Audiobook Rec. Part I

 

A shield maiden blessed by the gods battles to unite a nation under a power-hungry king—while also fighting her growing desire for his fiery son—in the first book of a Norse-inspired fantasy romance series from the bestselling author of The Bridge Kingdom series.

Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior. And of putting an axe in her boorish husband’s back.

Freya’s dreams abruptly become reality when her husband betrays her to the region’s jarl, landing her in a fight to the death against his son, Bjorn. To survive, Freya is forced to reveal her deepest secret: She possesses a drop of a goddess’s blood, which makes her a shield maiden with magic capable of repelling any attack. It was foretold such a magic would unite the fractured nation of Skaland beneath the one who controls the shield maiden’s fate.

Believing he’s destined to rule Skaland as king, the fanatical jarl binds Freya with a blood oath and orders Bjorn to protect her from their enemies. Desperate to prove her strength, Freya must train to fight and learn to control her magic, all while facing perilous tests set by the gods. The greatest test of all, however, may be resisting her forbidden attraction to Bjorn. If Freya succumbs to her lust for the charming and fierce warrior, she risks not only her own destiny but the fate of all the people she swore to protect.

Wenn Vertrauen zur Feuerprobe wird.

In einer Welt, in der Magie alles bedeutet - Reichtum, Macht und Ansehen. Eine Welt, in der Familiendynastien das Schicksal der Menschen bestimmen, Kriege führen und Politik beeinflussen. Seit dem Tod ihres Vaters ist Nevada Baylor die Hauptverdienerin in ihrer Familie. Als Privatdetektivin übernimmt sie jeden Fall, um alle über Wasser zu halten - sie lässt sich sogar auf einen Auftrag ein, der sie in Lebensgefahr bringt.

Nevada soll einen mächtigen Feuermagier dingfest machen, als ihr Weg den von Connor "Mad" Rogan kreuzt. Rogan ist tödlich, sexy, eiskalt und auf der Suche nach demselben Verdächtigen wie Nevada. Um am Leben zu bleiben, muss sie mit ihm zusammenarbeiten - hin- und hergerissen zwischen dem Wunsch zu fliehen und der Leidenschaft, die zwischen ihnen beiden brennt. Denn Rogan geht ihr unter die Haut ... aber Liebe ist in dieser Welt so gefährlich wie der Tod!

Teil 1 der Hidden-Legacy-Reihe.

Wem kannst du vertrauen in einem Spiel ohne Regeln?

Als Elora an der Eliteuniversität Corvina Castle auf den unnahbaren Gabriel trifft, ahnt sie, dass mehr hinter seiner verschlossenen Fassade stecken muss. Die beiden stehen sich als Konkurrenten im Wettbewerb um den begehrten Platz in der einflussreichen Studentenverbindung Fortuna gegenüber. Elora kämpft für ihre Zukunft als Ärztin, Gabriel will den Tod seiner Schwester aufklären. Als sie herausfinden, dass die Verbindung in dunkle Machenschaften verstrickt ist, sind sie längst selbst zu Spielfiguren geworden. Sie müssen zusammenarbeiten und kommen sich dabei zunehmend näher. Bis Gabriel eine Entscheidung trifft, die Elora in Lebensgefahr bringt, und er lernen muss, die Vergangenheit loszulassen, wenn er Elora nicht für immer verlieren will.

I never thought I'd be singing happy birthday to myself in a dungeon. And yet when a sinfully sexy demon crashes happy hour, that's exactly what happens. He’s known as the Lord of Chaos, and he’s mistaken me for my succubus doppelgänger.

Happy birthday to me.

When he tastes my blood, he finally understands I’m mortal. And I realize we have something in common: we both crave revenge. So we make a deal: I can stay in the forbidden city to hunt for my mom's killer. In return, I’ll help him get the vengeance he craves. I just have to pose as a sexy succubus. One problem—he's my number one suspect.

And that’s increasingly hard to remember as he teaches me my role: seduction. With each heated touch I drift further into peril. And if I fall under his seductive spell, death awaits me.

Meet the Devil of Blackthorne Manor.

When I was a little girl, I dreamed a handsome knight would come and rescue me from my wretched mother. He'd ride up on his white steed and break the curse I've been fated to carry since the day I was born.

Funny how things changed over time, how the fairytale twisted into something far more crooked—and darker—than I ever imagined.

In reality, my knight is scarred and broken, living alone in a castle of bones that overlooks the sea. He isn’t searching for me. He never was.

Lucian Blackthorne is as cursed as I am, and equally shunned by the locals, the fishers of men, who believe him to be the devil in the flesh.

Perhaps he is, with the way his amber eyes draw me in, ignite me like an infernal blaze. And the sins he whispers in my ear are as wickedly intoxicating as the man himself.

Yet, his touch is heaven and his will is my weakness.

He calls us forbidden, an unsalvageable tragedy, with no happy end. Maybe we are. But in this story, he’s the one who needs saving.

Master of Salt & Bones is a dark, modern gothic contemporary standalone romance.