Smrtí to nekončí. Závěrečný díl duologie Šarlatový závoj.
Upíří král Michal proklel Célii věčným životem. Když se probudí, nemůže už chodit na slunce, slyší tlukot srdcí svých přátel a touží po jejich krvi. Jenže Célie není jediná mrtvá, která se vrátila. Její sestra Filippa i další vstávají z hrobů a žene je touha po pomstě. Křehká rovnováha mezi životem a smrtí se zhroutila a probudila ještě temnější sílu, která si někdejší chasseurku vyhlédla za nevěstu. Célie a Michal teď musí potlačit spalující přitažlivost a zacelit trhlinu mezi světy – jednou provždy.
Když láska tančí se smrtí. Vílí romantasy od autorky bestselleru Prázdné sliby. Princezna Jasalyn má tajemství. Vyzbrojena kouzelným prstenem se v noci se plíží ven z paláce, aby vraždila své nepřátele. Víla Felicity by potřebovala zázrak. V osudu má psáno, že zabije svého kouzelného otce, ale svoje jedinečné schopnosti využívá k tomu, aby se osudové věštbě vyhnula. Když se dvorem stínů začnou šířit zvěsti, že zlý král Mordeus vstal z mrtvých, Jasalyn se ho rozhodne zlikvidovat jednou provždy. Felicity souhlasí, že na sebe vezme její podobu, a umožní tak princezně Mordeuse ulovit. Zatímco se Jasalyn spojí s okouzlujícím a krásným Kendrickem, Felicity se dostává blíž králi divokých víl Mishovi. Kendrick Jasalyn pomůže poprvé za tři roky cítit něco jiného než vztek a Misha zase Felicity přiměje přát si svět, kde by mohla být sama sebou. Brzy je mise obou dívek v ohrožení - a stejně tak jejich srdce. Budoucnost Elory i Vílí říše visí na vlásku. Jasalyn a Felicity mezi nebezpečím, tajemstvími a zakázanou láskou zjistí, že jejich hvězdy jsou nejspíš skutečně prokleté.
Halloween and Christmas collide in the sweetest, sexiest crossover romcom of the year! Two royal princes, one fake competition - but will it be trick...or treat? Coal might be the Prince of Christmas but he'd honestly rather skip it this year. Wouldn't you when your father, the reigning Santa, has turned it into nothing more than the family's latest PR stunt? But Coal has gotten into one scrape too many and there's a surprise in store: a marriage to his best friend to unite their families in the perfect holiday photo moment. Then a rival arrives to challenge Coal for the princess' hand and he's suddenly face to face with a past mistake: Hex, the deliciously handsome Prince of Halloween. Scuppering Santa's plans and falling for Christmas's biggest rival would be a complete disaster... wouldn't it?
'GODKILLER will have you in its grasp from the first pages'Samantha Shannon,
bestselling author of PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE'Full of fire, each page
scalding, Hannah Kaner's GODKILLER is an explosive debut that will leave you
reeling' Saara El-Arifi, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE FINAL STRIFE
This dark and thrilling vampire romance—set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Serpent & Dove series—is perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas!Célie Tremblay has always been a good girl: kind and beautiful, a daughter of whom every parent would be proud. She surprises the entire kingdom when she defies tradition to become the first huntswoman—including her new captain and fiancé, Jean Luc, who rules the huntsmen with an iron fist. He isn’t the only one concerned for Célie’s safety, however. Though her friends try to protect her from the horrors of her past, mysterious whispers still haunt her, and a new evil is rising in Belterra—leaving bodies in its wake, each one drained of blood.Determined to prove herself in her new role, Célie tracks the killer to the lair of Les Éternels—ancient creatures only spoken about in nursery rhymes—and catches the attention of their king, a monster who hides his plans for her behind beautiful words and sharp smiles. Now Célie has new reason to fear the dark because the closer he gets, the more tempted she feels to give in to his dark hunger—and her own.
Jade Nguyen has always lied to fit in. She's straight enough, Vietnamese enough, American enough. Just five weeks of ignoring the quietly decaying French colonial house he's fixing up, then college and freedom are hers.But soon Jade begins waking up every morning certain that something has clawed down her throat from the inside. Then the ghost of a beautiful bride visits her with a cryptic warning: Don't eat
Utterly unique, thought-provoking, and wonderfully written... a thrilling ride
that hooked me from start to finish. --Gloria Chao, author of American Panda
and Rent a Boyfriend In this genre-bending, speculative YA debut, a Chinese
American girl monetizes her strange new invisibility powers by discovering and
selling her wealthy classmates' most scandalous secrets. Alice Sun has always
felt invisible at her elite Beijing international boarding school, where she's
the only scholarship student among China's most rich and influential teens.
But then she starts uncontrollably turning invisible--actually invisible. When
her parents drop the news that they can no longer afford her tuition, even
with the scholarship, Alice hatches a plan to monetize her strange new power--
she'll discover the scandalous secrets her classmates want to know, for a
price. But as the tasks escalate from petty scandals to actual crimes, Alice
must decide if it's worth losing her conscience--or even her life.
Get Ready to fall in LOVE in this hilarious rom-com! When 16-year-old Eliza
Lin's personal essay about meeting the love of her life goes viral, she gets
everything she's ever wanted: the approval of her new classmates, a rare
internship opportunity at her favourite publisher, and a devoted online
following who think her relationship is #couplegoals. The only problem? Eliza
made the whole essay up. In fact, Eliza's never even been in a relationship
before, let alone in love. All good writing is lying, right? Desperate to
cover up the truth, Eliza makes a deal with her classmate Caz: she'll help him
write his college applications if he poses as her boyfriend. But Caz plays the
role of boyfriend a bit too well... But Eliza's carefully crafted image begins
to unravel as the relationship with Caz becomes more and more real. Can she
still follow her dreams if it means breaking her own heart? Perfect for
BookTok, and fans of Jenny Han and Crazy Rich Asians. Laugh-out-loud funny,
and full of heart from a brand-new star in YA rom-coms. A total delight. Laugh
out loud funny, sweet, and romantic, this is a sparkling gem of a book. Meg
Cabot At once laugh-out-loud funny and taut with romantic tension, This Time
It's Real is all the best parts of a fake dating romcom. Adiba Jaigirdar
Only a monster . . . can kill a hero. When the boy she loves turns out to be a legendary monster-slayer, sixteen-year-old Joan must embrace her own monstrousness to stop him, or risk losing her family forever.
In this thrilling conclusion to The Ravens duology, by New York Times
bestselling authors Kass Morgan and Danielle Paige, loyalty, love, and
friendships are tested as sorority sisters Scarlett and Vivi must face the
forces of hell itself when a rival sorority threatens to wreak havoc on
campus.
Was würdest du tun, wenn der Junge, in den du unsterblich verliebt bist, in dir nur die beste Freundin sieht? Die 17-jährige Lorn ist zwar beim Basketball ein Star, aber in Liebesdingen total schüchtern. Deswegen hat Theo keine Ahnung von ihren Gefühlen. Sonst hätte er ihr bestimmt auch nie diesen unglaublichen Vorschlag gemacht: Lorn soll beim großen Schulball sein Date sein – aber nur, um ihm all die Mädchen vom Hals zu schaffen, die ständig hinter ihm her sind! Doch dann wird aus dem Zweckbündnis etwas viel Tieferes. Denn sowohl Lorn als auch Theo sehen sich plötzlich mit Problemen konfrontiert, die ihr Leben für immer zu verändern drohen ...
Evil always seeks a foothold. We must not give it one. The electrifying conclusion to the New York Times and Indiebound bestselling Serpent & Dove series is perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Kendare Blake. Lou has spent her whole life running. Now, after a crushing blow from Morgane, the time has come to go home--and claim what is rightfully hers. But this is no longer the Lou her friends knew. No longer the Lou who captured a chasseur's heart. A darkness has settled over her, and this time it will take more than love to drive it out.
Age range: 14 to 18 Welcome to the Witherward, and to a London that is not quite like our own. Here, it's summertime in February, the Underground is a cavern of wonders and magic fills the streets. But this London is a city divided, split between six rival magical factions, each with their own extraordinary talents - and the alpha of the Changelings, Gedeon Ravenswood, has gone rogue, threatening the fragile accords that have held London together for decades. Ilsa is a shapeshifting Changeling who has spent the first 17 years of her life marooned in the wrong London, where real magic is reviled as the devil's work. Abandoned at birth, she has scratched out a living first as a pickpocket and then as a stage magician's assistant, dazzling audiences by secretly using her Changeling talents to perform impossible illusions. When she's dragged through a portal into the Witherward, Ilsa finally feels like she belongs. But her new home is on the brink of civil war, and Ilsa is pulled into the fray. The only way to save London is to track down Gedeon, and he just so happens to be Ilsa's long-lost brother, one of the last surviving members of the family who stranded her in the wrong world. Beset by enemies on all sides, surrounded by supposed Changeling allies wearing faces that may not be their own, Ilsa must use all the tricks up her sleeve simply to stay alive.
"Lou, Reid, Coco y Ansel huyen no solo del aquelarre, sino también del reino y de la Iglesia. Son fugitivos y no tienen donde ocultarse. Para sobrevivir, necesitan aliados. Y unos muy poderosos. Pero mientras Lou se preocupa cada vez más por salvar a sus seres queridos, se adentra en el lado oscuro de la magia. Y el precio a pagar podría ser la persona a la que más teme perder: Reid. Ellos están unidos por un juramento y solo existe una cosa que puede separarlos: la muerte."-- Amazon.com
The bard tiptoes out of his room, the crow-dream still echoing in his head, making him twitch at imaginary creaks of iron wings . . . The bard must leave Thornbury. It is not safe for him to stay. Rue, his new apprentice, travels with him - keen to learn his trade - and hear the next installment in the legend of Podkin One-Ear . . . Podkin and his fellow rabbits have been sheltering in Dark Hollow after their battle with Scramashank. Paz tends to the rabbits with sleeping sickness; Crom meets with the war council . . . Podkin has nothing to do! Frustrated, Podkin goes exploring and discovers an abandoned underground chamber. Armed with the Gift of Dark Hollow, Podkin learns to moonstride, and Paz is rewarded with a magical gift of her own . . .
What is it about evil that we find so compelling? From our obsession with serial killers to violence in pop culture, we seem inescapably drawn to the stories of monstrous acts and the aberrant people who commit them. But evil, Dr. Julia Shaw argues, is all relative, rooted in our minds and our unique cultures. What one may consider normal, like sex before marriage, eating meat, or being a banker, others find abhorrent. And if evil is only in the eye of the beholder, can it be said to exist at all? In Evil, Shaw uses case studies and examples from academia and popular culture and anecdotes from everyday life to break down complex information and concepts like the neuroscience of evil, the psychology of bloodlust, and workplace misbehavior. This is a wide-ranging exploration into a fascinating, darkly compelling subject.
„Než přišel Netflix, nikdy předtím neexistovala společnost jako Netflix.“ Tato revoluční firma generuje miliardové roční příjmy a oslovuje stovky milionů lidí ve více než 190 zemích. Klíčovým faktorem úspěchu je kultura nastavená Reedem Hastingsem, která může na první pohled působit radikálně. Díky této kultuře zaměřené na svobodu a odpovědnost se Netflix dostal na vrchol. V tomto světovém bestselleru spoluzakladatel Hastings odhaluje vnitřní fungování Netflixu: jak nastavuje nové standardy, váží si lidí více než procesů, upřednostňuje inovace před efektivitou a zaměstnance nekontroluje. Neexistují žádná pravidla pro dovolenou ani výdaje. Zaměstnanci se nesnaží potěšit své nadřízené, ale poskytují upřímnou zpětnou vazbu. Tyto neobvyklé metody vedly k bezkonkurenční rychlosti inovací a Netflix se stal jednou z nejoblíbenějších značek na světě. Tato kniha je výbornou a čtivou byznysovou příručkou, která dramaticky proplétá historii Netflixu. Je určena pro ty, kdo vedou týmy, firmy, budují startupy nebo pracují v organizacích, které chtějí zlepšovat.
Dos años atrás, Louise le Blanc huyó de su aquelarre y se refugió en la ciudad de Cesarine, donde renunció a la magia para vivir de lo que pudiera robar. Allí, cazan a brujas como Lou. Les temen. Y las queman. Como cazador de la Iglesia, Reid Diggory ha vivido su vida bajo una regla: "No permitirás que ninguna bruja viva". Pero cuando Lou realiza una gran artimaña, tanto ella como Reid se ven obligados a aceptar una situación impensada: el matrimonio. Incapaz de ignorar sus sentimientos que son cada vez más fuertes, pero sin poder cambiar quién es, Lou debe elegir.
Každé Vánoce Wren i její rodinu v lesích kolem jejich vesnice pronásledují mocní nepřátelé – Soudci. Ona sama ani nikdo z okolí je nedokáže zastavit. V zoufalé snaze zachránit rodinu i přátele se proto vydává na tajnou misi jako asistentka do nepřátelského velitelství. V spleti lží a podvodů si jí však začne všímat soudkyně Cass Harknessová – a Wren tak brzy bude muset volit mezi záchranou rodiny a zkázou dalších lidí.
"When teenage coder Emika Chen hacks her way into the opening tournament of the Warcross Championships, she glitches herself into the game as well as a sinister plot with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire"--
