NOVEDADES

La anciana Sophonisba –«un nombre bonito e indicado, cuando me lo pusieron, pero ahora está más que pasado de moda»– debe, por motivos de salud, trasladarse a vivir a Londres. Enfrente de su nueva residencia hay un inmueble señorial pero deteriorado, del que cuelga desde tiempos inmemoriales el cartel de «Se alquila». ¿Por qué, se pregunta Sophonisba, nadie quiere alquilar la casa? ¿Y por qué ve en ella, si está deshabitada, un ojo que la mira? Jabez Jarber, su eterno pretendiente, y Trottle, su fiel criado, siempre celosos el uno del otro, se proponen aclarar el misterio. Jarber reconstruye la historia de los antiguos inquilinos de la casa; Trottle, más audaz, entra en la casa misma. Dickens ideó esta situación para el número especial de Navidad de 1858 de la revista Household Words, y entre él y varios amigos de la talla de Wilkie Collins y Elizabeth Gaskell construyeron un enigmático rompecabezas por el que pululan maridos que regresan de la muerte, hermanas sin amor, padres cruelísimos, niños maltratados y hasta un enano que quiere entrar en sociedad.

Felicity has her entire future planned. Ever since her older sister ran away, she's had the full weight of her mother's expectations on her shoulders. So she works hard to get straight As and save for college. Except sometimes the best things in life are unplanned like when Felicity meets a handsome, masked stranger while she is volunteering at a charity masquerade ball. She never thought he'd flirt with her. And she certainly never thought he'd turn out to be a member of the world-famous Heartbreakers band, Alec. Then Felicity uncovers a shocking family secret. Suddenly, she, Alec, and her two best friends are off on a road trip to find Felicity's missing sister. And she's about to discover that unexpected turns have a peculiar way of landing her right where she needs to be…

Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free. Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear. It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They’ve seen what happens to those who do. But when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy. There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined—and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.