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It's the Fourth of July, 2000. In a small Southern town, fireworks light the sky above the City Park, while down the street a smaller flash of light changes everything for 19-year-old Connor Burdette. He has just lost the girl he loves. Now, buying beer at the Back Home Market, he becomes an accomplice to a shooting. Out of desperation, he runs. It will take ten years and a death to bring him back. But it's so hard to come home. The town still blames him for his part in the convenience store shooting.

Acquired by the United States from Spain in 1898, Puerto Rico has a peculiar status among Latin American and Caribbean countries. Though they are US citizens, Puerto Ricans do not have their own voting representatives in Congress and cannot vote in presidential elections (although they are able to participate in the primaries). In recent years, Puerto Rico's colossal public debt sparked an economic crisis that catapulted it onto the national stage and intensified the exodus to the US, bringing to the fore many of the unresolved remnants of its colonial history.

Yara runs a company called Darkest Desires. A dating site for those with particular interests. Because of that she has always received unwanted attention from a vast majority of men. Including one particularly nasty stalker. Undeterred by his escalating threats, Yara decides it’s time to delve into her own wants and needs. She finds the perfect match on her list of new potential clients. Except she probably should have vetted the man a bit better. There’s something oddly familiar about him....

¡Hola desde Escocia! Acompañamos al reno escocés de Santa en su regreso a casa para las vacaciones de verano, los lectores aprenderán todo sobre la cultura y el vocabulario más utilizado en Escocia. Después de dejar a Santa en Hawái para unas vacaciones, el reno principal Skye regresa a su reserva de renos en Escocia para disfrutar también de un merecido descanso.

¡Pero entre todos los divertidos juegos de renos, Skye se da cuenta de que su familia y amigos tienen una visión distorsionada de su vida en el Polo Norte!