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Das grandiose Finale der Bestseller-Trilogie von Kerstin Gier! Es ist März, in London steht der Frühling vor der Tür – und Liv Silber vor drei Problemen. Erstens: Sie hat Henry angelogen. Zweitens: Die Sache mit den Träumen wird immer gefährlicher. Arthur hat Geheimnisse der Traumwelt ergründet, durch die er unfassbares Unheil anrichten kann. Er muss unbedingt aufgehalten werden. Drittens: Livs Mutter und Graysons Vater wollen im Juni heiraten.

MJ Rodriguez has spent her life hiding in the human world, keeping a heavy secret: She’s half-encanto. As the only child of King Vivencio of the Sirena Court, she’s also next in line for the throne. And now, upon her estranged father’s sudden death, MJ must claim her place as rightful heir.

Jacob Portman, 16 ans, a grandi avec les récits fabuleux de son grand-père, juif polonais, envoyé sur une île du pays de Galles pour échapper à la menace nazie. Recueilli par Miss Peregrine Faucon, la directrice d'un orphelinat pour enfants "particuliers", il a côtoyé des enfants doués de capacités surnaturelles. Un soir, Jacob trouve son grand-père mortellement blessé par une horrible créature. En partant sur l'île en quête de vérité, il découvre l'ancien pensionnat en ruines et n'a plus aucun doute : les enfants particuliers ont existé. Et s'ils étaient toujours en vie ?

Not all wizards were born to be heroes. Things not to do when you find out you’re a wizard.

After centuries of terrorizing Europe, Lenah Beaudonte, with the help of the handsome Rhode, has been able to realize the dream of all vampires - to be human again. Now, as a raven-haired 16-year-old, Lenah believes her greatest challenge is fitting in at her new school. But the challenges have only just begun. The vicious coven Lenah once ruled is threatening the new-found pleasures of her human life, including the one guy who makes her feel most alive: Justin.

Fae fated mates? Really? When my twin and I started this competition, we had no idea what we were getting into. Not only did we both end up falling for the prince, but we also discovered we might be more than Fae phonies after all. Now that Drake knows the real identity of our father, will he be able to forgive us so we can discover the truth of our heritage? Doubtful. And even if he does, will the king’s council ever let Drake choose his own wife? Doubly doubtful.

Sierra and her friends love their new lives as shadowshapers, making art and creating change with the spirits of Brooklyn. Then Sierra receives a strange card depicting a white beast called the Hound of Light - an image from the enigmatic, influential Deck of Worlds. The Deck tracks the players and powers of all the magical houses in the city, and when the real Hound begins to stalk Sierra through the streets, the shadowshapers know their next battle has arrived.

Living among Northern California’s giant redwoods, fifteen-year-old Affinity Blending is fine with being a half-assed witch. She’s been on the run for years, no time for witchcraft, just trying to stay ahead of the witch-hunting demon who imprisoned her mother in Hell. If she could just be a normal teenager and attend the same school for more than like, two seconds? That’d be amazing.

In just one week, supernatural warrior Myla Lewis must discover enough evidence to send the evil House of Acca to prison or she will end up in jail herself, along with her fiance, Prince Lincoln. No pressure.

In this sequel to Doon, Mackenna Reid realizes she made a horrible mistake in choosing to follow her dreams of Broadway instead of staying in the enchanted land of Doon. To make everything worse, she's received her Calling - proof she and Duncan are each other's one true love - and it's pure torment, especially when visions of the very alluring Scottish prince appear right before she goes on stage.

Wednesday is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ time as a student at Nevermore Academy. Follow along with her as she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorised the local town and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore Academy. Relive the excitement and intrigue in this amazing novelisation of the phenomenal first season.

Miguela Angeles is tired. Tired of her abuela keeping secrets, especially about her heritage. Tired of her small Vermont town and hanging out at the same places with the same friends she’s known forever. So when another boring Sunday trip to church turns into a run-in with Sam, a mysterious hottie in town on vacation, Mica seizes the opportunity to get closer to him.

Beneath the streets of York, the goblin market calls to the Wickett women—the family of witches that tends to its victims. For generations, they have defended the old cobblestone streets with their magic. Knowing the dangers, they never entered the market—until May Wickett fell for a goblin girl, accepted her invitation, and became inextricably tied to the world her family tried to protect her from. The market learned her name, and even when she and her sister left York for Boston to escape it, the goblins remembered.

Harry har tilbragt de første uger af sommerferien hos familien Dursley med at ligge på sin seng og stirre op i loftet. Han sørger over sin dræbte gudfar Sirius, mens han genoplever det grufulde opgør med Dødsgardisterne i Ministeriet for Magi og den sindsoprivende duel mellem Dumbledore og Lord Voldemort. Nu sidder han ved vinduet og venter på Dumbledore, der har meldt sin ankomst pr. uglepost. Langt om længe vil Dumbledore give svar på Harrys mange spørgsmål om sammenhængen mellem ham selv og Lord Voldemort.

Ever since she can remember, Briseis has had power over plants. Flowers bloom in her footsteps and leaves turn to face her as though she were the sun. It’s a power she and her adoptive mothers have spent her whole life trying to hide. And then Briseis inherits an old house from her birth mother and suddenly finds herself with the space and privacy to test her powers for the first time.

For as long as anyone can remember, the De Luca witches and the wealthy Barrion family have been sworn enemies. Ever since the curse that changed their fates forever. Now, if a Barrion falls in love with you, you’ll die. But when Penny Emberly’s mother becomes the curse’s latest victim, she must bring together two bitter rivals, Alonso and Corey, in order to save her mum’s life and stop the feud for good.

Teil 2 der spannenden PERCY JACKSON-Reihe. Percys siebtes Schuljahr verläuft einigermaßen ruhig - einigermaßen. Wenn da nicht diese Albträume wären, in denen sein bester Freund in Gefahr schwebt. Und tatsächlich: Grover befindet sich in der Gewalt eines Zyklopen. Zu allem Übel ist Camp Half-Blood nicht mehr sicher: Jemand hat den Baum der Thalia vergiftet, der die Grenzen dieses magischen Ortes bisher geschützt hat. Nur das Goldene Vlies kann da noch helfen. Wird es Percy gelingen, Grover und das Camp zu retten? Das dürfte für einen Halbgott wie ihn eigentlich kein Problem sein.

The final semester at the Supernatural Academy should be about enjoying my last months of college. Instead, someone has poisoned the fae realm, killing tens of thousands and throwing those who survived to our doorstep. And, worse, no one knows how or why. So, instead of late-night study sessions and crazy parties, my friends and I must track down the person responsible for these atrocities.

For nearly a century, the Nomeolvides women have tended the grounds of La Pradera, the lush estate gardens that enchant guests from around the world. They’ve also hidden a tragic legacy: If they fall in love too deeply, their lovers vanish. But then, after generations of vanishings, a strange boy appears in the gardens. The boy is a mystery to Estrella, the Nomeolvides girl who finds him, and to her family, but he’s even more a mystery to himself; he knows nothing more about who he is or where he came from than his first name.

Justin Hawthorne's bloodline has protected Four Paths for generations from the Gray - a lifeless dimension that imprisons a brutal monster. After Justin fails to inherit his family's powers, his mother is determined to keep this humiliation a secret. But Justin can't let go of the future he was promised and the town he swore to protect. Ever since Harper Carlisle lost her hand to an accident that left her stranded in the Gray for days, she has vowed revenge on the person who abandoned her: Justin Hawthorne.