Isla

From the award-winning, internationally best-selling Spanish writer, author of The Infatuations, comes a gripping new novel of intrigue and missed chances--at once a spy story and a profound examination of a marriage founded on secrets and lies. When Berta Isla was a schoolgirl, she decided she would marry Tomás Nevinson--the dashing half-Spanish, half-English boy in her class with an extraordinary gift for languages. But when Tomás returns to Madrid from his studies at Oxford, he is a changed man. Unbeknownst to her, he has been approached by an agent from the British intelligence services, and he has unwittingly set in motion events that will derail forever the life they had planned. With peerless insight into the most shadowed corners of the human soul, Marías plunges the reader into the growing chasm between Berta and Tomás and the decisions that irreversibly change the course of the couple's fate. Berta Isla is a novel of love and truth, fear and secrecy, buried identities, and the destinies we bring upon ourselves.

"A wordless graphic novel in which twelve-year-old Marisol must adapt to a new life 1960s Brooklyn after her parents send her to the United States from Cuba to keep her safe during Castro's regime."--

Her heart raced… And her knees weakened… At the bar, with his unmistakable thick, dark hair, sat the last person she wanted to see. When Isla Barrett Becker discovers her new husband in bed with his best friend, she bolts for the pub to commiserate with her girlfriends. Then in walks her first heartbreak: Beau Beau Huxley wasn’t ready to see Isla again. They were engaged for all of thirty seconds before she bolted out of his life forever. Except there she is at the bar, looking just as beautiful as she did six years ago when she rejected his proposal and ripped his heart out. Overwhelmed by memories and a crumbling marriage, Isla does the thing she always does when life gets tough. She runs, signing up as a yoga instructor for a remote backpacking excursion. Except, she arrives to find Beau signed up for the same trip. With Beau all to herself, rekindling their romance seems simple. But Beau is a complicated package. He comes with a son that ties him to the woman who exploded their relationship. And Isla is prone to bolting at the first sign of trouble. When Isla catches Beau in a lie, her fragile faith in him is shaken. Can Beau convince Isla to trust him before their second chance at love is lost forever? You’ll love this fourth book in the West Coast Romance series, because Isla’s gets her second chance with her first love. AUTHORS NOTE: Isla’s Beau features a feisty heroine, a sexy single dad, and a second chance at forever. It can be read as a standalone novel but is best enjoyed within the West Coast Romance Series.

In this crime thriller, Bran Reece’s latest case has him searching for a vanished teenager and chasing after a bitter man out for blood. Jailed thirty years ago for a murder he didn’t commit, Arvel Baines has been plotting his revenge ever since. He’s going to ruin the lives of all those responsible for framing him. And one man will be made to suffer more than the rest. When the son of the true killer wakes up on his kitchen floor to find his wife dead and teenage daughter missing, so begins a deadly game of cat and mouse. Soon the Murder Squad are tasked with finding the missing girl, drawing DCI Reece into the mix. Can Baines carry out his gruesome vendetta before he’s caught? Will Reece outsmart another killer? And what happens to the missing Isla? Perfect for readers of Stuart MacBride and Ian Rankin.

When he opened his mind, she opened his heart. Isla Gillingham is a beautiful, successful model, so she's bound to be a spoiled, selfish diva, right? At least that's what Kean Maguire presumes until he meets her. His impression changes in a heartbeat when he sees her dressed casually, eating fries, smiling and giggling. Not one for socializing, Kean is secretly happy to volunteer to take Isla and the photographer into the mountains for a photo shoot until Isla's manager, Tabitha Merchant, warns him that there is a powerful legal team ready to pounce the minute he slips up. A court battle will not only lose him his job, but also result in the closure of the Fielding Ranch. Isla is immediately taken with the Irish cowboy and thrilled when he leads their trek into the mountains. His demeanor is anything but friendly, however, and even worse when an accident occurs on a narrow ledge. Reluctantly, she allows Kean to offer her shelter at his cottage when the weather deteriorates. Given the chance to learn more about each other, can she persuade him that she is not the calculating bitch he assumes? And, is his heart really as cold as the ice outside or will it melt with the driven snow? As Isla admits that her life isn't quite as happy as it seems, Kean must disclose his unsavory past, despite knowing it could completely turn her against him. But their lives change entirely when they discover they are not the only ones keeping secrets.

"Isla Fisher is hilarious" David Walliams "Charming, funny, delightful: Marge is the babysitter all children would wish for" David Baddiel Meet Marge, the mischievous babysitter with rainbow hair who loves to make a mess and bend the rules . . . At dinnertime Chef Marge cooks up chocolate soup, and at school Marge the Muscian conducts a chaotic concert in the playground! Jake and Jemima have brilliant fun with their new babysitter, but will they manage to tick off all the jobs on Mummy's list? The first fun family story in the MARGE IN CHARGE series, written by actor & comedian Isla Fisher and illustrated throughout by Eglantine Ceulemans.