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Even the most beautiful places can harbor the darkest evil. Determined to put the memory of murder behind her as she explores a cozy fishing village on the island of Mallorca, Kitty focuses on the positive. The food is divine, the ocean is crystal clear, and the locals are delightful. More than that, Kitty finally gets to meet her boyfriend Leander’s Spanish relatives. Everything is going so well, she’s convinced they’ve finally broken their string of bad luck! But once again, Chica, her service dog who is more than a touch psychic, is giving off signals that something evil is afoot. ...

In the sixteenth century, the Spaniards became the first nation in history to have worldwide reach--across most of Europe to the Americas, the Philippines, and India. The Golden Age of the Spanish Empire would establish five centuries of Western supremacy across the globe and usher in an era of transatlantic exploration that eventually gave rise to the modern world. It was a time of discovery and adventure, of great political and social change. Robert Goodwin delves into previously unrecorded sources to bring this tumultuous and exciting period to life

From bloodthirsty conquest to exotic romance, stereotypes of Spain abound. This new volume by distinguished historian Stanley G. Payne draws on his half-century of experience to offer a balanced, broadly chronological survey of Spanish history from the Visigoths to the present. Who were the first “Spaniards”? Is Spain a fully Western country? Was Spanish liberalism a failure? Examining Spain's unique role in the larger history of Western Europe, Payne reinterprets key aspects of the country's history.

Spain's transition to democracy after Franco's long dictatorship was widely hailed as a success, ushering in three decades of unprecedented progress and prosperity. Yet over the past decade, its political consensus has been under severe strain. A stable two-party system has splintered, with disruptive new parties on the far left and far right. No government has had a majority since 2015. Michael Reid overturns the stereotypical view of Spain as a country haunted by its Francoist past.

Oliver Hetherington’s girlfriend, Fleur, suspects he’s having an affair, but even worse, that he’s involved in a terrible crime. She leaves him and goes home to her parents, taking the enormous but gentle Irish Hound, Duke, with her and wonders what to do about the dreadful secret she has uncovered. She despairs that she’ll never find a trustworthy man to love. While she’s achieved success in her career, her love life has been a shambles. When a mysterious man unexpectedly turns up on Fleur’s parents’ doorstep with a truly shocking story about Hetherington that confirms ...

A CURIOUS AFFAIR is the funny, heart-warming account of an unlikely liaison between a restless Englishwoman and an enigmatic Andalusian man. Thoroughly fed up of commuting to her high-flying job in London, 44-year-old Claire Hadland decides to ditch both her unfaithful husband and her marketing career and spend some time abroad. On her arrival in Guardo, a small northern town, she sets about brushing up her Spanish and making friends, but during a visit to a tiny mountain hamlet she meets Daniel, a rather peculiar man from the south who has as little reason to be in rural Palencia as ...

"Osorio's breathy narration captures the wonder in this fantastical story filled with dragons, adventure, and complex characters." -AudioFile on Together We Burn Isabel Ibañez's Together We Burn is a lush, enchanting standalone fantasy inspired by medieval Spain, filled with romance, adventure...

«How do you keep living after something like that?» The famous writer Daniel Monzón and his family spend their summer in their beautiful house on the Costa Brava. Vera, his wife, during her morning escapes to the cove, will reunite with Alan, an impossible summer love haunted by his own ghosts. The distance between them shortens when one night they discover Daniel with Patricia, one of his supposed lovers. But what seemed like just another summer turns into a nightmare with more questions than answers when the writer disappears, and three days later, Patricia's lifeless body is found. ...

A fun adventure in a Spain that never was, in the vein of Dumas and Stevenson, with more than a taste of Cervantes. Don Rodriguez is a young nobleman who is banished from the family castle, and must set out with his rapier and mandolin to win his own estate, and perhaps even a bride. Along with his trusty servant Morano, he journeys far into the heart of the mythical Shadow Valley. Echoes of The Princess Bride resonate throughout.

International Guy Inc. is owned and operated by Parker Ellis, a ladies’ man with a high IQ and a big libido. He’s the most successful life and love coach in the world, and he’s smart enough to know he can’t run a multimillion-dollar company alone. He hires two friends whose areas of expertise complement his own. They comprise The Dream Maker, The Love Maker, and The Money Maker. Together, they advise the wealthiest people in the world. And sometimes they can’t help it when things heat up and they end up in bed with their clients. Quite literally.

That awkward moment when your best friend asks for a cucumber based demonstration… Dear Dare, After all these years, you're still my best friend. The only guy I trust. Really, who else would respond to my questions about rounding third with a cucumber based demonstration? That's what I need now. Another lesson plan. But, I want more than a vegetable this time. I want you. Think about it. Love, Val P.S. If you're not into the idea, please disregard this letter. We're going to be trapped in a hotel room, in Europe, for two weeks, and I don't want to make things weird.From the author: The ...

"A totally gripping psychological thriller with a shocking twist." This is how absence begins: "Amaia. Amaia, it's me, Mikel. Listen, I have to... I have to leave before they find me. I'm going to do something bad, really bad. Not even you can save me this time. Please, forgive me. Forgive me and don't come. Don't call the police. Don't trust anyone. And, above all, don't play their game. Don't play their..." Anne was eighteen when she disappeared in the early hours of the night of San Juan in 2008, amidst fireworks, bonfires, music, and revelry, after a heated argument with her boyfriend ...

This novel was a Finalist in 2022 for The Kindle Storyteller Award in Spain. ARE YOU SURE IT WAS AN ACCIDENT? The lives of Greta Leister, a renowned painter who gave up everything for love, and Diego Quirón, a writer of modest success, become intertwined in Redes, a coastal town in A Coruña, through Leo Artes, her husband. Leo, a pop music legend, joined the infamous 27 Club when he died at that age under tragic circumstances. After many refusals, Greta has hidden reasons for finally allowing Diego, pressured by his brother and his financial problems, to be the one to write Leo's ...

PHILANDERER – A ROGUE’S LIFE IN SPAIN is an entertaining account of the half of Gilbert Wolfe’s life which he has spent in Spain. In FINDING MY FEET our hero arrives in Alicante with money in his pocket and a taste for adventure after two years of flat-sharing and commuting in London. Weary of the daily grind, he plans to pursue his ongoing studies of the fairer sex and encounter that elusive happy medium between work and idleness. Keen to learn the language as quickly as possible in order to exercise his charms to good effect, the clever but inherently indolent Englishman is quick ...

The ink on Cecilia's divorce papers might be dry, but she’s in no hurry to connect with another traveling businessman, especially the spatially challenged one seated beside her on a crack-of-dawn flight from San Francisco to Madrid. Felip should be on top of the world running his family’s cava empire, however life has left him feeling unfulfilled as of late. Good conversation and a hard-won smile from his seatmate—a grumpy but lovely American hearing-impaired teacher—have him wondering if maybe fairytales are possible.

This is the story of the greatest achievement in the history of international football. After decades of failure, Spain won the European Championship in 2008 and then the World Cup in 2010. At Euro 2012 they became the first team to win three consecutive tournament titles. Graham Hunter was inside the dressing room as the players celebrated after the finals of the World Cup and Euro 2012.

An unforgettable story of past love and family secrets, set in sunny Seville Holly loves making marmalade. Now she has a chance to leave her stressful city job and pursue her dream - of returning to the Dorset landscape of her childhood to open Bitter Orange, a shop celebrating the fruit that...

REMEMBERING EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE For a Lifetime tells an intense love story in an intimate and first-person manner, from the moment when Claudia is about to lose her life due to a fateful accident. She speaks to Ismael, the great love of her life, who will be the one to decide the difficult moment to disconnect the machines that keep Claudia in this world. She, a soul between this world and the other, will reminisce about their story, the story of both of them, those important and decisive moments that marked their lives. From bestselling Spanish author Lorena Franco, a two-time finalist ...

ESCAPE TO EXTREMADURA is the candid, entertaining account of a middle-aged Lancastrian’s move to a small town in one of the least populated areas of Spain. After fate brings Brian and Mónica together in a café in Clitheroe, love blossoms and they begin to make plans for the future. His hasty retirement from a long career at a Lancaster furniture company precedes their flight to Llerena, Mónica’s home town, where her pious mother and unruly father await them expectantly. Don Andrés, the ailing patriarch of their ever-expanding family, welcomes the Englishman with open arms, while ...

A smart and funny story from the author of The Rosie Project - two misfits walk 2,000 km along the the Camino to find themselves and, perhaps, each other. A novel of second chances and reinvention from Graeme Simsion, and his wife Anne Buist. Optioned for film. Zoe, a sometime artist, is from...