Jamaica Ladies is the first systematic study of the free and freed women of European, Euro-African, and African descent who perpetuated chattel slavery and reaped its profits in the British Empire. Their actions helped transform Jamaica into the wealthiest slaveholding colony in the Anglo-Atlantic world. Starting in the 1670s, a surprisingly large and diverse group of women helped secure English control of Jamaica and, crucially, aided its developing and expanding slave labor regi...

A coming-of-age adventure and later-life story celebrating dance and second chances across a century in AmericaIn 1932, roving youth Kip teaches Mattie to tap, and they ride the rails from Kansas City to California, where a perceived betrayal and a crash separate them for a lifetime. At 99, Mattie recalls the boy who set her life in motion and confides regrets to her granddaughter, who discovers past truths for present troubles. With rhythms of tap, modern, and soc...

In a coming-of-age story, young Mattie and Kip tap dance and ride the rails during the Great Depression. Separated by a perceived betrayal and a train crash, the two friends lose each other for a lifetime. At ninety-nine, Mattie recalls the roving youth who set her life in motion and confides her deepest regrets to her granddaughter, who discovers lessons in the past for present challenges. With rhythms of tap, modern, and social dancing, the novel's cadence draws listeners through a centu...

Travis thought this would be a day like any other, but it turned out to be Very Exciting.

Shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry 2025Shortlisted for the OCM Bocas Poetry Prize for Caribbean Literature 2025Shortlisted for the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize 2025Christine Roseeta Walker's first book is set entirely in Negril, Jamaica. Coco Island presents a compelling cycle of poems, attentive to the undertow and hidden forces that shape a place and its people. In narrative poems, in songs, in fables, ...

Throughout three years of school, Rae Malgregor had been perfectly pliant, perfectly compliant to all the demands placed on her. But now, on the eve of graduation, she couldn’t go on with the mask of artificiality and the air of perfection. She had been chasing this nursing job three whole years, but there was just no wag to it! The Superintendent was stunned. Her best student! The Senior Surgeon was all grey granite business and livid that his time was being taken up with a hysterical nur...

Grief is a topic that is difficult to talk about for children and adults alike. This book can help parents address the complicated range of emotions of grief; loss and anger because the person is gone, and joy for happy memories.Bold, colourful illustrations by Toronto-based artist Christine Walker. Each spread features a unique Canadian songbird.This is a book for anyone who is missing someone they love.When we remember people who are far away, they never really le...

The third charming instalment in the page-turning cosy mystery series from MILLION COPY bestseller Fiona Walker, perfect for fans of Richard Osman, Janet Evanovich and Rev. Richard Coles! ️♀️Matchmaking has never been so murderous… Juno is feeling ready – at last – to start dating again, after losing her husband some years ago. She is sure she can make time from being a Village Detective, indeed it might help distract her from her crush on hunky (but far-too-y...

My best friend's brother—Aspen Springs' fire captain—is now just a window peep away.A few nights ago, my new neighbor was my nameless one-night stand. Suddenly, he's everywhere. And so is the rest of his fire crew.Now I've got three firemen showing off their hoses… Plus a surprise pregnancy that's about to put a kink in things.Grayson is a walking firefighter fantasy. We swore our mix-up wouldn't happen again, and again, and again.Warren is ...

I didn't expect to see him when I walked into my new nanny gig.Owen Kingston—the soldier with sky-blue eyes who once kissed me breathless in an airport. A one-night stand that rocked my world as it was falling apart.Now he's standing in the doorway with his two brothers at his side. He's haunted. Broody. And still ruining me with one look.Will—the oldest Kingston brother—is a protective guardian to his niece. He's way too tempting to be my summer em...

I gave my heart to a tattooed biker for one night. He gave me a ring to remember him by.I didn't need the reminder, though. We didn't exchange numbers. Didn't make promises. But some men don't fade—no matter how hard you try to forget them.Three years later, Kane Bradley walks back into Aspen Springs. Buys the bar. Starts over with his son. And looks at me like that night never really ended.But this time he isn't alone . . .

The next instalment in the Village Detectives Cozy Mystery Series from Fiona WalkerWe regret to announce the tragic death of Phoebe Fredericks…When crime novelist Phoebe opens the post and receives an invitation to her own funeral, she’s horrified. Not least because the date of her death is marked as tomorrow.Deciding it’s nothing more than a prank from an enemy from her past, she determines to put it to the back of her mind.But the next morning...