Resultados para "In the Dark" en Fantástico

Meet Ophelia Hart. Lover of classic literature and unicorns. An orphan with nobody in her corner—no family, no friends. But it’s her loneliness that fuels her life’s ambition to become a social worker and help the forgotten children just like her. For a foster kid with only slightly above-average grades, it feels like a pipe dream. Except it seems that someone is looking out for Ophelia after all. When an unexpected opportunity to attend Montridge University arises, she thinks her life is finally taking a turn for the better.

Two months after her exile from Elysia, Sylvia is adrift in a world both strange and exhilarating. As she journeys toward Aelthorin with Jon and Cliff, every step is fraught with uncertainty. Though she promised her mother she'd reunite with her family, Sylvia finds herself drawn deeper into a forbidden bond with Jon.

I can't say my parents never warned me about vampires. I just never believed them. Not - that is - until six months ago when vampires broke into my home and killed my family. Thanks to all the skills my parents taught me, I managed to escape but I couldn't save them. Two vampires down and the rest of the world to go. My bid for revenge is going to have to wait, though, because until I turn 18, I'm being placed in the loving care of Elizabeth and Jonathan McKnight - godparents I didn't even know existed.

When Raini desperately needed help, she went to the one person who she knew could save her dying friend...her secretive and ruthlessly powerful anchor, Maddox. His price was that she grant him access to her life, yet he's still determined not to form the anchor bond with Raini. That rejection stings, even while she can't stop her body - or her demon - reacting to his presence.

Ella has been walking close to danger her whole life. As an incantor she uses her powers to protect innocents, often putting herself in harm's way. But she's never felt anything like the way her skin electrifies when a certain gang member - one rumoured to be a fallen archangel - locks eyes with her across a crowded bar. She can't help but feel like maybe he's been in her life before.

Wer hätte gedacht, dass ich sterben muss, um meine Berufung zu finden? Ich habe mich noch nie so lebendig gefühlt wie jetzt, da meine Walküre-Kräfte stärker werden und ich die superheißen nordischen Götter an meiner Seite habe, die mich wiederauferstehen ließen. Wenn ich mir doch nur einen Moment gönnen könnte, um mein neues Zuhause in Asgard zu genießen. Leider hat unser jüngster Triumph einen machtgierigen Riesen erzürnt, der mich erneut töten will zusammen mit allen und allem, was mir wichtig ist.

Paris – London. Ein Treffen der Riegen. Eine verhängnisvolle Entscheidung, die das zarte Band, welches geknüpft wurde, unwiederbringlich zerreißen könnte. Elaine fügt sich dem Leben als Hexe einer Riege. Dabei breitet sich die Hoffnung, dass Marie bald frei sein wird, immer weiter in ihr aus. Doch bei dem Treffen der Riegen muss sie sich nicht nur gegen die anderen Hexen, sondern auch gegen Rigo behaupten. Ein Wiedersehen mit einem alten Bekannten bringt ihre Welt völlig ins Wanken. Ihre Wünsche und Ziele verschwimmen, weil Adrian mittlerweile eng mit ihnen verbunden ist.

There are two things I’ve always known: Magic is real. The Gods have no mercy for women like me. I was born into power although what little I have is dying. Nonetheless, I’ve been protected all my life. There are myths and tales that say one day I will come to a fork in a long, long path. Either the light will take me or the dark. I never paid any mind to the whispers and warnings…until he crept into my window late at night.

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Centuries ago, her ancestor enslaved a violent demon to their whim, but the abuse of the dark being didn’t stop there. Generation after generation of her family used the dark being for their own nefarious purposes. When it escaped hundreds of years later, it vowed to enact revenge—and it has been hunting her family ever since. 28 years after her parents disappeared, Sirena's time has come. The demon has her in it's sights, and she runs in the middle of the night, leaving her life and foster-sister behind. In fear for her life, Sirena remembers her parents' stories and calls on Lilith for help.

As the veil begins to fall and the demons bleed through onto the streets of Boston, Muse knows the battle is lost before it’s even begun. To make matters worse, Adam and the Institute have captured Akil at a time when the city has never needed him more. Muse believes Akil’s incarceration is a ruse, because if he truly is at the mercy of the Institute, she must choose which side she’ll fight for. Human or demon?

The speculative shines bright in the dark with these stories by Matthew Bright: A boy with a secret begins work at a strange library housing all the books never written; Dorian Gray's love of beauty struggles in the face of AIDS-era San Francisco and the Castro; the tomb of the empress is adrift in space and hungry for the concubines aboard her; two men in an old film finally realize that they are trapped, but still they seek the means for finally declaring their love for each other.

Larkin is tired of her friends constantly trying to play Cupid. Just because they are all happily mated doesn't mean she needs to be. And she definitely doesn't need the over-protective men in her life vetting potential partners for her. In a bid to get them off her back, the harpy turns to the one person she knows they would never approve of.

Piper's always been aware of Levi. He's the kind of man who it's impossible to ignore. With his broad, muscular frame and gunmetal grey gaze he makes a statement without saying a word. But it's not until her psyche brushes his in an unguarded moment that they both realise: they are anchors.

"Be the biggest, baddest witch in town so no one ever dares bully you again." That was her grandmother's advice and it's been Emberlyn's law since she was a child. It's kept the local coven at bay - until now... They're furious she won't give up Black Willow Manor, her grandmother's prized home...

Their engagement was set when they were children. Loren Copeland, the rich and handsome Marquess of Remington, would marry Maxine Dawes, the stunning daughter of the Count of Derryman. It’s a power match. The perfect alliance for each house. However, the Count has been keeping secret a childhood injury that means Maxine can never marry. He’s done this as he searches for a miracle so this marriage can take place. He needs the influence such an alliance would give him, and he’ll stop at nothing to have it.

Lady Bathsheba arrive sur l’île tropicale de Vanuaka à la recherche de son frère disparu. Sous la protection du sombre et beau capitaine de Silva, elle apprend vite qu’il n’est pas tout ce qu’il semble. Et Bathsheba est plus en danger qu’elle ne peut l’imaginer...

Ana has spent her life as a pawn—used, betrayed, and hunted. But no more. As the rightful heir to Trova’s blood-soaked throne, she’s ready to rise—ruthless, unyielding, and armed with the celestial magic awakening inside her. But power always has a price, and Ana is already burning beneath the weight of it.

"В военную академию требуется" - фантастический роман Надежды Мамаевой, жанр любовное фэнтези, юмористическое фэнтези. "Хорошо летается не только на метлах, но и на бочках с ромом. Особенно когда тот горит и готов взорваться" (из наставлений опытного контрабандиста своему ученику).

Ленс с рождения рос привязанным к лекарству, рос тенью своего брата - наследного принца, обаятельного красавца и сильнейшего стихийного мага (то ли маг, то ли просто дурак). Милорада была простой дочерью егеря, пока в ней не проснулся провидческий Дар. Она стала единственным свидетелем тайны Ленса - и его темной страстью.