NOVEDADES

From the art of liars, the monsters came . . . Ever since art gave life to bloodthirsty shadows, creative works have been forbidden and talented creators sacrificed to the Sinless—the immortal royals who feast on human blood in return for their protection. Inana’s secret storytelling nearly got her killed once, and she’ll be damned if she’s ever caught again. With a bounty on her head, she keeps to the city’s dark underbelly, where she earns a meager living from thrill-seeking patrons desperate to hear her illicit fiction. Until Dominic, a Shadowbane, catches one of her performances. Dominic is a half-Sinless monster hunter as fearsome as his prey. But to complete his hunt, he needs an artist to summon the shadows . . . he needs Inana. Dominic delivers an ultimatum: Serve him or he’ll claim her bounty. When survival is all Inana has left, the choice is clear—at least until she can betray him and leave him for dead. As their tense alliance leads them into the heart of danger, dark secrets unravel—about each other, their world, and the threats they face. But the greatest risk of all is the desire growing between them. There’s something more sinful than lust at play, and it could bring the world to its knees.

En el centenario del nacimiento de Flannery O'Connor, reunimos este conjunto de relatos de la gran autora del sur norteamericano. La maestría de O'Connor para retratar la condición humana es excepcional; sus personajes buscan desesperadamente un sentido para sus vidas; sus desventuras desembocan en un encuentro con lo divino; están al límite de la locura o al final de la cordura, y en esa cuerda floja, la posibilidad de la redención emerge en un mundo que quizá haya olvidado su propósito. No hay un solo relato que no despierte una inquietud en el lector, que no lo haga pensar en la naturaleza del bien y del mal. Esta edición incluye un epílogo de lujo: un coloquio entre Guadalupe Arbona y José Jiménez Lozano, Premio Cervantes de 2002, que promete revelaciones que el lector solo podrá comprender plenamente después de sumergirse en el universo único de O'Connor.

Sophie Beckett never dreamed she’d be able to sneak into Lady Bridgerton’s famed masquerade ball—or that she would be spinning in the arms of her “Prince Charming”—the debonair and devastatingly handsome Benedict Bridgerton. But when the clock strikes midnight, Sophie’s enchanting evening ends. Since that night Benedict has been able to think of nothing but the bewitching young woman, and he’s sworn to find and wed his mystery miss. Yet will another unexpectedly steal his heart—and his chance for a fairy tale love?