Bøger af Merethe Walther

When Emilie married Vincent Harwood, she didn't know it was possible to be happier. Nothing-including her mother-in-law Caroline's burning hatred for her-could change that fact. And now, three years later, Emilie and Vincent are expecting their first child. They're enjoying their time as soon-to-be parents discussing baby names, planning for nurseries... and worrying about how to break the news his mother.But Emilie's life is turned upside down when tragedy strikes. Now, facing being a mother for the first time without her loving husband beside her, she's overwhelmed with grief and uncertain about what the future will bring. After Vincent's death, Caroline's rage at losing her son threatens to boil over-until she discovers Emilie's pregnancy, that is.Suddenly the picture of grandmotherly love, Caroline's endeavors to dote on her grandchild begin to take a dark turn. Whether it's doctor's appointments or birth and gender announcements, Caroline's attempts to take the lead in Emilie's pregnancy aren't just unwanted, they're downright intrusive.Grief can do terrible things to the mind, as Emilie is all too aware. But with the baby's birth quickly approaching, and Caroline's possessive behavior growing worse every day, Emilie is starting to worry that her mother-in-law is convinced the baby isn't Emilie's child at all, but hers.And as Emilie soon discovers, there's no telling what Caroline will do to make sure she gets to the baby before her daughter-in-law does.

The last thing Ezra Ashford expects to see in his apartment after waking up from a four-day bender is a woman in armor hunting a scarab the size of a Great Dane. But being an addict can do terrible things to the brain. And while he's no stranger to hallucinations, this seems a little too real to be just in his head.Ezra's once tepid existence is quickly overwhelmed by monsters. From the siren in his local bar to the fly-faced man packing fish at his day job, he can't stop seeing these creatures everywhere. Ezra can't tell if he's burned out or if he's going crazy like his mother did years before. And doing what comes naturally to him-getting high to forget it all-isn't working either. Ezra finds himself caught in a turf war between rival drug dealers that lands him in police crosshairs.The harder Ezra tries to ignore his problems, the more abysmal things become, leaving him powerless to stop his downward spiral. Lost in a world he feels rejected him, and plagued by monsters that may or may not be in his head, Ezra must try to find out what's happening before it's too late and his personal demons end up consuming him completely.

Petra Freyrsdótter can raise an entire village from the dead with her magic-so why can't she bring her lover back to life?Petra has spent the last two years trying to resurrect Orrus, the man she loves. And even though she's a powerful necromancer, nothing works, and Orrus is perpetually stuck as a listless shade at her side while she searches all of Aelamor for a way to restore him. But when Petra gets caught by a priest for the God of Truth and Light-an order that burns necromancers at the stake-instead of killing her, he presents her with a strange gambit: If she can retrieve a blade that was stolen from his order, the priest will not only let her live, but will also reveal what he knows about how she can fully resurrect Orrus.Although making a deal with a burned brother isn't a good idea, Petra is desperate and out of options. Apart from saving her own life, she must do what she can to fulfill her promise to Orrus so they can be reunited in the world of the living.When Petra finally tracks down Caspar, the thief who stole the blade, she can't help but feel attracted to and intrigued by the handsome stranger whose hatred for the order is as strong as her own. Everything falls apart, however, when Petra and her companions are captured by the mad priests who serve the God of Truth and Light and they discover the secret of the blade and the vile ritual the order intends to use it for.Now, Petra and Caspar must work together to keep the blade out of the priests' clutches and bring the entire order to its knees before it's too late. And she must be willing to risk everything-including her chance to be with Orrus again-if she wants to make sure the horrible future the order has planned can never come to light.

Aralyn Solari spent the last three years of her life in the galaxy's worst prison after a compromised run ruined her flawless smuggling record five years prior. Now that she's free and has the promise of an easy job with a ridiculously large pay off, her last gig should be a cinch. As long as she follows the runner's standard, anyway: get in, get out, get paid. Then, she can spend the rest of her years retired on Earth, hidden away with some well-deserved credits.All of that changes, however, when she runs into her ex-boyfriend Caden Madigan: the man she suspects of setting her up all those years ago. Now, he's wearing a UDA badge and uniform, and says that she's in danger and being set up again. To Aralyn, the benefit of a huge payday outweighs the risks--or so she thinks until her "easy" job turns sour and she ends up wanted for a crime she didn't commit, her smuggled goods get stolen, and her ship--down to the toilet paper--gets trashed.Now, Aralyn's got no choice but to try a last-ditch effort to get her payload back, get her money, and maybe even some closure... which proves difficult when she finds herself caught in a conspiracy that threatens everything and everyone around her. With government agencies and stone-cold killers on her trail, Aralyn's life has literally become a ticking time bomb. Caught up in lies, revenge, and a harrowing game of blackmail, one misstep could end with her captured, enslaved, or perhaps even worse: thrown back inside the galaxy's worst prison for the rest of her life, waiting to die.

Aralyn Solari has always followed the runner's standard: Get in, get out, get paid.But that was before Eladia Galven, the woman responsible for the orachal trade in Sol, went and made things personal by kidnapping Kragg, the man who'd raised Aralyn as his own daughter. Now, after months of searching down every dead-end lead to find him, Aralyn and her team, Caden, Kita, and Riordan, finally have a chance to not only find Kragg, but to track Eladia down and make her pay for what she's done and all of the people she's hurt.When they get arrested and brought in for questioning, however, all of that changes. Now, Aralyn and the others have no choice but to work with a UDA informant in order to help bring down a rogue agent or get sent to Tartarys, the system's cruelest prison.Becoming undercover operatives isn't all that it's cracked up to be, unsurprisingly, and until they can deliver the necessary goods, they're on their own.With rumors of a new, more powerful strain of orachal being manufactured, Eladia and her people closing in on them, and little time to spare in order to uncover the truth, Aralyn and the others have no choice but to trust the informant, follow the trail, and hope that it winds itself back to Eladia before it's too late.