Urban Contemporary Fiction

Nyssa Blacksea is a wanted woman. The Empire she once served now hunts for her and her unlikely new companion, Quinn. It's only a matter of time until the two women are found and executed. Desperate and with nowhere to turn, Nyssa and Quinn hatch an insane plan—offer the Empire its oldest enemy in exchange for their freedom. But the path to their freedom is fraught with assassins, heart-breaking betrayal, strange gods… and a dangerous queen who demands Nyssa to submit.

Tech designer Sloane Reinhart and her ten-year-old daughter, Gwyneth, were living ordinary lives outside of Milan, Italy, when an extraordinary event occurred. The sky turned to swirling hues of purplish red and blue, and a thunderclap shook the land. Then there was a blinding flash and a gale force of wind that separated Sloane and Gwyn from each other—and Earth.

Lorsque Emma Montana intègre le petit lycée de Lylarock pour son passage en terminale, elle n'aspire qu'à deux choses : la paix et la normalité. Cependant, c'était sans compter sur sa rencontre avec Jace Scott, jeune motard ténébreux au regard de braise. Son surnom ? Jace One Time. Très loin des contes de fées, ce brise cœurs en puissance a la particularité de n'accorder qu'une seule nuit à ses conquêtes, tout comme tous ceux qui vivent au sein de la Réserve amérindienne nichée au cœur de la forêt. Ce garçon n'est pas pour elle, Emma l'a bien compris.

Casa del Chocolate is one of Salem's most charming boutique candy shops, making it a perfect profile story. Although preoccupied with her own personal sweet news—Lee and her detective husband Pete Mondello are expecting a bundle of joy—she cheerfully agrees to interview the chocolatier. Since becoming pregnant, the radiant and exhilarated mother-to-be has discovered that she is finally free of the unwanted haunting "visions" she has endured since childhood.

World-famous (and now retired) photographer Jenvieve Adams has a debt to repay - and a soft spot for modern witches who have lost their way. Or so she thinks, until they actually show up.

It should be the best time of half-vampire Cat Crawfield’s life. With her undead lover, Bones, at her side, she’s successfully protected mortals from the rogue undead. But though Cat’s worn disguise after disguise to keep her true identity a secret from the brazen bloodsuckers, her cover’s finally been blown, placing her in terrible danger.

When Nina Linden is hired to landscape a private island off the New England coast, she sees it as her chance to rebuild her failing business after being cheated by her unscrupulous ex. She never expects that her new client, software mogul Deacon Whitney, would see more in her than just a talented gardener. Deacon has paid top dollar to the crews he’s hired to renovate the desolate Whitney estate - he had to, because the bumps, thumps, and unexplained sightings of ghostly figures in 19th-century dress are driving workers away faster than he can say “Boo.”

Died for a cause. Johnny’s tombstone would read like something you’d find in a dime novel at a used bookstore. Going out like a snuffed candle, his life ended just as it had really begun. Now he’s been given a second chance to fight his way out of the corner he put himself into. In a world of brawls, dirty fights, and hard-hitting cultivators, he must win. Because if he loses, he’ll lose more than just the fight, and it won’t be his life. He already managed that once, after all.

Bo Blackman is a rookie private investigator working for the London based firm of Dire Straits. She doesn't often get triber-based assignments, which is just as well. Vampires and daemons don't interest her as much as humans do... However, when she has to serve a summons on a dodgy daemon called Devlin O'Shea and she ends up saving his life instead of being framed for his murder, her life takes a shocking turn for the worse.

Ashley and JaQuavis introduce listeners to London, a beautiful immigrant from Trinidad. She was given to her husband by her father in order to settle a debt. Standing by her husband's side to make him the envy of his associates is a day in the life, but behind closed doors, their relationship becomes cold, and the abuse that she encounters has her looking for a way out.

She spends her days chasing around her high-energy, half-shifter toddler and her nights working full-time trying to make ends meet. Oh, and add in the absolute cluster of a situation her ex dumped in her lap on his way out? Well, that's just icing on the cake. With virtually no options left, Emerson heads for Haven, a sanctuary city for monsters and humans alike. Survival means taking a job at The Monster's Den—a club that caters to the inhuman residents of her new home. But freedom comes with complications of its own.

Dans la fabuleuse cité de Kelsingra, Alise consigne pour la postérité toutes les merveilles qu'elle découvre, car elle sait qu'une fois le monde informé des trésors que la cité recèle, plus rien ne sera comme avant. Déjà des rumeurs sur sa découverte courent dans le Désert des Pluies et atteignent des oreilles cupides à Terrilville et au-delà ; aventuriers, pirates et chasseurs de fortune affluent pour piller le lieu, y compris Hest Finbok, le mari d'Alise.

Je pense que si les dieux existent, leur but dans la vie est de ruiner mon quotidien. C'est tout juste si j'ai encore le temps d'écrire avec tous ces problèmes qui me tombent sur la tête. Comme si être une changeling n'était déjà pas assez complexe, je dois aussi me coltiner Prudence, un chaman coincé dans le corps d'un gosse de quatorze ans accro au sucre. J'ai déjà du mal à assurer ma propre sécurité, mais surveiller un gamin chaman, ce n'est pas chose aisée.

Nouvelles inédites dans l'univers de "Blood Song" ! Assoiffée de vengeance, Derla - une personnalité des bas-fonds de Castelvarin - n'a d'autre choix que d'entrer au service du machiavélique roi Janus. Chargée de protéger Sentes Mustor, illustre ivrogne et joueur invétéré, Derla engage une partie à haut risque avec le tristement célèbre Borgne, chef en devenir de la pègre castelvarine.

Mon nom est Myrina Holmes. Mes (rares) amis me surnomment "Myri", mes (nombreux) ennemis "l'Amazone". Mon job ? Traquer de féroces créatures surnaturelles à l'aide de mes pouvoirs et de mes armes. On ne va pas se mentir : ces derniers temps, ma vie ressemble à un mauvais film de série B. Une sœur succube à la rancune tenace, une carrière de Traqueuse en crocs de scie, une marque démoniaque qui m'empêche de faire des folies de mon corps et un ex-amant devenu Fédérateur des Pécheurs qui m'irrite fortement les écailles.

Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place that might sound and smell very much like our own, but that looks completely different. It plays by different rules. Certainly it refuses to succumb to the quaint notion that universes are ruled by pure logic and the harmony of numbers. But just because the Disc is different doesn't mean that some things don't stay the same.

Wedding fever has come to Bon Temps, Louisiana! Unfortunately, buxom, blonde, beautiful, and telepathic cocktail waitress Sookie is not the bride-to-be, so she takes the opportunity to travel to New Orleans on family business. As heir to the estate of her newly dead cousin Hadley, Sookie unearths a big secret. Soon it becomes clear that more than a few people will do anything to stop Sookie from looking into Hadley's past.

Hundreds of years ago, the Selkies made a deal with the sea witch: they would have the sea for as long as she allowed it, and when the time came, she would call in all their debts at once. When the Luidaeg - October "Toby" Daye's oldest and most dangerous ally - tells her the time has come for the Selkies to fulfill their side of the bargain, and that Toby must be a part of the process, Toby can't refuse. Literally. The Selkies aren't the only ones in debt to the Luidaeg, and Toby has to pay what she owes like anyone else.

Iris Scanlon, Half-Moon Hollow's only daytime vampire concierge, knows more about the undead than she'd like. Running all their daylight errands - from letting in the plumber to picking up some chilled O neg - gives her a look at the not-so-glamorous side of vampire life. Her rules are strict; relationships with vamps are strictly business, not friendship - and certainly not anything else. But then she finds her newest client, Cal, poisoned on his kitchen floor, and only Iris can help.

L'affrontement était inévitable entre l'équipage du Parangon et le flamboyant Kennit. Mais quels liens, quels terribles secrets unissent la vivenef des Ludchance au roi des pirates ? Grâce à la Vivacia, devenue hostile à Althéa, et aux serpents qui la servent, Kennit va-t-il enfin atteindre son but : couler Parangon ? De leur côté, les Chalcidiens, qui ont lancé une attaque contre Terrilville, sont repoussés par le dragon.