On Goodreads' "Best Ever Contemporary Romance Books" and "Best Stranded on a Deserted Island" lists"Crisp and engaging dialogue and just-one-page-more pacing...romance readers who enjoy love blooming under adversity will root for Sunny and Kit’s happily ever after." - Publishers Weekly"Marooned is highly recommended for romance libraries and readers, but also should attract women who seek strong female role models (and cats) wh...

Aphrodite. Zeus. Medusa. Hercules. You've heard their names. You thought you knew their stories... until now.Lose yourself in this collection of eleven young adult re-imaginings of Greek myths from the authors of Snowy Wings Publishing. From magical kingdoms under the sea to the halls of a modern high school, from Ancient Greece to the distant future, you will find romance, courage, fantasy, danger, and more. With each story bringing a twist on a classic legend, there is something ...

Once upon a time in Pumpkin Land, there was a farmer who planted pumpkins with special seeds in the spring. There were pumpkin seeds for little ones and seeds for large ones. One of the pumpkins was extra special, although the farmer did not know it. Inside this special pumpkin was a plan put in it long ago. The pumpkin was going to be the very biggest pumpkin!

“Sono stanca di sottostare ai capricci altrui, di rimettermi al giudizio di persone per cui non ho nessun rispetto.” La giovane Charlotte fa il suo ingresso in società in una località di mare, Sanditon, lontana dal noioso villaggio in cui è nata. Emma, ragazza fiera e risoluta, decide di non contendersi con le sorelle il cuore del giovane Tom Musgrave, e si ritrova al centro delle attenzioni di due pretendenti. Infine Lady Susan, una donna tanto intelligente quanto votata allo scandalo: ve...

'I am tired of submitting my will to the caprices of others-of resigning my own judgement in deference to those to whom I owe no duty, and for whom I feel no respect.' The unfinished fictions collected here are the novels and other writing that Jane Austen did not publish. The protagonist of the earliest story is Lady Susan, a sexual predator and a brilliant and manipulative sociopath. The Watsons, a tale of riches to rags, is set in a village deep in mud and mise...

From New York Times bestselling author and creator of the beloved Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney mystery series comes a continuation of Jane Austen’s famous unfinished novelJane Austen’s unsung heroine, Ada Watson, is a privileged girl living with her wealthy aunt and uncle absent any meaningful contact with her birth family. Like any Austen heroine, Ada's life suddenly gets turned upside down—her uncle dies, and her aunt remarries unwisely, which means Ada must ...

Scegli di leggere il meglio in lingua originale!Iniziato nel 1804 e rimasto incompiuto, The Watsons è uno dei primi romanzi della scrittrice britannica. Privati della loro ricchezza, i Watson cercano di nascondere la loro indigenza, ostentando un decoro solo apparente. Un buon matrimonio delle figlie sembra la sola occasione di riscatto, ma Emma, la minore delle sorelle, vuole sottrarsi a un compromesso senza amore e inseguire un futuro diverso…Dall’autrice...

Jane Austen gave life to the fictional Watson family in 1803, but sadly abandoned them five chapters in. Acclaimed author Joan Aiken completes their story in her ingenious novel, Emma Watson.Emma Watson has been brought up by her aunt in a wealthy and refined household, an educated lifestyle far removed from her widowed father and five siblings. So when her aunt enters into an imprudent second marriage, nineteen-year-old Emma is sent back home – and must j...

En esta obra literaria su principal protagonista es Emma Watson. La joven Emma asiste por primera a vez a un baile, donde gracias a su belleza y a su ingenuidad, se convierte en el centro de atención de todos los asistentes. Pero, ¿Es esto realmente la felicidad para la joven Watson? Esta pregunta surge considerando que la trama se desarrolla en la Inglaterra de la época previctoriana.Con base a este planteamiento, Jane Austen describe nuevamente la condición de las mujeres en su ép...

Comprising one finished novel, Lady Susan, which was published posthumously, and two unfinished fragments, Sanditon and The Watsons, this collection full of melodrama and burlesque, and exploring a range of literary styles and social classes spans the entirety of Jane Austen’s writing life.The epistolary novel Lady Susan is the darkly humorous tale of the amatory schemes and machinations of an ambitious and unprincipled coquette. The Watsons is the tale of the refined and well-educated Emm...

Antes de que Orgullo y prejuicio conquistara los corazones, Jane Austen comenzó otra historia de ingenio, amor e intrigas sociales. Los Watson, de Jane Austen, concluida por L. Oulton, ofrece una oportunidad única de disfrutar de una de las obras inacabadas más intrigantes de Austen, que cobra vida gracias a una continuación reflexiva y elegante. Escrita a principios del siglo XIX, este fragmento de novela revela a Austen en el apogeo de su agudo ingenio y su perspicaz visión de la familia...

Lady Susan has just arrived uninvited at the country home of her brother-in-law, Charles, and his unwelcoming wife, Catherine. Susan’s reputation as an accomplished coquette precedes her, and Catherine will not allow her brother, Reginald, to fall prey to Susan’s amorous games.Despite warnings, the besotted young man finds himself falling—all to the conniving lady’s delight. But it’s the arrival of Susan’s rebellious sixteen-year-old daughter that sets this romantic roundelay spinning. Tol...