Recensie: ‘Windkracht 17’ – Caroline Wahl
13/11/2025
Wanneer de moeder van Ida komt te overlijden stapt ze blind van emotie in de trein. Het enige dat ze weet is
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WELCOME BACK TO THE DALTON UNIVERSITY SETTING OF BAL KHABRA’S SMASH HIT COLLIDE!
He’s a wild card. She’s a seasoned pro. Together, they might just be the perfect match in this sweeping romance between a figure skater and hockey player from the bestselling author of Collide.
‘A perfect balance between wholesome and spicy, with two fleshed out and complex characters that you can’t help but root for until the very last page’ Stylist If you loved Icebreaker by Hannah Grace, you’ll love this… Sierra Romanova was an Olympic figure skater before a life-altering accident left her with panic attacks every time she enters the rink. Now, back for her final year at Dalton University, she’s ready to reclaim the spotlight.
Kicked off his hockey team for reckless behaviour, Dylan Donovan has little to no chance of making it to the National Hockey League draft. But Dylan’s whole world revolves around the ice so, if hockey is forbidden, at least there’s figure skating. When Sierra finds herself in desperate need of a new partner, the only person who can match her skill is none other than the cocky hockey player who refuses to cut her any slack.
On the ice, their chemistry is electric. But can they stand the heat off the rink?
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A fae guardian of the realm falls in love with a charming Elizabethan spy – who could be the key to her world’s undoing.
Samson Calthorpe’s father is a court favourite – but that alone won’t take him far without money and so many people depending on him.
So when the opportunity arises to become a royal spy, he has to take it, using every bit of the skills and resolve he’s picked up on the streets of London to prove his worth in Queen Elizabeth’s court. Alyth Graham has kept her eyes on Queen Mary’s husband, Lord Darnley, for years – her eyes and her magic. She may be a member of the Scottish court, but she’s no lady.
A bastard child of a fae prince and a human mother, Alyth is among the most powerful protectors in Scotland: guardians sworn to support the barrier keeping the Red Caps, a bloodthirsty clan of fairies, away from the Fae Land portals. As Alyth and Samson circle each other in the volatile and glamorous Scottish court, both seek to uncover threats to their own countries. They have only one unifying link: their shared hatred and suspicion of Lord Darnley.
Using secret codes, hidden messages, and a little bit of magic, Alyth and Samson unravel a plot centuries in the making. Lord Darnley is only a pawn, and in this game, the queen takes all.
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Enemies at work, lovers at night – but what happens when the lines blur?
On paper, they’re a disaster. In the sheets, they’re a perfect match.
Kent Lester is proud principal of Lear Elementary School, working hard to create a joyful, thriving learning community. But after years of putting work before play, this divorcee is finally ready to let loose and dip back into the dating world. Spreading his bisexual wings gets off to a rocky start when Kent’s first date, Vincent, is an uptight control freak – although that doesn’t stop them tangling some sheets.
But when the school’s test scores take a sudden nosedive, Kent finds himself under the microscope. That’s when none other than his one-night stand Vincent is employed to install new software to help the school monitor and collect data. With both their jobs hanging on this project, butting heads is going to get them nowhere.
One thing is for sure: Vincent and Kent need to be able to work together. But maybe then, there might there be room for something more…
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Power is Seductive, Love is Dangerous, and Freedom Comes at a Price Too High to Pay…
-Seductive magic.
Deadly betrayal. With the future of the Order clouded in uncertainty, and the evil within its ranks coming to the surface, Quell Marionne once again has nowhere left to turn. Everyone Quell cares about is gone and she still can’t escape those that want to destroy her.
But when she uncovers an earth-shattering revelation, she must choose: be the hero the magic world needs or save Jordan. Meanwhile, a darkness festers inside Dragunheart Jordan Wexton. His path to survival means becoming the monster he was bred to hate.
In a world where the line between proper and forbidden magic blurs, Quell and Jordan, along with two unlikely allies – Jordan’s bitter brother Yagrin Wexton and magicless heir Nore Ambrose – must navigate a treacherous path where freedom hangs by a thread. Can love tip the scales toward freedom? Or will rivalries and deadly betrayals shatter their hearts and destroy the world they once knew?
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DELUXE EDITION a gorgeous hardcover edition featuring hot pink sprayed edges!
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six, Girl Dinner is a darkly-fun novel about power, lust, and eating your fill, as wealthy moms and sorority girls practice a sinister new wellness trend . . .
Good girls deserve a treat.
Every member of The House, the most exclusive sorority on campus, and all its alumni, are beautiful, high-achieving, and universally respected.
After a freshman year she would rather forget, sophomore Nina Kaur knows being one of the chosen few accepted into The House is the first step in her path to the brightest possible future.
Once she’s taken into their fold, the House will surely ease her fears of failure and protect her from those who see a young woman on her own as easy prey.
Meanwhile, adjunct professor Dr. Sloane Hartley is struggling to return to work after accepting a demotion to support her partner’s new position at the cutthroat University.
After 18 months at home with her newborn daughter, Sloane’s clothes don’t fit right, her girl-dad husband isn’t as present as he thinks he is, and even the few hours a day she’s apart from her child fill her psyche with paralyzing ennui. When invited to be The House’s academic liaison, Sloane enviously drinks in the way the alumnae seem to have it all, achieving a level of collective perfection that Sloane so desperately craves.
As Nina and Sloane each get drawn deeper into the arcane rituals of the sisterhood, they learn that living well comes with bloody costs. And when they are finally invited to the table, they will have to decide just how much they can stomach in the name of solidarity and power.
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Meryle heeft nooit een thuis gekend. Ze gaat van pleeggezin naar pleeggezin, steeds weggestuurd door de demon die haar achtervolgt: de Man Zonder Gezicht. Wanneer ze bij de familie Bell terechtkomt, durft ze eindelijk te dromen over een toekomst vol liefde en warmte. Maar daar vindt de demon haar al snel weer terug. Om zichzelf te redden, moet ze hem onder ogen komen.
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Een ijzersterke politiethriller voor de fans van M.J. Arlidge en Karin Slaughter
Ze is de bestverkopende misdaadauteur ter wereld. Nu is ze zelf een moordverdachte.
NYPD-rechercheur Declan Shaw krijgt om 21.42 uur een telefoontje van zijn luitenant: Hoe snel kan je bij 211 Central Park West zijn? Het Beresfordgebouw.
Voor appartement 18a wordt Shaw gebriefd door zijn partner. De vrouw belde het alarmnummer om een inbraak te melden – en de moord op haar man. Ze vuurde een kogel af op hulpverleners en deed vervolgens een verbijsterende eis: niemand komt binnen, behalve rechercheur Declan Shaw.
De vrouw doet open, haar lichaam bedekt met bloed. Ze lijkt in shock. Er ligt een lichaam op de vloer van de luxe woonkamer. Elk boek in de plafondhoge boekenkasten is van dezelfde auteur: Denise Morrow, truecrimebestsellerauteur.
‘Ben jij dit?’ vraagt Shaw. ‘Ben je een schrijver?’
De echte vraag is: is ze ook een moordenaar?
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Orla Kennedy is al zolang ze zich kan herinneren verliefd op haar beste vriend Shay Lucas, maar ze weet zeker dat deze liefde niet wederzijds is. Sinds hun eerste ontmoeting op veertienjarige leeftijd in Apple Hill Bay voelt ze zich met hem verbonden, en onder de sterren van Cranberry Cove groeide haar stille liefde. Behalve één magische kerst, waarin ze even hoopte dat hij misschien hetzelfde voelde, heeft ze haar gevoelens verborgen gehouden – liever zijn vriendschap dan helemaal niets. Maar wat als Shay meer voelt dan hij laat blijken en zijn hart met een reden gesloten houdt? Deze kerst zou het lot hun levens wel eens op z’n kop kunnen zetten, en hen dwingen de liefde onder ogen te zien die ze al die jaren verborgen hielden. ‘De kerstmagie van Cranberry Cove’ is deel drie in de Apple Hill Bay-serie van Holly Martin, ideaal voor liefhebbers van feelgood!
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- Spannend. Sexy. Dodelijk verslavend.
- Meer dan 100.000 ratings op Goodreads
- #1 New York Times Instant Bestseller
- Op TikTok bekend als dé opvolger van Lights Out
“Ik wilde deze vrouw, en ik was een man die altijd kreeg wat hij wilde.” Nico “Junior” Trocci weet dat Lauren Marchetti verboden terrein is. Zij is lief en vrolijk, terwijl Junior leeft in een wereld van geweld en verdorvenheid. Mannen zoals hij krijgen geen vrouwen zoals zij.
Daarom duwde hij haar op de middelbare school van zich af en hield hij sindsdien afstand. Maar wanneer Junior Lauren online opzoekt, ontdekt hij dat het verlegen, boekenwurmige meisje dat hij zich herinnert verdwenen is. In haar plaats is een opvallend mooie vrouw gekomen, wiens sociale media vol staan met schaars geklede foto’s van zichzelf en een connectie met een nabijgelegen speelclub. Juniors onschuldige nieuwsgierigheid verandert al snel in een duistere obsessie. Lauren van een afstand bekijken is niet genoeg; hij moet haar de zijne maken.
“Hij is meedogenloos; een wandelende rode vlag. Gelukkig is rood
mijn favoriete kleur.”
Lauren is geïntrigeerd door de mysterieuze man die steeds in haar club verschijnt en haar vurige verlangens prikkelt. Maar terwijl hun flirterige online berichten een diepere band tussen hen creëren, maakt Lauren zich zorgen dat ze echte gevoelens voor deze sombere vreemdeling begint te ontwikkelen. Als hun gezamenlijke verlangen tot een breekpunt stijgt, wie zal dan wie verleiden.
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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER, OCTOBER 2024 GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK, OCTOBER 2024 INDIE NEXT PICK, AND OCTOBER 2024 LIBRARYREADS PICK NOW IN PAPERBACK!
Deluxe limited edition features beautiful designed edges, color inside cover printing and cover flaps. This breathtaking collectible edition is only available on a limited first print run!
“Exquisite and devastating. It won’t fail to move you.” –Shelley Parker-Chan, #1 bestselling author of She Who Became the Sun
Inspired by the legend of Xishi, one of the famous Four Beauties of Ancient China, A Song to Drown Rivers is an epic novel steeped in myth about womanhood, war, sacrifice, and love against all odds as the fate of two kingdoms hangs in a delicate balance.
Her beauty hides a deadly purpose.
Xishi’s beauty is seen as a blessing to the villagers of Yue–convinced that the best fate for a girl is to marry well and support her family. When Xishi draws the attention of the famous young military advisor, Fanli, he presents her with a rare opportunity: to use her beauty as a weapon. One that could topple the rival neighboring kingdom of Wu, improve the lives of her people, and avenge her sister’s murder. All she has to do is infiltrate the enemy palace as a spy, seduce their immoral king, and weaken them from within.
Trained by Fanli in everything from classical instruments to concealing emotion, Xishi hones her beauty into the perfect blade. But she knows Fanli can see through every deception she masters, the attraction between them burning away any falsehoods.
Once inside the enemy palace, Xishi finds herself under the hungry gaze of the king’s advisors while the king himself shows her great affection. Despite his gentleness, a brutality lurks and Xishi knows she can never let her guard down. But the higher Xishi climbs in the Wu court, the farther she and Fanli have to fall–and if she is unmasked as a traitor, she will bring both kingdoms down.
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DISCOVER THE CULT HIT THAT BECAME A WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON
The Dregs Edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller Crooked Kingdom, sequel to Six of Crows, features new cover art, black stained edges, and updated maps.
When you can’t beat the odds, change the game.
Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn’t think they’d survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they’re right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz’s cunning and test the team’s fragile loyalties. A war will be waged on the city’s dark and twisting streets–a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the fate of the world as they know it.
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DISCOVER THE CULT HIT THAT BECAME A WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON
The Dregs Edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller Six of Crows features new cover art, black stained edges, and updated maps.
Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price–and no one knows that better than criminal mastermind Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly job that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone…
A convict with a thirst for revenge
A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager.
A runaway with a privileged past.
A spy known as the Wraith.
A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums.
A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes.
Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction–if they don’t kill each other first.
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*The limited deluxe edition includes designed edges*
From New York Times bestselling author Corinne Michaels comes the next book in the Ember Falls series.
When my ex-husband leaves me for the co-star in his movie, moving back to Ember Falls feels like my only option.
Everett Finnegan, my first love and the man I’ve never forgotten, is ready to welcome me with open arms…and an open bed.
But when I find out I’m pregnant with my ex’s baby, my entire world is upended.
My ex doesn’t want the baby, but I plan to rebuild my life as a single mother and figure out how to handle all of this alone.
Except that I don’t seem to be alone–Everett always shows up for me.
I don’t expect him to get mixed up in all my drama–not when he has his own. And I wish he would listen to me when I say we have to stop whatever it is we’re doing.
But he wants me, the baby, and my heart.
So when I’m forced to return to California sooner than planned, I’m devastated.
Everett can’t leave Ember Falls, and I can’t stay.
Saying goodbye to him the first time was hard enough. This time, it just might break me.
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In this steamy age-gap, forbidden-love cowboy romance for fans of Lyla Sage, Bailey Hannah, and Elsie Silver, a veterinarian is snowed in on a remote mountain ranch in Montana with the one man she definitely should not be fantasizing about…her ex-boyfriend’s sexy, brooding father.
Now a special edition paperback with stenciled edges, interior covers, and full color character art!
I’ve always done what was expected of me. Layla Birch, the good girl.
Forced to grow up too fast. To take care of everything myself. I had a plan. Only, I didn’t count on him. Colton Wilder. The cowboy nearly twice my age. He’s my dream man. One who takes care of me, gives me a job, and makes my pulse thud harder every time he comes near.
My ex-boyfriend’s father.
The nights are long and cold on top of this mountain. As the snow grows thicker and the tension builds between us, we’re both inching closer to a line we shouldn’t cross. Each day, it grows harder to resist the man who looks at me with longing in his eyes. It’s tempting to forget about being the good girl for once. No one would find out. Would they?
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This special paperback features stunning sprayed edges.
From the bestselling author of The High Mountain Court comes the second enchanting book in the Golden Court shifter romantasy trilogy: A Sky of Emerald Stars continues wolf-shifter Calla’s journey and explores a new love story and adventure–Sadie’s–as kingdoms clash and dark magic looms.
A secret song. A hidden fortress. A world on the brink of war.
After the long, despotic reign under the evil sorceress, Sawyn, life in the Golden Court is finally rebuilding. New leadership means new beginnings, and Sadie Rauxtide–now a royal guard–has been grappling with how she’ll fit into her new home. But when a rival Wolf king, Nero, kidnaps the Queen’s friend and mentor Ora, any hopes for peace are lost.
The Golden Court springs into action, and Sadie is tasked with an important mission: travel with Navin and Maez to try to win new allies and uncover Nero’s hidden secrets. Yet Navin has secrets of his own, and Sadie is tasked with uncovering them while battling her growing attraction to the man who betrayed her. She has a mission, but the heart wants what it wants. And fate? Fate has its own magic, and it’s one more thing out of her control.
Meanwhile, Queen Calla is forced to seek help from the Ice Wolf pack in order to stop Nero’s prejudicial rule. However, the Queen of Taigos makes Calla’s objectives impossible with their capricious relationship standing in the way–completely unwilling to commit in helping Calla rescue Ora and repeatedly dismissing Calla’s new gender identity. With no true allyship from Taigos Court, Calla battles between diplomacy and being their true self as they realize coming out is only the beginning of their journey of self-discovery.
Tensions rise on both fronts as Sadie and Calla struggle to gain support for the brewing war and realize that the world of Aotreas is more than it seems. Full of high-stakes adventures, self-discovery, and love in all forms, A Sky of Emerald Stars follows the beginning of a revolution and the relentless fight for peace.
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*The deluxe limited edition comes with designed edges*
From USA Today and Wall St. Journal bestselling author Emma Scott comes an all-new emotional, angsty coming-of-age love story perfect for fans of Jennifer Hartmann and Laura Nowlin.
At ten years old, they promised each other forever.
But his letters never came. And her heart never healed.
Seven years later, Xander Ford returns to Castle Hill Academy, broken by grief and hiding behind logic, rowing, and the weight of caring for his sick father. He never stopped thinking of Emery Wallace, the kind girl who once saw him when no one else did.
Emery looks perfect on the outside: wealthy, popular, untouchable. But behind the flawless mask is a girl unraveling under her father’s ruthless expectations and her mother’s drowning grief.
When fate pulls them back together, the connection they shared as kids flares into something undeniable and impossible to ignore. Emery shows Xander that people, like light, can be both shattered and whole. And Xander gives Emery a reason to believe in herself again.
But their love faces obstacles they can’t control–family expectations, broken promises, and the cruel truth that not everyone wants them together.
Some loves are once-in-a-lifetime. The question is: can theirs keep them in the light?
Tropes to love:
- Second-chance romance
- Childhood sweethearts
- Sports romance (rowing)
- Slow burn
- High emotion and angst
- Grief and healing
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A SPARKLING ADULT DEBUT FROM BELOVED NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR STEPHANIE PERKINS! Get this stunning deluxe edition while supplies last! The collector’s hardcover features beautiful lush pink edges, custom endpapers and a unique foiled case stamp. Perfect for any bookshelf!
“Stephanie Perkins is the reason we write romance. Overdue is the book her readers have been waiting for.” — Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Paradise Problem
Is it time to renew love or start a new chapter?
Ingrid Dahl, a cheerful twenty-nine-year-old librarian in the cozy mountain town of Ridgetop, North Carolina, has been happily dating her college boyfriend, Cory, for eleven years without ever discussing marriage. But when Ingrid’s sister announces her engagement to a woman she’s only been dating for two years, Ingrid and Cory feel pressured to consider their future. Neither has ever been with anybody else, so they make an unconventional decision. They’ll take a one-month break to date other people, then they’ll reunite and move toward marriage. Ingrid even has someone in mind: her charmingly grumpy coworker, Macon Nowakowski, on whom she’s secretly crushed for years. But plans go awry, and when the month ends, Ingrid and Cory realize they’re not ready to resume their relationship–and Ingrid’s harmless crush on Macon has turned into something much more complicated.
Overdue is a beautiful, slow-burn romance full of lust and longing about new beginnings and finding your way.
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Order now and receive the stunning DELUXE FIRST PRINT RUN while supplies last―featuring gorgeous sprayed edges and special cover design features. This breathtaking collectible is only available as part of a LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUN in the US and Canada only, a must-have for any book lover.
I should have known I’d break the promise I made when I found her stranded in a blizzard…
Feisty as hell and the most gorgeous woman I’ve ever seen. With the cutest kid and her grandmother in tow, I have to make her off-limits. I don’t get involved with women like that.
I learned long ago I don’t have the ability to love. My life is sordid–danger always hiding in the shadows. But I can’t turn my back when I realize she’s in trouble, and I insist on them staying at the motel I own.
As penance for my past sins, I promised my life to protecting others. Except she becomes so much more. A need I don’t recognize. A desperation that burns beneath my flesh. One kiss, and I’m falling for her. One touch, and I’m at her feet.
But when my dark past comes back to haunt me, I’m in a race against time to save the only woman I’ve ever loved. Only, it may be the demons that have been chasing her that destroy what we built…
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THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER This beautiful edition features a reversible dust jacket, digitally sprayed edges and designed endpapers. A sparkling debut fantasy with Celtic tones set on the magical isle of Cadence where two childhood enemies must team up to discover why girls are going missing from their clan. Enchantments run deep on the magical Isle of Cadence.
The capricious spirits that live there find mirth in the lives of the humans who call the land home, but that mischief turns to malevolence as girls begin to go missing. Adaira, heiress of the east, knows the spirits only answer to a bard’s music, enticing them to return the missing girls. But there’s only one bard capable of drawing the spirits forth by song: her childhood enemy, Jack Tamerlaine.
He hasn’t stepped foot on Cadence in ten long years, content to study music at the Mainland university. But as Jack and Adaira reluctantly work together it becomes apparent the trouble with the spirits is far more sinister than first thought and an older, darker secret lurks beneath the surface, threatening to undo them all. ‘An alluring and rich tale, at once a fast-paced mystery and a love story as warm as a hearth’ Ava Reid, bestselling author of The Wolf and the Woodsman
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Ready to fall for the ultimate player? Check out the latest sports romance by New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy, now with exclusive bonus material.
Ace Townsend is the biggest player on campus. The sexy new quarterback on the football team. I should probably mention he’s also a complete flirt. The life of the party wherever he goes. Someone I should avoid at all costs. It’s difficult though, when I’m on the social media crew for the football team and we’re out on the field during practice almost every day, filming them. On the sidelines at games. Hanging out with them at bars. The more I spend time with Ace, the more I’m drawn to him. The attraction is there, but it’s more than that. I actually like him. We have a connection, and he definitely feels it too. The problem? I signed a contract when I started on the social media team with a ‘no dating athletes’ clause. They’re strictly off limits. If we get caught together? It’s cause for my immediate termination. I love my new job and don’t want to risk it, but I’m falling for Ace. Hard. We’re all for sneaking around and keeping our growing relationship secret, but it’s starting to wear on us. Ace is determined to win me at all costs, though he doesn’t want to be the reason I lose my job, but… Maybe the two of us being together is worth the risk.
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The first novel of Pierce Brown’s iconic, New York Times bestselling Red Rising Saga, now in a stunning deluxe hardcover edition, featuring:
– Illustrated slipcase with foil
– Designed sprayed edges
– New cover and full wrap-around book case art
– Fold-out poster
– Full-color illustrated endpapers with a new map
Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he toils willingly, trusting that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.
But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago.
Driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity’s overlords struggle for power. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies . . . even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Vi Keeland comes a sexy enemies-to-lovers standalone for fans of Lauren Asher and Ana Huang.
The feud between Sophia Sterling and Weston Lockwood started before they were even born. Their grandfathers were once best friends, until a wedding-day betrayal turned them into lifelong enemies–and passed the grudge down through the generations.
Now, fate has trapped Sophia and Weston together in the one place neither of them can escape: the world’s most luxurious hotel, left jointly to their grandfathers by the woman at the center of the scandal.
Weston is arrogant, cocky, infuriating, and annoyingly gorgeous. Sophia wants to hate him. Needs to hate him. But every heated argument ends with them in the same place: tangled in sheets instead of strategy.
What begins as family rivalry turns into stolen kisses, fiery encounters, and a passion too strong to ignore. But when pride, legacy, and love are on the line, will they keep fighting the war their families started, or surrender to the one thing they can’t resist?
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This deluxe collector’s edition of Holly Black’s New York Times bestseller The Wicked features a gorgeous velvet cover, a slipcase, a ribbon bookmark, illustrated endpapers, and more.
You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.
The first lesson is to make yourself strong.
After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were easy to control. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her even as his fascination with her remains undiminished.
When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world.
You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.
The first lesson is to make yourself strong.
After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were easy to control. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her even as his fascination with her remains undiminished.
When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world.
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𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢 gaat over kerstfanaat Jenn en kersthater Rens. Ze werken bij warenhuis De Den in het centrum van Delft, waar de feestdagen het hoogtepunt van het jaar zijn. Jenn is het daar helemaal mee eens. Zij doet niks liever dan de hele dag tussen de vele lampjes en glitters staan op de seizoensafdeling.
Om het kerstpakket dit jaar extra leuk te maken en elkaar beter te leren kennen, wordt er een Secret Santa-project georganiseerd. Jenn is meteen door het dolle heen. Haar verlanglijst is oneindig en ze kan niet wachten om te zien voor wie zij een kerstpakket mag samenstellen. Dan ziet Jenn tot haar teleurstelling dat ze Rens getrokken heeft, de chagrijn van de administratie… En tot overmaat van ramp staat er niks op zijn verlanglijst.
Na een paar dagen getreurd te hebben om haar lootje, heeft Jenn al snel een missie: zorgen dat Rens een perfect kerstpakket krijgt en daarbij dus ook een mooie kerst. Ze gaat op onderzoek uit om te ontdekken wie Rens écht is en waar hij van houdt. Dit blijkt echter nog niet zo makkelijk.
Hoe meer ze graaft, hoe meer ze begint te twijfelen. Is Rens echt enkel een grinchige snob, of zit er meer achter?
- Engels - Hardback
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Magic awakens. Darkness swells. A hero rises–and she’s ready to fight… New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan is back with an all-new epic romantasy set in the high-stakes world of A Fire in the Sky.
It’s been a year since Tamsyn transformed. From royal whipping girl in the palace of Penterra to the bride of Fell, the Beast of the Borderlands. From the enemy in the Beast’s bed to the wife he sacrificed himself to save. From an ordinary girl…to a dragon. And not just any dragon–a powerful fire-breather…and the best hope to keep magic from flickering out forever.
With Fell gone, torn from her side in the dangerous swirling mists of the Crags, Tamsyn is heartbroken and alone among the dragon pride. An unwelcome outsider still learning to survive in this fiery skin of hers within a new cutthroat society, she trains in the arena until her muscles burn and her blood spills. Slowly, Tamsyn forges herself into a warrior in the shadow of Fell’s enigmatic brother, Vetr, whose silver eyes track her with distrust…and maybe something more.
But is Fell truly beyond her reach? Their bond pulls at her, as fiercely as the drive to protect both humans and dragonkind from the growing threat posed by Stig, once her closest friend, now a relentless enemy determined to hunt her down and destroy her–and with her, all things magic.
Magic stirs in the darkness, strengthening all who believe in it. But will it be enough to save Tamsyn, the pride, the kingdom…and a fiery love fated to endure for centuries, as deep as a scar in the bone?
- Engels - Paperback
Discover this paranormal 90s-set mystery in a spooky small town hiding dark secrets which stretch back centuries
Freddie Gellar didn’t mean to get half the rival high school arrested. She’d simply heard shrieks coming from the woods, so she’d called the cops like any good human would do.
How was she supposed to know it was just kids partying?Except the next day, a body is found. And while the local sheriff might call it suicide, Freddie’s instincts tell her otherwise. So, like the aspiring sleuth (and true X-Files aficionado) she is, Freddie sets out to prove there’s a murderer at large.
But her investigation is quickly disrupted by the rivalry between her school and the school of the partying teens she got arrested. For over twenty years now, the two student bodies have had an ongoing prank war, and Freddie’s failed attempt at Good Samaritanism has upped the ante. Big time.
Worse, the clever-and gorgeous-leader of the rival prank squad has set his sights on Freddie. As more pranks unfurl, more bodies also start piling up in the forest. But it’s the supernatural warning signs around town-each plucked straight from an old forgotten poem called “The Executioners Three”-that worry Freddie the most.
She knows the poem and its blood curse can’t be real, but she’s quickly running out of time to prove it. Because the murderer-or executioners?-knows she’s onto them now, and their next target might just be Freddie.
- Engels - Paperback
Molly and Andrew are friends just trying to get home from Chicago to Dublin for the holidays, when a freak snowstorm grounds their flight. Molly’s never cared about Christmas. Andrew is a full-on fanatic for the festive season.
So, she vows to get him home. And in time for his mam’s famous Christmas dinner. The clock is ticking.
But Molly always has a plan. And-as long as the highly-specific combination of taxis, planes, boats, and trains all run on time-it can’t possibly go wrong. What she doesn’t know is that, as the snow falls over the city and over the heads of two friends who are sure they’re not meant to be together, the universe might just have a plan of its own…
A totally gorgeous and escapist friends-to-lovers festive romance with a swoon-worthy hero.
- Engels - Paperback
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The Huntsman is after me.
But he will be mine first.
Nine years ago, my aunt took everything from me.
My world. My throne. My mother.
I’ve bided my time since then, serving under her in the Mwuaji crime family, but she’s crossed another line. She put a price on my head, sending the legendary assassin the Huntsman, Malachi Bowden, after me.
The Huntsman’s never failed a contract before, but I know everything there is to know about him. It’s finally time for me to take my revenge and finish the war my aunt started.
The Huntsman might be my death. But Malachi Bowden?
He’s my weakness.
Welcome to The Hunted Kingdom.
Huntsman is a dark mafia romance that explores themes, subjects, and scenes that may not be suitable for everyone. Please see the author’s content note at the beginning of the book.
Tropes:
Enemies to lovers
Forced proximity
Touch her/him and die
Morally grey MMCs
Revenge
Fairytale reimagining
- Engels - Hardback
DELUXE EDITION—a stunning hardcover edition featuring dark crimson sprayed edges
The Godfather meets The Magicians in the sweeping adult debut from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu. Perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab, Red City is a dark and deadly contemporary fantasy of magical warfare, star-crossed ambition, and the pursuit of perfection at any cost, set in a glittering alternate Los Angeles.
Alchemy is the hidden art of transformation. An exclusive power wielded by crime syndicates that market it to the world’s elites in the form of sand , a drug that enhances those who take it into a more perfect version of themselves: more beautiful, more charismatic, simply more.
Among the gleaming skyscrapers and rolling foothills of Angel City, alchemy is controlled by two rival syndicates. For years, Grand Central and Lumines have been balanced on a razor’s edge between polite negotiation and outright violence. But when two childhood friends step into that delicate equation, the city–and the paths of their lives–will be irrevocably transformed.
The daughter of a poor single mother, Sam would do anything to claw her way into the ranks of Grand Central in search of a better life. Plucked away from his family as a boy to become a Lumines apprentice, Ari is one of the syndicates’ brightest rising stars. Once, they might have loved each other. But as the two alchemists face off across opposite sides of an ever-escalating conflict, ambition becomes power, loyalty becomes lies, and no transformation may be perfect enough for them both to survive the coming war.
- Engels - Paperback
Before The Wren in the Holly Library, there was The Monster and the Last Blood Match and as the provocative, sensual Blood Type series continues, the rare bond between Reyna and Beckham is threatened by betrayal, greed, and twisted secrets.
Everyone wants a piece of her.
He wants it all.
Reyna Carpenter trusted the wrong people…and paid the price.
Held captive in the heart of a vampire empire, her freedom stripped and blood claimed, Reyna survives the only way she knows how–hope. Hope that she’ll find a way to escape. Hope that she’ll be reunited with Beckham. Hope that when she gets out of here, love will be waiting on the other side.
Except escape isn’t salvation. It’s only the beginning.
Because the world outside has changed. Lines have been drawn. Allegiances have shifted. And Reyna? She’s no longer the girl who walked willingly into the dark.
But she’d do it all over again for Beckham.
Now she has to decide how far she’ll go to reclaim her freedom…and the vampire she’s fallen for. Because power runs through Reyna’s veins, power others will do anything to control–which means she’ll have to do more than just survive.
She’ll have to fight back.
- Engels - Paperback
Get ready for your next reading obsession, the spicy small-town romance filled with mystery and suspense from the bestselling author, perfect for fans of Elsie Silver and Colleen Hoover.
When I first met Kyler Blackwood, he was a bruised and battered boy with fire in his eyes and nowhere safe to land. Since the first time he kissed me, he became my best-kept secret, my quiet rebellion, my haven in the storm. Until fate forced us apart, making us pretend to be strangers. Years later, time hasn’t dulled our instant connection, or erased the way we fit together. We were never meant to cross the line. And tell ourselves this arrangement is only temporary. But with each passing day, the lie starts to feel more like the truth. And, with every stolen touch, Kye feels more like mine. Because some things were never meant to be pretend. But there are secrets that refuse to remain buried. And some dangers are closer than we ever imagined.
- Engels - Paperback
“Jenny Bayliss is a Christmas book queen.” —People
From Putnam’s beloved holiday author comes another charming, British wintertime tale following one dejected woman’s trip home to her eccentric great-aunts, her wayward mother . . . and her first love.
Fred Hallow-Hart isn’t in love with the idea of returning home to Pine Bluff. But after a bad breakup and a subsequent eviction, she’s fresh out of options. God knows she loves her mum and her eccentric aunts–and who could forget their Christmas Cracker family business?–but she’s always felt a little out of place in her small town.
Quickly roped in by her mother to help with the cracker shop, Fred decides throwing herself into work might actually be what’s best for her. Until she reconnects with her old best friend Ryan, who is suddenly making her heart flutter in ways she’s never known; and unexpectedly finds a spark with Warren, a charming journalist covering the Pine Bluff Christmas Market for the Daily News.
But as these connections slowly lead Fred back to her heart, she’s forced to confront some harsh truths, which, if she doesn’t find a way through, might just ruin the holidays for those dearest to her. Can Fred let go of the past enough to recognize real love? And when she does, how far will she go to protect it?
- Engels - Paperback
The joy of Christmas and the thrill of falling in love collide in this gorgeous novel from the highly praised author of Accidentally Engaged.
There are two things that Ruby Dhanji loves with her whole entire heart: Christmas and anything to do with the UK. For Ruby the holidays means joy and warm memories with her late mother.
And now she’s on the verge of realizing the dream she and her mom always had: moving to England and opening a cozy inn. The only problem, Ruby needs some hotel experience first. Rashid just doesn’t get all the holiday hype.
But when he meets a woman dragging home a Christmas tree alone he has to offer to help-even if he soon finds Ruby adores all the things he dislikes. When Ruby discovers that his family owns a luxury boutique hotel chain she offers him a proposition: she’ll help him give his young nieces an amazing Christmas if he’ll facilitate an introduction to his family. As Ruby and Rashid’s friendship turns to something more, she’s afraid she’s falling for someone weeks before she moves across the Atlantic and she’ll soon have to decide which dream she wants to chase.
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Als iemand die eerst vasthield aan Engelse boeken, probeer ik toch steeds meer Nederlandstalige boeken te lezen. Dus als er dan een