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Why would anyone put a mermaid and a gorgon in the same room together? While Tulip enjoys being alive, her lineage brings her nothing but trouble.

Helen Harper presents Book 5 in the Cat Lady Chronicles...

After tumultuous events in Canberra forced Lizzie Grace to confront her demons—literal and figurative—she returns to Castle Rock, hoping the stalemate with Aiden O’Connor can finally be resolved. Of course, for that to happen, she first has to talk to the man, and Lizzie is fighting a major case of cowardice. But cowardice holds no weight against the force of evil, and this one has a specific target in mind—Maelle Defour, the vampire Lizzie has an uneasy relationship with.

Seventy years ago, people turned on their televisions and saw magic on the streets of Manhattan. Real magic, and real monsters, in broad daylight. Today, corporate sorcerers defend their employers’ interests with curses and bullets, street vendors sell cheap talismans to the masses, and the most popular late-night talk show host is a demon. It’s a world of wonders and terrors, but you still have to earn a living.

A twisted killer is making his mark in London, leaving a trail of blood and devastation in his wake. It's not only humans who are being targeted. Vampires, werewolves, and pixies are in mortal danger too. I've been called in to help with the investigation but I can't shake the feeling that there's more to the murders. Someone is playing a very sick game—and it's up to me to put a stop to it.

Witches are evil. They’re everything that’s wrong with this world. My unit is tasked with finding and killing each and every one of them. Until he comes along. Caleb Carlyle. My next target. Silver hair, small with a big-boy attitude, and an offer I can’t refuse. Trade my cursed, frozen heart for his broken one. When we join forces, witches and hunters turn against us. Now we have to rely on each other for survival and I know this won’t end well.

My name is Cain Sthyldor, a former assassin for the fae. I've met Death in person, I'm cursed by Cthulhu, know a gorgon, and have a pet octopus named Fred. I may not be a wizard from Chicago, an iron druid on the run, a hot-tempered maker who hates Girl Scouts, or part of a destructive duo from New York City, but I guarantee you'll be entertained.

A faceless gang of bikers on Wild Hunt through the streets of present-day Ottawa hurtles young Jacky Rowan across the threshold into the perilous land of Faerie. There, to her dismay, she is hailed as the Jack of Kinrowan, a once-and-future trickster hero whose lot is to save the Elven Courts...

Supernatural Squad might be small, but we're growing in power. The vampires and werewolves of London are beginning to respect me more, and I feel like I know what I'm doing - even if I don't yet understand what I truly am. Unfortunately, there might be a few snags to deal with. I'm trying to avoid Lord Horvath, the black-eyed vampire leader who seems intent on a more intimate relationship. There's also Devereau Webb, who runs a small criminal syndicate and has offered me a mysterious gift that I'm certain I don't want. 

In detective Mera Maurea's experience, three things motivate a murder: secrets, convenience, or passion. But none of the three can explain why the Summer King is dead. With a tight deadline hanging over her head, Mera has to figure out who's the culprit before the frail balance that holds the nation of Tagrad together crumbles into dust. To aid her - or turn her life into a living hell, hard to tell which - is her fae partner Sebastian Dhay, a snarky detective with a penchant for the illegal. He's a volatile wild card who will do anything to solve the murder, even if it means his doom.

Young Janey Falke is nothing, and she certainly doesn't stand a chance against the power and might of the malevolent beings known as the Saints and their bloodthirsty worshipers. But instead of running like she should, she makes an oath to kill them all. No matter how firm her resolve though, she's still just a girl with a knife and no skills, and she won't last long against these seemingly all-powerful gods; not unless she can engage with her own mysterious powers and step into her true self.

Tiffany Bell read the wrong book and managed to survive. Now, she's got a mind filled with dark magic and a passionate desire not to get hunted down and killed for what she knows. When the Guardian of the Plundered Tomes offered her a job hunting down other dark wizards, she knew it was hunt or be hunted. And Tiffany is good at her job. Her colleagues know she's built differently but can't fully grasp why. All the librarians are dangerous, but when a job has all the markings of a suicide mission, the guardian sends her.

Never trust a vampire in a Prada suit, especially if you find her ex dead in her trunk. Life couldn't be better for Cori Sloane. She has a fabulous boyfriend, her town's prospering, and for once, the local supernaturals are all playing nice. Sure, she still has to deal with a family feud here and there, but that's par for the course when witches, werewolves, vampires, and all manner of shifters live in the same town.

When the mutilated body of a young man is discovered crucified in a shadowy Portsmouth alley, Detective Nicholas Cain, an immortal vampire with centuries of bloodstained experience, is thrust into the most chilling case of his career. The killer leaves no evidence, no motive, just an unsettling display of ritualistic brutality that speaks of a mind consumed by obsession. As the murders escalate, each scene becomes more elaborate, every victim meticulously posed like a grotesque masterpiece. But for the first time, Cain must face the darkness alone.

As an assassin for the mafia, I've amassed a lot of enemies over the years. I've been on my own for eight years with one goal in mind—find my missing mother. She left me with simple instructions: leave the pack and contact the mafia. So I did just that. Everything is going fine until I'm handed the name of my next target. Christian Ellis is the son of the pack leader and my most hated frenemy. Going after him could change the course of my life completely. And worse, it would get me involved with the pack again.

My name is Eddie Drood, and the Powers That Be have taken everything... Eddie Drood has lost everyone important to him. His parents mysteriously disappeared and no one else in his family seems to care. His beloved uncle, the last family member he could trust, has just passed away. And now his...

Camelot als Gotham City, Motorräder statt Schlachtrösser: So haben Sie die Artus-Sage noch nie gelesen! Sie glauben, alles über die Artus-Sage zu wissen? Dann kennen Sie die Neon Knights noch nicht! In dieser düsteren Roman-Dilogie nehmen die Ritter nicht etwa an der Tafelrunde Platz, sondern ringen als geltungssüchtige Celebrities in Fernsehkämpfen um Ruhm, Reichtum und Gerechtigkeit. Allen voran die junge Red, die sich nichts sehnlicher wünscht, in die Riege der Ritter aufgenommen zu werden – um endlich Rache an dem Mann zu nehmen, der vor so vielen Jahren ihr Leben zerstört hat.

Was, wenn Hexen, Elfen und Vampire unerkannt unter uns leben würden? Nach dem Tod des Vaters wird Liz von ihrer Mutter auf das Internat Luisenwerder verbannt. Doch eines verhängnisvollen Tages stößt diese bei Ausgrabungen auf ein uraltes magisches Artefakt, das nicht nur ihr eigenes, sondern auch Liz' Leben in Gefahr bringt … Auf der Flucht vor ihren mysteriösen Verfolgern landet Liz in einem Buchladen in Oxford. Dort muss sie erkennen, dass ihr ganzes Leben eine einzige Lüge war. Unfreiwillig wird sie hineingezogen in einen Krieg, der vor tausend Jahren begann.

When I found out vampires were real, everything changed. And yet, strangely, it all stayed the same, too. I still worked for a secret metaphysical branch of the FBI. Although, thanks to being thrown around like a rag doll on my last case, I was currently on medical leave. A small mercy given how...

Gwen Tailor is stunned when her most formidable Noble enemy—and captor—Valjean, becomes a powerful ally. Her unique crafter abilities have helped her gain monster-killing talents usually reserved for Nobles, but to save her town and people from extinction, she needs Valjean's help to become a Noble herself and infiltrate their aristocratic circles. So, along with cleaver-wielding butcher Sandy and enchanted-weapons-maker Gerald, she enrolls in the legendary Academy to learn its lethal arts . . . and uncover the secrets behind their land's ruthless class divisions.