Books by Emily Smith

Santiago y Macarena son dos hermanos de nueve y siete años respectivamente. Por razones de trabajo sus padres se trasladan a vivir a Alminar. Para ellos es un cambio brutal, pasan de vivir en una gran ciudad a un pueblecillo minúsculo perdido entre montañas. Los pobres no se adaptan al pueblo; además, al poco tiempo de llegar, los otros chiquillos les dirigen «entre juegos y sin querer... evitarlo» hacia la casa de la malvada bruja. Caen por accidente en una fosa de donde los sacan la maga y su gato Carbonilla, este será el comienzo de la amistad entre ellos y Piruja. A lo largo de los capítulos la mujer enseña a los niños a conocer el bosque, a respetar la naturaleza, a valorar la amistad y, sobre todo, a mirar debajo de la coraza hasta encontrar el corazón. Emily S. Smith es el seudónimo que utiliza Emilia Serrano, escritora española. Es licenciada en Medicina y Cirugía por la Universidad de Valencia, posteriormente, se ha doctorado en Historia de la Medicina Árabe. Su primera novela es una obra dirigida a los más pequeños: «Alminar, donde reside la magia».

Dr. Galen Burgess has a reputation for keeping it casual. She likes women close-but not too close. Nothing is more important to her than her budding surgical career as chief surgical resident at Boston City Hospital. After spending years trying, and failing, to please her father, Galen knows getting close enough to care is a recipe for heartbreak.Everything in her carefully structured life begins to change when she meets her newest intern, the disconcertingly beautiful Dr. Rowan Duncan. Sheltered doesn't even begin to describe Rowan's comfortable, quiet life before moving to Boston. When Rowan starts to fall for Galen, everything Rowan's ever known comes into question, including her relationship with high school sweetheart Brian.With her own heart on the line, will Rowan have the courage to make the cut, or risk losing Galen forever?

Is it really ever too late to be happy? That''s what young attorney Alex Harris finds herself asking while married to her bartender wife, Beth. For several years, Alex has resigned herself to a mediocre relationship, feeling doomed by the marriage vows she''s already taken. But everything changes when she walks into a small café one afternoon and meets Michelle Masters. As their friendship flourishes, Alex''s marriage crumbles around her, and she''s forced to question the only life she''s ever known. Will those vows be enough to keep her, no matter the consequences? Or will she finally take a chance at happily ever after?

"e;There's no such things as fairies!"e;Joe is sure he's right, but his sisters are obsessed by them. They've turned the climbing frame into a fairy bower, there are fairy cakes for tea and no one wants to do his assault course any more. Then a new neighbour arrives, who loves climbing trees and messing about in the pond - and has some other very useful talents too.

When Harry's mum tells him they are going to get an au pair, he isn't quite sure what it means. When he finds out it's a girl to help look after him and baby brother, Fred, he feels a bit suspicious. It might just be a good excuse for the school bully to tease him. However, he soon warms to Astrid when she turns up and especially when she gives him an idea that stops the bully from ever bothering him again. All the same, Harry can't help wondering why Astrid's never heard of tin openers or Coke, and how come her suitcase can move around by itself...

James's mum is a real computer whizz. She designs computers that can launch space missions. But she's not quite so good at ordinary, boring mum stuff! James is forever turning up at school without his dinner money or permission forms for outings. Then his mum has an idea - she'll make him a mother-robot. The Robomum is certainly a brilliant machine. She shops, washes and cooks - and quickly learns all James's favourite recipes. She tests him on his spelling, helps with his maths and makes sure he never forgets his swimming kit. But when James gets ill, he soon realizes that a computer could never replace his mum when he really needs her.

Balloons? Sausages on sticks? An entertainer? Oh NO! It must be a party . . .Patrick loves making models and creating his own inventions. He does not love Musical Bumps, big crowds and having to be jolly. But his mum is convinced that going to parties is good for him. She even wants him to have one of his own. Surely there must be a better idea?

Ben spends the holidays with his nose in the sand and bottom in the air. It's not because he's shy - though some of his classmates do call him the Shrimp. It's because he's got a great idea for his wildlife project.A competition is on! The class projects are going to be judged by a famous TV wildlife presenter, and the prize is irresistible. Ben would love to win it, but others have their eyes on the prize too...