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Uncle Ronald

Uncle Ronald
  • Author(s): Brian Doyle
  • Location(s): Ottawa
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 20th century

Old Mickey is one hundred and twelve years old. He can’t remember what he ate for lunch today, but he can remember every detail of what happened one hundred years ago, when he and his mother ran away from...

Uncommon Grounds

Uncommon Grounds
  • Author(s): Sandra Balzo
  • Location(s): Wisconsin
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

Patricia Harper is dead, killed by a hot-wired espresso machine, in Uncommon Grounds, her very own gourmet coffee store! Maggy Thorsen wants to know who killed one of her partners. Maggy needs the store to succeed. Starting over after...

Under a Crescent Moon: Stories of Arabia

Under a Crescent Moon: Stories of Arabia
  • Author(s): Julia Juwairiah Simpson-Urrutia
  • Location(s): Saudi Arabia
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Contemporary

It is exceedingly rare to find stories offering a portal into the exotic world of Saudi Arabia. Through exposé of life events touching eras past and present–weddings, daily duties, home-building, family excursion–the author produces the texture of a country...

Under a Croatian Sun

Under a Croatian Sun
  • Author(s): Anthony Stancomb
  • Location(s): Vis
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Have you ever dreamed about dumping everything and leaving the humdrum of urban living for a new life of blue skies, warm sunshine and sparkling seas? For Anthony and Ivana Stancomb, the decision to move from Fulham to Vis,...

Under A Dancing Star

Under A Dancing Star
  • Author(s): Laura Wood
  • Location(s): Italy
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): 1930s

In grey, 1930s England, Bea has grown up kicking against the conventions of the time, all the while knowing that she will one day have to marry someone her parents choose – someone rich enough to keep the family...

Under a Dark Star

Under a Dark Star
  • Author(s): Anna Faversham
  • Location(s): Isle of Wight
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 19th century

In 1823, on an island off the south coast of England, there are activities worse than smuggling and all the conflict points to one cruel and ruthless man. The women on the island call him the Dark Star. Reformed...

Under a Gilded Moon

Under a Gilded Moon
  • Author(s): Joy Jordan-Lake
  • Location(s): North Carolina, Bitmore Estate
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1895-96

“Crawdads meets the Crawleys…. Threaded through with a meticulously researched, well-crafted mystery, this is historical fiction at its best.” – Fiona Davis, nationally bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue From the bestselling author of A Tangled Mercy...

Under a Gilded Sky

Under a Gilded Sky
  • Author(s): Imogen Martin
  • Location(s): Missouri
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1870s

1874: In the wilds of Missouri, one woman’s struggle for survival takes an unexpected turn the day that an injured stranger arrives at her door. This unforgettable story shows the true resilience of a young woman’s spirit when faced...

Under a Greek Moon

Under a Greek Moon
  • Author(s): Carol Kirkwood
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary, looking back 20 years

She can escape Hollywood, but can she escape her past? A-list actress Shauna Jackson has the perfect life. Fame, fortune, marriage. Or so it seems. Running from a scandal, Shauna must return to the place that changed her life...

Under a Maltese Sky

Under a Maltese Sky
  • Author(s): Nicola Kearns
  • Location(s): Malta
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2

1 (The Malta Saga) Being caught up in war is not what Ana Mellor expects when she lands in Malta to join her Wing-Commander father. In the midst of horror and destruction, the courage and resilience of the Maltese...

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