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Crazy About You

Crazy About You
  • Author(s): Katie O'Sullivan
  • Location(s): Provincetown
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): present day

Climate scientist Chase Anderson races from one project to the next, unwilling to slow down in his quest to save the world’s oceans. He has no time for family or relationships until he crashes into an impetuous blonde with...

Staking A Claim

Staking A Claim
  • Author(s): Devon McKay
  • Location(s): Alaska
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): present time

For most people, seeing Alaska is a dream come true. For Miami Beach resident, Samantha Held, it is merely a job assignment. An advertisement for vacationing in Alaska is one step closer to achieving her career goal, partnership in...

Arbitrage

Arbitrage
  • Author(s): Colette Kebell
  • Location(s): London, Brighton, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Suspense, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1980s to present

Ryan Logan thinks he has it all… A young attorney specialising in finance and tax law, Logan has earned an impressive reputation and commands a hefty fee for his services. But when he advises his corporate employers against a...

Breaking the Rules

Breaking the Rules
  • Author(s): Katie O'Sullivan
  • Location(s): Chatham
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): present day

Jake Campbell hates rules. Undercover to stop a drug ring at a posh Cape Cod resort, he can’t resist the fiery head chef, Abbie Duncan. She may be on the suspect list, but he can’t keep his hands to...

Bending the Rules

Bending the Rules
  • Author(s): Katie O'Sullivan
  • Location(s): Chatham, Cape Cod
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Present day

Investment analyst Dylan MacDonald has been away from Cape Cod so long it no longer feels like home, despite deep roots and a large extended family. After a routine assignment in Africa becomes life or death, the former workaholic...

On My Way to the Lilikoi Tree

On My Way to the Lilikoi Tree
  • Author(s): Jonna Amato-Ocampo
  • Location(s): Oahu
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Present day

On My Way to the Lilikoi Tree is a story that takes place on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. This island is known as “The Gathering Place” where Fluffy Fluff (the rabbit) meets Honu (the turtle), Hula-Hula (the bear),...

The Shaman of Turtle Valley

The Shaman of Turtle Valley
  • Location(s): Virginia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

The author of the award-winning What the Zhang Boys Know ( …utterly beautiful and unforgettable Kevin Wilson, author of The Family Fang) now gives us a heart-rending first novel about love, displacement, and the powerful ghosts that haunt so...

The Editor

The Editor
  • Author(s): Steven Rowley
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s

A poignant, highly original novel about an author whose relationship with his very famous book editor will change him forever… fter years of struggling as a writer in 1990s New York City, James Smale finally gets his big break...

The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds

The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
  • Author(s): Caroline Van Hemert
  • Location(s): Alaska, Arctic
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Contemporary

For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist’s human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure. During graduate school, as she conducted experiments on the peculiarly...

Kings of the Yukon

Kings of the Yukon
  • Author(s): Adam Weymouth
  • Location(s): Canada, Alaska
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

**Winner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2018 and the Lonely Planet Adventure Travel Book of the Year 2019** ‘Weymouth combines acute political, personal and ecological understanding, with the most beautiful writing reminiscent of a...

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