LETRAS

Relatos del escritor peruano Fernando Iwasaki, considerado actualmente uno de los escritores más interesantes y consolidados de la literatura en castellano. "A principios de los noventa y recién cumplidos los treinta, escribí estos relatos que entonces me parecieron eróticos. No obstante, ahora que tengo cuarentaitantos he descubierto que sólo eran literatura fantástica. Por eso "Helarte de amar" no es una colección de cuentos eróticos, sino un hatajo de disparates sexuales. Un libro de ciencia-fricción".

William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him—so when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano in his freshman year of college, it’s as if the world has lit up around him. With Julia comes her family, as she and her three sisters are inseparable: Sylvie, the family’s dreamer, is happiest with her nose in a book; Cecelia is a free-spirited artist; and Emeline patiently takes care of them all. With the Padavanos, William experiences a newfound contentment; every moment in their house is filled with loving chaos. But then darkness from William’s past surfaces, jeopardizing not only Julia’s carefully orchestrated plans for their future, but the sisters’ unshakeable devotion to one another. The result is a catastrophic family rift that changes their lives for generations. Will the loyalty that once rooted them be strong enough to draw them back together when it matters most?

Anne Boleyn is going to die, and neither her cleverness nor her witchery can save her. So when her late rival, Catalina de Aragón, miraculously appears in her cell at the Tower of London on the eve of her execution, very much alive and offering a daring escape plan, no one is more surprised than Anne. Lina doesn’t have Anne’s magic—but she has just as much hate for England’s wretched king. Severed from her daughter and stripped of all her influence, Lina breathes only for the Hellebore Sisterhood, a clandestine and powerful society with a vested interest in keeping both queens alive . . . and using their particular skills to advance womankind.

At the dawn of their adolescence, on the eve of the summer solstice, four young girls–Helena, Leonie, Niamh and Elle–took the oath to join Her Majesty’s Royal Coven, established by Queen Elizabeth I as a covert government department. Now, decades later, the witch community is still reeling from a civil war and Helena is the reigning High Priestess of the organization. Yet Helena is the only one of her friend group still enmeshed in the stale bureaucracy of HMRC. Elle is trying to pretend she’s a normal housewife, and Niamh has become a country vet, using her powers to heal sick animals. In what Helena perceives as the deepest betrayal, Leonie has defected to start her own more inclusive and intersectional coven, Diaspora. And now Helena has a bigger problem. A young warlock of extraordinary capabilities has been captured by authorities and seems to threaten the very existence of HMRC. With conflicting beliefs over the best course of action, the four friends must decide where their loyalties lie: with preserving tradition, or doing what is right.

Juniper After a cult tried to sacrifice me to their wicked God, I went on the run, doing whatever was necessary to survive. Until a demon offered me a deal: give him my soul and he’ll help me claim the vengeance I seek. Blood will be spilled, and the monsters I once ran from will soon be running from me. But damning my soul was just the beginning—it’s my heart the demon wants next. Zane I’ve been hunting souls for centuries, but she’s the ultimate prize—vicious and feral with a broken soul as dark as my own. I thought claiming her would be a simple game, but Juniper is far from simple. I chose to follow her on a path drenched with the blood of her enemies, but it’s our blood that may be spilled next. As an ancient God wakes from its slumber, neither of us may survive.

Nessa Griffin tiene una vida solitaria. Al ser compasiva y amable, no encaja en el imperio mafioso de su familia. Lucha por demostrar su valía en casa y en su competitiva compañía de ballet. Mikolaj Wilk es el gánster más cruel de Chicago. Su padre adoptivo lo salvó de las calles de Varsovia y acabó muriendo a manos de los Griffin. Decidido a vengarse, Mikolaj secuestra a Nessa y la mantiene cautiva en su decadente mansión gótica. Mientras planea la destrucción de todo lo que ella ama, empieza a obsesionarse con su prisionera, deseando que esta bailarina baile sólo para él. Mientras tanto, Nessa se encuentra perdida en la creciente tensión entre ella y su secuestrador. ¿Encontrará Nessa al hombre que hay dentro de la bestia? ¿O será este su último baile?