The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney
- Location(s): Manchester
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
How do you begin to find yourself when you only know half of who you are? As Nnenna Maloney approaches womanhood she longs to connect with her Igbo-Nigerian culture. Her once close and tender relationship with her mother, Joanie,...
- Location(s): Vermont
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Revolutionary
The biggest heroes of the Revolution were sometimes unsung… Caleb’s father is serving with Ethan Allen’s Green Mountain Boys as the long-anticipated open war against the British rages up and down the length of Lake Champlain. Between his duties...
- Location(s): Prague
- Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
- Era(s): Second half 20th Century
It is 1950 and communists are being hunted across America. When Walter Kotlar is accused of being a spy by the House Un-American Activities Committee, his young son Nick destroys a piece of evidence only he knows about. But...
- Location(s): Colombo, London, North London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
It is a universally acknowledged truth that an immigrant in England must in want of a visa. In 1980s London, young Sri Lankan Chamath, recently down from Oxford with a degree in Maths, struggles to reconcile himself to the...
- Location(s): Georgia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Shelby Preston, a young single mother, is at a crossroads. She feels suffocated by her hardscrabble life in rural Georgia and dreams of becoming a professional chef. Lord knows her family could use a pot of something good. In...
- Location(s): London, Sheffield
- Genre(s): RomCom
- Era(s): Contemporary
Ruby’s life is about to change for ever… After years of dating losers, cheats and one guy who did something unrepeatable to her kettle, Ruby has all but given up on romance. But then a stranger sits next to...
- Location(s): The Cotswolds
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
Moving to Stagcote Manor was meant to be a fresh start for Lindy and her daughter Izzy. A chance at a new life in the Cotswolds after things went so wrong in London. But for Izzy it’s a prison...
- Location(s): Chester
- Genre(s): Fiction, Crime, Historical
- Era(s): 18th century
Destiny, prophecy and murder weave an intricate web in this beguiling historical mystery. Could a dark prophecy spell danger for Tabitha De Vallory and her unborn child? Cheshire. May Day, 1753. Tabitha De Vallory believes her life is perfect:...
- Location(s): New Mexico
- Genre(s): Young Adult, Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
A young girl comes of age in a cult-like, ultra religious community and must decide for herself what she thinks is right and how she wants her life to go.
- Location(s): Ghana
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Contemporary
A dazzling collection of stories, The Prophet of Zongo Street takes readers to a world that seamlessly blends African folklore and myths with modernity. Set primarily on Zongo Street, a fictitious community in West Africa, the stories — which...
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