Lost Love with Whisper Small Caribbean Kisses is a passionate and captivating romance novel that transports readers to the enchanting shores of the Caribbean. Set against a backdrop of azure blue waters, sun-kissed beaches, and whispering palm trees, this tale of lost love and rekindled passion will sweep you away on an unforgettable journey. In this story, we meet the two protagonists, Ava and Sebastian, whose lives intertwine in the most unexpected way. Ava, a free-spirited artist seeking inspiration, finds herself on a remote Caribbean island, yearning for a fresh start and an escape from her troubled past. Sebastian, a successful entrepreneur burdened by his own regrets, seeks solace and tranquility in the serene beauty of the Caribbean. Their paths cross on a moonlit night, where a chance encounter sparks an undeniable connection. From the moment their eyes meet, their hearts recognize a kindred spirit, and their souls are drawn to one another like magnets. As they explore the island paradise together, their bond deepens, and whispers of passion and desire fill the air. But both Ava and Sebastian carry the weight of lost love and painful memories. Can they let go of the past and embrace the present, opening their hearts to the possibility of a future together? Or will the ghosts of their pasts keep them forever apart? Throughout the pages of this book, you will be immersed in a world of romance, sensuality, and self-discovery. As Ava and Sebastian navigate the intricacies of their relationship, they will face challenges, make sacrifices, and embark on a transformative journey of love and healing. With vivid descriptions that bring the Caribbean landscape to life, readers will find themselves transported to white sandy beaches, lush rainforests, and vibrant local communities. The scents of tropical flowers, the warmth of the sun on their skin, and the gentle whispers of the Caribbean breeze will envelop them as you delve into the story of Ava and Sebastian.

Caribbean Kiss is a love story, set in the beautiful Caribbean Islands. Amanda, a wealthy young widow, is struggling to become herself in a world where men have questionable, if not downright lascivious motives. Her dilemma is expressed to the reader through the eyes of a young man, Stacy Biddle. He is confused by her dramatic mood swings, and sees her at one moment as bright and beautiful then later as an alcoholic sniveling wimp. Amanda's suicide attempt haunts the story with speculations as to the cause: Did she murder her husband? Was she abused by her dead husband's cousin? Why would a wealthy young woman want to die? Stacy wants adventure on the high seas, but is plagued by his own physical drives. He is seduced by a greedy young woman, Melissa, who wants to marry rich. But, since he is an eligible bachelor, everyone jumps to the conclusion that he is the solution to Amanda's problem, and he soon finds himself in a position to fool the local judge and save her wealth from her dead husbandOs cousin by agreeing to a non-intimate marriage. The story takes readers to the lush Caribbean Island of St. Lucia and walks them on the sandy beaches, swims them in the warm waters, and basks them beneath blue skies where cruise ships and jet planes help thousands of tourists flee the grasp of snow and ice in northern climes. Amanda's stream of consciousness is denied the reader in order to conceal the real tragedy that is gnawing at her soul. Her problem is revealed in the climax when she confesses the abuse she suffered while married to her psychopathic husband who was lost at sea under questionable circumstances. When Amanda falls overboard in a hurricane, Stacy discovers it is she he loves, not the greedy Melissa. Amanda survives but everyone back home thinks she drowned. Several readers said they saw the sandy beaches, heard the palm trees whispering in the wind and felt the warmth of the tropical sun. One said Amanda's dramatic mood swings will win an Oscar.

Murder: Live and in Technicolor Working undercover gives FBI Art Crime Team agent Jason West the illusion that he’s safe from his stalker, Dr. Jeremy Kyser. Though film history and preservation are not Jason’s area of expertise, he’s intrigued by the case of a well-connected UCLA film studies professor whose family believes she may have been murdered after discovering a legendary lost 1950s PI film. Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, BAU Chief Sam Kennedy gets disturbing news: the Roadside Ripper, the serial killer Sam believes murdered his college boyfriend, may not have been working alone.

Recipient of the 2014 American Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Foundation Award A major debut from an award-winning writer—an epic family saga set against the magic and the rhythms of the Virgin Islands. In the early 1900s, the Virgin Islands are transferred from Danish to American rule, and an important ship sinks into the Caribbean Sea. Orphaned by the shipwreck are two sisters and their half brother, now faced with an uncertain identity and future. Each of them is unusually beautiful, and each is in possession of a particular magic that will either sink or save them. Chronicling three generations of an island family from 1916 to the 1970s, Land of Love and Drowning is a novel of love and magic, set against the emergence of Saint Thomas into the modern world. Uniquely imagined, with echoes of Toni Morrison, Gabriel García Márquez, and the author’s own Caribbean family history, the story is told in a language and rhythm that evoke an entire world and way of life and love. Following the Bradshaw family through sixty years of fathers and daughters, mothers and sons, love affairs, curses, magical gifts, loyalties, births, deaths, and triumphs, Land of Love and Drowning is a gorgeous, vibrant debut by an exciting, prizewinning young writer.

"Lanie Price, a 1920s Harlem society columnist, witnesses the brutal nightclub kidnapping of the "Black Orchid," a sultry, seductive singer with a mysterious past. When hours pass without a word from the kidnapper, puzzlement grows as to his motive. After a gruesome package arrives at Price's doorstep, the questions change. Just what does the kidnapper want--and how many people is he willing to kill to get it?" -- Publisher.

SPECIAL PREVIEW! In this stunning debut, legends collide with reality when a boy is swept into the magical, dangerous world of a girl filled with poison. Everyone knows the legends about the cursed girl--Isabel, the one the senoras whisper about. They say she has green skin and grass for hair, and she feeds on the poisonous plants that fill her family’s Caribbean island garden. Some say she can grant wishes; some say her touch can kill. Seventeen-year-old Lucas lives on the mainland most of the year but spends summers with his hotel-developer father in Puerto Rico. He’s grown up hearing stories about the cursed girl, and he wants to believe in Isabel and her magic. When letters from Isabel begin mysteriously appearing in his room the same day his new girlfriend disappears, Lucas turns to Isabel for answers--and finds himself lured into her strange and enchanted world. But time is running out for the girl filled with poison, and the more entangled Lucas becomes with Isabel, the less certain he is of escaping with his own life. A Fierce and Subtle Poison beautifully blends magical realism with a page-turning mystery and a dark, starcrossed romance--all delivered in lush, urgent prose. “A breathtaking story in which myths come to frightening life and buried wishes might actually come true. This is a hypnotic debut by a remarkable talent.” —Nova Ren Suma, author of The Walls Around Us and Imaginary Girls

The two-time Caldecott Honor artist shares “a sumptuously illustrated fable about the magic of storytelling and the power of imagination” (School Library Journal, starred review). When a little girl receives a curious book filled only with pictures, a whisper urges her to supply the words she cannot see. As the pages turn, her imagination takes flight and she discovers that the greatest storyteller of all might come from within. Pamela Zagarenski’s debut as an author reminds us that we each bring something different to the same book. "Surreal, staggering mixed-media paintings make traveling across such beautifully varied and bizarre storyscapes exhilarating."—Kirkus, starred review

Vivian Gornick’s Fierce Attachments—hailed by the New York Times for the renowned feminist author’s “mesmerizing, thrilling” truths within its pages—has been selected by the publication’s book critics as the #1 Best Memoir of the Past 50 Years. In this deeply etched and haunting memoir, Vivian Gornick tells the story of her lifelong battle with her mother for independence. There have been numerous books about mother and daughter, but none has dealt with this closest of filial relations as directly or as ruthlessly. Gornick’s groundbreaking book confronts what Edna O’Brien has called “the principal crux of female despair”: the unacknowledged Oedipal nature of the mother-daughter bond. Born and raised in the Bronx, the daughter of “urban peasants,” Gornick grows up in a household dominated by her intelligent but uneducated mother’s romantic depression over the early death of her husband. Next door lives Nettie, an attractive widow whose calculating sensuality appeals greatly to Vivian. These women with their opposing models of femininity continue, well into adulthood, to affect Gornick’s struggle to find herself in love and in work. As Gornick walks with her aged mother through the streets of New York, arguing and remembering the past, each wins the reader’s admiration: the caustic and clear-thinking daughter, for her courage and tenacity in really talking to her mother about the most basic issues of their lives, and the still powerful and intuitively-wise old woman, who again and again proves herself her daughter’s mother. Unsparing, deeply courageous, Fierce Attachments is one of the most remarkable documents of family feeling that has been written, a classic that helped start the memoir boom and remains one of the most moving examples of the genre. “[Gornick] stares unflinchingly at all that is hidden, difficult, strange, unresolvable in herself and others—at loneliness, sexual malice and the devouring, claustral closeness of mothers and daughters...[Fierce Attachments is] a portrait of the artist as she finds a language—original, allergic to euphemism and therapeutic banalities—worthy of the women that raised her.”—The New York Times

A Coretta Scott King Honor Book Told in two distinct and irresistible voices, Junauda Petrus's bold and lyrical debut is the story of two black girls from very different backgrounds finding love and happiness in a world that seems determined to deny them both. Port of Spain, Trinidad. Sixteen-year-old Audre is despondent, having just found out she's going to be sent to live in America with her father because her strictly religious mother caught her with her secret girlfriend, the pastor's daughter. Audre's grandmother Queenie (a former dancer who drives a white convertible Cadillac and who has a few secrets of her own) tries to reassure her granddaughter that she won't lose her roots, not even in some place called Minneapolis. "America have dey spirits too, believe me," she tells Audre. Minneapolis, USA. Sixteen-year-old Mabel is lying on her bed, staring at the ceiling and trying to figure out why she feels the way she feels--about her ex Terrell, about her girl Jada and that moment they had in the woods, and about the vague feeling of illness that's plagued her all summer. Mabel's reverie is cut short when her father announces that his best friend and his just-arrived-from-Trinidad daughter are coming for dinner. Mabel quickly falls hard for Audre and is determined to take care of her as she tries to navigate an American high school. But their romance takes a turn when test results reveal exactly why Mabel has been feeling low-key sick all summer and suddenly it's Audre who is caring for Mabel as she faces a deeply uncertain future. Junauda Petrus's debut brilliantly captures the distinctly lush and lyrical voices of Mabel and Audre as they conjure a love that is stronger than hatred, prison, and death and as vast as the blackness between the stars.