The second weekend of the Madrid Book Fair is just around the corner and, if you haven’t had time to stop by El Retiro yet, they say that the occasion is painted bald because three of the best-selling authors of romantic literature in Spanish they will meet there to sign. With the good weather already settled in the capital, it is a perfect opportunity to take a walk, take a look at the latest news in the industry and return home wanting to fall in love again.
Saturday, June 4 at 11 a.m.: Alice Kellen
Despite what her name suggests, Alice Kellen is a Valencian author in love with cats, addicted to chocolate and endless visits to bookstores. Despite being only 32 years old, her list of best-selling books is extensive (us on the moon, Sophie’s wings Y take me anywhere…) and it is undoubtedly one of the queens of Spanish romantic literature.
His latest novel has not left the top of the most read book lists since it was published on March 30. Is named The map of desires and stars Grace Paterson, a girl who has always felt invisiblewho has never left Nebraska, who collects words and sees the days go by sheltered in monotony.
At least, until the game of The map of desires and, following the instructions, the first thing she must do is find someone named Will Tucker, whom she has never heard of, and who is about to embark with her on a journey straight to the heart, full of vulnerabilities and forgotten dreams, longings and unexpected affections. But is it possible to move forward when the secrets start to weigh too much? Who is who in this story? And it is that, although Grace was destined to save her sister, she dies and the reason for your existence vanishes.
The map of desires (Planet)
When and where do you sign?
On Saturday, June 4 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. BOJ Tent, Next to Exhibitor 121 in the Retiro Park.
Saturday, June 4 at 5 p.m.: Megan Maxwell
Born to a Spanish mother and an American military father, María del Carmen Rodríguez del Álamo Lázaro, who signs under the pseudonym Megan Maxwell, he began to write novels for his entourage to read. Precisely, her family and friends were the ones who encouraged her to submit them to publishers and contests.
However, and although today she is a best-selling writer, fulfilling her dream was not easy for her. After more than twelve years of refusals from publishers, in 2009 (after 12 years of not throwing in the towel) she managed to publish her first novel and in 2010 she won her first international prize for romantic novels. She has since posted more than 30 novels of romantic comedy, time travel, chick lit, medieval and erotica.
Dare to challenge me is her latest novel and, in it, Carolina Campbell, an independent and challenging character, frightens all the men who approach him. On his side, Peter McGregor is a handsome young Highlander with an excellent sense of humor who is dedicated to horse breeding along with his friends Aidan and Harald..
The Campbells and the McGregors have hated each other for years because of something that happened between their ancestors and that led the latter to hand over some land to the former that Peter is willing to recover at all costs. And the opportunity comes suddenly when Carolina, trying to get out of a problem and barely knowing Peter, offers him the lands he wants in exchange for marrying her…
The Maxwell Warriors, 7. Dare to challenge me (Medieval / Highlander)
When and where do you sign?
On June 4 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Carpa Pino, next to Exhibitor 249 and from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Caste Planeta (Exhibitor 249) in the Retirement park.
Saturday, June 4 at 6:00 p.m.: Joana Marcús
Joana Marcús is 22 years old and started out as a writer on the Wattpad platform, where she began sharing her stories and reached the figure of 300,000 followers. Sadly, this success caused the young woman to become the object of bullying by some of his high school classmates and for a while he stopped writing.
When a teacher encouraged her to continue, she made the leap to books and now it is expected that, at the Book Fair, the Majorcan be one of those with the most queues when it comes to signing your trilogy Fire. These novels, of which two installments have been published so far, have a plot with dystopian and science fiction overtones that is far from the usual in romantic literature, since the love story is between an android and a human.
In smoke citiesAlice has dinner at nine o’clock, she sleeps exactly eight hours, she never has a wrinkle in her clothes, she blinks 86,400 times a day, she breathes 30,000 times a day, she only speaks when asked, she has never raised her voice, and, the most important, Have you ever wondered what would happen if everything changed?. But what if that happened?
However, in ash cities [ALERTA SPOILER]After witnessing the destruction of her own city, Alice’s future is not promising. After a strange offer from a stranger, all she knows is that he is going to take revenge on the person responsible for the disappearance of his friends.
Fire Trilogy 2. Cities of Ashes (Fiction)
When and where do you sign?
On Saturday, June 4 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Boxwood tentnext to Exhibitor 121 in the Parque del Retiro.
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