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Le vrai monde est un endroit effrayant. Demandez simplement à l’orpheline de seize ans, Dru Anderson, une fille déterminée qui a eu sa juste part de méchants. Elle est armée, dangereuse et prête à tuer et à poser les questions plus tard. Il lui faut donc du temps pour savoir à qui elle peut faire confiance... Du plus loin qu’elle se rappelle, Dru Anderson a toujours été «étrange». Elle voyage de ville en ville avec son père à la poursuite des choses qui apparaissent la nuit. C’est une vie bizarre, mais une bonne vie — jusqu’à ce que tout explose dans une ville glaciale et délabrée du Dakota, lorsqu’un zombie affamé force la porte de sa cuisine. Seule, terrifiée et piégée, Dru va devoir compter sur chaque recoin de son esprit et s’entraîner à rester en vie. Les monstres ont décidé de chasser à leur tour, et cette fois, Dru est au menu. Ses chances de survie? À peu près nulles.

Elle est nécromancienne. Elle a un tempérament de feu, la repartie cinglante et un corps de rêve. Elle s'appelle Danny Valentine. Le démon qui frappe un jour à sa porte, envoyé par Lucifer en personne, n'est pas un ami : Danny déteste les créatures des Enfers. Et pour couronner le tout, voilà que le Diable lui propose un contrat : sa vie, en échange de l'élimination d'un renégat. Une offre impossible à refuser... et impossible à honorer non plus : la dernière fois que Danny a rencontré l'invincible Santino, elle a failli mourir. Alors, à moins d'un miracle, elle risque d'y passer, c'est sûr, et ce n'est pas l'aide de ce fichu démon qui pourra arranger les choses !

De la dark fantasy urbaine avec une goutte de cyberpunk, une pincée de romance ésotérique et une touche de thriller : un mélange unique et envoûtant. Jacqueline Carey.

Mon nom est Jill Kismet. Spécialiste en trucs surnaturels. Exterminatrice d’esprits malfaisants. Tueuse de démons. Tout le monde ne supporte pas la nuit et ses créatures. Mais je ne suis pas tout le monde. Mon passé m’a beaucoup appris sur les ténèbres, et je suis entraînée par le meilleur – quoique pas le moins dangereux. Les villes ont besoin de personnes comme nous, qui font des choses que même les flics refusent de faire, quand la nuit est tombée. Bienvenue dans mon univers.

Au service de Sa Majesté, du pays… et pour rester en vie Emma Bannon est sorcière au service médico-légal de l’Empire. Sa mission : protéger Archibald Clare, un mentaliste renégat qui travaille dans l’illégalité. Ses pouvoirs de déduction à lui sont légendaires ; quant à elle, sa sorcellerie est plus que puissante. Malheureusement, ils se détestent cordialement… Une nouvelle série de l’auteur best-seller Lilith Saintcrow en hommage à Sherlock Holmes et à Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir, dans une Angleterre victorienne empreinte de magie.

Faire un vœu est une terrible chose...

Une goutte de sang, une pomme croquée, une paire de chaussures rouges ou le mauvais œil... Les malédictions prennent toutes les formes en tout temps, et peuvent arriver à n'importe qui et pas seulement à ceux et celles victimes d'horribles beaux-parents.

Découvrez dans ce recueil porté par les plus grands auteurs de l'imaginaire des interprétations uniques des malédictions, des classiques des contes de fées aux nouvelles malédictions du monde moderne. Des histoires qui choquent et des histoires qui mettent en garde, des histoires de monstres et des histoires de magie.

VINGT CONTES POPULAIRES INTEMPORELS, NOUVEAUX ET ANCIENS

When Camille was six years old, she was discovered alone in the snow by Enrico Vultusino, godfather of the Seven—the powerful Families that rule magic-ridden New Haven. Papa Vultusino adopted the mute, scarred child, naming her after his dead wife and raising her in luxury on Haven Hill alongside his own son, Nico.

Now Cami is turning sixteen. She’s no longer mute, though she keeps her faded scars hidden under her school uniform, and though she opens up only to her two best friends, Ruby and Ellie, and to Nico, who has become more than a brother to her. But even though Cami is a pampered Vultusino heiress, she knows that she is not really Family. Unlike them, she is a mortal with a past that lies buried in trauma. And it’s not until she meets the mysterious Tor, who reveals scars of his own, that Cami begins to uncover the secrets of her birth…to find out where she comes from and why her past is threatening her now.

New York Times bestselling author Lili St. Crow thrilled legions of fans with her dark paranormal series Strange Angels. Now she has crafted an evocative update of Snow White, set in a vividly imagined world and populated by unforgettable new characters.

Rosemary Ames is committing suicide one slow masochistic step at a time during the coldest winter on record. Until, that is, she witnesses a murder.

Rose is the only one to survive seeing the killer’s face. The cops want her under protection. Her sometimes boyfriend wants her in his bed. And the killer? He has plans for her too.

Because Rose is his key to a tangled labyrinth of stone, where unimaginable power waits to be grasped by beings far more-and less-than human.

Rose’s only safety might be Michael Constantius. He says he’s in love with her. He says she’s safe.

But Michael’s keeping secrets too. He knows what lies under the city, and he seems to know more than he should about what makes Rose tick. In fact, he seems obsessed with her. And just a little bit scary…

What do you do when you find out you want to live just as someone is trying to kill you?

And what can you do when you find out monsters are real?

Jeremy Gallow is just another construction worker, and that's the way he likes it. He's left his past behind, but some things cannot be erased. Like the tattoos on his arms that transform into a weapon, or that he was once closer to the Queen of Summer than any half-human should be. Now the half-sidhe all in Summer once feared is dragged back into the world of enchantment, danger, and fickle fae—by a woman who looks uncannily like his dead wife. Her name is Robin, and her secrets are more than enough to get them both killed. A plague has come, the fullborn-fae are dying, and the dark answer to Summer's Court is breaking loose.

Vianne di Rocancheil is a lady waiting at the Court of Arquitaine, where she studies her books, watches for intrigue, and shepherds her foolhardy Princesse through the glittering whirl. Court is a sometimes-unpleasant waltz, especially for the unwary, but Vianne treads its measured steps well.

Unfortunately, the dance has changed. Treachery is afoot in gilded and velvet halls. A sorcerous conspiracy is unleashed, with blood, death, and warfare close behind. Vianne must flee, carrying the Great Seal of Arquitaine with her. This is the one thing the conspirators need to rule, and they won’t rest until they have it. A life of dances, intrigues, and fashion has not prepared Vianne for this. Nor has it prepared her for Tristan d’Arcenne, Captain of the King’s Guard and player in the most dangerous games conspiracy can devise. Yet to save her country and avenge her Princesse, Vianne will become what she must and do whatever is required.

A Queen can do no less.

The black-ops government agency called Sigma broke Justin Delgado, trained his psionic talent and turned him into a killer. Then he escaped and joined the Society, an underground resistance movement of psions determined to use their talents to bring Sigma down. Competent, cold, and cruelly efficient, he's the best operative the Society has, a legend among the psions who fight a shadow war against an enemy that owns the courts, the press, and the police. Feared even by his own teammates, hunted by the government, and too damaged to feel anything but clinical rage, he is utterly alone--until he meets Rowan. When Rowan Price stumbles across Delgado's team in an abandoned house, he is assigned to make contact with her, bring her in, and keep her alive--because Rowan is one of the most powerful psychics the resistance has ever encountered. She possesses a talent that can heal shattered minds and broken bodies, or it can incite riots and revolution. If the government gets its hands on her, she could very well mean the downfall of the resistance, because nobody, not even Rowan, is quite sure how far her talents extend or how powerful she could eventually become. Twenty-four hours after she meets Delgado, her life is shattered and she's on the run from Sigma. If Sigma can't take her freedom, they'll settle for her life. She is simply too powerful to be left alone. The Society will welcome Rowan, if she can stay alive long enough to join them. Unfortunately, there's a traitor buried in the ranks of the resistance, ready to betray everything the Society has worked so hard to achieve. If the Society goes down, Rowan is at risk. God alone knows what Delgado will do to keep her safe, becauseRowan is fast becoming the only thing in the world he cares about?

The Lightbringer : Theodora Morgan knows she's a little strange. Her talent for healing has set her apart, marked her as different all her life--a life spent moving from town to town when too much notice is taken of her abilities. Unfortunately, her talent for healing has brought her to the attention of the Crusade--and the Dark. The Crusade wants her dead because she's psychic, the Dark wants to feed on her talent--and then there's Dante. Tall and grim and armed with black-bladed knives, guns and a sword, he says he's here to protect her. But what if Theo needs protection from him? The Watcher: Dante is a Watcher, sworn by Circle Lightfall to protect the Lightbringers. His next assignment? Watch over Theo. She doesn't know she's a Lightbringer, she doesn't know she's surrounded by enemies--and she doesn't know she's been marked for death by a bunch of fanatics. Perfect. He can't protect her if she doesn't trust him, but how can she possibly trust a man scarred by murder and warfare--a man who smells like the same Darkness Theo has been running from all her life?

Eternal: More Love Stories With Bite presents all-new YA stories featuring vampires, the romantic heroes and heroines that still hold the reading public enraptured. A mix of writers from the first anthology and new contributors makes for a fresh new collection with all of the dark romance of its predecessor, and a book that's sure to thrill vampire romance fans old and new.

The book includes an original introduction by Cast.

Description anglaise:

Harris and Kelner's third short-story anthology sends paranormals on vacation. Some of the 13 journeys are romps: Harris dispatches Sookie Stackhouse on a weekend getaway with an errand to a strip club that involves more than Sookie bargained for, in "Two Blondes." Katie MacAlister gives Guardian Aisling Grey's demon servant a trip to remember in "The Perils of Effrijim." And A. Lee Martinez's "The Innsmouth Nook" B&B caters to an unusual crowd, to say the least. Other tales are chilling: Jeff Abbott's tabloid journalist pursues the "Safe and Sound" return of a missing tourist; Christopher Golden observes the a hotel's "Thin Walls" for connections between a mourning man and a succubus; and Chris Grabenstein's "The Demon in the Dunes" stresses the perils of smoking. Sarah Smith, Daniel Stashower, L.A. Banks, Lilith Saintcrow, and Sharan Newman also contribute quality work, and readers will find this collection a great sampler for discovering authors they'll want to follow.

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Harris et Kelner le troisième court-histoire anthologie envoie paranormals en vacances. Certains des 13 voyages sont ébats: Stackhouse Harris Sookie dépêches sur un week-end avec une course à un club de striptease qui implique plus de Sookie négocié, dans "Deux Blondes». Katie MacAlister donne serviteur démon gardien Aisling Grey un voyage inoubliable dans "Les Périls de Effrijim." Et A. Lee Martinez "Le Innsmouth Nook" B & B s'adresse à une foule inhabituelle, pour dire le moins. D'autres récits donnent le frisson: journaliste tabloïd Jeff Abbott poursuit le "Safe and Sound" retour d'un touriste manquant; Christopher Golden observe les d'un hôtel "Les murs sont fins" pour les connexions entre un homme deuil et une succube, et Chris Grabenstein "Le Démon dans le Dunes », souligne les dangers du tabac. Sarah Smith, Daniel Stashower, LA Banks, Lilith Saintcrow, et Sharan Newman contribuent également un travail de qualité, et les lecteurs trouveront cette collection un échantillonneur idéal pour découvrir les auteurs ils veulent suivre.

Au sortir de la boîte de nuit où elle a perdu de vue son amie Lucy, Sophie aperçoit le corps de cette dernière allongé dans une ruelle sombre. Près d’elle un homme est penché, les canines luisantes, le visage couvert de sang. Paralysée par l’épouvante, Sophie comprend qu’elle va être la prochaine victime du vampire. Mais alors qu’elle tente de s’enfuir, un inconnu se dresse entre elle et le monstre, des bras puissants l’enserrent, une voix grave lui ordonne de ne pas bouger… A moitié morte de peur, le cœur battant à tout rompre, Sophie lève les yeux et rencontre le regard de l’homme qui a arrêté sa course. Un regard de loup qui la transperce et la caresse tout à la fois. Un regard qui, sans qu’elle s’explique pourquoi, fait naître en elle le plus troublant des frissons.

Résumé: lune de miel, lune de sang. 9 aventures de bit-lit.

Retrouvez les personnages de vos séries de bit-lit dans neuf aventures signées par les maîtres du genre: Kelley Armstrong, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, PN Elrod, Caitlin Kittredge, Marjorie M Liu, Katie MacAlister, Lilith Saintcrow, Ronda Thompson. Neuf auteurs, neuf nouvelles... et neuf façons différentes de vivre sa lune de miel.

1) "Traque" de Kelly Armstrong

2) "Heorot" de Jim Butcher

3) "Vacances à la romaine" de Rachel Caine

4) "Telle mère, telle fille" de P.N. Elrod

5) "Mortelle lune de miel" de Caitlin Kittredge

6) "Les liens du coeur" de Marjorie M.Liu

7) "Tu donnes ta langue au chat" de Katie MacAlister

8) "Pour le pire" de Lilith Saintcrow

9) "Qui a peur de Sam Wulf?" de Ronda Thompso

Le baiser interdit, Patrice Michelle

Ainsi, le séduisant détective dont elle est amoureuse est un loup-garou… Pourtant, en écoutant cet aveu, Kaitlyn ne ressent aucune peur. Voilà donc pourquoi Landon faisait preuve à son égard d’une inexplicable retenue. Comme s’il craignait de lui faire du mal. Comme si… Et brusquement, Kaitlyn comprend la signification de ce que Landon vient de lui révéler : c’est la dernière fois qu’ils se voient, car dans le monde où ils vivent, un loup et une humaine n’ont pas le droit de s’aimer.

La morsure du loup, Lilith Saintcrow

Dans une ruelle sombre et déserte, Sophie aperçoit un homme, penché sur un corps de femme, le visage couvert de sang. Comprenant qu’elle va être sa prochaine victime, elle tente de fuir, mais un inconnu se dresse soudain entre elle et le vampire. Paralysée par la peur, elle croise alors le regard de celui qui a arrêté sa course. Un regard de loup qui la transperce et la caresse tout à la fois, faisant naître en elle le plus troublant des frissons…

Falling in love with the teenage Antichrist is dangerous, in this short story from New York Times bestselling author Lilith Saintcrow.

Demons are preying on schoolchildren in her city, so Francesca Barnes does what any red-blooded librarian would do-she does some research and goes hunting. But the books she finds in a secret cache don't tell her the whole story. Chess has no idea what she's just stepped into or just how special she is.

Orion is Drakul, part demon, and a loyal servant of the Order. He doesn't expect a motorcycle-riding librarian to be messing around with demonic forces, and he doesn't expect her to smell so damn good. But Ryan's got bigger problems. His partner has disappeared, and the forces of Darkness are rising.

Now Chess is Ryan's only hope of finding his partner, and Ryan is Chess's only hope of survival because the demons now know Chess exists and that she is the heir to a long-lost power that could push back their dark tide. If Ryan can keep her alive long enough, she just might be the key to destroying the demons completely.

But Ryan doesn't know he's been betrayed by the very Order he serves. And if Chess does, by some miracle survive, he won't ever be able to touch her again. . .

Sellsword. Assassin. Thief. Kaia Steelflower has done quite well for herself, and she longs to retire as an innkeeper. Unfortunately, one night she picks the wrong pocket, and finds herself saddled with a barbarian, an elven princeling and his two hapless companions, a wharf-rat, and a lutebanging minstrel. And there’s the little matter of an old friend calling in a debt of honor and blood–a debt Kaia can’t refuse.

Now a reluctant Kaia and her companions face a rebellious army, assassins, and oh yes, the assassins. They don’t have a chance…

…but Kaia Steelflower, thief and sellsword, has never known when to quit.

Life isn’t easy for a sexwitch. Even your own body betrays you. It’s bad enough that Selene is part slave to Nikolai, the Prime Power of Saint City, but she’s got her brother Danny and she’s got her job at the college. In the postwar wreckage of an uncertain world, it’s pretty much all she’s ever allowed herself to want.

Then Danny ends up murdered, and Selene finds herself a pawn in a dangerous game. Indentured to a bloodsucking Nichtvren and helpless, told to stop trying to uncover the identity of her brother’s killer, Selene has nowhere to turn. If she’s a good girl, Nikolai will leave her a little bit of freedom. He’ll take care of her, and she’ll be safe–if she obeys.

But Selene hasn’t survived this long by being obedient to her cursed powers, or to the men who buy her time. Her brother was all she had, and now she’s ready to borrow, beg, lie, steal or kill–whatever it takes to avenge him.

And if Nikolai gets in the way, Selene will use every tool in her arsenal to make him regret it…

Got Vampires ? Ghosts ? Monsters ? We Can help !

"Those Who Fight Monsters : Tales of Occult Detectives" is your one-stop-shop for Urban Fantasy’s finest anthology of the supernatural. 14 sleuths are gathered together for the first time in all-original tales of unusual cases which require services that go far beyond mere deduction !

"Those Who Fight Monsters : Tales of Occult Detectives" brings together popular characters from many Urban Fantasy paranormal investigative series, for your enjoyment.

Meet the Detectives :

Danny Hendrickson - from Laura Anne Gilman's Cosa Nostradamus series.

Kate Connor - from Julie Kenner’s Demon Hunting Soccer Mom series.

John Taylor - from Simon R. Green’s Nightside series.

Jill Kismet - from Lilith Saintcrow’s Jill Kismet series.

Jessi Hardin - from Carrie Vaughn’s Kitty Norville series.

Quincey Morris - from Justin Gustainis’ Morris/Chastain Investigations series.

Marla Mason - from T. A. Pratt's Marla Mason series.

Tony Foster - from Tanya Huff’s Smoke and Shadows series.

Dawn Madison - from Chris Marie Green’s Vampire Babylon series.

Pete Caldecott - from Caitlin Kittredge’s Black London series.

Tony Giodone - from C. T. Adams and Cathy Clamp’s Tales of the Sazi series.

Jezebel - from Jackie Kessler’s Hell on Earth series.

Piers Knight - from C. J. Henderson’s Brooklyn Knight series.

Cassiel - from Rachel Caine’s Outcast Season series.

Demons may lurk, werewolves may prowl, vampires may ride the wind. These are things that go bump in the night, but we are the ones who bump back !

Paranormal romance is a supernatural force to be reckoned with. Packed with a menagerie of werewolves, shape-shifters, and assorted demons, its undisputed king is none other than our favorite centuries-old bloodsucker — the vampire.

Let the biggest and brightest names in the paranormal romance business show you the bewildering array of complex vampire codes of conduct, dark ritual, and dating practices, as they chat up the locals and engage in the most erotic encounters you will sink your teeth into this side of un-Death. These ain’t your mother’s vampires !

In a quickly expanding genre, here are 30 short stories of hot blood and inhuman passions.

This title features twenty-five unashamedly modern short romances which don’t shy away at the bedroom door from the creme de la creme of contemporary romance writers, including Lilith Saintcrow, Louisa Burton, Anna Windsor, Susan Sizemore, Michelle M. Pillow, Rebecca York, Charlotte Stein, Shiloh Walker, Victoria Janssen, Saskia Walker and Cathy Clamp. This is writing which is more direct, less euphemistic, and frankly accepting of sexuality — fiercely hot stories of flesh and blood and feelings which will entrance and beguile romance readers.

Dante Valentine has been all three in her life.

But in the beginning, she was a Necromancer for hire. And while she was choosy about her jobs, there were just some she couldn't turn down. Like when the Devil showed up at the door and offered her a deal: her life - in exchange for the capture and elimination of a renegade demon.

But how do you kill something that can't die?

Chicks are awesome--and never more so than when they are kicking some serious vampire/werewolf/demon/monster butt.

Chicks Kick Butt is an anthology that features one of the best things about the urban fantasy genre: strong, independent, and intelligent heroines who are quite capable of solving their own problems and slaying their own dragons (or demons, as the case may be).

Edited by Kerrie Hughes and Rachel Caine, Chicks Kick Butt features original stories from thirteen authors, eleven of whom are New York Times bestsellers:

- Rachel Caine (with a story from her bestselling Weather Wardens universe)

- L.A. Banks

- Rachel Vincent

- Karen Chance

- Lilith Saintcrow

- Cheyenne McCray

- Susan Krinard

- Jeanne Stein

- Jenna Black

- Susan Krinard

- Jeanne Stein

- Jenna Black

- Elizabeth Vaughan

- Carole Nelson Douglas

- P.N. Elrod

- Nancy Holder