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When bounty hunter Liam Quinn discovered that Claire Connolly was a Sensitive and infected with magic, he should have turned her in to be locked up in the prison district known as Devil's Isle. Instead, he helped her learn to control her power and introduced her to an underground group of paranormals and humans who know the truth about the war and those who fought it.

From the author of the Chicagoland Vampires novels, a new series about a boarding school filled with something worse than homework. Lily's parents have sent her to a fancy boarding school in Chicago filled with the ultra-rich. If that wasn't bad enough, she's hearing and seeing bizarre things on St. Sophie's creepy campus. Her roommate, Scout, keeps her sane, but keeps disappearing at night. When one day Lily finds Scout running from real-life monsters, she learns the hard way that Scout is involved in a splinter group of rebel teens.They protect Chicago from demons, vamps, and dark magic users....

Claire Connolly is a good girl with a dangerous secret: She's a Sensitive, a human endowed with magic that seeped through the Veil. Claire knows that revealing her skills would mean being confined to Devil's Isle. Unfortunately, hiding her power has left her untrained and unfocused. Liam Quinn knows from experience that magic makes monsters of the weak, and he has no time for a Sensitive with no control of her own strength.

Kit Brightling, rescued as a foundling and raised in a home for talented girls, has worked hard to rise through the ranks of the Isles' Crown Command and become one of the few female captains in Queen Charlotte's fleet. Her ship is small, but she's fast - in part because of Kit's magical affinity to the sea. But the waters become perilous when the queen sends Kit on a special mission with a partner she never asked for. Rian Grant, Viscount Queenscliffe, may be a veteran of the Continental war, but Kit doesn't know him or his motives....

Vampires generally aren't afraid of things that go bump in the night, but Merit and Ethan are extra jumpy after a recent attack by a dark sorcerer. So when they learn someone is messing with graves in Chicago's cemeteries, they fear their powerful foe might be back for even more magical vengeance. But after a specter begins haunting Cadogan House - and targeting vampires - they realize they're being taunted by an altogether different sort of monster. A ghoulish villain straight out of the Windy City's urban legends is on the prowl - and he won't stop until he's killed again....

Elisa, the only vampire ever born, is hoping all can remain quiet in the City of Chicago in the wake of a destructive attack by an ancient demon who broke the city's defensive magic. Still, she and her friends, including shifter Connor Keene, know they need to be ready for anything. Everyone is working as hard as they can to repair the city's wards, but unwelcome creatures are slipping through and Elisa soon finds herself caught in the middle of a magical turf war with roots that go back generations.

Merit, the Sentinel of Chicago's Cadogan House, is pregnant. She's ready to meet her daughter but also excited to see her feet again. While out on an evening walk, Merit stops to help a man in need, only to find herself the victim of a kidnapping attempt. Someone with a serious debt to some very serious people thinks Cadogan House will pay a rich reward for Merit's return.

Fox is a thief with morals—she steals from those who can afford it and only a little at that. She has no choice. Fox and her three closest companions entered into indentured servitude to the Lady, a mysterious noble with widespread political power by questionable means, in order to pay off familial debts. While searching for an easy mark in town, Fox helps a royal bodyguard fend off a would-be assassin’s attack on a prince’s life. But what started off as protecting the prince out of good conscience has now unwittingly embroiled this thief in a vast world of politics, high stakes, and romance.

As the only vampire child ever born, some believed Elisa Sullivan had all the luck. But the magic that helped bring her into the world left her with a dark secret. Shifter Connor Keene, the only son of North American Central Pack Apex Gabriel Keene, is the only one she trusts with it. But she's a vampire and the daughter of a Master and a Sentinel, and he's prince of the Pack and its future king. When the assassination of an ambassador brings old feuds to the fore again, Elisa and Connor must choose between love and family, between honor and obligation, before Chicago disappears forever.

Claire Connolly is a Sensitive, infected with magic when the Veil that divides humanity from the world beyond fell. Magic can easily consume and destroy a Sensitive, and if Claire's secret is discovered, she'll be locked into the walled district of Devil's Isle along with every other Paranormal left in the city. Bounty hunter Liam Quinn discovered Claire's secret but refused to turn her in. Together they saved New Orleans from the resurgence of magic that nearly destroyed it. But now a dangerous cult is on the rise.

Protecting Chicago from the dark side of life can be an exhausting job, especially when you're in high school. So when the girls of St. Sophia's start gearing up for Sneak, their fall formal, Lily decides to take a break from fighting to get ready for the event. But when a Reaper unexpectedly crashes the party prep and Lily's firespell fails, she realizes that she has a much bigger problem than a full social calendar....

Lily Parker is new to St. Sophia's School for Girls, but she's already learned that magic can be your best friend - or your worst enemy. That's why Lily has to learn how to control her newly discovered paranormal abilities while fighting the good fight with her best friend Scout as they take on Chicago's nastiest nightlife - including the tainted magic users known as Reapers....

Es ist das Ereignis des Jahres: Ganz Chicago wartet darauf, dass sich Merit und Ethan das Jawort geben. Doch bevor das glückliche Paar in die Flitterwochen verschwinden kann, wird die Stadt von merkwürdigen Vorkommnissen heimgesucht. Erst treibt eine geheimnisvolle Stimme die Menschen in den Wahnsinn, und dann versinkt Chicago im Schneechaos - mitten im August! Keine Frage, hier ist Magie im Spiel, und Merit und Ethan müssen sich der neuen Bedrohung stellen.

Die Vampire Merit und Ethan konnten schon viel Erfahrung in ihren Kämpfen sammeln - doch jetzt haben sie es mit einem Gegner zu tun, der mächtiger ist, als sie es sich je vorzustellen vermochten. Und er hat es auf Chicago abgesehen. Ethan hat Haus Cadogan in Alarmbereitschaft versetzt, aber der Feind wird nicht Halt machen, bevor Vampir gegen Vampir kämpft. Merit muss nun alles opfern, um dieses Spiel zu gewinne.

Als ein alter Bekannter aus Ethans Vergangenheit in Chicago auftaucht, wissen Merit und Ethan nicht, ob er Freund oder Feind ist. Doch das müssen sie schnellstmöglich herausfinden, denn es bahnt sich Ärger an. Auf einem Treffen der High Society Chicagos können Merit und Ethan mit knapper Not einen Mordanschlag auf einen Gast verhindern. Alles deutet darauf hin, dass eines der Vampirhäuser in den Anschlag verwickelt ist.

Ein Serienmörder geht in Chicago um. Er tötet Menschen und setzt dabei Magie ein. Die Polizei tappt im Dunkeln, während die Zahl der Opfer weiter wächst. Obwohl Menschen und Vampire keineswegs gut aufeinander zu sprechen sind, bittet die Polizei die Vampirin Merit um ihre Hilfe. Kann Merit den Mörder finden, bevor sie selbst in sein Visier gerät?

Seit Merit in eine Vampirin verwandelt wurde, haben sie und der Vampir Ethan Sullivan Erstaunliches geleistet: Sie haben Haus Cadogan zum stärksten Vampirklan Nordamerikas gemacht und Bündnisse mit allen möglichen übernatürlichen Geschöpfen geschlossen. Als einige befreundete Gestaltwandler Opfer eines magischen Angriffs werden, muss Merit rasch handeln, um herauszufinden, wer dahintersteckt.

In Chicago verschwinden Vampire. Jemand scheint es auf die Blutsauger abgesehen zu haben. Vampirin Merit und ihr Geliebter Ethan wollen den rätselhaften Vorkommnissen auf die Spur kommen. Dabei geraten sie in ein undurchschaubares Netz aus Intrigen und müssen feststellen, dass ihr Feind mächtiger ist, als sie jemals vermutet hätten.

Die Gegner der Vampire gewinnen in Chicago immer mehr an Einfluss. Nun droht auch noch der Staat ein vampirfeindliches Gesetz zu erlassen. Als ein merkwürdiges magisches Phänomen die Einwohner Chicagos in Unruhe versetzt, fürchtet die Vampirin Merit, dass eine Panik ausbrechen könnte. Sie muss alle Hebel in Bewegung setzen, um herauszufinden, wer hinter der magischen Attacke steckt.

Nach ihrer Verwandlung in eine Vampirin zieht Merit in das Haus Cadogan ein. Im Auftrag ihres neuen "Meisters", dem Vampir Ethan Sullivan...