Resultados para "Emma" en Acción y aventura

One last job, one last chance. Allara will do anything for her sick sister, but in a city like Oberon, gold is hard to come by and even harder to earn without selling your soul. With no marketable skills and high costs to keep up, Allara’s conscience might be the price she pays. Nymm fled her past to survive, leaving everything behind, but when her guild falls on tough times, she’ll have to rebuild their reputation or risk losing the only family she has left. The odds are stacked against her, but she’ll do anything to keep them together.

"Je suis née sur ces terres encore sauvages du Montana, dans ce ranch où vivaient autrefois les trois fils Edison. Et effectivement, j'étais amoureuse de l'un d'entre eux... " J'avais huit ans lorsque j'ai juré à Kaan Edison que je l'épouserais. Il en avait alors dix-sept... Et puis un jour, j'ai grandi, et il a enfin vu en moi bien plus qu'une petite soeur sur qui veiller. Jusqu'à cette nuit maudite où il nous a tous abandonnés. Pourtant, quatre ans après, quand son père le somme de revenir pour sauver ce qui appartient à sa famille depuis plus de cent ans, il réapparaît.

I'd dedicated my whole life to becoming the next Guardian of the Empire. I'd seen it all: endless killings, wars, and coups. I was gifted, and I became the youngest of the Genius rank, striking fear into the hearts of my enemies. Evidently, that wasn't enough. My real journey only began when I...

Life in middle school is tough. A double-life moonlighting as a paranormal investigator is tougher. Now try adding angels, demons, hybrids, prophecies, and egos into the mix!

It has been 10 years since Juliette de Marny's father asked her to swear revenge upon Deroulede for the death of her brother in a duel. At last, she finds herself in Deroulede's house, with an easy opportunity to betray him to the citizens of France for conspiring against the people. But Juliette realizes, too late, that she is in love with Deroulede.

An urgent, emotional thriller: "Dramatic...explores the power of grief...that through loss there can be hope for the future" (Library Journal). Everyone at Ridgemont Academy knows what to expect from Emma Caroline Blake. Perfect grades. Perfect record. Perfect life. Then she stands up in class...

Magic is forbidden throughout the Five Provinces; those born with it are hunted and killed. Sable doesn't know her music holds power over souls, not until, at age nine, she plays her flute before the desert court and accidentally stops her baby sister's heart, killing her. Horrified by what she's done and fearing for her life, she flees north, out of Provincial jurisdiction and into the frigid land of exiles and thieves, known as The Wilds. There, Sable lives in hiding, burdened by guilt, and survives as a healer. But now, 10 years later, someone, or something, is hunting her.

Cassandra Harwood scandalized her nation when she became the first woman magician in Angland. Now, she's ready to teach a whole new generation of bright young women at her radical new school, the Thornfell College of Magic. Until a sinister fey altar is discovered in the school library, the ruling Boudiccate sends a delegation to shut down Thornfell, and Cassandra's own husband is torn away from her. As malevolent vines slither in from the forest and ruthless politicians scheme against her, Cassandra must fight the greatest battle of her life.

Chosen is the fifth audiobook in a new series by Vanessa Nelson and continues the story which started in Outcast. If you like your fantasy mixed with a dose of mystery, a bit of magic, and a heroine who can hold her own, you will love this series...

Blood may be thicker than water, but not all families are meant to stay together. Struggling to maintain her independence, and the life she has fought so hard to build, Max finally learns the truth about her own origins and her family. Max has no time to absorb the shocking news. There are dead...

Unsolved murders, supernatural creatures and civil unrest. Just another day. Problems keep piling up around Max. No sooner has she dealt with one set of supernatural creatures, than she's called to the city's mortuary to an unusual death. The city's most senior spiritual leader is also trying to...

I wasn’t supposed to fall for a werewolf. He wasn’t supposed to break my heart. But he did—and I’m done letting ancient fairy tales decide my future. Sure, I’m named after the original Red Riding Hood (the real one, not the sanitized bedtime version), and yes, I was supposed to follow in her footsteps: master silver magic, protect the veil between humans and the supernatural, and become the next “wolf watcher” of the House of Red. But honestly? I’d rather eat dumplings and avoid werewolves altogether. That plan works… until Tobias Somfield shows up. He’s English. He’s brooding.

Ancienne pickpocket des bas quartiers, Sioux s’est fait prendre la main dans l’sac. Contrainte de coopérer avec les forces de l’ordre et sous l’autorité du sinistre inspecteur Bacon, la jeune femme est précipitée au Glitter Hall, repaire incontesté des pires fripouilles de Bristone city. Son but : se faire embaucher au Bootlegger, le nouveau bar clandestin des Drunken Bastards et récupérer les documents dérobés par la nouvelle héritière du gang, la très téméraire Jersey Abbott.

Life is counted in tiny breaths, ones that measure the length of your existence. Life stole the ability to make those breaths easy when Lily was nine years old. Turned her quiet. Made her curl into herself, and shut out a world that threatened to bury her under its weight. The end of her world is what brings him back - her biker. His chocolate eyes pierce her soul while his club tempts her with a life that she didn't know she could ever have. Especially not when she was clutching the tattered remains of her existence. 

She lives for the finish line. He's fuelled by the chase. Where there's fuel, there's fire ... In the tropical town of Booker Bay, Gianna Brooks puts her life on the line street-racing her old Mustang. The races are illegal. The money is big. And nothing compares to the adrenaline she feels in...

Six years after the events of The Poison Maker, the oppressive government maintains its totalitarian control across The Raft, and Professor savannah Selbourne is now their pawn. Despite her humble beginnings, she has become an essential voice in the regime. Yet she yearns to break free.

To mourn is to burn. And they’re ready to set the world on fire. After a devastating loss, Cyra, Rheanna, and Aella must pick up the pieces of their broken kingdom and face the coming darkness. The kingdom of Linnosa teeters on the edge of war with the Cleansers no longer lurking in the shadows. The rebellion rises, their power fed by fear, betrayal, and something darker stirring beneath the surface. As old loyalties falter and new ones form, the sisters must place their trust in unlikely allies, even those who once walked beside the enemy. Love is tested. Blood is spilled.

The end of the world comes to an ordinary Somerset street with no warning, no sirens, and a frankly insulting lack of organisation. It starts with a barbecue. A few bad jokes. A street that thinks the end of the world is something that happens on telly.

‘They’re running wild. Feral! If I had a shilling for every time a Scott Street boy said he was doing something when he was doing something else entirely I’d be living in Cardiff in a house made of Lardy cake. What did I say? Bad things will happen!’ The idea of the war coming to their...

In the aftermath of a chaotic gold rush and the resulting war, a mega-corporation emerges, seizing control of the nation’s gold and the technology produced from it. Those defeated scattered to the coasts, left to fend for themselves. The once vibrant California now contends with radiation, harsh elements, and bandits. Cassidy moves to one of California’s last two surviving towns for one thing: to save her life. Suffering from a mysterious illness, Bell Valley is her last chance at finding a cure. Despite her best efforts to keep her distance, she’s drawn to the town and its locals.