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WANTED - Bloodmaid of exceptional taste. Must have a keen proclivity for life’s finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply. A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power in this dark and enthralling Gothic novel from the author of The Year of the...

A young woman living in a rigid, puritanical society discovers dark powers within herself in this stunning, feminist fantasy debut. In the lands of Bethel, where the Prophet's word is law, Immanuelle Moore's very existence is blasphemy. Her mother’s union with an outsider of a different race...

Born on the fringes of Bethel, Immanuelle does her best to obey the Church and follow Holy Protocol. For it was in Bethel that the first Prophet pursued and killed four powerful witches and so cleansed the land. And then a chance encounter lures her into the Darkwood that surrounds Bethel. It is a forbidden place, haunted by the spirits of the witches who bestow an extraordinary gift on Immanuelle. The diary of her dead mother....

Brought to you by Penguin. Lennon Carter’s life is falling apart. Until she gets a mysterious phone call inviting her to sit the entrance exam for somewhere few have heard of – Drayton College, a school of magic hidden in a secret pocket of Savannah. Lennon doesn’t know it yet, but she is...

A young exorcist faces demons both real and figurative in this searing horror novel from the author of The Year of the Witching and An Academy for Liars. At eight years old, Juliet Godfrey was violently possessed by a demon who had already claimed the lives of her parents. When it proved...

A young exorcist faces demons both real and figurative in this searing horror novel from the author of The Year of the Witching and An Academy for Liars. At eight years old, Juliet Godfrey was violently possessed by Bedlam, a vicious demon with a penchant for arson. After several failed...

A student will find that the hardest lessons sometimes come from outside the classroom in this stunning dark academia novel from the acclaimed author of The Year of the Witching and House of Hunger. Lennon Carter’s life is falling apart. Then she gets a mysterious phone call inviting her to...

"This Young Adult book is a scream to listen to."—The Berkshire Eagle This program features multicast narration as well as an author's note and acknowledgements read by the author. 13 SCARY STORIES. 13 AUTHORS OF COLOR. 13 TIMES WE SURVIVED... THE FIRST KILL. The White Guy Dies First includes...

Size matters. Or at least it does to Ed, nitpicking quantity surveyor and captain of his local pub football team who has faked a business trip abroad to get some cheap plastic surgery. Ed intends to be even more of a man upon his return. But has he managed to keep this as secret as he thinks? Will this really be such a wonderful surprise for Fiona on their wedding night? And just who is this operation for anyway?

Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation are all she knows. Despite longing to leave the city and its miseries, she has no real hope of escape until the day she spots a strange advertisement in the newspaper, seeking a 'bloodmaid'. Though she knows little about the far north—where wealthy nobles live in luxury and drink the blood of those in their service—Marion applies to the position. In a matter of days, she finds herself at the notorious House of Hunger. There, Marion is swept into a world of dark debauchery.

Una novela de brujas, personaje fantástico que encarna el feminismo, con una protagonista negra marcada por sus orígenes y con ideales propios. En las tierras de Bethel, donde la palabra del Profeta es ley, la misma existencia de Immanuelle Moore es una blasfemia. La unión de su madre con un...

Für Fans von "The Handmaid's Tale"! In Bethel ist das Wort des Propheten Gesetz. Allein Immanuelles bloße Existenz durch die Liebe ihrer Mutter zu einem Fremden ist Gotteslästerung. So wie alle anderen Frauen in der Siedlung führt Immanuelle ein Leben der Unterwerfung und absoluten Hingabe. Doch dann betritt sie die verbotenen Dunklen Wälder, die Bethel umgeben. Sie werden von den Geistern von vier Hexen heimgesucht. Diese machen Immanuelle ein außergewöhnliches Geschenk: Das Tagebuch ihrer verstorbenen Mutter.

A teenage girl must do Death’s bidding to uncover the secrets of her sister’s disappearance in this haunting young adult novel by the author of The Year of the Witching. “A searing portrayal of girlhood, at once sparkling and violently dark.”—Goldy Moldavsky, New York Times bestselling...

Brought to you by Penguin. Final Destination meets House of Hollow in this haunting and lyrical speculative horror about a group of girls doing Death’s bidding in exchange for preserving their own lives. Roslyn Volk isn’t herself any more. It’s been almost a year since her older sister...