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Rules are made to be broken—especially for love, right? Lucy Marshall has hit rock bottom. After failing to succeed as a single mom in Atlanta, she’s back home and moving in with her older brother, Drew. Reconnecting with her support system is the right thing to do, but Lucy can’t help but feel like a failure. Her four-year-old son deserves the world, and all she can give him is a spare bedroom. But Drew is the sweetest uncle, and some quality time might be exactly what they both need to start fresh. That is until she meets Cooper, her brother’s incredibly hot best friend. When Drew senses something between the two of them, he puts his foot down on any shenanigans. According to him, Cooper is everything Lucy should stay away from: flirtatious, adventurous, and especially noncommittal. But Lucy has been getting the opposite impression so far; Cooper is a genuinely great guy, and she’s starting to catch real feelings. Her whole life, Lucy has tried to do everything right, and look where that’s gotten her—so what if she were to try something wrong?

A powerful and fierce reimagining of the founding of the Roman empire and the legend of Romulus and Remus—and the mother whose sacrifice made it all possible.

While her mentor may be the world’s most badass archaeologist, the only thing bad about Dr. Miriam Jacobs are her corny jokes. But when Miri is charged with leading an unmapped expedition through the Amazon for the fabled Lost City of the Moon, she finally has her chance to prove to her colleagues that she’s capable—and hopefully prove it to herself, too. Journalist Rafael Monfils has joined the archaeological team to chronicle their search for the lost city. Or at least, that’s what they think he’s doing. Rafa’s real goal? Make sure the team does not reach the Cidade da Lua, stopping the desecration of the holy city and protecting his mother’s legacy. All he needs to do is keep them on the wrong path.

No one said fair trade needed to be “fair.” As the owner of Honeysuckle Salon, Jessie Barnes usually has everything managed and on track, but now in her third trimester of an unexpected pregnancy, she feels a bit lost and increasingly desperate after faulty plumbing floods her apartment. Unfortunately, her knight in shining armor is actually Dr. Drew Marshall, her best friend’s brother, and he’s also the man she chewed out not too long ago for being a chauvinistic dirtbag. Every moment Drew’s had to prove her wrong since then has failed, so Jessie’s opinion of him hasn’t improved. That remains the case when he agrees to let her stay with him during renovations, under one condition: She pretends to be his girlfriend for upcoming work festivities. For the sake of her brother, Jessie is willing to make the tough situation work, and giving Drew a taste of his own medicine sounds . . . intriguing. But when their rivalry sparks a deeper connection, Jessie’s future becomes even more unclear—and with a baby on the way, she’ll have to make a decision soon.

Una novela inteligente que arremete contra la hipocresía. De una de las voces más celebradas de la literatura norteamericana. Mientras Estados Unidos se prepara para la Guerra de Iraq, Tassie, una chica de campo que estudia en una ciudad del Medio Oeste, empieza a trabajar como canguro para un matrimonio de blancos que ha adoptado a una niña de origen afroamericano. Poco a poco, Tassie se va sintiendo más unida a ella, y la protege y quiere como si fuera su propia hija. Pero la vida revela sus inevitables secretos: los padres adoptivos ocultan algo, y su descubrimiento romperá para siempre los lazos entre Tassie y la pequeña. Al pie de la escalera es una novela perspicaz e inteligente que desnuda la hipocresía de la clase media a través de un tema universal: la adopción. El inconfundible estilo de Lorrie Moore, esa mezcla de sentido del humor y profunda visión de la realidad, la han convertido en una de las figuras estelares de la narrativa norteamericana contemporánea. Puede que estemos, ni más ni menos, ante la pluma más atractiva de las letras americanas actuales. Jonathan Lethem, The New York Times Book Review La mejor escritora americana de su generación. Nick Hornby

La gran novela de Pynchon sobre los movimientos radicales de los años sesenta. En Vineland, región californiana inventada por Pynchon, sobrevive, envuelto en brumas, un grupo de personas que hacen frente como pueden a las consecuencias de su vida en los años sesenta. En 1984, la joven Prairie busca a su madre, Frenesi, figura legendaria de los movimientos radicales a fines de los años sesenta. Lo que no sabe la hija es que la madre acaba de perder su empleo en el FBI y que, una vez "fuera", es el blanco perfecto de un examante suyo, Brock Vond, autentico representante del Mal y de las fuerzas de represión. Brock llega a California armado hasta los dientes, empeñado en acabar con la comunidad liderada en los viejos tiempos por Frenesi. Nada de todo ello detiene a Prairie, decidida a descubrir la trama negra que envuelve a su madre, objeto ahora de la ira y el deseo del terrible Brock.