Tenderenda el soñador

The first collection of short fiction to bring together writing by Latinas from both the US and Latin America.

Here is a single volume of the short stories from the great Mexican writer Alfonso Reyes. This enjoyable book showcases the author's stylish elegance, intelligence, and fine sense of humor. We also find here a lesser known feature of Reyes: his craftiness. This edition, under the leadership of the master's granddaughter, includes La cena [Dinner], which is considered one of the best stories in Mexican literature in the twentieth century.

Para los despiadados traficantes de personas... ... no existe la Navidad. La madura policía comunitaria,Paula, tiene un corazón de oro, un corazón que fue roto por el amor. Cuando los mafiosos obligan al rudo empresario Max Muswell para que contrate trabajadores esclavos, Paula interviene para luchar a su lado. El amor se abre camino como una nevada mientras se encienden las luces de Navidad. Los pobres e indefensos trabajadores enfrentan un futuro frío y triste. Los delincuentes luchan mientras Max y Paula los enfrentan. ¿Podrá un improbable Santa traer esperanza y alegría? Compra el...

When the ambitions of two former friends clash, a much-loved, small-town community school could become the casualty. Sprucedale Community School principal Joyce Stone has dedicated her career to revitalizing struggling, small-town schools, but now, her career bucket list is empty. Retirement is the next step, or so she thinks, until an unexpected opportunity at the esteemed Silver Heights Preparatory School changes her plans. Former trust fund baby Vanessa Landry is desperately trying to climb her way back up the social ladder after shunning her family's fortune to become a schoolteacher's...