Sherri Smith

El fasciante mundo de las vírgenes vestales narrado en primera persona.Condenada a ser enterrada viva, la muerte que se imponía a cualquier vestal que rompiera sus votos de obediencia y castidad, Emilia reflexiona acerca de lo que fue su vida de encierro y privaciones: las intensas amistades que forjo, los implacables enemigos que hizo y, por ultimo, el apasionado romance que vivio y que ha sido precisamente la causa de su perdicion. Un relato pleno de erotismo, que reconstruye un mundo fascinante en un contexto historico descrito con maestria. Una historia que describe con minuciosidad la vida de las virgenes vestales y la ferrea disciplina a que estaban sometidas.Las vestales son personajes atractivos, pues estan rodeadas de un aura de misterio. La novela de Sherri Smith proporciona al lector acceso privilegiado a un mundo exclusivamente femenino.

Married to a drunken tavern-keeper, Anna Wirth takes solace in her two sons, hard-working Konrad and the beautiful, flaxen-haired Manfred, who sings like an angel and who, some say, has been touched by God. But at the same time, Anna is desperate to prevent people finding out the truth about her younger son. That he is not like other children: he does not communicate, doesnt make eye contact, lives in his own private world, endlessly collecting and arranging piles of leaves and stones. When rumours of witchcraft sweep through the town, Manfred is seized by those who would use him to pursue their own agenda. As innocent townsfolk are accused, a climate of fear prevails. No one is safe - and at the heart of the terror is Annas own son. As the death toll mounts, Anna realizes there is only one way to stop the madness. But can she act against a mothers deepest instincts?

Mia has built a life for herself far from the small town where she grew up. But she is forced to return home when her brother goes missing. Once the golden boy of the community, Lucas has disappeared the same day as the body of his student is pulled from the river. Unable to reconcile the medias portrayal of Lucas as a murderer with her own memories of him, Mia is desperate to find another suspect. But if Lucas is innocent, why did he run?

Sherri Smith illuminates the dark side of the self-care and wellness industry in a thrilling ride of revenge perfect for fans of Liane Moriartys Nine Perfect Strangers.Katie Manning was a beloved child star until her mid-teens when her manager attacked and permanently scarred her face, effectively ending her career and sending her on a path of all-too-familiar post-Hollywood self-destruction.Now twenty-seven, Katie wants a better answer to those clickbait "Where Are They Now?" articles that float around online. An answer she hopes to find when her brothers too-good-to-be-true fiancee invites her to a wellness retreat upstate. Together with Katies two best friendsone struggling with crippling debt and family obligations, one running away from a failed job and relationshipKatie will try to find the inner peace promised at the tranquil retreat. But finding oneself just might drudge up more memories than Katie is prepared to deal with.Each woman has come to the retreat for different reasons. Each has her secrets to hide. And at the end of this weekend, only one will be left standing.

Roma, año 63 a.C. De niña, Emilia fue ofrecida por sus padres para convertirse en virgen vestal, una de las seis elegidas entre las familias patricias y destinadas a proteger simbólicamente la República. Toda su vida de adulta la ha pasado en el templo de Vesta, rodeada únicamente por mujeres que cumplen con la misma tarea: adorar a la diosa del hogar y preservar su santuario. Pero la tentación lleva a Emilia a cometer un pecado mortal por el cual es condenada a morir de la forma en que deben hacerlo las vestales en tales circunstancias: enterrada viva en un sepulcro oscuro…