Carlos II el Hechizado

Crossing the line ... Alayna Jackson's dream is to be a lawyer -- and not even being the only African-American paralegal in a high-power, lily-white law firm will hold her down. Sure it's not the perfect job, but if it helps her reach her goal -- and gets her younger sister through college at the same time, Alayna will work for the devil himself -- namely Ben "Ice Man" Richards, the firm's arrogant, brilliant, insufferable, and unpredictable rising star. As long as Richards curbs his famous rudeness and treats her with respect, Alayna should be able to cope. But there's more to Ice Man than...

Jackie Cogan, sicario de la mafia de Nueva Inglaterra, es el encargado de «resolver» el atraco a una partida de póquer clandestina. Cogan, un profesional despiadado con la eficacia de un hombre de negocios y un sagaz sentido para percibir las debilidades ajenas, no se detendrá hasta localizar a los culpables y reparar el honor de quienes le han contratado. Diálogos vivísimos, un humor mordaz y una tensión constante sostienen el suspense de una trama que se desarrolla en los ambientes criminales del Boston de los setenta, en los que se cruzan atracadores de poca monta, asesinos a...

Can a grandmother's love ward off a curse that's haunted her family for four generations? When three-year-old Sonny witnessed his father's brutal murder, he didn't know a curse haunting the men in his family was to blame. But his grandmother, Constance Jackson, did. For 20 years, Constance clung to her abusive marriage and church hoping that she could save her son. But hope and prayers were not enough, and her son died an unnatural death just like four generations of Jackson men before him. Now, she's stuck raising her grandson-Sonny. As time goes on, Constance sees Sonny as a chance to make...

Dos novelas en una, complementarias y a la vez contradictorias como los hermanos gemelos que la protagonizan. En la primera parte, contada por Kian en 1992, ingresamos a una casa que, como muchas durante la época más dura del terrorismo, sirve de fortín y burbuja que protege en su seno a la siguiente generación, a estos niños que desde un árbol de ponciana, límite poroso entre el adentro y afuera, logran atisbar un mundo que se cae a pedazos. La segunda parte, narrada por Sasha en el 2015, se presenta a modo de bitácora de un personaje sintomático. Tras la pérdida del mundo idílico ...