Fantasy Relationship

Bolu Babalola takes the most beautiful love stories from history and mythology and rewrites them with incredible new detail and vivacity in her debut collection. Focusing on the magical folktales of West Africa, Babalola also reimagines iconic Greek myths, ancient legends from the Middle East, and stories from countries that no longer exist in our world.

Eleanor I came to Hawthorne University for books, not romance. Certainly not for a man like Professor Alexander Graves—enigmatic, brilliant, and utterly untouchable. But from the moment I step into his lecture hall, I feel it. The pull. The way his gaze lingers, as if he knows something about me that I don’t. Then my body betrays me. Strange, overwhelming sensations take hold—my skin burns, my senses sharpen, and worst of all… I begin to lactate. Doctors have no answers, and I have nowhere to turn—except to him. Professor Graves seems to understand what’s happening to me. He ...

Zuhra and Inara have grown up in the Citadel of the Paladins, an abandoned fortress where legendary, magical warriors once lived before disappearing from the world - including their Paladin father the night Inara was born. On that same night, a massive, magical hedge grew and imprisoned them within the citadel. Inara inherited their father’s Paladin power; her eyes glow blue and she is able to make plants grow at unbelievable rates, but she has been trapped in her own mind because of a "roar" that drowns everything else out.

Every October, Cara and her family become inexplicably and unavoidably accident prone. Some years it's bad, like the season when her father died, and some years it's just a lot of cuts and scrapes. This accident season - when Cara; her ex-stepbrother, Sam; and her best friend, Bea, are 17 - is going to be a bad one. But not for the reasons they think.

Quinn and Piper are twins, but they've never met. Quinn has been trained to never tell a lie. Piper is a practiced liar. One twin can command the darkness; the other could hold the key to breaking the family curse. When they meet at their mother's funeral, their quest to learn truths that have been concealed from them begins, but they're shadowed by a dark spell that beckons them to run at night with a pack of murdering ghost hounds. Suspense, menace, mystery, witchcraft, family secrets, mistaken identity, and romance are interwoven in this brilliantly written novel.

Jamal’s best friend, Q, doesn’t know that he died, and that he’s about to die...again. He doesn’t know that Jamal tried to save him. And that the reason they haven’t been friends for two years is because Jamal blames Q for the accident that killed his parents. But what if Jamal could have a second chance? A new technology allows Q to be reanimated for a few weeks before he dies...permanently. And Q’s mom is not about to let anyone ruin this miracle by telling Q about his impending death. So how can Jamal fix everything if he can’t tell Q the truth?

Seventeen-year-old Revna is a factory worker, manufacturing war machines for the Union of the North. When she's caught using illegal magic, she fears being branded a traitor and imprisoned. Meanwhile, on the front lines, Linné defied her father, a Union general, and disguised herself as a boy to join the army. They're both offered a reprieve from punishment if they use their magic in a special women's military flight unit and undertake terrifying, deadly missions under cover of darkness.

This is Noah Oakman → 16, Bowie believer, concise historian, disillusioned swimmer, son, brother, friend. Then Noah → gets hypnotized. Now Noah → sees changes - inexplicable scars, odd behaviors, rewritten histories - in all those around him. All except his Strange Fascinations....

When a glamorous family of teenage witches brings a mysterious new girl into their fold, they unwittingly nurture a powerful black magic that could destroy them all. This paranormal YA fantasy features intrigue, spells, and a devastating twist. In The Graces, the first rule of witchcraft states that if you want something badly enough, you can get it...no matter who has to pay.

She broke into his cabin. Now he wants to break her in. Cassie is stranded on a remote mountain in a blizzard. Her car is dead. Her phone is useless. And the only sign of life is a single light flickering through the snow. Logan is a recluse for a reason. When the strange woman pounds on his door, begging for shelter, his first instinct is to shut her out. But she’s soaked, shivering, and stubborn enough to force her way inside. Now she’s in his space, under his roof, wrapped in his blankets. And he can’t stop watching her tremble. What starts as reluctant shelter turns into a ...

When two completely different people fall in love, everything may happen. Bento, a self-proclaimed nerd, knew he had fallen for the tattoo artist Ariel at first sight. Although they were completely different, they had everything it takes to live the great "happily ever after". However, a misunderstanding may be the end of it all. How could we put a happy ending to this story? Nothing that "A Touch of Solitude" can't solve. Fall in love with this unexpected narrative, in which you will realise how much life we waste in our routines. I doubt that at the end of this story you will be able to ...

Nora never imagined that agreeing to save her village would lead her into the clutches of an ancient ice dragon. Draxus, a powerful and feared creature, has claimed her as his mate, binding her to a destiny she never wanted. Trapped in his icy lair, Nora must navigate a world of cold power and unyielding strength, all while resisting the growing bond between them. Draxus has lived for centuries, ruling his frozen kingdom with a heart as cold as the ice he commands. But Nora’s arrival changes everything. She is more than just a sacrifice—she is his fated mate, and she awakens a warmth in...

Gwen I ran to escape him, to disappear in the wilderness where he couldn’t find me. But fate had other plans. Three rugged mountain men—Nash, Brett, and Kyle—rescued me from the cold, from the fear that had haunted me. Now, they say I belong to them. They vow to protect me, cherish me, and claim me in ways I never imagined. My body burns for them, my omega instincts screaming for their touch. But can I truly trust them? Or will the past I ran from come crashing down, shattering the sanctuary I’ve found in their arms? Nash The moment we found Gwen, we knew. She was ours. Fragile yet ...

What price is too great to save a life? By offering up his life for another, Tol doomed his entire race. Through an incredible feat of power and a magic only she can access, Olivia spared a friend and condemned herself. As Addy watched her happiness and love bleed out on a sandy shore, her dreams turned to dust. The cruel Supernal’s quest for power has brought both the mortal and immortal worlds to the edge of annihilation. The only way to challenge him will be through strange alliances, daring risks, and heartbreaking sacrifices. But with war on the horizon, are any of them strong enough...

Mae Crawford always thought she was in control. Now she's learned that her little brother, Jamie, is a magician and Nick, the boy she'd set her heart on, has an even darker secret. Mae's whole world has spun out of control, and it's only going to get worse. When she realises that Jamie has been meeting secretly with the new leader of the Obsidian Circle, and that Gerald wants him to join the magicians, she's not sure how to stop Jamie doing just that.

With interviews, confessions and diary entries, three women reveal how good sex made them stupid.

Bist du bereit zu sterben? Willkommen in Enchantra. Genevieve will das Geheimnis um den Tod ihrer Mutter lüften und folgt deren Spuren bis nach Italien auf ein mysteriöses Weingut namens Enchantra. Hier trifft sie Rowin, einen unsterblichen, seelenlosen Fremden, dessen Familie einen Pakt mit dem Teufel eingegangen ist: Jedes Jahr aufs Neue müssen sich Rowin und seine Geschwister gegenseitig töten, und nun ist Genevieve unfreiwillig Teil dieses unbarmherzigen Spiels. Um sich zu schützen, geht sie ein Bündnis mit ihm ein, nicht ahnend, dass ihre Gefühle füreinander alles zerstören können ...

As soon as the beautiful stranger appeared in her life, Tara knew that her luck was about to change. She had been living in a homeless shelter with her baby boy, struggling to make ends meet, but this woman had a proposition that was too good to refuse. It was a deal that would change her life forever. All she had to do was pretend that her son was the child of a billionaire playboy, and in exchange, he would give them everything they needed to start anew. It was an insane plan, but Tara was desperate enough to go along with it. But she never expected to be so attracted to the billionaire. ...

I never imagined my passion for marine biology would lead me to this—a creature out of legend, half-man, half-monster, trapped in a cove no one else has ever seen. He's more than a discovery. He’s a mystery, an enigma that calls to me. But saving him might come with a cost I’m not prepared to pay. Am I ready to face the unknown for him? For centuries, I’ve been trapped, cursed to live in this form, cut off from the world. But then she came—a woman who stirs something in me that’s been dormant for far too long. She’s my chance at freedom, but she doesn’t know the price of ...

Yasmin arrived to Greece without the slightest clue how the new novel she had to write would turn out. Not to mention her own boring and ordinary life turned exciting and eventful in a span of only a few days. In Ethans Yasmin not only reconnected with her muse but also rediscovered her sensuality and found the key to her locked heart. Allas, now it is time to fly back home and leave it all behind, because dissimilarly to her stories’ happy endings, all good things in life must come to an end. Right? Between The Words by Linda Maze is the second and final part of a sexy romantic duet.