Fama y prejuicio

For the Posts, a two-week trip to Mallorca with their extended family and friends is a celebration: Franny and Jim are observing their thirty-fifth anniversary, and their daughter, Sylvia, has graduated from high school. The sunlit island, with its mountains, beaches, tapas, and tennis courts, promises an escape from the tensions simmering at home in Manhattan.

Historical love story set against a backdrop of political intrigue and Machiavellian treachery, using real characters that fought for Cuba=s independence against Batista and Castro this novel is based on factual historical events and the sacrifice of Cuba=s youth that died fighting for their country=s freedom.

Two inseparable cousins around 12 years of age, Ceporro and Chino, live in the large flat that belongs to their grandmother after the Civil War. Don Rodolfo, who used to go sparring with Uzkudun, gives them boxing classes. Echoes of the Second World War, Field Marshal Rommel and the Nippon Empire provide the backdrop to the story, and then a young German girl, an orphan and a refugee, appears out of nowhere. As well as being a beautiful story about saying goodbye to childhood, its greatest achievement is the voice of its narrator, Ceporro the tireless charlatan.

William Henry Harper está enamorado — pero ¿cómo puede convencer a Alexa que tienen un futuro juntos cuando ella aún piensa que su madre está tratando de matarla? En el momento en que ella confiesa las otras dos razones que la frenan, él se embarca en una misión para hacer frente a ellos— y hacerla suya para siempre. Alexa Romo sabe que tiene que hacer las paces con Rebecca Harper si alguna vez quiere que las cosas funcionen con Will. Pero cuando se enfrenta a una parte de su pasado que mantenía encerrada, descubre otra parte de la verdad que la deja girando... y con miedo de lo...