Bøger af Hannah West

Welcome to Nissera, land of three kingdoms and home to spectacular magic. Bristal, a sixteen-year-old kitchen maid, finds herself in a gritty fairy tale gone wrong when she discovers she has magic in her blood. She's descended from an ancient line of immortal sorcerers called elicromancers--a race that has all but died out in her world, but only two remain in Nissera after a bloody civil war. Bristal joins their ranks without knowing that one of them has a dark secret . . . Tamarice is plotting a quest to overthrow the realm's nobility and take charge herself. Together, Bristal and Brack must guard the three kingdoms of Nissera against Tamarice's black elicromancy. There are princesses to protect, royal alliances to forge, and fierce monsters to battle--all with the hope of preserving peace. With clever homages to Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, Hannah West makes a fast-paced, exciting, and wholly original debut. The Nissera Chronicles begin here and continue with Fields of Fire, a short story set against the events of Kingdom of Ash and Briars, and Realm of Ruins, a gripping companion novel. "One of the best books I've ever read."--C.J. Redwine, New York Times best-selling author of The Shadow Queen "A world both terrifying and wonderful."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Alrek de Roch is a proud Viking fighting for the newly crowned King William, descended from a fearsome line of the best swords men in the North. After years in service to William, he along with his friend were granted each a title and lands. But to claim his new lands he needed to do two things, wed and bed the daughter of the last lord. Darcee grew up as a man and would protect her home like one. When the Normans came knocking at her gates she was ready to fight for her home. But her step-mother let them in and the castle fell. Now to save her starving people she made a distasteful deal. She would wed the Norman, who would call himself her new lord, who was in truth a pagan Viking. When to people so alike meet sparks will fly and a fire will burn. However will it be the flame of passion or the inferno of hate?

Lady Marie Anne, one of King William's goddaughters, was given as a bride prize to Laird Buchanan in William's latest tournament. As any lady would she had been terrified to wed a highlander who was thought to be savage. Laird Ian Buchanan had come to the tournament of England's new king on the whim of his mother who had heard her long lost daughter might be alive and be a prize in the tournament. Not only did they find his half-sister, Lady Evelyn, but Ian had found himself enthralled by the king's goddaughter Lady Marie. He had to have her and to do so he had to win her. Marriage vows exchanged and now with their fates intertwined, it was time for them to return to the highlands. Ian wanted Marie so bad he could feel the ache in his bones, but he was not sure what to do with women let alone a lady wife, so his challenge of wooing her to his side begins. Marie thought there was no possible way her husband had wed her of his own choice, but longs for it to be so. Her plan? To temp him into desiring her and making him want her as she was starting to want him. His plan? To make her see him as more than a warrior and want her to be in his bed and in his arms willingly. However things don't go as planned and trouble is soon to darken their time together. Could love grow between them or will all be lost in the coming darkness.

With England under a new king, faithful warriors and commanders are being titled as new barons and are being granted new lands. But some of these titles and lands come with a price. As the son of a former slave turned warrior, Adrian DeLyon is the Shadow of Death, and King William's head commander. And now he was given the mission of securing the Kildenry Earldom, but he would need two things. A marriage and an heir. The feared warrior called the king's Shadow has been awarded for his undying service to his king, but will he make a good lord and master to his new people and his wife? Being related to the late King by blood and part of the royal family, even a distant member, the king wants Sarina and her people under his control. When her new lord is in trouble she saves him, but can he save her when it matters most?

Emmaline Clarke, the daughter of a penniless baron with no influence, had been left behind once again. With her father's passing everything was taken to pay off the debt and she had been left without a place to live. Her only hope is her sister that she had not seen in eight years, her sister that her father had disowned when she was only fourteen. Desperate just to have a home is was willing to do anything, even beg for her sister to take her in. Derek Ashford, the eighteenth Duke of Montrose, was a distinguished lord of the realm and was well known for being a paragon of society. He was as strait-laced and austere as a duke should be and held his duties above all else. And that 'else' included his impending duty of marriage. Derek would need to find a lady who came from good breeding, a sizeable dowry and the manner suited to a duchess this Season. The last thing he needed was a scandal like the one his parents had created. The first time Emma walked into a ball she experienced something she never would have expected and could not imagine this would be the new world in which she lived. The first lady to capture Derek's eye brushed him off and his interest was sparked. She seemed nothing like any other lady he had encountered in his years roaming the London Seasons and she sparked something in him he didn't even know he could feel. Could Emma be his future Duchess or would she be the one to get away?

Cesare is the new Duke of Norfolk and he is feeling to pressure of his position close in on him as his king and cousin, William, demands he wed and does it soon. Evelyn is the daughter of the last Duke of Norfolk, a cruel man who murdered her mother and sent her away to the abbey to live the life of a nun within the abbey's convent. After running away from the convent in a fit of anger Evelyn finds herself injured at the mercy of a man she had never seen before and fears what he will do to her. Cesare takes her back to his castle in an attempt to heal the injury he has caused and to find out who the beauty of the woods truly was. Events take a turn when the abbey will not have her back and she is turned over as a ward of King William, a man she has never known. As they spend time together the two become friends and soon each finds themselves over come with desire for the other, but as much as they wish it, it is not to be. They took a step over the edge and to save themselves from more hurt they try and fail to stay away from each other. King William was to hold a tournament where Evelyn was a bride prize and Cesare must win a wife among Evelyn and the King's goddaughters. Who would end up wed to who and was Evelyn truly alone or had someone from her past return for her? Would Cesare give up his pride in order to follow the yearning of his heart?

Once Upon a Mail Order Bride: Mail Order Brides: Book One New York - 1869 Carrow and Emmy Cole are left with an angry and mean tempered great uncle after their parents are murdered. Their inheritance and money is being gambled away by their uncle and they have one of two choice to make. Wait until they are twenty-one or marry to get their money. After a face to face assault by their uncle, Emmy has the idea that they should run away to become mail order brides. Carrow, the wild child of the twins, agrees and off the go to the Washington Territory to marry their men. Washington Territory - 1869 For Carrow that man is Clayton Stone, a well off man with a good paying job at the railroad, who has kept a few things to himself in his letters. But when a tall, darkly handsome man comes your way and offers you adventure and your parents last gift on a silver platter what would you do? Marry him and let him sooth your sorrow...and your body? Welcome to the West. Once Upon a Mail Order Lady: Mail Order Brides: Book Two It's Emmy's turn at her own tale and she is happy in Seattle with her new husband. But crimes are being committed against women and there is a secret as to why. Emmy spots her Uncle and runs to tell her husband, but she fall victim to the twisted man committing the crimes. After fighting for her life and taken a beating that causes her to lose her memory, Emmy is rescued by Black Hawk, a Native American, the brother of a young Native girl who Emmy had made friends with at market. She stays with the tribe while she heals and she is falling in love with Black Hawk, but must first have answers to her past before she can move forward. Eric is driven mad after his wife was attacked and kidnapped, as time goes by he has no idea if she is alive or dead and why it was her. But the puzzle falls together in his lap when Carrow's and Emmy's uncle is taken in for almost beating a saloon girl to death. The plan is cracked open and they try to find out what has happened to Emmy, but between a letter sent to a lawyer and a gun shot out, no one knows whats going to happen and who is going to die. All over the money possessed by one family. Once Upon a Mail Order Orphan: Mail Order Brides: Book Three Isabeau has to leave her home at the orphanage because she is to old and there are to many mouths to feed, so she seeks to become a mail order bride to a man out west. All she wants is a man who will treat her kindly and give her a family. When she picks a letter that had been left for years with no answer she decided it was the one for her. So she and one of her friends, another girl from the Home, named Amy travel to meet Isabeau's new husband. In for a big surprise things won't go as planned but then again the best surprise is love is it not?

A stunning fantasy inspired by familiar fairytales, complete with cursed princesses, thieves-turned-soldiers, and an orphan girl transformed into an immortal, shapeshifting heroine. The Nissera Chronicles start here . . ."One of the best books I've ever read."-C.J. Redwine, New York Times best-selling author of The Shadow Queen* "A world both terrifying and wonderful."-Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewWelcome to Nissera, land of three kingdoms and home to spectacular magic.Bristal, a sixteen-year-old kitchen maid, finds herself in a gritty fairy tale gone wrong when she discovers she has elicromancer magic in her blood. Elicromancers are an ancient breed of immortal people, but only two remain in Nissera after a bloody civil war. Bristal joins their ranks without knowing that one of them has a dark secret . . . Tamarice is plotting a quest to overthrow the realm's nobility and take charge herself. Together, Bristal and Brack must guard the three kingdoms of Nissera against Tamarice's black elicromancy. There are princesses to protect, royal alliances to forge, and fierce monsters to battle-all with the hope of preserving peace.With clever homages to Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, Hannah West makes a fast-paced, exciting, and wholly original debut. The Nissera Chronicles continue with Fields of Fire, a short story set against the events of Kingdom of Ash and Briars, and Realm of Ruins, a gripping companion novel.Paperback edition includes Fields of Fire, an illustrated map of Nissera, and a dazzling metallic foil cover.