Resultados para "Grace" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

With eleven younger sisters, Princess Zinnia usually has little choice but to be responsible. But if she had her way, she'd spend her time exploring the seashore and cavorting with the dragons often found there. When she sees one of those dragons flying mysteriously over her castle one night, the temptation to sneak out after it is too strong to resist. Except, by the time she realizes she doesn't recognize this dragon, she's already witnessed something much bigger than she was ready for. And now she's trapped, her sisters along with her.

Unlike everyone around her, Princess Azalea has never been especially troubled by the curse placed on her at her christening. But, as her sixteenth birthday approaches, even Ben—usually her only sanctuary from her well-meaning protectors—starts to worry. Not to mention he begins acting strangely about the betrothal that's bound them since childhood. Being forced to marry her best friend has always seemed like a far bigger problem than a mere curse—until the unthinkable happens.

Princess Wren is not the crown princess. Everyone else might think her six older brothers are dead, but she knows the truth. They're very much alive, and her oldest brother will absolutely assume the throne. Once he becomes a little less feathered . . . and beaky. The trouble is, that requires Wren to fulfill the terms of the curse that transformed her brothers into swans—which means she can't speak a word to a living soul. For six years.

Born into a kingdom where power is outlawed, Penny has little reason to love her magic. She barely remembers her mother, and even her father dies unaware of her abilities. Now, magic or not, Penny is powerless to escape the bitter tangle of competition her stepmother has created between her and her stepsisters. And a series of chance encounters with the crown prince only adds to her troubles. The last thing she needs is to attract the notice of the very royals who have turned her existence into a crime.

Rimasta orfana ancora bambina, è stata allevata da una serie di tutori tutti interessati più alla sua ricchezza che al suo bene, e tutti defunti prima di poter mettere le mani sulla sua eredità. Gli unici parenti che le sono rimasti sono gli Hawthornes, un'eccentrica famiglia che vive nella cupa ma ricchissima villa di Thorn Grove. Signa non ci mette molto a scoprire i segreti che gli Hawthornes celano tra le mura della tenuta: mentre il padre piange la defunta moglie organizzando feste sfrenate, il figlio maggiore lotta per mantenere alta la reputazione di una famiglia ormai in declino.

Ember's defiance has always been a frustration to the rest of her island community. But even she didn't expect to be selected as the next sacrifice, years before another is due. She can't help but wonder if it relates to the strange new ability that's just begun to stir within her. She doesn't intend to go down without a fight—in fact, the chance to confront the monster demanding sacrifices is a more welcome path than the marriage her parents had arranged to a local farmer.

In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. That’s why they’re banished for their 16th year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive. Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better life - a society that doesn’t pit friend against friend or woman against woman, but as her own grace year draws near, she quickly realizes that it’s not just the brutal elements they must fear.

Trinity a débusqué le Précurseur, pour le meilleur, mais surtout pour le pire. À présent, elle doit mener la bataille contre cet ennemi d'une puissance sans commune mesure. Même l'aide des Gardiens et des démons réunis ne suffira pas à lui assurer la victoire. À situation désespérée... Trinity est prête à tout tenter, y compris à ramener sur Terre le premier et le plus dangereux des anges déchus.

Ryn Tyler didn't intend to kill a demon when she moved to Eagle Valley - or to become the hero of a divine race of angels. She just wants to be a normal teenager, but fate has other plans. As she prepares to attend Galen High, a magical school for angels, Ryn navigates a complicated relationship with Marek, the guy who can't stop saving her life. But Marek knows more about Ryn's magic than he's letting on. Only Ryn has the power to stop this age-old war. But there's a demon in Eagle Valley who wants that power for himself - and if Ryn wants to survive, she'll have to fight back.

Ryn Tyler finally found her home - and demons are out to destroy it. After a lifetime of searching for where she belongs, Ryn knows it's in Eagle Valley...but war threatens to take that all away. Attending an angels-only high school should help her master her magical abilities, but stopping the upcoming battle is more important. Ryn trains in secret with the help of her mentor, Marek, a bad boy who can't decide between duty and love - and who's already stolen Ryn's heart. But the arrival of another Davina complicates things, and Ryn finds herself torn between the two boys.

After a victory that came at too high of a cost, Ryn's sacrifices have paid off. Ryn has awakened Grace, the Davina who's prophesied to save them all...but she's not what Ryn expected. From the start, Ryn knows Grace is keeping secrets. But it's worse than she originally feared, for Grace is hiding something that could mean the end of the world. Ryn decides she has to discover the truth - even as war erupts in Eagle Valley. Everything Ryn thought she knew about the magical world is wrong, but somehow, she and her friends have to make it right again.

Attending community college for the first time, talking to the boy next door, and working toward her goals all help Grace recover, but her estrangement from Mercy takes a deep toll. And as Grace's echoes bring ghosts and premonitions, they also bring memories of when Grace fled to Mexico to the house of her maternal grandmother—a woman who Grace had been told died long ago. Will piecing together the truth heal Grace and her sister, or will the echoes destroy everything that she holds dear?

Jahrhunderte ist es her, dass Nachkommen der Götter auf Erden geboren wurden. Doch trotz Verbot durch Jupiter kommen gleich zwei aus dem Geschlecht der Liebesgötter zur Welt. Das erweckt die Aufmerksamkeit von Amor und den drei Parzen, die den bedeutenden Geburten nachgehen. Dabei stoßen sie auf Besonderheiten in den Schicksalsfäden der beiden Götterkinder, die es so noch nie zuvor gegeben hat.

Signa Farrow non riusciva a non pensare a quel fiore così affascinante e così tossico, e alla residenza della sua famiglia che ne condivideva il nome comune, Foxglove, digitalis purpurea, mentre fissava il cadavere dell'ex duca di Berness." Un uomo è stato assassinato. Il signore di Thorn Grove è stato incastrato. E Fato, l'inafferrabile fratello di Morte, ha preso residenza in un sontuoso palazzo lì vicino. Fato è determinato a vendicarsi, dopo che Morte ha preso la vita della donna che amava molti anni fa: vuole Signa per sé, a qualunque costo.

Merletta is out of time, and so are the triple kingdoms. She can't outswim her mistakes, and if she can't expose the Center's lies, so many will pay the price. Matters of the heart have no place—whether on land with Heath, or in her underwater search for her family. Heath has accepted that there's no simple way for him and Merletta to be together. With the wrath of the dragons hanging over Merletta, and the increasingly desperate need to clear Percival's name, Heath has never felt more torn between worlds.

In spite of being a nameless orphan, Merletta is determined to win the prestigious rank of record holder. And she has no intention of letting a little thing like universal disdain stop her. Lord Heath knows nothing of mermaids, but coming from the noble House of Dragonfriend, he's no stranger to magic. Except, in spite of having a dragon for a best friend, Heath is the only magic-less member of his family. Not that he covets the power around him. All he wants is to defuse the growing tension between the power-wielders and their royal cousins.

Stolen as a baby by an egotistical enchanter, Aurelia has spent her entire life locked in a tower, her impractically long hair serving as a vessel in which her captor can store his magic. Every day is predictable—at least, until Cyfrin's manner and experiments take an inexplicable turn. Now Aurelia's biggest challenge is convincing her fellow prisoner—the only mother she's ever known—that she's strong enough to handle the truth behind the enchanter's strange behavior. The trouble is, she'll first need to convince herself.

Southwest Harbor, Maine, is the perfect coastal village, complete with Goth Rock-playing teens, zealous school administrators, and Undead denizens. As Grace and Oliver pursue their dream to start a band, their songs attract the attention of the Christian Right and the Undead Left, embroiling them in a sinister plot to bring down the veil between the living and the dead. Their music also gets them suspended from school just before graduation and lands Grace in the hospital, so you know it has to be good.

"A steamy game of cat and mouse between witch and witch-hunter, played out against a backdrop of opulence, secrets, and bloody history. I couldn't look away." - Kendare Blake, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Champion of Fate Enemies-to-lovers doesn't get more high stakes than a witch and...

Grace and her friends have finally finished their Goth Rock album, and now they're headed to Hollywood to play at the premiere of Parrish Burn's new film, 'Til Death Don't Us Part.' On the eve of their departure, an encounter with beautiful strangers distracts Iris and Ezra from their agenda, leaving Grace and Oliver to face flying VIP style without them. Will Grace and her friends survive the paparazzi, ghouls, Gene Simmons, and mad scientists? Meanwhile, Cormac settles in to work on his next book, but he is distracted by a prison break and his second autopsy.