Zuzana Smolinská Boeken

In this gripping dark fantasy debut, a woman grapples with missing memories while navigating a war-torn realm of necromancy and alchemy, alongside the man determined to uncover her past. Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner—both of war and her own mind. Her Resistance allies have been brutally killed, her powers suppressed, and her world shattered. In the wake of a devastating conflict, Paladia is ruled by corrupt guild families and depraved necromancers whose undead minions secured their victory, keeping Helena captive. Resistance records deem her a healer of little significance, but her memory loss raises questions: Is she truly inconsequential, or do her lost memories conceal a crucial element of the Resistance’s final strategy? To access the buried memories, Helena is sent to the High Reeve, a powerful and ruthless necromancer. Trapped in his decaying estate, her struggle to protect her forgotten history and preserve her identity intensifies. As she delves deeper, she discovers that both her prison and her captor harbor secrets of their own—secrets Helena must uncover at any cost.

Clara Graysword has survived the underworld of Eclipse City through thievery, luck, and a whole lot of illegal magic. After a job gone awry, Clara is sentenced to a lifetime in prison for inking tarot cardsa rare power reserved for practitioners at the elite Arcana Academy. Just when it seems her luck has run dry, the academys enigmatic headmaster, Prince Kaelis, offers her an escapefor a price. Kaelis believes that Clara is the perfect tool to help him steal a tarot card from the king and use it to re-create an all-powerful card long lost to time. In order to conceal her identity and keep her close, Kaelis brings Clara to Arcana Academy, introducing her as the newest first-year student and his bride-to-be. Thrust into a world of arcane magic and royal intrigue, where one misstep will send her back to prison or worse, Clara finds that the prince she swore to hate may not be what he seems. But can she risk giving him power over the worldand her heart? Or will she take it for herself?[Bokinfo].

Výučba sa začína. Nicholas St. John sa stal stredobodom záujmu všetkých mladých dám, odkedy ho populárny ženský časopis označil za jedného z najžiadanejších slobodných lordov. Keď sa mu teda naskytne príležitosť uniknúť z módnej londýnskej spoločnosti, s radosťou ju využije. Počas cesty na sever však narazí na ženu, ktorá je iná ako všetky ostatné – tajomná, nezávislá a zároveň zmyselná. Lady Isabel Townsendová, dcéra titulovaného márnotratníka, má priveľa tajomstiev a primálo peňazí. Hoci bola odjakživa zvyknutá spoliehať sa len na seba, odkedy zomrel jej otec, cíti sa stratená a naliehavo potrebuje pomoc, aby ochránila dedičské právo svojho mladšieho brata. Možno práve lord Nicholas by mohol byť spásou, ktorú hľadá. Stačí, ak sa bude riadiť desiatimi lekciami, vďaka ktorým získa tohto žiaduceho muža. No dáma musí byť opatrná a nesmie urobiť žiadne unáhlené rozhodnutie – ako napríklad vášnivo sa zamilovať.