Resultados para "Hearts" en Fantasía oscura

In the wake of a crushing defeat, Tisaanah and Maxatarius have been ripped apart. Tisaanah is desperate to rescue Max from his imprisonment, even as her people's fight for freedom grows more treacherous. But within the walls of Ilyzath, Max's mind is a shadow of what it once was . . . leaving his past a mystery and his future at the mercy of Ara's new, ruthless queen. Meanwhile, in the Fey lands, Aefe has been dragged back into this world by a king who vows to destroy civilizations in her name. But even as her past returns to claim her, her former self is a stranger.

Tisaanah bargained away her own freedom to save those she left behind in slavery. Now, bound by her blood pact, she must fight the Orders' war—and Max is determined to protect her at all costs. But when a betrayal tears apart Ara, Max and Tisaanah are pushed into an even bloodier conflict. Tisaanah must gamble with Reshaye's power to claim an impossible victory. And Max, forced into leadership, must confront everything he hoped to forget: his past, and his own mysterious magic. All the while, darker forces loom—far darker, even, than the Orders' secrets.

Whistling Tor is a place of secrets: a mysterious, wooded hill housing the crumbling fortress belonging to Anluan - a chieftain whose name is spoken throughout the region in tones of revulsion and bitterness. A curse lies over Anluan's family and his people, and the woods themselves hold a perilous force whose every whisper threatens doom. Then the young scribe Caitrin appears in Anluan's garden, admiring the rare plant known as heart's blood. Retained to sort through entangled family documents, Caitrin brings about unexpected changes.

Weeks following a horrific accident, Jack wakes on a hospital bed with his bride-to-be’s heart pumping in his chest. In death, Jeanie has saved Jack’s life. What at first seems to be a gift beyond comprehension soon becomes a dark obsession for Jack. As long as Jack is alive, Jeanie won’t be dead. With every thump-thump of Jeanie’s heart, Jack is forever reminded that he owes his life to his dead lover. Unable to find closure, Jack decides to stop his borrowed beating heart...until Jeanie’s best friend and Jack’s arch-enemy, Ruthy, tells Jack an old fairy tale which changes his life forever.

The Yuki-onna, often depicted as a beautiful woman cloaked in a white kimono, emerges from the depths of Japanese folklore as a fascinating figure entwined with the themes of love and death. Her origins can be traced back to ancient Japan, where the harshness of winter and the mystique of the snow-covered landscape gave rise to tales that reflect the duality of nature. As a snow spirit yokai, she embodies both the beauty and peril of winter, captivating the hearts of those who dare to wander into her icy realm.

Silver is a beautiful liar. She's human. And a fierce killer of fae. She marks her kills on a silver vambrace so everyone can see her savagery and stay away. As long as she keeps protecting humans and hiding the true reason for wearing silver, her loneliness is of no consequence. Shade is sinfully attractive. He's a vampire. And the most hard to resist. From the Queen's bed to The Order, he uses the power of sex to get what he wants. They all succumb, and they all fall short of harmonizing with the darkness in his soul…until he finds the one woman who resists his every charm.

A young orphan. A sprawling country estate. A distant relative with unsettling interests. This is a tale where quiet dread builds behind closed doors, and the line between scholarly pursuit and ancient ritual begins to blur. Twelve-year-old Stephen Elliott arrives at Aswarby Hall expecting safety—but the deeper he explores its halls, the more he senses that something watches from the shadows. Whispers of vanished children, strange dreams, and spectral figures at the window speak of a secret both chilling and deliberate.

Calidan Darkheart is an Imperator. The voice of the Emperor in the wild. A secretive and dangerous job, hunting down those deemed a threat to the Emperor's rule...whether monster or man. Twisted and bitter, he heads down a dark path to hunt a nightmare from his youth. This is his story.

Um. Um. Um. Are you reading this? If you are, I need your help. I was at a party; I was running; I fell. And get this - this is the part you'll never believe - I fell down a rabbit hole. Like Alice in those old books. Except in those books, there wasn't blood everywhere. In those books, the characters weren't all male, attractive, and interested in me.