Mirror, mirror on the wall... Who's the deadliest of them all? Once upon a time, a girl named Sophie rode into the forest with the queen's huntsman. Her lips were the colour of ripe cherries, her skin as soft as new-fallen snow, her hair as dark as midnight. When they stopped to rest, the huntsman pulled out his knife... and took Sophie's heart. It shouldn't have come as a surprise. Sophie had heard the rumors. They said she was too kind and foolish to rule - a disaster of a future queen. And Sophie believed them. She believed everything she'd heard about herself, the poisonous words people use to ... |
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Magic is a con game. Kellen is moments away from facing his first game's duel and the start of four trials that will make him a spellcaster. There's just one problem: his magic is gone.As his sixteenth birthday approaches, Kellen falls back on his cunning in a bid to avoid total disgrace. But when a daring stranger arrives in town, she challenges Kellen to take a different path. Ferius Parfax is one of the mysterious Argosi - a traveler who lives by her wits and the three decks of cards she carries. She's difficult and unpredictable, but she may be Kellen's only hope...The first in a rich and compelling ... |
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Една сутрин Аманда поглежда в огледалото и вижда нечие друго отражение... Книга първа от поредицата "Дарба". ... Девет тинейджъри. Девет тайни. Девет сили, които могат да променят света. Аманда Бийсън е Злата царица в училище "Медоубрук". Ти си никой, ако не си нейн приятел. Но една сутрин страхотната, популярната Аманда поглежда в огледалото и вижда нечие чуждо отражение. Тя изживява ужаса на живота си – озовала се е в тялото на Трейси Девън, най-смотаното и загубено момиче в цялото училище... Аманда има тайна. Тя има дарба. И не е единствена... ... |
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The instant New York Times bestseller and prequel to the TikTok phenomenon We Were Liars. Return to the story of another summer, another generation, and the secrets that will haunt them for decades to come. A windswept private island off the coast of Massachusetts. A hungry ocean, churning with secrets and sorrow. A fiery, addicted heiress. An irresistible, unpredictable boy. A summer of unforgivable betrayal and terrible mistakes. Welcome back to the Sinclair family. They were always liars."E.Lockhart is one of our most important novelist." John Green "One of the very best fiction writers writing ... |
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The sixth - and final - installment of the inimitable "Spellslinger" fantasy series. The game of war is rigged. Kellen swore he'd do anything to protect the young queen who offered him a home and a purpose. But thousands of miles away a war is brewing that will end her reign and take her life, unless a certain outlaw spellslinger is willing to commit a little murder... Now Kellen and his sister Shalla find themselves on opposite sides neither love nor loyalty can protect them from the choices they must take."Exotic, original and gripping." Jonathan Stroud "Gloriously escapist fantasy." ... |
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Kellen and Reichis have just finished fighting a duel in the desert when Kellen inadvertently smears blood on the Daroman flag - an act of treason for which the Marshals have no choice but to arrest him. Just before he's put before the Queen to be executed, Kellen is given a strange piece of advice from one of his fellow prisoners: kill the Queen and he'll be given clemency by those who take power. But when Kellen comes face-to-face with the eleven year-old monarch, he realises she's vastly smarter than he expected - and in a great deal more danger. The fifth book in the page-turning "Spellslinger" ... |
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Fate can be fatal. ... Kellen and his murderous squirrel cat, Reichis, are on their own. They’ve heard rumour of a mythical monastery, known as the Ebony Abbey. It’s a place that outsiders can never find – but Kellen is getting desperate. He’s been told that the monks inside the Ebony Abbey know more about the Shadowblack than anyone else – and that they even know how to cure it. Then Kellen and Reichis are separated and for the first time, Kellen must face the world alone – and venture deeper into shadow magic than he ever knew he could."Gloriously escapist fantasy." Observer "Exotic, original and ... |
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A princess must have her prince. I have a heart for every year I've been alive. There are seventeen hidden in the sand of my bedroom. Every so often, I claw through the shingle to check they're still there. Buried deep and bloody. Princess Lira is siren royalty and revered across the sea until she is cursed into humanity by the ruthless Sea Queen. Now Lira must deliver the heart of the infamous siren killer or remain a human forever. Prince Elian is heir to the most powerful kingdom in the world, and captain to a deadly crew of siren hunters. When he rescues a drowing woman from the ocean, she promises to help ... |
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Order divides them. Revenge will unite them. Iraya Adair has spent her life in a cell. Heir of an overthrown and magically-gifted dynasty, she was exiled from her home on the island nation of Aiyca when she was just a child. But every day brings her closer to freedom - and vengeance. Jazmyne Cariot grew up dressed in gold, with stolen magic at her fingertips. Daughter of the self-crowned doyenne, her existence is a threat to her mother's rule. But unlike her sister, Jazmyne has no intention of dying to strengthen her mother's power. Sworn enemies, the two witches enter a deadly alliance to take down the woman ... |
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Sorcery is a scam. Four months after fleeing his own people, Kellen has discovered he's an even worse outlaw than he was a mage. It doesn't help that his only allies are a swaggering card player and a thieving squirrel cat. Then he meets Seneira, a blindfolded girl who isn't blind, and whose secrets pull them into a conspiracy of magic, blackmail and murder. "Exotic, original and gripping." Jonathan Stroud "Gloriouly escapist fantasy." Observer ... |
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Книга втора от поредицата "Тайният мъжки клуб за любовни романи" от Лиса Кей Адамс. ... Лив Папандреас има мечтаната работа като шеф-сладкар в най-модния ресторант в Нашвил. За съжаление, собственикът няма нищо общо с чаровната личност, за която се представя пред света. Лив става неволен свидетел как той тормози една от служителките си и не може да си премълчи, заради което е уволнена. Тя е твърдо решена да не остави нещата така, но се нуждае от помощ. За нейно нещастие, това означава да се обърне към Брейдън Мак, който си мисли, че четенето на романтични книги го е направило експерт в любовта. Симпатичният ... |
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Добре дошли в тайния мъжки клуб за любовни романи! Първо правило: Не говориш за книжния клуб! Бракът на легендарния бейзболен играч Гавин Скот е сериозно разклатен. Объркан и отчаян, той получава помощ от неочаквано място: таен клуб, основан от най-големите мъжкари в града. Те му разкриват, че се срещат и четат любовни романи, които съдържат много истини за взаимоотношенията между мъжете и жените, и това им помага във връзките им. Използвайки като опорни точки ключови моменти от сюжета на пикантен исторически любовен роман за един английски аристократ, който се опитва да спечели съпругата си отново, членовете на клуба ... |
