Bücher von Edith Pawlicki

In a world where color is magic and belief is power, four misfit immortals are picked by fate.Bai is as old as dirt (literally), and he's tired of learning, tired of killing, tired of living. So he retreats to his mountain, taking the key to the Underworld with him.Jin needs that key. It is the only way to save her father, the Sun Emperor and ruler of the Heavens. But Jin is merely the Goddess of Beauty, and whoever cursed the Sun Emperor is now hunting her.The only being who will help her is Xiao, the God of Pleasure and her future husband. But Xiao lives in a drunken haze; can he really protect Jin when he can't even care for himself?Luckily Nanami, the world's second-best thief, knows what to do. Steal Xiao's Infinite Jug and don't steal his heart-even if she really wants to.The meeting of these powerful but lonely beings will reveal secrets that could destroy the Heavens-and dreams that might save the world.

One binding destroyed her family; could another save it?At thirty-six-years-old, history professor Aurelie is resigned to a childless existence. It's not her age - it's the absence of male Unseen. Her species has been so desperate to hide among humans that it is quietly dying out. Now her family is broken; eager to leave behind a painful past, Aurelie accepts a teaching position in Nara, Japan. But she's unprepared for the future she finds...Twenty-two-year-old Kazuki is the favored son of the Hayashi family - a clan of Unseen that has not only survived in Japan, but thrived. Though he knows hundreds of Unseen, he's unprepared for Aurelie and the overwhelming attraction he feels for her, a biological imperative to mate.Or perhaps a magical one because, as Kazuki and Aurelie grow closer, the reasons for hiding come out.And they are hungry.

An immortal who can't remember the past and a god who wants to forget it...An Ning wakes in a male body with no memories. When she uses her immortal magic to feed refugees, they worship her as a god and call her Peace Bringer. Yet peace eludes An Ning.Karana hates being the God of Destruction. He would happily abandon his role and leave ruling the universe to his relatives. Unfortunately, those relatives are insisting he deals with the Cult of Alag Karana and its new tendency to burn women alive.When the cult leads Karana to An Ning's village, he realizes his regrets are tied to An Ning's mysteries.But even if they face their dark history, can they build a brighter future?