Colin Falconer

Shanghai, 1920. American journalist Michael Sheridan saves the life of a White Russian prostitute. She bears the same name and an extraordinary resemblance to the Russian princess said to have survided the brutal murder of her family at the hands of Bolshevik revolutionaries, but is suffering from amnesia and cannot remember more than the last year of her life. Unravelling the mystery of her past takes Michael and Anastatia from the decadence of pre-war Berlin and London to Bolshevik Russia and New York, just before the Wall Street crash. Michael is the only man who has ever helped Anastasia without wanting something in return - but can she give up the chance to be a princess for true love?

When Shayla Aja comes back to the small town of Nyx to visit her grandma Ellie, she finds a lot has changed on the beekeeping farm—not only the house she spent endless summers in as a child, but Ellie herself has changed. And the reason seems to center entirely around Ellie’s new Apiary Manager, August. August is infuriatingly attractive and shamelessly flirts with Shay—for no apparent reason other than to get under her skin. And the more she tries to get to know August, the more Shay is convinced she’s nothing more than a freeloader taking advantage of Ellie’s generous heart. Their shaky start is layered with both suspicion and attraction, but when Shay experiences a magical incident at the local farmers’ market, something between them starts to shift. As Shay is forced to trust August with her big secret, they begin to open up to each other. As they reveal more about themselves and the life-altering events that brought them both to Ellie’s farm—they realize they might also have been brought to each other.

The story of Cleopatra VII of Egypt, her bold plot to woo Julius Caesar in order to save her country, and her wild affair with Marc Antony, Caesar's protégé and successor.

When a priest is found crucified in a derelict North London chapel, it makes a dramatic change for DI Charlie George and his squad at Essex Road. The brutal murder could not be further from their routine of domestic violence and stabbings on the estates. And that's only the beginning ... On Christmas Eve, a police officer goes missing and his colleagues can't help but anticipate the worst. It turns out they're right to when eventually the body is found and they discover he's been stoned to death. As tensions rise, it's up to Charlie and his team to venture into the city's cold underbelly to try and find an answer to the madness ... before anyone else dies a martyr's death.

De la editorial: "Sobre un mapa agreste y laberíntico, cubierto por un cielo vinoso y envenenado, Bambú -"el tártaro que vende adormideras"- y Opium -hija de Albina, "la que no se desprende de su pipa"- encarnan el desafío del amor por el amor contra un entorno hostil y corrompido. El escenario, Lej, una legendaria ciudad tibetana, y sus áridos alrededores, es testigo de un relato poético sobre el amor trágico, fuera del tiempo. Inspirado en la poesía T'ang, la sabiduría oriental y la cultura clásica griega, Jesús Ferrero encadena los episodios de una tragedia cuya fatalidad es redimida por el amor, más allá de la vida y de la muerte."

From Amazon.com: The triumphant, controversial life of the Aztec woman Malinali is one of the great and enduring legends of Mexico. A high-born Mexica heiress, she was sold into slavery as a child, and it was as a slave of the Maya that she met the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. To her, and many of the Mexica, Cortés, with his ?owing beard and pale skin, was Feathered Serpent, the god whose return to earth foretold the end of Montezuma’s fabled empire. The daughter of a prophet, Malinali knew her fate lay with Feathered Serpent and his invaders. To this day she is reviled as a traitor by Mexico’s native people, but is also honored as a heroine and symbolic mother of a mixed-race nation. This is her story—and the story of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, which for better or worse changed the Americas forever. In Feathered Serpent, Colin Falconer brings the Aztec empire to life in blazing color and gives voice to the incomparable Malinali, who transcended her role as Cortés’s translator and consort to become a fiery agent of history against all odds.

WONDERFUL, WEALTHY ISABELLA At twenty-six, wealthy and sensible Isabella Latham had abandoned all thoughts of marriage. Yet when she arrived in London to oversee the debut of two younger cousins, it was Isabella who was besieged by legions of suitors... all of whom had an excess of creditors. There was the wickedly attractive Basil Trevelyan, a rake whose charm Isabella could not resist. And there was his utterly handsome cousin, the Earl of Hartleigh, who made her heart flutter in spite of herself. Pity Isabella. Little did she dream that her delicate dilemma would bubble into a scandal that would rattle family skeletons, give gossip-mongers their due... and land her an ideal husband!

1940. Europe is at war and British spy Nick davis is posing as a diplomat in Bucharest. But the Nazis have recently arrived, and terror has overtaken the city. When Nick rescues the beautiful but mysterious Daniela Simonici, mistress to a German businessman, his life is changed forever. Nick and Daniela fall for each other, hard, and soon Daniela is spying for Nick.

"Teach me what I need to know..." Jessica Grey watched ruggedly handsome Tarik crossing the moonlit floor of the seraglio. This was her captor...the rebel leader who kidnapped her from a world of four o'clock teas and lavish embassy balls and gave her away to the Sultan's harem where women were taught the art of making love... Now Jessica realized the young Turk had kept her heart for his own. Her shawl slipped from her creamy white shoulders. Her arms stretched out for him. His lips closed over hers, his strong hands feverishly exploring the smooth silk of her flesh. To be found together in the Sultan's palace would mean death. But as they sank onto the bed's velvet cushions, no risk could curb their hunger. It was time for Jessica to learn the deepest secrets of passion...to discover the love that could truly make her desire's slave... Based on the screenplay by Karol Ann Hoeffner