Latin Women

Cosa significa tradire? Come si tradisce? Il tradimento ha per tutti lo stesso significato? Banana Yoshimoto, più che dare risposte, disegna paesaggi emotivi che delineano i confini di uno degli aspetti più dolorosi ed enigmatici del vivere. Chi tradisce? La fanciulla che ha una relazione con un uomo sposato o la moglie ingannata che, consapevole dell'affaire, mente annunciandole la morte dell'amante? Chi si sente più tradito?

After her husband's unexpected departure a year ago, poor Valentina is stuck. Help arrives in the form of an unwelcome guest: her mother, who shows up unannounced at Valentina's doorstep to take her on a 12-day Mediterranean cruise full of unexpected detours. If you've always longed to go on a cruise, ship out with Valentina. And if you've never wanted to go on a cruise, go anyway. You are likely find yourself alternately delighted and surprised by her quirky encounters at sea and alluring ports of call.

Durante todo un día, Lorena va cerrando puertas, haciendo remembranzas de su vida. En este viaje sin retorno, recorre lugares y hace recuentos de desamores. Al encontrar una última puerta, sólo consigue convencerse, eso sí, en plena serenidad y en una decisión auténtica, de que sólo hay, para ella, una única salida, no sin dejar una serie de reflexiones sobre la sociedad, la mujer, el amor y sobre todo, la belleza de la vida misma.

The sun-drenched Caribbean island of Guadeloupe is technically part of France, subject to French law, and loyal to the French Republic. But in 1980, the scars of colonialism are still fresh, and ethnic tensions and political unrest seethe just below the surface of everyday life. French-Algerian judge Anne Marie Laveaud relocated to this beautiful Caribbean island confident that she could make it her new home. But her day-to-day life is rife with frustration. Now she is assigned a murder case in which she is sure the chief suspect, an elderly ex-con named Hégésippe Bray, is a political scapegoat.

Rio de Janeiro, anni quaranta. Nel quartiere di Tijuca tutti conoscono le stranezze di Eurídice e Guida Gusmão. Bellissima e ribelle, Guida è fuggita di casa per coronare il proprio sogno d'amore con il rampollo di una famiglia che si opponeva al fidanzamento. Mentre Eurídice, figlia modello rimasta a consolare i genitori, è una moglie devota e attenta, salvo poi, di tanto in tanto, lanciarsi in qualche bizzarro progetto per passare il tempo.

Cat, Magda, Gabi, and Luz have helped each other up the ladder with unshakable encouragement - and raw honesty - since forever. But lately, trouble is throwing everything these formidable women thought they knew into doubt. Now all four women will have to face the truths that make them vulnerable and the failings that give them strength to discover who they really are - and what real happiness means.

Ci sono fili capaci di unire i mondi interiori delle donne: a volte sono la forza delle risate, il valore dell'amicizia, l'amore o il sesso; altre, la paura di fronte a un matrimonio inaridito, l'ipocrisia, la solitudine o il timore dell'abbandono. Ancora una volta, Marcela Serrano dimostra il suo talento nel penetrare anima e psicologia femminili con venti racconti appassionanti e potenti, abitati da donne fragili, forti, avventurose e timorose, casalinghe o intellettuali, le cui voci e storie si imprimono a fuoco nella memoria dei lettori.

Kal's erotic adventure of discovery continues in the Lone Star state! He discovers new pleasures while light is shed on the mysterious past of his current partner and mentor.Teachers, cheerleaders, and butt stuff . . . Oh my!

Wanye had nothing going for him. As a fat, acne ridden, black man his romance life was slim to none. Wanting a wife, Wanye signs up for an online dating service for foreign women. His offer was simple, an American citizenship for companionship. Little did he know that his offer would lead to him finding romance with a sexy Guatemala woman named Flor.

To escape a life of drugs, crime, and prostitution, 19-year-old Maya Vidal flees California to a remote island off the west coast of Chile. There, in the company of a torture survivor, a lame dog, and other unforgettable characters, Maya writes her story, which includes pursuit by a gang of assassins, the police, the FBI, and Interpol. In the process, she unveils a terrible family secret, she comes to understand the meaning of love and loyalty, and she initiates the greatest adventure of her life: the journey into her own soul.

The body of a young man has been found in the woods outside Newberg, dead from a close-range shotgun blast. The gun - his own - lies beside the body. Certain things don’t add up for Detective Tia Suarez. Where did the fat envelope of cash in his pocket come from? Who called the police to report the body, then disappeared before the cops arrived? The trail leads Tia to an institution for juvenile incarceration and to the leader of a local mega-church, a political and economic powerhouse in the region. Newberg’s mayor and the medical examiner keep trying to close the case.

“I love the way [Ainsley Walker] goes to a different country in each book and explores. It makes me want to visit those places!” – 5-star review A faraway island. An impending hurricane. And a missing pearl brooch. An airplane en route to the U.S. is forced to land on the island of Puerto Rico—and onboard is AINSLEY WALKER Stranded in torrential rain, she is guided by another passenger towards an old plantation house in the island’s tropical interior, where she meets an elderly woman who has lost a precious family heirloom. It's a pearl brooch that had once belonged to an actual ...

When your mother considers another country home, it's hard to know where you belong. When the people you live among can't pronounce your name, it's hard to know exactly who you are. And when your body no longer feels like your own, it's hard to understand your place in the world. This is a novel of growing up between cultures, of finding your space within them and of learning to live in a traumatised body.

Since little league, Jalen Mitchell had only three goals, play professional baseball, win a World Series, and be inducted into the hall of fame. After four years in the pros, he was accomplishing that lofty dream by becoming rookie pitcher of the year and winning a World Series. It wasn’t until his fifth year in the league, his game started slipping. As his statistics worsened, his manager decided to demote Jalen to the AAA affiliate team to regain his confidence. The move to the different league doesn’t work, as Jalen remains in a downward spiral. Depressed, Jalen thought his dream was...