Edad oscura: Assamita

Of these four hundred-odd stories there are three or four of which were murmured; to be more truthful, it was not theirs, but me, who was murdered, denying me ownership of the matter. None of those included in this volume have been discussed, as far as I know, in such a concept; But I anticipate, reader, to warn you that three of those that I offer you here are not mine for the matter, and five or six are not the heritage of my inventiveness, but accounts of authentic and real cases -- what Fernán Caballero called happened. I dressed and arranged them in my own way, sometimes for pleasure...

In a small bar in Studio City, Joe meets the woman of his dreams. Allison is beautiful and sweet, charming. He knows without a doubt, from the moment their eyes meet, that she's it. The one. When his friends take him to Las Vegas for his bachelor party, however, Joe meets Dalila, and he forgets the meaning of commitment, loyalty, honesty. Dalila is an exotic dancer with a broken past. Lonely and isolated, she shies away from everything-drugs, booze, men. But then she sees Joe in her audience, and something strange happens. One night. Hot and passionate, unexpected. Unspeakable. Joe leaves...

Mike Ford iba siguiendo los pasos del fracasado de su padre hasta que consiguió darle la vuelta a su vida. Sus esfuerzos tuvieron como recompensa la entrada en la prestigiosa facultad de derecho de Harvard. Una vez acabados sus estudios ha conseguido...

El Club de las Escarmentadas es un pequeño paquete de relatos, donde se presentan varias historias protagonizadas por mujeres que, aun agitadas por los embates del Destino, y a pesar de tener que atravesar muros de dolor en carne viva, saben salir adelante y superar los ataques del fracaso emocional a base de ánimo, valentía, y sobre todo, iniciativa. Todo ello lo llevan a cabo envueltas en un derroche de dignidad, pese a la presión que ejercen sobre ellas los clichés del entorno social, pues, al haber rebasado el umbral de la edad madura, ya no se las considera ni útiles ni visibles....