Un compromiso en peligro

Roman 'Bane' Protsenko... Naked surfer. Habitual pothead. A con, a liar, a thief and a fraud. Last I heard, he was extorting the rich and screwing their wives for a living. Which is why I'm more than a little surprised to find him at my threshold, looking for my friendship, my services, and most puzzling of all--looking humbled. Thing is, I'm on a boycott. Literally--I cut boys from my life. Permanently. Problem is, Bane is not a boy, he is all man, and I'm falling, crashing, drowning in his sweet, perfect lies. Jesse Carter Hot as hell, cold as ice. I wasn't aware of her existence until a...

"Best Short Stories Book One" is a multi-genre collection of short stories by 37 established authors of all ages. Author gender-ship in this collection leans slightly in favor of women authors. You'll find well-written memoir, adventure, mystery, true-crime, fantasy, steampunk and more in this book

Lola, pediatra de treinta y nueve años con una brillante carrera profesional, acaba de romper con su pareja. En los últimos tiempos su deseo de ser madre la ha llevado a cuestionarse el sentido de su vida. En la consulta conoce a Aminata, una gambiana más joven que ella y madre de cuatro hijos. Inmigrante, ama de casa y analfabeta, Aminata es una mujer observadora que rebosa dignidad y que ha empezado a poner en duda los principios y tradiciones en los que ha sido educada, tal vez a causa de sus agrias disputas con Binta, su hija mayor. Binta, una adolescente rebelde y luchadora, ha...

Each heart-pounding, fast-paced story in this collection features lively writing and young characters who come into contact with the tricks and illusions on life's darker side. A child loses his head inside a pumpkin. A skin-crawling spider spell is cast on a sorcerer's apprentice. A visit to the hospital for a tonsillectomy takes a ghoulish turn. Each story begins with an author's introduction that explains how the idea for it came to him, and features a spooky illustration by artists such as Edward Koren and Bleu Turrell. Historias más sombrías jamás contadas son reunidas en este libro...