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In the magic-soaked capital city of Oluwan, Small Sade needs a job - preferably as a maid, with employers who don't mind her unique appearance and unlucky foot. But before she can be hired, she accidentally binds herself to a powerful being known only as the Crocodile, a god rumoured to devour pretty girls. Small Sade entrances the Crocodile with her secret: she is a Curse Eater, gifted with the ability to alter people's fates by cleaning their houses.

Wayward Son is the stunning YA novel by the bestselling author of Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell. With all of her signature wit and heart, this is Rainbow at her absolute best. The story is supposed to be over. Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain. He won the war. He...

Goblins are the weakest of the monsters, with only numbers in their favor. No warrior would dedicate himself to their eradication--except for Goblin Slayer. As his reputation spreads, a quest comes from none other than the Supreme God's own archbishop--Sword Maiden, the Gold-ranked adventurer...

Teacher and Fran return to Granzell after their adventures in the Beastman Nation, still on the search for Garrus—only to discover that he may have been abducted, and by a nobleman at that! Throw in a sudden murder, and their investigation just got much harder. Can the intrepid duo unpick these tangled threads and save an old friend?

Years have passed since dungeons sprung up around the world. When adventurer Amane Rin awakens to a unique skill called "Dungeon Teleporting," the rules can't touch him anymore. This is the tale of how he races to become the world's strongest (and fastest-progressing) adventurer!

READ BY LOUISE RENNISON. Brilliantly funny, Louise Rennison’s reads her fourth book ‘Dancing in my nuddy pants’. "Yeah… a snogging fest." "Sacré bleu!" Jas looked like she was thinking which is a) unusual and b) scary. I said, "But then this weird thing happened. He had his hands on my...

Leuce, fille unique du roi Atlas, commet l'irréparable : pénétrer dans le temple de Poséidon. Loin d'y trouver la reconnaissance paternelle qu'elle cherche depuis toujours, elle perd le plus précieux. Puni pour l'avoir accompagnée, Achéron, son ami d'enfance, est exécuté. Six ans plus tard, lorsqu'un demi-dieu arrive à Atlantis, Leuce a enfin une chance de se racheter. En épousant Mélanos, elle permettra à Atlantis de retrouver sa splendeur passée.

Siza en haar liefde Nesrin volgen een opleiding bij de mysterieuze barones Bathory, maar ontdekken al snel dat ze hun leven en dat van andere meisjes moeten redden van duistere magie.

Ivy est désormais reine d'Angleterre, mais rien ne va plus : les pactes ont volé en éclats, le royaume vacille, et Bram s'est détourné du pouvoir. Bien décidée à retrouver ses proches disparus, Ivy franchit les portes de l'Autre Monde. Entre épreuves mortelles et choix impossibles, la jeune reine devra puiser dans sa force et son courage pour sauver les siens et tout un royaume.

Dans un monde où les Venteliers domptent les bourrasques et les Oiseliers prennent leur envol, deux continents se font face, séparés par l'Aquilon, une tempête si vaste qu'aucun dirigeable n'a jamais pu franchir son cœur. Mia Aérondel a grandi sur les ruines d'un drame et à l'ombre d'un secret. Déterminée à redorer l'image de sa famille, elle s'infiltre clandestinement sur Le Galéone, majestueux dirigeable dont le voyage inaugural doit traverser l'Aquilon grâce à une invention mystérieuse. Dans les couloirs raffinés du vaisseau, loyauté et complots s'entrelacent.

When Decker found Delaney kissing his best friend Carson, he told himself that it meant nothing. But then Carson calls to Delaney from across the vast frozen lake. Jealous, Decker insists they walk over the fragile ice. Halfway, he leaves her there . . . Ten minutes without air, Delaney will be dead. Decker pulls her out of the icy waters after eleven. Delaney is alive, but now she is drawn to those who are dying . . . and to stranger, Troy – someone Decker should see as a threat.

Eleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake by her best friend Decker Phillips. By then her heart had stopped beating. Her brain had stopped working. She was dead. And yet she somehow defied medical precedent to come back seemingly fine--despite the scans that showed significant brain damage. Everyone wants Delaney to be all right, but she knows she's far from normal. Pulled by strange sensations she can't control or explain, Delaney finds herself drawn to the dying. Is her altered brain now predicting death, or causing it?

When Decker drags his best friend Delaney's lifeless body out of the frozen lake, he makes a deal: Anyone but her. Everyone but her. The lake releases her. It takes another . . . All their friends blame Delaney for Carson's death. But Decker knows the truth: Delaney is drawn to those who are dying, and she would have tried to help Carson. Or so Decker believes until a body lies in front of him in a pool of water on his kitchen floor. Until he sees in Delaney's eyes that she knew this would happen too – and she said nothing.

Eine überwältigende Liebe, ein unerträglicher Verlust, eine Achterbahnfahrt der Gefühle. Siebzehn Jahre hat Lennie glücklich im Schatten ihrer strahlenden Schwester gelebt. Doch jetzt ist Bailey tot. Es ist, als hätte jemand den Himmel ausgeknipst. Bis Lennie sich verliebt – zum ersten Mal in ihrem Leben und gleich in zwei Jungen: Joes magisches Lächeln wird nur noch von seinem musikalischen Talent übertroffen; Toby ist stiller Cowboy, mutiger Skater – und die große Liebe ihrer verstorbenen Schwester.

When Carson pulled Delaney out of the frozen water of Falcon Lake, he died on the side of the road with his mouth pressed to hers. When Troy tried to recreate Delaney's accident, the lake took him instead. All the talk about a curse doesn't shake Decker, until yet another unthinkable tragedy strikes. There's just too much coincidence and death for Decker to take . . . and too much anger.

Ausgerechnet an ihrem ersten Schultag nach den Sommerferien gerät die Tagträumerin Emilie Sophie Bela in eine Verfolgungsjagd zu einem geheimnisvollen Portal. Kurz vor dem Ziel scheitert Emilie, doch längst hat sie ihre magische Gabe wiederentdeckt und stürzt sich in eine vergessene Welt voller Legenden, Drachen und Geheimnisse. Plötzlich steht nicht nur das Leben ihrer vierbeinigen Freunde auf dem Spiel, sondern auch die Zukunft dieser fremden und doch so vertrauten Welt.

IN THE SKY, ARE YOU PREDATOR OR PREY? Sixteen-year-old Sparrow Harper feels plain as dirt, with a relentlessly ordinary life. Her only escape is flying dreams that leave her oddly sore. A mysterious camp in Maine offers answers. On the way, she meets the ruggedly handsome and infuriating Heron Cirrus.

To reignite a flame, one must first embrace the darkness. Reunited with the rebellion, Princess Lorilys journeys to Elodie to forge critical alliances for Lawrencia’s liberation, all while grappling with a secret that could jeopardize everything. Amidst her internal struggle, she encounters a former thief, now a reluctant crew member aboard the Eslanda, who openly scorns her. As circumstances force Lorilys to confront the repercussions of her past actions and concealed truths, she strikes an unexpected deal with the ex-thief, leveraging his skills for her new game plan.

Wenn ich meine Ausbildung zur Walküre überleben will, muss ich mir meine Flügel verdienen. Wenn ich Kain überleben will, muss ich eine Entscheidung treffen, die unsere Welt in Schutt und Asche legen könnte. Ich bin kaputt. Meine Fae-Magie funktioniert nicht, und niemand weiß, dass ich existiere. Meine Schwester hingegen ist auf dem Weg zu großem Ruhm. Sie wurde ausgewählt, in den mythischen Federklingenhallen zur Walküre ausgebildet zu werden. Ich bin dazu verdammt, allein in meinem Turm zu sterben. Doch als die Walküren kommen, um meine Schwester abzuholen, nehmen sie mich mit.

Die siebzehnjährige Tilly Taylor ist begeistert, als sich ihr Traum erfüllt und sie ihre Ausbildung bei der berühmten irischen Whiskey-Brennerei Breath of Fire absolvieren darf. Allerdings bemerkt sie sehr schnell, dass die Distillery beunruhigende Rätsel verbirgt – die Mitarbeiter treffen sich heimlich, gekleidet in altertümliche Gewänder, offenbar, um mysteriöse Rituale zu zelebrieren. Der gleichaltrige Aidan bietet Tilly an, mit ihr gemeinsam herauszufinden, was in den Gewölben der Brennerei wirklich vorgeht.