Grand Paloma Resort (Spanish Edition)

Laura es gerente en el Grand Paloma Resort. Es una mujer dominicana que ha llegado hasta donde est?a fuerza de puro trabajo duro. Su idea de emparejar hu廥pedes "platino" con un empleado del hotel para que atienda cada una de sus necesidades ha demostrado ser incre燢lemente exitosa. Est?a meras semanas de recibir una promoci鏮 que le abra camino lejos del resort, hacia una vida de oportunidades. Si tan solo su hermana menor, Elena --a quien ha cuidado desde la muerte de su madre-- cooperara.

Elena ha hecho su mejor esfuerzo por cumplir las expectativas de su hermana. Para escapar de la monoton燰 de atender a turistas ricos, se ha vuelto cada vez m嫳 dependiente de pastillas y fiestas. Como ni鎑ra en el resort, est?a merced de hu廥pedes que viajan para satisfacer sus peores impulsos y necesitan que alguien m嫳 cuide a sus hijos mientras tanto. Ahora, despu廥 de un accidente, se cree que un ni隳 a su cuidado ha muerto, y Elena sabe que ser?ella quien deba rendir cuentas.

En uno de los bares a la orilla de la playa, Elena se encuentra con el padre del ni隳. Le ofrece a Elena una obscena cantidad de dinero para que le consiga un tiempo en privado con dos jovencitas del lugar. Elena se guarda el dinero para financiar su escape y reza porque haya logrado mantener a las chicas fuera de peligro.

Narrado a lo largo de siete d燰s, Grand Paloma Resort ofrece una inolvidable historia de clase, familia y comunidad que se construye poco a poco, hasta llegar a un intenso cl璥ax, en el cual queda al desnudo el verdadero costo del lujo, obligando a Laura y a Elena a enfrentar secretos largo tiempo guardados y verdaderos actos de amor.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The Grand Paloma Resort is a lush paradise in the Dominican Republic where guests enjoy incredible luxury, and the staff is always eager to please--that is, until they are pushed to the brink.

Laura is a manager at the Grand Paloma Resort, a Dominican woman who has risen this far through sheer hard work. Her idea to pair "platinum" guests with a resort employee to attend to their every need has been wildly successful. She's mere weeks away from a promotion that will blaze a path off the resort, to a life of opportunity. If only her younger sister, Elena--who she's looked after since the death of their mother - could get with the program.

Elena has tried her best to live up to her sister's expectations. To escape the drudgery of waiting on rich tourists, she's become increasingly dependent on pills and partying. As a babysitter at the resort, she's at the mercy of guests who travel to indulge their worst impulses and need someone else to watch their kids while they do so. Now, after an accident, a child in her charge is believed dead, and Elena knows she'll be held responsible.

At a local beachfront watering hole, Elena runs into the child's father. He offers her an obscene amount of money to give him private time with two young local girls. Elena pockets the cash to fund her escape and prays she's gotten the girls out of harm's way.

Set over the course of seven days, The Grand Paloma Resort offers an unforgettable story of class, family, and community, building to an intense climax in which the true costs of luxury are laid bare, forcing Laura and Elena to reckon with long-held secrets and true acts of love.