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As niece of the king, Elise Lysander cares about two things: sneaking into gambling dens, and avoiding an advantageous marriage at all costs. When her uncle holds the life of her deathly ill father over her head, reluctantly, Elise puts her fate into the hands of Legion Grey, the handsome and mysterious dowry negotiator. He may be arrogant and infuriating, but soon Legion incites a blistering, forbidden passion she can’t ignore.

His enemies stole the woman who claimed his soul. They betrayed him out of greed and desire for the crown, but they won't die for that betrayal. No. They'll die for touching her. His heart belongs to a stunning little bird. He will never stop searching for her light across the skies. Not until the blood of his enemies spills at her feet, and his queen wears their bones around her neck.

Skadi first met her husband-to-be with blades in hand on the opposite side of a battle. She lost, and he claimed his prize. To her horror, the king of the shadow elven agrees to marry her off to Jonas, a prince in the fae realms, as a way to unite their kingdoms against a shared enemy—the light elves. Skadi knows the marriage is nothing but a political game. Feelings won't come into play. Except her new husband makes not falling in love... challenging. When new threats arise, Skadi must decide either to love her enemy or keep him alive by betraying him to another.

For years, Erik, the scarred king of the Ever Kingdom, has thought of nothing but vengeance against the man who killed his father and trapped him beneath the waves, making him a prisoner in his own realm. Until his enemy's daughter unintentionally breaks the chains on the Ever, and Erik makes her the unwitting pawn in his vicious game of revenge. She's innocent. He's vicious. He will take back what he lost, no matter the price. Unless she steals his heart first.

To take her place as rightful queen, Malin Strom stands by the side of the Nightrender and his guild of thieves in the fight to take a throne she never wanted. Now, as warriors from distant kingdoms answer their call, a new battle begins. But when dark fae side with the Black Palace, Malin and Kase are forced to take drastic measures. If they are to have a hope for victory, they must forge an unwilling alliance with a cruel sea fae, draw out a cursed beast they thought long dead, and even risk the lives of everyone they love by twisting the memories of fate itself.

When wicked men first took the boy she loved, she was a child. Now, they’ve taken him again, but this time…she’s a queen. For weeks, Malin plotted and schemed with the kingdom’s cruelest crooks, the Nightrender and the Guild of Kryv, to infiltrate a wicked masquerade. They survived. They escaped. Most of them. To the underbelly of the kingdom, the Nightrender never made it out of his own scheme. To Malin, he’s only Kase, the man who owns her heart, and who is once again a prisoner of their enemies.

When Elise agreed to break a vicious curse over the man she loved, she never imagined he was a lost fae prince. But Valen left her to carry out vengeance for his slaughtered family. So when she joins the outlaw fae in their uprising against her own sister, all Elise wants is to forget the prince who holds her heart. But fate has a different plan. Reunited in the rescue of a mutual friend, Elise and Valen are forced to decide where they stand in the battle of crowns. As their passion reignites, so too do the dangers threatening to pull them apart for good.

By digging into the truth of her mysterious past, Calista comes face to face with the whispers in the dark and the voice, the bond, with a man some know as the Mad King. Soon, it's clear the king no one has truly seen might have more answers to Calista's past and true purpose than anyone. He might be the only way she survives this fight. Or he could be the one who delivers her destruction.

With darkness spreading across the fae isles, the reluctant raven queen seeks the aid of Calista, the storyteller, and unwittingly falls into a dark tale of twisted fates. To save Ari from being lost in a fae sleep, Saga will reach into the past and uncover deadly secrets left behind by her brother, the last fate king. Both Saga and Ari must unravel the lies of their world if they are to stand a chance at defeating the fiercest enemy yet.

After she lands on the losing side of a war, Saga is sentenced to serve Ari Sekundär, the man she despises. But when Ari is blamed for a tragic assassination, Saga is forced on the run with her reluctant master, and they must work together to survive. Soon hate feels more like passion, and disgust more like desire. What Ari doesn't know is that falling in love with the enemy will have deadly consequences. But how can Saga tell him? If he gives his heart to her, it will unlock a hidden secret that can destroy the kingdom…and end her life.

Malin Strom has been searching for Kase, her childhood sweetheart, since he was lost at the annual masquerade years ago. With her gift for stealing memories, Malin crosses more than one dangerous line to take secrets from those who know what goes on behind the curtain of the wicked festival. But when her brother is traded into the masquerade as punishment for using magic to hide Malin’s gift, her only chance to save him is to enlist the services of a brutal crook—the Nightrender—and he bears a striking resemblance to a face from the past.

As secrets of Castle Ravenspire come to light, Elise and Valen discover their enemies hold more power than they ever imagined. It will take more than blades to defeat them: fulfilling a dangerous request from Valen’s imprisoned brother, destroying a prophecy of fate kept in the hands of Elise's brutal sister, and an unwilling alliance with a shadowed thief from a neighboring kingdom that might end in victory or more death. Blood is calling. War will answer.

Lyra Bien never expected to leave the royal house at Stonegate in one piece after her rare melder magic was revealed. Once she discovered the truth behind the need for her magic and the brutality of her kingdom, Lyra vowed to put an end to the corruption of the crown. But is the enemy of her enemy her friend? Lyra must put her trust in the man who stole her heart . . . then deceived her.

Lyra Bien intended to live a quiet life to avoid the attention of the magic-obsessed king in the fortress of Stonegate. Until Roark Ashwood—the prince’s silent guard and rumored killer for the crown—invades her village and uncovers the truth behind the silver scars in her eyes. To save her best friend from death, she’s forced to reveal her abilities, and is immediately claimed by the crown as the next melder.

The Horus Heresy was the darkest moment in the history of mankind, as brother turned upon brother and threatened to tear the galaxy apart. This bundle of audiobooks delivers an action-packed, yet intimate look at the heroes and villains of the era. In this collection of audiobooks, Black Library stalwarts take on big names and story beats pertaining to some of the landmark events of the Horus Heresy - the greatest conflict the galaxy has ever known.

When Adira's crook of a boss sends her to a Las Vegas casino as one of his goons, her world turns upside down and she's tossed through the gates of a strange, dangerous world of mage courts and curses. Disoriented and convinced she's in a twisted afterlife, Adira is overtaken and robbed by a band of highwaymen whose seductive leader stirs something in her soul. Soon, royal guards rescue her and believe her to be a powerful blood mage, prophesied to protect the kingdom.

Lyra Bien intends to live a quiet life to avoid the attention of magic-obsessed King Damir. Until Roark Ashwood, the monarch’s silent but irresistibly handsome soldier, invades her village and uncovers Lyra’s secret. That she is a melder . . . Gifted in the three magical crafts – bone, blood and soul – a melder is highly sought after. But there is a price: their magic is also the seed of their destruction. Forced to reveal her ability, Lyra is immediately claimed by Roark for the king, to be his next melder. Now the captive of this brooding soldier, she must find a way to escape.

A dagger that burns instead of drawing blood. A family secret too dangerous to repeat. A promise to save someone she loves. Nova is flung into a world of magic, secrets, and sky pirates. Now, she must depend on two men to help her find the way out. One wants her dead, the other would follow her anywhere. But there's legendary magic in the mix, and it's dangerous. They must work together in order to survive, but which one is planning to betray them all?

Der Auftakt der Fae-Romantasy von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin LJ Andrews! Allein der Gedanke an Rache ließ Meer-Faekönig Erik seine jahrelange Gefangenschaft überstehen: an dem Mann, der ihm den Vater und seinen Thron nahm. Als die Tochter ebendieses Erzfeinds, Prinzessin Livia, eines Tages unbewusst die Ketten seines Kerkers sprengt, fasst der König einen Entschluss. Er entführt die Tochter seines Gegners, um sie zu einer Schachfigur in seinem bösen Plan zu machen.

Vor langer Zeit stahlen Elises Vorfahren dem Fae-König die Krone. Jetzt ist es Elises Aufgabe, dafür zu sorgen, dass ihre Familie den Thron behält – und zwar durch eine gute Partie. Das Problem ist nur, dass die junge Adlige sich lieber in Spielhallen herumtreibt statt auf Bällen zu tanzen. Deshalb wird Elises Zukunft in die Hände des mysteriösen Mitgiftunterhändlers Legion Grey gelegt. Er schürt ihren Zorn sowie eine verbotene Leidenschaft. Und er trägt ein Geheimnis in sich, das nicht nur Elises Starrsinn in die Knie zwingen wird, sondern das gesamte Königreich.