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Ashley Poston

    Ashley Poston je autorkou na částečný úvazek a fanynkou na plný úvazek. Její díla jsou protkána hlubokým porozuměním pro fanouškovskou kulturu a nostalgii, přičemž se zaměřuje na témata lásky, ztráty a hledání vlastního místa ve světě. Poston zručně střídá napětí a odlehčení, aby vytvořila příběhy, které rezonují s čtenáři na emocionální úrovni. Její styl je hravý a přístupný, což z ní činí oblíbenou autorku pro ty, kteří hledají útěchu i vzrušení ve svých příbězích.

    Hawkeye: Bishop Takes King
    Geekerella: A Fangirl Fairy Tale
    Soul of Stars
    The Seven Year Slip
    Sedm let mezi námi
    Romantici ze záhrobí
    • Romantici ze záhrobí

      • 360 stránek
      • 13 hodin čtení

      Milostný, duchařský román o spisovatelce Florence, která se na vlastní kůži přesvědčí o existenci lásky až za hrob. Florence Dayová je stínovou spisovatelkou, která má velký problém. Má psát milostné romány za slavnou autorku romantických knížek, ale po zdrcujícím rozchodu přestala věřit na lásku. Pak ale udeří tragédie; Florence se musí naléhavě vrátit domů - a to poslední, co čeká, je, že se u jejích dveří objeví duch. A ne jen tak ledajaký. V celé své upjaté kráse se jí začne zjevovat přízrak jejího nového redaktora, který je pořád hrozně sexy, ale taky nepochybně velmi mrtvý. Nakladatelská anotace. Kráceno.

      Romantici ze záhrobí
      3,8
    • Sedm let mezi námi

      • 336 stránek
      • 12 hodin čtení

      Před půl rokem prožila Clementine Westová nejhorší den svého života, když ztratila milovanou tetu. Vymyslela proto plán, jak své srdce ochránit před nebezpečím: bude jen pracovat a nebude riskovat. Bude si budovat kariéru v nakladatelství, kde možná brzy nahradí svou šéfovou, a navazovat jen nezávazné vztahy. Fungovalo to skvěle. Tedy až do chvíle, kdy se v kuchyni tetina bytu zničehonic objeví cizí muž. Muž s vlídnýma očima, rošťáckým úsměvem a receptem na nejlepší citrónový koláč. Touží se stát slavným šéfkuchařem. Je to přesně ten typ, do kterého by se před tím vším, co se stalo, mohla klidně zamilovat... K dokonalosti mu chybí jen jedno: žije v minulosti, o sedm let dříve. Clementine ví, že tetin byt je kouzelný a okamžiky se tam míchají dohromady jako vodovky. Pokud se v bytě zamiluje, ohrozí tím své křehké srdce i bezpečnou kariéru. A v lásce jde především o správné načasování. Nepřekonatelná překážka, chtělo by se říct, ale Clementine dříve nemožné výzvy přece milovala. A možná jim zase brzo přijde na chuť.

      Sedm let mezi námi
    • An overworked book publicist with a meticulously planned future faces an unexpected twist when she falls for her temporary roommate, only to learn he exists seven years in the past. In this witty and insightful tale, the protagonist, Clementine, grapples with the aftermath of a life-altering event and devises a strategy to protect her heart: work diligently, find a decent partner, and remember to chase her dreams, however whimsical they may seem. For the past year, her plan has mostly succeeded, but the love aspect proves challenging as she hesitates to get too close, fearing her heart's fragility. Everything changes when she encounters a mysterious man in her late aunt's apartment—charming, with kind eyes and a Southern drawl, he embodies the kind of love she once craved. However, he belongs to a time seven years prior, while she is firmly rooted in the future. Her aunt had always claimed the apartment held a unique connection to time, blending moments like watercolors. As Clementine navigates her feelings, she realizes that falling for him could lead to heartbreak, reminding her that love is not merely about time but about the right timing.

      The Seven Year Slip
      4,3
    • Soul of Stars

      • 448 stránek
      • 16 hodin čtení

      Set in a captivating sci-fi universe, the sequel continues the adventurous journey with a blend of romance and unexpected twists. Readers will enjoy the dynamic interactions filled with witty banter, appealing to fans of popular works like Six of Crows and Cinder. The story promises to elevate the stakes and deepen character connections, making it an exciting read for those who crave thrilling narratives.

      Soul of Stars
      4,1
    • Geekerella: A Fangirl Fairy Tale

      • 336 stránek
      • 12 hodin čtení

      Cinderella goes to the con in this fandom-fueled twist on the classic fairy tale romance—now in paperback, with a special Starfield bonus scene! Part romance, part love letter to nerd culture, and all totally adorbs, Geekerella is a fairy tale for anyone who believes in the magic of fandom. Geek girl Elle Wittimer lives and breathes Starfield, the classic sci-fi series she grew up watching with her late father. So when she sees a cosplay contest for a new Starfield movie, she has to enter. The prize? An invitation to the ExcelsiCon Cosplay Ball, and a meet-and-greet with the actor slated to play Federation Prince Carmindor in the reboot. With savings from her gig at the Magic Pumpkin food truck (and her dad’s old costume), Elle’s determined to win…unless her stepsisters get there first. Teen actor Darien Freeman used to live for cons—before he was famous. Now they’re nothing but autographs and awkward meet-and-greets. Playing Carmindor is all he’s ever wanted, but the Starfield fandom has written him off as just another dumb heartthrob. As ExcelsiCon draws near, Darien feels more and more like a fake—until he meets a girl who shows him otherwise.

      Geekerella: A Fangirl Fairy Tale
      4,1
    • Hawkeye: Bishop Takes King

      • 368 stránek
      • 13 hodin čtení

      When Kate Bishop, the young Hawkeye, solves a minor crime and saves the surprisingly cute Milo in the process, she counts it as a rare win. But a mix- up of their bags means that nope, Kate's life is still refusing to run smoothly. In that bag is a mysterious book that holds powerful, dangerous secrets—ones that New York City's most powerful super villain, the Kingpin, would kill to uncover. Kate finds herself on the run, searching for Milo and what he knows, texting her Super Hero besties for moral support, and trying to solve the mystery she's blundered into before she becomes the victim of her own story. Just like its main character, Kate Bishop, New York Times bestselling author Ashley Poston's Super Hero adventure doesn't miss a single shot in one of the funniest, twistiest Marvel stories ever told.

      Hawkeye: Bishop Takes King
      4,1
    • Florence Day is a ghostwriter for one of the most prolific romance authors in the industry, and she has a problem-after a terrible break-up, she no longer believes in love. It's as good as dead. When her new editor, a too-handsome mountain of a man, won't give her an extension on her book deadline, Florence prepares to kiss her career goodbye. But then she gets a phone call she never wanted to receive, and she must return home for the first time in a decade to help her family bury her beloved father. For ten years, she's run from the town that never understood her, and even though she misses the sound of a warm Southern night and her eccentric, loving family and their funeral parlor, she can't bring herself to stay. Even with her father gone, it feels like nothing in this town has changed. And she hates it. Until she finds a ghost standing at the funeral parlor's front door, too tall and too broad to be her father, and he's just as confused about why he's there as she is. Romance is most certainly dead . . . but so is her new editor, and his unfinished business will have her second-guessing everything she's ever known about love stories

      The Dead Romantics
      4,0
    • Sounds Like Love

      • 384 stránek
      • 14 hodin čtení

      A hitmaking songwriter and a bitter musician share a startling connection they desperately want to escape in this enchanting tale from a bestselling author. Joni Lark, a coveted songwriter in LA, is struggling with an inner emptiness that stifles her creativity. Returning to her hometown of Vienna Shores, North Carolina, she hopes the familiar sights and sounds, especially at her family's music venue, The Revelry, will reignite her inspiration. However, she finds her world has changed: her best friend is hiding something, her mother’s memories are fading, and The Revelry is on the brink of closing. Just when Joni feels lost, a melody emerges in her mind, accompanied by the voice of a mysterious musician who seems to share her emptiness. Initially believing he’s a figment of her imagination, Joni is surprised when he appears in real life—arrogant and guarded, unlike the charming voice she imagined. He proposes they confront their telepathic connection by finishing the song that binds them, all while navigating their secrets and the risk of vulnerability. As they delve deeper into the melody, they must confront whether it’s leading them to something meaningful.

      Sounds Like Love
      3,9
    • Bewitching Hour, The (a Tara Prequel)

      • 352 stránek
      • 13 hodin čtení

      Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan-favorite and LGBTQIA+ icon Tara Maclay gets the main character treatment in this YA prequel full of '90s nostalgia, mysterious murders, and a star-crossed romance, written by New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Ashley Poston. Tara Maclay isn’t thrilled to be starting her senior year of high school in a new town. But if she can just keep her head down, then maybe she can make it through this year in Hellborne, Vermont without the town living up to its name. Of course, her plan falls apart immediately, as dead students start turning up around her, and she’s suddenly voted Most Likely To Have Murdered Them by the rest of the senior class. Oh, and the fellow new girl Tara’s crushing on? Turns out to be a witch-hunter. . . . So maybe it’s not the worst thing that Tara’s magic is majorly malfunctioning. As the body count rises, Tara has to overcome her fears, reconnect with her magic, and cast herself in a more central role to save the town—even if it means putting her new relationship at risk.

      Bewitching Hour, The (a Tara Prequel)
      3,9
    • Geek girl Ellie hopes to go to ExcelsiCon Cosplay to meet the actor (closet nerd Darien) scheduled to play Federation Prince Carmindor in a reboot of the movie Starfield.

      Geekerella
      3,9
    • Among the beasts and briars

      • 352 stránek
      • 13 hodin čtení

      Ashley Poston, acclaimed author of Heart of Iron, returns with a dark, lush fairy tale-inspired fantasy for fans of Sara Raasch and Susan Dennard. Cerys is safe in the Kingdom of Aloriya. Here there are no droughts, disease, or famine, and peace is everlasting. It has been this way for hundreds of years, since the first king made a bargain with the Lady who ruled the forest that borders the kingdom. But as Aloriya prospered, the woods grew dark, cursed, and forbidden. Cerys knows this all too well: When she was young, she barely escaped as the woods killed her friends and her mother. Now Cerys carries a small bit of the curse--the magic--in her blood, a reminder of the day she lost everything. As a new queen is crowned, however, things long hidden in the woods descend on the kingdom itself. Cerys is forced on the run, her only companions a small and irritating fox from the royal garden and the magic in her veins. It's up to her to find the legendary Lady of the Wilds and beg for a way to save her home. But the road is darker and more dangerous than she knows, and as secrets from the past are uncovered amid the teeth and roots of the forest, it's going to take everything she has just to survive.

      Among the beasts and briars
      3,9
    • Bookish and the Beast

      • 320 stránek
      • 12 hodin čtení

      An enchanting YA romance from the New York Times best-selling author of The Dead Romantics. A tale as old as time is made new in Ashley Poston's fresh, geeky retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Rosie Thorne is feeling stuck-on her college application essays, in her small town, and on that mysterious General Sond cosplayer she met at ExcelsiCon. Most of all, she's stuck in her grief over her mother's death. Her only solace was her late mother's library of rare Starfield novels, but even that disappeared when they sold it to pay off hospital bills. On the other hand, Vance Reigns has been Hollywood royalty for as long as he can remember-with all the privilege and scrutiny that entails. When a tabloid scandal catches up to him, he's forced to hide out somewhere the paparazzi would never expect to find him- Small Town USA. At least there's a library in the house. Too bad he doesn't read. When Vance's and Rosie's paths collide, sparks do not fly. But as they begrudgingly get to know each other, their careful masks come off-and they may just find that there's more risk in shutting each other out than in opening their hearts.

      Bookish and the Beast
      3,8
    • The Princess and the Fangirl

      • 320 stránek
      • 12 hodin čtení

      Return to the geek-tastic world of Starfield fandom with a tale of a superstar and a superfan who swap lives in this sweet and funny companion novel to Geekerella.

      The Princess and the Fangirl
      3,8
    • Heart of Iron

      • 496 stránek
      • 18 hodin čtení

      *A 2019 Rainbow Book List Selection* An action-packed tale full of romance, royalty, and adventure, inspired by the story of Anastasia. Perfect for fans of Six of Crows, Cinder, and the cult classic television show Firefly. Seventeen-year-old Ana is a scoundrel by nurture and an outlaw by nature. Found as a child drifting through space with a sentient android called D09, Ana was saved by a fearsome space captain and the grizzled crew she now calls family. But D09—one of the last remaining illegal Metals—has been glitching, and Ana will stop at nothing to find a way to fix him. Ana’s desperate effort to save D09 leads her on a quest to steal the coordinates to a lost ship that could offer all the answers. But at the last moment, a spoiled Ironblood boy beats Ana to her prize. He has his own reasons for taking the coordinates, and he doesn’t care what he’ll sacrifice to keep them. When everything goes wrong, she and the Ironblood end up as fugitives on the run. Now their entire kingdom is after them—and the coordinates—and not everyone wants them captured alive. What they find in a lost corner of the universe will change all their lives—and unearth dangerous secrets. But when a darkness from Ana’s past returns, she must face an impossible choice: does she protect a kingdom that wants her dead or save the Metal boy she loves?

      Heart of Iron
      3,8
    • A professor of literature finds herself caught up in a work of fiction… literally. Eileen Merriweather loves to get lost in a good happily-ever-after. The fictional kind, anyway. Because at least imaginary men don’t leave you at the altar. She feels safe in a book. At home. Which might be why she’s so set on going to her annual book club retreat this year—she needs good friends, cheap wine, and grand romantic gestures—no matter what. But when her car unexpectedly breaks down on the way, she finds herself stranded in a quaint town that feels like it’s right out of a novel… Because it is. This place can’t be real, and yet… she’s here, in Eloraton, the town of her favorite romance series, where the candy store’s honey taffy is always sweet, the local bar’s burgers are always a little burnt, and rain always comes in the afternoon. It feels like home. It’s perfect—and perfectly frozen, trapped in the late author’s last unfinished story. Elsy is sure that’s why she must be here: to help bring the town to its storybook ending. Except there is a character in Eloraton that she can’t place—a grumpy bookstore owner with mint-green eyes, an irritatingly sexy mouth and impeccable taste in novels. And he does not want her finishing this book. Which is a problem because Elsy is beginning to think the town’s happily-ever-after might just be intertwined with her own.

      A Novel Love Story
      3,6
    • The Bewitching Hour

      • 368 stránek
      • 13 hodin čtení

      The story follows seventeen-year-old Tara Maclay, who becomes embroiled in a series of unsolved murders in her new town. As suspicion mounts against her, she must rediscover her lost magical abilities. Teaming up with the enigmatic and charming Daphne Frost, who harbors her own secrets, Tara navigates a web of intrigue and danger to clear her name and uncover the truth.

      The Bewitching Hour
    • Seven Years From Now

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      • 384 stránek
      • 14 hodin čtení

      Clementine erbt die Wohnung ihrer exzentrischen Tante Analea und entdeckt, dass sie verzaubert ist. Plötzlich findet sie sich sieben Jahre in der Vergangenheit wieder und trifft einen Mann mit einer Vorliebe für Zitronenkuchen. Doch Analeas Regel, sich nicht in dieser Wohnung zu verlieben, droht alles zu komplizieren. Eine humorvolle Cosy-Romance mit magischen Elementen.

      Seven Years From Now
      4,3