Стефани Бёрджис — новинки

Девочки в фантастических мирах: «Наруза. Продавец ветра», «Волшебство по наследству», «Дракон с шоколадным сердцем» - комплект из трех книг.
Есть ли место магии в нашем обычном мире? Где эта грань между реальным и волшебным? Именно это и предстоит узнать нашим героиням. Они откроют для себя новые миры, столкнутся с множеством опасностей и найдут настоящих друзей. Волшебные узлы, шоколад, балы и драконы - что еще нужно для увлекательного чтения?
Для среднего и старшего школьного возраста.

У драконов и людей не может быть ничего общего - так думала юная дракониха Авантюрина, пока однажды чародей не превратил ее в самую что ни на есть настоящую девочку. Оказывается, в человеческом мире дракону освоиться не так-то просто, но зато в нем есть кое-что настолько прекрасное, что вскружит голову даже самому свирепому существу. Шоколад.
Авантюрина поступает подмастерьем в шоколадный дом, где учится не только тонкостям шоколадного дела, но и тонкостям человеческого общения. И находит друзей и обретает вторую семью - уже не среди драконов, а среди людей.
Читайте о противостоянии и дружбе людей и драконов в серии Стефани Бёрджис "Шоколадное сердце"! С остроумным юмором и полным погружением в атмосферу старых европейских городов.
Для среднего и старшего школьного возраста.

Aventurine is the fiercest, bravest kind of dragon, and she's ready to prove it to her family by leaving the safety of their mountain cave and capturing the most dangerous prey of all: a human.
But when the human she captures tricks her into drinking enchanted hot chocolate, she finds herself transformed into a puny human girl with tiny blunt teeth, no fire, and not one single claw. She's still the fiercest creature in these mountains though – and now she's found her true passion: chocolate! All she has to do is walk on two feet to the human city, find herself an apprenticeship (whatever that is) in a chocolate house (which sounds delicious), and she'll be conquering new territory in no time … won't she?
Wild and reckless young Aventurine will bring havoc to the human city – but what she doesn't expect is that she'll find real friendship there too, along with betrayal, deception, scrumptious chocolate and a startling new understanding of what it means to be a human (and a dragon).
A pinch of Ella Enchanted, a sprinkling of How to Train your Dragon and a generous helping of Eva Ibbotsen –The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart is entirely delicious.

"Свет объял нас обоих, оставив остальную часть пещеры во мраке. Поворачиваясь лицом к сопернику, я ощутила острый соленый запах моря. Яростные, полные злобы глаза моего врага тут же притянули мой взгляд своей магнетической силой..."
Орден Стражников уже готов был принять Кэт в свои ряды и выдать ей новый портал взамен утраченного в схватке с необузданной магией. Но вот беда: порталы пропали! И под угрозой оказалось все магическое сообщество Англии. Кэт должна найти таинственного похитителя, - ведь подозрение пало и на нее! Ей придется сразиться с могущественным магом, спасти сестру от гибели и выяснить, кто же на самом деле эта маркиза, чьи глаза кажутся такими родными.
Для среднего и старшего школьного возраста.

То было не колдовство, но и не магия Стражников, а какая-то третья сила, неведомая мне, - чужая, необузданная. Ни с чем подобным я никогда не сталкивалась, но твердо знала одно: сила эта исходила из здания Купален…

Старшая сестра Кэт, Элисса, вышла замуж, несмотря на все преграды. А вот любовь Анджелины под угрозой: всё из-за скандальных сплетен. Маман решает укрыть от них семью в Бате - курортном городке, знаменитом целебными источниками. В Купальнях Бата Кэт придется столкнуться с неизведанной магической силой. Справится ли с ней юная волшебница и сможет ли заслужить честь вступить в Орден Стражников?
Для среднего и старшего школьного возраста.

Перед вами чарівна й наснажлива пригода, сповнена добра й справжньої дружби, заради якої варто долати всі перешкоди.
Усі знають, що дракони люті й могутні. Юна Авантюрина вважає себе саме такою, але дорослі родичі не відпускають її саму з печери. Тож якось рішуче дитинча крадькома тікає з печери — і тут-таки потрапляє в пастку. Запашний трунок підступного мага перетворює войовничу драконку на беззахисну дівчинку. І вже не

Англия девятнадцатого века, кареты, балы, длинные платья, чинные барышни, как из романов Джейн Остен, — и магия, превращения и чудеса? Да, это возможно — в волшебном мире Стефани Бёрджис. Двенадцатилетняя Кэт обнаруживает, что унаследовала магические таланты своей матери. И хотя общество с его строгими правилами и этикетом не приветствует магию, девочка полна решимости стать настоящей волшебницей. Сможет ли Кэт с помощью своих способностей спасти старшую красавицу-сестру от несчастного брака, недотепу-брата — от тюрьмы и совладать с настоящими лесными разбойниками и коварными магами?

Cassandra Harwood scandalized her nation when she became the first woman magician in Angland. Now, she's ready to teach a whole new generation of bright young women at her radical new school, the Thornfell College of Magic…
Until a sinister fey altar is discovered in the school library, the ruling Boudiccate sends a delegation to shut down Thornfell, and Cassandra’s own husband is torn away from her.
As malevolent vines slither in from the forest and ruthless politicians scheme against her, Cassandra must fight the greatest battle of her life to save her love, her school, and the future of the young women of Angland.

Kat, Incorrigible is all grown up, with magical children of her own...but what will happen when Kat's own wildest daughter is left for a week with her oh-so-proper (and magic-hating) Grandmother Stephenson?

This sparkling short story is set many years after the Kat, Incorrigible trilogy and Courting Magic and just a few years after the short story "Flying Magic." However, it should also work as a standalone for new readers to discover Kat (and Olivia's) madcap, magical Regency world.

Take one ambitious politician and one determined magician with wildly different aims for their next meeting.
Add a secret betrothal, a family scandal, and a heaping of dangerous fey magic in an enchanted wood…and watch the sparks fly!
For just one moonlit, memorable night, Thornfell College of Magic has flung open its doors, inviting guests from around the nation to an outdoor ball intended to introduce the first-ever class of women magicians to society…but one magician and one invited guest have far more pressing goals of their own for the night.
Quietly brilliant Juliana Banks is determined to win back the affections of her secret fiancée, rising politician Caroline Fennell, who has become inexplicably distant. If Juliana needs to use magic to get her stubborn fiancée to pay her attention…well, then, as the top student in her class, she is more than ready to take on that challenge!
Unbeknownst to Juliana, though, Caroline plans to nobly sacrifice their betrothal for Juliana’s own sake – and no one has ever accused iron-willed Caroline Fennell of being easy to deter from any goal.
Their path to mutual happiness may seem tangled beyond repair…but when they enter the fey-ruled woods that border Thornfell College, these two determined women will find all of their plans upended in a night of unexpected and magical possibilities.

In the world of the Harwood Spellbook, 19th-century Angland is ruled by a powerful group of women known as the Boudiccate - but in order to become a member of that elite group, any ambitious young politician must satisfy tradition by taking a gentleman mage for her husband.
Amy Standish is a born politician...but Jonathan Harwood is her greatest temptation. On the night of the Harwoods' Spring Solstice Ball, in an underwater ballroom full of sparkling fey lights and danger, Amy will have to fight the greatest political battle of her life to win a family and a future that she could never have imagined.
It will take an entirely unexpected kind of magic to keep everything from crashing down around her.

Once upon a time, in a beautiful city famous for chocolate and protected by dragons, there was a girl so fearless that she dared to try to tell the greatest story of all: the truth.

Silke has always been good at spinning the truth and storytelling. So good that just years after arriving as a penniless orphan, she has found her way up to working for the most splendid chocolate makers in the city (oh, and becoming best friends with a dragon). Now her gift for weaving words has caught the eye of the royal family, who want to use her as a spy when the mysterious and dangerous fairy royal family announce they will visit the city. But Silke has her own dark, secret reasons for not trusting fairies ...

Can Silke find out the truth about the fairies while keeping her own secrets hidden? From the author of the magical The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart comes a second magical adventure perfect for fans of Cressida Cowell, Cornelia Funke and Peter Bunzl

У юной драконихи по имени Авантюрина, живущей в горной пещере, храброе сердце. Чтобы доказать свою смелость и решительный нрав, она покидает родительский дом и отправляется на поиски приключений. Но бедной Авантюрине не везет: коварный маг превращает ее... в самую обычную девочку. Никаких больше острых клыков, широких крыльев и огня, извергающегося из пасти... Одно только храброе сердце. И новая страсть - шоколад!

Four months ago, Cassandra Harwood was the first woman magician in Angland, and she was betrothed to the brilliant, intense love of her life.
Now Cassandra is trapped in a snowbound house party deep in the elven dales, surrounded by bickering gentleman magicians, manipulative lady politicians, her own interfering family members, and, worst of all, her infuriatingly stubborn ex-fiancé, who refuses to understand that she’s given him up for his own good.
But the greatest danger of all lies outside the manor in the falling snow, where a powerful and malevolent elf-lord lurks...and Cassandra lost all of her own magic four months ago.
To save herself, Cassandra will have to discover exactly what inner powers she still possesses – and risk everything to win a new kind of happiness.

It’s 1772, and all of Olivia Amberson’s dreams seem to have come true. At eighteen years old, she’s an accomplished magical Guardian and a secret witch, with a love spell that’s made her unlikely betrothal wonderfully secure…until it all comes crashing down around her in a mass of scandal and humiliation.

Now, with her reputation and her magical vocation both lost, it’s time to save her remaining honor by telling her fiancé the truth – but it will take more magic than she’s ever known to create a happy ending.

A 4400-word short story prequel to the Kat, Incorrigible series.

Note: this story may not work well for anyone who hasn’t read at least one of the Kat, Incorrigible books!

Aventurine is a brave young dragon ready to explore the world outside of her family's mountain cave . . . if only they'd let her leave it. Her family thinks she's too young to fly on her own, but she's determined to prove them wrong by capturing the most dangerous prey of all: a human.

But when that human tricks her into drinking enchanted hot chocolate, she's transformed into a puny human without any sharp teeth, fire breath, or claws. Still, she's the fiercest creature in these mountains--and now she's found her true passion: chocolate. All she has to do is get to the human city to find herself an apprenticeship (whatever that is) in a chocolate house (which sounds delicious), and she'll be conquering new territory in no time . . . won't she?

A classic fantasy with terrific girl power, perfect for fans of Shannon Hale and Jessica Day George.

A (very) short story set 25 years after the book Kat, Incorrigible. Now a full-grown woman, Kat is used to directing and defeating powerful magic-users of all descriptions...but managing her own wild and magical children may prove to be her most difficult mission yet!

Note: this short story does NOT stand alone. It is intended as a gift for readers of the Kat, Incorrigible trilogy and its followup YA novella, Courting Magic.

The year is 1779, and Carlo Morelli, the most renowned castrato singer in Europe, has been invited as an honored guest to Eszterháza Palace. With Carlo in Prince Nikolaus Esterházy's carriage, ride a Prussian spy and one of the most notorious alchemists in the Habsburg Empire. Already at Eszterháza is Charlotte von Steinbeck, the very proper sister of Prince Nikolaus's mistress. Charlotte has retreated to the countryside to mourn her husband's death. Now, she must overcome the ingrained rules of her society in order to uncover the dangerous secrets lurking within the palace's golden walls. Music, magic, and blackmail mingle in a plot to assassinate the Habsburg Emperor and Empress--a plot that can only be stopped if Carlo and Charlotte can see through the masks worn by everyone they meet.

In Kat Stephenson's Regency England, magic is even more shocking than a stolen kiss. But now that she's eighteen, it's time for wild and magical Kat to be introduced to high society by her older sisters, whether she likes it or not...and to finally have a romance of her own!

Of course, her true love is hopelessly ineligible. But when has Kat ever let Society's opinion stop her from making up her own mind? Once she realizes she's found her perfect match, she's not going to let anything or anyone stand in their way - even if she does have to solve a magical mystery, matchmake for an old friend, and break a few rules along the way!

When Kat’s family travels to a grand country house on the Devon coast for her sister Angeline’s wedding, Kat is stalked by a dangerous magical enemy - and finds everything she thought she knew about her late mother called into question.

With smugglers, romance, and an astonishingly interfering older brother in the mix, Kat will have to use all her wits - and her magic - to protect both her family and her country from ruin.