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St. Vladimir’s Academy isn’t just any boarding school—it’s a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic, and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They’ve been on the run, but now, they’re being dragged back to St. Vladimir’s—the very place where they’re most in danger....

Theirs is a world of ancient desires and forbidden pleasures. They are men of mystery and women of seduction, wild creatures with the power to entrance and enchant, tease and tantalize. Enter their secret world, if you dare. This collection contains "The Yearning" by Hannah Howell, "City of Demons" by Richelle Mead, "Bitten" by Lynsay Sands, and "Heart of the Mummy" by Saranna DeWylde.

Georgina Kincaid has formidable powers. Immortality, seduction, shape-shifting into any human form she desires, walking in heels that would cripple mere mortals - all child's play to a succubus like her. Helping to plan her ex-boyfriend's wedding is a different story. Georgina isn't sure which is worse - that Seth is marrying another woman, or that Georgina has to run all over Seattle trying on bridesmaid dresses.

In Georgina Kincaid, succubus and she-demon, number one New York Times best-selling author Richelle Mead has created one of her most enticing characters. But with a shot at love, and maybe even redemption, is the ultimate seductress finally going soft? Like hell she is....

The recent Strigoi attack at St. Vladimir’s Academy was the deadliest ever in the school’s history, claiming the lives of Moroi students, teachers, and guardians alike. Even worse, the Strigoi took some of their victims with them . . . including Dimitri.

Tough, brainy alchemist Sydney Sage and doe-eyed Moroi princess Jill Dragomir are in hiding at a human boarding school in the sunny, glamorous world of Palm Springs, California. The students - children of the wealthy and powerful - carry on with their lives in blissful ignorance, while Sydney, Jill, Eddie, and Adrian must do everything in their power to keep their secret safe. But with forbidden romances, unexpected spirit bonds, and the threat of Strigoi moving ever closer, hiding the truth is harder than anyone thought.

Sydney Sage is an Alchemist, one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. They protect vampire secrets - and human lives. In the aftermath of a forbidden moment that rocked Sydney to her core, she finds herself struggling to draw the line between her Alchemist teachings and what her heart is urging her to do. Then she meets alluring, rebellious Marcus Finch - a former Alchemist who escaped against all odds, and is now on the run.

Dimitri gave Rose the ultimate choice. But she chose wrong...After a long and heartbreaking journey to Dimitri's birthplace in Siberia, Rose Hathaway has finally returned to St. Vladimir's - and to her best friend, Lissa. It is nearly graduation, and the girls can't wait for their real lives beyond the Academy's iron gates to begin. But Rose's heart still aches for Dimitri, and she knows he's out there, somewhere. She failed to kill him when she had the chance. And now her worst fears are about to come true. Dimitri has tasted her blood, and now he is hunting her.

The astonishing conclusion to the number one international best-selling series...Murder. Love. Jealousy. And the ultimate sacrifice. The Queen is dead and the Moroi world will never be the same. Now, with Rose awaiting wrongful execution and Lissa in a deadly struggle for the royal throne, the girls find themselves forced to rely upon enemies and to question those they thought they could trust... But what if true freedom means sacrificing the most important thing of all? Each other.

Georgina Kincaid has been a bad, bad succubus...which should be a good thing. But lately, thanks to her foul mood over breaking up with best-selling writer Seth Mortensen, she's been so wicked that Seattle's über-demon Jerome, decides to "outsource" Georgina to a rival - and have her spy for him in the process.

Tamsin Wright is unstoppable. She must become the Glittering Court's diamond: the girl with the highest test scores, the most glamorous wardrobe, and the greatest opportunities to match with an elite suitor in the New World. The final installment in Richelle Mead's sweeping, enthralling Glittering Court series answers the trilogy's biggest question: What is the secret that drives Tamsin to win at all costs?

A refugee of war, Mira was cast out of her home country and thrust into another, where the conditions were inhospitable at best. In a life-altering twist of fate, she is given the chance to escape once more, and she takes it, joining the Glittering Court.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Immortal Crown by Richelle Mead, read by Emily Shaffer. When Justin March and supersoldier Mae Koskinen are assigned to a diplomatic delegation going into Arcadia - a dangerous neighbouring country to the RUNA, in which religion is intertwined with government - they discover powerful forces at work. Mae also has her own secret mission: finding the illegitimate niece her family smuggled away years ago.

For as long as Fei can remember, there has been no sound in her village. Her people are at the mercy of a mysterious faraway kingdom, which delivers food in return for precious metals mined from the treacherous cliffs surrounding them. When villagers begin to lose their sight, their rations shrink and many go hungry. Fei's home, the boy she loves and her entire existence is plunged into crisis, under threat of darkness and starvation. Then Fei is awoken in the night by a searing noise, and sound becomes her weapon....

Die Alchemistin Sydney Sage versteckt sich zusammen mit der Moroi-Prinzessin Jill Dragomir an einem Internat in Kalifornien. Obwohl sie gehofft hatten, hier vor den Machenschaften in der Welt der Vampire verschont zu bleiben, holt sie die Realität schnell ein. Zusammen mit dem Dhampir Eddie und dem attraktiven Vampir Adrian setzt Sydney alles daran, Jill zu beschützen.

Sydney Sage fühlt sich hin und her gerissen zwischen ihren Verpflichtungen als Alchemistin und dem, was ihr Herz begehrt. Da begegnet ihr der rebellische Marcus Finch, ein ehemaliger Alchemist, der mit seiner Herkunft gebrochen hat. Er will Sydney überzeugen, seinem Beispiel zu folgen, doch das ist leichter gesagt als getan.

Als Alchemistin ist es Sydneys Aufgabe, die Geheimnisse der Vampire zu bewahren und gleichzeitig die Menschen vor den Blutsaugern zu schützen. Da gerät Jill Dragomir, die Schwester der Vampirkönigin Lissa, in tödliche Gefahr, und die Moroi müssen sie verstecken. Um einen Krieg zwischen den Vampiren zu verhindern, soll Sydney über Jill wachen. Gemeinsam flüchten sich die Mädchen an einen Ort, wo niemand eine Vampirin vermuten würde: ein Internat für menschliche Schüler in Kalifornien. Doch damit fängt der Ärger erst richtig an.

Die Lage an der VAMPIRE ACADEMY spitzt sich zu ... Rose Hathaways Leben wird niemals wieder wie früher sein. Der Angriff auf die Akademie St. Vladimir hat die gesamte Welt der Moroi erschüttert und viele Todesopfer gefordert. Doch noch schlimmer ist das Schicksal derjenigen, die von den Strigoi verschleppt wurden. Unter den Vermissten befindet sich auch Rose' Geliebter Dimitri.

Liebe, Verrat und Intrigen an einer High School für Vampire! Es ist Frühling an der Vampirakademie, und Rose Hathaway steht kurz davor, ihren Abschluss zu machen. Doch seit sie zum ersten Mal einen Strigoi im Kampf getötet hat, wird Rose von düsteren Gedanken und merkwürdigen Visionen geplagt. Währenddessen zieht neues Unheil herauf: Lissa hat wieder begonnen, mit ihrer Magie zu experimentieren, und ihr einstiger Widersacher Victor Dashkov ist möglicherweise auf freiem Fuß. Rose und Dimitri kommen sich wieder näher, die verbotene Leidenschaft zwischen beiden flammt unvermindert auf.

Für Sydney Sage ist ihr schlimmster Albtraum Realität geworden. Durch den Verrat ihrer Schwester Zoe ist sie nun die Gefangene der Alchemisten. Denn Sydney hat das größte Tabu der Alchemisten gebrochen: Sie hat sich auf eine Liebesbeziehung mit einem Vampir eingelassen und mit Rebellen gemeinsame Sache gemacht.