Cerca del fuego

Written as a long confession or, more precisely, as an emotional love letter, The Instant of Danger is a beautiful novel about the memory of images and the recollection of lived moments. A book full of pertinent reflections about time, art and photography, but also an exploration of the passions of the soul, open relationships, and fluctuating emotions.

Ellie Mack is fifteen years old, she is the perfect daughter, the youngest of the family, her classmates adore her, her teachers admire her. But one day, during a summer vacation... she disappears. Her mother, Laurel Mack, refuses to believe the version that her daughter has left of her own free will and sets out to find her. Misfortune crumbles her world, her marriage ends and the clues to find her daughter are increasingly scarce. Ten years later, Laurel meets Floyd by chance and it seems that her life makes sense again, until she meets his daughters. And Poppy, the youngest, returns her to ...

In a quest to find his old lover, Elipsio finds himself in Chicago, a city radically alien to him and his Colombian roots. Set in the 1970s, this novel masterfully combines a love story with the reality of great cultural transformations in the United States, seen through the eyes of a Latino immigrant. Beatniks, hippies, ghettos, mafias, and clandestine revolutions tell Elipsio's adventurous tale. De una caja de galletas todas en pedazos vienen sentimientos de solidaridad entre un grupo de jóvenes en este cuento rico que enseña los resueltados positivos, y sentimientos buenos, que produce...

Cuando Whitney Bloom vio entrar en su tienda de regalos a Logan Monroe, sintió que se le paraba el corazón. Aquel apuesto padre viudo estaba allí para comprarle un osito a su hija adoptiva. Whitney había estado secretamente enamorada de Logan cuando era una chiquilla y, cuando volvió a su vida, no pudo resistirse a ayudarlo a luchar por la custodia de esa hija a la que tanto adoraba. Lo que no había previsto era acabar casándose con él. De repente, Whitney se encontró casada con el hombre de sus fantasías y con una hija maravillosa. Parecía que todos sus sueños se estaban haciendo ...