Resultados para "Victoria" en Urbana

It is the year 1967 in the magnificent and dreamy St. Petersburg. The world is ruled by the magic of aristocrats, the sounds of rock and roll are blasting even in the palace of Her Imperial Majesty, and Russian Volgas are successfully going up against American Pontiacs on the wide avenues at night. Another frantic unauthorized race under the stars ends in tragedy. Doctors and healers, who have already announced the death of the sixteen-year-old Prince Alexander Gorchakov Jr., attribute his miraculous salvation to his suddenly awakened gift.

Zurück daheim in Shellville werden Faith und ihre Freundinnen mit einer Welle der Gewalt unter Liebespaaren konfrontiert, von der auch Alaine nicht verschont bleibt. Wer ist dafür verantwortlich, dass Liebe in tödlichen Hass umschlägt? Im Sog der unheimlichen Geschehnisse stoßen Faith, Delia und Alaine auf einen besonders perfiden Gegner, den "Anti-Amor".

All Raegan Maeve Overhill wants is to survive another October. It's the anniversary of the worst thing that ever happened to her: the unsolved disappearance of her father nearly two decades ago. But when mysterious drownings grip the city of Philadelphia, Raegan sets her mourning rituals aside for a career-making opportunity to lead her newspaper's investigation. Her hunt for answers takes her to the city's shadowy places where magical beings appear in puddles, the Fair Folk offer bargains, and magic is very, very real.

Reinvigorated from her near-death experience and Zeus's unexpected declaration, Ellie is adjusting to life with magick at her fingertips again. But with three halflings to corral and a perilous Australian bushfire at the back door, she doesn't have much time to dwell on it. When a young wolf shifter goes missing during a tragic accident, it's up to Ellie and Clara to help the Faoladh find her. But finding the wolf among the bushfires is only the beginning, as a centuries old prophecy comes to bear on the Faoladh with heartbreaking consequences—unless Ellie can find a way to help them all.

It's an ordinary night in Briarmoor when a mysterious stranger arrives on Ellie's doorstep, setting off a chain of events that could unravel everything she's fought for. As their Faoladh friends recover from their clash with the Morrigan, back at Halfling House, Ellie, Clara, and Shade must decide if this newcomer is a friend, a threat, or something far worse. Between a chaotic family dinner with her mother—Nyx, Goddess of Night and Creatrix of the Greek Pantheon—wrangling mischievous Halflings and navigating her slow-burning romance with a certain mortal fireman, Ellie has her hands full.

What do you get when you have a renegade Greek Goddess, a fiery witch, a toddler dragon, a fae child, and a temperamental teenage bogeyman in one house? Chaos. Not literally, of course. Ellie—or more accurately, the Greek Goddess formerly known as Eleos—left the true embodiment of Chaos behind when she abandoned the Greek Pantheon for the mortal world. Spilt milk, giant sunflowers, and random spot fires are just par for the course when you're raising Halflings, the outcasts of the magickal world.

As a professional thief, Esme Bellerose's daylong job interview was going well: She'd come through most of it with only a black eye, bloody lip, broken wrist, a few cracked ribs, and talon marks from a ruby-throated dragon - but at least she wasn't missing any pieces. And if she could only survive until the five o'clock hour, she'd land the job that was every mystic thief's dream: employment at SPL Inc. But the head of SPL, Elric Ostergaard, has other plans, and he's put one additional task on Esme's job application, which must be completed before he'll hire her.

Grimace is a homeless man on a holy mission to free Black Americans from emotional slavery. His empty soda cans told him as much. Then he meets Kim, a transgender runaway who joins Grimace on his heroic quest. Is Grimace receiving aluminum missives from the gods, or is he a madman? Kim will find out soon enough on a strange journey they’ve been destined to share.

I expected to be fulfilled, less confused when all the secrets about who I am come to light. Instead, the revealed truths have left me more devastated than ever. Chasing ghosts of the past and running into a kid who claims to know all about me isn't all that bad, until I have to put my trust in a complete stranger, and make a deal with a fairy. The clock is ticking. It's only a matter of time before people start to figure out out who I am and where I come from if I'm not careful, and I'm not exactly known for being careful.

Ever since I found out I was adopted by my werewolf family, I longed to know where I came from, where I belonged. Now that my wolf showed me her memories, and Haworth confirmed who my father was, I want nothing more than to forget. But suffering from an identity crisis is the least of my worries now that my sister has shown me her true face. Taking over in Haworth's stead after she killed him, she's determined to figure out how to perform a very powerful possession spell, and I just happen to be the perfect candidate.

When you stand for something in life, you're bound to make some enemies. It's just my luck that my enemy turned out to be a really evil asshole with very powerful magic. Hector Haworth is coming after me no matter how hard I keep pretending he isn't. I've got two things he wants badly: a wolf he can possess, and the Reaper String - an enchanted item that can give him access to even more power. Giving up my freedom for the safety of my sister felt like a small price to pay - right until she went and disappeared again.

When I ran from home, I did it to protect my family from myself. I am not to be trusted. There's a creature living inside me that I cannot control. I was doing the world a favor by hiding, and doing what I did best: finding missing animals. But when my father shows up at my door and asks me to find my missing sister, I'm unable to say no because it's my sister, and my wolf's interested. And my wolf always gets her way. Except, when she's interested, people end up dead, too.

At the best of times, Jeremiah could be described as a vengeful man. In the worst of times, one could call him a monster. The reality, though, was that he was a monster hunter. Or that's how he liked to style himself. In a world of creatures that went bump in the night, few fought for humanity. Fewer still put humanity first. Fighting with sword, blade, or word, their numbers were insufficient. Those who did did so from places and situations that the world didn't appreciate or condone. That they'd actively disavow and ignore.

Emily Muchow lebt ein Leben zwischen Himmel und Erde. Tagsüber Industriekletterin, nachts eine junge Frau mit einem Geheimnis: verborgene Flügel, geerbt von ihrer Mutter: niemand Geringerer als Nike, die Göttin des Sieges, die von den Römern als Victoria verehrt wurde. Doch Emily hat sich bewusst gegen den Weg ihrer Herkunft entschieden. Statt Ruhm und Macht wählte sie Freiheit und die Hoffnung auf ein normales Leben. Als sie Vanessa begegnet, einer modernen Amazone, entwickelt sich eine unerwartete Freundschaft.

The four mighty, smoking-hot warriors had wanted to use Cass Saélihn as the weapon to kill the Olympian gods, but they fell for her instead. Now all they want is to protect her. So they hide Cass in the magically glamoured Academy, the only safe place for earthlings. But Cass won’t cower or run from danger. She sets her own rules and stands her ground, no matter how her blood heats for her alpha mates. She’s determined to take the fight to the gods, not as a weapon but a leader.

Ich sitze auf dem Pausenhof des Gymnasiums in Waren an der Müritz. Meine Mitschülerinnen der Untersekunda tauschen sich schwärmend über die Jungs aus, welche sich gegenseitig im "cool Aussehen" übertrumpfen wollen. Vanessa Peters glaubt fünfzehn Jahre ein normales Mädchen zu sein. Dann schenkt ihr ihre Oma eine Labrys zum sechzehnten Geburtstag und erklärt ihr, wieso sie schneller, stärker ist und bessere Reflexe als jeder ihrer Freunde und Bekannten hat. Sie ist eine Amazone. Bis sie Emily Muchow kennenlernt, hält sie es dennoch für ein Märchen ihrer Oma.

My life is a nightmare. I’m tormented by the evils I’ve seen, but still I hunt. Kill. My only comfort is Aria, my forbidden soulmate, whom I meet each night to fight an unseen war. When that war spills over and endangers her, there is nothing that can stop me from finding my love. Giving in to our blazing attraction could be the death of us, but with one brush of her hand, I’m willing to break every oath I’ve made. I’d burn the world to protect her from the evils that hunt us. Because for one moment of loving Aria? I would gladly give my life.

Victoria’s a necromancer, fairy, Blood Queen…hot freaking mess. Her identity is so twisted up in supernatural nonsense that all she wants to do is go back to embalming bodies and coffin brochures. Being in love should make things easier, but when your beau’s a bear and you’ve got a fairy suitor waiting in the wings, romance is just another complication. While preparing the victims of a tragic fire for their funerals, Victoria discovers that their deaths were not accidents, as the police have ruled. Soon, she’s hot on the trail of a Firestarter.

Winter is supposed to be beautiful. Snowball fights. Hot chocolate by a fire. Brightly-packaged presents. It’s definitely not supposed to be about frozen bodies, serial killers, and boyfriends with secrets. Victoria and Kyle are in the midst of a still-blossoming relationship, but she hasn’t told him the truth about herself yet. She’s not ready. Of course, he’s hiding something too. And he doesn’t even know it. Love’s complicated.

Victor is closing in on his brother Mikey, who cost him his soul and stole the woman he loves. Soon he discovers his brother's "back up" plan: to unleash beings chained in the darkness from the early days of man in order to bring about the annihilation of the human race. With the help of fellow bounty hunter Winston Reynolds, computer geek Kurt Pervis, and the enigmatic Brother Joshua, Victor is ready to spring his trap and rescue the lovely Samantha when it all goes sideways.