Jennifer Donnelly Libros

Serafina, hija de Isabella, reina de Miromara, es criada con la expectativa –y la carga– de que un día se convertirá en gobernante de la civilización más antigua del pueblo de las sirenas. En la víspera de la ceremonia del dokimí, donde se decidirá si es merecedora de la corona, Sera tiene un sueño extraño que predice el regreso de un antiguo mal. Pero se olvida de su pesadilla al día siguiente, mientras se esmera en practicar su canción mágica, espera ansiosa su reencuentro con su mejor amiga, Neela, y se preocupa por Mahdi, el príncipe heredero de Matali. Se pregunta si los sentimientos de él por ella habrán cambiado. Sobre todo, le preocupa no estar a la altura de las expectativas de la madre de él. El dokimí se lleva a cabo, una exhibición de majestuosidad y poder deslumbrantes, hasta que un estremecedor giro en los acontecimientos lo interrumpe: la flecha de un asesino hiere a Isabella. El reino entra en caos y se confirman las más oscuras premoniciones de Serafina. Ahora ella y Neela deberán embarcarse en la misión de descubrir al jefe del sicario y evitar la guerra entre las naciones de sirenas. Su búsqueda las llevará al encuentro de otras heroínas del reino de las sirenas, dispersas por los seis mares. Juntas formarán un lazo inquebrantable de hermandad, mientras desenmascaran una conspiración que amenaza la propia existencia de su mundo.

East London, 1888 - a city apart. A place of shadow and light where thieves, whores, and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled streets by day and a killer stalks at night, where bright hopes meet the darkest truths. Here, by the whispering waters of the Thames, Fiona Finnegan, a worker in a tea factory, hopes to own a shop one day, together with her lifelong love, Joe Bristow, a costermonger's son. With nothing but their faith in each other to spur them on, Fiona and Joe struggle, save, and sacrifice to achieve their dreams. But Fiona's life is shattered when the actions of a dark and brutal man take from her nearly everything-and everyone-she holds dear. Fearing her own death, she is forced to flee London for New York. There, her indomitable spirit propels her rise from a modest West Side shop-front to the top of Manhattan's tea trade. But Fiona's old ghosts do not rest quietly, and to silence them, she must venture back to the London of her childhood, where a deadly confrontation with her past becomes the key to her future.

The spectacular finale of Disney's Waterfire Saga - for fans of Percy Jackson and The Girl of Ink & Stars.

An epic tale of secret love and hidden passions. It is 1900 and the dangerous streets of East London are no place for a well-bred woman. But India Selwyn Jones is headstrong: she has trained as one of a new breed, a woman doctor, and is determined to practice where the need is greatest. It is in these grim streets where India meets - and saves the life of - London's most notorious gangster, Sid Malone. Hard, violent, devastatingly attractive, Malone is the opposite of India's cool, aristocratic fiance. Though Malone represents all she despises, India finds herself unwillingly drawn ever closer to him - enticed by his charm, intrigued by his hidden, mysterious past. THE WINTER ROSE brings the beginning of the turbulent twentieth century vividly to life, drawing the reader into its wretched underworld, its privileged society, and the shadowland between the two, where the strict rules of the time blur into secret passions.

Astrid struggles with a shameful secret, Ling discovers courage in a prison camp, and Serafina lines up allies to help fight the final battle for her underwater realm.

A young woman in nineteenth-century New York City must struggle against gender and class boundaries when her father is found dead of a supposed suicide, and she believes there is more than meets the eye, so in order to uncover the truth she will have to decide how much she is willing to risk and lose.

A wealthy family. A deadly secret. A young woman with more to lose than she know. A historical romance with a feisty female heroine and a chilling murder mystery, this is Jennifer Donnelly at her very best.

“Enjoy the ride: 600-plus pages of romance, harrowing exploits, cinematic backdrops, cliff-hangers, and plot twists.” —Publishers Weekly It is London, 1914. World War I looms on the horizon, women are fighting for the right to vote, and explorers are pushing the limits of endurance in the most forbidding corners of the earth. Into this volatile time, Jennifer Donnelly places her vivid and memorable characters, continuing the story of the Finnegan family. With fabulous period detail, myriad twists and turns, and thrilling cliff-hangers, The Wild Rose is the highly satisfying conclusion to an unforgettable trilogy that began with The Tea Rose and continued with The Winter Rose—and an utterly captivating read in its own right.

Isabelle is one of Cinderella's ugly stepsisters, who cut off her toes in an attempt to fit into the glass slipper. But there is more to her story than a maimed foot, for the Marquis de la Chance is about to offer her a choice and the opportunity to change her fate -- there will be blood and danger, but also the possibility of redemption and triumph, and most of all the chance to find her true self.