In 1929, an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy in Hatsumomo and she is rescued by Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, trained in all the artistic and social skills a geisha must master in order to survive...

"Shay Benson adored her younger brother, Caden, and that got her into trouble. When he owed money, Shay realized she would do anything to help him avoid the men who were threatening him, and she crossed lines she never should have crossed. Now, determined to start fresh, she finds herself in search of a place to stay and wanders into a church to escape from the cold. Pastor Drew Douglas adored his wife. But when he lost her, it was all he could do...

"The second season of Merlin sees our hero battle deadly assassins, magical monsters and ever more powerful sorcerers as he strives to fulfill his destiny as Prince Arthur's protector. All the while, Merlin must work harder than ever to conceal his growing magical powers, as King Uther redoubles his war against magic. Merlin faces his most formidable opponent yet as an ancient evil buried deep beneath Camelot wakes to destroy the kingdom. Only The...

"Remarkable...mesmerizing...compelling.... An entire world unfolds in Tolstoyan tide of event and detail....Give yourself over to the world Ms. Tan creates for you." —The New York Times Book Review
Winnie and Helen have kept each other's worst secrets for more than fifty years. Now, because she believes she is dying, Helen wants to expose everything. And Winnie angrily determines that she must be the one to tell her daughter,...

El argumento desarrolla el caso de un hombre que vive un amor dramático, relacionado con episodios de la guerra civil. Se ha dicho que esta obra contiene muchos trozos enteramente autobiográficos, y que Altamirano pasó por algún trance íntimo semejante al que describe en el protagonista de Clemencia.

La historia comienza presentándonos a dos mujeres, Clemencia (morena) e Isabel (rubia), opuestas las dos en carácter como lo son físicamente.

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"The Christmas contract": A recently-single woman dreads the thought of going back to her home town in Louisiana for Christmas when she finds out her ex-boyfriend will be there with his new girlfriend. "Hometown Christmas": Back in Louisiana for Christmas, Noelle Collins has big plans to resurrect the town's live nativity, a beloved tradition that her late mother used to put on. Things become complicated when Noelle runs into her high school sweetheart,...

When a small-town boy's video promposal to a star goes viral, it scores him a date to prom with his celebrity crush. But when the star begins to fall for the boy's teacher, things get complicated.

An “engaging . . . entertaining journey,” Landing explores the pleasures and sorrows of long-distance love in the digital age (The New York Times Book Review).
 
Síle is a stylish citizen of the new Dublin, a veteran flight attendant who’s traveled the world. Jude is a twenty-five-year-old archivist, stubbornly attached to Ireland, Ontario, the tiny town in which she...

Shrubs of broom grow black and twisted. As if by Devil's fingers. And the wind that never ceases, Like a chorus from the dead. Those who lived here it's for certain, would grow dark and tortured too'

In Jamaica Inn, at the heart of the bleak Bodmin Moor, young Mary Yellen soon discovers mysterious goings-on in the dead of night. But worse is yet to come as Mary finds herself helplessly ensnared in the deadly activities taking place around her.

Evocative,

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