Títulos em Contos de Fada

Scotland, 1815. Romani storyteller, Mairead, has always longed for a home and a family. But when she marries Lachlan, a Scottish fisherman, she is met with suspicion and scorn by the people of Auchenmeall, who despise her Gypsy heritage and her stories. Her life becomes even more perilous when her husband pulls a bottle from the sea that contains a genie, who gives Mairead a year to choose her own death. As the genie’s curse looms over her, Mairead must deal with accusations of witchcraft, betrayal, and murder, as well as the secrets and lies that threaten to tear her family apart.

Santa’s wife Sandra insists that they go on holiday pretending to be normal people. What could possibly go wrong? But, of course, Santa stands as an innocent bystander to his own chaos as Sandra's hopes for a quiet sunshine holiday fall into disarray

After being transformed into a woman for 10 days and experiencing what it is to be a woman in a culture that does not respect women, Odin returns to his masculine form remembering every aspect of his time as a woman. Odin has been transformed into a complete warrior, not just a great fighter. He has learned to balance his own own masculine and feminine energies and has kept his heart fully open while maintaining his lethal warrior's spirit. Odin begins making changes immediately that shock the entire kingdom—changes that are gut-wrenching for some and heart-warming for others.

An ancient creature stirs, a mysterious figure watches, and four kids are caught in the middle. Four teenagers—Momo, who nearly lost her life the day she was born, at the hands of her own father; Mia, a brilliant mind wrapped in effortless beauty; and best friends Tyson and Lucas, inseparable since the moment they met—find themselves stranded in the middle of the ocean. But something is wrong. Their memories have been stolen. Who—or what—has done this? As doubt creeps in, questions arise: Are they truly as close as they seem? Do they carry hidden agendas of their own?

In this enchanting, poignant novella from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Spinning Silver and the Scholomance trilogy, a young witch who has inadvertently cursed her brother to live a life without love must find a way to undo her spell. Celia discovers her talent for magic on the day her beloved oldest brother Argent leaves home. Furious at being left behind, she lashes out, not realising her childish, angry words will suddenly become imbued with the power of prophecy, dooming him to a life without love.

Unter der Wasseroberfläche des Sees lauert ein Monster: Jenny Greenteeth ist immer hungrig und bereit zum Angriff. Bis eines Tages ein wütender Mob eine Hexe in ihren See wirft. Obwohl die beiden nichts gemeinsam haben, müssen sie ihre Kräfte auf einer magischen Quest vereinen, um das Böse zu besiegen, das Jennys See und Temperances Familie bedroht.

When Detective Stayer takes a job in the idyllic Australian beach town of Thoorgala, he hopes it will offer a chance to reconnect with his sister, Ruby, who he hasn’t spoken to in almost a decade. As local women are found murdered on the sand dunes, marked with a peculiar symbol, locals begin blaming Tall Harry, a shadowy urban legend, as the culprit.

With the promise of finally learning her mother’s secrets, Brinna and her family gather together. Only somewhere between the truth and lies, Brinna wakes to find she’s trapped in a space in between the world awake and the nightmares of her family. All of them are asleep. Learning she has the ability to move from dream to dream, Brinna tries to find a way out of the dream world, but she’s stuck, unable to fix what’s ailing her family. But then an unexpected thing happens, Lucian Uraiahs, god of day and light, walks into her dream.

A phonograph cylinder that plays on a loop for eternity, casting out ghostly spectres of violence; a centuries-old stew made of severed body parts; a bigoted woman working at an ossuary, the bones she watches over her only remaining friends; three siblings who set out to scatter their father's ashes, a man none of them could stand; and a hag stone sitting in the pocket of a witch. Uncanny and unsettling, wild and wyrd, the ten stories in this collection showcase the best of folk horror.

I wasn’t supposed to fall for a werewolf. He wasn’t supposed to break my heart. But he did—and I’m done letting ancient fairy tales decide my future. Sure, I’m named after the original Red Riding Hood (the real one, not the sanitized bedtime version), and yes, I was supposed to follow in her footsteps: master silver magic, protect the veil between humans and the supernatural, and become the next “wolf watcher” of the House of Red. But honestly? I’d rather eat dumplings and avoid werewolves altogether. That plan works… until Tobias Somfield shows up. He’s English. He’s brooding.

Tauchen Sie ein in den herzzerreißenden Abschluss der Jahrtausende umspannenden epischen Saga, in der uralte Flüche auf moderne Liebe und Intrigen treffen. In „Tutanchamun – Der Fluch dahinter der goldenen Maske: Das Ende des Fluchs“ intensiviert sich der Kampf um die Beendigung eines jahrhundertealten Fluchs und spinnt eine Geschichte voller Geheimnisse, Liebe und unerbittlicher Verfolgung.

Ambrose, a young vampire, lives a life secreted away from the modern world with the rest of his clan, all of them under the spell of the charismatic Regina, who spins stories of salvation for their kind. Their grand plan? To build makeshift wings and fly to the moon where a safe haven awaits for all vampires. But Ambrose harbours a secret: he is not ready to abandon the earth, and he is in contact with a human who believes he can be saved. As the rest of his kind prepare to flee their home, Ambrose is torn between loyalties.

Emira has been a slave her entire life. But when she is rescued from execution by a harpy warrior and his fae comrade, Emira finds herself in the Southern Realm of the Fae Lands. Here, she discovers that her previous master may have more influence and power than she originally thought. He enters her dreams, threatening her with death if she tells anyone about his realm. And as Emira grows healthy, the powers that she possesses as a siren and fae hybrid begin to emerge, and her heart begins to feel for another what it never has before.

Keep your friends close. Keep your enemies thrown in a volcano never to be seen again. Well, that was the plan anyway. Now, in the midst of sorting out some good ol’ daddy issues, Connor has to rescue Laren and the rest of the Elite council from a historically known baddie. If He-Who-Should-Not-Be-Named and Keyser Söze had a best friend, Vercin would be him. Connor will have to put his huevos rancheros on the line to stop Vercin from doing a boatload of bad things. Like really bad. The board is set, the pieces are ready, and the fate of the world will be decided by the victor.

My life was perfectly on track until the night my parents died. A car crash ripped them away from me and flung me into the grips of my greedy foster father, John. Now I'm fixing cars for minimum wage and trying to lay low until my 21st birthday, when my inheritance—and freedom—will finally be mine. Then I discover the ugly truth: John's conspiring with Sherwood County's corrupt sheriff to lock me down in a conservatorship and steal what's rightfully mine. The good ol' boys network won't blink an eye, and if I stick around, I'll be trapped for life.

Adam Conlan has made a new life for himself in Morrow-on-Sea. After a wild youth, the goldsmith had settled down, determined to be around for his young son. But now Ophelia Richards appears at his studio door, asking if he will buy her gold. The writer entices and unsettles him; he sees she is adrift in the same cold pain and loneliness as he is. At the same time, faces begin appearing at the studio window, an unwelcome gift arrives in the post, gold goes missing.

Believing they've earned a place in the Faerie kingdom of Tír na nÓg, Eala, a folklore academic, and her time traveler soulmate, Sionnach, are about to face the harsh reality that mischief and misdirection lurk at the very core of Fae bargains. When Finnbheara, King of the Connacht Fae, confronts the pair on the threshold of his domain, he declares only Eala, by virtue of her Faerie origins, is welcome into his land of eternal youth. Desperate not to be separated from Sionnach, she agrees to a bargain with the wily king to grant the lovers a future together in the Fae realm.

Büren im Jahr 1042 Alban ist ein einsamer Junge. Der Elfjährige wächst ohne Liebe bei seinem Vater Siegfried und seinem fünf Jahre älteren Bruder Xaver auf. Die beiden machen Alban dafür verantwortlich, dass die Mutter Amalie bei seiner Geburt gestorben ist. Im ganzen Dorf sehen die Leute weg, obwohl sie von den Misshandlungen wissen, nur Agathe eine alte Frau hilft dem verängstigen Jungen. Er flüchtet sich nach Angriffen immer wieder in ihr Haus und versteckt sich bei ihr. Doch Xaver hört nicht auf Alban das Leben schwer zu machen.

I was born to be forgotten. Cast down, exiled, left to rule the dead in a kingdom of frost and silence. The gods feared me from the moment I took my first breath—the half-living daughter of Loki, bound to a fate I never chose. While my brothers were chained and cast into the sea, I was thrown into the abyss of Niflheim, a world of shadows and restless souls. Here, I was meant to wither. Instead, I became queen. But even the ruler of the dead is not free. When the golden god Baldur arrives at my gates, the gods come pleading for his release. They believe I am heartless. They are wrong.

A disillusioned lady knight and the princess she never meant to rescue… Imprisoned in a witch’s tower eighteen years ago, Princess Eliza did not expect to still be waiting. Now past the age of thirty, with several alarming silver strands in her hair, the rescue attempts are growing rarer, and her only companions remain several well-loved bookshelves and her own increasingly lonely mind. Destitute and out of options, Sir Kaylen accepts the king of Alludan’s doomed quest (and reward) to rescue his daughter.