Resultados para "Melissa" en Literatura y ficción

Para el reino, Keera es la Espada del Rey: su espía y asesina más temida y leal. Pero en las sombras, conspira junto al príncipe Killian y su Sombra, Riven, el enigmático y atormentado fae que hace arder su sangre. Juntos planean derrocar a un rey tirano. En Myrelinth, la ciudad secreta de los árboles, faes, elfos y mestizos como Keera viven en armonía. Pero ella no puede huir de su pasado: los crímenes que cometió contra los suyos la han seguido hasta las tierras fae.

La primera parte de la Saga Sangre Mestiza, que sacudió Booktok antes de su lanzamiento. Keera es una asesina. Como Espada del rey es la espía más despiadada de todo el reino, y la preferida del monarca. Durante años ha cumplido rigurosamente la misión de acabar con quien ponga en peligro la paz del reino de Elverath, y nadie ha podido escapar de ella. Hasta ahora. Cuando surgen rumores sobre un rebelde que se hace llamar la Sombra y que busca romper con el débil equilibrio de Elverath, Keera empieza una cacería que la llevará a deshacerse de sus vicios y a recobrar la fuerza que creía perdida.

Sono passati due anni e mezzo da quando Dominic De Luca le ha rivolto la parola l'ultima volta, ma il suono della sua voce fa ancora rabbrividire Laney. Il capitano della squadra di hockey, che percorre trionfante i corridoi dell'università di Denver, una volta era il suo migliore amico. E per quanto si sforzi, non riesce a dimenticare la nottata di fuoco che hanno passato insieme, prima che lui la ghostasse senza alcun motivo. Laney vorrebbe riuscire a odiarlo, o quanto meno ignorarlo, ma il destino continua a metterle i bastoni tra le ruote.

Alice non ha mai avuto una casa. Da sempre, lei e la madre Ella sono perennemente in fuga, alla ricerca di qualcuno che le ospiti per sfuggire alla sfortuna nera che le perseguita. Sullo sfondo la figura affascinante della nonna, Althea Proserpine, che Alice non ha mai conosciuto e che Ella non vuole nemmeno nominare: misteriosa e seducente autrice di una raccolta di racconti neri fuori catalogo ma ricercatissimi dai collezionisti, vive da anni reclusa ad Hazel Wood, una villa celata in mezzo a un bosco ignoto, sfuggendo alla curiosità dei fan.

Marisa never planned to be a snoop for hire. It wasn't like she wanted to catch her best friend's boyfriend making out with another girl. But as her reputation for sniffing out cheaters spreads all over school, Marisa finds herself the reluctant queen of busting two-timing boys. And her next case? It's for ex-frenemy Kendall. She's convinced that her boyfriend, TJ, has feelings for someone else and persuades Marissa to start spying on him. But the more Marisa gets to know sincere and artistic TJ, the more she starts to fall for him. Worse yet, the feelings seem to be mutual.

John Whitman ha poche certezze nella vita: l'hockey, la squadra di cui è il portiere e il fatto che Brooke Delgado lo detesti. Non sa il motivo, sa solo che è così. Eppure, questo non gli ha impedito di desiderarla sin dai tempi del liceo. Brooke, dal canto suo, ha un'unica regola: stare alla larga dai giocatori di hockey. E soprattutto da John Whitman. Non sopporta la sua arroganza, il suo sorriso sicuro di sé e il modo in cui sembra sempre divertirsi a provocarla.

The ratings are real. One number, 0 to 100, determines your place in society. Earn a high rating, and the world is yours for the taking. But fall to zero, and you may as well cease to exist. Societies thrive on order, and the Rating System is the ultimate symbol of organized social mobility. The higher it soars, the more valued you are. The lower it plummets, the harder you must work to improve yourself.

The last few months have been a whirlwind for Cammie MacCloud. Ever since she agreed to join the gen:LOCK program to help fight the Union, an authoritarian force threatening the world, she's been struggling to find her place in the group. As a 17-year-old genius hacker, she doesn't really fit in among the other four recruits: She can't shoot, she isn't the most graceful in the field, and her brash style doesn't exactly jibe with Command. But Cammie notices things the others don't, and she has the skills to investigate when something feels off....

A secret. A holiday. A summer like never before. Shae knows her parents are keeping something from her and is determined to find out what. But nothing can prepare her for what they are hiding. A coming-of-age story about 17-year-old Shae, who is learning that relationships, deception, secrets, and love can all blend together and change everything.

Freya isn't your average suburban school kid–she's a demigoddess. But even a demigoddess can't hold back the sea. After a violent storm, Freya and her family are set adrift in a world where the weather comes with attitude, and rising sea levels are as much about personality clashes as climate change.

Alec Murray. He was the one. From the first moment I saw him, I knew. I had never been more certain of anything in my 16 years on this Earth. But Alec didn’t notice me. At least not in the way that I wanted him to. He noticed my best friend instead. I stood by and watched their relationship blossom. An outsider looking in, wishing things were different. Torn between my loyalty to my best friend and the boy who had unknowingly stolen my heart.

Military legacy Ari Alexander has survived alien spies, WWIV, and a changing world order. But when the new leader of Earth uses Jackson—the only boy she's ever let herself care about—to get to her, Ari has no choice but to surrender. To free Jackson, she agrees to travel to the national bases to train others to fight. What she discovers is a land riddled with dying people. Ari has the power to heal by turning the fighters into aliens—half-breeds like her. If she succeeds, together, they have a chance at overthrowing the alien leader, Zeus.

On Earth, seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander was taught to never peek, but if she hopes to survive life on her new planet, Loge, her eyes must never shut. Because Zeus will do anything to save the Ancients from their dying planet, and he has a plan. Thousands of humans crossed over to Loge after a poisonous neurotoxin released into Earth's atmosphere, nearly killing them. They sought refuge in hopes of finding a new life, but what they became were slaves, built to wage war against their home planet. That is, unless Ari and Jackson can stop them. But on Loge, nothing is as it seems....

When Ivy rescued a baby from the Wild Hunt, she had no idea that he would change the world. Since time passes differently in her world, the baby she once saved is a grown boy who can help her save her home. Now, Ivy brings him to the Land of Faery to enlist his help. Jack Merry has no idea that the creatures in his stories are real. He just wants a friend, a family, someone who listens. His stories are the only way he can convince the villagers to stop and spend time at his side.

Ten years ago, disaster struck the remote town of Indigo Falls. A horrific event drove the residents underground, into shelters that keep them safe from the danger on the surface. No one speaks about what happened that fateful day, but even the youngest still remember the fear and, most of all, the searing pain when sunlight touched their skin. Now, a handful of families inhabit this bunker together, guided by a charismatic leader named Dr. Imogen Moran.

By day, Eustaquia “Kiki” de Sonza and Ana Lezama de Urinza are proper seventeenth-century young ladies. But when night falls, they trade in their silks and lace for swords and muskets, venturing out into the vibrant, bustling, crime ridden streets of Potosí, in the Spanish Empire’s Viceroyalty of Peru. They pass their time fighting, gambling, and falling desperately in love with each other. Then, on the night Kiki’s engagement to the viceroy’s son is announced, her older brother—heir to her family’s fortune—is murdered.

C'era e non c'era una volta - così cominciano sempre le fiabe - una principessa destinata ad avvelenare chiunque la toccasse. Ma per Soraya, tenuta nascosta fin dalla nascita, cresciuta lontana dalla sua famiglia, al sicuro solo nel suo giardino, questa non è soltanto una fiaba. All'approssimarsi delle nozze del suo gemello, Soraya deve decidere se uscire allo scoperto per la prima volta. Nelle segrete del palazzo una div, una demone, potrebbe avere le risposte che sta cercando, la chiave per ottenere la libertà.

The year is 1848, and Daisy, Morrigan, and Avery Wolfson are skilled in the supernatural, particularly tarot readings. Daisy has insights about the future, Morrigan has ties to the past, and Avery has a special connection to the present. Although Massachusetts is known for its hostility to such talents, the village of Redcliffe is eager to use the sisters’ abilities for its own gain.

La magia scorre profonda in questa famiglia. Ma ancora più profondi sono i suoi segreti. Segreti. Bugie. Scelte decisamente sbagliate. Stregoneria. Periferia. Adesso. L'estate di Ivy, diciassette anni, non è cominciata per niente come si era immaginata: prima l'incidente d'auto di ritorno dalla festa di fine anno; poi finisce in punizione per essersi comportata in maniera irresponsabile salendo in auto con un ragazzo ubriaco; e soprattutto l'apparizione di una strana ragazza in mezzo alla strada nel cuore della notte.

Amelia Ashley shares everything with her followers—her favorite hole-in-the-wall restaurants, her best fashion tips, and her European trip of a lifetime with her hot boyfriend. Josh has no choice but to return home without Amelia after she abandons him in Rome. He has no clue where she went or how her blood got in his suitcase. Why won't anyone believe him? To Harper Delgado, Amelia Ashley is just another missing white girl whipping up a media frenzy. But with each digital knot she untangles about the influencer, Harper wonders: who is Amelia Ashley?