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It Would Be Night in Caracas

It Would Be Night in Caracas
  • Author(s): Karina Sainz Borgo
  • Location(s): Venezuela, Caracas
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

An urgent literary phenomenon sold in over 22 languages before publication, a gripping tale of one woman’s desperate battle to survive the dangerous, sometimes deadly, turbulence of modern Venezuela. In Caracas, Venezuela, Adelaida Falcon stands over an open grave....

It’s not love, It’s just Paris

It’s not love, It’s just Paris
  • Author(s): Patricia Engel
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Lita finds herself in Paris to continue her education. New money versus old money and love! Lita is an outsider from an originally poor background who is trying to find her way in.

Italian Ice

Italian Ice
  • Author(s): E M Lynley
  • Location(s): Aeolian Islands
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Sequel to Rarer than Rubies Precious Gems: Book Two In this exciting sequel to Rarer Than Rubies, gay romance author Trent Copeland and former FBI agent Reed Action head to Italy for a Roman holiday. What should be a...

Ivan and Misha

Ivan and Misha
  • Author(s): MIchael Alenyikov
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Modern

In “Ivan and Misha”, Michael Alenyikov portrays the complexities of love, sexuality, and the bonds of family with boldness and lyric sensitivity. As the Soviet Union collapses, two young brothers are whisked away from Kiev by their father to...

Jacaranda Wife

Jacaranda Wife
  • Author(s): Kendra Smith
  • Location(s): Sydney
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

When a double dip recession hits along with a tax bill, most people tighten their belts, cancel the summer holiday and look for the two-for-one offers. But not Katie Parkes. The home-loving mother of two from London finds herself...

Jack Maggs

Jack Maggs
  • Author(s): Peter Carey
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1830s

Jack Maggs, raised and deported as a criminal, has returned from Australia, in secret and at great risk. What does he want after all these years, and why is he so interested in the comings and goings at a...

Jack of Hearts

Jack of Hearts
  • Author(s): Robin F Gainey
  • Location(s): Italy, Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction

Jack of Hearts is a novel of literary fiction told from the point of view of a small, aristocratic dog named Shimoni. This imaginative first novel explores themes of fidelity and honor and offers a fresh perspective of Italian...

Jackdaw Summer

Jackdaw Summer
  • Author(s): David Almond
  • Location(s): Northumberland
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Modern

A long hot summer – A wild boy – An abandoned baby – An act of violence Every summer Liam and Max roam the wild countryside of Northumberland – but this year things are different. One hot summer’s day...

Jackdaws

Jackdaws
  • Author(s): Ken Follett
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
  • Era(s): End of WW2

Two weeks before D-Day, the French Resistance attacks a chateau containing a telephone exchange vital to German communications – but the building is heavily guarded and the attack fails disastrously. Flick Clairet, a young British secret agent, proposes a...

Jade Lady Burning

Jade Lady Burning
  • Author(s): Martin Limon
  • Location(s): Seoul
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): 1970s

Seemingly set in Seoul, in the 1970s, Limon’s debut is a highly enjoyable procedural story, about two US army officer who are investigating the murder of a prostiute.

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