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Deux soeurs rivales, deux ambitions dévorantes mais un seul royaume. Laquelle emportera la couronne mais surtout, que laissera-t-elle derrière elle ?

La malédiction était toujours en elle. Les ténèbres ne faisaient que commencer. Wren et Alarik sont désormais liés par le sortilège de sang interdit qu’ils ont lancé. Dévorés par une malédiction, ils doivent trouver la Haute Guérisseuse s’ils veulent espérer survivre.

Deux reines. Une malédiction ancestrale. Pourront-elles y échapper ? Wren et Rose sont enfin reines d’Eana. Mais le retour au pouvoir des sorcières ne plaît pas à tout le monde et une révolte se prépare. Si Rose souhaite entreprendre une tournée royale pour apaiser leur peuple, Wren, elle, ne pense qu’à une chose : se rendre à Gevra pour sauver leur grand-mère du cruel roi Alarik. Alors qu’une ancienne malédiction plane sur elles, les jumelles se retrouvent à nouveau séparées et face à des choix dont les conséquences pourraient s’avérer irréparables.

Wren is troubled. Ever since she performed the blood spell on Prince Ansel, her magic has become unruly. Worse, the spell created a link between Wren and the very man she’s trying to forget: Icy King Alarik of Gevra. A curse is eating away at both of them. To fix it they must journey to the northern mountains—under the watchful guard of Captain Tor Iversen—to consult with the Healer on High.

Wren and Rose rule the kingdom of Eana. But an ancient, powerful enemy moves in the shadows. Oonagh, the twins’ evil undead ancestor, is creating a terrifying army, and she is determined to fight for the throne. Rose must gather support from the four corners of the kingdom whilst she wrestles with what the future holds for her and her beloved Shen. Meanwhile, Wren and Alarik set out to destroy the curse that both unites and weakens them. Caught between the King of Gevra and his Captain of the Guard, Tor, Wren must decide where her heart truly lies.

Vierzehn Jahre ist es her, dass auf einem herrschaftlichen Anwesen in der pittoresken Grafschaft Wiltshire ein Mann im Schlaf erstochen wurde. Zwar sorgte Inspector Matthew Lockyer damals für die Verurteilung der Haushälterin Hedy Lambert, doch diese beteuerte stets ihre Unschuld. Als Hedy nun eindringlich um seinen Besuch im Gefängnis bittet, wird Lockyer gemeinsam mit seiner Kollegin Constable Gemma Broad in den alten Fall zurückgeworfen.

Wren Greenrock has always known that one day she would steal her sister’s place in the palace. Trained from birth to avenge her parents’ murder and usurp the princess, she will do anything to rise to power and protect the community of witches she loves. Princess Rose Valhart knows that with power comes responsibility, including marriage into a brutal kingdom. Life outside the palace walls is a place to be feared, and she is soon to discover that it’s wilder than she ever imagined.

Twin queens Wren and Rose have claimed their crowns...but not everyone is happy about witches sitting on Eana’s throne. Cool-headed Rose sets off on a Royal Tour to win over the doubters, but soon finds herself drawn to the Sunkissed Kingdom. Here secrets are revealed about those closest to her, and Rose finds her loyalties divided. Meanwhile rebellious Wren steals away to the icy north to rescue their beloved grandmother, Banba. But when she accepts King Alarik’s deadly magical bargain in exchange for Banba’s freedom, the spell has unexpected – and far-reaching – consequences.

Wren Greenrock has always known that one day she’d steal her sister’s place on the throne. Trained from birth to return to the palace and avenge her parents’ murder, she’ll do anything to become queen and protect the community of witches who raised her. Or she would, if only a certain guard wasn’t quite so distractingly attractive, and if her reckless magic would stop causing trouble. . . .

Captain Marino Pegasi is never happier than when he’s exploring the oceans. But when his beloved sister, Celeste, falls gravely ill, he is forced to go on a desperate search for a cure. Little does he know that in his search he will find so much more lying beyond the horizon. Does Marino’s fate truly lie in the hands of a bewitching, mysterious mermaid …?

Hollywood has thrilled—and titillated—audiences with tales of women who love monsters since King Kong and The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Our love affair with the ultimate “others” continued as we made the acquaintances of Barnabas Collins, Swamp Thing, the Vampire Lestat, Hellboy, and Shrek. It should come as no surprise that when ViceTV decided to do an episode on “Monsters Fantasies”, they came to Riverdale Avenue Books to interview some of those authors in an episode that aired in March 2018.

Von den verwinkelten Gassen Bristols im Jahre 1831 in die Gegenwart der englischen Hafenstadt. Bristol, Gegenwart: Liv zieht in das Haus ihres verschwundenen Vaters. An der Selbstmordtheorie der Polizei zweifelt sie und hofft, im Haus und in der Werkstatt Hinweise zu finden. Nachts halten Liv seltsame Geräusche und das Weinen eines Babys wach. Ist das Einbildung, oder steckt mehr dahinter? Bristol 1831: Bethia möchte, dass die verwahrloste Louisa im Waisenhaus aufgenommen wird, nicht ahnend, dass das Kind die Geheimnisse ihrer Vergangenheit ans Licht bringen könnte.

Liv Molyneaux ist gerade in das alte Haus ihres Vaters in Bristol gezogen. Er ist verschwunden und Liv glaubt nicht an die Theorie der Polizei, dass er Selbstmord begangen hat. Sie hofft, zwischen Martins Sachen in der Wohnung und der Buchbinderwerkstatt einen Hinweis zu finden. Neben der Trauer um ihr totgeborenes Kind wird Liv nachts immer wieder von seltsamen Geräuschen und dem Weinen eines Babys geweckt. Ist das alles Einbildung, oder steckt mehr dahinter?

England 1922. Da en grusom forbrydelse finder sted i den idylliske landsby Slaughterford, sender det rystelser gennem det lille samfund, som forandrer byen og menneskene i den for altid. Hos den velhavende Hadleigh-familie på Manor Farm arbejder den 15-årige landsbypige Pudding Cartwright i hestestalden.

England, 1922. Zunächst stellt die Ankunft einer Fremden die Idylle und Ordnung des kleinen Dorfes Slaughterford in Wiltshire auf eine harte Probe. Kurz darauf geschieht ein Mord. Verdächtigt wird ein Kriegsheimkehrer, doch zwei Frauen glauben an seine Unschuld. Eine Spurensuche führt das ungleiche Paar in die angrenzenden tiefen Wälder und zu einer Liebe, die unschuldig begann und mehrere Bewohner des Dorfes voller Schuld zurückließ.

From the best-selling author of The Legacy comes an unforgettable novel exploring guilt, love and confronting the truth. April, 1942. Amid the chaos of a night of bombing in Bath, six-year-old Davy Noyle goes missing. Frances Parry, looking after him at the time, is tortured by guilt and refuses to believe that he's dead. As quiet falls and the dust begins to settle on the damaged city, a body is found. But it's the body of a little girl, Frances' best friend, Wyn, who has been missing for over 20 years.

A vicar with a passion for nature, the Reverend Albert Canning leads a happy existence with his naive wife, Hester, in their sleepy Berkshire village in the year 1911. But as the English summer dawns, the Cannings' lives are forever changed by two new arrivals: Cat, their new maid, a disaffected, free-spirited young woman sent down from London after entanglements with the law; and Robin Durrant, a leading expert in the occult, enticed by tales of elemental beings in the water meadows nearby.

When they were children, Erica Calcott and her sister, Beth, spent their summer holidays at Storton Manor. Now, following the death of their grandmother, they have returned to the grand, imposing house in Wiltshire, England. Unable to stem the tide of childhood memories that arise as she sorts through her grandmother's belongings, Erica thinks back to the summer her cousin Henry vanished mysteriously from the estate, an event that tore their family to pieces. It is time, she believes, to lay the past to rest.

Wiltshire, 1922. Fifteen-year old Pudding Cartwright has begun the career she always wanted, as 'girl groom' to the Hadleigh family's horses at Manor Farm. Irene Hadleigh is struggling to adjust to her new life in sleepy Slaughterford, having married Alistair to escape a scandal in London. At a loss to occupy herself, Irene sets about restyling Manor Farm, and during the work the chance finding of a strange object hidden away in the house for years will change everything.

Die Archäologin Joan Seabrook ist fasziniert von der arabischen Welt und begleitet ihren Verlobten in den Oman. Doch das Land befindet sich im Krieg und die ersehnten Erkundungen der Wüste scheinen unmöglich. Dann lernt sie die Entdeckerin Maude Vickery kennen. Die Geschichten der berühmten Dame beeindrucken Joan und ziehen sie in die Geheimnisse des Landes hinein. Bis sie ein Versprechen gibt, das sie für immer verändert.