Новинки Маргарет Оуэн

Ваня Шмидт знает, что ни один дар не дается даром, даже материнская любовь, и она сидит на крючке из-за адского долга. Ваня, приемная крестница Смерти и Фортуны, до года назад была верным слугой принцессы Жизель. Это было тогда, когда потусторонние матери Вани потребовали ужасную цену за свою заботу, и Ваня решил украсть ее будущее... украв себе жизнь…

Let’s get one thing straight—Vanja Schmidt wasn’t trying to start a cult.

After taking down a corrupt margrave, breaking a deadly curse, and finding romance with the vexingly scrupulous Junior Prefect Emeric Conrad, Vanja had one great mystery left: her long-lost birth family… and if they would welcome a thief. But in her search for an honest trade, she hit trouble and invented a god, the Scarlet Maiden, to scam her way out. Now, that lie is growing out of control—especially when Emeric arrives to investigate, and the Scarlet Maiden manifests to claim him as a virgin sacrifice.

For his final test to become a prefect, Emeric must determine if Vanja is guilty of serious fraud, or if the Scarlet Maiden—and her claim to him—are genuine. Meanwhile, Vanja is chasing an alternative sacrifice that may be their way out. The hunt leads her not only into the lairs of monsters and the paths of gods, but the ties of her past. And with what should be the simplest way to save Emeric hanging over their heads, he and Vanja must face a more dangerous question: Is there a future for a thief and a prefect, and at what price?

Odinioară, a existat o fată îngrozitoare...

Vanja Schmidt știe că orice dar vine cu un preț, chiar și dragostea unei mame. Când viața îi este pusă în pericol și riscă să piardă protecția oferită de nașele ei, Moartea și Fortuna, Vanja se hotărâște să-i fure viața stăpânei sale, Gisele, folosind un colier de perle vrăjite pentru a-i lua locul.

Acum Vanja duce o viață dublă, ca prințesă și hoț de bijuterii în Minkja, fermecând nobilii în timp ce le golește cuferele pentru a-și finanța marea evadare. La un jaf distanță de libertate, atrage asupra ei furia unei Zeițe Inferioare și este blestemată să aibă parte de un sfârșit prematur: pentru lăcomia ei, se va transforma în perle și rubine până la următoarea lună plină.

Hoața talentată are doar două săptămâni la dispoziție să rupă blestemul și să fugă din Imperiul Binecuvântat al Almandyiei, însă este păzită zi și noapte de o semizeiță sălbatică, persecutată de logodnicul sinistru al Giselei și urmărită de un prefect junior care pare dispus să-i descopere toate secretele.

Iar când creaturi desprinse din cele mai întunecate coșmaruri încep să cutreiere străzile din Minkja, Vanja se trezește în mijlocul unui complot malefic, care o forțează să lucreze cot la cot cu cei pe care i-a trădat, jefuit sau mințit.

Hoți mărunți este un retelling întunecat după The Goose Girlși un roman fantasy YA despre vieți furate, adevăruri spinoase, fete rele, zeițăti ironice și monștri periculoși.

Once upon a time, there was a horrible girl . . .
Vanja Schmidt knows that no gift is freely given, not even a mother's love. The adopted goddaughter of Death and Fortune, Vanja has long made her own way in the world as the dutiful servant of Princess Gisele. Until a year ago, when her otherworldly mothers demanded payment for their care, and Vanja decided to steal her future back . . . by stealing Gisele's life.

Once upon a time, there was a horrible girl . . .
Vanja Schmidt knows that no gift is freely given, not even a mother's love. The adopted goddaughter of Death and Fortune, Vanja has long made her own way in the world as the dutiful servant of Princess Gisele. Until a year ago, when her otherworldly mothers demanded payment for their care, and Vanja decided to steal her future back . . . by stealing Gisele's life.

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful, kind princess who was betrothed to the prince of a faraway kingdom. When she set off for her new home, her mother gave her a maid for a companion on the journey.

But instead of serving the princess, the wicked maid stole her place.

For a year the true princess toiled away like a common goose girl, while the wicked maid lived high in the palace, fooling the kingdom. But the truth came out. The princess took back her name, her crown, and her husband, and the imposter died for her crimes.

Then one day, the wicked maid...

...told her own story.

Dangerous magic, a tormented romance, and lethal betrayals come to a head in the thrilling sequel to Margaret Owen's The Merciful Crow.

As the new chieftain of the Crows, Fie knows better than to expect a royal to keep his word. Still she?s hopeful that Prince Jasimir will fulfill his oath to protect her fellow Crows. But then black smoke fills the sky, signaling the death of King Surimir and the beginning of Queen Rhusana's ruthless bid for the throne.

Queen Rhusana wins popular support by waging a brutal campaign against the Crows, blaming them for the poisonous plague that wracks the nation.

A desperate Fie clings onto a prophecy that a long-forgotten god will return and provide a cure to the plague. Fie must team up with old friends? and an old flame? to track down a dead god and save her people.

В мире, разделенном на касты, волшебные способности дарованы всем, кроме низшей, презренной — Ворон. Зато чародеи из Ворон умеют пользоваться способностями всех остальных. Когда жестокая королева Русана задумывает убить принца Жасимира, Фу — юная будущая предводительница племени Ворон — клянется доставить принца и его телохранителя в безопасное место, но с…

A future chieftain

Fie abides by one rule: look after your own. Her Crow caste of undertakers and mercy-killers takes more abuse than coin, but when they’re called to collect royal dead, she’s hoping they’ll find the payout of a lifetime.

A fugitive prince

When Crown Prince Jasimir turns out to have faked his death, Fie’s ready to cut her losses—and perhaps his throat. But he offers a wager that she can’t refuse: protect him from a ruthless queen, and he’ll protect the Crows when he reigns.

A too-cunning bodyguard

Hawk warrior Tavin has always put Jas’s life before his, magically assuming the prince’s appearance and shadowing his every step. But what happens when Tavin begins to want something to call his own?