Contemporary / Literary & Romantic Fiction 

With deep affection we’d like to invite you to enjoy our literary expressions of Romance. Here you will read about love and consequences throughout the ages. Whether it be the medieval age, some distant continent or times contemporary, love is always a passionate read.
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ROMANCE / HISTORICAL FICTION
When Affairs of the State Battle Affaires of the Heart, Ordinary People become Heroes! 
IT’S THE SPRING OF ‘76. For Elsa, her affair with Stanwell may well prove lethal, as she’s white and he’s black, and they dared to fall in love in apartheid South Africa. The terrified lovers are the prey in a deadly manhunt from the golden city of Johannesburg to the exotic but dangerous wilds of the African bushveld.  The Zebra Affaire is a thrilling fusion of romance and suspense—laced with rich South African history. The tension is palpable as the persecuted couple race against time and bigotry. Reviewers rave about this intimate, yet dangerous love story; that’s set against a canvas that is both vividly authentic and powerfully provocative. 
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ROMANCE / CONTEMPORARY
A Vital and Refreshing Read with Humor, Heart, Holidays and a Twist at the End.
As Cece approaches her 29th birthday, life takes an unexpected turn that throws the level-headed, disciplined, former ballerina into turmoil. After a chance encounter with an old rival who makes an unexpected request, Cece is forced to make a life-changing decision. With a broken heart and an unknown future, she returns to her hometown where she is lured back into the life she had escaped long ago, vowing never to return. Now, immersing herself in a production of The Nutcracker, she struggles to let go of the life she had dreamed of and the love she left behind.
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ROMANCE / MEDIEVAL FICTION
An Amazing Tale of Three Worlds Interwoven Together as Love Blossoms between Two Unlikely People. 
A 12th Century Irish woman sets out on the legendary voyage to America of Prince Madog of Wales. Aisling, a failed seer, stows away on the ship belonging to the Welsh prince, Madog, to be with her brother. After months at sea, she falls overboard during a storm and washes ashore on the American gulf coast. Caxna, a Tlingit trader and former shaman, finds her and reluctantly agrees to let her join him on a trading journey to the Mayan city of Xicallanca and later Etowah (modern Georgia), in the hopes she might find Madog and her brother. For Caxna the journey is a means to eventually free his clan. But Aisling changes everything.
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CONTEMPORARY WOMEN
An Emotional Tale of Marriage Pushed to the Brink, Explores the Limits of Love, Loyalty, and One Woman’s Self-worth.

Eva a young gentle African woman who immigrated to united-kingdom is in for a shock when she blindly falls in love with David, a man from Uganda. David is a man who practices domestic violence in his household. Eva must obey and submit, accept anything thrown at her which includes a controlling mother-in law and a sullen step-daughter, Eva isn’t living, she is surviving.  But when David beats her in front of their three year daughter, something inside Eva snaps and also realizes that David needs her more than she ever needed him.
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MULTICULTURAL/CONTEMPORARY WOMEN
Twisted friendships don't come with ground rules... 

Anna and Meera are two Asian women banished by their families for marrying for love. Years later when their paths cross, Anna is living life to the full as a wife, mother and teacher, while single parent Meera works as a professional escort, filling the gaps in her time with deception and blackmail. Persuading Anna into child minding her son Jack, Meera then leaves the railway station in disguise and disappears. 

As Meera’s absence lengthens, Jack’s disturbing behavior isn’t the only thing that worsens, because the cracks in Anna’s world, once papered over by a life of routine and sacrifice become visible and threatening. Discovering her conniving friend’s ugly secrets, Anna reassesses and reconnects with her own past. Then Jack goes missing and the truth becomes known amidst tragedy and new beginnings
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ROMANCE / MEDIEVAL FICTION
1150 in Provence, where love and marriage are as divided as Christian and Muslim.
A historical thriller set in Narbonne just after the Second Crusade. On the run from abuse, Estela wakes in a ditch with only her lute, her amazing voice, and a dagger hidden in her petticoats.

Weary of war, Dragonetz uses Jewish money and Moorish expertise to build that most modern of inventions, a papermill, arousing the wrath of the Church. Their enemies gather, ready to light the political and religious powder-keg of medieval Narbonne.
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ROMANCE / FANTASY
A Scifi, Fantasy, Romance, and Action Mix makes this Book Great for Everyone.
Chloe Rose discovers that not only is she a human but also a Danfian and a Sofayan...spirits from another planet. She must leave as her life is in danger. Chloe is being pursued as she is the one prophesied to destroy Ivan, the leader of Sofayans who control this world. Chloe is captured by Alexander, a Sofayan bounty hunter. She ignites a passion that laid dormant for centuries. And Chloe feels as if she has been cast under his spell. Will they stay loyal to their cause or their hearts?
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ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Love is Eternal, Crossing Countless Time Spans. Part of the Celtic Knot Series.
To escape recent betrayal and loss, Irish archaeology student, Bríd Ní Laoghaire seizes the chance to be a last minute replacement on a dig in a remote Chinese desert and discovers a dangerous secret that links her to an ancient past. 
An Alaskan Tlingit Indian, John Sheldon, leads the team, and their incredible discoveries arouse hostility in the Chinese officials sent to observe the dig. As more items are examined, Bríd begins to have startling visions that link her to the past which complicate the growing attraction between her and the emotionally troubled John. How could she be connected to a people that lived 3500 years ago? Meanwhile the Chinese officials’ hostility grows and unease among staff rises, all of which threaten to undermine the expedition and, eventually, John and Bríd’s lives. 
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ROMANCE / CONTEMPORARY
An intriguing and accomplished debut novel with that comparative rarity, a superb ending.
Helen Tanner lives alone and likes it that way. She runs her own business, spends evenings with friends, and tries to think as little as possible about the tragedy she has left behind. Until a dark-haired vet walks into her shop and into her life. Her first unpromising encounter with Llanelli vet Dai Evans turns into a tumultuous affair which brings about irrevocable changes for both of them. Dai becomes closer to his farming family, and helps them through the BSE crisis, while Helen is forced not only to consider a new future, but to face up to a troubled past.
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MULTICULTURAL/SHORT STORIES

Echoes Across The Water: Collection Of Indian Short Stories
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Past homes echo in the spaces of our present, wherever we may be, never quite leaving us... 

These seven short tales, diverse and eclectic, were originally written for an Indian audience, a collection of returning echoes from homes present to homes past.