Alessandra Petrelli Libros

Gwen has a destiny to fulfill, but no one will tell her what it is. She's only recently learned that she is the Ruby, the final member of the time-traveling Circle of Twelve, and since then nothing has been going right. She suspects the founder of the Circle, Count Saint-German, is up to something nefarious, but nobody will believe her. And she's just learned that her charming time-traveling partner, Gideon, has probably been using her all along. Emerald Green is the stunning conclusion to Kerstin Gier's Ruby Red Trilogy, picking up where Sapphire Blue left off, reaching new heights of intrigue and romance as Gwen finally uncovers the secrets of the time-traveling society and learns her fate.

Maggie hasn’t told this story in years. More than two decades ago, she fell in love. She was sixteen and far from home, waiting to give her baby up for adoption. Bryce showed Maggie how to take photographs and he didn’t judge her for the way her belly swelled under her jumper. They had the perfect first kiss. Theirs was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of love.Now, as Maggie sits by the Christmas tree in her gallery telling her story, surrounded by the photographs that made her famous – the photographs Bryce never saw – her new gallery assistant asks her a question. If she had one wish, what would she wish for this Christmas?Maggie always thought she knew the answer to that question. But before she can say ‘I’d go back to that winter with Bryce’, she stops herself. It is all she has ever wanted but suddenly here, on this dark night under the twinkling stars, there is something else she wants...

Viktor Larenz has withdrawn to an isolated island in order to deal with the disappearance of his daughter. His seclusion is interrupted when he is visited by an author who suffers from a form of schizophrenia which means all her characters become real to her - and, in her last novel, she wrote about a girl who vanishes without trace.

From No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn and television pioneer Shonda Rhimes comes a powerful and romantic novel of Bridgerton's Queen Charlotte and King George III's great love story and how it sparked a societal shift, inspired by the original series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, created by Shondaland for Netflix.

Julie Barenson es, a sus veintinueve años, demasiado joven para olvidarse del amor. Su esposo murió en un trágico accidente hace cuatro años y ella sigue recordándole, aunque siente que por fin ha llegado el momento de rehacer su vida. Si bien escoger entre Richard y Mike no ha sido fácil, la decisión ha devuelto a Julie momentos de felicidad que sólo se verán eclipsados por el tormento de los celos.

The last person Landon thought he would fall for was Jamie Sullivan, daughter of the town's Baptist minister. A quiet girl, Jamie seemed content living in a world apart from the other teens. She took care of her widowed father, rescued hurt animals and volunteered at the local orphanage. Landon would never have dreamed of asking her out, but a twist of fate threw them together when he found himself without a partner for the school dance. In the months that followed, Landon discovered truths that most people take a lifetime to learn - about the joy of giving, the pain of loss and, most of all, the transforming nature of love. Being with Jamie would show him the depths of the human heart and lead him to a decision so stunning it would send him irrevocably on the road to manhood . . .

How do you learn to trust again? Denise Hilton, a young single mother, is driving through Edenton, North Carolina, when her car skids off the road during a storm. With her is her four-year-old son, Kyle, a boy with severe learning disabilities for whom she has sacrificed everything. When volunteer fireman Taylor McAden finds her she is unconscious and bleeding, but when she wakes an even more chilling truth becomes clear: Kyle is gone. When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, Taylor feels compelled to take terrifying risks to save lives, and the search for Kyle is no exception. But there is one leap of faith Taylor cannot bring himself to make - to commit to a relationship. Will this chance meeting with Denise prove any different?

In January 2003 Nicholas Sparks and his brother Micah set off on a three-week trip around the world. An adventure by any measure, this trip was especially meaningful as it marked another milestone in the life journey of two brothers who, by their early thirties, were the only surviving members of their family. As Nicholas and Micah travel the globe, from the Taj Mahal to Machu Picchu, the story of their family slowly unfolds. Just before Nicholas' marriage he and Micah lost their mother in a horseriding accident; a week short of Nicholas's triumphant debut as a novelist with THE NOTEBOOK, the brothers lost their father to a car crash, and just a few short years later they were forced to say goodbye to their sister who died of brain cancer at the young age of 36. Against the backdrop of the main wonders of the world the brothers come together to heal the wounds of this tragic legacy and maintain their determination to live life to its fullest.

È sera e Winchell Bear, giocatore di poker professionista, si trova nel suo ranch conquistato anni addietro con una partita a carte. Nello stesso istante, poco lontano, l'indiano comanche Peter Long Grass avvista un uomo che furtivamente si dirige verso il ranch dell'amico e decide di seguirlo per capirne le intenzioni. Il suo pensiero va immediatamente all'amata Sonia, la governante di Winchell divenuta sua segreta amante, che vive in un cottage nella proprietà del ranch e nell'oscurità della notte fa da tramite per un traffico di contrabbando con il Messico, nella speranza di guadagnare i soldi necessari per rivedere il figlio abbandonato alla nascita. È proprio l'amore che nuitre nei suoi confronti a dare a Peter la forza necessaria a proteggerla da quello che di lì a poco accadrà.

Como cualquier otro día, regresé pronto a casa al salir del instituto. Mi tía se había quedado sin sus dulces favoritos y me ofrecí para ir a la tienda y comprar más. Pero de camino empecé a sentir algo muy extraño: las piernas me temblaban y tuve una sensación rara en el estómago. De repente, la calle desapareció ante mis ojos. Poco después reapareció, pero muchas cosas eran diferentes. Había vuelto al pasado. Me llamo Gwen y soy la última viajera en el tiempo. Así empieza la aventura de mi vida...

Para mi madre, yo lo era todo. Para mi padre, absolutamente nada. Para mi abuela, un recordatorio diario de amores perdidos hacía mucho tiempo. Pero yo sabía la verdad; en el fondo, siempre la supe.» Ava, pese a sus dudas, ya comprende ciertas ironías de la vida. Como por ejemplo, que si alguien te dice que no quiere hacerte daño, acabará por hacértelo. También percibe verdades más profundas y misteriosas: a pesar de que la gente no crea en la magia de los sentimientos, el amor siempre busca otra oportunidad. Y si lo dejas escapar, puede que tus descendientes sean víctimas de un antojo del destino. O incluso... de un maleficio. ¿Es ese el origen del extraño don que la acompaña desde que nació? Lo cierto es que, desde su bisabuela hasta su propia madre, todas las mujeres de su familia han tenido vidas complicadas. A través de sus voces y a lo largo de casi un siglo de historia, seguimos una estela de corazones rotos, deseos traicionados y ocasiones fugaces. Ava comparte un sueño con las mujeres que la han precedido: encontrar el amor verdadero. Tal vez ella sea la primera en poder conjurar la fatalidad y huir de las rejas del desamor.

La vida de Miles Ryan se desmoronó cuando su esposa, Missy, fue asesinada en un atropello hace dos años. Como deputy en New Bern, Carolina del Norte, no solo llora su pérdida, sino que también busca justicia contra el conductor desconocido. Su mundo cambia al conocer a Sarah Andrews, la maestra de segundo grado de Jonah, quien se ha mudado de Baltimore tras un difícil divorcio. Sensible al dolor de Jonah y Miles, Sarah se conecta con ellos de manera cautelosa. A medida que comparten risas y comienzan a enamorarse, permanecen ajenos a un impactante secreto que entrelaza sus vidas. Esta revelación desafiará sus creencias y los llevará a una elección desgarradora que alterará sus futuros. La narrativa captura los giros amargos de la vida y los momentos dulces, ofreciendo un mensaje afirmativo sobre las imperfecciones humanas, los errores que cometemos y la alegría que se encuentra en el amor. El autor transmite esto con intensidad luminosa, destacando el poder transformador de la conexión y la resiliencia del espíritu humano.

Nicholas Sparks regresa ahora con la historia de amor de John y Savannah. El es un soldado, y en uno de sus permisos de enamora de Savannah Linn Curtis, y poco a poco comienzan una relacion que luego se ve plagada de encuentros y desencuentros, hasta que el recibe la esperada carta en que con el Querido Johm, Savannah comienza a contarle que ha sido de su vida y todas las cosas que han cambiado entre ellos y por que.

Sixteen years after Robert Kincaid and Francesca Johnson have agreed that their swift, passionate and deep love affair must end, they are still thinking of each other. Robert has never married, but continued his nomadic life as a photographer. He feels it is time to re-visit Roseman Bridge just to lay to rest his lingering love - not to SEE her as he doesn't wish to disturb the life she chose when she decided to stay with her husband and children. Francesca's husband has recently died and the children long left home. She takes her daily walk to Roseman and sees the back of a Landrover leaving - her heart stops for a second as she FEELS it was Robert. But he's gone. Meanwhile, teenager Carlisle feels it is time he looked for his biological father. His mother has never made a secret of the fact he was the result of a one-night stand. From the few details he has he tracks down Robert and introduces himself. Startled, but quite happy to have been a father, they have a few days to get to know each other - before Robert dies of a heart attack. Francesca receives a letter informing her of his death...

Ruby Bell tiene dos objetivos para este curso: trabajar duro para entrar en Oxford y pasar desapercibida para todos sus elitistas compañeros del Maxton Hall College, donde asiste como alumna gracias a una beca. Pero, un buen día, Ruby sorprende a uno de sus profesores en actitud cariñosa con una estudiante, Lydia Beaufort, una de las chicas más ricas e influyentes del país, y también hermana de James, el líder indiscutible de Maxton Hall. Decidido a hacer todo lo posible para proteger el secreto de Lydia, James pondrá a Ruby en su objetivo y ésta pasará a tener una inesperada popularidad. Ruby y James pertenecen a mundos totalmente opuestos y, sin embargo, cuanto más se conocen, más se dan cuenta de que comparten mucho más de lo que creían. La nueva serie de la autora de AGAIN.

Wilson y Jane llevan casados casi 30 años. Tienen tres hijos y tienen una vida tranquila y desahogada en Carolina del Norte. Desgraciadamente, es de este aniversario, el trigésimo, del que Wilson se olvida, lo que marca un punto de inflexión en su vida. Se da cuenta que la pasión y el romanticismo ya no tienen lugar en su matrimonio y teme que su mujer ya no lo quiera. Siendo un hombre metódico, decide embarcarse en un proyecto a un año vista, tiempo que, él prevé, le permitirá renovar el romanticismo en su matrimonio. Mientras todo esto sucede, Anna, la hija de Jane y Wilson, anuncia que se casará. El evento le dará a Wilson la excusa perfecta para llevar a buen puerto su plan para reconquistar a su esposa.

Ayse is geboren in 1981 in Berlijn. Haar ouders behoren tot de Jezidi's, een streng religieuze Koerdische bevolkingsgroep in Turkije. Op haar twaalfde is Ayse voorbestemd om met haar neef Hassan te trouwen. Na de middelbare school volgt ze een opleiding tot verpleegkundige waar Ayse Oliver leert kennen. Vlak voor haar geplande huwelijk met Hassan ziet Ayse maar één uitweg: vluchten.

Sometimes the end is just the beginning . . . Russell Green has it all: a loving family, a successful career and a beautiful house. But underneath his seemingly perfect world, cracks are beginning to appear . . . and no one is more surprised than Russ when the life he took for granted is turned upside down. Finding himself single-handedly caring for his young daughter, while trying to launch his own business, the only thing Russ knows is that he must shelter his little girl from the consequences of these changes. As Russ embarks on this daunting and unexpected new chapter of his life, a chance encounter will challenge him to find a happiness beyond anything he could ever have imagined.

Il cofanetto contiene un libro a fisarmonica, suddiviso in due parti e interamente a colori. La prima parte, "Il volto pubblico della geisha", si sofferma sulle discipline dell'apprendistato, sull'arte di indossare il kimono, il trucco, l'acconciatura e le parrucche, sulle doti di accompagnatrice, ballerina, attrice e musicista. La seconda parte, "Il volto privato della geisha" presenta, con l'aiuto di esplicite illustrazioni "shunga", i dipinti erotici giapponesi del XVII e XVIII secolo, una collezione di scritti anonimi.

Mysterious doors with lizard-head knobs. Talking stone statues. A crazy girl with a hatchet. Yes, Liv's dreams have been pretty weird lately. Especially the one where she's in a graveyard at night, watching four boys conduct dark magic rituals. The strangest part is that Liv recognizes the boys in her dream. They're classmates from her new school in London, the school where she's starting over because her mom has moved them to a new country (again). But what's really scaring Liv is that the dream boys seem to know things about her in real life, things they couldn't possibly know—unless they actually are in her dreams? Luckily, Liv never could resist a good mystery, and all four of those boys are pretty cute.... Kerstin Gier has a flair for blending fresh, irresistible combinations of comedy, romance and humor, even twisting a little horror into Dream a Little Dream, book one in her latest series, the Silver trilogy.

Liza Dalby tenía veinticinco años cuando decidió que la mejor manera de completar su tesis sobre el mundo de las geishas sería un viaje a Oriente, para observar muy de cerca los usos y las costumbres de estas mujeres exóticas y fascinantes. Lo que quizá no sospechaba entonces es que su viaje a Japón y sus ganas de saber la convertirían en la primera mujer extranjera que trabajaría como geisha en Kioto. Lo que empezó siendo el objeto de un estudio académico pronto se convirtió en una experiencia inolvidable, y la mirada pretendidamente neutra tropezó con sensaciones y sentimientos nuevos. La convivencia diaria con su maestra y con las demás compañeras le mostró formas insólitas de entender el juego de la seducción, que tiene sus secretos guardados en los pliegues de seda de un kimono y en la sonrisa enigmática que se dibuja sobre un rostro de mujer. Ese universo cerrado, rico en detalles y matices que suelen pasar desapercibidos a los ojos del viajero, se abrió ante el gesto respetuoso de Liza Dalby, que durante un año miró, preguntó y escuchó, sin querer juzgar ni criticar. El fruto de esta aventura vital está condensado en Geisha, un libro que nos permite oír la voz de lo desconocido.

Adrienne Willis is 45 and has been divorced for three years, abandoned by her husband for a younger woman. The trials of raising her teenage children and caring for her sick father have worn her down, but at the request of a friend and in hopes of respite, she's gone to the coastal village of Rodanthe in North Carolina to tend the local inn for the weekend. With a major storm brewing, the time away doesn't look promising...until a guest named Paul Flanner arrives. At 54, Paul is a successful surgeon, but in the previous six months his life has unraveled into something he doesn't recognize. Estranged from his son and recently divorced, he's sold his practice and his home and has journeyed to this isolated town in hopes of closing a painful chapter in his past. Adrienne and Paul come together as the storm brews over Rodanthe, but what begins between them over the weekend will resonate throughout the rest of their lives, intertwining past and future, love and loss.

After spending years in prison for a crime she did not commit, Rachel Wade accepts the proposal of cynical Sebastian Verlaine, Viscount D'Aubrey, who offers her parole in exchange for becoming his mistress. Original.

Una conmovedora historia de amor sobre arriesgarlo todo por un sueño y el desafío de dejar el pasado atrás. Colby Mills, una vez destinado a una carrera musical, ve sus sueños descarrilados por una tragedia. En busca de un respiro de sus responsabilidades, acepta un trabajo en un bar en Florida, donde conoce a Morgan Lee. Ella está decidida a perseguir sus sueños de estrellato en Nashville y quiere que Colby la acompañe. A medida que su amor florece, deben confrontar el peso de sus pasados. Mientras tanto, Beverly huye de un esposo abusivo con su hijo de seis años, tratando de construir una nueva vida en un pequeño pueblo remoto. Con el peligro acechando y sus finanzas disminuyendo, el viaje de Beverly está lleno de desafíos. A lo largo de una semana inolvidable, estos tres individuos enfrentarán sus propias definiciones de amor y la lucha por lograr una vida mejor. A medida que el destino entrelaza sus caminos, deben cuestionar si sus sueños pueden realmente superar las cargas de sus pasados. Esta historia emocional promete resonar profundamente, dejando a los lectores cautivados y reflexivos.

The Bondmaid tells the moving story of Han, sold, aged 4 as a bondmaid into the house of Wu, where she forms a close bond with the young heir as she struggles against the forces of trdition and tyranny using the transforming power of love, resulting in a terrifying climax.

There are a few things Jeremy Marsh was sure he’d never do: he’d never leave New York City; never give his heart away after barely surviving one failed marriage; and never become a parent. Now Jeremy is living in the tiny town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, engaged to Lexie Darnell, the love of his life, and anticipating the start of their family. But just as his life seems to be settling into a blissful pattern, a mysterious and disturbing e-mail sets off a chain of events that will change the course of this young couple’s relationship. How well do we really know the ones we love? How do we handle the inevitable doubts, fears concerning parenthood, and stumbling blocks that are sometimes placed in our way? Continuing the story of the young couple introduced in Sparks’s bestselling True Believer, this novel captures all the heartbreak, tension, romance and surprises of those who are newly wed. An astonishing tale about the love between a man and a woman and between a parent and a child, At First Sight is about endings that bring new beginnings . . . tragedies that lead to unexpected joy . . . and, most of all, the magic of everlasting love.

Ethan Brown is a gentleman rancher - a lawyer who is as comfortable amongst his books as he is at ease in the company of cowboys. Engaged to the daughter of the wealthiest landowner in the county, he is within reach of the life he has worked so hard to achieve. Annette Zeldin enters Ethan's life when she returns from Europe to settle her mother's estate. A concert violinist, she feels every inch the outsider and clings to her young daughter, her lifeline. The time Annette spends with Ethan in his office offers her moments of comfort and communion, and before long, both must acknowledge the passion growing between them. Annette and Ethan begin a clandestine affair that promises (or threatens) to change their lives - but it is soon to be torn apart by tragedy...

Story is set to the backdrop of 1950's Malaya, at the height of communist guerilla activity. A married chinese women, Mei Kwei falls in love with a priest who saves the wowen caught with Mei's husband from public embarressment.

Scrittore di bestseller di fama internazionale, Henry Hayden vive appartato in una splendida villa sul mare. Le donne lo adorano e la vita gli sorride. La sua esistenza così perfetta rischia però di incrinarsi il giorno in cui la sua giovane amante, nonché editor, gli rivela di essere incinta. Un imprevisto che, insieme alla serenità coniugale, rischia di costargli la carriera: ma davvero raccontare tutto alla moglie è l'unica possibilità che gli resta? Hayden è anche un pericoloso, irriducibile bugiardo con un passato pieno di ombre. Un errore fatale farà sì che il suo piano di sopravvivenza subisca una brusca virata, costringendolo a escogitare sempre nuove menzogne per coprire le precedenti. Combinando thriller e commedia noir, "La verità e altre bugie" è un romanzo cinico e intelligente sul ruolo del caso nella vita, le relazioni tra uomo e donna e il rapporto tra fiction e realtà, che dà vita a un triangolo letterario, amoroso e criminale di cui sarà molto difficile scoprire l'intera verità

Davanti all'illuminato albero di Natale al Rockefeller Center di New York, Robert e Mara, innamorati, si promisero di incontrarsi ogni anno il 20 dicembre a Colonia. Un rituale che non hanno mai trascurato. Dopo molti anni, Robert spera che l'incontro sul Reno porti a qualcosa di più: desidera che Mara rimanga al suo fianco per sempre. Ma per la prima volta, Mara si fa attendere...

«¿De quién te escondes?». Al final Simon tiene que preguntárselo a Nathalie. Dos días atrás se tropezó con esta joven en la playa. Estaba demacrada y asustada, y él se ofreció a ayudarla. Una decisión impulsiva que se ha vuelto en su contra, pues desde entonces se han visto envueltos en una espiral creciente de violencia y muerte que les ha convertido en blancos… ¿de quién? Nathalie no está simplemente perdida o desamparada, como él creyó. ¿Es una víctima? ¿Es culpable? ¿Qué está pasando?¿De quién te escondes?, un suspense psicológico impecable, nos lleva a una decisión cuyas consecuencias, como sucede tantas veces, era imposible prever, al tiempo que va atrapándonos en una historia de secretos, mentiras, asesinatos y una sórdida red que trafica con los sueños y la vida de quienes tienen poco que perder.