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Adrift in the Gulf Stream

Adrift in the Gulf Stream
  • Author(s): Marvin Cook
  • Location(s): Straights of Florida, Caribbean, Cuba (Republic of), The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Adventure, Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Matey, a Cuban fugitive, escapes his captors, but is alone in the Gulf Stream. A sequel to Across Florida Straits, this book continues the story of Matvey, thief of antiquities and wanted for assault by Cuban authorities. His journey...

An Elusive Truth

An Elusive Truth
  • Author(s): Jerry Timmins
  • Location(s): Haiti
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

“Time is as elusive as truth,” barks Carrick, the hard-bitten News Editor and when Lucas, a young and ambitious journalist, finds himself disoriented by fear and lies in Haiti, Carrick’s words resonate. Sent to research promised elections, Lucas is...

An Embarrassment of Mangoes

An Embarrassment of Mangoes
  • Location(s): Caribbean
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1990s

Who hasn’t fantasized about leaving their job, saying goodbye to the rat race and escaping to some exotic destination in search of sun, sand, and a different way of life? Ann Vanderhoof and her husband did just that. In...

Anita and the Dragons

Anita and the Dragons
  • Author(s): Hannah Carmona, Anna Cunha (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Dominican Republic
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Anita watches the dragons high above her as she hops from one cement roof to another in her village in the Dominican Republic. But being the valiant princesa she is, she never lets them scare her. Then one day,...

As Good as Gold

As Good as Gold
  • Author(s): Kathryn Bertine
  • Location(s): Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
  • Era(s): 2000s

Imagine George Plimpton. Except with real athletic ability. And he’s a woman. And she’s taken on a challenge that makes Paper Lion look like a brisk game of Go Fish. Meet Kathryn Bertine, elite triathlete, former professional figure skater,...

Awaiting The Green Flash

Awaiting The Green Flash
  • Author(s): K Kelly O'Connor
  • Location(s): US Virgin Islands
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 1980s

Rine Tyler is loving life and what’s not to love? Her life is filled with beaches, bars, and backgammon – until she meets him. Living in the Virgin Islands, surrounded by gorgeous beaches, a steady stream of male companionship,...

Babe Driven

Babe Driven
  • Author(s): Lizzie Chantree
  • Location(s): The Bahamas
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Current day

Babe Driven: Driving straight out of trouble and into paradise! Harriet’s crazily successful business idea is under serious threat, and the danger seems to be coming from inside her own family. She whisks her sister and her friends away...

Bahamarama

Bahamarama
  • Author(s): Bob Morrris
  • Location(s): The Bahamas
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): 2000s

Before Night Falls

Before Night Falls
  • Author(s): Reinaldo Arenas
  • Location(s): Cuba (Republic of)
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 20th Century

Reinaldo Arenas was born to a poverty-stricken family in rural Cuba. By the time of his death in New York four decades later, he had become one of Cuba’s most important poets, an outspoken critic of Castro’s regime and...

Being Simon Haines

Being Simon Haines
  • Author(s): Tom Vaughan MacAulay
  • Location(s): Cuba (Republic of), London, Naples
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

For a decade he’s been chasing his dream: partnership at the legendary, family-run law firm of Fiennes & Plunkett. The gruelling hours and manic intensity of his job have come close to breaking him, but he has made it...

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