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Cordelia Carstairs es una cazadora de sombras, una guerrera entrenada para luchar contra demonios. Cuando su padre es acusado de un crimen atroz, ella y su hermano viajan a Londres para evitar la ruina de la familia. Pronto, Cordelia se reencontrará con sus amigos de infancia, Jame y Lucie Herondale, y es arrastrada por su mundo de bailes elegantes, encuentros secretos y reuniones sobrenaturales, donde vampiros y brujos se mezclan con sirenasy magos. Pero la nueva vida de Cordelia salta por los aires cuando unos demonios arrasan Londres.

Wem kannst du vertrauen, wenn jede Fehlentscheidung den Tod bedeutet? Der brandneue Bestseller von Cassandra Clare! Ein Massaker hat den Palast von Castellan in Blut getränkt. Schwertfänger Kel muss die Schuldigen finden. Doch die einzigen Hinweise auf das Verbrechen hütet der Lumpensammlerkönig. Dieser Verbrecher hält aber nicht nur Kels Schicksal in der Hand: Auch die Heilerin Lin ist durch ein unheilvolles Bündnis dem Lumpensammlerkönig ausgeliefert.

À Castellane, il y a toujours eu deux rois. Tout Castellane ne parle plus que du massacre qui a ébranlé l'Éminence. Pour honorer son serment, Kel se doit d'en démasquer les instigateurs, quitte à mentir à celui qu'il considère comme son frère. À force d'enquêter, il lève le voile sur...

It's been five years since the events of City of Heavenly Fire that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents and avenging her losses. Together with her parabatai, Julian Blackthorn, Emma must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. If only her heart didn't lead her in treacherous directions....

The realm of Krestoria was shattered; torn apart by a feared witch and a Fae king whose war left scars that never healed. From the war rose the Guardians’ Keep, a fortress built to protect children from magic’s destruction… or so the world was told. Avery Ashgrove has spent her entire life behind the Keep’s stone walls and iron gates, taught to believe that magic is darkness—and those who once wielded it were monsters. But as her time in the Keep nears its end, a forbidden passage reveals itself, and whispers of long-buried secrets begin to rise.

Niemals wird sie den Tag vergessen, an dem ihre Eltern starben. Die 17-jährige Emma Carstairs war noch ein Kind, als sie damals ermordet wurden, und es herrschte Krieg. Die Wesen der Unterwelt kämpften bis aufs Blut gegeneinander, und die Schattenjäger, die Erzfeinde der Dämonen, wurden fast völlig ausgelöscht. Aber Emma glaubt bis heute nicht, dass ihre Eltern Opfer dieses dunklen Krieges wurden, sondern dass sie aus einem anderen rätselhaften Grund sterben mussten.

Potent and timely lessons on healing and connection―both individually and collectively―through the wisdom and magic of honeybees. We’ve heard the refrain to save the bees, but what if the bees can save us too? Beloved equity educators, authors, and beekeepers Michelle Cassandra Johnson and...

Someone is killing students and we don't know why, much less who. My gut tells me my mother is paw deep in this nightmare, but is she the one pulling the strings or is there a darker force at play? With my besties and the five professors who have sworn to protect me, I'm coming back to a viper's nest of enemies and dark secrets. Until we figure out who the murderer lurking in our midst is, I'll never be safe.

She came for a fresh start... Not a fake boyfriend. When Claire Riley gets dumped on the eve of her 30th birthday, she’s blindsided. A spur-of-the-moment ski trip seems like the perfect escape, until she runs into her ex... With his new girlfriend. Shocked and desperate for a lifeline, Claire accepts a proposal from a charming stranger to pose as her fake-boyfriend. What begins as a simple act of saving face turns into a journey that reveals a fresh start in life and love—the kind that only God could have planned. Enjoy this clean, Christian romantic comedy from author Cassandra Joelle!

Unlock the potential of land investing with Land Investing Guide: Due Diligence Checklist for Buying Vacant Land. This comprehensive book is your ultimate resource for navigating the complex process of purchasing vacant land. With 70 detailed chapters, each focusing on a critical aspect of due diligence, this guide is essential for both beginner and seasoned land investors.

Award-winning historian Cassandra A. Good shows how the outspoken stepgrandchildren of George Washington played an overlooked but important role in the development of American society and politics from the Revolution to the Civil War. While it’s widely known in America that George and Martha...

She’s spent years learning how to be unbreakable. But what happens when someone finally sees the cracks? Geri has built her life around control. Of her image, her past, and the secrets that could unravel her. She keeps people at arm’s length, safe behind sarcasm and strength. Letting someone in was never part of the plan. Until one wiggles through.

Paying off a debt to the gods is never easy. In Kuala Lumpur, deities from a handful of major faiths tiptoe around each other and damned souls number in the millions. Now the Dragon King of the South wants to throw sorcerer and former triad soldier Rupert Wong right in it. The ocean god's daughter and her once-mortal husband have been murdered, leaving a single clue: bloodied feathers from the Greek furies. It's a clue that could start a war between pantheons, and Rupert's stuck in the middle.

Picking up right where The Ancient Ones left off, David has just discovered the diabolical brother he left for dead in 15th-century Romania has returned. Making matters even stranger, the news is delivered by his old friend, Danulf, the half-vampyre/half-lycanthrope he had also presumed dead.

Chloe and Ronan know what it feels like to be in limbo with each other. They felt it when they first met—when they were more than friends but not quite dating—and they feel it now, two years later. The difference? Instead of sneaking glances at each other and flirting like they used to, now they’re avoiding one another and ignoring the elephant in the room. They broke up three weeks ago and still have to survive a weekend together.

Finn looks and acts human, though he has no desire to be. He was programmed to assist his owners, and performs his duties to perfection. A billion-dollar construct, his primary task now is to tutor Cat. As she grows into a beautiful young woman, Finn is her guardian, her constant companion…and more. But when the government grants rights to the ever-increasing robot population, however, Finn struggles to find his place in the world, and in Cat’s heart.

Natalie Roche has made it. She has her life, her independence, and her rock-and-roll dream job: a talent manager in LA, at the world’s largest music management firm. But when Natalie’s grandmother dies and leaves her the family house in Appalachian Maryland, she has no choice but to trek her way back east and confront the past she’s worked so hard to escape. But luckily for her, family drama isn’t the only thing she finds in the mountains.

Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) is one of the world's best-selling, most cherished authors of children's literature whose books have enchanted generations for over a hundred years. Yet how she achieved this legendary status is just one of several stories of her remarkable and surprising life. Inspired by her 23 "tales", Matthew Dennison takes a selection of quotations from Potter's stories and uses them to explore her multifaceted life and character: repressed Victorian daughter; thwarted lover; artistic genius; formidable countrywoman.

NPR's Books We Love 2023 Equal parts investigative and deeply introspective, The Wreck is a profound memoir about recognizing the echoes of history within ourselves, and the alchemy of turning inherited grief into renewal. There is a secret that young Cassandra Jackson doesn’t know, and it’s...

Celine Montclaire goes to the Shadow Market to escape. She would go anywhere in Paris, or the entire world, to escape the suffering she experiences at the hands of her family. She did not expect to meet Valentine Morgenstern there, or to have him promise her freedom and the heart of the man she...