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Bad Habit

Bad Habit
  • Author(s): Alana S Portero
  • Location(s): Madrid
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Coming of Age
  • Era(s): 1980s

Beautifully written and told in an irresistible voice, Bad Habit is a powerfully moving coming-of-age novel following a young trans woman in 1980s Madrid. An unnamed young trans woman grows up in a working-class suburb that has no place...

Barcelona Shadows

Barcelona Shadows
  • Author(s): Marc Pastor, Mara Faye Lethem (Translator)
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 20th Century

CSI meets Jack the Ripper in early 20th century Barcelona: captivating, scary and genre-breaking. In 1917, Barcelona’s infamous Raval district is alive with outlandish rumours. A monster is abducting and murdering young children. The police are either powerless to...

Barcelona Tales

Barcelona Tales
  • Author(s): Helen Constantine, Peter Bush
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Across the Centuries

Barcelona is one of the most visited cities in Europe, a multilingual capital of an autonomous region that longs to be independent of Spain. The city is famous for its painters, modernist architecture, style of football, and its history,...

Barcelona, Block by Block

Barcelona, Block by Block
  • Author(s): Cierra Block
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

For anyone who loves Barcelona-whether you’re a first-time tourist or a lifetime local-this is the book for you. From museums and markets to bakeries and boutiques, artist Cierra Block unlocks the secrets of the city in Barcelona Block by...

Benidorm, actually

Benidorm, actually
  • Author(s): Jo Lyons
  • Location(s): Benidorm
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

“Ladies and Gentlemen, we will shortly be arriving in Alicante, please ensure your big lips and heavy eyebrows are securely fastened, your eyelashes are stowed in the upright position and your leg tattoos are clearly visible for landing.” Connie...

Betrayed

Betrayed
  • Author(s): N S Brooks
  • Location(s): British Virgin Islands, London, Mallorca, Scottish Highlands
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A London lawyer is under suspicion from both the police and SO15 for two murders and running a business of supplying arms to terrorists. He cannot trust anyone. He becomes a target, caught between an Eastern European gang of...

Beyond Imagination

Beyond Imagination
  • Author(s): Craig Briggs
  • Location(s): Galicia
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

Craig Briggs’s bestselling Journey to a Dream told the true-life story of his dream move to Spain with wife Melanie and their dog Jazz. Not for them the tourist-packed Costas of the Mediterranean or the hills of Andalucia; they...

Birdcatcher

Birdcatcher
  • Author(s): Gayl Jones
  • Location(s): Ibiza
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘I am living on the white-washed island of Ibiza with my friend Catherine Shuger, a sculptor who has been declared legally insane, and her husband, Ernest. Standing on the terrace, sheltered in the smell of oranges and eucalyptus, washed...

Blackbirds Baked In A Pie

Blackbirds Baked In A Pie
  • Author(s): Eugene Barter
  • Location(s): The Pyrenees, The Pyrenees (Catalonia)
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Food and Drink

At age 60 Eugene Barter, along with her sister and brother-in-law, moved to a house in the foothills of the Pyrenees to start an auberge. This is the story of her experiences. Humorous and often self-mocking, always gentle and...

Blood Libel

Blood Libel
  • Author(s): Michael Lynes
  • Location(s): Granada
  • Genre(s): Historical, Crime
  • Era(s): 1495

Immensely gripping and suspenseful’ Sophie Hannah, New York Times Bestseller 1495 Seville,Andalusia. Can Isaac find the real killer to save his best friend from execution? The Inquisition is determined to execute heretics like Isaac – those who practice Judaism...

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