Narrative theme: Sense of place Books

Eight seconds to glory. One second to lose it all.Bowen Barclay lived to ride bulls - until his single-minded focus cost his wife her life. Four years on, raising his son alone is the only thing he’s getting right. His rodeo career is going down in...

“What joys, what celebrations, and what tributes await the reader of Jose Hernandez Diaz’s Portrait of the Artist as a Brown Man.”—Iliana Rocha, author of The Many Deaths of Inocencio RodriguezThis collection consists of odes to...

"Lisboa em camisa" by Gervásio Lobato offers a vivid snapshot of 19th-century Lisbon. Through sharp observation and compelling narrative, Lobato captures the essence of city life, exploring the social dynamics and cultural nuances of the era. This...

<b>A literary journey beckons them . . . and may profoundly rewrite their stories. <br/></b><br/>Chloe Vance, dreamer of the family, needs to tell her pragmatic mom, Edie, that she has accepted a low-paying art instructor role at...

Escape to Cape Cod with the Wilsons-a family haunted by secrets and bound by blood. Step into the world of Lily Wilson, a woman on the brink of unraveling the enigma that was her mother, Kelly. Forty-four years after a whirlwind romance whisked Kelly...

Belinda Johnson is floored when the jerk who divorced her because she put on weight asks her to design a wedding cake for him and his new fiancée... the woman he cheated on her with.When her friends at the bakery suggest she volunteer to chaperone her...

Suzie Wilson and Calhoun Walters have lived in Falmouth their entire lives but never met-until now. The infamous McIntyre property needs a makeover for a big sale, forcing Suzie, a determined real estate agent, and Calhoun, a dedicated contractor, to...

A murdered deputy. A sheriff's office full of secrets. A town where nothing adds up.When Dominion County Sheriff's Captain Ron Neff is called to a remote crime scene in the Oregon high desert, he finds his colleague, Deputy Bill Baker, shot dead. But the...

Three stories about redemption, the burden of urban survival, and a man and a woman with secrets, and the truth is somewhere in between. What do you really know about your neighbor's professional life?

Is dating after divorce really as hard as they say? Well, Beth is once bitten, twice shy! When forty-five-year-old Beth Martincatches her husband Chris cheating on her with her good friend and next-door neighbour Candy, that's the moment her marriage,...

They were supposed to be a one night stand. Now he's got three months to convince her to stay.New Year's Eve in New Orleans is the perfect getaway for Charlie Jones after a disastrous relationship with a coworker who turned out to be married derailed her...

A picturesque island. A shocking murder. A secret that could destroy everything.It's 1980, a time of peace and tranquility on a legendary island off the coast of New England. Inhabiting the island is a vibrant cast of locals that includes scallopers,...

Lovers Own the Silence is a haunting, slow-burn novel about secrets that refuse to stay buried, the seductive pull of power, and the quiet resilience of a woman on the edge of reinvention.When a wealthy executive dies suddenly, single mother Grace Duffy...

ROWANImagine coming into the town pub with my crew, dirty and exhausted, only to walk right into my biggest regret. The twin sister of my lost best friend and the one who got away. I haven't seen Violette Taylor in years but I haven't forgotten her...

From Me to Me is a deeply personal collection of poetry that traces one woman's journey through heartbreak, healing, and homecoming. Written by Belen Lopez Exertier, this debut book is a love letter to the homes we leave behind-and the ones we build...

First in a new series.Twelve years ago, the Jessup family up and left their home in the Atlanta suburbs for the small mountain town of Chancey, Georgia. Carolina had sworn she'd never live in a small town again, and yet there she was, with teenagers and...

Three unexpected aunts. Two last-chance dogs. One aspiring songwriter determined to become more interesting.After inheriting millions, introverted Allison Theodore purchases an island home in the Pacific Northwest, adopts two dogs, and pursues her most...

"Sahrasub," the third volume in the trilogy Wonders of Memory, consists of one hundred pieces composed from Azar 1400 to Dey 1401 in the Iranian calendar (December 2021 to January 2023). We know that Sahrasub is a form of Persian poetry. As defined by...

Their wedding day looms, Daniel Starr and Betty Rage are soon to wed, but within two days of their wedding the end of the world is upon them. They have a job to do, save as many lives as they can. All they have is their love for one another and...

The BRAND-NEW page-turner from the #1, multi-million copy Bestselling Author Shari LowOn a cold winter's day, a storm is brewing in the village of Weirbridge...Georgie Dern has the chance to swap her empty nest for the job of a lifetime in Los Angeles...

In 19th-century Charleston, a Catholic priest grapples with his secret African ancestry and his love for a slaveholder's wife.Joseph Lazare grows up believing his black hair and olive skin come from a Spanish grandmother, and he's shocked to learn she...

"Ralph Ellis delights the reader with engaging characters, a suspenseful plot, and laugh-out-loud humor." -Kim McCollum, author of What Happens in MontanaIt's the summer of 1974, and Woodward and Bernstein have vanquished Nixon from the White House. In a...

"[A] gorgeously written, emotionally resonant novel that layers generational trauma, buried truths, and the unpredictable alchemy of love and loss into a narrative as majestic and perilous as the Farangotta Valley in which it is set." -San Diego Book...

AWARD-WINNING POET • AUTHOR OF ELEVEN POETRY COLLECTIONS • FORMER POET LAUREATE OF NEW ZEALAND • David Eggleton explores the voices of New Zealand, Australia, and Polynesia in his latest collection, LIFTING THE ISLAND"This is vital, elastic,...

She hates his denim jeans. He hates her button nose.When Millie Adams steps off the bus in Braggan Valley with two suitcases and a backpack full of daddy issues, finding love is the last thing on her mind. She's here for a fresh start in the mountains-a...

If you found something of high value, with no legal owner, would you hand it in to the police? Try to identify the owner? Or secretly keep your find...?

Charlie Tanner has spent nearly half her life at an agricultural commune called Anam Cara in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. After dropping out of college and severing ties with her family, she followed the man she believed to be the love of her life, James...

He's a grumpy single dad hiding from his past. Then a fearless stuntwoman crashes into his world.Gennie Rivers lives for the thrill, both on and off set. But her wildest stunt yet might be taking that gig on a film set in Scotland - a chance to boost her...

Some wounds require more than time to heal...When therapist Luna Mason uses her grandmother's inheritance to build a wellness center in coastal Seagrove, she's determined to create a haven for healing minds and bodies. At Serenity, she offers a sanctuary...

Sleeping in the Daytime is the first of three novellas that chronicle the deterioration of a Gen X punk growing up in the 1980s and 1990s in the Pacific Northwest. Jack is the byproduct of the music scene and accompanying drug culture present at the time...

"Songs From the Ozarks and Other Poems" by J.M. Hickman offers a collection of evocative verses inspired by the landscapes and life of the Ozark region. These poems capture the essence of rural America, exploring themes of nature, community, and the...

Driven by the unguaranteed nature of life, the author's poetry bursts with the urgency to understand, the hunger to explore and to attack what prevents us from having full lives. The first book of poetry by Beau Sia in over 13 years, this work is the...

The most visible threat to humanity isn't always the most dangerous.Crover Island, a small land mass just past Inverness, is inhabited by toughened Scots who have lived and fished there for generations. University student Tim Kempson arrives on the...

Ophelia has built a walled life of comfort and solitude in her teahouse. As a talented herbalist and baker, she's devoted her life to her passions, carefully crafting a shield of delicate pastries and teacups to protect her from the dangers of love and...

Told in dual timelines, Forever Blackbirds traverses protagonist Marta Gottlieb's escape from 1914 Russia to her tribulations in rural North Dakota during WWII. Young Marta, now in her mid-forties, begins to question her evangelical faith in...

In these four interconnected tales, residents of a rural Illinois lake town in the 1950s move through deep love, loneliness, great joy and the mystical, as they discover the truths that linger just below the surface of everyday lives. A farm...

Ride along on a journey through the wild and wondrous backwoods of the Canadian prairies, where the possibilities are as endless as the horizon, where the pavement turns to sand...A golf pro claims he was abducted by aliens before the big local...

These stories of small-town life in the American South evoke a sense of pleasant, polite community, with some blessed by strong family ties. But beneath the surface, these tales-some comic, some dark, and some both-reveal the secrets and resentments that...

He doesn't believe in love.She's a romantic at heart.He's her sworn enemy...and her new boss.Preston Steele is a buttoned up, Ivy League lawyer from an affluent prominent Boston family.He ditches the city life and moves to small town Freedom Valley to...

Edited by Mark Lipman (Venice, CA) and Anna Lombardo (Venice, IT), with cover art by Alessandra Drigo.Venice, CA poets: Will Alexander, Iris Berry, Rich Ferguson, S.A. Griffin, Susan Hayden, Ellyn Maybe, Richard Modiano, Bill Mohr, Harry E. Northup, Pam...

IN THE SHADOW OF THE PLAGUE is an environmental and family saga set in the Eugene area of Western Oregon. Delbert Killian is a hardy, opinionated, builder and landlord of seventy years who has a bisexual girlfriend half his age, is in the middle of...

For nearly four hundred years, Bay Bulls, Newfoundland, Canada, has been the home of European fishermen. In the late twentieth century, when this story is set, it is populated mainly by Irish Catholics.The Roman Catholic Church is the mainstay of the...

The Secrets of Pottery - A Guide for Beginners and Lovers of Traditional CraftsPottery is one of the oldest crafts of humankind - an art where earth, water, and hands come together to create something meaningful. The Secrets of Pottery is an illustrated...

In the electric haze of Biloxi's StarWinder casino, where neon lights pulse like a heartbeat and secrets simmer beneath the surface, cocktail waitress Lindsey Carter is a woman on the edge. Her best friend, Dana, has vanished without a trace, and Lindsey...