Forte de la magie divine héritée de son sacrifice, Zahru gouverne seule Orkena. Elle s'apprête à mettre un terme pacifique au conflit historique qui oppose le royaume à Wyrim, mais ses alliés refusent de lui apporter leur soutien si Kasta ne règne pas à ses côtés. Alors que les pièges et les trahisons poussent Zahru à des stratégies de plus en plus sombres, elle finit par se demander si Kasta n'a pas toujours eu raison ; peut-être la paix n'a-t-elle jamais été une véritable option... Le salut d'Orkena ne pourra-t-il se gagner que si Zahru devient le monstre dont son peuple a besoin ?

Most fairytales end with a wedding and a happily-ever-after—but this is no fairytale. The updated and official translation of Under the Oak Tree, the #1 webnovel on MANTA. Lady Maximilian is the daughter of the powerful Duke Croyso, but she is rarely allowed outside her family’s sprawling castle for fear that her stutter will tarnish their noble name. When she is forced to marry Sir Riftan, a lowborn knight caught in one of her father’s schemes, Maxi doesn’t dare hope for happiness, let alone love. Her stumbling communication and his gruff manner sour their relationship before it can begin, and Riftan leaves without a word the morning after their vows are exchanged. Now, three years after their disastrous wedding night, Riftan has returned as a war hero. To Maxi’s surprise, despite rumors that he was offered marriage to Princess Agnes, a beautiful and renowned sorceress, Riftan still wants Maxi for his wife. And when he comes to claim her, his longing becomes a desire that bewilders Maxi, even as she is overcome by the scorching heat that Riftan’s presence ignites within her. As she learns to navigate the intricacies of her new life, Maxi will find herself and her courage, and discover that she is anything but powerless. This volume collects chapters 1-76 of the original webnovel by Suji Kim.

In the last days of the Roman Empire a desperate princess and brutal Goth warlord forge a dangerous alliance. Julia, only daughter of the emperor of Rome, lives a life of excess and freedom. Wine, philosophy and scandal—she revels in hedonism. But when her father dies and her teenage brother takes the throne, he will stop at nothing to seize control of both the empire and his wayward sister. And now Alaric of the Visigoths, a ferocious warrior who has battled Rome for years, has come to the capital to bargain for his homeland. When Julia rebels against the marriage her brother has ordered her to accept, he responds by publicly punishing her lover in the Colosseum. Realizing how perilous her position is, Julia impulsively turns to Alaric—the empire’s sworn enemy, and the one man who can make Rome tremble—and engineers her own kidnapping. Julia, the Roman princess, forges an uneasy alliance with Alaric, the brutal warrior king, in an edgy, sexy cat-and-mouse game of attraction, defiance and lust. “Enemy of My Dreams is a romantic romp through the ashes of a dying empire.” —Luna McNamara, author of Psyche and Eros

*Book one of a duet* When Ophelia Winters accepts a scholarship at a prestigious Scottish university to prove that her parents' death was the fault of Cain Green, an American aviation tycoon, her plan is simple; keep her grades up and her head down. The last thing she wants is to wind up in a mafia war or step on the toes of royalty. Her plan gets off to a rocky start when the mysterious man that almost kills her on her first day turns out to be Cain's eldest son. As far as she’s concerned, Alex Corbeau-Green is a younger version of his billionaire father. A monster hiding beneath a beautiful facade. Loneliness has been Ophelia’s only dependable companion for years, but when anonymous threats and mysterious occurrences start to haunt her time at Sorrowsong, she wonders if she really can survive there on her own. Between being paired together for a project and ending up as each other’s alibi for a murder, avoiding Alex becomes increasingly impossible. She begins to fall for the soft heart that hides beneath his hard exterior. Tormented by a malicious stalker and growing closer to Alex, Ophelia’s desperation for revenge wavers for the first time. Can she really bring herself to pull the trigger on Cain now that she knows the family it’ll split into two?__________ Dark Academic Romance - Enemies to Lovers - Slow Burn - University Setting This work is dark in places and contains several triggers throughout. Please heed the warnings before reading.

Meet Celaena Sardothien. Beautiful. Deadly. Destined for greatness. In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, Celaena, an assassin, is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king’s champion. The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of glass—and it’s there to kill. When her competitors start dying one by one, Celaena’s fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival, and a desperate quest to root out the evil before it destroys her world.

De tout temps, les femmes ont agi. Elles ont régné, écrit, milité, créé, combattu, crié parfois. Et pourtant elles sont pour la plupart absentes des manuels d'histoire. "C'est maintenant, à l'âge adulte, que je réalise la tromperie dont j'ai été victime sur les bancs de l'école. La relégation de mes ancêtres femmes me met en colère. Elles méritent mieux. Notre histoire commune est beaucoup plus vaste que celle que l'on nous a apprise." Pourquoi ce grand oubli ? De l'âge des cavernes jusqu'à nos jours, Titiou Lecoq s'appuie sur les découvertes les plus récentes pour analyser les mécanismes de cette vision biaisée de l'Histoire. Elle redonne vie à des visages effacés, raconte ces invisibles, si nombreuses, qui ont modifié le monde. Pédagogue, mordante, irrésistible, avec elle tout s'éclaire. Les femmes ne se sont jamais tues. Ce livre leur redonne leurs voix. " Femme libre et engagée, esprit avide et curieux, écrivaine confirmée, Titiou Lecoq livre un grand récit, passionnant et vrai. " Michelle Perrot