How Do The Timelines Of Isabel Allende’S Historical Novels Line Up?

After being betrayed by the person she dearly loved, Esmeralda thought she died as the one guy she ever loved stared at her with hatred in his eyes burying her beneath the earth... only to wake up in his arms again the next time she opens her eyes. Esmeralda immediately realizes time is six months backwards and that gives her a chance at revenge. Knowing everything this time around, Esmeralda is sure to come back with her revenge serving cold as she hopes to catch her enemies unaware. However what surprises Esmeralda is where she finds true love from. Would she continue in her quest for revenge or would she give love a chance again? .

Eliza Ward does not fall through time. Time bends toward her. Pulled from the present into Revolutionary America, Eliza becomes trapped in a landscape where history repeats unevenly, battles restart with variations, and memory functions as both anchor and weapon. She is not a chosen heroine, but a constant: a woman whose awareness destabilizes the moment itself. She meets Mercy Hale, a midwife and witch who understands time as a negotiation rather than a force to command. Mercy aids Eliza’s survival while refusing the role of savior, having already learned the cost of standing too close to history’s center. During a looping battle, Eliza saves Thomas Reed, a Continental soldier who does not shift when time does. Thomas is an anchor: steady, observant, unchanged across iterations. Their bond deepens in an almost-normal village where time briefly behaves. Eliza’s intervention triggers time’s response. Rather than immediate destruction, time collects interest. Mercy bargains to spare Eliza and Thomas, sacrificing her own future to stabilize the present. Time extracts payment from Eliza as well, stripping away her voice, the very tool she uses to name and hold moments in place. Silenced and unmoored, Eliza is violently displaced back into the original battle. Unable to anchor the moment, she watches Thomas die in the version of history that was always waiting beneath her defiance. Told in rotating perspectives between Eliza, Thomas, and Mercy, The Hours That Refused to Behave is a lyrical time-travel novel about revolution, restraint, and consequence, asking not whether history can be changed, but who pays when it is.

SYNOPSIS He saved her life. Now she’s trapped in his world. When Juliana Casco is attacked outside a nightclub, salvation comes in the form of a man she never expected: Alexander Valente, cold, commanding, and terrifyingly powerful. But what seems like a random rescue quickly spirals into something far more dangerous. The attempted abduction was a message… and Juliana was the bait. Alexander is no stranger to bloodshed. Forced into the mafia life as a teenager, he rose through the ranks by killing the monster who raised him, his own father. Now the youngest and most feared Don in the Familia, Alexander is ruthless in protecting what’s his. And after that night, Juliana is his. Kept under tight guard in Alexander’s mansion, Juliana is torn between fear and fiery attraction. The man who holds her captive is the same one who makes her pulse race. But as she digs into the secrets surrounding her stepfather, one of Alexander’s men, Juliana discovers a tangled web of betrayal, power, and a past she was never meant to escape. As secrets surface and desire ignites, she’s caught between a man she should fear and a passion she can’t ignore. The deeper she falls into Alexander’s world, the harder it becomes to tell whether he’s her captor… or her only chance at survival. Dark. Addictive. Explosive. Blood & Oath is a gripping mafia romance about loyalty, revenge, and a love so fierce it might just destroy them both.

Alliah was different than other Princesses. She always thought she could do more for her country besides sit on the throne. Unfortunately for her, it is looked down upon to be a warrior not only as a female, but as a Crowned Princess as well. On her endeavors she meets a man who thinks differently than other high officials and supports her on her journey. They fall in love, and are separated after some time. After five years he mysteriously stops talking to her. Then one day he shows up, but her Kingdom is being over run by bandits. Can she fight her anger, desire, and love for him while trying to defend her Kingdom?

Alejandro Sancho was born to rule. Well-loved by many and respected by his subordinates. He ruled Spain after his father's sudden death, and he became ruthless and strict. Not until he meets the young and gorgeous Cameron Bailey. Alejandro falls in love, he started to believe that rainbows are real and so is Cameron. They are perfect for each other until they were shuttered by betrayal. Cameron was accused of being a cheater and leaves the castle heartbroken. Alejandro turns his back on her. After long months Alejandro found out that Cameron is striving for a life she did not deserve. What's more? Alejandro was surprised when he found out that Cameron is pregnant. And a million-dollar question dancing on his head. Who is the father? Alejandro demands that Cameron should go back to Spain. But Cameron was so mad at Alejandro. Cameron learned to stand up for herself and decides that she deserves more after being badly misjudged and mistreated by the only person she loved. Is love will conquer after being shattered by pain and betrayal? Are they willing to forget the past mistake and learned to forgive? A journey of two souls who are bound for each other, and are they going to make it past seemingly impossible obstacles?

She's a princess destined for a prince, but her heart yearns for the sea. Her voyage was only supposed to clear her mind and prepare her for marriage, but when her ship is boarded by pirates she finds herself face to face with a new purpose. The notorious Captain Gino and his crew have a reason for kidnapping her, but does she have what it takes to save her kingdom and everyone she loves? Will marrying Prince Sade be everything she needs in life, or will her infatuation with Gino be more than she can bear? With love and war on the line, how far will she go?