Новинки Мелиссы Марр

Ellie loves working in her local library in the small town of Ligonier. She loves baking scones and investigating the mysterious and captivating in her spare time. And there is nothing more mysterious and captivating than the intriguingly beautiful, too properly dressed woman sipping tea in her library who has appeared as if out of nowhere. The pull between them is undeniable, and Ellie is not sure that she wants to resist.

Prospero, a powerful witch from the magical land of Crenshaw, is often accused of being… ruthless in her goals and ambitions. But she is driven to save her dying homeland, and a prophecy tells her that Ellie is the key. Unbeknownst to Ellie, her powers have not yet awakened. But all of that is about to change.

Lilywhite Abernathy is a criminal. Her father’s “unconventional” business has meant a life of tightly held secrets, concealed weaponry, and a strict code. But Lily’s crime isn’t being the daughter of a powerful mob boss. Her guilt lies in the other half of her DNA—the part that can coax ancient rumors from stones and summon fire with a thought. Lily is part fae, which is a crime in her world.

From the time before she was born, a war has been raging between humanity and fae. The Queen of Blood and Rage, ruler of both the Seelie and Unseelie courts, wants to avenge the tragic death of her heir—a death that was the fault of reckless humans.

Lily’s father has shielded her from the repercussions of her ancestry…until she is sent to the prestigious St. Columba’s school, straight into the arms of the Black Diamonds.

Mysterious, glamorous, and bound together in their mission but constantly at odds, Zephyr, Creed, Will, Roan, Violet, and Alkamy are a Sleeper cell of fae, planted in the human world to help destroy it from within. With covers as rock stars and celebrity children, the Black Diamonds carry out the queen’s war against humanity. And unbeknownst to Lilywhite, she’s been chosen to join them.

Now more than ever, Lily’s heritage puts her in peril, and even the romantic attention of the fae singer Creed Morrison isn’t enough to keep Lily from wanting to run back to the safer world of organized crime.

Melissa Marr returns to faery in a dramatic story of the precarious space between two worlds and the people who must thrive there.

После пяти лет завязки Хлоя заглянула в бар и... сорвалась. Очнувшись, она поняла, что очутилась в совсем другом мире…
Пустоземье – мир, расположенный за пределами нашего. Эта выжженная пустынная земля под небом с двумя лунами населена монстрами и человекоподобными созданиями. В Пустоземье попадают случайные люди из разных эпох, но ни один из них не знает, почему выбор пал именно на него. Два вопроса мучают «незваных гостей»: почему я здесь и возможно ли выбраться из этого населенного демонами мира?..

Король Лета исчез, Темный Двор утопает в крови, а по улицам Хантсдейла бродит чужак...
Айслинн отправляется к Летнему Двору в поисках своего потерянного короля и соскучившись по Сету. Разрываясь между своей новой королевой и своей старой любовью, Кинан пытается подготовить свой Двор к наступающей войне. Дония, хотя и жаждет пламенной страсти, хладнокровно готовит Зимний Двор к битве. Сиф, названный брат Темного короля и наследник Высокой королевы, собирается совершить ошибку, которая может стоить ему жизни. Любовь, отчаяние и предательство поселились во Дворах фейри, и в последней битве кто-то победит… а кто-то потеряет все.
Захватывающий дух финал серии, начатой романом «Коварная красота«!

From Sir Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene to E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops," literature is filled with sexy, deadly, and downright twisted tales. In this collection, award-winning and bestselling authors reimagine their favorite classic stories, the ones that have inspired, awed, and enraged them, the ones that have become ingrained in modern culture, and the ones that have been too long overlooked. They take these stories and boil them down to their bones, and reassemble them for a new generation of readers.

Written from a twenty-first century perspective and set within the realms of science fiction, dystopian fiction, fantasy, and realistic fiction, these short stories are as moving and thought provoking as their originators. They pay homage to groundbreaking literary achievements of the past while celebrating each author's unique perception and innovative style.

Today's most acclaimed authors use their own unique styles to rebuild the twelve timeless stories:

Sir Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene - Saladin Ahmed
W. W. Jacobs's "The Monkey's Paw" - Kelley Armstrong
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's "Carmilla" - Holly Black
"Sleeping Beauty" - Neil Gaiman
The Brothers Grimm's "Rumpelstiltskin" - Kami Garcia
Kate Chopin's The Awakening - Melissa Marr
Rudyard Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King" - Garth Nix
Henry James's "The Jolly Corner" - Tim Pratt
E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops" - Carrie Ryan
Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto - Margaret Stohl
William Seabrook's "The Caged White Werewolf of the Saraban" - Gene Wolfe
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Birth-Mark" - Rick Yancey

Eva Tilling wakes up in hospital to discover she has been the victim of a hit-and-run. As she struggles to understand who in the sleepy town of Jessup would want to hurt her, she is plagued by visions of her friends dying - and then a slew of murders takes place, with eerie messages to Eva left beside the bodies. An old friend offers his help and protection, but the killer is obsessed and will stop at nothing to get to Eva...

Eva Tilling wakes up in the hospital to discover she possesses a strange new skill—the ability to foresee people's deaths when they touch her. While she is recovering from her hit-and-run accident, Nate, an old flame, reappears, and the two must traverse their rocky past as they figure out how to use Eva's power to keep their friends—and each other—from falling into the hands of a killer. This contemporary romantic suspense novel from five-time New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr earned widespread critical acclaim, with Kirkus Reviews calling it a "riveting whodunit that delivers a bouquet of teen romance, paranormal, and…

The Arrivals is the second novel for adults by internationally bestselling author Melissa Marr.

Chloe walks into a bar and blows five years of sobriety. When she wakes, she finds herself in an unfamiliar world, The Wasteland. She discovers people from all times and places have also arrived there: Kitty and Jack, a brother and sister from the Wild West; Edgar, a prohibition bootlegger; Francis, a one-time hippie; Melody, a mentally unbalanced 1950s housewife; and Hector, a former carnival artist.

None know why they arrived there--or if there is way out of a world populated by monsters and filled with corruption.

Just as she did in Graveminder, Marr has created a vivid fantasy world that will enthrall. Melissa Marr's The Arrivals is a thoroughly original and wildly imagined tale about making choices in a life where death is unpredictable and often temporary.

In a city of daimons, rigid class lines separate the powerful from the power-hungry. And at the heart of The City is the Carnival of Souls, where both murder and pleasure are offered up for sale. Once in a generation, the carnival hosts a deadly competition that allows every daimon a chance to join the ruling elite. Without the competition, Aya and Kaleb would both face bleak futures--if for different reasons. For each of them, fighting to the death is the only way to try to live.

All Mallory knows of The City is that her father--and every other witch there--fled it for a life in exile in the human world. Instead of a typical teenage life full of friends and maybe even a little romance, Mallory scans quiet streets for threats, hides herself away, and trains to be lethal. She knows it's only a matter of time until a daimon finds her and her father, so she readies herself for the inevitable. While Mallory possesses little knowledge of The City, every inhabitant of The City knows of her. There are plans for Mallory, and soon she, too, will be drawn into the decadence and danger that is the Carnival of Souls.

From Melissa Marr, bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely series and "Graveminder," comes a brand-new tale of lush secrets, dark love, and the struggle to forge one's own destiny.

… В тихом, сонном городке Клейсвилл произошла серия зверских убийств. Первой из жертв стала пожилая миссис Мэйлин Барроу. Друзья погибшей срочно вызывают в город ее внучку Ребекку. Но не просто на похороны, и не только за тем, чтобы девушка вступила в права наследования. Лишь эти люди знают, кем была Мэйлин на самом деле. А именно – Хранительницей Могил. И не было в Клейсвилле человека важнее, чем она. Мэйлин охраняла мир живых от мира мертвых. Ребекке рассказывают странные и страшные вещи: и о том, что мертвецы иногда возвращаются в наш мир, убивая живых, и о мистическом договоре властей городка с ""тем светом"". А еще о том, что ей,…

Dangerous promises and beguiling threats swirl together in a dozen stories of enchantments, dark and light, by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr. Uncanny and unexpected creatures appear from behind bushes, rise from under the seas, or manifest from seasonal storms to pursue the objects of their attention—with amorous or sinister intent—relentlessly.

From the gentle tones of a story-teller’s cadences to the terror of a blood sacrifice, tales of favorite characters from Marr’s Wicked Lovely novels mix with accounts of new characters for readers to fall in love with . . . or to fear.

Lush, seductive, and chilling, Melissa Marr’s stories revel in the unseen magic that infuses the world as we know it.

Страна фэйри в опасности. Согласно соглашению с Соршей, могущественной королевой Высокого двора, смертный юноша Сет покидает владения фэйри и возвращается к жизни в мире обыкновенных людей. Вскоре после этого Соршу обуревает настолько сильная тоска по нему, что она забывает о необходимости поддерживать свое королевство, и мир фэйри начинает угасать. Остроту ситуации добавляет то, что Бананак, воинственная сестра королевы, стремится развязать войну между королевствами фэйри...

Dangerous promises and beguiling threats swirl together in a dozen stories of enchantments dark and light by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr. Uncanny and unexpected creatures appear from behind bushes, rise from beneath the seas, or manifest from seasonal storms to pursue the objects of their attention—with amorous or sinister intent—relentlessly.

From the gentle tones of a storyteller’s cadences to the terror of a blood sacrifice, tales of favorite characters from Marr’s Wicked Lovely novels mix with accounts of new characters for readers to fall in love with...or to fear.

Lush, seductive, and chilling, Melissa Marr’s stories revel in the unseen magic that infuses the world as we know it.

Three sips to mind the dead . . . Rebekkah Barrow never forgot the attention her grandmother Maylene bestowed upon the dead of Claysville, the small town where Bek spent her adolescence. There wasn't a funeral that Maylene didn't attend, and at each one Rebekkah watched as Maylene performed the same unusual ritual: She took three sips from a silver flask and spoke the words "Sleep well, and stay where I put you." Now Maylene is dead, and Bek must go back to the place she left a decade earlier. She soon discovers that Claysville is not just the sleepy town she remembers, and that Maylene had good reason for her odd traditions. It…

Melissa Marr returns to the ravishing world of Faerie with a story set between her bestselling novels Ink Exchange and Fragile Eternity.

Recently anointed king of the Dark Court, Niall struggles to forge a new relationship with his subjects—and with the former Dark King, Irial, his once-friend, once-enemy, and now possible-advisor.

Aislinn took a steadying breath. "I need to find out where Keenan is. If he's not home, I'm going into war without him... which is not ideal. Someone knows where he is."
"I do not, my queen. I give you my word that I will find out, though." Tavish's restrained facade slipped, and she saw the faery-cruel expression as he asked, "Are there limits to the methods?"
The Summer King is missing; the Dark Court is bleeding and a stranger walks the streets of Huntsdale, his presence signifying the deaths of powerful fey. Love, despair and betrayal ignite the Faery Courts, and in the final conflict some will win... and some will lose everything.
The thrilling conclusion to the bestselling Wicked Lovely series will leave you breathless.

Айслинн, новая королева Лета народа фэйри, несмотря на обретенное ею бессмертие, никак не может изжить из сердца любовь к смертному юноше Сету. Король Кинан, муж Айслинн, тоже не может обрести сердечный покой, он любит Донию, королеву Зимы, но счастье их невозможно, потому что зима и лето несовместимы, как лед и пламень. Но раз несчастлив король, слабеет и королевский двор, и поданные теряют силу перед опасностями, грядущими извне. А опасностей этих много, и главная среди них — война между королевствами фэйри, которую стремится развязать Бананак, сестра-близнец могущественной королевы Высокого двора... «Темное предсказание» продолжает…

A journey may take hundreds of miles, or it may cover the distance between duty and desire.

Sixteen of today’s hottest writers of paranormal tales weave stories on a common theme of journeying. Authors such as Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine, and Melissa Marr return to the beloved worlds of their bestselling series, while others, like Claudia Gray, Kami Garcia, and Margaret Stohl, create new land-scapes and characters. But whether they’re writing about vampires, faeries, angels, or other magical beings, each author explores the strength and resilience of the human heart.

Suspenseful, funny, or romantic, the stories in Enthralled will leave you moved.

Лесли, ближайшая подруга Айслинн, новой королевы Лета народа фэйри, чтобы изменить свою жизнь, решает сделать татуировку. Ей и в голову не могло прийти, что мастер татуировок, к которому она обратилась, связан с темными фэйри, а сама татуировка оказывается магическим знаком их короля Айриэла. И всякого смертного, отмеченного зловещим знаком, ожидает незавидная участь стать жертвой коварных замыслов обитателей потустороннего мира... «Роковая татуировка» продолжает «Коварную красоту», дебютную книгу Мелиссы Марр, мгновенно выдвинувшую писательницу на высшие ступеньки рейтинга популярности, переведенную более чем на 20 языков мира и по успеху…

The Summer King is missing; the Dark Court is bleeding; and a stranger walks the streets of Huntsdale, his presence signifying the deaths of powerful fey.

Aislinn tends to the Summer Court, searching for her absent king and yearning for Seth. Torn between his new queen and his old love, Keenan works from afar to strengthen his court against the coming war. Donia longs for fiery passion even as she coolly readies the Winter Court for battle. And Seth, sworn brother of the Dark King and heir to the High Queen, is about to make a mistake that could cost his life.

Love, despair, and betrayal ignite the Faery Courts, and in the final conflict, some will win . . . and some will lose everything.

The thrilling conclusion to Melissa Marr's New York Times bestselling Wicked Lovely series will leave readers breathless.