories about the strength of sisterhood, the allure of forbidden love and the resilience of women in their midlife, you'll find yourself spellbound until the final page.

In this anthology are seventeen stories which explore the concrete yet eerie qualities of lighthouses: whether as memory capsules, vessels of otherness, phallic representations, sirenesque captivations, or elemental warnings. Come, be guided through the coastline of imagination to where the lighthouse awaits. Post Tenebras Lux

'LINGERS LIKE A FEVER DREAM' V.E. SCHWAB'INTOXICATING' EMILY HENRYEvery fairy tale must come to an end.In the tradition of sumptuous gothic novels like The Cloisters and The Bloody Chambers comes a dark fairy tale-infused story about a cursed friendship and a marriage steeped in secrets - from New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi.Once, a man who believed in fairy tales married a beautiful, mysterious woman named Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada. In exchange for her love, Indigo extracted a promise: that her bridegroom would never pry into her past. But when the couple return to Indigo's childhood home, they find the shadow of another girl lurking in the manor's extravagant rooms: Indigo's beloved friend, who disappeared without a trace.Faced with his wife's dark secrets, the bridegroom is unable to resist breaking his promise. Even if it threatens to destroy their marriage . . . or their lives.Combining the lush, haunting atmosphere of Mexican Gothic with the dreamy enchantment of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride is a spellbinding and darkly romantic page-turner about love and lies, secrets and betrayal, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.'Gorgeous and ornate' HOLLY BLACK'A fairy tale in the oldest and truest sense' ALIX E. HARROW'A shimmering tapestry' YANGSZE CHOO'Dark, haunting, and thrumming with mystery, magic, and love' SUE LYNN TAN'An opulent, engrossing tale' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE'Darkly gorgeous and utterly entrancing' SHANNON CHAKRABORTY

A magical novel about Howard Harvard, who is retiring from his longtime job with a little help from a skeleton and Abraham Lincoln. Humor, mystery, fantasy for all ages.

Embrace your imagination and journey into a realm where dreams hold the key to infinite possibilities. This speculative fiction novel follows the mind-boggling journey of Caleb Fleur after a profound gift within his slumbering mind is revealed. As he dreams, he unveils glimpses of alternate universes and divergent timelines, leading to his quest for self-discovery. The Organization surreptitiously reigns supreme with its cadre of individuals unmatched in their respective fields. They poach U.S. Marines, recruit tech prodigies, and employ them to attain their primary goal - to uphold the integrity of humankind. But when its directors have ulterior motives, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. When Caleb learns of The Organization, he witnesses the complexities of love and emotion, grapples with supernatural forces, and meets the family he never knew he had. As he struggles to find the silver lining of life, he and those who believe in him become eternally bound. This is merely the beginning of his story.

In Oak Tree Creek a joint school dance has been arranged for the young shapeshifters and the human kids at the school. Duncan uses it as an opportunity to improve coexistence between the members of the pack and the humans living on the territory of the pack. Something that frustrates Nate. All he wants is to go on a nice date with Eva. As feared the dance attracts unwanted attention and Nate and his friends becomes the target of a conspiracy. Right after Nate sees a druid, a man turns up at the party calling Nate a witch in public. Out in the city, other forces are at work. Trees infected with dark sorcery are planted at the houses where the friends of Nate live. Something has been set in motion that also has linesto the people of Oak Tree Creek. Something that threatens both the world of the Others and the world of humans. But what connection do those people have to the druids, if any, and what do they want to achieve with the division they are trying to create?Excerpt from the bookThere was no doubt that it was a man or partly a man. He looked strange. He stood half transformed into a bird. Where one arm should have been, there was a black wing. His lower body resembled that of a bird. The rest looked like a man, except for his eyes, which were pitch dark. As we stood there looking at each other, I stretched out my senses to make out his energies. Just as I recognized the feel of him, he exploded into a swarm of ewilderedblack birds flapping into all direction. I ducked involuntarily and then I was back in my room.About the authorANETTE GULDAGER BOYE was born in Odense in 1969. She is married and lives with her husband and two children in a little town near Odense in Denmark. Her master’sin history she achieved with the topic Witch trials on the localIsland of Funen, and she works at Museum Odense. It is a lifelong passion of hers studying the old tales and folklore of Scandinavia.