MELISSA MARR

Hunger for nourishment. Hunger for touch. Hunger to belong." Half-human and half-faery, Ani is driven by her hungers. Those same appetites also attract powerful enemies and uncertain allies, including Devlin. He was created as an assassin and is brother to the faeries' coolly logical High Queen and to her chaotic twin, the embodiment of War. Devlin wants to keep Ani safe from his sisters, knowing that if he fails, he will be the instrument of Ani's death. Ani isn't one to be guarded while others fight battles for her, though. She has the courage to protect herself and the ability to alter Devlin's plans--and his life. The two are drawn together, each with reason to fear the other and to fear "for" one another. But as they grow closer, a larger threat imperils the whole of Faerie. Will saving the faery realm mean losing each other? Alluring romance, heart-stopping danger, and sinister intrigue combine in the penultimate volume of Melissa Marr's "New York Times" bestselling Wicked Lovely series.

Melissa Marr's New York Times bestselling Wicked Lovely series continues with the fourth -- and penultimate -- installment in the darkly seductive story about the collision of the mortal and faery worlds! The events of FRAGILE ETERNITY have left the faery world off-balance, its key players fighting to maintain control over their world -- and its secrets! Devlin lives in a world where everything is beautiful, ordered! and cruel. As a prominent member of the High Court and half-brother to Sorcha, the High Queen, he's one of the most powerful faeries of the old guard. Ani lives in a world where every line is blurred. Half human, half faery, half in the dedadence of the Dark Court and half out of it, her life of dive bars, tattoos and street fights couldn't be farther from the clean lines of the High Court. But you can't choose where your heart will take you, and when Devlin and Ani meet, two extremes of the faery world collide -- with passion, violence and heat; for better -- and for worse!

Everyone in Claysville knows that the Barrows are no ordinary family, but no one can really explain why. When respected matriarch Maylene Barrow dies suddenly, her granddaughter Rebekkah returns to the small town she grew up in, where she must face the demons of her past - the suicide of her half-sister Ella, the person she was closest to in the world, and the subsequent break-up of her parents′ marriage. And she also re-encounters Byron, Ella′s old boyfriend, someone to whom she has always felt a deep and mysterious connection. But the demons of the past are nothing compared with what the future has in store for Rebekkah. Her grandmother has left her an inheritance both wonderful and terrible. An onerous responsibility now rests on her shoulders, one for which she is ill-prepared, to say the least. For behind Claysville′s community-spirited, small-town facade lies a dark secret, one that ties Rebekkah and Byron together in an inextricable bond, and that will require them both to sacrifice everything to keep their friends and neighbours from harm.

An enthralling collection of short stories featuring favourite characters from Melissa Marr's bestselling WICKED LOVELY series. Dangerous promises and beguiling threats swirl together in a dozen stories of enchantments, dark and light, by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr. Uncanny and unexpected creatures appear from behind bushes, rise from under the seas, or manifest from seasonal storms to pursue the objects of their attention -- with amorous or sinister intent -- relentlessly. From the gentle tones of a storyteller's cadences to the terror of a blood sacrifice, tales of favourite characters from Marr's Wicked Lovely novels mix with accounts of new characters for readers to fall in love with ...or to fear. Lush, seductive, and chilling, Melissa Marr's stories revel in the unseen magic that infuses the world as we know it.

Everyone in Claysville knows that the Barrows are no ordinary family, but no one can really explain why. When respected matriarch Maylene Barrow dies suddenly her granddaughter Rebekkah returns to the small town she grew up in, where she must face the demons of her past - the suicide of her half-sister Ella, the person she was closest to in the world, and the subsequent break-up of her parents marriage. And she also re-encounters Byron, Ellaa's old boyfriend, someone to whom she has always felt a deep and mysterious connection. But the demons of the past are nothing compared with what the future has in store for Rebekkah. Her grandmother has left her an inheritance both wonderful and terrible. An onerous responsibility now rests on her shoulders - one for which she is ill-prepared to say the least. For behind Claysvillea's community-spirited, small-town facade lies a dark secret. One that ties Rebekkah and Byron together in an inextricable bond, and that will require them both to sacrifice everything to keep their friends and neighbours from harm.

The fifth and final breathtaking instalment in the darkly seductive and best-selling WICKED LOVELY series, about the collision of mortal and faery worlds! The Summer King is missing; the Dark Court is bleeding; and a stranger walks the streets of Huntsdale, his presence signifying the deaths of powerful fey. Torn between his new queen and his old love, Keenan left Huntsdale to wander aimlessly but after centuries of leading his court it was not long before the reality of being Summer King became too pressing. Violence seemed more inevitable by the day and the Summer Court was not yet strong enough to face conflict, so Keenan made a dangerous deal with the water fey. It is a desperate bargain he makes to strengthen his court against the coming war. Aislinn tends the Summer Court, searching for her absent king and yearning for Seth. She knows she must be a powerful queen to hold her court together, while Bananach becomes more and more dangerous, and she is losing faeries to her. Donia longs for fiery passion even as she coolly readies the Winter Court for battle. Her court is still powerful, but she must remain focused on keeping them that way and not get distracted by Keenan when he shows up at her door again. The Dark Court is thrown into chaos when they are rocked by tragedy. And Seth, sworn brother of the Dark King and heir to the High Queen, is about to make a mistake that could cost his life. They all know what Bananach seeks -- the raven-faery is the embodiment of war and discord. She and her growing number of allies want mutiny and murder. Love, despair and betrayal ignite the Faeries Courts, and in the final conflict, some will win! and some will lose everything. The thrilling conclusion to Melissa Marr's bestselling Wicked Lovely series will leave readers breathless.

A sus dieciséis años, Aislinn se comporta aparentemente como cualquier chica de su edad. Sale con sus amigas, le mola la música y tiene un chico en el punto de mira, aunque de esto último no está muy segura. Sin embargo, también hay algo en ella que no tiene nada de normal: al igual que su abuela, Aislinn es capaz de distinguir a los elfos que viven invisibles entre los humanos, un don increíble, que más que don es una maldición, pues a estos seres no les gusta ser descubiertos y suelen castigar con crueldad a quienes detectan su presencia. Así pues, siguiendo al pie de la letra las reglas secretas que le enseñó su abuela —nunca atraigas la atención de los elfos, no respondas a los elfos, no mires a los elfos— Aislinn tendrá que apañárselas para pasar desapercibida, especialmente a los ojos de Keenan, rey de los elfos, que se ha propuesto seducirla y convertirla en su reina.

Amiga de Aislinn -la nueva reina de la Corte Estival-, Leslie ha vivido una experiencia que prefiere no recordar. Volcada en el trabajo que realiza al salir del instituto, un día decide concederse un deseo: hacerse un tatuaje que le recuerde su determinación de dar un giro a su vida. El dibujo elegido le otorga una extraña sensación de euforia, un poder y una fuerza desconocidos. Pero pronto Leslie comprueba que su súbita felicidad tiene un precio: la tinta del tatuaje, una sustancia muy especial, la liga para siempre a la belicosa Corte Oscura, un lazo siniestro que nadie puede romper. Ni su amiga Aislinn ni su consejero Niall lograrán protegerla del rey Irial, que para sobrevivir necesita inevitablemente absorber de su sangre los peores sentimientos de los humanos. Melissa Marr ha creado un mundo fascinante donde coexisten humanos y elfos, la luz y la oscuridad, la felicidad y el dolor, un universo enigmático y siniestro que ya hechizó a los lectores en su primera novela, Encanto fatal, convertida en un gran éxito en Estados Unidos.