NOVEDADES

Rachel toma siempre el tren de las 8.04 h. Cada mañana lo mismo: el mismo paisaje, las mismas casas… y la misma parada en la señal roja. Son solo unos segundos, pero le permiten observar a una pareja desayunando tranquilamente en su terraza. Siente que los conoce y se inventa unos nombres para ellos: Jess y Jason. Su vida es perfecta, no como la suya. Pero un día ve algo. Sucede muy deprisa, pero es suficiente. ¿Y si Jess y Jason no son tan felices como ella cree? ¿Y si nada es lo que parece?

Un cuento es una obra de ficción en prosa que se puede leer de una sola sentada, normalmente entre 20 minutos y una hora”. Su belleza reside en que, a través de un relato breve y sencillo, describe hechos o situaciones completas, desde un planteo inicial hasta su fin. Puede o no estar basada en hechos reales.

Danica Pierce has one great love in her life: work. As one of the top divorce lawyers in Austin, Danica lets her caseload keep her warm at night and has no problem being married to her job, not when love only ends in hurt. When the biggest case of her career gives her a shot at making partner, it seems like nothing could possibly stand in her way…except for her infuriating secret: she’s sleeping with the enemy. Ezra Hart is known for charming his way in and out of a courtroom. In the matter of winning Danica Pierce’s heart, however, he’s been far less successful. With her verdict to keep things purely physical with no chance of appeal, Ezra struggles to show Danica he’s more than the insufferable playboy she’s pegged him to be—especially since they find themselves on opposing sides of Danica’s most important case to date. While Dani and Ezra battle it out in the courtroom, the real trial is the one happening between them. When Dani realizes that everything she knows of Ezra might be hearsay—and that she’s not the only one with emotional baggage—she must choose between her fear of trusting again and the feelings blossoming between her and the man she thought was her worst enemy.

Séneca, uno de los máximos representantes del estoicismo, plantea en Sobre la felicidad algunas de las cuestiones centrales de esta doctrina como el ideal de la felicidad del ser humano. De los numerosos ensayos sobre filosofía estoica que escribió Séneca en forma de cartas y tratados, el presente volumen reúne algunos de los más influyentes en la tradición occidental. A un primer grupo pertenecen los redactados en la sexta década de nuestra era, cuando, tras la muerte de Claudio, Séneca ofició como uno de los principales gobernantes del Imperio romano. «Sobra la brevedad de la vida» y «Sobre la constancia del sabio» se fechan en el año 55; «Sobre la vida feliz», en el 58. A ese grupo le siguen tres cartas —«Sobre la felicidad», «Sobre el temor a la muerte» y «Sobre la filosofía»— que forman parte de las Epístolas morales a Lucilio, escritas entre los años 62 y 64, cuando Séneca debió marcharse al exilio para refugiarse de la tiranía de Nerón. Séneca plantea algunas cuestiones centrales de la ética antigua como el ideal humano y sabio, el hombre y su relación con la naturaleza, y como la relación del placer con la virtud y la felicidad, concepto de tanta importancia en nuestros días.

Clementine Clark isn’t looking for love. Growing up with a single mom who weeps over a new guy each week tends to have that effect on a girl. But Clementine doesn’t mind being the rational one—she’s even buried her musical dreams so deeply within herself that she hardly notices the hole it’s left in her life. That is until her best friend calls her with a life-changing opportunity: to join Irish megastar Halloran on his first US tour as a backing vocalist. Clementine wants to reject the offer, but the pay is enough to change her and her mom’s life. Overnight, Clementine goes from serving enchiladas at the Happy Tortilla to belting high notes before a cheering crowd. But the whiplash of trading small-town Texas for sold-out stadiumsis nothing compared to the rush of performing with the enigmatic Thomas Patrick Halloran. Poet, introvert, and lyrical genius, Halloran quickly gets under Clementine’s skin. The two couldn’t see the world more differently. And yet, over the course of the next eight weeks on tour, the romantic rockstar might just strike an unforgettable chord in Clementine. But will it be enough for an encore?

Fern Brookbanks has wasted far too much of her adult life thinking about Will Baxter. She spent just twenty-four hours in her early twenties with the aggravatingly attractive, idealistic artist, a chance encounter that spiraled into a daylong adventure in the city. The timing was wrong, but their connection was undeniable: they shared every secret, every dream, and made a pact to meet one year later. Fern showed up. Will didn’t. At thirty-two, Fern’s life doesn’t look at all how she once imagined it would. Instead of living in the city, Fern’s back home, running her mother’s lakeside resort—something she vowed never to do. The place is in disarray, her ex-boyfriend’s the manager, and Fern doesn’t know where to begin. She needs a plan—a lifeline. To her surprise, it comes in the form of Will, who arrives nine years too late, with a suitcase in tow and an offer to help on his lips. Will may be the only person who understands what Fern’s going through. But how could she possibly trust this expensive-suit wearing mirage who seems nothing like the young man she met all those years ago. Will is hiding something, and Fern’s not sure she wants to know what it is.