Résultats pour "the fiancee" dans Fantasy

Sous ses lunettes de myope, Ophélie cache des dons singuliers : elle peut lire le passé des objets et traverser les miroirs. Quand on la fiance à Thorn, du puissant clan des Dragons, la jeune fille doit quitter sa famille et le suivre à la Citacielle, capitale flottante du Pôle.

À Salem, des femmes sont retrouvées mortes, vidées de leur essence vitale. Toutes portent les noms des sorcières du célèbre procès de 1692. Pour les enquêteurs Daniel Francoeur et Chloé Lambert, cette coïncidence macabre ne peut être le fruit du hasard. Daniel, hanté par son enfance dans cette ville maudite et l'absence mystérieuse de son père, soupçonne des forces occultes. Son intuition s'avère justifiée lorsque Chloé découvre ses propres origines : elle descend d'une lignée de magiciennes, liée au dossier historique.

Philia's family has produced saints for generations. It's no surprise that she's known as the greatest saint of all time--and set to marry the second prince, Julius. What no one expects is for Julius to call off the engagement, claiming that Philia's perfection makes her charmless and unlikable. To add insult to injury, Philia is packed off to a neighboring country in exchange for gold and resources, forcing her to leave her homeland!

Sold to a neighboring country by her former fiancee, Philia the saint has been hard at work protecting her new home—and the entire continent—from monster attacks. Just when it seems she might be in for some well-earned peace, however...magic-users across Parnacorta begin to disappear. A mysterious exorcist named Erza tells Philia that demons are behind the kidnapping—and that Philia is their real target! How will the too-perfect saint face this frightening new foe?

With the issue of the papal succession resolved, Saint Philia returns to Parnacorta to tie the knot with Prince Osvalt. As she prepares to be wed, her mother, Hildegard, tells Philia about her late father, Camil--how he used to be an apothecary, how he fell victim to the very same illness that claimed the life of Parnacorta's last saint, and how he had been working on a cure before he died. Finding proof of this nearly complete cure among Camil's papers, Philia decides to honor her father and Elizabeth by finishing what he started.

Faking things with Gretta should be simple fun. Scaring off her evil ex is a bonus. She makes the fire deep inside of me rage with desire, and I need to make things real. Will she accept me if I tell her I’m a dragon shifter? Hell, I don’t even know if she’ll believe me. Wizards have come to town, and they’re up to no good. Why do they want Gretta? It doesn’t matter. I’ll keep her safe. My heart is ready to heal, and my inner dragon is sure of one thing: She’s my fated mate.

Philia's hope of wedded bliss is interrupted by the news that the pope, sacred leader of her faith, has passed--and that his will names her as his successor?! Together with her fiance Prince Osvalt, she heads to the neighboring nation of Dalbert, seat of the papacy, to investigate how this came to be. There, the duo finds proof of a conspiracy that tampered with the pope's will! Can they get to the bottom of this? Or is Philia's newfound happiness in Parnacorta doomed to be short-lived?

The deal is simple: Piper Bancroft pretends to be my mate and we both get what we want. I'll be the next Chief, and she'll get her nosy mother off her back. But independent and strong-willed Piper has rules. Lots of them. The most impossible being her insistence that we don't sleep together. But she never said anything about kissing. And one kiss is all it takes. Piper is my mate, and there's nothing fake about it. If she finds out I want her for keeps, she'll be leaving for the lower 48.

In the final days of World War II, Catherine Hastings meets the man she wants to marry. Flight surgeon Jonathan Brandon isn't just handsome - he's everything Catherine could hope for in her betrothed. But her dream of a happily ever after is shattered when Jonnie vanishes before their wedding, leaving Catherine bereft, broken-hearted, and with a lifetime of unanswered questions.