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Lovers: The Irish Castle (The\glenncailty Ghosts Ser. #2)
by Lila DuboisAs he turned to leave, he caught sight of one of the staff on the stairs. He paused, ready to say hello, but the figure wavered…the pattern of the carpet runner visible though the translucent outline of the woman. Michael’s heart leapt into his throat. It was one of the Glenncailty ghosts.The Irish Castle Lovers, Book 2 in the bestselling Glenncailty Ghosts series from multi-published, bestselling author Lila Dubois is an Irish ghost story that will keep you on the edge of your seat!Mary Callahan doesn’t remember Glenncailty, or the handsome Michael Baker, yet she’s a connection to both by a dark, dangerous past.Returning to Ireland for the first time since she was a baby, Mary sets out to learn more about her parents who died in a car bombing, and the rural Irish town where she was born. Her first night at the Glenncailty Castle hotel is full of magic when she stumbles into the pub and meets Michael.Wary of her sudden and intense feelings for him she tries to keep Michael at arms distance even as he introduces her to people who knew her parents. But there are dark forces at play in the castle, and Mary can’t shake the feeling that she’s being watched by someone…or something. When confronted by the past, she must decide if she’s willing to risk her heart for a chance at love and a place to call home.Set in Ireland this gothic romance contains ghosts, a haunted Irish castle, and mystery.Previously Published: (2013) Farm Boy Press, Original title: The Irish Lovers
Loving the Wolf: A Fated Mates Romance (SWAT #14)
by Paige TylerWhen you find your fated mate, don't let go…The problem with Jenna Malone is that she's werewolf Trevor McCall's best SWAT buddy's sister. Trevor suspects she's The One, but how the heck can he make a move? When Jenna invites Trevor to visit her in Los Angeles, he has his chance.But what's hiding in LA is much more dangerous and complicated than any of the SWAT team could have guessed, and Jenna's right in the middle of it…Praise for Paige Tyler:"[The] SWAT series hits all the right marks. Paige Tyler has a new fan in me!"—LARISSA IONE, New York Times bestselling author"Paige Tyler's hunky werewolves will keep you up all night, howling for more!"—KERRELYN SPARKS, New York Times bestselling author"Hot and wild…Paige Tyler delivers nonstop action and thrilling romance."—CYNTHIA EDEN, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
Low Road West #4 (Low Road West #4)
by Phillip Kennedy Johnson Flaviano Miquel MuertoSeparated and surrounded by enemies, the kids feel as though they have nowhere to turn… and that’s before they find a mysterious journal, belonging to a survivor named Abraham.
Low Road West #5 (Low Road West #5)
by Phillip Kennedy Johnson Flaviano Miquel MuertoForced from the only refuge they have been able to find, the teenage refugees must face off once and for all against the enemy that surrounds them… and the enemy within them.
Low Road West (Low Road West #3)
by Phillip Kennedy Johnson Flaviano Miquel MuertoWhen the kids come face to face with the Deserters and their leader, they are offered a terrible choice—turn on one another, and survive, or stand together against certain death.
Low Road West (Low Road West)
by Phillip JohnsonWhen five teenage refugees are stranded in an irradiated Oklahoma wasteland while trying to survive an exodus from the war-torn East Coast, they take shelter in a ghost town that is much more than it seems. The strange, unnatural threats they face there will make them question what they think they know about death, about reality, and especially about family as they learn to rely on each other if they’re ever going to make it to the sanctuary of San Francisco. Written by Eisner Award-nominated author Phillip Kennedy Johnson (The Power of the Dark Crystal, Aquaman) and illustrated by Ringo Award-nominated artist Flaviano (Thanos, Spider-Man/Deadpool), Low Road West is a story about coming of age in the throes of war, and carving your own path despite an uncertain future. Collects the complete 5-issue series.
Loyautés Brisées: La magie a un prix (Fractured Lands #3)
by Greg AlldredgeLa guerre de Shakopee est terminée. Le temps est venu pour les citoyens de Perdition de mener une autre bataille. Hope n'a jamais été une héritière au trône de son père. Il préfère que son fils dément règne plutôt que de confier le trône à une femme. Hope voit les choses differemment et est prête à tous les sacrifices pour obtenir ce qu'elle désire, le pouvoir et le droit de régner en tant que Reine. Le conflit entre Zar et Perdition n'est plus, mais les attaques contre les voisins de Perdition continuent au sud. D'aucuns pensent qu'il s'agit des pirates, mécontents de la politique de Zar. De ce chaos peut naître le profit. Hope cherche à consolider son pouvoir. Les cités-États cherchent à stabiliser leurs îles tandis que des forces extérieures cherchent à les déstabiliser. Mais qui mène les attaques depuis le sud ? Que laissent la pluie et le vent du sud dans leur sillage ? La magie et les anciens seraient-ils de retour à la surface des îles ? Toutes ces questions, et bien d'autres, trouveront des réponses dans le monde de dark fantasy des Terres Brisées.
Lua Prata
by Rebecca A. Rogers Isabel NigriPara Candra Lowell, uma garota de dezessete anos de idade, o último ano do ensino médio deveria ser a melhor época de sua vida. Não deveria incluir ser despachada para a casa de seus tios para seu 'próprio bem'. O que quer que isso seja. Só tem más notícias dessa experiência - quando ela descobre que irá de humana para lobisomem em alguns meses. Juntando isso com um poder único herdado. Na casa de seus tios, Candra é aterrorizada por pesadelos de uma floresta sussurrante e olhos brilhantes, e um vulto sombrio, que lhe deixa um aviso - ela precisa sair da cidade. Candra tenta ignorar as imagens assombrantes, mas quando o vulto sombrio aparece do lado de fora de sua casa, Candra percebe que deveria ter obedecido. Candra descobre o significado dos avisos do perseguidor quando descobre que é o novo alvo favorito de uma matilha rival. Ela não é somente um lobisomem - ela é um lobisomem no meio de uma guerra que faz com que os Montéquios e os Capuletos pareçam melhores amigos. Ela também fez as coisas ficarem ainda piores ao se apaixonar por seu pior inimigo. Além disso, a matilha rival quer o poder que Candra receberá no seu aniversário de dezoito. Para proteger seus amigos e sua família, Candra não pode correr ou fugir; ela deve encarar seus inimigos, mesmo que isso signifique a morte.
Lua do Alfa
by Rebecca A. Rogers Isabel Ignácio NigriUma prequel de Lua Prata. Primeiro amor. Primeiro beijo. Primeira . . . mordida de lobisomem? Quinhentos anos atrás, os irmãos Alaric e Ulric trabalhavam incansavelmente na fazenda de seu pai para manter seus estomagos cheios e vender o que sobrava por salários baixos. Com a rebelião acordando no norte da Inglaterra e um país em guerra pelo trono, a melancolia sentida por tanto tempo por Alaric e Ulric finalmente se dissipa quando uma família nova chega a cidade. Os pais de Daciana tiram-na de Londres para começar uma vida nova em Colchester. Aqui, ela não será levada para festas decorativas e bailes elegantes; ela terá que se esforçar com trabalho duro. Mas seus pensamentos de fugir da cidade pitoresca diminuem quando ela conhece Ulric. Juntos, é como se estivessem exatamente onde deveriam. Durante uma caçada noturna por um lobo, Ulric e Daciana são atacados. Antes que seus corpos possam ceder o animal selvagem dentro deles, a bruxa da cidade diz que tem a cura. Ao invés de curar suas feridas, ela coloca uma maldição em Ulric e Daciana, para que eles vivam com o que realmente são. Em uma cidade onde segredos não podem ser mantidos e traição corre fundo, Ulric e Daciana são caçados como os monstros em que se transformaram, até por aqueles que amam.
Lucas Stand: Inner Demons #1 (Lucas Stand: Inner Demons #1)
by Caitlin Kittredge Kurt Sutter Jesus HervasKurt Sutter (Sons of Anarchy) is back with a follow-up to his first original comic book series Lucas Stand. Military vet Lucas Stand has been forced to hunt demons on the orders of his master Gadrel. Now he has finally managed to break free and strike out on his own. However, his actions have garnered him a formidable reputation and it’s not just the demons who are after him this time… Co-Writer Caitlin Kittredge (Coffin Hill) and illustrator Jesús Hervas (Penny Dreadful) return to join creator Kurt Sutter on the next chapter of his supernatural anti-hero.
Lucas Stand: Inner Demons #3 (Lucas Stand: Inner Demons #3)
by Caitlin Kittredge Kurt Sutter Jesus HervasLucas makes the decision to lie low in the past, but the evil forces that pursue him will not be deterred.
Lucifer's Servant
by Olga KryuchkovaDemon Asmodeus, Lucifer’s son, plays a sophisticated game of time travel. In medieval Italy, he finds the young cardinal Rodrigo de Borgia and his beloved Vannozza dei Cattanei. He decides that this couple is quite suitable for the implementation of his plans. De Borgia’s name becomes a synonym for debauchery, incest and cruelty. During the war in 1945, the demon gives his favourite toy, a magical crystal, to Dmitry Malyshev. And all Malyshev’s wishes come true. He returns home, marries a beautiful lady and creates an impetuous career for himself. Neither the Borgia family nor the Malyshevs suspect that not only they, but also their descendants, will have to pay a high price for all the pleasures and material benefits.
Lucifer: La Historia de un Ángel Caído
by Elizabeth BeckettLucifer es el ángel con una mala reputación. Es cierto, no lo llamaron el Ángel Oscuro por nada. Nació con la misión de traer las energías oscuras a la Tierra. Y lo ha hecho con pasión y persistencia. Nadie es más responsable que Lucifer del infierno en la Tierra: la soledad, la enfermedad y la violencia indescriptible que ha experimentado la humanidad durante cientos de miles de años. Y sin embargo... sus profundos esfuerzos sólo estaban dirigidos a probar las almas, forzando un equilibrio entre la oscuridad y la luz, y en el proceso, elevar la conciencia humana y cósmica. Conoce a Lucifer, el verdadero Lucifer, y nunca pensarás de la misma manera sobre la oscuridad y la luz, el bien y el mal, el Universo y la Tierra, o sobre ti mismo. La Historia de un Ángel Caído. Lucifer es una breve e intensa novela sobre el Ángel Oscuro con una mala reputación. La historia se desarrolla más de un millón de años atrás en el tiempo de la Tierra y sigue la vida de este singular ángel que se fijó un propósito particular para servir a la humanidad. Desde la creación celestial del ser humano, supervisada por la Hermandad Blanca universal, hasta el papel actual de Lucifer en la prueba del alma, el verdadero propósito del Ángel Oscuro en la evolución espiritual es revelado. ¡No tengas miedo! Lucifer es una historia llena de amor, luz y compasión incondicional por el viaje humano y la evolución de la conciencia del alma universal. Si alguna vez has sentido curiosidad por saber cómo se desarrollan algunas de las leyes universales como el karma y la causa y efecto, y por qué ocurre esto en la Tierra, o tienes preguntas profundas y sin respuesta sobre ¿Por qué yo?, entonces Lucifer es un libro para ti. En esta historia, el papel único de la Tierra en la interminable danza entre la oscuridad y la luz es narrado a través del viaje de la vida del intrépido y eternamente luminiscente (pero incomprendido) Ángel, Lucifer.<br/
Luckenbooth
by Jenni FaganA bold, haunting, and startlingly unique novel about the secrets we leave behind and the places that hold them long after we are gone, a &“quintessential novel of Edinburgh at its darkest.&” (Irvine Welsh)There are stories tucked away on every floor of 10 Luckenbooth Close 1910, Edinburgh. Jessie MacRae has been sent to a tenement building by her recently deceased father to bear a child for a wealthy man and his fiancée. The harrowing events that follow lead to a curse on the building and its residents—a curse that will last for the rest of the century. Over nine decades, 10 Luckenbooth Close bears witness to emblems of a changing world outside its walls. An infamous madam, a spy, a famous Beat poet, a coal miner who fears daylight, a psychic: these are some of the residents whose lives are plagued by the building's troubled history in disparate, sometimes chilling ways. The curse creeps up the nine floors as an enraged spirit world swells to the surface, desperate for the true horror of the building's longest kept secret to be heard. Luckenbooth is a bold, haunting, and dazzlingly unique novel about the stories and secrets we leave behind—and the places that hold them long after we are gone.
Lucky Devil
by Cullen BunnIn the latest graphic novel from the creator of Harrow Couty, a down-on-his-luck schlub is possessed by a malevolent demon.Just when he thinks things can&’t get worse, the exorcism goes wrong . . . and he finds that somehow he&’s retained all of the entity&’s supernatural gifts. After a path of revenge on all the people that have wronged him, he begins to gather worshippers and form a cult. But the legions of Hell don&’t take kindly to this, and they send demonic agents to murder the schlub-turned-god before he gains too much power.
Lucky Girl: How I Became A Horror Writer: A Krampus Story
by M. RickertLucky Girl, How I Became A Horror Writer is a story told across Christmases, rooted in loneliness, horror, and the ever-lurking presence of Krampus written by World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson Award-winning author M. Rickert.“Smooth and ruthless, Lucky Girl is M. Rickert at her ice-cold best.”—Laird BarronRo, a struggling writer, knows all too well the pain and solitude that holiday festivities can awaken. When she meets four people at the local diner—all of them strangers and as lonely as Ro is—she invites them to an impromptu Christmas dinner. And when that party seems in danger of an early end, she suggests they each tell a ghost story. One that’s seasonally appropriate. But Ro will come to learn that the horrors hidden in a Christmas tale—or one’s past—can never be tamed once unleashed.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Lucretia and the Kroons (Novella)
by Victor LavalleLucretia's best friend and upstairs neighbor Sunny--a sweet pitbull of a kid, even as she struggles with a mysterious illness--has gone missing. The only way to get her back is for Lucretia to climb the rickety fire escape of their Queens tenement and crawl through the window of apartment 6D, portal to a vast shadowland of missing kids ruled by a nightmarish family of mutants whose designs on the children are unknown. Her search for Sunny takes Lucretia through a dark fantasyland where she finds lush forests growing from concrete, pigeon-winged rodents, and haunted playgrounds. Her quest ultimately forces her to confront the most frightening specter of all: losing, forever, the thing you love the most. Lucretia and the Kroons is a dazzlingly imaginative adventure story and a moving exploration of the power of
Luda: A Novel
by Grant MorrisonA drag queen initiates her protégée into the magical arts in this phantasmagoric epic, the first novel from the legendary comics writer and New York Times bestselling author. &“Grant Morrison is a modern mythmaker.&”—Alex Segura, bestselling author of Secret Identity Luci LaBang is a star: For decades this flamboyant drag artist has cast a spell over screen and stage. Now she&’s the leading lady in a smash hit musical. But as time takes its toll, Luci fears her star is beginning to dim. When Luci&’s co-star meets with a mysterious accident, a new ingenue shimmers onto the scene: Luda, whose fantastical beauty and sinister charm infatuate Luci immediately . . . and who bears a striking resemblance to Luci herself at a much younger age. Luda begs Luci to share the secrets of her stardom and to reveal the hidden tricks of her trade. For Luci LaBang is a mistress of the Glamour, a mysterious discipline that draws on sex, drugs, and the occult for its trancelike, transformative effects. But as Luci tutors her young protégée, their fellow actors and crew members begin meeting with untimely ends. Now Luci wonders if Luda has mastered the Glamour all too well . . . and exploited it to achieve her dark ambitions. What follows is an intoxicating descent into the demimonde of Gasglow, a fantastical city of dreams, and into the nightmarish heart of Luda herself: a femme fatale, a phenomenon, a monster, and, perhaps, the brightest star of them all.
Lukaash - Khuni Darinda: लूकाश - खूनी दरीन्दा
by Zulfikar Aliसाहिल कम्पनी की ओर से एक मीटिंग अटेंड करने दुबई के लिए घर से निकलता है लेकिन रास्ते में हुए भयानक हादसे की वजह से पहुंच जाता है एक अनजान और सुनसान द्वीप पर। लेकिन वो वहां अकेला नहीं है, वहां रहता है एक खून का प्यासा वेम्पायर और उसकी पिशाच सेना। जो बरसों से इंतजार में हैं किसी ऐसे शख्स की जो बुझाए उसकी खून की प्यास। जिसका मकसद है दुनिया पर हुकूमत कायम करना। जो खुद में समेटे हुए है कई राज। जिसके जाल में फसां साहिल जितना उसे जानने की कोशिश करता है, उतना ही उलझता जाता है। साथ ही मिलते हैं और कुछ ऐसे पात्र जो साहिल की जिंदगी में उथल-पुथल मचा देते हैं। क्या साहिल वेम्पायर के जाल से बच सका ऐसे कौन से राज है जिन्हें जानने के बाद साहिल खुद उलझ जाता है कौन है वो लोग जो साहिल से मिलते हैं जानने के लिए पढ़िए रहस्य, रोमांच, एक्शन के साथ-साथ नफ़रत और जज्बातों से भरी दास्तां - लुकास (खूनी दरिन्दा)।
Luke
by Stephen LawrenceUna exitosa joven pareja, Tom y Pat Dalton y sus 2 hijos se mudan a una antigua casa Tudor desconociendo su historia anterior. Jamie, su hijo pequeño, cree que es el mejor lugar de todos, especialmente porque la casa cuenta con un gato residente, muchos lugares interesantes para explorar y un nuevo compañero de juegos del vecindario llamado Luke. Su hija adolescente Sarah, tiene que instalarse en su nueva escuela, ella está preocupada pero no por sus estudios precisamente. Sin embargo, los padres pronto tienen sus reservas sobre la mudanza a su nueva vivienda después de que algunas cosas extrañas comienzan a suceder, y empiezan a descubrir la sórdida historia que acompaña a la casa.
Luke
by Stephen LawrenceEin erfolgreiches, karrierebewusstes junges Ehepaar, Tom und Pat Dalton, zieht mit seinen beiden Kindern in ein altes Tudor-Haus, dessen Vorgeschichte sie nicht kennen. Jamie, ihr kleiner Sohn, hält es für den besten Ort aller Zeiten, vor allem, weil das Haus mit einer ansässigen Katze, vielen interessanten Orten zum Erkunden und einem neuen Spielkameraden aus der Nachbarschaft namens Luke ausgestattet ist. Ihre halbwüchsige Tochter Sarah, die sich in ihrer neuen Schule einleben muss, sorgt für zusätzlichen Stress, aber nicht wegen ihres Schulstoffes. Die Eltern haben jedoch bald Vorbehalte gegen den Umzug in ihre neue Wohnstätte, nachdem einige seltsame Dinge geschehen und sie beginnen, die schmutzige Geschichte des Hauses zu erforschen.
Lullaby
by Chuck PalahniukNATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of the New York Times bestseller Choke and the cult classic Fight Club, a cunningly plotted novel about the ultimate verbal weapon, one that reinvents the apocalyptic thriller for our times. "A harrowing and hilarious glimpse into the future of civilization.&” —Minneapolis Star-TribuneEver heard of a culling song? It&’s a lullaby sung in Africa to give a painless death to the old or infirm. The lyrics of a culling song kill, whether spoken or even just thought. You can find one on page 27 of Poems and Rhymes from Around the World, an anthology that is sitting on the shelves of libraries across the country, waiting to be picked up by unsuspecting readers. Reporter Carl Streator discovers the song&’s lethal nature while researching Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and before he knows it, he&’s reciting the poem to anyone who bothers him. As the body count rises, Streator glimpses the potential catastrophe if someone truly malicious finds out about the song. The only answer is to find and destroy every copy of the book in the country. Accompanied by a shady real-estate agent, her Wiccan assistant, and the assistant&’s truly annoying ecoterrorist boyfriend, Streator begins a desperate cross-country quest to put the culling song to rest.
Lulu Poole's School for Ghouls
by Joanne LamondCulpepper is a little ghost who isn’t very scary. He takes his friend’s advice and decides to go to Lulu Poole’s School for Ghouls for lessons! Will Culpepper be ready for Halloween?
Luna Alfa
by Rebecca A. Rogers Carla AltieriLa novella prequel di Luna D'Argento. Primo bacio. Primo amore. Primo. . . morso di licantropo? Cinquecento anni fa, i fratelli Ulric e Alaric lavoravano instancabilmente nella fattoria di loro padre per sfamare le loro bocche e vendere il restante raccolto per uno scarso ricavato. Con una ribellione in atto nel Nord dell'Inghilterra e un Paese in guerra per il trono, la profonda tristezza sopportata molto a lungo da Alaric e Ulric finalmente viene dissipata dallo stabilirsi di una nuova famiglia in città. I genitorni di Daciana la trappano da Londra per iniziare una nuova vita a Colchester. Qui, lei non sarà impegnata in bellissime feste ed eleganti balli; sarà messa a dura prova dal massacrante lavoro. Ma il suo obiettivo di fuggire dalla pittoresca città fallisce quando incontra Ulric. Insieme, è come se fossero esattamente dove dovrebbero essere. Durante una caccia al lupo in tarda notte, Ulric e Daciana vengono attaccati. Prima che i loro corpi possano soccombere al selvaggio animale che si cela dentro di loro, la strega del paese sostiene di avere una cura. Ma invece che guarire le loro ferite, lancia una maledizione su Ulric e Daciana, così che loro debbano vivere per ciò che sono veramente. In una città dove i segreti non rimangono tali molto a lungo e il tradimento è all'ordine del giorno, Ulric e Daciana vengono perseguitati per i mostri che sono diventati, perfino da quelli che amano.
Luna D'Argento (Luna D'Argento, #1)
by Nicole Stella Rebecca A. RogersPer la diciassettenne Candra Lowell, l'ultimo anno di liceo dovrebbe essere il più bello della sua vita. Non dovrebbe includere un trasferimento forzato a casa degli zii "per il suo bene". Una marea di brutte notizie la assale quando scopre di essere un licantropo e che, nel suo diciottesimo compleanno, erediterà un potere unico. A casa degli zii, Candra è perseguitata da incubi di foreste inquietanti e occhi scintillanti, e da una figura in ombra che la avverte di lasciare la città. Candra cerca di disfarsi di quelle immagini infestanti, ma quando l'uomo ombra appare davanti alla propria casa, capisce che avrebbe dovuto obbedirgli. Candra apprende il significato di quegli avvertimenti quando scopre di essere il nuovo bersaglio preferito di una famiglia rivale. Non solo è un licantropo: è un licantropo nel mezzo di una faida che fa sembrare Montecchi e Capuleti ottimi amici. Il peggio arriva quando Candra si innamora del suo acerrimo nemico, mentre i suoi rivali vogliono rubarle il potere che riceverà nel suo diciottesimo compleanno. Per proteggere famiglia e amici, Candra non può scappare né correre; deve affrontare i propri nemici, anche di fronte alla morte.