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Texas, 1934. Elsa Martinelli had finally found the life she’d yearned for. A family, a home and a livelihood on a farm on the Great Plains. But when drought threatens all she and her community hold dear, Elsa’s world is shattered to the winds. Fearful of the future, when Elsa wakes to find her husband has fled, she is forced to make the most agonizing decision of her life. Fight for the land she loves or take her beloved children, Loreda and Ant, west to California in search of a better life. Will it be the land of milk and honey?

Brielle of Thornbrook has dedicated her life to the abbey. She spends her days forging iron and her evenings studying the Text, all in preparation of becoming an acolyte. Twenty-one years on this earth and she has never touched a man. And she never will. But when she finds an injured stranger in the forest, Brielle can’t resist the urge to help him. The encounter leads her to the realm of Under, where the air breathes rot, and the fair folk dance and whisper. Where she discovers that the man she helped is actually a god: Zephyrus, the West Wind, Bringer of Spring.

From the bestselling author of The North Wind and The West Wind comes a sizzling fantasy romance novel featuring a fake engagement and second chance romance, inspired by Sleeping Beauty and the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur.

Wren of Edgewood is no stranger to suffering. With her parents gone, it is Wren’s responsibility to ensure she and her sister survive the harsh and endless winter, but if the legends are to be believed, their home may not be safe for much longer. For three hundred years, the land surrounding Edgewood has been encased in ice as the Shade, a magical barrier that protects the townsfolk from the Deadlands beyond, weakens. Only one thing can stop the Shade’s fall: the blood of a mortal woman bound in wedlock to the North Wind.

Min of Marles spends her days at the apothecary creating potions and poisons while being pushed around by her employer, Madame Clarisse. But this is no ordinary potion shop: it specialises in brews made with ingredients harvested from the immortal beings the madame keeps imprisoned. Eurus, the East Wind, is one such prisoner, tortured daily by Madame Clarisse. Haunted by his cries of pain, Min impulsively sets Eurus free, only to have him steal her away to his enchanted chateau on a remote island.

When Pestilence comes for Sara Burn’s town, one thing is certain: everyone she knows and loves is marked for death. Unless, of course, the angelic-looking horseman is stopped, which is exactly what Sara has in mind when she shoots the unholy beast off his steed. Too bad no one told her Pestilence can’t be killed. Now the horseman, very much alive and very pissed off, has taken her prisoner, and he’s eager to make her suffer. Only, the longer she’s with him, the more uncertain she is about his true feelings towards her, and hers towards him. And now, well, Sara might still be able to save the world, but in order to do so, she'll have to sacrifice her heart in the process.

The dangerous, fanatical Imperial Order, under the leadership of the power-mad Emperor Jagang and his multitude of demonic underlings, unleashes a deadly plague. To find a cure, Richard Cypher and his beloved Kahlan Amnell must seek out the legendary Temple of the Winds, a fortress of evil sealed away for three thousand years. But the path of the Seeker of Truth is never an easy one - even if he can reach the Temple at all, there is no guarantee he'll ever return.

Following the fall of a beloved prince, division brews across the north. Elyon Daecar, freed of the Warrior King’s cells, rides to Dragon’s Bane to defend the border of Vandar against an incoming Agarathi horde. He must become a prince, and a champion, to his people. But will it be enough? Having finally arrived in Aram, Saska finds herself a captive yet again, this time by the sinister Sunlord Elio Krator, the man once betrothed to her mother. When a Tukoran army arrives to siege the great fortress of Eagle’s Perch, Krator marches to defend it, taking Saska with him.

'When I was 12 years old God spoke to my father for the first time. God didn't say much. He told my father to be a painter and left it at that.... ' So begins Niall Williams' magical tale about love and destiny. Nicholas Coughlan and Isabel Gore were made for each other - but fate doesn't always take the easiest or the most obvious route to true love. For a start, Nicholas and Isabel have never met and nor are they likely to, without some kind of divine intervention. But as God, ghosts, a series of coincidences and seemingly chance events and encounters conspire to bring the couple together.

Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables . The book was an immediate success. The title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. Four Winds: Alan Douglas threw down his pen with an impatient exclamation. It was high time his next Sunday's sermon was written, but he could not concentrate his thoughts on his chosen text.

The rulers of tiny, impoverished Swansgaard have twelve daughters and one son. While the prince’s future is assured, his twelve sisters must find their own fortunes. Disguising herself as Clarence, Princess Clarice intends to sail to the New World. When the crew rebels, Clarice/Clarence, an expert with rapier and dagger, sides with the handsome navigator, Dominick, and kills the cruel captain. Dominick leads the now - outlawed crew in search of treasure in the secret pirate haven known as The House of the Four Winds.

Eva is a herd mistress without a herd. A tagalong by her own definition. Not thrown away by her people, but rather someone who created a new life for herself when the old one died. When she rescues one of the mysterious winged horses, a creature straight out of myth, from those who would enslave him, Eva opens the door to something her chosen people want more than anything else. An alliance.

Brielle de Thornbrook consacre sa vie à l'abbaye, à forger le fer et à étudier les Textes, tout cela pour devenir une acolyte. Mais lorsqu'elle trouve un étranger blessé dans la forêt, Brielle ne peut résister à l'envie de l'aider. Cette rencontre la conduit au royaume de l'Inférieur où elle découvre que cet inconnu est en fait Zéphyrus, le Vent de l'Ouest, le Roi du Printemps.

After discovering the Inquisitor’s plot within the Academy, Tolan is offered a chance to go with his father and learn from the Draasin Lord. Doing so not only means turning against the Academy and everything he has come to know, but means the Inquisitors will succeed in their plan. When the Grand Master comes to him asking a dangerous favor, Tolan must make a choice that might bring him into direct contact with the Draasin Lord. Everything he’s been taught about the elementals and the Draasin Lord is wrong.

In this episode, we unpack the prophetic and biblical significance of the Four Winds—north, south, east, and west—as expressions of God’s sovereign power and authority. From the vision in Ezekiel 37’s valley of dry bones to the gathering of the elect in Matthew 24, these winds have marked moments of judgment, restoration, blessing, and transformation. Each carries unique attributes, yet all move together to fulfill God’s purposes in the earth.We’ll explore how the Four Winds shift spiritual seasons, bring divine synchronization, and release global impact in times of shaking, ...

Melanie Marie Shifflett Ridner is a Native American writer and poet. The Four Winds is a collection of over 100 Native American poems. Through these verses, she pours out her emotions about growing up Native American, nature, ceremonies, and various rites of passage.

Clove Winchester is feeling lucky at life, and that's before a mysterious stranger drops into her magic store and gifts her with a special coin. Suddenly things can't go wrong for Clove, and she's the center of attention in the Winchesters' world - especially because Aunt Tillie wants that coin.

Eine Liebe, die die Welt retten könnte … oder sie für immer zerstören. Das BookTok-Phänomen von Alexandria Warwick endlich auf Deutsch! Die junge Prinzessin Sarai Al-Khatib lebt unter dem Schatten eines grausamen Fluchs: An ihrem 25. Geburtstag droht ihr der Tod durch die Berührung einer schwarzen Iris. Um ihr Schicksal abzuwenden, soll sie Prince Balior heiraten – doch als ihre einstige große Liebe, Notus, der Südwind, zurückkehrt, beginnt für Sarai ein gefährliches Spiel um Liebe, Macht und Verrat.

Texas, 1921. La Gran Guerra ha terminado y Estados Unidos parece entrar en una nueva era de optimismo y abundancia. Pero para Elsa, considerada demasiado mayor para casarse en una época en la que el matrimonio es la única opción de una mujer, el futuro es incierto. Hasta la noche en que conoce a Rafe Martinelli y decide cambiar la dirección de su vida. Con su reputación arruinada, solo le queda una opción respetable: casarse con un hombre al que apenas conoce.

Every town has a ghost legend. But within the borders of Wraith County, all the legends are true. No one knows why the spirits of the dead remain. Did centuries of evil deeds bring a curse upon the land? Or does the cursed land have a way of preserving that evil? A team of first-rate warriors and third-rate investigators called Four Winds-One Storm intend to find out. Standing in their way is a drug-running death cult biker gang, spiteful spastic spirits, and a power mad wraith.