Résultats pour "Hex" dans Fiction

Thalie, 16 ans, vit avec ses parents, Gabriel et Sandrine, dans la Cité de Sainte-Foy au Québec. Nul n’a le droit de franchir le Mur qui entoure la ville et protège ses habitants de la dévastation et du chaos qui sévissent au-delà. Chaque printemps et jusqu’au retour des neiges...

Bloomsbury presents Hex by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight, read by Jenny Slate. ‘Wise, funny, suspenseful’ JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER 'Sardonic and strange ... With its dark humour and loopy lyricism, it bewitches’ DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Narrated with badass gusto' DAILY MAIL 'Reads like a botanist’s...

Twenty years ago, Sarah, Katrina and Alicia were inseparable. In college, they discovered their affinity for magic and practiced in secret - until their most ambitious spell went horribly wrong, resulting in a catastrophic fire that burned down their college dorm building, and the coven scattered. Now Sarah Nelson has built a life for herself. Working as a luxury realtor, with her doting husband and two children, she could be any other mother in the neighbourhood. Until now, her magic has lain dormant. Then the former coven reunites, and their magic no longer wants to stay hidden.

After he mysteriously inherits land on Steens Mountain in Oregon, Hector Eladio Xavier—Hex—leaves his home in Los Angeles for a weekend trip to dispose of the property. Weeks later he finds himself saddled with cattle, horses, and frustratingly entangled in the community. As a young urban professional, he’s unequipped for life in a small cow town and bewildered by the culture of the people who live there. Experience as a Latino gang member, Army Ranger, and businessman has to keep him alive to solve a thirty-year puzzle. Mystery, danger and comedy mix with ulterior motives and rural quirks.

Tagsüber zeigt Elionore Brevent ihren Kunden schicke Häuser, aber in der Nacht widmet sich die Maklerin als Hexe lieber magischen Dingen. Ihr Doppelleben hat Eli fest im Griff – bis eines Nachts wie aus dem Nichts ein ziemlich attraktiver Vampir neben ihr auftaucht und sich zu allem Überfluss ein nicht weniger ansehnlicher Werjaguar an ihre Fersen heftet. Dass diese beiden Kerle etwas mit der sonderbaren Magie in einem ihrer Häuser zu tun haben und dunkle Geheimnisse mit sich herumschleppen, spürt Eli ganz stark.

Tagsüber zeigt Elionore Brevent ihren Kunden schicke Häuser, aber in der Nacht widmet sich die Maklerin als Hexe lieber magischen Dingen. Ihr Doppelleben hat Eli fest im Griff – bis eines Nachts wie aus dem Nichts ein ziemlich attraktiver Vampir neben ihr auftaucht und sich zu allem Überfluss ein nicht weniger ansehnlicher Werjaguar an ihre Fersen heftet. Dass diese beiden Kerle etwas mit der sonderbaren Magie in einem ihrer Häuser zu tun haben und dunkle Geheimnisse mit sich herumschleppen, spürt Eli ganz stark.

Fall under the intoxicating spell of their hex appeal…In the magical world that lies hidden beneath our own, witches and conjurers play deadly games. They know just the right spell to kill a man with one kiss—or raise him back again. And they’re not afraid to exact sweet revenge on those who dare to cross them. But what if you’re the unlucky soul who falls victim to a conjurer’s curse? And if you had the power to cast a magic spell of your own, would you use it?

It was a stupid wish. One that's come to haunt my doorstep fourteen years later. When I made a pact with my best friend to marry each other if we were both still single at thirty, I had no idea it would be magically bound . . . by me. Time and circumstance have separated us, and we're no longer...

Eli Brevent, chaotische Hexe mit Herz und Vorliebe für Kaffee, sehnt sich nach einem einfachen Leben – doch stattdessen stolpert sie wieder mitten hinein ins Abenteuer. Vincent, der Mann, den sie liebt, wird von seiner Vergangenheit eingeholt, und seine Schwester bringt mehr Fragen als Antworten. Auch Pax, geheimnisvoll und unnahbar, lässt Eli nicht los. Sie ahnt, dass ihn etwas mit ihr verbindet – und dass ihre Mutter ihr mehr verschweigt, als gut ist.

Denn Dr. Maxim Stöverbeck, erfolgreicher Unternehmer und uralter Drachenwandler, fordert von Eli die Rückgabe eines Artefakts, das ausgerechnet aus ihrem Keller verschwunden ist: der Drachendolch. Während Eli noch rätselt, wie sie das Problem lösen soll, richtet ein schwarzmagischer Ring im Norden Deutschlands Unheil an. Zwischen Drachen, dunkler Magie und viel Herzklopfen muss Eli wieder einmal alles geben.

Die Hexen-Hochzeit im Hegewald! Endlich geben sich Flo und Nicolas das Ja-Wort, und Elis Garten verwandelt sich in den festlichsten Ort des Waldes. Doch während Eli tapfer versucht, alles im Griff zu behalten, ziehen dunkle Wolken auf. Mit Pax stimmt etwas nicht – ihrem leiblichen Vater, dem gefallenen Ex-Engel, der längst eine wichtige Rolle in ihrem Leben eingenommen hat. Als schließlich das Undenkbare geschieht, steht Eli vor einer Entscheidung, die über Leben und Tod bestimmen wird.

Was tun Hexen, wenn sie mal nicht die Welt retten müssen? Sie werden romantisch. Eigentlich läuft es bei Eli gerade ziemlich gut. Sie ist verliebt, hat ein neues Zuhause gefunden – samt sonderbarem Mitbewohner – und die magische Gemeinde bereitet ein großes Ritual vor, um den Umzug gebührend zu feiern. Doch die feierliche Zusammenkunft entwickelt schnell eine Dynamik, mit der niemand gerechnet hat.

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Sabine has spent years tending to her quirky shop and practicing subtle magic, all while haunted by nightly visions of a stranger whose presence fills her with both longing and trepidation. Now, her untamed tiger spirit is urging her to fall for a tall, grumpy, and powerful dragon who makes her feel like she's known him her whole life. Ren Athran is a 1000-year-old dragon shifter with a cold, regal exterior and a tragic past. Once the beloved mate of a fierce witch, Ren retreated into solitude after her death, vowing never to love again.

The second hint something's wrong in a town that pretends its magic is perfectly under control? A hex mark on your front door. It showed up overnight—burned into the wood, smelling faintly of sulfur and sage. Just another Tuesday in this charmingly cursed town. But when fires start flaring in...

Tennessee, Winter, 1838. Melody was a young girl raised by the circus—an orphan of the Great War. Her people traveled the trails of the Great American Shield, entertaining the men of the Union with the seasons, for as long as she could remember. She loved the open road despite the dangers—living free on the edge of the frontier. But the night the shadows of the Mississippi visited the circus, Melody's world began to unravel, forcing her to seek answers to protect her people or lead them to certain peril.

"If you like all things fueled by book magic and romance you NEED to read this" ★★★★★ reader review Lucy Ansari has a magical life. Literally — she’s a witch, managing a perfect little bookshop. And whenever she's a little lonely, she turns to Charles — her beloved, ageing boss...

John Taylor is the name. I work the Nightside. Only in that dark heart of London where it's always three A.M., where human and inhuman can feed their darkest desires, do I feel at home. Probably because I was born there. What I do is find things - people, objects - and in this case, the truth about the origins of the Nightside. That's what Lady Luck has hired me to investigate. But the more I dig, the more I discover, not about the Nightside but about the great question in my life: exactly who - and what - was my long-vanished mother.

Chad Miller never intended on becoming a serial-killing, counterculture hero.... When the American dream turns into the American nightmare, Chad's forced to quit med school and rethink his life. Banks, bill collectors, and bad credit push him over the edge. Becoming a martyr for the poor and working class, Chad gives the rich pigs a taste of their own medicine. Shot guns and sharks and plane crashes, oh my!

There is never a good time for a witch to lose her powers. But to lose your magic just when you and your friends need it to survive might be the worst timing of all. But even in her despair, Torie Bliss has noticed some strange goings-on in Singing Falls. The supernatural community seems to be at war with itself, and the human inhabitants of the community are not exactly acting like normal humans. Without her powers Torie is at a loss as to how she can help them. But there is one person who may be able to help her.