A forced farewell. An unbreakable love. A destiny shaped by war.

Barcelona, 1937. In the midst of the chaos of the Spanish Civil War, Pere Roda makes a decision that will haunt him for the rest of his life: he sends his three daughters to Mexico, convinced that this will save them from hunger and war. Pere hides his decision from Celia, the girls' mother, knowing that she would prefer anything rather than being separated from them. The three sisters travel along with more than five hundred refugee children to the other side of the ocean, where they will face the cruel challenges of exile: separation from parents, loss of identity, and the constant fear of not knowing what the future holds. As the distance between the family grows and time advances, Pere disappears completely from Celia's life, and she, without knowing the truth, begins the tireless search for her daughters, always fearing the worst: that they have perished, victims of the bombings and the war.

La maletita azul (The Little Blue Suitcase) is a moving story about the unbreakable strength of a mother's love for her daughters and how this bond can defy time, distance, and the horrors of war.

 

TWO DECISIVE HISTORICAL MOMENTS FOR MEXICO. TWO LIVES UNITED BY A SECRET.

AN EXCITING AND ENIGMATIC NOVEL.

Patricia lives in an old hacienda in Oaxaca that was the scene of her family's old splendor. She has dedicated her life to keeping the house afloat and taking care of the elderly Cienne, with whom she has long conversations that, without imagining it, will lead her to unravel the scandalous secret that hides the true history of her lineage. Thus, She will embark on a painful journey to the past where he will discover a promise made in times of war, which marked hER future and that of his family forever.

Set in two fascinating historical moments, the American intervention and the Revolution, La casa de los secretos (The House of Secrets) is a novel full of passion, ambition and mysteries, which immerses us in the most exquisite Oaxacan traditions, its exotic festivals, the unmistakable smell of coffee and the sweet taste of ancestral dishes.

 
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Third place winner of the Premio Planeta Book Award (2010). In Más allá de la justicia (Beyond Justice), Melanie is a detective at the Seattle public defenders’ office. Her job is to investigate crimes allegedly perpetrated by the people whom the agency represents. She is an attractive, savvy, and very angry woman. Her husband recently abandoned her, and she must now do her best to support her daughters alone. Sofia, a newly hired Mexican attorney, is also trying to cope with her own defiant teenage sons, as well as with the responsibilities of her new job. When the pair is teamed up, conflict arises, and it is Rhonda, the office’s affable African American secretary, who keeps the peace, expertly navigating their differences with her natural humour and tolerance. The story, told in the first-person narratives of the three characters, transports the reader into the harsh world of litigation and into the complex and tormented lives of the accused: psychopaths, gangsters, prostitutes, and drug addicts. Más allá de la justicia provides an intimate, inside perspective of the criminal justice system in the U.S.A.. 

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Los hijos del mar (I Leave You the Sea), is a beautiful love story set in late nineteenth-century Mexico and in Spain. The novel is based on the lives of the Victorias, who made a name for themselves in Mexico's pharmaceutical industry, and the Muguiras, Spanish immigrants who found success cultivating and trading coffee beans. The intertwined tales of Los hijos del mar become, finally, the story of a child who weaves both families' sagas into a shared destiny. Through the love affair of Licho Victoria and Pilar Muguira, the book reveals the social tensions still prevalent in Mexico between the conquered and the subjugated. The book is a must read historical novel.