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Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of what really happened the day her daughter died. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue to love her.

The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it. But having grown up in the same small town that was consumed by the murder, Pippa Fitz-Amobi isn't so sure. When she chooses the case as the topic for her final year project, she starts to uncover secrets that someone in town desperately wants to stay hidden. And if the real killer is still out there, how far will they go to keep Pip from the truth?

Do not touch the sword. Do not turn the key. Do not open the gate. In the land of the unforgiving desert, there isn’t much a girl wouldn’t do for a glass of water. Twenty\-four\-year\-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange powers she possesses, or the fact that she has been picking pockets and stealing from the Undying Queen’s reservoirs for as long as she can remember. But a secret is like a knot. Sooner or later, it is bound to come undone. When Saeris comes face\-to\-face with Death himself, she inadvertently reopens a gateway between realms and is transported to a land of ice and snow. The Fae have always been the stuff of myth, of legend, of nightmares…but it turns out they’re real, and Saeris has landed herself right in the middle of a centuries\-long conflict that might just get her killed. The first of her kind to tread the frozen mountains of Yvelia in over a thousand years, Saeris mistakenly binds herself to Kingfisher, a handsome Fae warrior, who has secrets and nefarious agendas of his own. He will use her Alchemist’s magic to protect his people, no matter what it costs him… or her. Death has a name. It is Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate. His past is murky. His attitude stinks. And he’s the only way Saeris is going to make it home. Be careful of the deals you make, dear child. The devil is in the details... N.B. Quicksilver contains depictions of graphic violence/adult situations and is therefore recommended for readers 17\+. For a full list of tropes and TWs, please visit the author's website.

Eine Drachenreiterin liebt nicht – erst recht nicht ihren Drachen. Der Auftakt zur neuen großen Romantasy-Trilogie von Spiegel-Bestseller-Autorin Marie Niehoff. Auf drei Vergehen steht in der Armee von Eldeya die Verrat, Desertion und Beziehungen zwischen Reitern und Drachenwandlern. Nachdem Yessas Wandler bei einem Hinterhalt stirbt, wird ihr ein neuer Cassim. Ausgerechnet der Mann, der ihr größtes Geheimnis kennt und damit alles zerstören könnte, was Yessa sich ihr Leben lang aufgebaut hat. Cassim begegnet ihr zunächst mit Ablehnung und Hass, doch je mehr Zeit sie zusammen verbringen, desto näher kommen sie sich. Entgegen aller Vernunft wächst zwischen ihnen Vertrauen – und mit ihm auch verbotene Gefühle. Aber Yessa ist nicht die Einzige mit Geheimnissen. Denn während sie noch mit der Frage hadert, ob sie gegen die dritte Regel verstoßen soll, hat Cassim die erste bereits gebrochen …