High-powered Wall Street bachelor Jack Campbell gets the shock of a lifetime when he wakes up one morning in suburban New Jersey, next to Kate, the girlfriend he left 13 years ago. Suddenly, Jack's entire world is turned upside down.

Deserted Cities narrates the story of Susana and Eligio, a couple from Mexico City, who put their love to the test in a small, forgotten town in the United States. The story begins when Susana is offered to participate in a writers' program in the country to the north, a proposal that fits her like a glove because Susana needs her own space, her own adventure, to feel alive. Without thinking twice or consulting with Eligio, her husband and an often...

"Twelve-year-old video buff Anthony is devastated when his family leaves Toronto's Chinatown for Berksburg, a remote community in northern Ontario. There are no other Asian families around -- and everyone in town loves hockey, which Anthony just doesn't get. The move is even harder on his grandmother, Po Po, who doesn't speak English and puts a fake chicken over the front door for luck. Desperate to fit in, Anthony takes to the ice for the first time...

Twelve-year-old Seema moves from India to Iowa City and struggles to learn a new culture. When her grandmother falls ill and she visits India again, circumstances help her understand the meaning of "home" and how it is possible to have more than one.

Detective Jack Mooney is starting to get to know the people and places of Saint Marie. But there's little time for sightseeing, as there are some fiendishly clever murders to solve"--Container.

When twelve-year-old Waka's parents suspect she can't understand basic Japanese they speak to her, they make the drastic decision to send her to Tokyo to live for several months with her strict grandmother. Forced to say goodbye to her friends and what would have been her summer vacation, Waka is plucked from her straight-A-student life in rural Kansas and flown across the globe, where she faces the culture shock of a lifetime. In Japan, Waka struggles...

With a new team firmly in place, DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall, Love Actually) is finally settled on the beautiful island of Saint Marie. Feeling as though something is still missing from his life, Goodman enlists DS Florence Cassell (Josephine Jobert, Summer Crush) to help him crack the complexities of the dating world. A British cop is out of his element after he is sent to the tiny island of Sainte Marie to solve a murder case.