NOVEDADES

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.

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?

Cada mes de agosto Ana Magdalena Bach toma el transbordador hasta la isla donde está enterrada su madre para visitar la tumba en la que yace. Esas visitas acaban suponiendo una irresistible invitación a convertirse en una persona distinta durante una noche al año. Escrita en el inconfundible y fascinante estilo de García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos es un canto a la vida, a la resistencia del goce pese al paso del tiempo y al deseo femenino. Un regalo inesperado para los innumerables lectores del Nobel colombiano.

Un apartamento. Dos inquilinos. Demasiados asuntos pendientes. Carly Marín creía haber dejado atrás sus días de juventud y, con ellos, las heridas que tanto se esforzó por olvidar. Pero la vida tiene sus propias jugadas. En medio de una crisis personal que la obliga a buscar independencia a toda costa, termina compartiendo techo con Lincoln Román, un viejo conocido que representa mucho más de lo que está dispuesta a admitir. Lo que inicia como una simple convivencia para aliviar gastos pronto se convierte en un esfuerzo constante por huir de las verdades que ninguno se atreve a enfrentar. Mientras las tensiones familiares se hacen cada vez más insostenibles y los vacíos emocionales amenazan con derrumbar todo lo que ha construido, Carly se verá empujada a replantearse su lugar en el mundo. Entre rutinas compartidas, conversaciones pendientes y una cercanía inesperada, ambos tendrán que decidir si seguir ignorando lo que quedó a medias o atreverse a reconstruir desde el caos. Edna Pepén, autora de Sora y Mirai, regresa con una historia madura y honesta, donde la vida adulta, las relaciones afectivas y el arte como refugio se combinan en un relato que invita a desarmar los miedos y reunir el coraje para volver a empezar.