Bonne Chance & Mariposas

Set in the French Belle Époque, this novel is a masterpiece of fin-de-siècle aesthetics. The affable and talkative Monsieur de Bougrelon is a French expatriate living in Amsterdam, an old dandy who lies forgotten in the midst of a century defined by luxury and vices. Having become a mere puppet taking refuge among ghosts, he encourages two French travelers to stay in Amsterdam, serving as their tour guide to the foggy city and revealing to them a completely different reality than might first be apparent. Con la Belle Époque francesa de trasfondo, esta novela es una obra magistral de la...

At the onset of his career with the FBI, Alex Cross is instructed to track down a band of kidnappers who are snatching people and possibly selling them into slavery, a case that is complicated by a terrible threat to Cross's own family and his frustrations with the Bureau's outdated methods.

Translated into 25 languages, this novel shows what life was like in Iran before the Islamic revolution of 1979 and in the decades since. Masumeh, a 15-year-old girl, falls for a boy named Said. When their relationship is discovered, Masumeh's family is outraged and forces her into an arranged marriage with a man named Hamid, who devotes his life and the majority of time to politics. Over 30 years, Masumeh suffers through the country's radical changes until one day, one of life's unexpected turns forces her to choose between happiness and honoring tradition.

Mia D'Angelo quería averiguar si el padre del bebé de su difunta hermana podría ser un buen padre. Cuando localizó a Adam Chase, todos sus planes se vinieron abajo y empezaron a salir juntos. El multimillonario no tardó mucho en darse cuenta de que Mia guardaba un secreto sobre la hija que él no sabía que tenía. ¿Podía ese hombre retraído llegar a confiar en Mia después de que lo hubiese engañado? ¿Y en sí mismo cuando estaba con esa mujer increíblemente sexy?