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1901. En el idílico pueblo vasco de Ea, Dylan y Ulises Morgan contemplan en el horizonte cómo se hunde el Annabelle, el vapor de su abuelo, tras la terrible tempestad de la noche anterior. Después, el cuerpo de una joven aparece flotando en la orilla. Extrañamente, es idéntica a otra...

¿Qué haces para enamorar a una mujer si eres parte de un cuerpo de élite militar? Fácil, te la llevas a una misión en tu país natal, Cuba, y le enseñas lo maravilloso que sería estar contigo. Y todo sería perfecto si no tuvieras que casarte con ella para protegerla, tu madre y tu abuela se empeñaran en que no sea solo un matrimonio falso y que además tengas que ayudar en un golpe de estado por parte de disidentes.

Candela guarda secretos que, veinticinco años más tarde, se ve obligada a desvelar. Nadie imagina que esa mujer de 1970 tiene un pasado turbulento. Debe dar respuestas a sus hijos. En 1934 dejó su Málaga natal rumbo a Nueva York. Una niña que maduró de golpe, con cualidades que la hacían especial y unas amistades que marcaron su destino y la llevaron a cometer errores. Después de la Guerra Civil, la Segunda Guerra Mundial la trajo de vuelta como agente de los servicios secretos norteamericanos, pero una incontrolable relación pasional puso en peligro su misión.

Lara has only one thought for her husband on their wedding day: I will bring your kingdom to its knees. A princess trained from childhood to be a lethal spy, Lara knows that the Bridge Kingdom represents both legendary evil - and legendary promise. The only route through a storm-ravaged world, the Bridge Kingdom controls all trade and travel between lands, allowing its ruler to enrich himself and deprive his enemies, including Lara’s homeland. So when she is sent as a bride under the guise of fulfilling a treaty of peace, Lara is prepared to do whatever it takes....

A soldier raised as heir to an empire, Zarrah is motivated by two truths. The first is that the Veliant family murdered her mother. And the second is that her pursuit of vengeance will put every last one of them in their graves. The Endless War between Maridrina and Valcotta has raged for generations, leaving thousands of Zarrah’s people dead and countless more orphaned. So when she’s given command of the contested city of Nerastis, Zarrah is prepared to do whatever it takes to destroy the Maridrinian forces who oppose her. And to kill the Veliant prince who leads them.

A high-stakes espionage thriller with political intrigue and Hollywood glamour, secrets, and twists. Thrown from a glitzy, creative Hollywood life into a sphere of corruption and espionage by those she loves most, those bound by loyalty and passion where these worlds collide, Alouette Strauss must save them all. But whom can she trust most? Her best friend, hip-hop superstar and composer Manuel Luis Burnett? His boyfriend, cold but kind and strong makeup artist Yuri "York" Sokolov? Secret Balkan spy and her dad's ex-wife, Astrid Lubovich?

A queen now in exile as a traitor, Lara has watched Ithicana be conquered by her own father, helpless to do anything to stop the destruction. But when she learns her husband, Aren, has been captured in battle, Lara knows there is only one reason her father is keeping him alive: as bait for his traitorous daughter. And it is bait she fully intends to take. Risking her life to the Tempest Seas, Lara returns to Ithicana with a plan not only to free its king, but for liberating the Bridge Kingdom from her father’s clutches using his own weapons: the sisters whose lives she spared.

A new epic romantic, dystopian fantasy begins in Seek the Traitor's Son, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth. This program features multicast narration. Elegy Ahn did not ask for destiny to find her. She is happy with her life as a soldier. She spends her days fighting the...

They stole my throne and stood by while I was taken captive. To reclaim my crown, I must trust my worst enemy. When I wake up in a coffin after the worst Clan wedding in Malhaven’s history, vengeance is the only thing keeping me alive. But the world I claw back into is colder than death. My father, the leader of the Protectorate Clan, is dead. My uncle sits on the throne meant for me. I’ve been taken to a brutal, frozen land ruled by the ruthless Commander, a man as terrifying as he is magnetic. 

In the first of an extraordinary series from bestseller S.J.A. Turney, the fate of Empire hangs in the balance… Istanbul, 1481: The once great city of Constantine, a strange mix of Christians, Turks and Jews, now forms the heart of the Ottoman empire. The conquest, still a recent memory, means...

When a scientist working for the Gomez Organization is found dead in a remote Antarctica station, Jake Adams is called back to work for the billionaire. The problem is Sirena is away visiting a friend in Europe, and he is tethered to his Utah ranch with his eighteen-year-old daughter, Emma. So...

Im Haus des Flüsterns und der Schatten zählt nur eins: Überleben. Abgeschottet im Dschungel durchläuft Saya eine Ausbildung zur skrupellosen Assassine des Gottkaisers. Um eines Tages frei sein zu können, muss sie sieben tödliche Prüfungen bestehen. Und das mit dem Mann, den sie...

Atticus Perennis, prefect of the Roman fleet, waits restlessly in Carthage. His crew is agitated, as they wait on edge for news from Rome, hoping the powers-that-be send more ships to help his Carthaginian forces put down a rebel mercenary army. When word reaches them that a fleet is on their...

ALONIA HA CAÍDO, PERO LA VERDADERA BATALLA SE LIBRA EN LAS SOMBRAS. En una ciudad ocupada por los jersas, la resistencia se ha vuelto un juego de intrigas y traiciones. Cada alianza es efímera, cada movimiento puede significar la muerte. Los embajadores de Beluria deben navegar un laberinto de conspiraciones donde la política es tan letal como la espada.

Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining station, has died. But no one will admit that his death wasn't an accident - or that Mahit might be next to die, during a time of political instability in the highest echelons of the imperial court. Now, Mahit must discover who is behind the murder, rescue herself, and save her station from Teixcalaan's unceasing expansion.

It has been 10 years since Juliette de Marny's father asked her to swear revenge upon Deroulede for the death of her brother in a duel. At last, she finds herself in Deroulede's house, with an easy opportunity to betray him to the citizens of France for conspiring against the people. But Juliette realizes, too late, that she is in love with Deroulede.

Das Gesicht von Seku III, der Erde, verändert sich. Es ist eine Welt im Wandel. Nicht nur die Umwelt erholt sich Schritt für Schritt, sondern auch die Wirtschaft muss sich von alten Pfaden lösen und neue Wege gehen. Doch vor allem ist es die internationale Politik, die vor ungeahnten Umwälzungen steht. Und das gefällt verständlicherweise nicht allen Beteiligten. Daher haben die Terraguards alle Hände voll zu tun, damit der bereits angestoßene Prozess nicht zum Stillstand kommt. Zu allem Überfluss sind Bestrebungen im Gange, den amerikanischen Präsidenten zu diskreditieren, und das mit Erfolg.

Political troubles on a remote tropical island threaten a valuable mine owned by a powerful multi-national corporation. The company plans to dispatch its toughest and most experienced troubleshooter to protect its interests, but a bureaucratic snafu drops a mild-mannered cost accountant into a steaming cauldron of beguiling women, rugged mercenaries, jihadi warriors, a biological weapons expert, and a legendary assassin.

There are those who lust for power. There are those who crave the crown and will do anything to get it, including murder. The kingdoms are scared, as the crown of power is at stake, and men will kill to get it. If there is hope at all, it is in being better at intrigue than those who make it their life.

'Who can resist a smart, resourceful and independent Regency heroine? Prepare to fall head over heels' Good Housekeeping 1812 London Up-and-coming novelist Jane Austen joins forces with London's most esteemed investigative duo – the infamous Dora Fitz-Pennington and disgraced son of a Viscount...