2024 Culture Award
When U.S. Marshall Kate Swift enters a trauma-recovery workshop, she never expects to be caught up in a fiery romance and a violent crime wave.
When a supposed astrological mishap led to Priti symbolically marrying a coconut to remedy her struggles to find love, she embarked on a journey of self-discovery that launched her from her comfort zone and revealed her own needs and desires.
Glory Bishop reads novels, speaks her mind, & enjoys stolen kisses with JT; but at home, her strict mother will do anything to keep her from worldly temptations. When 27-year-old Malcolm in interested in Glory, with her mother's blessing, Glory must choose waiting for JT or freedom with Malcolm.
Mother's Beads tries to capture how traditions, politics and love influenced the lives of the women in the story both in positive and negative ways. How the struggle of one woman, continued to impact the lives of the successive generations.
A modern-day American soldier fighting to live as a civilian. A secret time-travel experiment gone wrong. Just like that, Blanca is back in a war.
Fifteen-year-old Mary ran away from an arranged marriage, but life’s circumstances forced her to come back home to the world she desperately tried to escape. Can she ever find the freedom and happiness she seeks?
IN THIS 2nd BOOK OF THE GLORY BISHOP SERIES, Glory finally breaks free of her mother's oppressive grasp. Against trusted advice, she chooses the protection of Malcolm, her controlling, much older, bad-boy-turned-minister fiancé. With this new reality, comes unexpected complications and temptations.
This is the story of a young boy growing up in the family home living with an uncle that molests him. The grandmother knew about the abuse but did nothing to stop it. The uncle eventually goes to prison for the same type of crime. Throughout his childhood, he is told that he apparently has “female”...
In this uplifting story about friendship, love, and growth, a thirty-three-year-old, emotionally-distant financial planner must untangle herself from a past that’s holding her back in order to move forward into the life that will set her free.
Radhika, a young, Ceylon tea plantation worker is sent to work at the house of Chasley Rannoch, a ruggedly handsome, Scottish, estate superintendent. Her infatuation for him results in the shocking arrival of a baby, leading to a spiral of events of misfortune, scandal, intrigue and A Heritage Lost.
A beautiful story of imagination and culture. This book highlights Indigenous life while providing a contemporary story any child would love. The hidden messaging throughout the book encourages learning about Native American Causes. An amazing story of adventure and the power of place.
In this heartwarming, and inspiring autobiographical story collection, the author bares all that is candid and revealing as well as shares his hard-won wisdom and insights.
An American teen travels to her father's homeland, searching for answers about his death, and uncovers a secret that puts her in the crosshairs of a crime boss.
