In his book True Love is not Common, author Peter Silwamba chronicles events that show how friendships can be formed and lost. The love story centers on characters living in the small family village of Mbalabala. Two cousins, Ebusi and Mwaka, are the beautiful wom­en in their family. They attract a lot of men within Mbalabala and surround­ing villages. Ebusi marries a man named Mumbi, but her family doesn’t love him because he is poor. Ebusi loves Mumbi regardless of his income or her family’s feelings. Her cousin Mwaka, however, loves men for their wealth. She marries a rich man …

Martin Jackson is the first Negro slave born at Mont Blanc. Martin and Master Tom's youngest daughter Sarah are close in age. He is well liked by Sarah's family and often accompanies Sarah and Master Tom on his business trips to Charleston. It was on one of these trips that Martin realizes the difference between him and Sarah. She is free, white, and rich. He is only a piece of property. Martin vows to one day be free. To take care of himself, he needs to learn to read and write. He convinces Sarah to teach him secretly. The young …

Sweeping through the 1800s, through the despair of poverty and the glory of hope, through shepherding on a croft, through the atmosphere of Fort Worth and Texas to war-torn France and Europe, from modern Brisbane to heady New York City, In Love’s Time is as ageless as the aborigines’ dreamtime; it takes you from tragedy to the triumph that occurs when fortes fortuna juvat (fortune favors the brave). For Catrine Stewart, it a time of discovery and intrigue. . . Lilian White will always remember the thrill of riding in a buggy on Australia Day in Brisbane, Australia. Hearing the …

Steve Dalton, an electronics graduate living in a sleepy Cheshire village, had no idea the turn his life would take on a business trip to Malaysia. After pulling off the deal of a lifetime, he finds himself in danger, embroiled in a web of crime and murder that reaches from China to the Middle East and Africa. As he navigates the hazardous terrain of illicit drugs, bogus medicines and vice, Steve needs to figure out if there is anyone he can trust if he is going to uncover the deeper motivations of the criminal syndicate—motivations that may just hit a …

This sweeping love story travels around the world to touch on betrayal and hidden family secrets. Elle Ryan is a wealthy doctor who finds it hard to come to terms with the sudden death of her mother. She depends too much on Pete, her colleague and boyfriend, to help her through the grieving process. When Pete deceives her, they have a very emotional breakup. As Elle’s Life Changes, she feels she must move away from her family, friends and job in America for a fresh start in Australia, where her mother’s family provides a bond. In just one night, she …

If you could travel through time, what epic event would you pick to experience? In the fascinating novel The Unveiling: Quest in Time, Ben Stone and his mentor, Bob Peterson, build a time machine. In the first book of this sci-fi series, Ben uses the machine to travel to his mentor’s Pittsburgh home long before they build the machine, so he can let Bob know that their experiment is a success. His next adventure takes him to perhaps the most extraordinary event in history! Ben returns to the past to witness the death of the great prophet who was crucified …