Resultados para "Love" en Contemporánea

For Franny, the end of everything is just the beginning of her adventure. The world as we know it is no more. Cities are mobile. Electricity is rare. Reading is a relic of the past. After an explosive encounter with a mysterious stranger, Franny, a 14-year-old orphan girl, embarks on an epic quest to find the mysterious pilots who steer the cities, hoping that if she finds them, she will get answers about her family's past - and the world's future.

Once upon a time, there was a forgotten era of magic and monster. But the remnants—and all memory—of the old world have been replaced by the sane, the scientific, and the rational. But sometimes the magical past isn’t content to stay past. That’s where Jack Damian comes in. It’s his joy to protect our present from the supernatural remnants of an earlier time, a different history. It’s his job to make the past safe. Jack is called to the Tate Museum, where dozens of people have disappeared beneath the surface of a painting.

Packed with her hilarious narratives, poignant observations and a writing style loved by millions across the world, this book is certain to strike a chord with anybody who has children or who has been a child themselves! For those who have read 34 Bubblegums and Candies, this is a new version, with many additional stories.

UN AMORE MALEDETTO, SOSPESO FRA DUE MONDI. UN PRINCIPE DISPOSTO A TUTTO PER SALVARE IL SUO REGNO IN PERICOLO. Lavinia vive da sola in una casa in rovina, mentre si destreggia tra lavori part time ed esperienze dolorose. Giunta allo stremo delle forze, un giorno decide di farla finita lanciandosi da un ponte. A salvarla, mentre precipita nelle acque gelide del fiume sottostante, è un giovane dai riccioli d'oro, Arthur. Il ragazzo sembra non avere un'identità né una famiglia, così Lavinia per sdebitarsi finisce per accoglierlo in casa propria.

In this long-awaited collection, Hopkinson continues to expand the boundaries of culture and imagination. Whether she is retelling The Tempest as a new Caribbean myth, filling a shopping mall with unfulfilled ghosts, or herding chickens that occasionally breathe fire, Hopkinson continues to create bold fiction that transcends boundaries and borders.

The Ivy House team is shaping up, but there are still holes to be filled, and a magical summons outstanding. Jessie needs a teacher. Someone who can fit in with the whacky Ivy House crew. And that was going just fine...until she gets a request to host a powerful, neighboring mage. A teacher isn't going to be enough.

Modern-day wizard Lily Singer prefers to stay tucked away in her library, studying magic and drinking tea. But with a troublesome witch friend and a past riddled with dangerous secrets, her chances of peace and quiet are slim. Armed with only wits and magic, she must manage her argumentative cat, thwart a plot to steal a powerful artifact, and decide who, amid all this, she can trust.

Wizard Lily Singer is kept busy managing library archives, studying magic, and trying to keep her witch friend Sebastian from dragging her into trouble. Unfortunately, he loves adventure even more than she loves being left alone. She doesn't want to investigate a malignant spell in a haunted house, but Sebastian is promising rare books as the reward. She also doesn't want to hurt her family but is tired of being lied to about her past. And she definitely doesn't want to get stuck in a dangerously unstable time loop, but Sebastian is in trouble - again....

Claiming the solar dragon’s hoard was only the first step. It’s time for the Dream Girls and me to make our own “happily-ever-after,” but there’s still much to do. If the gods are absent from Meteoropolis, then I’ll play God in the meantime. I’ll fix this city with my cosmically vast array of solar dragon powers and banish the Void Cartel once and for all with the help of my friends and allies. I’ll use the secrets that my sister taught me to find ‘the Elloway’ and guide him home.

It would be an understatement to call Trevon Beaumont an accomplished monster slayer. He's traversed the European countryside upholding the legacy of his clan one completed mission at a time for the whole of his adult life. Now he's on his most perilous quest yet: slay the cruel but beautiful Countess Dracula. Just as the two of them seem ready to conclude their final battle, however, an unexpected act of betrayal sends them hurtling together through time—bloodbonding them, thus entwining their fates.

Prince Darleon Goldenwill has always lived for battle magic and duty—until a forbidden portal yanks him from his 18th-century dragon realm into the heart of 21st-century Los Angeles. Bruised, bewildered, and half-transformed, he awakens in the care of Mia—a fiercely independent nurse reeling from betrayal and burnout. Thrown together by fate (and fractured magic), Darleon must learn to navigate the bewildering rhythms of modern life. Mia, equal parts exasperated and intrigued, can’t deny the spark igniting between them—especially when Dar’s dragon-heightened senses detect her every heartbeat.

Adlerwandlerin Wylie kämpft um das Wohl ihres Sohnes Arvin, während der charmante Löwenwandler Dilan in ihr Leben tritt und alles komplizierter macht. Mike, ein Werwolf, sieht sich mit den Spannungen im Rudel und den Machenschaften des Magierrats konfrontiert, die die Stadt ins Chaos stürzen könnten. Im fulminanten Finale droht die Stadt zu zerbrechen, und Aiden, der sich oft als Außenseiter gefühlt hat, muss alles riskieren, um Frieden zwischen den magischen Wesen zu schaffen.

Tammy can't wait to get away from the city. Away from the boyfriend that betrayed her, and all the pain that comes with having her heart broken. Visiting her bestie, Allara in her small home town is just what the doctor ordered. But the townspeople are not what they seem. In fact, they’re not even human. And one of those smoking hot wolf shifter men sets her body alight with his smoldering glance.

In a planet parallel to Earth, a goddess named Amorithia grapples with the task of her lifetime - rescuing human love from sheer oblivion. Her achievement depends on the success of one woman on Earth - Cloe, a spirited young scientist who embarks on her own quest for love in the labyrinth of romance... and tries to use artificial intelligence as a tool for her journey. Can Amorithia and Cloe find what they're looking for before trust in love runs out?

Von Neugier getrieben begibt sich die Hexe Daphne Brewster nach Salem, um mehr über den Ursprung ihrer magischen Kräfte in Erfahrung zu bringen. Diese Entwicklung ruft Shadow auf den Plan, einen schattenhaften Dämon, der über die paranormalen Wesen auf der Erde wacht. Obwohl er Daphne mit tödlichen Konsequenzen droht, fühlt sie sich zu dem mysteriösen Wächter hingezogen.

In Seducing the Dragon, Evie and Bram found love in each other. Many trials have hit their clan since their mating ceremony and they've worked together to make the world a better place for Stonefire and other dragon-shifters in the UK.

Alte Magie und junge Liebe. Wir haben den Stein und das Ritual. Jetzt fehlt nur noch der richtige Löwe. Doch das ist komplizierter als gedacht. Im einundzwanzigsten Buch habe ich ein Date. Adlerwandlerin Wylie macht sich Sorgen um ihren Sohn Arvin. Seit dem Tod seines Vaters leidet der Elfjährige unter Panikattacken und weigert sich, die Gestalt zu wechseln. Auch der Neuanfang in Baile Beag an Ghrá konnte daran nichts ändern. Der Löwenwandler Dilan ist der Erste, der es schafft, eine Verbindung zu ihm aufzubauen.

Kampf um Baile Beag an Ghrá. Um den Magierrat endgültig aus dem Druidenwald zu vertreiben, brauchen wir einen Zirkel, wo wir bloß zwei zerstrittene Druiden haben. Wie soll das nur klappen? Im siebzehnten Buch enthüllt sich die Vergangenheit. Ein dunkles Geheimnis lastet auf Kanes Seele. Vor Jahren hat er einen Fehler begangen und so sehr er sich auch bemüht, kann er ihn doch nicht wieder gutmachen. In der Neujahrsnacht folgt er einem Feenlicht durch den düsteren Wald und lernt die Erdmagierin Freya kennen. Sie ist ein warmer Sonnenstrahl in seinem eisigen Winter.

Sei vorsichtig mit deinen Wünschen, sie könnten in Erfüllung gehen! Deandra »Dee« Moth gilt dank ihrer magischen Instabilität als wandelnde Katastrophe. Kein Wunder also, dass eine Räumungsklage für ihren frisch übernommenen Buchladen in Ecco Falls eintrifft. Sie braucht also dringend einen Plan. Denn Dee hat die Nase voll davon, immer wieder zu versagen. Im Hexen-Netz stößt sie auf einen für Anfänger geeigneten Beschwörungszauber. Der Plan? Genial. Die Ausführung? Nun ja … Denn statt eines strahlenden Schutzgeists steht plötzlich der Tod persönlich vor ihr.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE NEBULA AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE In the acclaimed first novel from short story virtuoso and Pulitzer Prize finalist Kelly Link, three teenagers become pawns in a...