Winter Urban Fantasy

Solstice Winters has spent most of her life halfway between normal society and the world of her magical parents. However, when getting caught between two worlds becomes more than metaphorical, being able to summon light or open locks might not be enough.

And then daddy dearest enters stage left. So, I met my father. I beat the crap out of him, but I haven’t killed him yet. Yet being the operative word. I still haven’t made up my mind about that. I had my to-do list before I broke out of Scorchwood and killing him was a major part of my big kill list. I mean, the man framed me, sent me to prison in Hell, then had a mad warlock experiment on me. So, now we are uneasy allies. The fate of two realms is resting on my shoulders. That doesn’t mean I might not still decide to kill him if we manage to pull this off.

Toby's been building up quite a reputation for himself. Well, he likes to think so. It's therefore no surprise that when things go wrong for any of his canine friends, he’s called in to help them out. But this time, it’s Toby who needs assistance. The Pointy Woman is back and our talented spellbound hound has a bone to pick with her! The problem is, first he has to find a way to get to her. Cue a helpful fox, a plucky hedgehog, a "bithycle" made for one, a balloon ride never to be forgotten and the usual shenanigans. But when the fun and games are over, it’s time to get serious.

Life taught Emelise that you cannot trust a man to be there when you need him. After losing her mother, Emelise moves to New Orleans with high hopes. Just when she thinks are going smoothly, fate steps in and her world is turned upside down. Caine became Alpha of the Black Water Pard at the age of 22. After a failed relationship with a human, he'd resigned himself to the life of a bachelor. Little did he know his world was going to be rocked by a woman who proved that dynamite comes in small packages.

Hunter Gamble is an idealistic young attorney in a very special area of the practice: arcane defense. Funded by enigmatic billionaire Charles McClain and aided by shy-but-energetic research attorney Kirsten Harper, he's making the world a better place - one vampire, zombie, or werewolf client at a time. After all, they deserve their day in court too, right? When a young zombie walks into Hunter's office accused of murder (by brain-eating), Hunter's idealism is tested as never before as he struggles to secure the man's freedom.

The frontier is a weird and terrible place ruled by orcs, gunsmoke, bandits, and cults with singing gods. In the mining town of Marrow, tensions are high between the social elite true-kin orcs and the lower class mining skrud. The local law has given up on breaking up the daily gunfights. Morris, the barber, struggles to make a living away from the big city, Galendis. It's election season, and the current mayor finds himself running against an industrial tycoon. When the dead begin to rise and cast their vote for a skin eating monster, the town must band together to fight back.

Once upon a time a dragon dared to fall in love with the Queen of Hearts. Zelena Hermosa wants only one thing, to be free. But for a morphling like her freedom will never be possible. Bought by a witch as a baby, she's been raised in a household that knows no kindness or love. She's a broken, dirty child the day she meets her prickly little dragon boy.

Als die junge Fährtenleserin Andrin von einer hohen Belohnung hört, die für das Erlegen einer mörderischen Bestie ausgesetzt ist, hat sie keine Wahl, als sich der Jagdgesellschaft anzuschließen. Denn das Leben des Menschen, den sie am meisten liebt, steht auf dem Spiel. Doch nach und nach wird ihr klar, dass nichts so ist, wie es scheint, und offenbar jeder ihrer Gefährten seine eigenen, verborgenen Gründe hat, sich an der Jagd zu beteiligen.

Be prepared. There are werewolves in this story, and they are not friendly. Peace has always come at a price...A line has been drawn. When Rebekah and Jamie choose friends over their family, they know things will never be the same. But what they don’t know, is that they’ll be taking their very lives into their own hands. A dark secret leads to an even greater betrayal, one that could threaten to destroy them once and for all. The hunters become the hunted, and the twins find themselves running from not one, but both sides of the law.

Irene Winters hat die unsichtbare Bibliothek gerettet. Dummerweise hat sie dabei auch eine Reihe unersetzlicher Bücher verbrannt, weswegen ihre Bibliothekarskollegen und ihre Vorgesetzten sie nun mit Misstrauen beäugen. Daher zögert Irene nicht lange, als sie von einem Drachen gebeten wird, ein äußerst seltenes Buch zu suchen. Mit einem solchen Fund könnte sie ihren Ruf wiederherstellen. Nur leider nützt ihr das nichts, wenn sie tot ist. Und das verborgene Buch birgt ein tödliches Geheimnis.

Ein Dämon jagt sie, ein Gott will sie, und sie ahnt nicht, wer sie wirklich ist... Miris Heimatstadt wird von Kriegsdämonen belagert. Sie und ihre Schwester Tokessa schaffen es gerade noch, aus der Stadt zu fliehen, doch der Anführer der Eroberer verfolgt sie unerbittlich, und Miri stellt fest, dass sie auf magische Weise an den Dämon gebunden ist. Der erbarmungslose und unbesiegbare Supersoldat Sin Kishar jagt nach der allwissenden Memora, dabei schreckt er auch nicht vor der Zerstörung ihrer Stadt zurück.

Aika Song must make an important delivery through the cursed Crimson Forest for her injured father. If she doesn’t, they won’t survive the hard winter. She fails. But she’s rescued by wolf shifters, who somehow give her sight. There’s beautiful, funny Archer, who can’t quite hide his pain. Grady, who’s sullen and loud. And Thomas, their alpha, who mysteriously vanishes. Aika is desperate to get back home but finds herself entangled in her father’s secrets. He has enemies. So do the wolf shifters she feels a blooming fondness for.

Katie Winslow made a life-altering decision the night of senior prom. But once she realized what she had become, Katie wanted nothing to do with her new state. Running off to college seemed like a good idea until mating season hit. Now the fever to reproduce is so great she can't think straight. Brindle Lindholm has his true mate locked in forever. If only Katie would come to her senses and accept that they are meant to be together. Mating season has come, and he knows Katie has to be suffering in heat.

Winter Thane was raised on the two cardinal rules of werewolf existence: don't reveal yourself to humans under penalty of death, and there's no such thing as a gay werewolf. It's no surprise when his father drags him from his wild life in remote Canada back to Connecticut to meet his old pack in hopes it will persuade Winter to abandon his love of sex with human males. Of course Dad's hopes are dashed when they come face-to-face with the gay werewolves in the Harker pack.

A woman has the Christmas Eve from Hell. Two cat shifters play naughty games. And a witch brings out the beast inside the man. The magic of the season takes on a whole new meaning in these three fantastic and festive novellas from some of the best voices in paranormal romance. This anthology includes Tangled Tinsel by Vivian Arend, No Angel by Vivi Andrews, and Freeze Line by Moira Rogers.

Prinz Oslic ist ein Genie - in der mittelalterlichen Welt Syriatis kommt er einem DaVinci gleich -, und seine Forschungen gehen ihm über alles. Da ermorden drei Hexer seinen Vater und reißen die Macht an sich. Oslic ist überzeugt, dass Zauberei ins Reich der Legenden gehört. Doch dann sieht er Dinge, die er niemals für möglich gehalten hätte. Nun muss er all sein Genie einsetzen, um seine Heimat zurückzuerobern. Doch kann seine Wissenschaft gegen Wunder bestehen, die den Gesetzen der Natur trotzen?

Es ist Minas erstes Jahr an der sagenumwobenen Winter Academy, die die Welt davor beschützt, in ewigem Frost zu versinken. Doch alles läuft schief: Ihre Kräfte wollen ihr nicht gehorchen, und Professor Abercroft, ihr Lehrer für Eismagie, macht ihr das Leben schwer. Dann wird Mina an den Hof des bösen Winterkönigs verschleppt. Und ihre einzige Hoffnung ist ihr verhasster Lehrer, der plötzlich am Hof auftaucht. Ist er wirklich, wie alle behaupten, ein Spion des Winterkönigs? Und warum spürt Mina dieses Kribbeln, wenn sie in seiner Nähe ist?

Marion Garin is the teenage daughter of Metaraon, the former Voice of God. Now she's also the steward of the Winter Court, which has been in anarchy since a revolution five years earlier. The problem: Marion still doesn't remember anything that happened before two weeks ago. Seth Wilder has a lead on her memories - whoever stole them and sold Marion's essence to a demon lord in Sheol. Marion wants to help steal them back, even though that means abandoning the Winter Court to war. And Seth can't seem to tell Marion no.

When the marshal of Leadville, Colorado, comes across a pair of mysterious, bloody deaths out in the badlands, he turns to Cora to find the creature responsible. But if she is to overcome the unnatural tide threatening to consume the small town, Cora must first confront her own tragic past.

Every passing night brings her closer to a terrible destiny, and even the help of her supernatural friends may not be enough to save her. The worst part is her sealed fate finally brings Rowan, the leshy she loves, back into her life. But there’s another danger lurking in the trees, something unnatural. It is a magic beyond Amy’s understanding or even Rowan’s power to control. As time runs out and danger mounts, Amy must test her strength and her courage if she has any hope of saving her friends—or herself.