Miranda Beverly-Whittemore

Five friends are blackmailed into returning to the cult where they were raised to face their shared monstrous secret, by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, the New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet It's time to come Home. All five of you. Or else." Saskia was a damaged, lonely teenager when she arrived at the lakeside commune called Home. She was entranced by the tang of sourdough starter; the midnight call of the loons; the triumph of foraging wild mushrooms from the forest floor - and Abraham, Home's charismatic leader, the North Star to Saskia and the four other teenagers who lived there, her best and only friends. Two decades later, Saskia is shuttered in her Connecticut estate. She's not scared of the world; it's her own capacity for ruthlessness that's made her lock herself away. In the shadow of Home's stately pines all those years ago, Abraham weaponized this trait, singling her out to do his bidding. The results haunt her daily. Then her worst nightmare comes true: she and her estranged friends receive threatening letters. Unless they return to the land in rural Maine, the terrible thing they did as teenagers - their last ditch attempt to save Home - will be revealed. Returning to Home from vastly different lives to confront their blackmailer, the five must not only face their dark past, but reckon with what they are capable of now that they've been reunited. How far will they go to bury their secret forever? "

Fierce Little Thing

Winning a scholarship to a prestigious college where she befriends a beautiful girl of privilege, unassuming Mabel joins her friend during a lakeside summer surrounded by wealthy vacationers only to discover morally ambiguous truths about her friend's family fortune. By the author of Set Me Free. 50,000 first printing.

A Novel

Bittersweet

Cassie Danvers is holed up in her family's crumbling mansion in rural St. Jude, Ohio, mourning the loss of the woman who raised her-- her grandmother, June. When Cassie discovers that she has been named the sole heir to legendary matinee idol Jack Montgomery's vast fortune she is stunned. Could Jack Montgomery have crossed paths with her grandmother all those years ago? When his daughters arrive, determined to reclaim the inheritance, they uncover a history of murder, blackmail, and betrayal.

June

- Blending themes of lost innocence, sexual awakening, and triumph over loss, The Effects Of Light follows in the tradition of such bestselling first novels as Girl with a Pearl Earring (Dutton/Plume, 1999), and the #1 New York Times bestseller The Lovely Bones (Little, Brown, 2002), with over 2.8 million hardcover copies in print. - A dazzling new voice, Miranda Beverly-Whittemore is a graduate of Vassar College and the recipient of several literary awards. Most recently, she worked for the 92nd Street Y's Poets and Writers program. - Foreign rights have already been sold in Italy and Poland.

The Effects of Light

Una familia perfecta. Demasiadas mentiras perfectas Una historia sobre la seducción del dinero y el poder Mabel, una chica no especialmente atractiva y de origen humilde, conoce en la universidad a la guapa, atrevida y rica Ev Winslow. Cuando esta la invita a pasar el verano en Bittersweet, su casita en la finca de Vermont donde su familia ha vivido durante décadas, Mabel se da cuenta de que le gusta cómo viven los Winslow y de que Ev tiene todo lo que ella siempre ha querido: riqueza, amigos, un novio y, sobre todo, la sensación de pertenencia. Pero poco a poco Mabel descubre que los Winslow esconden oscuros secretos y que ninguno de ellos es lo que parece. Tendrá que enfrentarse a sus propios fantasmas y tomar una decisión: sacar a la luz los terribles secretos de la familia y ser expulsada del paraíso o bien dejar que sigan ocultos y redefinir lo que está bien y lo que está mal. La crítica ha dicho... «Un aire de cuento de hadas inunda la novela -pero del tipo de los hermanos Grimm, no de Disney-, construyendo ingeniosamente una creciente sensación de amenaza. [...] Beverly-Whittemore nos transporta a un mundo de ensueño, con casitas de campo y sus ritmos diarios de verano... Los secretos de familia brotan como burbujas dentro de una botella de champán.» New York Times Book Review «Miranda Beverly-Whittemore nos emociona con una novela de intriga con protagonistas rubias de sangre azul y puertas cerradas con llave.» Vogue.com «Conduce al lector al interior del glamuroso mundo de los superricos, donde no todo es lo que parece, y los oscuros secretos familiares que llevan mucho tiempo enterrados poco a poco comienzan a salir a la superficie. El resultado es una novela adictiva que mantendrá a los lectores intentando adivinar hasta el final.» BookPage «Un thriller gótico fascinante. Un verano en el paraíso es un libro que merece la pena saborear, y que se va desarrollando como un largo día de verano, desvelando sin prisa toda su oscuridad.» People «Llena de suspense e intriga, y plagada de personajes que encajan en el molde de la sangre azul y que a la vez rompen los estereotipos que asociamos con las clases altas. Sus cortos capítulos, con sus finales en suspenso, obligarán a los lectores a seguir pasando páginas hasta altas horas de la madrugada.» Booklist «Un verano en Nueva Inglaterra de primeros amores, amistad, fuegos artificiales, baños desnudos a media noche, tragedia y trapos sucios de familia.» The Herald News

Un verano en el paraíso

New York Times bestselling author Miranda Beverly-Whittemore’s Fierce Little Thing is a mesmerizing story of friendship and its reckonings. “It’s time to come Home. All five of you. Or else.” Saskia was a damaged, lonely teenager when she arrived at the lakeside commune called Home. She was entranced by the tang of sourdough starter; the midnight call of the loons; the triumph of foraging wild mushrooms from the forest floor. But most of all she was taken with Abraham, Home's charismatic leader, the North Star to Saskia and the four other teens who lived there, her best and only friends. Two decades later, Saskia is shuttered in her Connecticut estate, estranged from the others. Her carefully walled life is torn open by threatening letters. Unless she and her former friends return to the land in rural Maine, the terrible thing they did as teenagers—their last-ditch attempt to save Home—will be revealed. From vastly different lives, the five return to confront their blackmailer and reckon with the horror that split them apart. How far will they go to bury their secret forever?

Dopo aver vinto una borsa di studio per un college prestigioso dell'East Coast, l'intelligente ma ordinaria Mabel Dagmar si trova a essere compagna di stanza della ricca e capricciosa Genevra Winslow. Mabel viene subito stregata dal mondo aristocratico di Ev e, contro ogni previsione, tra le due ragazze nasce una forte amicizia. Così quando Ev invita Mabel a passare l'estate a Winloch, la centenaria proprietà di famiglia affacciata su un lago del Vermont dove il potente clan Winslow ama radunarsi, Mabel accetta senza pensarci due volte. Lì, tra bagni di mezzanotte, gite in barca, feste e fuochi d'artificio, Mabel si rende conto di avere trovato tutto ciò che ha sempre desiderato: l'amicizia, l'amore, il lusso e, soprattutto, per la prima volta nella sua vita, la sensazione di far parte di qualcosa di bello e felice. Tuttavia, a mano a mano che l'estate avanza, Mabel avverte che sull'abbagliante perfezione dei Winslow si allungano ombre inquietanti che affondano le radici in un tempo lontano. Mentre indaga sui loro segreti, Mabel si ritrova a lottare con i demoni del suo stesso passato e scopre che a volte il Bene non è altro che una maschera. E che nell'eden di Winloch si nasconde un Male che forse solo lei è in grado di fermare. La ragazza dovrà scegliere: affrontare l'orrore che batte nel cuore del clan e farsi cacciare da quel paradiso, oppure lasciarsi sedurre dallo splendente futuro che le viene offerto. Narrato con uno stile elegante, vivace e fluido, L'estate del bene e del male è un avvincente suspense psicologico, un gotico contemporaneo che affascina, mentre accompagna il lettore dalla luce di un'estate perfetta alle oscure profondità dell'animo umano.

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