Modern Fiction

Combining the haunting power of Toni Morrison's Beloved with the evocative atmosphere of Phillippa Gregory's A Respectable Trade, Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa's groundbreaking novel illuminates a little discussed aspect of history-the Puerto Rican Atlantic Slave Trade-witnessed through the experiences of Pola, an African captive used as a breeder to bear more slaves. A Woman of Endurance, set in nineteenth-century Puerto Rican plantation society, follows Pola, a deeply spiritual African woman who is

It is October 1966 and William Lavery is having the night of his life at his first black-tie do. It will be his first job as an embalmer, and it will be one he never forgets. His work that night will force him to think about the little boy he was, and the losses he has worked so hard to forget.

Telling tales from a small world; an eclectic, compilation of short stories from some of the more eclectic corners of the globe. Sixty-one heartfelt sketches often laced with longing.

Contemporary story about climate change activism based upon video game that takes on unplanned level of intelligence, resulting in intrigue, murder, and even a romantic relationship between the two young developers.

This novel follows the lives of three women through the decades from the twenties to the turn of the century and explores the changes that have occurred in both the expectations and experiences of women during these decades. There is Alice, a fun-loving flapper of the twenties, who marries Robert during the Depression years. She faces the difficulties of feeding and clothing her growing family during the years of war and resultant rationing but basically is happy in her life's role as a wife a

Abandoned by God is a tale of love, passion, and desperation during the Russian Revolution.

Anna Parrish and Ruby Smith have been intimate friends from childhood. Anna is blonde, coolly interrogative, more traditionally beautiful and, in subtle senses, dominant. Ruby is dark-haired, more impulsive, less classically attractive and, in small but important ways, allows Anna to lead. Now young women, they plan a rendezvous at an artists' workshop in the country in central France. In the charged world as the sixties turn into the seventies, their lives are full of sensual imagining, th

"PERFECT WHODUNIT. LIKEABLE CHARACTERS AND GREAT PLOT TWISTS... ANOTHER MUST READ!" -Debra H. Goldstein, Author of the Sarah Blair mysteries The season of Epiphany is in full swing at Gwenafwy Abbey when ten new nuns from a convent in Los Angeles join the community of Anglican sisters in Wales. They bring energy, youthful enthusiasm, and more electronic equipment than Sister Agatha could have imagined. The arrival of the new nuns brings something else to the Abbey-a bit of unexpected notor

A View from the Borderline is a collection of short fiction that runs the gamut from dark and gritty satire, to sweet and serious love.

When Hektor's educational dreams are thwarted by familial attitudes in the aftermath of World War II, he pursues a career in retailing and merchandising. Purely by chance, he meets Werner von Unselm, a long-forgotten friend of his mother who immigrated to the United States in the 1920s. A year later, Hektor crosses the Atlantic, leaving his first love, Doretta, and his family behind in Germany. While not expecting the streets of America to be paved with gold, he is dreaming of making adventurou

Revised edition of the classic nineteeenth-century edition of G.F. Townsend's translation of 300 of Aesop's Fables with fifty illustrations by Harrison Weir, and a Preface and Introduction by Susie Moore.

Wasp in the Fig Tree, the compelling story of young Isabel and her Texas clan, is rich in literary flair. The characters, setting, and plot have incredible depth, resonance, and vibrancy in this tale of family and friendship that explores the complex cultures, prejudices, and history of South Texas.