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Nicola Marter was born with a gift: when she touches an object, she sometimes glimpses those who have owned it before. When the gallery she works in receives a wooden carving she can see the object’s history and knows that it was named after the Firebird, the mythical bird that inspires an old Russian fairytale and was once owned by Russia’s famed Empress Catherine.

Nicola’s investigation into the Firebird’s origin draws her into the 1715 world of Anna Logan and leads her on a quest through Scotland, France and Russia, unearthing a tale of love and sacrifice, of courage and redemption

Nicola Marter was born with a gift: when she touches an object, she sometimes glimpses those who have owned it before. When the gallery she works in receives a wooden carving she…

A startlingly original voice makes her literary debut with this wondrous coming-of-age story infused with Chinese folklore, romantic intrigue, adventure, and fascinating, dreamlike twists

One evening, my father asked me whether I would like to become a ghost bride. . . .

Though ruled by British overlords, the Chinese of colonial Malaya still cling to ancient customs. And in the sleepy port town of Malacca, ghosts and superstitions abound.

Li Lan, the daughter of a genteel but bankrupt family, has few prospects. But fate intervenes when she receives an unusual proposal from the wealthy and powerful Lim family. They want her to become a ghost bride for the family's only son, who recently died under mysterious circumstances. Rarely practiced, traditional ghost marriages are used to placate restless spirits. Such a union would guarantee Li Lan a home for the rest of her days, but at a terrible price.

After an ominous visit to the opulent Lim mansion, Li Lan finds herself haunted not only by her ghostly would-be suitor, but also by her desire for the Lims' handsome new heir, Tian Bai. Night after night, she is drawn into the shadowy parallel world of the Chinese afterlife, with its ghost cities, paper funeral offerings, vengeful spirits, and monstrous bureaucracy—including the mysterious Er Lang, a charming but unpredictable guardian spirit. Li Lan must uncover the Lim family's darkest secrets—and the truth about her own family—before she is trapped in this ghostly world forever.

A startlingly original voice makes her literary debut with this wondrous coming-of-age story infused with Chinese folklore, romantic intrigue, adventure, and fascinating,…

Princess and heir to the throne of Thorvaldor, Nalia's led a privileged life at court. But everything changes when it's revealed, just after her sixteenth birthday, that she is a false princess, a stand-in for the real Nalia, who has been hidden away for her protection. Cast out with little more than the clothes on her back, the girl now called Sinda must leave behind the city of Vivaskari, her best friend, Keirnan, and the only life she's ever known.

Sinda is sent to live with her only surviving relative, an aunt who is a dyer in a distant village. She is a cold, scornful woman with little patience for her newfound niece, and Sinda proves inept at even the simplest tasks. But when Sinda discovers that magic runs through her veins - long-suppressed, dangerous magic that she must learn to control - she realizes that she can never learn to be a simple village girl.

Returning to Vivaskari for answers, Sinda finds her purpose as a wizard scribe, rediscovers the boy who saw her all along, and uncovers a secret that could change the course of Thorvaldor's history, forever.

Princess and heir to the throne of Thorvaldor, Nalia's led a privileged life at court. But everything changes when it's revealed, just after her sixteenth birthday, that she is a…

Four girls. One dead body. A whole lot of guilt.
Alice King isn't expecting the holiday of a lifetime when she sets off with her classmates on a trip to the Scottish wilderness, but she's not exactly prepared for an experience beyond her darkest nightmares...
Alice and her best friend Cass are stuck in a cabin with Polly, the social outcast, and Rae, the moody emo-girl. Then there's Tara - queen of mean. Powerful, beautiful and cruel, she likes nothing better than putting people down.
Cass decides it's time to teach Tara a lesson she'll never forget. And so begins a series of events that will change the lives of these girls forever...
A compelling story of guilty secrets, troubled friendship and burgeoning love.

Four girls. One dead body. A whole lot of guilt.
Alice King isn't expecting the holiday of a lifetime when she sets off with her classmates on a trip to the Scottish wilderness,…

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*** #1 Bestseller in Vampire Romance, Paranormal & Fantasy. More than 700 Five Star Reviews (Amazon USA & UK). *** Recommended Read on USA Today's Happy Ever After Blog. "...an…

In Victorian London, the Whitechapel section is a mechanized, steam-driven hell, cut off and ruled by two mysterious, mechanical gods-Mama Engine and Grandfather Clock. Some years have passed since the Great Uprising, when humans rose up to fight against the machines, but a few brave veterans of the Uprising have formed their own Resistance-and are gathering for another attack. For now they have a secret weapon that may finally free them-or kill them all.

In Victorian London, the Whitechapel section is a mechanized, steam-driven hell, cut off and ruled by two mysterious, mechanical gods-Mama Engine and Grandfather Clock. Some years…

In this sequel to the bestselling fantasy thriller, Angelfall, the survivors of the angel apocalypse begin to scrape back together what's left of the modern world.

When a group of people capture Penryn's sister Paige, thinking she's a monster, the situation ends in a massacre. Paige disappears. Humans are terrified. Mom is heartbroken.

Penryn drives through the streets of San Francisco looking for Paige. Why are the streets so empty? Where is everybody? Her search leads her into the heart of the angels' secret plans where she catches a glimpse of their motivations, and learns the horrifying extent to which the angels are willing to go.

Meanwhile, Raffe hunts for his wings. Without them, he can't rejoin the angels, can't take his rightful place as one of their leaders. When faced with recapturing his wings or helping Penryn survive, which will he choose?

In this sequel to the bestselling fantasy thriller, Angelfall, the survivors of the angel apocalypse begin to scrape back together what's left of the modern world.

When a group…

It isn’t easy being the rather overlooked and unhappy youngest sibling to sisters named for the other six days of the week. Sunday’s only comfort is writing stories, although what she writes has a terrible tendency to come true.

When Sunday meets an enchanted frog who asks about her stories, the two become friends. Soon that friendship deepens into something magical. One night Sunday kisses her frog goodbye and leaves, not realizing that her love has transformed him back into Rumbold, the crown prince of Arilland—and a man Sunday’s family despises.

The prince returns to his castle, intent on making Sunday fall in love with him as the man he is, not the frog he was. But Sunday is not so easy to woo. How can she feel such a strange, strong attraction for this prince she barely knows? And what twisted secrets lie hidden in his past—and hers?

It isn’t easy being the rather overlooked and unhappy youngest sibling to sisters named for the other six days of the week. Sunday’s only comfort is writing stories, although what…

Handpicked to look after the first-ever L'eihr exchange student, Cara isn't sure what to think when she meets Aelyx. Humans and L'eihrs have nearly identical DNA, but cold, infuriatingly brilliant Aelyx couldn't seem more alien. But when Cara's classmates get swept up by anti-L'eihr paranoia, Midtown High School suddenly isn't safe anymore. Cara finds support in the last person she expected. She realizes that Aelyx isn't just her only friend; she's fallen hard for him. But Aelyx has been hiding the truth about the purpose of his exchange and its potentially deadly consequences.

Handpicked to look after the first-ever L'eihr exchange student, Cara isn't sure what to think when she meets Aelyx. Humans and L'eihrs have nearly identical DNA, but cold,…

Graceling meets Beauty and the Beast in this sweeping fantasy about one girl's journey to fulfill her destiny and the monster who gets in her way-by stealing her heart.

Based on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny.

Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom-all because of a foolish bargain struck by her father. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him.

With no choice but to fulfill her duty, Nyx resents her family for never trying to save her and hates herself for wanting to escape her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, Nyx abandons everything she's ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan? Seduce him, destroy his enchanted castle, and break the nine-hundred-year-old curse he put on her people.

But Ignifex is not at all what Nyx expected. The strangely charming lord beguiles her, and his castle-a shifting maze of magical rooms-enthralls her.

As Nyx searches for a way to free her homeland by uncovering Ignifex's secrets, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. Even if she could bring herself to love her sworn enemy, how can she refuse her duty to kill him? With time running out, Nyx must decide what is more important: the future of her kingdom, or the man she was never supposed to love.

Graceling meets Beauty and the Beast in this sweeping fantasy about one girl's journey to fulfill her destiny and the monster who gets in her way-by stealing her heart.

Based…

Er weiß nicht, wie er heißt. Er hat keine Ahnung, wo er herkommt. Er kann sich nicht erinnern, wie er nach Berlin kam, und seit wann er hier auf der Straße lebt. Die Obdachlosen, mit denen er umherzieht, nennen ihn Noah, weil dieser Name tätowiert auf der Innenseite seiner Handfläche steht. Noahs Suche nach seiner Herkunft wird zu einer Tour de force. Für ihn und die gesamte Menschheit. Denn er ist das wesentliche Element in einer Verschwörung, die das Leben aller Menschen auf dem Planeten gefährdet und schon zehntausende Opfer gefunden hat.

Er weiß nicht, wie er heißt. Er hat keine Ahnung, wo er herkommt. Er kann sich nicht erinnern, wie er nach Berlin kam, und seit wann er hier auf der Straße lebt. Die Obdachlosen,…

Dr. Suker ist einer der besten Augenchirurgen der Welt. Und Psychopath. Tagsüber führt er die kompliziertesten Operationen am menschlichen Auge durch. Nachts widmet er sich besonderen Patientinnen: Frauen, denen er im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes die Augen öffnet. Denn bevor er sie vergewaltigt, entfernt er ihnen sorgfältig die Augenlider. Bisher haben alle Opfer kurz danach Selbstmord begangen. Aus Mangel an Zeugen und Beweisen bittet die Polizei Alina Gregoriev um Mithilfe. Die blinde Physiotherapeutin, die seit dem Fall des Augensammlers als Medium gilt, soll Hinweise auf Sukers nächste „Patientin“ geben. Zögernd lässt sich Alina darauf ein - und wird von dieser Sekunde an in einen Strudel aus Wahn und Gewalt gerissen ...

Dr. Suker ist einer der besten Augenchirurgen der Welt. Und Psychopath. Tagsüber führt er die kompliziertesten Operationen am menschlichen Auge durch. Nachts widmet er sich…

Erst tötet er die Mutter, dann verschleppt er das Kind und gibt dem Vater 45 Stunden Zeit für die Suche. Das ist seine Methode. Nach Ablauf der Frist stirbt das Opfer in seinem Versteck. Doch damit ist das Grauen nicht vorbei: Den aufgefundenen Leichen fehlt jeweils das linke Auge. Bislang hat der »Augensammler« keine brauchbare Spur hinterlassen. Da meldet sich eine mysteriöse Zeugin: Alina Gregoriev, eine blinde Physiotherapeutin, die behauptet, durch bloße Körperberührungen in die Vergangenheit ihrer Patienten sehen zu können. Und gestern habe sie womöglich den Augensammler behandelt …

Erst tötet er die Mutter, dann verschleppt er das Kind und gibt dem Vater 45 Stunden Zeit für die Suche. Das ist seine Methode. Nach Ablauf der Frist stirbt das Opfer in seinem…

Marc Lucas hat ein Problem, und dieses Problem ist ein im wahrsten Sinn des Wortes existentielles. Bei einem Autounfall hat er vor kurzem, seiner Erinnerung nach, durch eigenes Verschulden seine Frau und sein ungeborenes Kind verloren. Und diese Erinnerung versucht er durch das spektakuläre Experiment einer Privatklinik zu verlieren.

Aber als Lucas die Klinik wieder verlässt, ohne am Experiment überhaupt teilgenommen zu haben, findet er sich in einem Albtraum wieder. An seiner Wohnung sind die Schlösser und das Türschild ausgewechselt, unter seiner Handynummer meldet sich eine fremde Person, die behauptet, er zu sein. Und dann häufen sich auch noch die Verdachtsmomente, dass seine schwangere Frau noch lebt. Aber: Was ist eigentlich Einbildung, was Erinnerung und was Wirklichkeit? Marc Lucas beginnt, sich der Situation zu stellen – und kommt einem wahrhaft außergewöhnlichen Komplott auf die Spur...

Splitter von Sebastian Fitzek ist ein Phänomen. Das hat vor allem damit zu tun, dass der Berliner Autor seinem Leser von Anfang an keine Sekunde zur Erholung lässt. So hangelt man sich bei der Lektüre von Cliffhanger zu Cliffhanger. Die Enttäuschung kommt dann kurz vor Schluss – an der Stelle nämlich, wo es um die Auflösung von Lucas’ vermeintlicher Paranoia geht. Aber das letzte Kapitel, das als „Nachklapp“ zur ursprünglichen Geschichte angelegt ist, macht mit seinen überraschenden Irritationsmomenten dann alles wieder wett.

So ist Splitter alles in allem ein fulminanter, da rasanter und unwiderstehlich spannender Thriller geworden, der seine Leser von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite immer wieder überrascht. - Stefan Kellerer

Marc Lucas hat ein Problem, und dieses Problem ist ein im wahrsten Sinn des Wortes existentielles. Bei einem Autounfall hat er vor kurzem, seiner Erinnerung nach, durch eigenes…

Sie wurden nicht vergewaltigt. Nicht gefoltert. Nicht getötet. Ihnen geschah viel Schlimmeres ...

Drei Frauen – alle jung, schön und lebenslustig – verschwinden spurlos. Nur eine Woche in den Fängen des Psychopathen, den die Presse den »Seelenbrecher« nennt, genügt: Als die Frauen wieder auftauchen, sind sie psychisch gebrochen – wie lebendig in ihrem Körper begraben. Kurz vor Weihnachten wird der Seelenbrecher wieder aktiv, ausgerechnet in einer psychiatrischen Luxusklinik. Ärzte und Patienten müssen entsetzt feststellen, dass man den Täter unerkannt eingeliefert hat, kurz bevor die Klinik durch einen Schneesturm völlig von der Außenwelt abgeschnitten wurde. In der Nacht des Grauens, die nun folgt, zeigt der Seelenbrecher, dass es kein Entkommen gibt …

Sie wurden nicht vergewaltigt. Nicht gefoltert. Nicht getötet. Ihnen geschah viel Schlimmeres ...

Drei Frauen – alle jung, schön und lebenslustig – verschwinden spurlos. Nur…

In seiner Jugend litt Leon Nader an Schlafstörungen. Als Schlafwandler wurde er während seiner nächtlichen Ausflüge sogar gewalttätig und deswegen psychiatrisch behandelt. Eigentlich glaubte er geheilt zu sein - doch eines Tages, Jahre später, verschwindet Leons Frau unter unerklärlichen Umständen aus der gemeinsamen Wohnung. Ist seine Krankheit etwa wieder ausgebrochen? Um zu erfahren, wie er sich im Schlaf verhält, befestigt Leon eine bewegungsaktive Kamera an seiner Stirn – und als er am nächsten Morgen das Video ansieht, macht er eine Entdeckung, die die Grenzen seiner Vorstellungskraft sprengt: Sein nächtliches Ich steigt durch eine ihm völlig unbekannte Tür hinab in die Dunkelheit …

In seiner Jugend litt Leon Nader an Schlafstörungen. Als Schlafwandler wurde er während seiner nächtlichen Ausflüge sogar gewalttätig und deswegen psychiatrisch behandelt.…

Rechtsmediziner Paul Herzfeld findet im Kopf einer monströs zugerichteten Leiche die Telefonnummer seiner Tochter. Hannah wurde verschleppt – und für Herzfeld beginnt eine perverse Schnitzeljagd. Denn der psychopathische Entführer hat eine weitere Leiche auf Helgoland mit Hinweisen präpariert.
Herzfeld hat jedoch keine Chance, an die Informationen zu kommen. Die Hochseeinsel ist durch einen Orkan vom Festland abgeschnitten, die Bevölkerung bereits evakuiert. Unter den wenigen Menschen, die geblieben sind, ist die Comiczeichnerin Linda, die den Toten am Strand gefunden hat. Verzweifelt versucht Herzfeld sie zu überreden, die Obduktion nach seinen telefonischen Anweisungen durchzuführen. Doch Linda hat noch nie ein Skalpell berührt. Geschweige denn einen Menschen seziert …

Rechtsmediziner Paul Herzfeld findet im Kopf einer monströs zugerichteten Leiche die Telefonnummer seiner Tochter. Hannah wurde verschleppt – und für Herzfeld beginnt eine…

Despite outward appearances, Veronica Welling’s life is far from perfect. Her boyfriend is more into her competition, her mom treats her like a meal ticket, and the blond stranger who keeps appearing out of nowhere—well, he’d be darn near perfect, if he were real. After Vee catches her boyfriend cheating, an epic summer in Scotland with her best friend Mackenna Reid seems like the ultimate escape. Neither girl has any clue they’re about to step into a destiny bigger than they could ever imagine.

Through a series of clues left by Kenna’s aunt, Vee and Kenna open a portal and are transported to a thriving kingdom outside of time and place. For Vee, the land of Doon is the fairytale she’s always longed for, complete with the gorgeous blond stranger—who happens to be a flesh and blood prince. But rather than acting like her knight in shining armor, Jamie MacCrae treats her like a leper. Meanwhile, Jamie’s brother Duncan shows obvious interest in Kenna, but she shuts him down, fearing that a “love connection” will prevent her from returning to the modern world.

But the girls’ presence in Doon could break the enchantment that protects the realm. In order to save Doon, the girls must risk everything—life, love, and future—before the kingdom vanishes forever into the mists.

Doon is inspired by the premise of the musical Brigadoon, used with generous permission from the Alan Jay Lerner Estate and the Frederick Loewe Foundation. Follow the journey using the buttons to the right.

Despite outward appearances, Veronica Welling’s life is far from perfect. Her boyfriend is more into her competition, her mom treats her like a meal ticket, and the blond stranger…

Anna hasn’t a friend in the world – until she meets Marnie among the sand dunes. But Marnie isn’t all she seems… An atmospheric ghost story with truths to tell about friendship, families and loneliness.
Anna lives with foster parents, a misfit with no friends, always on the outside of things. Then she is sent to Norfolk to stay with old Mr and Mrs Pegg, where she runs wild on the sand dunes and around the water. There is a house, the Marsh House, which she feels she recognises – and she soon meets a strange little girl called Marnie, who becomes Anna’s first ever friend. Then one day, Marnie vanishes. A new family, the Lindsays, move into the Marsh House. Having learnt so much from Marnie about friendship, Anna makes firm friends with the Lindsays – and learns some strange truths about Marnie, who was not all she seemed…

Anna hasn’t a friend in the world – until she meets Marnie among the sand dunes. But Marnie isn’t all she seems… An atmospheric ghost story with truths to tell about friendship,…

Charles Bukowski examines cats and his childhood in You Get So Alone at Times, a book of poetry that reveals his tender side. He delves into his youth to analyze its repercussions.