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Ha llegado la temporada de bodas a Nantucket, una época en la que los vestidos blancos se ven casi tan a menudo como las puestas de sol, y el enlace que unirá a las familias Otis y Winbury es el evento más esperado: los adinerados padres del novio no han escatimado en gastos para que la boda de su hijo sea lo más lujosa posible.

I was 12 when I promised Solo that I would one day marry him. Maybe I would have if he hadn't gotten impatient and ruined everything that summer when I was 15. For the last seven years I've replaced the love I once felt for him with anger over his almost getting me killed. Willow, a talented Motlander dancer, goes on tour in the Northlands. What should have been a chance for a new beginning brings her face to face with her traumatic past when Solo, a mountain of a man and the fiercest warrior of his generation, is put in charge of her safety against her will.

Captain Korreth spends his days training Morozko’s Army, wanting nothing more than to quash the Changelings as they wreak havoc on Frosteria. But when a new trainee enters the barracks, he feels an inexplicable pull.

Finding love is harder than it seems. Most times, love finds us before we find it. Well, at least that was the case for Mya and Andre. Two adults in their mid-20s searching for a bright light through rough times. Rough times that lead them into each other's paths. Most times, being in the wrong place at the wrong time can make a situation worse than it has to be. Especially when you get the chance to see things from both sides of the story. Take a look through each of their eyes and try to keep up. Here is the story of two souls accidentally finding love...on purpose.

Rory Hawthorn is adjusting to her new life as a witch working at her family's enchanted library in the coastal town of Ivory Beach. Between the library's bewildering magic and her eccentric new family, life is never dull. When Rory and her cousin find the body of a local wizard on the beach, all the signs suggest he was killed by a vampire.

When Thor disappears to get away from the intense pressure of being the heir to the Northlands, his father asks Linea to use her tracking skills and deliver an ultimatum to his heir. Linea knows Thor will be furious and blame her as the messenger. She'll have to face him anyway and prove to herself that she's no longer a young, infatuated girl, but a strong and unapologetic woman who owns the quirkiness he once ridiculed her for. Problem is that the last time she saw the large and angry Nman, Thor threatened to spank her if she came back. He wouldn't, though . . . or would he?

Sylah sogna di rovesciare la crudele tirannia dell'élite dal sangue rosso che opprime l'impero accendendo la scintilla di una rivoluzione. Ma il suo sogno si infrange il giorno in cui tutta la sua famiglia viene assassinata. Anoor è figlia di una delle donne più potenti dell'impero, ma è sempre stata trattata come una nullità dall'unica persona che conta per lei, sua madre. Quando incontra Sylah, sente accendersi un fuoco che potrebbe divorare l'intero regno, e i loro cuori. Hassa appartiene alla casta degli schiavi e sa bene cosa vuol dire essere invisibili.

In A Daughter of Isis, Nawal El Saadawi, author of Woman at Point Zero and one of the Arab world’s greatest writers, tells the story of the formative years which shaped an iconic voice in global feminism. In poignant and moving prose we learn about her relationships with her family, her traumatic experience of female genital mutilation at seven years old and escaping suitors at ten and her journey from the rural Egyptian village of her birth to metropolitan Cairo to study medicine.

Soldier-for-hire Ethan Hayes is the youngest member of an elite mercenary team. While he may be affectionately nicknamed "the rookie", the skills Ethan honed as a Marine make him seriously dangerous. But when a sudden distress call puts him in close quarters with a rival, he finds that more than his field skills are put to the test. Juliet Mason stands out as the master thief in a covert group of assassins and spies. Her latest mission is personal - and it's gone horribly wrong.

Pain erupted from Hadley’s shoulders, blood, deep and blue streaked down her back. A metal chain groaned around her ankle, the only sound besides her screams in the dark. Eighteen and alone in California, Hadley turns to selling the only thing she has left to make ends meet: herself. When strange things start happening, Hadley has nowhere to turn. She will soon learn that there are worse things than humans watching her from the shadows.

Finlay Donovan - single mum, floundering crime writer and accidental hit-woman - is, once again, struggling to finish her crime novel. Ever since someone misinterpreted her talking about her new book, she has been busier than ever working as a hit-woman and taking on the life she usually reserves for her characters. On the bright side, the only dead body she's dealt with lately is that of her daughter's pet goldfish. On the not-so-bright side, someone wants her ex-husband dead.

"Hay razones de peso que me llevan a escribir sobre nosotras: entonces no lo sabíamos, pero estábamos conquistando territorios nuevos impensables para nuestras madres-, estábamos rasgando todos los velos, escarbando agujeros con endebles cucharitas en murallas impenetrables, y ni siquiera nos dábamos cuenta." "El lunes nos querrán" cuenta la historia de una joven de diecisiete años que desea encontrar la libertad para descubrir qué es lo que la hará feliz. Pero las condiciones de las que parte son complicadas.

At 7:30 a.m. on June 16, 1944, George Junius Stinney, Jr., was escorted by four guards to the death chamber. Wearing socks but no shoes, the 14-year-old Black boy walked with his Bible tucked under his arm. The guards strapped his slight, five-foot-one-inch frame into the electric chair. His small size made it difficult to affix the electrode to his right leg and the face mask, which was clearly too large, fell to the floor when the executioner flipped the switch. That day, George Stinney became the youngest person executed in the United States during the 20th century.

Robin Wildwood has always been the black sheep of her family… or red squirrel, as it were. She and her familiar, Tansy, left their coven to strike out alone, with no intention of returning home. The Wildwood witches are the best at everything they do, and their leader - who happens to be Robin's grandmother - is the Head Witch of the entire region. As for Robin? Screwing up is her only major talent.

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Ivelisse Santos has had Joaquin Romero’s back since their first playdate. Not just next-door neighbors, they’re platonic soulmates. At least, that’s what Ive thinks, until Joaquin decides to ask Tessa Hernandez, the same girl who stole Ive’s boyfriend, to prom. Sure, the head cheerleader and the star baseball player going to prom together makes more sense than Joaquin and Ivelisse—leader of tech crew—would. But that doesn’t mean it should actually happen.

Sent to a "therapeutic community" for autism at the age of 11, Todd Aaron, now in his '50s, is the "old fox" of Payton Living Center. A joyous man who rereads the encyclopedia compulsively, he is unnerved by the sudden arrivals of a menacing new staffer and a disruptive, brain-injured roommate. His equilibrium is further worsened by Martine, a one-eyed new resident who has romantic intentions and convinces him to go off his meds to feel "normal" again.

When John Trent, a dedicated member of the new Bow Street Runners, finds an exquisite carved angel floating in the Thames, he can’t stop thinking about it. He tracks down its creator, a sad and quiet young sculptor. But neither the angel nor the sculptor is done with John just yet. The blasted angel refuses to leave him be, behaving not at all like an inanimate object should. Alec Allston is resigned to the fact that his love will ever be a river that flows out and never flows in.

Es el podcast sobre el gran tema del día que hacemos desde el corazón de la redacción de EL MUNDO. A través de la voz de nuestros periodistas, te contamos lo que tienes que saber acerca de los asuntos que marcan la actualidad: antecedentes, contexto, análisis, explicación... Con Javier Attard

Six months ago, Laura was Magni's sweet and submissive young wife. Tempted to experience the independence of women in the Motherlands and to learn martial arts, she ran away. Now, she's back, stronger and more confident than before, determined not to let a man dominate her, not even the one she once fell in love with and married.