Urban For Children

Seta is a good girl gone bad. She’s tried for years to gain her father’s love and attention, but all he does is ignore her. And she’s tired of it. So if being good won’t get her anywhere, she may as well be bad. Seta’s high school years bring a series of bad decisions, alcohol, sex, and a host of other things she uses to escape the pain she feels. Not even a praying grandmother can keep her from the path she is so set on taking. Seta’s quest for acceptance leads her to one secret so terrible, she hopes no one ever finds out. Will her quest cause her to lose everything?

Ray Lilly is living on borrowed time. He's the driver for Annalise Powliss, a high-ranking member of the Twenty Palace Society, a group of sorcerers devoted to hunting down and executing rogue magicians. But because Ray betrayed her once, Annalise is looking for an excuse to kill him - or let someone else do the job. Unfortunately for both of them, Annalise's next mission goes wrong, leaving her critically injured. With the little magic he controls, Ray must complete her assignment alone.

Elizabeth Tanner has one goal: to find her mother in whatever dimension she's imprisoned. But to do that, she has to face her estranged father, and to do that, she needs a shot of whiskey...or seven. But after an attempt on her life and the return of her lost love, she wakes up with one hell of a hangover and a whole barrage of questions. Finn O'Connell doesn't know why the Fianna want him to aid Elizabeth in her search, but he'll take any excuse to be near her again. Together, they dive headlong into the shadows of her mother's secrets.

Life in Cockney London was tough in the post-war years. The government's broken promises had led to a chronic housing shortage, rampant crime and families living in squalor. But one thing prevailed: the unbeatable spirit of the East End, a tight-knit community who pulled through the dark times with humour and heart. Drawing on both family history and her own memories of growing up in the 1950s and '60s, as well as her working life as a district nurse and local police officer, Jean Fullerton vividly depicts this fascinating part of London.

Megan Broxley has always believed destiny should be a choice, not a sentence. But when she is ripped from her family and forced into the grasp of a powerful lord obsessed with claiming her, she realizes her life has never truly been her own. Trapped, hunted, and stripped of freedom, Megan must find the courage to fight a future she never agreed to.

Carol Robins is vacationing in Bordeaux, France trying to recover from the tragic failure of her marriage and the possibility that she has been infected with a fatal disease. At a small sidewalk café she meets the enigmatic Andre and her life changes forever in a brutal and shocking way. Andre is not a man but a vampire, cruel, intent on making Carol his next kill, and she has to find a way to save herself. Carol's bargain with the devil leads to her being dragged further and further down into the murky world of darkness, leaving her at the mercy of the merciless blood drinker.

Morning finds them covered with dried blood, their clothing shredded and their memories hazy. Things soon become horrifyingly clear: the Whistler is a vampire and Natalie and Sophie are his latest victims. The young women leave their babies with Natalie's mother and hit the road, determined not to give in to their unnatural desires. Hunger and desire make a powerful couple. So do the Whistler and his Mother, who are searching for Sophie and Natalie with the help of Twitter and the musician's many fans.

Ellie Richmond has never been a particularly happy person. When her first vision of death happened at the age of four it was hard not to be jaded. After Ellie’s mom dies and her out of the picture dad shows up at her funeral claiming she’s in grave danger, things are going to go to a whole other level of weird. Even for for someone with Ellie’s abilities. Thrust into the world of angels and demons, Ellie will find herself in the midst the war to end all other wars and she’s the meat the dogs are fighting over.

Catriona Remington tried to leave her past behind—her magic, her coven, and the memories that still haunt her. As host of the newscast, The Scoop At Five: Live!, she prefers to show the world a brave face. Inside she's barely keeping it together, worrying over the fates of Sarina and Jonathan Lance, who are trapped in the dimension of Blackwater Hills—a world ruled by shapeshifters, ancient laws, and primal magic.

One modern girl summons ancient magic. Rival mobsters want her power...Nils Kane’s government Red Legs track her every move.All Winnie wants is a return to her normal life, but too many push her to remain an outlaw. With magic-dependent tech failing everywhere, can Winnie embrace the new power born within her and choose sides in the coming conflict?

A murdered mom, a weird ritual, and her childhood apartment up in blazes—that night still haunts Helen Carver. She always watched her uncle, safe on the sidelines, as he chased empty leads trying to figure out what happened. Now grown with a daughter of her own, she’s tired of watching and ready to help...right as he goes missing. As she retraces his steps, Helen finds a strange hidden society. Its glowing beings attack her with impossible speed, magic spells, and archaic weapons. Everybody has secrets. Anyone could be a threat.

As a wealthy few gather to bid on a predator capable of destroying all life on earth, the sorcerers of the Twenty Palace Society mobilize to stop them. Caught up in the scramble is Ray Lilly, the lowest of the low in the society - an ex-car thief and the expendable assistant of a powerful sorcerer. Ray possesses exactly one spell to his name, along with a strong left hook. But when he arrives in the small town in the North Cascades where the bidding is to take place, the predator has escaped and the society's most powerful enemies are desperate to recapture it.

Entführt. Bewusstsein erweitert. Und das war erst der Beginn meines Tages. Ich habe immer gedacht ein recht netter Kerl zu sein. Einer von denen, die niemals jemanden umbringen würden. Jetzt hat sich herausgestellt, dass mir einfach nur der Anreiz gefehlt hat. Manche Verbrechen sind unverzeihlich.

Jenna is changing! Can her friends still trust her? Should she trust herself? An act of desperation has stripped Jenna of her powers and she feels lost without them. Now living on Full-Earth, out of reach of the agency, they try to settle into a new life, until news of agency atrocities brings them back to half-Earth. New enemies and old are closing in, and no Earth is safe. As all looks hopeless, a mysterious entity reveals it can return Jenna’s powers, but is the price too high?

Three months ago, the Whiteout changed the nature of reality across the globe, spawning superhuman beings, both good and evil. Each day since then, Irene Roman, armed only with a strange immunity from the powers of the “Pushed”, has donned the guise of Indomitable to try to reverse that change and protect normal people from the worst excesses of the Pushed.

Christian Blake finds himself in a mysterious tattoo parlor in Connaught Square where he is possessed by a rune god called Hagalaz. Now immortal, Christian is gifted with superpowers that allow him to harness the forces of nature. Only problem? Hagalaz is the god of disruption, and he is intent on making Christian's life a living hell. Christian’s mentor, Raven, takes him on a wild adventure across the world to join his Tribe, a group of four unlikely teenagers with their own newly-gifted magical powers. They must take on the forces of evil brewing across the globe.

Lilly hat sich längst in ihrem neuen Zuhause eingelebt, aber nur langsam gelingt es ihr, dem seltsamen Alahrian näher zu kommen. Als er sie schließlich zum Schulball einlädt, ist sie überglücklich. Am entscheidenden Abend jedoch wird Alahrian von finsteren Mächten aufgehalten. Und dann sind da auch noch höchst irdische Hindernisse, die sich ihrer Liebe in den Weg stellen. Um ihnen beiden eine Chance zu geben, sieht Alahrian sich gezwungen, ein Geheimnis zu lüften. Das Hörbuch zur romantischen Elfenblüte-Reihe von Julia K. Knoll mit Musik von Frédéric Chopin, gespielt von Anastasia Huppmann.

When Krissa disappears to join the Amaranthine, Fox knows he has to save her. But the magical world beyond Clearwater is more dangerous than he can imagine, and even with Sasha's help, locating Krissa can have deadly consequences. With time running out before the Amaranthine achieve eternal life and become invulnerable, Fox and Sasha must team up with a menacing group with a fearsome reputation if they hope to find their friend. But locating Krissa isn't enough. If they can't remove the darkness from within her, the Amaranthine will unleash an immortal assassin on the world.

All Kisaki really wants is to belong somewhere, but there are few places half demons can safely call home. Raised in isolation within the celestial palace, she longs to escape and explore the strange planet below - Earth. So when an opportunity presents itself, she takes it, inadvertently stealing her mother's greatest treasure in the process - the Blade of Heaven. Exploring a whole new world is terrifying enough, but hot on her heels is her so-called guardian, the tiger-spirit Shitoro.

As paranormal mercenaries, Pen and her team take any job for the right price, but even their willingness to cross the line has a limit. When they’re hired to exorcise a half-demon child, it lands them in the cross-hairs of the Joint Task Force of Paranormal Investigations. Captain Sharpe and the Cleaners share a tangled past of broken trust and thwarted desires that makes working together difficult. But the JTFPI is on the tail of a half-demon child trafficking ring that sounds far too similar to the job Pen and her team are running, and neither agency is willing to back down.