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Latidos (Latidos #Volumen 1)
by Anna GodbersenUna historia de amor, rebeldía, glamour y misterio... Chicas deslumbrantes que celebran fiestas hasta el amanecer. Chicos irresistibles, con sonrisas hipnotizadoras y peligrosas. Mentiras, glamour, pasión y misterio. Bienvenidos a Manhattan, 1899. Los lectores dicen...«Una saga que me sació absolutamente en todo: primero porque tenía lo que yo buscaba, un ritmo que enganchara, que me hiciera querer seguir leyendo [#], segundo, una historia interesante, creo que la historia de Latidos es increíble, tercero personajes bien construidos, y cuarto algún trasfondo así, algo de lo que yo pudiera aprender al leer.»
Latimer's Law
by Mel SterlingTHE PROMISE OF A NEW FUTURE AWAITS ONE COUPLE IN MEL STERLING'S STUNNING DEBUT NOVEL Stealing a pickup truck, newly widowed Abby McMurray hopes to escape her abusive brother-in-law. But the vehicle's owner and his attack dog halt her plans. She knows she's made a terrible mistake. Yet there's something tender about the stranger that makes her feel safe. K-9 deputy Cade Latimer senses Abby isn't a criminal. And when he sees her bruises, he knows she's running from someone. Physically and emotionally scarred from a botched investigation, Cade has his own demons. Yet he can't resist protecting the gentle woman who's capturing his heart. But little do they know, Abby's brother-in-law will go to any lengths to track Abby down....
The Latin Affair
by Sophie Weston"Do what the man wants, Nick." Nicky Piper hates being blonde and gorgeous. For eight years she has been running away from the memory of a Caribbean night when being blonde and gorgeous did her no good at all. She is certainly not going to trade on her looks to sort out Esteban Tremain, no matter what her boss says. But Esteban is used to getting his own way. And Springdown Kitchens certainly owe him. In his isolated Cornish castle, Esteban joins battle with the first woman in years to resist him--and is forced to confront dark memories of his own.
Latin American Gothic in Literature and Culture (Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature)
by Sandra Casanova-Vizcaíno Inés OrdizThis book explores the Gothic mode as it appears in the literature, visual arts, and culture of different areas of Latin America. Focusing on works from authors in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Andes, Brazil, and the Southern Cone, the essays in this volume illuminate the existence of native representations of the Gothic, while also exploring the presence of universal archetypes of terror and horror. Through the analysis of global and local Gothic topics and themes, they evaluate the reality of a multifaceted territory marked by a shifting colonial and postcolonial relationship with Europe and the United States. The book asks questions such as: Is there such a thing as "Latin American Gothic" in the same sense that there is an "American Gothic" and "British Gothic"? What are the main elements that particularly characterize Latin American Gothic? How does Latin American Gothic function in the context of globalization? What do these elements represent in relation to specific national literatures? What is the relationship between the Gothic and the Postcolonial? What can Gothic criticism bring to the study of Latin American cultural manifestations and, conversely, what can these offer the Gothic? The analysis performed here reflects a body of criticism that understands the Gothic as a global phenomenon with specific manifestations in particular territories while also acknowledging the effects of "Globalgothic" on a transnational and transcultural level. Thus, the volume seeks to open new spaces and areas of scholarly research and academic discussion both regionally and globally with the presentation of a solid analysis of Latin American texts and other cultural phenomena which are manifestly related to the Gothic world.
Latin Love Lessons: Put a Little Ovid in Your Life
by Charlotte HigginsIt wasn't just heated floors, hot baths, aqueducts, and paved roads that the Romans did first and best—they were also experts at the art of love. From the most effective pickup lines to percipient advice on getting over a breakup, from grooming tips to sex tips, the Romans had time-proof solutions. Charlotte Higgins brings them together in this indispensable guide to love—a collection of the richest, most illuminating, and sensuous writing about this mysterious emotion that can move us to joy or despair.Filled with the sage advice of Catullus, Virgil, Horace, Ovid, Propertius, and Tibullus, this witty, smart, and laugh-out-loud-funny handbook offers a fresh, new take on romance based on some of civilization's oldest adages.
The Latin Lover
by Lucy Monroe Trish MoreyThe Greek Tycoon's Inherited Bride by Lucy Monroe Phoebe's betrothal to Spiros Petronides' brother meant she was forbidden, and honor was the code the Greek billionaire lived by. But with one kiss Spiros knew he had to claim her as his! Back in the Spaniard's Bed by Trish Morey Leah left Alejandro Rodriguez because she'd overstepped the boundaries of a mistress and fallen in love! The Spaniard's arrogance angered her, but his touch ignited her. So when Alejandro storms back into her life, how can Leah deny him?
Latin Lovers
by Lynne Graham Penny Jordan Lucy GordonThree Mediterranean bachelors with seasonal seduction on their minds are at the heart of this anthology written by three of Harlequin's most popular authors. Includes "A Spanish Christmas" by Penny Jordan, "The Christmas Eve Bride" by Lynne Graham, and "Christmas in Venice" by Lucy Gordon.
Latin Lovers Bundle
by Kay Thorpe Julia James Kathryn RossThey're hot-blooded, exciting and very macho--an irresistible combination for any red-blooded gal! Join three lucky women who find sizzling passion and steamy sex in the arms of three irresistibly hot Latin lovers. Bundle includes The South American's Wife by Kay Thorpe, Bought by Her Latin Lover by Julia James and A Latin Passion by Kathryn Ross.
The Latin Lover's Secret Child (The Galvan Brides #1)
by Jane PorterArgentinean wine tycoon Lucio Cruz is not expecting the call that summons him to his estranged wife's side. She's suffering a partial loss of memory, and Lucio discovers that she's returned to being the fiery, affectionate girl with whom he once eloped. Suddenly he can't resist her--but he knows he must. In just a few weeks, their divorce will be final.... Unless Ana can recall a secret that could change both their lives...
A Latin Passion
by Kathryn RossPenny Kennedy will do anything to save her family home from the clutches of Lucas Darien — even if it means masquerading as his assistant! However, Penny didn't count on her desire for sexy Lucas — and it's not long before she finds herself between his sheets.But when her fiery Latin lover discovers Penny's true identity, will he take his revenge, or take her as his wife?
The Latin Surgeon
by Laura MacdonaldThe doctor from Argentina… Nurse Lara Gregory gets off to a bad start with interim consultant Andres Ricardo.Wealthy and darkly handsome, he seems as out of place in her burns unit as she would in his lavish London lifestyle. Andres is the most caring and attentive surgeon Lara has ever worked with, and soon she's thinking about him far too much. She knows he'll never remarry — but when she poses as his "date" for a party, it's so hard to believe that the look in his eyes isn't real….
L'audacia della seduzione: Collegati attraverso il tempo
by Dawn BrowerCome si comporta un uomo quando è attratto da una donna che non può avere? Bradford Kendall, il duca di Weston, si trova proprio in questa situazione difficile quando l’ex moglie di suo fratello si presenta alla sua tenuta. Regina aveva da sempre nutrito un forte sentimento nei confronti di Bradford e ciò si rivela particolarmente difficile da tenere a bada. Regina Dewitt intende scoprire cosa sia successo a sua sorella. Il miglior posto per iniziare la sua ricerca è proprio il luogo in cui era scomparsa: Weston Manor. Era passato ormai un anno, e gli indizi scarseggiavano, ma Regina è determinata. Non aveva messo in conto quanto potesse tentarla il duca che stabilmente abita nella tenuta. Iniziando la ricerca insieme, la domanda da porsi è sempre la stessa: saranno in grado di combattere il loro sempre più acceso desiderio?
Laugh (The Burnside Series)
by Mary Ann RiversMary Ann Rivers continues her Burnside family series--perfect for readers of Kristan Higgins, Jill Shalvis, and Ruthie Knox--as two people try to share their hearts without losing their cool. Dr. Sam Burnside is convinced that volunteering at an urban green-space farm in Lakefield, Ohio, is a waste of time--especially with his new health clinic about to open. He only goes to mollify his partner, suspecting she wants him to lighten up. Then Sam catches sight of Nina Paz, a woman who gives off more heat than a scorcher in July. Her easy smile and flirty, sizzling wit has him forgetting his infamous need for control. Widowed when her husband was killed in Afghanistan, Nina has learned that life exists to take chances. As the daughter of migrant workers turned organic farmers, she's built an exciting and successful business by valuing new opportunities and working hard to take care of her own. But when Sam pushes for a relationship that goes beyond their hotter-than-fire escapades, Nina ignores her own hard-won wisdom. She isn't ready for a man who needs saving--even if her heart compels her to take the greatest risk of all: love. Includes a special message from the editor, as well as an excerpt from another Loveswept title.
Laugh Cry Repeat
by John InmanWyeth Becker is a quiet man. Staid, serious, calm. A librarian. When he meets preschool teacher Deeze Long, he discovers joy for the first time in his life. With joy comes laughter, excitement, and a new way to look at the world through the eyes of the kindest, most loving man he has ever met. When tragedy strikes and Deeze loses his joy, it is Wyeth who helps him find it again. It is Wyeth, the man who never truly understood happiness, who pays that gift back. Giving all he can of himself to the man who changed his life. Restoring in Deeze what he now so desperately needs. But the road of their relationship doesn’t end there. The joys and sorrows of life are never-ending. As they set out to weather the highs and lows together, Wyeth and Deeze hang on to the one thing that makes all the tears and laughter worthwhile. Love. For only through love can life be truly savored at all.
Laugh on Friday
by Patricia RobinsFor Ann Elgar, the chance to work in a Swiss resort at Madame Menton's ski club is a golden opportunity. Luc Menton, her employer's son, makes her especially welcome and soon it is clear that his affection is turning into love.But Anne is spellbound by the sophisticated French actor, Paul Duret who makes no secret of his infatuation with her. The more Luc and Madame Menton warn her against Paul, the greater becomes her desire to be with him...A compelling classic romance from the inimitable Patricia Robins, first published in 1969 and now available for the first time in eBook.
Laugh on Friday
by Patricia RobinsFor Ann Elgar, the chance to work in a Swiss resort at Madame Menton's ski club is a golden opportunity. Luc Menton, her employer's son, makes her especially welcome and soon it is clear that his affection is turning into love. But Anne is spellbound by the sophisticated French actor, Paul Duret who makes no secret of his infatuation with her. The more Luc and Madame Menton warn her against Paul, the greater becomes her desire to be with him... A compelling classic romance from the inimitable Patricia Robins, first published in 1969 and now available for the first time in eBook.
Laughable Loves: A Novel
by Milan Kundera"An intellectual heavyweight and a pure literary virtuoso, Milan Kundera takes some of Freud's most cherished complexes and irreverently whirls them about in acts of legerdemain that capture our darkest, deepest human passions. . . . The tales in Laughable Loves surprise and illuminate. . . . Kundera's world is complex, full of mockeries and paradoxes. Life is often brutal and humiliating; it is often blasphemous, funny, irritating." — Cleveland Plain DealerMilan Kundera is a master of graceful illusion and illuminating surprise. In one of these stories a young man and his girlfriend pretend that she is a stranger he picked up on the road—only to become strangers to each other in reality as their game proceeds. In another a teacher fakes piety in order to seduce a devout girl, then jilts her and yearns for God. In yet another girls wait in bars, on beaches, and on station platforms for the same lover, a middle-aged Don Juan who has gone home to his wife. Games, fantasies, and schemes abound in all the stories while different characters react in varying ways to the sudden release of erotic impulses.
The Laughing Corpse (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #2)
by Laurell K. HamiltonAnimator and vampire hunter Anita Blake is about to discover that some secrets are better left buried?and some people better off dead?
The Laughing Corpse: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Novels #2)
by Laurell K. Hamilton'The older the zombie, the bigger the death needed to raise it.'After a few centuries, the only death 'big enough' is a human sacrifice. I know because I'm an animator. My name is Anita Blake. Working for Animators, Inc. is just a job - like selling insurance. But all the money in the world wasn't enough for me to take on the particular job Harold Gaynor was offering. Somebody else did, though - a rogue animator. Now he's not just raising the dead... he's raising Hell. And it's up to me to stop it.
The Laughing Man
by Victor Hugo James HogarthUrsus was a man, Homo a wolf: the former a travelling mountebank, the latter his faithful companion. Gwynplaine was abducted as an infant, and cruelly mutilated so that his face shows the permanent smile of a clown. Abandoned by his abductors some years later, Gwynplaine rescues a blind baby girl from the frozen corpse of her mother at the foot of a gibbet. Time passes, and the young girl christened Dea comes to love Gwynplaine. Being blind, she is unaware of his disfigurement, but from passing her fingers over his face, assumes that he is always happy. Ursus and Homo meet up with Gwynplaine and Dea, and travel around England performing at funfairs. After some vicissitudes, Gwynplaine is, surprisingly, summoned to the court of Queen Anne, where it is revealed that he is in fact the missing heir of the murdered Lord Linnaeus Clancharlie, Marquis of Corleone. He is, accordingly, installed as an English peer; but when he addresses the House of Lords is ridiculed for his clownish features. He renounces his peerage and rejoins his companions, who resolve to abandon England forever. During the voyage, while Ursus sleeps, Dea reveals to Gwynplaine her secret passion for him, then dies. Gwynplaine drowns himself. Victor Hugo's gothic tale has been the inspiration of numerous plays, films (the first in 1909), novels, and short stories. Following a distinguished career as a civil servant, James Hogarth acquired a reputation as a versatile and punctilious translator. His translations span travel guides, archaeological texts, and novels. In 2002 he won the French-American Foundation Translation Prize for his English translation of Victor Hugo s Travailleurs de la Mer. He died in 2006.
Laughter in the Rain: A Novel (Debbie Macomber Classics)
by Debbie MacomberA young woman finds herself torn between two very different men in this warm, compassionate novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Abby Carpenter longs for the type of romance she reads about in books. She loves her volunteer work teaching English as a second language, and has found her relationship with her boyfriend, Logan, just as fulfilling. But lately, she&’s thinking she needs a little spice in her life. Then she meets Tate, a handsome stranger, after a lesson in the park. Everything about him seems too good to be true, and he&’s infatuated with Abby—but she can&’t help assuming there&’s got to be a catch. Tate just might provide the sense of adventure Abby has been searching for. But when Logan, always steadfast in his commitment, gives her an ultimatum, Abby must choose: Who will make her happier? And is falling in love worth the risk?
The Launch Date: A Novel
by Annabelle SlatorWhat if the secret to finding true love on a dating app was meeting them IRL first?In this witty and fun rom-com debut from Annabelle Slator, rival coworkers become reluctant daters after they're forced to work together on a brand-new dating app in hopes of winning a promotion—perfect for fans of Sally Thorne’s The Hating Game.Grace Hastings’s dream job at the popular “true love” dating app, Fate, has turned into a nightmare. Her boss is a leech, her career is stagnating, and her fiancé has just brutally dumped her. Her hope for finding her own love story is waning, and she feels like a fraud for promoting a concept she no longer believes in. When the company’s CEO offers her an opportunity to earn a big promotion, she resolves to fight her imposter syndrome to show she deserves a seat at the table.The opportunity? To launch a brand-new app focusing on IRL dating and genuine connection.The problem? She must develop and test-drive a series of “first dates” with the other person gunning for the job: notorious socialite playboy and Grace’s biggest work rival, Eric Bancroft.During their disastrous hikes, dangerous cooking classes, and steamy yoga sessions, they begin to realize their stark differences may just be surface level and Eric might just be the perfect person to challenge Grace’s perceptions of love, dating culture, and self-worth.
The Laundry Room at Midnight
by Emery C. WaltersNineteen-year-old Tay is gay, barely out of high school, and was recently kicked out of his home by his Bible-toting stepfather. The highlight of his day is the midnight trip to a laundromat to wash his meager stash of clothing. A handsome stranger is amused and sympathetic over issues Tay is having. His name is Luke, and he offers assistance to the young lad who’s obviously in over his head.The next morning Tay wakes in a comfortable, unfamiliar bed, alone. He smells bacon. Are things beginning to look up?
L'aura bianca
by Felicia Tatum Silvia De CristofaroSe la incontra, lei morirà. Lo stregone ventenne e studente universitario Scott Tabors sapeva di aver trovato il suo cuore gemello nel momento stesso in cui vide la diciassettenne Olivia Whitehead fuori da una caffetteria. La desidera, la vuole, e sa che lei sarà sua. Ma a causa di una maledizione lanciata sulla sua famiglia, non può incontrarla. Non ancora. Quindi per il momento le va a fare visita nei suoi sogni, dove può dirle tutto tranne che il suo nome. Olivia Whitehead e la sua migliore amica Juniper si stanno godendo il loro terzo anno di scuola superiore e sono vicine come sorelle. Ma Olivia non può parlare con nessuno degli strani cambiamenti che stanno avvenendo, a partire dai continui sogni con un misterioso ragazzo dai capelli scuri. Ma cosa succederà quando il più amato della scuola comincia a mostrare interesse in lei? Aspetterà l’uomo dei sogni, o andrà avanti? E poi, quando la vita di Olivia viene messa in pericolo da una nuova minaccia, Scott deve trovare un modo per salvarla- senza condannarla a una morte prematura.
