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Love Muffin And Chai Latte

Love Muffin And Chai Latte
  • Author(s): Anya Wylde
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Cotemporary

Clear your calendar, turn on your voicemail and get cozy on the sofa as Anya Wylde has decided to dip her toes into the world of contemporary romance … Love Muffin and Chai Latte follows the journey of Tabitha...

Murder at Dolphin Bay

Murder at Dolphin Bay
  • Author(s): Kathi Daley
  • Location(s): Oahu
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Kailani Pope wants nothing more than to be a proud member of the Honolulu Police Department. Both her father and grandfather were cops, her five brothers are cops, and the only thing she has ever wanted from the time...

The Amber Shadows

The Amber Shadows
  • Author(s): Lucy Ribchester
  • Location(s): Bletchley
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 1940s

On a delayed train, deep in the English countryside, two strangers meet. It is 1942 and they are both men of fighting age, though neither is in uniform. As strangers do in these days of war, they pass the...

Hard Cold Winter

Hard Cold Winter
  • Author(s): Glen Erik Hamilton
  • Location(s): Seattle
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When an old crony of Van Shaw’s late grandfather calls in a favor, he embarks on a journey deep into the remote forest of the Olympic Mountains in search of a missing girl tied to his own criminal past....

Beautiful Country

Beautiful Country
  • Author(s): J R Thornton
  • Location(s): Beijing (Peking)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A coming-of-age story set in modern day China centering on the friendship between an American and a Chinese boy who meet while training with Beijing’s Junior National Tennis Team. Chase Robertson arrives in Beijing as a fourteen-year-old boy still...

The Birdwatcher

The Birdwatcher
  • Author(s): William Shaw
  • Location(s): Dungeness
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

He is a murderer himself. But the victim was his only friend; like him, a passionate birdwatcher. South is warily partnered with the strong-willed Detective Sergeant Alexandra Cupidi, newly recruited to the Kent coast from London. Together they find...

In Her Wake

In Her Wake
  • Author(s): Amanda Jennings
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Suspense
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A tragic family event reveals devastating news that rips apart Bella’s comfortable existence. Embarking on a personal journey to uncover the truth, she faces a series of traumatic discoveries that take her to the ruggedly beautiful Cornish coast, where...

Elephant Complex

Elephant Complex
  • Author(s): John Gimlette
  • Location(s): Sri Lanka
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

Sri Lanka is a small island with a long, violent and enthralling history. Home to thousands of wild elephants, this is a place where natural beauty has endured, indifferent to human tragedy. Journeying through its many regions – some...

The Accidental Life Of Greg Millar

The Accidental Life Of Greg Millar
  • Author(s): Aimee Alexander
  • Location(s): Ireland, The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Lucy Arigho’s first encounter with Greg Millar is far from promising, but she soon realises he possesses a charm that is impossible to resist. Just eight whirlwind weeks after their first meeting, level-headed career girl Lucy is seriously considering...

Atlas of Cursed Places

Atlas of Cursed Places
  • Author(s): Olivier Le Carrer
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

This alluring read includes 40 locations that are rife with disaster, chaos, paranormal activity, and death. The locations gathered here include the dangerous Strait of Messina, home of the mythical sea monsters Scylla and Charybdis; the coal town of...

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