Princezná, princ, mágia a proroctvo | Stain

Autor: A. G. Howard

Názov: Stain

Špecifikácia: YA temný fantasy retelling o sile osudu, odvahe a láske

Slovenské alebo české vydanie: autorkine knihy vydáva v češtine CooBoo

Hodnotenie na GR: 4.15

“Sometimes it takes more courage to stay in place than to move.”

Hľadanie vykúpenia | The Glass Butterfly

Autor: A. G. Howard

Názov: The Glass Butterfly
Séria: Haunted Hearts Legacy
Diel: tretí
Slovenské alebo české vydanie: zatiaľ nie je
Hodnotenie na GR: 4.15

For close to a decade, twenty-five-year-old Felicity Lonsdale has masqueraded as a dowager almost twice her age—selling caterpillars to butterfly consortiums—enabling her to hide an ill-fated past while raising her late brother’s daughters. Together, the three live on an isolated Irish estate bequeathed by a dying earl. When the earl’s estranged son arrives to claim his inheritance by threatening to expose Felicity’s true identity, she longs to pack up her nieces and run. But a ghostly secret within the castle’s turret holds her captive. 
Nick Thornton—a Roma viscount’s heir—is also captive. After a tryst with an investor’s wife nearly destroyed his family’s holiday resort, Nick forsook everything to elope with her. However, a tragic mistake at his hand led to her and his baby’s deaths. Refusing to turn to the family he shamed, Nick travels to seek the countess who once co-wrote a romance with his sister. There’s rumor of a special butterfly in her keep—a transparent-winged species with ties to the afterlife. Nick hopes to contact his dead wife and child, for only their forgiveness can free him. 

“Frailty moves the heart in a way perfection cannot match.”

Akrobatka, vynálezca a zlodej | The Hummingbird Heart

Autor: A. G. Howard 
Názov: The Hummingbird Heart 
Séria: Haunted Hearts Legacy 
Diel: druhý 
Slovenské alebo české vydanie: zatiaľ nie je 
Hodnotenie na GR: 4.46

Shortly after escaping a circus tragedy, young Italian orphan, Willow Antoniette, seeks refuge at The Manor of Diversions—a holiday resort in England born of a ghost story. Now that Willow is of marriable age, she's determined to escape finishing school along with everyone's efforts to make her a proper lady. The only man she wants to spend her life with is Julian, after all. Yet how can she tell him, when he thinks of her as nothing but a friend?
As a machinist and engineer, Julian Thornton prefers a governable life. He can't allow his ever-deepening attraction for Willow to distract from his amusement park plans to lure a younger, wealthier clientele to their family's resort. In hopes to escape Willow and find investors, Julian sets off on a transatlantic ocean liner headed for the St. Louis World’s Fair, unaware Willow has secretly stowed away on the same ship.
A tiny, mute orphan named Newton and a pair of haunted Italian shoes bring Willow and Julian face to face on deck. However, time to admit their true feelings is running out, for the ghost and her murderer have enlisted them as unsuspecting pawns in a karmic game of cat-and-mouse that could cost all of them their lives.

“A man should have the backbone to speak his heart regardless of the outcome.”

Klobučníčka, duch a umelec | The Architect of Song

Autor: A. G. Howard 
Názov: The Architect of Song 
Séria: Haunted Hearts Legacy 
Diel: prvý 
Slovenské alebo české vydanie: zatiaľ nie je 
Hodnotenie na GR: 4.06

For most of her life, Juliet Emerline has subsisted – isolated by deafness – making hats in the solitude of her home. Now, she’s at risk to lose her sanctuary to Lord Nicolas Thornton, a mysterious and eccentric architect with designs on her humble estate. When she secretly witnesses him raging beside a grave, Juliet investigates, finding the name “Hawk” on the headstone and an unusual flower at the base. The moment Juliet touches the petals, a young English nobleman appears in ghostly form, singing a song only her deaf ears can hear. The ghost remembers nothing of his identity or death, other than the one name that haunts his afterlife: Thornton.
To avenge her ghostly companion and save her estate, Juliet pushes aside her fear of society and travels to Lord Thornton’s secluded holiday resort, posing as a hat maker in one of his boutiques. There, she finds herself questioning who to trust: the architect of flesh and bones who can relate to her through romantic gestures, heartfelt notes, and sensual touches … or the specter who serenades her with beautiful songs and ardent words, touching her mind and soul like no other man ever can. As sinister truths behind Lord Thornton’s interest in her estate and his tie to Hawk come to light, Juliet is lured into a web of secrets. But it’s too late for escape, and the tragic love taking seed in her heart will alter her silent world forever.

“Love enters a man through his eyes, a woman through her ears.”

Aj hudba je vražedná | RoseBlood

Autor: A. G. Howard 
Názov: RoseBlood 
Slovenské alebo české vydanie: CooBoo, 2017 (ČR, pravdepodobný dátum vydania 30. 3.) 
Hodnotenie na GR: 3.63

Rune, whose voice has been compared to that of an angel, has a mysterious affliction linked to her talent that leaves her sick and drained at the end of every performance. Convinced creative direction will cure her, her mother ships her off to a French boarding school for the arts, rumored to have a haunted past.
Shortly after arriving at RoseBlood conservatory, Rune starts to believe something otherworldly is indeed afoot. The mystery boy she’s seen frequenting the graveyard beside the opera house doesn’t have any classes at the school, and vanishes almost as quickly as he appears.
When Rune begins to develop a secret friendship with the elusive Thorn, who dresses in clothing straight out of the 19th century, she realizes that in his presence she feels cured. Thorn may be falling for Rune, but the phantom haunting RoseBlood wants her for a very specific and dangerous purpose. As their love continues to grow, Thorn is faced with an impossible choice: lead Rune to her destruction, or save her and face the wrath of the phantom, the only father he’s ever known.

“Guard your throats and hide your eyes. He’s not dead, you fools. Legends never die.”

Rozpoltená osobnosť | Zrcadlení

Autor: A. G. Howard 
Názov: Ensnared (Zrcadlení) 
Séria: Splintered (Šepotání) 
Diel: tretí 
Slovenské alebo české vydanie: CooBoo, 2016 (ČR) 
Hodnotenie na GR: 4.26

Alyssa přežila maturitní ples i bitvu, která se kolem něj rozpoutala, akceptovala své šílenství a získala nadhled. Je teď rozhodnutá bojovat za oba dva své světy i lidi v nich. Za svět lidí i za Říši divů. Chce zachránit všechny, které miluje. I když to znamená, že musí vyzvat Červenou královnu na závěrečný souboj vůle a intrik…
V třetím díle ságy Šepotání se Alyssa a její otec vydávají do srdce magické země a chaosu, aby hledali Alyssinu matku a napravili vše, co se stihlo pokazit. Společně se Zachem a Morfeem musí zachránit Říši divů a odvrátit rozklad i zkázu, jež se zrcadlí v každém zrcadle na světě. Ale pokud uspějí a přežijí, opravdu je čeká šťastný konec?

“The littlest things I once took for granted have become priceless treasures.”

Šialená Krajina... ľudí? | Divotání

Autor: A. G. Howard 
Názov: Unhinged (Divotání) 
Séria: Splintered (Šepotání) 
Diel: druhý 
Slovenské alebo české vydanie: CooBoo, 2015 (ČR) 
Hodnotenie na GR: 4.28

Alyssa Gardnerová propadla králičí dírou a postavila se pentlochňapovi. Zachránila život Zachovi, klukovi, kterého miluje, a unikla intrikám zvráceně svůdného Morfea i pomstychtivé Červené královny. Teď musí odmaturovat, přežít maturitní ples a pak může nastoupit na vysněnou prestižní uměleckou školu v Londýně.
Všechno by to bylo snazší, kdyby její matka, již právě propustili z ústavu pro duševně choré, nebyla tak přehnaně podezíravá a starostlivá. A mnohem snazší, kdyby se Morfeus jednoho dne neobjevil v její škole, aby ji nalákal na další nebezpečné dobrodružství v ponuré Říši divů...

“All I have to do is set the power free. Escape the chains of humanity, let madness be my guide. If I forget everything but Wonderland, I can become beautiful pandemonium.”

Temná Krajina zázrakov | Šepotání

Autor: A. G. Howard 
Názov: Splintered (Šepotání) 
Séria: Splintered (Šepotání) 
Diel: prvý 
Slovenské alebo české vydanie: CooBoo, 2015 (ČR) 
Hodnotenie na GR: 3.98

Alyssa slyší šepotání květin a hmyzu, je to dar, který připravil o rozum už její matku. Pocházejí totiž z rodiny Alice Liddelové, lépe známé coby Alenky z Říše divů, skutečné inspirace Lewise Carrolla, podle níž stvořil svůj proslulý fantaskní svět.
Když se matčin stav zhorší, nemůže Alyssa už svoje dědictví dál popírat a zjistí, že na těch fascinujících pohádkách, které zná z dětství, je pravdy víc, než by se mohlo zdát. Vydá se na útěk, který zavinila už kdysi dávno právě Alice. Trhlinou v zrcadle se dostane do Říše divů, jež je mnohem ponuřejší, než jak ji zná z knížek, a stáhne s sebou i svého nejlepšího kamaráda. Na druhé straně už na ně čeká podezřelý, ale svůdný Morpheus a provází je při jejich hledání. Ale dá se mu opravdu věřit?

“Sometimes a flame must level a forest to ash before new growth can begin. I believe Wonderland needed a scouring.”