New Releases by Rachel Griffin

An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! There once was a village so far north that most considered it the top of the world... and in that village, the Sun fell in love with her Starmaker. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nature of Witches comes a whimsical and sweeping romantic fantasy. Nestled deep in the snowy mountains of the Lost Range, the village of Reverie is a small miracle. Beyond the reach of the Sun, Reverie is dependent upon the magic of the mysterious Starmaker: every morning, he trudges across a vast glacier and pulls in sunlight over the peaks, providing the village with the light it needs to survive. Aurora Finch grew up on tales of the Starmaker''s magic, never imagining she''d one day meet him. But on the morning of her wedding, a fateful encounter in the frostbitten woods changes everything. The Starmaker senses a powerful magic within her and demands she come study under his guidance. With her newfound abilities tied to the survival of the village, Aurora is swept away to his ice-covered castle and far from everything she''s ever known. The Starmaker is as cold and distant as the mountain itself, leaving Aurora to explore his enchanted castle alone. Yet the more she discovers about the sorcerer, the stronger their attraction grows, pulling her closer to the secrets he refuses to share. But a deadly frost approaches and Aurora must uncover what the Starmaker is hiding before she is left in an endless winter that even the Sun cannot touch.

"Cuando Iris Gray, una bruja de dieciocho años, lanza una maldición por error, debe aliarse con un chico que odia a las brujas para asegurarse de que su magia no asole el mundo."--

This thesis analyses EU regulation of social media content governance, focusing on how the law addresses the impacts of the largest platforms on structural social injustice. To do so, it draws on theoretical perspectives from political philosophy, feminist and queer legal theory, and law and political economy, and synthesises a wide range of empirical scholarship that illuminates the unjust impacts of social media platforms'' content governance. It makes three main arguments.First, EU law cannot effectively address unjust impacts - such as discriminatory content moderation, online violence, or the unequal visibility of different social groups - because it regulates them in a highly individualistic and formalistic way, focused on protecting individual rights and consistently applying predefined rules, which overlooks systemic inequalities and their connections to underlying political-economic structures. Second, moreover, the law often actively contributes to injustice: for example, by excluding minority perspectives from platform governance, or by making it easier for state institutions to target politically disfavoured content for removal. Third, the two aspects of the legal framework which are widely seen by experts as the most promising levers to address systemic inequalities and power disparities - risk management obligations, and human rights principles - are also incapable of counteracting these problems. They remain limited by a technocratic, depoliticised and marketised regulatory paradigm, which excludes genuine political contestation of the power of ''big tech'' platforms to organise online content in line with their own commercial interests.

"PREPARE-SE PARA SER ENFEITIÇADO." — Stephanie Garber, autora best-seller de Caraval "Tão doce quanto feroz, Me chame à meia-noite é uma história habilmente construída sobre amizade, segredos, magia e um romance proibido que incendeia." Rebecca Ross, autora de Divinos Rivais "Com uma atmosfera exuberante caraterística da escrita de Griffin e um tom profundamente romântico, Me chame à meia-noite é a sua nova fantasia favorita." Adalyn Grace, autora de Belladonna Tana Fairchild nasceu com toda a sua vida definida. Ela sempre soube que deveria se casar com o filho do governador e garantir uma aliança entre as bruxas da ilha de Encantamento e as pessoas do continente que enxergam a magia como ameaça. Por anos, o coven de Tana apaziguou os ânimos entre bruxas e humanos, praticando apenas magia baixa e liberando a maior parte dela no oceano. Porém, quando Tana comete o erro fatal de perder esse ritual — o que pode lhe custar a vida —, não há ninguém a quem ela possa recorrer... apenas Wolfe, o responsável por fazê-la perder tal compromisso. Wolfe é membro de um coven que pratica magia proibida, algo que Tana imaginou não existir mais — pelo menos em Encantamento. O grupo vive nas sombras, praticando magia de maneira reclusa, mas acredita que o coven de Tana faz estragos muito maiores ao renegar os próprios poderes. Afinal, os rituais mensais que praticam, nos quais o excesso de magia é lançado no mar, o tornam mais violento e as correntezas ficam cada vez mais incontroláveis, um perigo que pode destruir a aliança com o continente e até mesmo a ilha. Ele concorda em ajudá-la, mas com uma condição: Tana terá de aprender a usar a magia que Wolfe pratica. Uma magia que a faz se sentir poderosa. Viva. Mas Tana precisará escolher entre a lealdade ao seu povo e a lealdade ao próprio coração.

“PREPARE-SE PARA SER ENFEITIÇADO.” — Stephanie Garber, autora best-seller de Caraval “Tão doce quanto feroz, Me chame à meia-noite é uma história habilmente construída sobre amizade, segredos, magia e um romance proibido que incendeia.” Rebecca Ross, autora de Divinos Rivais “Com uma atmosfera exuberante caraterística da escrita de Griffin e um tom profundamente romântico, Me chame à meia-noite é a sua nova fantasia favorita.” Adalyn Grace, autora de Belladonna Tana Fairchild nasceu com toda a sua vida definida. Ela sempre soube que deveria se casar com o filho do governador e garantir uma aliança entre as bruxas da ilha de Encantamento e as pessoas do continente que enxergam a magia como ameaça. Por anos, o coven de Tana apaziguou os ânimos entre bruxas e humanos, praticando apenas magia baixa e liberando a maior parte dela no oceano. Porém, quando Tana comete o erro fatal de perder esse ritual — o que pode lhe custar a vida —, não há ninguém a quem ela possa recorrer... apenas Wolfe, o responsável por fazê-la perder tal compromisso. Wolfe é membro de um coven que pratica magia proibida, algo que Tana imaginou não existir mais — pelo menos em Encantamento. O grupo vive nas sombras, praticando magia de maneira reclusa, mas acredita que o coven de Tana faz estragos muito maiores ao renegar os próprios poderes. Afinal, os rituais mensais que praticam, nos quais o excesso de magia é lançado no mar, o tornam mais violento e as correntezas ficam cada vez mais incontroláveis, um perigo que pode destruir a aliança com o continente e até mesmo a ilha. Ele concorda em ajudá-la, mas com uma condição: Tana terá de aprender a usar a magia que Wolfe pratica. Uma magia que a faz se sentir poderosa. Viva. Mas Tana precisará escolher entre a lealdade ao seu povo e a lealdade ao próprio coração.

Tana Fairchild''s fate has never been in question. Her life has been planned out since the moment she was born: she is to marry the governor''s son, Landon, and secure an unprecedented alliance between the witches of her island home and the mainlanders who see her very existence as a threat. Tana''s coven has appeased those who fear their power for years by releasing most of their magic into the ocean during the full moon. But when Tana misses the midnight ritual, there is no one she can turn to for help... until she meets Wolfe. Wolfe claims he is from a coven that practices dark magic, making him one of the only people who can help her. But he refuses to let Tana''s power rush into the sea, and instead teaches her his forbidden magic. A magic that makes her feel powerful.

Verhexte Leidenschaft Die 18jährige Iris ist eine Hexe. Nach einem tragischen Unglück eröffnet sie mit ihrer Mutter an der amerikanischen Westküste eine Station für verletzte Wildtiere. Iris schwört sich, dass nie wieder jemand erfahren darf, dass sie und ihre Mutter Hexen sind. Ihr Praktikant Pike Alder, der hexenhassende angehende Ornithologe, ist ihr mehr als nur ein Dorn im Auge. Als er eines Tages eine total verletzende Bemerkung über Hexen macht, schreibt sie einen Fluch, der Pike in eine Hexe verwandeln soll. Nun gerät alles außer Kontrolle. Um Pike zu retten begeben sich die beiden auf einen unfreiwilligen Campingtrip tief in die Wälder der Pazifikküste. Gemeinsam machen sie sich auf die Suche nach der Eule, die Pike das Leben kosten könnte. Während sie den Gefahren der Wildnis trotzen, merken sie, dass sie doch mehr verbindet als zunächst angenommen. Iris muss entscheiden, wie weit sie gehen will, um ihre Geheimnisse zu bewahren... Der TikTok-Hit! Romantasy vom Feinsten: Ein Pageturner voller Hexen, Magie und Liebe. Die Sensation in der BookTok-Community: Von New York Times-Bestsellerautorin Rachel Griffin. Alle angesagten Tropes in einem Buch: Enemies-to-Lovers, Forced Proximity und Only one Bed. Trendthema Hexen: magisch und empowernd für Fantasy-Fans ab 14 Jahren. Atemberaubendes Setting: die Liebesgeschichte zwischen einer Hexe und einem Menschen vor der Kulisse des nordamerikanischen Olympic-Nationalparks. Das immersive Fantasyabenteuer von Bestsellerautorin Rachel Griffin zieht Leserinnen und Leser in seinen Bann. Die BookTok-Community feiert diesen New York Times-Bestseller auf TikTok. Ein spannender Pageturner voller Magie! Ein tolles Buch für Hexenbegeisterte und Fantasy-Fans ab 14 Jahren.

In a world where witches control the climate and are losing control as the weather grows more erratic, a once-in-a-generation witch with the magic of all seasons is the only one who can save earth from destruction. But as her power grows, it targets and kills those closest to her, and when she falls in love with her training partner, she''s forced to choose between her power, her love, and saving the earth.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nature of Witches and Wild is the Witch comes a lush romantic fantasy about forbidden love, the choices we make, and the pull between duty and desire. *Featuring an exclusive case only available on the first print run! Tana Fairchild''s fate has never been in question. Her life has been planned out since the moment she was born: she is to marry the governor''s son, Landon, and secure an unprecedented alliance between the witches of her island home and the mainlanders who see her very existence as a threat. Tana''s coven has appeased those who fear their power for years by releasing most of their magic into the ocean during the full moon. But when Tana misses the midnight ritual—a fatal mistake—there is no one she can turn to for help...until she meets Wolfe. Wolfe claims he is from a coven that practices dark magic, making him one of the only people who can help her. But he refuses to let Tana''s power rush into the sea, and instead teaches her his forbidden magic. A magic that makes her feel powerful. Alive. As the sea grows more violent, her coven loses control of the currents, a danger that could destroy the alliance as well as her island. Tana will have to choose between love and duty, between loyalty to her people and loyalty to her heart. Marrying Landon would secure peace for her coven but losing Wolfe and his wild magic could cost her everything else.

Do you ever have days where you are feeling down? We all have! This must-read book teaches children how to turn their frown upside down, focus on positivity, and find happiness all around. Come along on this golden retriever''s journey towards finding his smile again. This book is heart-warming with an excellent lesson learned along the way.

Em um mundo em que as bruxas controlam o clima, cada vez mais errático e perigoso, somente uma garota pode salvar a Terra da destruição. Mas os poderes de Clara colocam em risco mortal aqueles que ela mais ama e, conforme seus sentimentos pelo bruxo que a treina crescem, ela será forçada a escolher entre a magia, o amor e o planeta. Há séculos as bruxas mantêm o clima sob controle, seus poderes atingindo ápice durante a estação em que nasceram. Mas conforme as mudanças climáticas tornam a atmosfera mais errática, manter o controle fica cada vez mais difícil – e é aí que entra Clara Densmore, uma rara bruxa atemporal cuja magia se conecta a todas as estações. No outono, Clara está cansada de sua magia, que, imprevisível, ameaça a vida de quem ela mais ama. Apesar da necessidade crescente de alguém que possa controlar eventos climáticos cada vez mais perigosos, o plano de Clara é usar o eclipse solar para se livrar de sua magia para sempre. No inverno, o mundo está à beira do caos. Incêndios florestais e tempestades violentas convencem Clara de que ela é a única que pode evitar mais desastres. Na primavera, ela se aproxima de Sang, um bruxo vindo de outra escola que está ajudando-a em seu treinamento. Conforme os poderes dela se fortalecem, o mesmo acontece com seus sentimentos, e Clara teme que Sang torne-se a próxima vítima de sua magia. No verão, Clara precisa escolher entre seu poder e sua felicidade, seu dever e seus entes queridos... antes que perca tudo. Um apaixonante romance de estreia, A natureza das bruxas é uma história sobre uma mulher poderosa que deve decidir se usar sua magia volátil para ajudar o mundo vale o preço de abrir mão da pessoa que mais ama. "As forças da natureza e a magia se misturam perfeitamente nesta história majestosa... Amei este livro mais do que tudo." – Shea Ernshaw, autora de O bosque das coisas perdidas

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nature of Witches comes an immersive, enemies-to-lovers contemporary fantasy standalone. After a night of magic turns deadly, Iris Gray vows to never let another person learn she''s a witch. It doesn''t matter that the Witches'' Council found her innocent or that her magic was once viewed as a marvel—that night on the lake changed everything. Now settled in Washington, Iris hides who she really is and vents her frustrations by writing curses she never intends to cast. And while she loves working at the wildlife refuge she runs with her mother, she loathes Pike Alder, the witch-hating aspiring ornithologist who interns with them. When Pike makes a particularly hurtful comment, Iris concocts a cruel curse for him. But just as she''s about to dispel it, an owl swoops down and steals the curse before flying far away from the refuge. The owl is a powerful amplifier, and if it dies, Iris''s dark spell will be unleashed not only on Pike but on everyone in the region. Forced to work together, Iris and Pike trek through the wilderness in search of the bird that could cost Pike his life. But Pike doesn''t know the truth, and as more dangers arise in the woods, Iris must decide how far she''s willing to go to keep her secrets safe.

Fantastický román odehrávající se v čase blížící se ekologické katastrofy. Po staletí čerpali čarodějky a čarodějové moc z ročních dob a udržovali tak klima v rovnováze. Atmosféra je však stále nevyzpytatelnější, a oni začínají ztrácet kontrolu. Naději na záchranu představuje Clara - vždyčarka, která jako jediná dokáže kombinovat magii všech čtyř ročních dob. Zprvu se Clara magii vyhýbá. Když ale svět začnou ničit požáry a bouře, uvědomí si, že pomoci může jen ona. Splní svou povinnost, nebo dá přednost lásce? Nakladatelská anotace. Kráceno.

An Instant New York Times Bestseller In a world where witches control the climate and are losing control, only one witch can save earth from destruction. But as her power grows, it hurts those closest to her, and when she falls in love with her training partner she''s forced to choose between her power, her love, and saving the earth. For centuries, witches have maintained the climate, but now their control is faltering as the atmosphere becomes more erratic; the storms, more destructive. All hope lies with Clara, a once-in-a-generation Everwitch whose magic is tied to every season. In Autumn, Clara wants nothing to do with her power. It''s wild and volatile, and the price of her magic—losing the ones she loves—is too high, despite the need to control the increasingly dangerous weather. In Winter, the world is on the precipice of disaster. Fires burn, storms rage, and Clara accepts that she''s the only one who can make a difference. In Spring, she falls for Sang, the witch training her. As her magic grows, so do her feelings, until she''s terrified Sang will be the next one she loses. In Summer, Clara must choose between her power and her happiness, her duty and the people she loves...before she loses Sang, her magic, and thrusts the world into chaos. "Perfect for fans of Shea Ernshaw and Taylor Swift''s Folklore."—Rosiee Thor, author of Tarnished Are the Stars "A bright, fresh read from a glowing new voice, THE NATURE OF WITCHES is both timely and stirring. Griffin''s emotional writing that cuts to the heart will make her a new YA favorite."—Adrienne Young, New York Times bestselling author of Fable "The forces of nature and magic blend perfectly in this masterfully told story... I couldn''t love this book more."—Shea Ernshaw, NYT bestselling author of The Wicked Deep and Winterwood

To avenge his fallen parents and to preserve what they''ve fought to protect, Khyrus must defeat Nirjin, God of Destruction. His people are waiting for, and depending on, his uprising. Fortunately, he has his companions who are willing to assist in regaining their home so peace can exist once again. His people are strong and determined to withstand the hardships being brought onto them until their rightful leader returns. Though he may still be young and have so much knowledge to acquire, he has vowed to do what is just and continue where his parents and ancestors have left off. Khyrus'' heart is made of gold and has longs for the day where evil will rule no longer, but will gain the strength and will? Will his companions assist him in succeeding or will they fall at his side?