Resultados para "Frank" en Paranormal y urbana

La suerte no siempre está echada a este lado del espejo.El día en el que su pareja, Roger, finalmente se dispone a asesinarla, Alicia no duda en defenderse y asestarle diecisiete profundas puñaladas. Sin embargo, cuando acude a comisaría para confesar, se sorprende enormemente al recibir la noticia de que Roger no solo está vivo, sino que está indemne y afirma no haber sufrido agresión alguna. Por si eso no fuera poco, su apartamento, donde los hechos han ocurrido, no presenta ningún indicio de haber sido el escenario de un crimen.

Powerless witch Saika is ready to enact her sister's final request: to plant her remains at the famed Ash Gardens. When Saika arrives at the always-stormy sanctuary, she is welcomed by its owner, an enormous, knit-cardiganed mythical beast named Frank, who offers her a role as one of the estate's caretakers. Overcome with grief, Saika accepts, desperate to put off her final farewell to her sister. But the work requires a witch with intrinsic power, and Saika's been disconnected from her magic since her sister's death two years prior. 

Get four complete stories in Frank Kurns: Tales of the Underworld: You Don't Touch John's Cousin, Bitch's Night Out, Bitch's Night Out, and Challenges.

Dopo due anni dalla morte della sorella Fiona, la strega Saika è pronta a eseguirne le ultime volontà e a portare i suoi resti ad Ash Gardens. Quando giunge al santuario, perennemente battuto dalla pioggia, viene accolta dal suo proprietario, amante dei cardigan fatti a maglia, un'enorme bestia mitologica di nome Frank, che le offre di fermarsi qualche tempo nella tenuta. Sopraffatta dal dolore, Saika accetta, anche perché ciò significa poter rimandare l'ultimo addio alla sorella.

Devon Candler is nothing like the helpless, vulnerable woman Liam expected when he agreed to provide security for her secluded Catskill Mountain estate. Yet her life is at risk. Her enemies monsters. Her secrets devastating.Liam Nash is a trained killer who takes no prisoners, fears no man. But to him this woman is seductively, devastatingly...dangerous.

Sandman. Angus. Morpheus. He is known by many names, except his true one, Adrian. When he departs his world, it is to enter the sacred space of sleep, and he is not there to sow sweet dreams. Adrian's mission is to reap the dark energy of nightmares, work that has twisted his soul as well as his once-handsome face. Now, he lives only to await the day darkness finally overcomes him...and to collect exquisite reminders of what he's lost. But there is one treasure that stands apart. Having risked everything to obtain her, Adrian soon realizes his mistake. For Kathryn has a wholly unexpected power over him,

Discipline. Penance. Order. A Sanctuary priest's life revolves around such things. But when Sagan is taken captive and thrust into the Alaskan wilderness, he encounters a woman who challenges his faith and his self-control. Valera is a natural born witch who almost lost herself to the lure of dark magic. By rights, Sagan should shun her, but convention will count for nothing in the face of a passion that could change the world of the Shadowdwellers forever.... As Chancellor of the Shadowdwellers, Malaya's first duty is to her people. Her bodyguard, Guin, knows this only too well.

Among the Shadowdwellers, Trace holds power that some are willing to kill for. Without a stranger's aid, one rival would surely have succeeded, but Trace's brush with death is less surprising to him than his reaction to the beautiful, fragile human who heals him. By rights, Trace should hardly even register Ashla's existence within the realm of Shadowscape, but instead he is drawn to everything about her-her innocence, her courage, and her lush, sensual heat.

Llewyn Glass, a former Catholic priest, was deceived into making a deal with the Devil. Now, with Halloween looming, he must find a way to break the pact or be condemned to an eternity in Hell. Guided by the enigmatic and powerful Sister Abigail, Llewyn embarks on a perilous journey across the globe, confronting gods and monsters at every turn. Each step toward salvation demands a sacrifice, and the cost may be more than just his soul - but all of humanity.

Ägypten im Jahr 1925. Die von Dr. Stewart Taylor und Matt Harris angeführte Karawane war an ihrem Ziel. Vor ihnen lag die Grabkammer des berüchtigten Pharaos Iri-Hor und seiner Frau Rana. Zwei Wochen später wurden die beiden Mumien mit einem Schiff nach London verfrachtet, wo sie auf einer großen Ausstellung präsentiert werden sollten. Doch in London hatte man plötzlich ganz andere Pläne, denn der Pharao sollte in einem magischen Ritual wiederbelebt werden.

In this short story, Captain Chisholm’s pride and joy, The Swordfish, is taken from him by a mutinous crew. But the sea seems to take matters into its own hands to reunite the old captain with his beloved ship.

Destiny, who is now a full-fledged fairy godmother, has been sent to help a soul in need. She’s primed with a magic wand and ready for anything. Or at least she thinks she is. Little did she know this was not an ordinary case. It teetered on the verge of Angel Territory. When a dark entity is discovered snuffing out the light of others and destroying timelines, is Destiny out of her depth? Join Destiny in this magical adventure to find out.

Katsuk, a militant Native American student, has kidnapped 13-year-old David Marshall - the son of the US undersecretary of state. He and his young hostage flee into the deepest wilds of the Pacific Northwest, where they must work together to survive as teams of hunters try to track them. Even as he struggles to escape, David begins to feel a certain amount of respect for his captor. What the boy does not know, however, is that he has been chosen as an innocent from the white world for an ancient sacrifice of vengeance. And Katsuk may be divinely inspired - or simply insane.

Königin Zixi von Ix (Original: "Queen Zixi of Ix" or "The Story of the Magic Cloak") ist ein Kinderbuch von L. Frank Baum. Die Ereignisse des Buches wechseln sich zwischen Noland und Ix ab, zwei Nachbarregionen des Landes Oz. L. Frank Baum behauptet selbst, dies sei das beste Buch das er geschrieben habe.

Du fühlst dich allein, doch ich bin bei dir Du bist an einem Ort, an dem du niemals sein wolltest. Ich sehe deine Angst, auch wenn du sie verbirgst. Du wirst leiden und verzweifeln, doch vertraue mir - ich zeige dir den Weg. Mit mir zusammen wirst du die Dunkelheit überwinden. Du wirst es durchstehen und stärker daraus hervorgehen. Glaube an deine eigene Kraft, denn in dir steckt mehr, als du ahnst. Du kannst dich retten - du kannst uns alle retten, denn du bist die Auserwählte.

In einer düsteren Welt voller Intrigen und Verrat wird Rya, eine Außenseiterin in ihrer Heimatstadt, in die Gruben von Itar geworfen. Gefangen hinter Mauern aus Dunkelheit und Verzweiflung finden sich nicht nur Gefahren und Geheimnisse, sondern auch Freundschaft. Dort, wo die Grenzen zwischen Gut und Böse verschwimmen, beginnt für Rya und ihre Freunde der Kampf ums Überleben.

Das Alraunengeschöpf Hekate hat Cocos und Dorians Sohn Martin entführt und Dorian Hunter in einen magischen Schlaf versetzt. Coco Zamis hat einen Teil von Dorians Erinnerungen aufzeichnen können, aber nichts davon erklärt Hekates Rachsucht und den unerbittlichen Hass, mit dem sie Dorian verfolgt – denn wie es scheint, hat sie Dorian vor fünfhundert Jahren in seinem dritten Leben als Georg Rudolf Speyer noch geliebt.

Eigentlich geht es ja geruhsam zu in Brand, einem Dorf in der Buckligen Welt. Denn hier, im Süden von Niederösterreich, ticken die Uhren noch ein wenig langsamer. Zumindest für Franz Ebner, seines Zeichens letzter Dorfgendarm von Österreich. Doch dann wird die Bucklige Welt blutig… denn grauenhaft verstümmelte Frauenleichen werden gefunden. Allen wurde das Herz herausgeschnitten. Und als ob das noch nicht genug wäre, soll Franz auch noch eine Ausbildung zur Hexe antreten. Zumindest, wenn es nach seinen Drei Mäderl - Mama, Oma und Uroma - geht.

The Fantasy Fiction Collection contains: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Jungle Book, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, Peter and Wendy, and Alice's Adventures Under Ground.

The year is 1952. Fourteen-year-old Alex Gambier is rebellious by nature and scarred by childhood tragedy in the southern community of Evening Shade. An outcast in his own family, mute from a bout with diptheria at an early age, Alex expresses himself by writing imaginative stories and by conceiving daredevil stunts that test all of his physical rescources while putting his life in extreme danger. The aftermath of one of his hair-raising stunts finds Alex in the care of a young black nurse named Mally Shaw. An unlikely friendship results, which is ended by an unspeakable crime that costs Mally her life.