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The House of the Spirits brings to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of the Trueba family. The patriarch Esteban is a volatile, proud man whose voracious pursuit of political power is tempered only by his love for his delicate wife, Clara, a woman with a mystical connection to the spirit world. When their daughter, Blanca, embarks on a forbidden love affair in defiance of her implacable father, the result is an unexpected gift to Esteban.

La ciudad mexicana de Santa Teresa - trasunto de Ciudad Juarez - atrae como un imán a los protagonistas. Cuatro críticos literarios europeos viajan hasta Sonora tras las huellas del escritor desaparecido Benno von Archimboldi, cuya vida se refiere en la parte final de la novela. Allí conocerán a Amalfitano, el profesor universitario chileno que, junto con su hija, se establece en la ciudad, a la que también llegará el periodista estadounidense Oscar Fate para retransmitir un combate de boxeo.

El sueño americano se ha vuelto pesadilla, y tres latinas indocumentadas han quedado atrapadas: Bolivia y sus dos hijas, María Paz y Violeta. María Paz cree tocar el cielo con las manos al casarse con un policía blanco y norteamericano. Hasta que este es asesinado y a ella la meten presa. Pero la celda no es su peor calvario. María Paz descubre que el verdadero infierno la espera al otro lado de las rejas, y una segunda muerte termina de definir el rumbo de su suerte.

Intimate and uncompromising, Rev. Julián Jamaica Soto’s debut collection Spilling the Light, is a luminous offering to their communities and a defiant declaration of their worth in a world hostile to their queer, disabled, and brown being.

El protagonista de La vida breve, Brausen, escucha a través de una pared una conversación entre un hombre y una mujer. Imagina sus gestos, sus sentimientos... Brausen vive con su mujer, mutilada tras una complicada operación, y para compensar ese vacío físico que detendrá sus caricias, él imagina historias: la de Santa María, y la de un médico llamado Díaz Grey. Pero no solo desea imaginar que es otro, también quiere serlo.

As the youngest and most rebellious daughter of the overly protective Luna family, Gabriela Luna Valdés claws after her freedom in any way she can. This time, her hunger for adventure has led her aboard a windswept ship bearing for her homeland, away from a mob of fumbling British suitors. But Gabby can’t escape her father’s expectation that she settle down to find a proper husband—a compromise she’s unwilling to make.

One fall night, Scottish singer Jackson Mackay loses everything he ever loved in a horrible tragedy. At that same moment, in another wing of that same hospital, Letti Ruiz gasps awake after a life-altering surgery leaves her a shell of the high profile attorney she once was. Their lives couldn’t be more different. A series of seemingly perfectly orchestrated imperfections leads them to each other and kindles a fire where their twin souls unite.

Una niña enfervorizada espera a su padre, un mafioso dominicano al que idolatra y que siempre llega sin avisar, como los monstruos en las películas de terror. Papi aparece, desaparece y reaparece, cargado de dólares y un sinfín de coches, novias y regalos. Encarna, como ha señalado el crítico Juan Duchesne Winter, al «neomacho global» y triunfador de los trópicos, que provoca alucinaciones en todos los que lo rodean.

It is 1978, and Nieve finds herself caught between the tides of her parents' turbulent relationship and a country in turmoil. To try to control her situation, she begins to record the intimate and harsh details of her life in her diary. Becoming her sole means of expression, the diary is her only constant and her only friend.

When We Were Everything traces the delicate, tangled threads of relationships that define us. Through a series of deeply personal poems and stories, these pieces capture the bittersweet essence of youth, the complexities of love, and the unvarnished reality of growing up. This collection is a journey through the heart—reflecting on past loves, missed connections, and the enduring search for meaning in a world that never stops moving. Perfect for listeners who appreciate introspective, character-driven writing that speaks to the soul.

Thirty years ago, musicians Emilia Oliveras and Paul Winstead were married in Puerto Rico. Forty-eight hours later, Paul vanished from their honeymoon cruise, leaving Emilia devastated—and the prime suspect in his disappearance. So, she ran for her life, leaving behind her love, her dreams, and her identity. Today “Emily Oliver” is a divorced music teacher and mother of two daughters who know nothing about her past: Gracie, a talented attorney who excels in the courtroom but grapples with personal relationships, and Meg, a gifted concert pianist who wrestles with her ambition and purpose.

Detective Arias hunts for a murderer on a liberal arts campus that prides itself on its progressive curriculum but is rife with jealousy, racial and sexual tensions, and a hierarchy as real and destructive as a medieval fortress. DJ Arias, good at his job because he sees the worst in people, is challenged by the college community, a neighborhood recluse, and a young Latino gardener he sent to jail ten years ago for a hit-and-run accident.

Cuentos de toda la carrera narrativa de Ignacio Padilla, reunidos por primera vez en un solo volumen. «Padilla es un narrador de imaginación deslumbrante; un erudito que se vale de malabares y juegos de palabras para filtrar, de contrabando, sus abundantes conocimientos. Por añadidura, el mejor estilista de su generación.»

Recorriendo los temas que le apasionan y que son referenciales en el resto de su obra, en Bajo una luz más clara Helena establece un diálogo con los muertos, tan real como en la Antigüedad clásica. En el tránsito de la memoria, el recuerdo, la negación del olvido, la protagonista busca recuperar el deseo de vivir y se enfrenta con los que ya no están, pero que siguen siendo parte de su vida; en un diálogo imposible reconstruirá su infancia y el pasado de una familia perdida de manera brutal.

Con una narrativa zigzagueante en su cronología nos acercamos a esa segunda persona a la que Alberto Forcada le habla: con su voz le revive sus andanzas en la escuela, en el barrio, las mudanzas y los amoríos no concretados, la virginidad a medio perder, las escenas en las que atestigua una violencia cotidiana que lo invita a participar constantemente, desde el bullying hasta la delincuencia, con el constante sentimiento de culpa camuflado en complicidad con la inacción.

Dr. Ana Maria Ross Gutierrez runs a clinic near the Texas-Mexico border, taking care of those who've crossed into the United States illegally. Ana was once married to Peter Ross, but his decision to join the border patrol drove her to divorce him—despite Peter's continuing feelings for her and his conviction that he's protecting the desperate immigrants in his own way. Now, as hostility and hatred heat up in El Paso, Ana, Peter, and a young mother are entangled in danger and violence that threaten them all.

El primer capítulo de una serie policiaca sobre el México más profundo y disparatado. Lo llaman simplemente El Señor, y dirige el peligroso cártel de Constanza. Hasta ahora, nada parece amenazar su poder. Pero un buen día, El Güero, uno de sus sicarios más confiables, se ve en problemas para cumplir una orden aparentemente rutinaria. Y un trío de jóvenes misteriosos se hace notar por una racha de asaltos despiadados a tiendas de autoservicio. Ambas historias terminarán por cruzarse y por cambiar para siempre el orden de las cosas en el cártel…

Vida is a curandera, a local healer, who has been called to the resort to attend to a crisis. A young guest lies unconscious due to negligent resort childcare. Vida wants nothing to do with it, as she has her own unborn child to think about. Laura is a mid-level manager at the Grand Paloma Resort and the person who called Vida for help. She’s made it this far through sheer hard work. Her brainchild, which pairs platinum guests with a resort employee to attend to their every need, has been wildly successful. If only her younger sister, Leticia, could get with the program.

Pedalear a ritmo constante, adaptar el cambio de marchas a las peculiaridades del terreno, disfrutar del variado paisaje sobre el sillín. Sentir la euforia de unas ruedas que giran silbando en un descenso de montaña o el frío sudor que se desliza gota a gota por el manillar en el esfuerzo de la escalada.

They call her many things. Witch, Nagual Warrior, lady, Pantera. And after defeating the Obsidian Butterfly, Leonora carries a new title: Godslayer. Peace in Mexico City is fragile. Rebellion brews in the North, and when the people’s safety is at risk, Pantera must once again become the demure viceregent Leonora to stop a war before it begins. But her friends are scattered, Tezca is gone, and one wrong move could seal her fate. Caution is her ally, for the real Prince of Asturias—her former betrothed—has arrived at court, reigniting rumors: Leonora and Pantera are one.