Magic School For Adults

It's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to finishing school. Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper manners - and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. So she enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. But Sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped.

H.I.V.E. is a top-secret school of villainy, where children with a precocious talent for wrongdoing are sent to develop their talents and become criminal masterminds. After all, "Villains have the best lines and wear the best costumes."

Magic can solve all your problems. At least, that’s what Ruby would have said a year ago, before she learned she was a witch. Now, all magic does is create more problems. There’s a giant tear in the fabric between the non-magical world Ruby lives in and the magical one her boyfriend is from. Every time Ruby uses her powers, the tear grows larger. The only way to stop the magical world from swallowing up Ruby’s home is to journey into the unknown forests of the other realm that contain frightening creatures such as acid frogs, poison moths, and banshees that terrify you at night. And ...

Nixen gibt es wirklich – und sie sind gefährlich. So wurde es Devin ihr Leben lang eingetrichtert. Als sie ihren Schwarm Tyler aus Versehen zu tief in den Badesee lockt und so ins Krankenhaus befördert, begreift Devin, dass in ihr selbst Nixen-Kräfte schlummern. Um sie zu kontrollieren, soll sie die geheime "School of Myth & Magic" besuchen, zusammen mit Hexen, Drachen, Vampiren und einem sehr charmanten Faun. Doch etwas – oder jemand – mit dunklen Absichten ist ihr an die Schule gefolgt.

Clara Cassidy and Samael returned to Crossedlake University after a brief respite from the chaos at the end of last semester; they found that things had changed. The school was on lock-down, Corbin was missing, and they were under suspicion. Their worst fears slowly came true as the arcane investigators patrolling the school slowly unraveled what happened last semester and zeroed in on Clara. One of the detectives, known to be one of the best that ever existed, quickly pieced things together and targeted their group. She interrogated them intensely as she tried to pick apart the origin of ...

Does one need four fully-grown foxgloves for decorating a dinner table for six guests? Or is it six foxgloves to kill four fully-grown guests? Sophronia's first year at school has certainly been rousing. First, her finishing school is training her to be a spy. (Won't Mumsy be surprised!) Secondly, she gets mixed up in an intrigue over a stolen device and has a cheese pie thrown at her.

Seit Devin die School of Myth & Magic besucht, sind ihre Probleme nicht kleiner geworden: Sie beherrscht ihre Nixen-Kräfte immer noch nicht ganz. Sie hat erfahren, dass ihre Vorfahren gefährliche Monster waren. Und sie hat Caleb mit einem einzigen Kuss in Lebensgefahr gebracht. Viel bedrohlicher als ihre eigenen, unkontrollierbaren Kräfte ist jedoch Kassian, der skrupellose Incubus, der nichts unversucht lässt, Devin zu manipulieren. Was verbirgt sich wirklich hinter seinem zerstörerischen Plan? Gefährlich. Knisternd. Magisch. Band 2 der neuen Romantasy-Reihe von Jennifer Alice Jager.

❤ A sexy and sparkling New Romance that will make your heart beat to the rhythm of gypsy drums ❤ A gypsy circus, an icy stare... What if love had the eyes of a lion tamer? After Italy, Morgane's adventure continues as she flies to the mysterious Eastern lands. In a Romanian traveling circus, she meets Maeva, an enchanting gypsy dancer with fiery eyes who invites her to join her troupe. But it's another performer who will turn her world upside down: Enzo, a wild and beautiful lion tamer... who seems to hate her from the very first magnetic, ice-cold glance. Between the glitter of ...

In the ancient kingdom of Menyamar, Raidia, the 19-year-old Royal Daughter, grapples with her identity as a weakly Talented mage amidst the looming threat of the Goluk, relentless invaders who have besieged her people for over four centuries. As the magical ward protecting Menyamar weakens, Raidia's mother, the formidable Matriarch, seeks to forge an alliance by arranging Raidia's marriage to a foreign prince in hopes of securing aid against their enemy. Refusing to be a pawn in her mother's political machinations, Raidia makes a daring choice: she escapes her gilded cage, determined to ...

Alison, the Drow princess, can’t even make it back to the School of Necessary Magic for her junior year without tripping across trouble hunting for her. Underground bullet trains, battles with dark magic, growing dragons, Louper tournaments, school dances, and job fairs. Growing up magical can be tough on a social life. Thank goodness she’s got her friends beside her.

Every time violence erupts in the Middle East, Ida knows what's coming next. Some of her classmates treat her like it's all her fault—just for being Palestinian! In eighth grade, Ida is forced to move to a different school. But people still treat her like she'll never fit in. Ida wishes she could disappear. One day, dreading a final class project, Ida hunts for food. She discovers a jar of olives that came from a beloved aunt in her family's village near Jerusalem. Ida eats one and finds herself there—as if her parents had never left Palestine!

Angels are real – and it turns out that I’m one of them. A strange invitation to Angel Academy turns my normal, boring life on its head. Suddenly, I have to confront the fact that my Father, who I’ve never met, is an angel! And, by default, I’m expected to follow in his footsteps. Whisked off to the Academy, it doesn’t take long for me to realize that I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing. I can’t seem to use my wings, I have no idea how to fight and it doesn’t take the other students to realize that I’m, well… weird. I don’t fit in. I don’t know anyone. And I’d...

Ruby has a problem… …and it’s more than her pet dragon and hunky boyfriend can help her solve. Six months ago, she discovered she was a witch. Great huh? But with magic comes trouble, especially living in a (mostly) unmagical world. Ruby’s magic makes her a homing beacon for all magical creatures. They come to her—sometimes in the middle of her college lectures—asking for help to be returned home. Most of these creatures mean no harm, but when a witch with more magical skill than Ruby hunts her down, trying to rid magic from this realm, Ruby turns to her friends for help. ...

Drow Princess Alison Brownstone begins her senior year ready to finally graduate and start her new life, fully trained and ready to kick ass. But still reeling from the attack last semester and the absence of her best friend, Alison is desperate for some kind of distraction to make the days pass quicker. And trouble in paradise with boyfriend Tanner makes it even more vital. When books start disappearing, she can’t resist digging deeper. But going down the rabbit hole leads to truths far more dangerous than petty theft.

When Twiggy had ripped open the box and dug through the protective material, his hand landed on a strange round object... 
Twiggy Rattlesnake would never have believed that a regular boy like himself could ever alter time! With the discovery of a surprise box on the doorstep on his thirteenth birthday, Twiggy doesn’t know that his future is about to change–sending him on an adventure in time travel starting with The School of Time and Space, and opening his eyes to the truth of who he really is.

Her name is Nikki. She is a Space Mowgli. After her parents’ death, she is stranded on a tiny asteroid, where her only friend and mentor is the computer that saved her life and became part of her body. After years of seclusion she is rescued and returned to the world of people, where she is hunted by a mysterious killer. But to kill Nikki is not an easy task. This young and fragile girl has an iron will, a sharp mind and, above it all, she knows how to make friends. True friends... “Nikki is a genius at many things, but sometimes she is incredibly naive and rude. After a series of ...

*Winner of YA READ OF THE YEAR 2016 by Obsessed By Books, World Indie Awards* Fifteen year old Rosalind Ines Pastrano has lived her entire life neglected, tormented, and abused by her parents. However, all that changes one night when Roz’s mother is murdered and she escapes a vicious attempted assault, thanks to Jimmy. Jimmy is her protector, and he is also a spirit. For unknown reasons, Jimmy’s ghost has attached itself to Roz, and she is the only one who can see him. Time and again, Jimmy proves he is a gentle, loving protector. He is unfailingly there for Roz as she battles inner ...

When Mr. Tipkins, a gift-giver from the Department of Wishes of Faerie, arrives to give a wish to a newborn baby in the village of Widdershins, he isn't in the best of moods. His uncharacteristic burst of bad temper begins a chain reaction that has consequences no one can foresee. The Truth About Magic is a story of mistakes and of deception, of wizards (good and bad), and of what happens when perfectly ordinary wishes go wrong.

In a world where everyone has their role, Aara has never fit in. When she is assigned to apprentice in her mysterious father's guild, she gains a longed-for opportunity to earn a place for herself... if she can just manage to follow the rules. As she struggles to learn the dangerous art of channeling, Aara is confronted with a choice. Will she do what it takes to fit in? Or will she take the risks necessary to learn who she truly is?

This book contains the first two volumes of the Wizards and Faeries fantasy series: Halfway and Wanderer's Shadow. Wizards and Faeries is the anti-Harry-Potter: the wizard school is part of a shadowy organization that takes the students by force from their families. And the outside world isn't much better: if you are a wizard, you are looked upon with fear because of what you represent. In the midst of this, in secret, twins are born: a boy and a girl. They are Halfway, the rare offspring of humans and a now-extinct race of faeries. But the twins don't remain a secret for long. Temet, the ...