Resultados para "Dahlia" en Terror

The end has come. The stars cry out in warning as the world eaters approach, and tensions rise as chaos reigns across every realm. Ancient primordial gods drain magic from weaker beings, and war knocks on the door of every kingdom. But no one could have predicted the key to ending it all… me. I realize now that I was never meant to be an ordinary, simple witch. Forged by prophecy and a heritage crafted by the gods, I was born to face the end—the point of no return. Now, as cosmic forces threaten to rip our world apart, we stand at the heart of it.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. He is their terror. He is their violence. A killer in the shadows, he hunts them all without mercy... until Olivia. At first he does not understand it, the way she lingers in his thoughts, the way her presence begins to eclipse even his hunger. He...

Ex-cop. Graduate of the Magic Academy. Mage. I used to carry a badge for the NYPD. Now I carry wards stitched into my coat and a pistol loaded with rounds nobody admits exist. My old partner calls me to the High Line for a triple homicide. Three bodies. Chests crushed. Claw marks cut too deep to blame on a pit bull. Magic residue clings to the concrete. Somebody wanted the city to notice. The moment I say yes, Manhattan’s hidden world starts circling.

Cricket Wakefield had a bright future. A life filled with love and dreams of dance. A future that was shattered the night she was brutally murdered. But the dead don’t always stay dead. And the living moves on without them. A year later, Cricket is awoken by a necromancer’s magic with no choice but to join the woman’s carnival, to hone her newfound skills amongst others like herself. When the Carnival arrives at her old town, Cricket learns that more victims have been discovered. Victims decorated with black dahlias just as she had been.

"Dahlia" erzählt die Geschichte eines Mythos - dass ein aus den vier Ringen unterschiedlicher Clans gefertigter Ring Unsterblichkeit und somit unendliche Macht bringt. Diese Überlieferung hat seit längst vergessener Zeit einen unaufhaltsamen Krieg zwischen den vier Clans - der Tempelwächter, der Wölfe, der Fürsten und der Krieger - auf Leben und Tod entfacht. Dahlia ist als Kronprinzessin der Tempelwächter die Hüterin des Tempelwächterrings. Sie lebt nach einem Unfall mit Amnesie bei ihrem Retter, der auch Hüter eines Rings ist und sie fortan beschützt und sich in sie verliebt.

As a child, Vicky Smith suffered abuse at the hands of her father until she managed to escape. But even then, she wasn’t safe; her foster parents abused her too. Now, as an adult, she hasn’t forgotten. And when her son, Matt, reaches the same age she was when the abuse started, something in her changes. Matt becomes the object of her wrath, her frustration, and together with her eldest son, Jamie, Matt will soon learn he can do nothing right without upsetting her.

In a riveting new novel from the acclaimed author of The Astrology House, three women come together to investigate a string of haunting disappearances in a tropical paradise. When Paige arrives at Sueños, the Caribbean’s most exclusive resort on Beck Island, she’s eager to use the time away...

Did we need to hold a Halloween party? No, of course not. Was I going to anyway? You better freakin' believe it. I didn't even feel bad! We needed a break! Even if it was for a day, a healthy work-life balance was essential… even if it was holding a bloody Halloween party and the work was...

Sarah is ecstatic. She has just received an email informing her that her first novel has been accepted by a publisher and will soon be published in all major bookstores. Her parents decide to book a trip to Barcelona, somewhere Sarah has always wanted to go, to celebrate. Sarah tells her friends at school then a boy she has had a crush on for years overhears her telling the good news and invites her out. Sarah cannot believe how everything is turning out so good for her.

The Killing Fields of Nebraska have become an apocalyptic legend in the long years since nuclear war devastated the world. Only those who have no other option will cross the endless state of corn and brave the monsters that roam in search of prey. It is a place of magic and curiosity, of walking dead and ghostly apparitions. Once inside that untamed nightmare, anything can happen.

Es ist kein Märchen. Aber es könnte eines werden. Jedenfalls, sofern der Präsident des MC Sons of Ragnarök das Sagen hat. Wie das Licht einer Straßenlaterne einen Nachtfalter, so zieht mich die zarte Gestalt auf dem dunklen, menschenleeren Supermarktparkplatz an. Doch im Gegensatz zur Motte weiß ich ganz genau, dass es mein Verderben sein wird, wenn ich diesem Bedürfnis nachgebe. Kann mich das zurückhalten? Gottverdammt! Natürlich nicht. Ohne Rücklagen ein Kosmetikstudio eröffnen? Mit Mitte zwanzig sollte das prinzipiell kein Problem darstellen.

Making a pact with the underworld isn’t a problem...but change the deal and hell breaks loose. Dahlia’s world was turned upside down as a child and her innocence taken. But she chose to fight back with her own blend of magical mayhem. Levi has been let down by every person he’s ever loved. He’s betrayed, lost, and about to end it all. London, 2019. Our star-crossed lovers meet along the Thames. Big Ben looks the same, but weirdness reigns, invisible energies flood the streets, and strange happenings are spiking. Dahlia’s dark spirit is begging for blood.

Laytham Ballard once protected humanity as part of the Nightwise, a secret order of modern-day mages dedicating to holding hellish supernatural forces at bay, but that was before a string of sadistic ritual murders shook everything he believed in - and sent him down a much darker path. One that has already cost him most of his soul as well as everything he once held dear.

Have you ever wondered why winning lottery tickets always seem to be purchased in a small town in the middle of nowhere? Nadine did more than wonder. Unhappy with the way her life turned out and desperate for a change, she devises a plan to travel to a remote town that appears to pay out lottery winnings every week. Her lackadaisical husband Sam is hesitant at first (which irritates the hell out of Nadine) but then joins her on a trip that will surely change their lives. W

He has two sides. She has one broken heart. When a broken, tortured man with secrets stitched into his soul falls for a girl with a failing heart, love becomes more than obsession—it becomes survival. A love so twisted, it’s criminal. A sacrifice so final, it’s beautiful. How far would you go for the one person who makes your heart beat?

Tick. Tick. Tick... The clock on the wall moved, the hands winding round and round, yet time stood still. There seemed to be no end in sight; only a beginning that had been frozen in place. Ophelia knew her life was different than those around her. She was the only daughter to the King. The only one of his eight children who did not contain a lick of power. And for that, she paid dearly. Until the day her power showed itself, Ophelia was trapped inside the castle at her father's behest, unable to run the fields of wildflowers, unable to breathe in the fresh breeze.

A multi-narrative horror novel about the coming apocalypse, with intricately interconnected stories, featuring: Two child were-creatures who are locked in cages by their parents each day before the moon rises. A farm where any villain, serial killer, or terrorist can go to conduct any business of their choosing. A gravedigger who finds a portal to the afterlife buried beneath the earth. A mysterious typewriter that gives writers a way to turn back time. Blood-red snowflakes falling from the heavens. A time traveling serial arsonist. Lots and lots of murdering.

The guild guarding Farehail’s secrets was never to be crossed, should that crosser like to keep their life. They were ruthless, unforgiving, but protective of their realm. Everything they did was for the greater good of their island. For Kaya, this meant that she would have to abide by their laws, even though she had been forced to fall into their ranks as a small child. The people who made up the guild had no choice in the matter, chosen for the power that ran through their blood. But still, they all happily served, doing everything they could to keep the realm’s secrets safe.

A war forced the Kayei and the humans apart and a peace treaty was granted, but that does not stop them from finding ways to infiltrate, so when the Princess goes missing, The King believes it to be the nastiest of the Kayei.

Blood means power in a nation on the brink of chaos. Plagued by nightmares and bleeding daydreams, a woman must make a choice between her duty and her heart, and if she takes too long, fate will decide. Starlight turns to flames, but from the ashes, a new world will rise.