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Rory & Chloé: A Dublin Love Story

Rory & Chloé: A Dublin Love Story
  • Author(s): Amelia Doyle
  • Location(s): Dublin, London
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Chloé Amiya Kapoor and Rory McCarthy spent all their childhood summers with Chloé’s aunt Élodie and her wife Saoirse (Rory’s godmother) in beautiful Dublin. Chloé in Mumbai and Rory in London are both astonished when, almost a year after...

Ruin: A Novel Of Fly Fishing In Bankruptcy

Ruin: A Novel Of Fly Fishing In Bankruptcy
  • Author(s): Leigh Seippel
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC), The Hudson Valley
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Ruin is a thoroughly engrossing novel about a young couple’s struggle back from financial catastrophe that so many of us dread. Having fled their urban life, they begin to build a new life together in a rural setting, far...

Run to the Blue

Run to the Blue
  • Author(s): P N Johnson
  • Location(s): London, Paxos
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Mystery, Romance
  • Era(s): Present

“Breaking News! Top TV reporter Tess Anderson is missing…she was last seen in the Greek Islands with a mysterious American yachtsman…more follows!” It was supposed to be the best day of her career, the day when she was the...

Sacred Mounds – A Historical Fantasy

Sacred Mounds – A Historical Fantasy
  • Author(s): Jim Metzner
  • Location(s): Mississippi, Natchez, The Hudson Valley
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fantasy
  • Era(s): 17th century and present day

Cyclonic hordes of insects, a telepathic despot, body-swapping sex – just a few of the surprises Salvador Samuels encounters when he’s swept back to pre-colonial times, walking in the moccasins of a blind Indian – who in turn has...

Salt Water and Spear Tips

Salt Water and Spear Tips
  • Author(s): Thor F Jensen
  • Location(s): Papua New Guinea
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): 2016

A Danish filmmaker, under the apprenticeship of three Papua New Guinean master sailors, set off from Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, on the 30th of August 2016 on a world-record circumnavigation of the island of New Guinea in a...

Salzburg: City of Culture

Salzburg: City of Culture
  • Author(s): Hubert Nowak, Peter Lewis (Translator)
  • Location(s): Salzburg
  • Genre(s): In Translation, Literary Travel
  • Era(s): Various

Situated in the shadow of the Eastern Alps, Salzburg is known for its majestic baroque architecture, music, cathedrals, gardens. The city grew in power and wealth as the seat of prince-bishops, found international fame as the birthplace of the...

Sandwich

Sandwich
  • Author(s): Catherine Newman
  • Location(s): Cape Cod
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

One week in Cape Cod. The perfect family holiday. What could possibly go wrong…? For the past two decades, Rocky has looked forward to her family’s yearly escape to Cape Cod. Their rustic beach-town rental has been the site...

Sapphire (Working Girls #5)

Sapphire (Working Girls #5)
  • Author(s): Heather Burnside
  • Location(s): Manchester
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Two sisters alone Sophie and Kelsey have always had each other. When their mum is diagnosed with cancer and their dad fails to step up, they’re forced to move into the care system. But Sophie knows they’ll be okay...

Saving Rome

Saving Rome
  • Author(s): Megan Williams
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): 2000s

Amid the bustle of Rome, the Vespas and the Fiats, the cigarettes and teetering high heals, Megan K Williams, a Rome-based writer and correspondent, captures the essence of this bustling city. This is an insider’s eye on the love,...

Sealskin

Sealskin
  • Author(s): Su Bristow
  • Location(s): The Hebrides
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

What happens when magic collides with reality?Donald is a young fisherman, eking out a lonely living on the west coast of Scotland. One night he witnesses something miraculous …and makes a terrible mistake. His action changes lives – not...

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