Teresa Carpenter

Hombre y soldado se enfrentan mientras el deseo batalla contra el deber…El entregado soldado Xavier LeDuc, que había jurado servir a la familia real de Pasadonia, nunca había tenido problemas para an

LA EXPLOSIVA HISTORIA REAL DE DE LA MUJER QUE DESAFIÓ A LA MAFIA"Una crónica salvaje." Chicago TribuneLa joven Arlyne Brickman solo necesitó el boleto trucado de una rifa para acceder al mundo del hampa neoyorquino. Su anhelo de convertirse en la nueva Virginia Hill, la archiconocida novia del ganster Bugsy Siegel, la empujo a codearse con los "chicos listos", los mafiosos italianos que controlaban el barrio del Lower East Side. Y ella, que soñaba con una vida llena de glamur y emocion, se pego a ellos. Mensajeros, boxeadores, traficantes y sicarios se cruzaron en su camino hasta que dos peces gordos ?John Gotti y Anthony Scarpati? le abrieron las puertas de las familias mafiosas mas celebres de Nueva York: los Gambino y los Colombo. Y Arlyne, que por el hecho de ser mujer no tenia buenas cartas en aquella partida, saco el maximo provecho de la situacion.La chica de la mafia nos permite descubrir los entresijos del hermetico mundo del crimen organizado y ahondar en el papel de las mujeres que quisieron ser mafiosas."Un trabajo soberbio que recrea magistralmente la obsesion por convertir

Resistiéndose a Don Inaccesible…El dueño de los estudios Obsidian, Garrett Black, estaba herido tanto por dentro como por fuera, pero con el festival de cine de Hollywood Hills a punto de celebrarse,

Un bebé abandonado Durante el día, Nate Connor luchaba contra el crimen y, por la noche, contra los terribles recuerdos de su época en el ejército. Hasta que su desazón se vio interrumpida por una belleza rubia durmiendo en su sofa. Michelle Ross queria vender la casa de su difunto padre y olvidar el ultimo recuerdo del pasado, pero antes debia convencer a aquel inquilino tan sexy para que buscase otro alojamiento. Pero entonces, un bebe aparecio abandonado en la puerta y Nate y Michelle tuvieron que aprender rapidamente lo que era una familia.

La vida de Rachel Adams cambió de repente cuando la nombraron tutora de dos pequeños huérfanos. Resultaba muy difícil convertirse de la noche a la mañana en la madre de dos bebés tremendamente exigentes que no tardaron en robarle el corazon.Entonces aparecio el otro tutor de los niños, el guapisimo Ford Sullivan. Era evidente que Rachel estaba haciendo un verdadero esfuerzo para cuidar bien de los niños y que no recibia su presencia de buen grado. Pero pronto se dieron cuenta de que lo mejor para los pequeños era que unieran sus fuerzas. Tanto tiempo al lado de Ford hizo que Rachel comenzara a preguntarse si los tutores podrian convertirse algun dia en marido y mujer

The best man to be her Mr. Right? Royal wedding planner Lindsay Reevess first encounter with best man Zach Sullivan is when he sits on the wedding dress! But when preparations reach crisis point, Lindsay is forced to call on the infuriating playboy for his help. But Zachs good looks, charm and cynicism about marriage become more of a distraction! In the business of happy-ever-afters, jaded Zach might just be Lindsays toughest client yet!

Dorothy Stratten, a naive and beautiful young woman with an overbearing husband, becomes a superstar Playboy centerfold and part of Playboy founder Hugh Hefners inner circle. When she dumps the boyfriend and takes up with a famous movie director (Peter Bogdanovich), carnage ensues.Including an interview with the author by imprint editor Alex Belth.About The Stacks Reader SeriesThe Stacks Reader Series highlights classic literary non-fiction and short fiction by great journalists that would otherwise be lost to historya living archive of memorable storytelling by notable authors. Curated by Alex Belth and brought to you by The Sager Group, with support from NeoText (www.NeoTextCorp.com).

La famille qu’elle espérait, Teresa CarpenterEt si Cole devenait mon papa ? En entendant ces mots, Dani sent son cœur se serrer. Car lhomme que sa petite Faith rêverait de la voir épouser est aussi s

Des jumeaux à aimer, Teresa CarpenterLorsqu’elle apprend, après le décès tragique de sa sœur, qu’elle a été nommée tutrice de ses jumeaux de dix mois, Rachel sent la panique la gagner. Elle ne connaî

A baby in his bachelor pad! Lexi Malone put her dreams aside to raise her friends daughter. Now the little girl she loves could be taken away! The only person who can help is the father, formidable CEO Jethro Calder. Committed bachelor Jethro doesnt believe he can be the parent his daughter needs. To check that Lexi is, he makes her his temporary houseguest! Jethro could get used to having beautiful Lexi around but his difficult childhood has left scars. Can this surprise family can show him what love is all about?

Her big secret in the Big Apple! Event co-ordinator Lauren Randall always has a plan. And falling pregnant after a fling with infamous Ray Donovan is not part of it! Creative and commanding, Ray might be an award-winning movie director, but hes definitely not up for Dad-of-the-Year. Posing as Rays date gives Lauren a chance to reveal her secret. Theres just one glitch: his ailing grandmother announces their engagement. With everyone assuming shes his fiancee, its hard to keep a distance and even harder to pretend shes not falling for her babys father!

ITS ALL IN THE CARDS I One glimpse of her impossibly long legs and Mayor Jason Strong knew trouble had just i arrived in Blossom, Texas. Her name was Lady Pandoraand she claimed she could predict the future. Even though he didnt buy the beautiful gypsys phony claim, he couldnt help wondering if her kisses could alter the course of his future. . ITS ALL IN HIS EYES Cherry Cooper, otherwise known as Lady Pandora, had her reasons for coming to Blossom, and they didnt involve falling under the spell of a sexy cowboy and his adorable little girl. But unfortunately, her psychic powers seemed to pale in comparison to the seductive power of love

Sheriff left holding the baby! Wanted: level-headed nanny to look after tiny baby. Must be smart, efficient, ordered. Experience of working with stubborn sheriff single dads an asset! Found! Fun-loving, sweet, pretty ex-nursery teacher Nikki Rhodes. Excellent with babies (so good shed make the perfect mother! ). Hired? Not likely! Sheriff Trace Oliver is a man of order and military precision parenting is no different from policing! Is it?

SURPRISE! YOURE A DAD! High school principal Alex Sullivan considered the new school nurse strictly offlimits. But when the leggy blonde turned up on his doorstep with a chubby-cheeked babyclaiming Alex was the dadhe knew his bachelorhood was in big trouble! When her sister died, Samantha Dell had cared for her darling nephew as if he were her own. And though little Gabe needed his father, shed never imagined Alex would want to be a full-time parentor her husband! But she wanted more from this sexy dad than a face-saving, hollow promise. Samantha vowed she would settle for nothing less than his heart.

Her million-dollar mystery man Police sheriff Grace Delaneys last case is a handsome stranger suffering from amnesia. She agrees to help him uncover his memory, but when his identity is revealed as multimillionaire playboy Jackson Hawke, Grace must swap the safety of her small town for the bright lights of Las Vegas and pretend shes his latest conquest! Grace soon finds herself falling, not for the millionaire, but the man shes come to know. But when Jacksons memory returns, will he forget heror make her dreams a reality?

Nicky est folle de joie. Elle vient d’être embauchée comme nounou par le shérif Oliver. Enfin, elle va pouvoir gagner sa vie en s’occupant d’un adorable bébé ! Et peut-être, même, aider le père de l’

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author of Missing Beauty comes a fascinating inside look at the mafia.Growing up among racketeers on the Lower East Side of New York City, Arlyne Brickman associated with mobsters. Drawn to the glamorous and flashy lifestyle, she was soon dating "wiseguys" and running errands for them; but after years as a mob girlfriend, Arlyne began to get in on the action herselfeventually becoming a police informant and major witness in the governments case against the Colombo crime family.

In The Miss Stone Affair, Teresa Carpenter re-creates the drama of the countrys first modern hostage crisisan event that captured the attention of the world, dominated American and European headlines, and posed a dilemma for incoming president Theodore Roosevelt. On September 3, 1901, a Protestant missionary named Ellen Stone set out on horseback for a trek across the mountainous hinterlands of Balkan Macedonia. In a narrow gorge, she was attacked by a band of masked men who carried her off the road and, more significantly, onto the path of history. Stone would become the first American captured for ransom on foreign soil.Using a wealth of contemporary correspondence and diplomatic cables, Teresa Carpenter tells the story of Miss Stone through narrative that is suspenseful, harrowing, and at times even comical.On a journey that takes the reader from Bostons Beacon Hill to Constantinople and the bloody revolution-wracked nation-states of the Balkans, Carpenter introduces an unforgettable cast of characters: the strong-willed Miss Stone and her Bulgarian companion, Katerina Tsilka, who is brought along by the kidnappersin deference to Victorian conventionas a chaperone; the terrorists who threaten to murder their hostages and yet are awed when Tsilka gives birth to a baby girl; the diplomat who sees the Stone case as a vehicle for his personal ambition; rival negotiators whom the terrorists pit one against the other; a media mogul obsessed with finding the hostages and securing their literary rights; and, of course, the new president, Theodore Roosevelt, who must decide if he should, as many of his countrymen are demanding, send warships to the Near East or if some quieter form of intervention might win the day.Teresa Carpenter has produced a turn-of-the-century international thriller with precision, drama, and historical perspective. This is a story for our time.