Menna Van Praag

The critically acclaimed author of The House at the End of Hope Street combines love, mystery, and magic with her first foray into bewitching fantasy with a dark edge evocative of V.E. Schwab and Neil Gaiman. Once upon a time, a demon who desired earthly domination fathered an army of dark daughters to help him corrupt humanity . . . As children, Goldie, Liyana, Scarlet, and Bea dreamed of a strange otherworld: a nightscape of mists and fog, perpetually falling leaves and hungry ivy, lit by an unwavering moon. Here, in this shadowland of Everwhere, the four girls, half-sisters connected by blood and magic, began to nurture their elemental powers together. But at thirteen, the sisters were ripped from Everwhere and separated. Now, five years later, they search for one another and yearn to rediscover their unique and supernatural strengths. Goldie (earth) manipulates plants and gives life. Liyana (water) controls rivers and rain. Scarlet (fire) has electricity at her fingertips. Bea (air) can fly. To realize their full potential, the blood sisters must return to the land of their childhood dreams. But Everwhere can only be accessed through certain gates at 3:33 A.M. on the night of a new moon. As Goldie, Liyana, Scarlet, and Bea are beset with the challenges of their earthly lives, they must prepare for a battle that lies ahead. On their eighteenth birthday, they will be subjected to a gladiatorial fight with their father's soldiers. If they survive, they will face their father who will let them live only if they turn dark. Which would be fair, if only the sisters knew what was coming. So, they have thirty-three days to discover who they truly are and what they can truly do, before they must fight to save themselves and those they love.

The Sisters Grimm

A dress shop owner capable of stitching magic into her wares changes the lives of her customers by giving them the confidence to achieve their goals, but is sadly immune to her own handiwork. Original. 20,000 first printing.

A Novel

The Dress Shop of Dreams

Roman

Die Schwestern Grimm

Distraught that her academic career has stalled, Alba is walking through her hometown of Cambridge, and finds herself in front of a house she's never seen before: 11 Hope Street. A beautiful older woman named Peggy greets her and invites her to stay, on the house's usual conditions: she has 99 nights to turn her life around.

The House at the End of Hope Street

Night of Demons and Saints

Amandine Bisset has always had the power to feel the emotions of those around her. It's a secret she can share only with her friends -- all professors, all witches -- in the Cambridge University Society of Literature and Witchcraft. Amandine treasures their meetings, but lately senses the ties among her colleagues beginning to unravel . . .

The Witches of Cambridge

In a forgotten nook of Cambridge a little shop stands where thousands of sheets of beautiful paper and hundreds of exquisite pens wait for the next person who, with Clara Cohen's help, will express the love, despair and desire they feel to correspondents alive, estranged or dead. Clara knows better than most the power a letter can have to turn a person's life around, so when she discovers a cache of wartime love letters, she follows them on the start of on a profound journey of her own.

Lost Art of Letter Writing

And then there were three . . .Three years ago, the sisters confronted their demon father in that strange other-world called Everwhere. It was a battle that ended in a devastating loss, and the scars they carry seem to have slowly pushed the sisters apart . . .One sister, still raw with grief, is now a near recluse but determined to use her powers to resurrect what she has lost.Another has made the journey to learn more of her family, her culture and her roots.And another seems to have turned her back on what she is and opted to lead a more normal life.But now the sisters are about to be brought together once more. Because when the clock strikes midnight, when October ticks into November, when autumn wilts into winter, when All Hallows' Eve becomes All Saints' Day, the sisters Grimm will turn twenty-one and reach the zenith of their powers.And on this night, at this time, in this place called Everwhere, anything is possible . . .

Più romantico di Love Actually Più emozionante di P.S. I love you Cora Sparks ha passato quasi tutta la vita all’interno del negozio d’abbigliamento di sua nonna Etta. Situata in una tortuosa stradina di Cambridge, la deliziosa boutique può sembrare un posto come tanti, e invece tra sete ricamate, pizzi delicati, velluti pregiati, si nascondono magici segreti: Etta cuce una stellina rossa su questi abiti preziosi, e riesce così a restituire fiducia e speranza a chi li indossa. Ma ciò che lei sogna di più è aiutare sua nipote a superare gli eventi tragici del passato e ad aprire il suo cuore a Walt, il timido libraio che la ama da sempre. Determinata a non farle perdere l’occasione per essere felice, Etta architetta un modo per infondere a Walt il coraggio di dichiararsi a Cora. Ma, quando tutto sembra avverarsi, la nonna realizza che ha scatenato una serie di eventi incredibili che cambieranno inaspettatamente la vita della nipote. Una commedia bestseller sulla straordinaria e imprevedibile magia dell’amore «Mi è piaciuto questo mix di fantasia, storia, amore, desideri, mistero, tutto mescolato con un tocco di magia che mette allegria.» «Ben scritto, con una trama appassionante e magica, che mi ha avvinto dall’inizio alla fine. Semplicemente da leggere!» «Ho adorato questo libro! (...) Se vi piacciono le storie d’amore, la magia e un pizzico di mistero, fa davvero per voi.» Menna Van PraagNata a Cambridge, ha studiato Storia moderna all’Università di Oxford. I sogni son desideri è stato un grande successo in Inghilterra. Attualmente sta lavorando a una serie, The Witches of Cambridge, ambientata nei college e nei caffè della famosa cittadina universitaria inglese.

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