Resultados para "Laura" en Fantástico

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them. With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success.

The day Death comes to Lazarus Gaumond’s town and kills everyone in one fell swoop, the last thing he expects to see is a woman left alive and standing. But Lazarus has her own extraordinary gift: she cannot be killed—not by humans, not by the elements, not by Death himself.

Nadie le dijo a la bruja Selene Bowers que tener un alma gemela sería tan complicado. Tampoco nadie la advirtió de que su compañero espiritual sería un antiguo hechicero vengativo que la acusaría de asesinato, que la obligaría a recordar la vida pasada que él jura que vivió y que la coaccionaría para que aceptara un pacto de matrimonio irrompible. Pero eso es justo lo que pasó la noche del baile de Samhain, cuando Selene acabó encerrada en una celda.

Callypso Lillis is a siren with a very big problem, one that stretches up her arm and far into her past. For the last seven years she’s been collecting a bracelet of black beads up her wrist, magical IOUs for favors she’s received. Only death or repayment will fulfill the obligations. Only then will the beads disappear. Everyone knows that if you need a favor, you go to the Bargainer. He’s a man who can get you anything you want … at a price. And everyone knows that sooner or later he always collects. But for one client, he’s never asked for repayment. Not until now.

A lush, tropical island on an icy planet makes no sense. Then again, not much makes sense anymore after waking up and finding myself not in bed but on a strange world populated by aliens. Since that moment, I've learned that nothing is normal anymore and I've got to roll with the punches. I can handle this, though. I'm strong and capable. So...washed up on a tropical island? Got it handled. Stranded alone with a brutal but delicious alien man that can't speak English but has great...ahem...body language? Yup, handled.

Selene Bowers tiene veinte años y está desesperada por que la acepten en el Aquelarre del Beleño Negro, una academia para jóvenes brujas. Como uno de los requisitos para entrar es conectar con sus poderes a través de una búsqueda mágica en la naturaleza, Selene reserva un viaje a América del Sur. Cuando una perversa fuerza sobrenatural intenta que su avión caiga al suelo, la magia de Selene se despierta para salvarle la vida... cueste lo que cueste. Pues sus poderes consumen sus recuerdos, uno a uno.

No pity. Trust no one. Keep it moving. My name is Sheena May, and those are my rules. With secrets worth killing for, I'll do whatever it takes to avoid being caged again. That's why I can't stop running, even if it means I never find out why I have these powers. When fate drags me back into the magical world kicking and screaming, I'm torn between a demon I can't resist and a shifter who tells me we belong together. They promise me things I've never dared to want, but my secrets remain my own.

The day Jerusalem falls, Miriam Elmahdy knows her life is over. Houses are burning, the streets run red with blood, and a traitorous army is massacring every last resident. There is no surviving this, especially not once Miriam catches the eye of War himself. But when the massive and terrifying horseman corners Miriam, he calls her his wife, and instead of killing her, he takes her back to his camp.

Tessalyn Ausra has been betrayed at every turn, but she’s also dealt betrayals of her own. With the consequences of her choices hanging over her, she’s done letting others define her purpose, but choosing that path could prove costly. Theon has sent her away, and Luka is wrestling with his own destiny, unsure if that still includes her. The rest of Tessa’s companions are wary now that everyone has tasted her vengeance and experienced her chaos. Maybe they should be. Maybe balance has always been an illusion.

Au retour de Paedyn et de Kai à Ilya, le nouveau roi a fait une annonce fracassante. Il revient désormais à Paedyn de prendre une décision qui déterminera son avenir, mais aussi celui de tous les habitants du royaume. Peut-elle laisser libre cours à ses sentiments et assouvir ses propres désirs alors que le sort des Ordinaires repose sur elle ? Dans cette ultime bataille, qui l'emportera de l'amour ou de la loyauté ?

Estranged from her powerful family, Lilith Leviathan finds refuge in Nineveh, a district in the city of Eden devoted to sin. There, she uses her magic to steal for a living, attracting the attention of the five governing families as well as the church, which expects women to remain pious and silent. When Lilith comes into possession of a beautiful blade, she thinks all her worries are over . . . until her usual buyer dies while inspecting it.

When six human women are rescued from the Dreadmoor, Kizros’s only job is to check on their health and provide the rune cuffs that keep them safe. He didn’t imagine that by the afternoon, he’d be escorting one of those humans to his apothecary as his new assistant. But Aofe is the opposite of what he thought humans would be like. She’s a bloom in the dark, a colorful and curious creature, and from the moment he saw her brilliance, Kizros was determined not to scare away his new colleague.

"Una bruja sin escoba", primera parte de la trilogía "Historia de una bruja contemporánea". Desde tiempos inmemoriales, las brujas han sido perseguidas, a ellas se les ha atribuido la mayoría de las desgracias que les ocurrían a sus conciudadanos; pero ¿y si no fuera así? ¿Y si las brujas no son como nos han contado?

"La mirada de una bruja", segunda parte de la trilogía "Historia de una bruja contemporánea". Tras descubrir que su vida ha retrocedido hasta el momento previo a su separación de Alán, Diana intenta seguir adelante con la esperanza de recuperar todo lo que ha perdido en ese salto: el evangelio de las brujas, la gaveta, el pentagrama y, especialmente, la amistad de sus compañeros de viaje, que tanta ayuda le brindaron la primera vez que llegó a ese ático madrileño lleno de magia, secretos y enigmas.

When Pestilence comes for Sara Burn’s town, one thing is certain: everyone she knows and loves is marked for death. Unless, of course, the angelic-looking horseman is stopped, which is exactly what Sara has in mind when she shoots the unholy beast off his steed. Too bad no one told her Pestilence can’t be killed. Now the horseman, very much alive and very pissed off, has taken her prisoner, and he’s eager to make her suffer. Only, the longer she’s with him, the more uncertain she is about his true feelings towards her, and hers towards him.

Chicago private investigator Kira Graceling should have just kept on walking. But her sense of duty refused to let her ignore the moans of pain coming from inside a warehouse just before dawn. Suddenly she finds herself in a world she's only imagined in her worst nightmares. At the center is Mencheres, a breathtaking Master vampire who thought he'd seen it all. Then Kira appears—this fearless, beautiful...human who braved death to rescue him. Though he burns for her, keeping Kira in his world means risking her life.

Finalmente con Pan e l'Isola che-non-c'è mi sono sentita viva. Ma qui non è tutto rose e fiori, qualcosa di oscuro e sinistro si aggira per la foresta. E, quel che è peggio, la regina delle fate e Capitan Uncino sono pronti a combattere per il controllo dell'Isola che-non-c'è e non si fermeranno davanti a nulla pur di ottenere ciò che vogliono.

Diana, tras recibir y leer los diarios que Desmond le envía en el XXII, en los que se relata todo lo que ha vivido en su anterior reencarnación, decide reunirse con él. Sin embargo, contrariamente a lo que cree, la información que contienen los textos de poco le servirá. Desmond, Salomón, Ecles, Elda, Igor, Amaya, Antonio incluso Farid, Endora y Samanta, jugarán un papel muy importante en su nuevo presente; donde nada es lo que aparenta ser; donde cualquiera puede ser su aliado o su enemigo.

Tout le monde sait que lorsqu'on a besoin d'une faveur, il faut s'adresser au Roi de la Nuit. Il peut vous obtenir tout ce que vous voulez... à condition d'en payer le prix. Et tôt ou tard, il vient toujours collecter son dû. Un seul client a échappé à cette règle. Jusqu'à maintenant. Calypso Lillis est une sirène avec un gros problème. Depuis sept ans, elle cumule les dettes magiques sous la forme de perles noires serties en bracelet autour de son poignet. Autant de faveurs qu'elle doit encore rembourser.

Lost to the madness of a witch's curse, the Orc King advances on the castle at Pontheugh. His heart pulls him in one direction while magic drags him in another. All the while, fate is at work, bringing two lonely souls ever nearer.