Ahhh...Tel Aviv in the summer: hot sun, beautiful beaches and a popping nightlife Just the answer to Jazmine Davidson's dead-end life as an English teacher in cold and foggy San Francisco. Cousin Sara, up on the kibbutz, is thrilled to hear that Jaz has finally decided to give Israel a chance and plans for her arrival. But since kibbutz living might entail living in tents and washing her own clothes, Jaz opts to try and find work in Tel Aviv. Before long she gets her first private student and is on the road to living the life. Or at least she thought she was. A dead student? The mob? A cute...

There's a curse at Club Cairene and it's killing people. Tangerine, the renowned Freelance Curse Breaker, is in Cairo to sort it out. What at first appears to be just another routine job quickly becomes more complicated and more dangerous than even she had ever expected. Unfamiliar earth energies and shadowy characters block her every attempt to combat the curse. And then there's that strikingly handsome man seen leaving the club after the latest victim falls prey to the curse. Tangerine cannot understand the peculiar sensual tingling that ripples through her body when he gazes into her eyes....

There's a small town on the South America coast where the sweet sea air mixes with fragrant tropical blossoms. It's a place where the neighbors are kind, the parrots are helpful, and wonders abound in everyday life. It's in this town of Costa Contente that you'll find Dona Gloria and her husband Berto, proprietors of the Casa de Everything & Anything. It's in their home that you'll meet Solange, the young traveler they've welcomed into their lives. Just across the way is the Taverna Amore and its owner Gilberto. And Dona Immaculada is not far away, ready with a potion or bit of insight to...

Top notch accountant Pia might have suspected her bosses of cooking the books, but when you're fifty-two and jobs are scarce, it's easy to look the other way. Or it is until you find out that your employers might be managing the finances of a drug cartel, right there in your hometown. Stealing a few files to implicate her bosses seemed like a good idea... until Pia finds a gun in her front yard, apparently dropped by an inept hitman. Maybe she should have listened to Brad and quit her job instead of absconding with the incriminating documents. But it's too late for regrets now, and she's a...

Not even that recent close call with a dead body, or those interrogations by the authorities can deter Jazmine Davidson from enjoying her new life in Tel Aviv. Jaz, back on her feet and gainfully employed in the city's hottest new nightclub, Max's Place, wonders why she ever considered going back to teaching. Granted, bartending is a far cry from her previous profession, and not exactly what some relatives might approve of, but it beats the heck out of a classroom. Besides, where else can you find work in Israel where you don't have to know Hebrew? And so what if the clientele are usually...

The Island of Bali - it's everything Raquel and Magdalen could ever dream of in a holiday destination. What could be better than the quaint town of Ubud with its beautiful weather, exquisite artwork, and local charm? Necessities like cutting back on makeup - which tends to melt in the tropics, and ditching heels for trekking sandals, are all part of the journey. After all, having nearly reached retirement age the women can adapt to almost any situation. Forgoing black eyeliner and donning unattractive shoes are minor sacrifices. They don't even mind that the yoga retreat they booked is...