When the Future Comes Too Soon (Malayan #2) by Selina Siak Chin Yoke
Thanks to Ellen Whitfield of JKS Communications, I am giving away one print copy of When the Future Comes Too Soon (Malayan #2) by Selina Siak Chin Yoke.
Description of When the Future Comes Too Soon (Malayan #2) by Selina Siak Chin Yoke
In Japanese-occupied Malaya, lives are shattered and a woman discovers her inner strength in a world ravaged by war.
Following the death of their matriarch, the lives of Chye Hoon’s family turned upside down. Now that the British have fled and the Japanese have conquered, their once-benign world changes overnight.
Amid the turmoil, Chye Hoon’s daughter-in-law, Mei Foong, must fend for her family as her husband, Weng Yu, becomes increasingly embittered. Challenged in ways she never could have imagined and forced into hiding, Mei Foong finds a deep reservoir of resilience she did not know she had and soon draws the attentions of another man.
Is Mei Foong’s resolve enough to save herself, her marriage, and her family? Only when peace returns to Malaya will she learn the full price she must pay for survival.
Praise for When the Future Comes Too Soon (Malayan #2) by Selina Siak Chin Yoke
“As Malayan society grapples with the changes brought on by war and occupation, Mei Foong barters away pieces of her existence in order to survive, and rebuild and reclaim her life. She must finally contend with the realization that one could only wholly reclaim oneself by acts of self-assertion requiring greater courage than needed merely to survive. When the Future Comes Too Soon by Selina Siak Chin Yoke is an intricately drawn network of human relationships.” —Musharraf Ali Farooqi, author of Man Asian Literary Prize-shortlisted Between Clay and Dust
“Selina Siak Chin Yoke has created an intensely visceral evocation of life in Malaya during World War II, when a young wife and her family confront the harshness of life under the Japanese occupation and the ethnic polarization it causes. Mei Foong is a hauntingly original character, torn between loyalty to her family and the risk of betrayal—a woman who fatefully defies the constricting conventions of her society.” —María Dueñas, author of New York Times bestselling The Time in Between
About Selina Siak Chin Yoke
Of Malaysian-Chinese heritage, Selina Siak Chin Yoke grew up listening to family stories and ancient legends. She always knew that one day, she would write. After an eclectic life as a physicist, banker and trader in London, the heavens intervened. In 2009 Chin Yoke was diagnosed with cancer. While recovering, she decided not to delay her dream of writing any longer.
Her first novel, “The Woman who Breathed Two Worlds” (The Malayan Series, #1), was published on November 1, 2016 and made an immediate emotional connection with readers. It debuted as an Amazon bestseller in historical fiction, was named by Goodreads as one of the six best books in the month of its release and has been favorably compared to the work of Pearl S. Buck and Amy Tan. “When the Future Comes Too Soon” is her latest novel.
Giveaway of When the Future Comes Too Soon (Malayan #2) by Selina Siak Chin Yoke
This giveaway is open to the U.S. only and ends on July 28, 2017 midnight pacific time. Entries are accepted via Rafflecopter only.
Belle of Two Arbors by Paul Dimond and Poetry by Martha Buhr Grimes
Thanks to Serena M. Agusto-Cox of Poetic Book Tours, I am giving away one print copy of Belle of Two Arbors by Paul Dimond and Poetry by Martha Buhr Grimes.
Description of Belle of Two Arbors by Paul Dimond and Poetry by Martha Buhr Grimes
Born at the turn of the twentieth century in Glen Arbor, near the dunes of Northern Michigan, young Belle is the first child of a gruff stove works boss and a crippled mother who weaned Belle on the verse of Emily Dickenson. When a natural disaster results in her mother’s death and nearly takes the life of her younger brother Pip, Belle creates a fierce, almost ecstatic farewell song. Thus begins her journey to compose a perfect Goodbye to Mama.
At 21, Belle ventures south to Ann Arbor for university, with teenaged Pip in tow. There, she befriends Robert Frost, Ted Roethke and Wystan Auden and finds that her poetry stands alongside theirs, and even with that of her hero, Dickinson. Her lyrics capture the sounds, sights, and rhythms of the changing seasons in the northern forests, amidst the rolling dunes by the shores of the Great Lake.
Despite the peace she finds, Belle also struggles in both homes. Up north, she battles her father who thinks a woman can’t run the family business; and clashes against developers who would scar the natural landscape. In Ann Arbor, she challenges the status quo of academic pedants and chauvinists.
Belle’s narrative brings these two places to life in their historic context: a growing Midwestern town driven by a public university, striving for greatness; and a rural peninsula seeking prosperity while preserving its natural heritage. Through the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, World War II, and the Post-War Boom, Belle’s story is hard to put down. Her voice and songs will be even harder to forget.
Praise for Belle of Two Arbors by Paul Dimond and Poetry by Martha Buhr Grimes
“The Belle of Two Arbors is a beguiling story about a talented woman from the back of beyond who dares to establish her own identity. Capturing the upper reaches of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, Dimond creates a new American fable that, like the great novels of Willa Cather, both lacerates and heals: An ingenious feat of fictional biography.” –Theodore Rosengarten, National Book Award All God’s Children: The Life of Nate Shaw and MacArthur Fellow
“Paul Dimond’s Belle of Two Arbors is historical fiction at its most informative and engaging. Belle is poet, protectress, matriarch and muse, whether advocating for a more inclusive University in Ann Arbor or promoting the preservation of America’s premier national lakeshore in Glen Arbor. Fans of the poets Frost, Roethke, Auden and Dickinson are in for a treat: Belle weaves their histories in Michigan and the legacies of Dickinson and Frost in Amherst expertly with the fictional characters. A treasure of a read!” –Barbara Stark-Nemon, author of award-winning historical novel, Even in Darkness
“Dimond imagines the intertwined lives of literary giants in a saga as evocative as Faulkner, with plot lines as cracking as Hemingway’s short stories in Michigan’s northern woods. Belle’s bravery and artistic consciousness are an inspiration.” –John Dempsey, Chair Michigan Historical Commission and co-author Michigan Notable Book Award Ink Trails: Michigan’s Famous and Forgotten Authors
“In the company of Paul Dimond’s extraordinary Belle, we witness the turbulence of a rapidly changing America in the first half of the 20th century. In her roles as poet, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and conservation leader, Belle interacts with a well-realized cast of characters, both imagined and real, most notably the poet Robert Frost. In this full and searching ‘portrait of a lady,’ Dimond renders the opportunities and obstacles that shape Belle’s story in such a way as to remind us that her world is also ours in the making.” –Donald Sheehy, Ed. The Letters of Robert Frost. Vols. 1–2
Guest Post by Paul Dimond
A Sample of Belle’s Letters (and poems) to Frost
The historical novel The Belle of Two Arbors covers the years 1913 -1953 while the title character Belle ages from 13 to 53. She learned to love Emily Dickinson’s posthumously published poetry at her invalid mother’s knee. After her Mama dies in the opening scene in a tragic natural disaster, Belle continues to raise the 6-year-old brother she saved and to compose poems, often of her Lake Michigan and Sleeping Bear dunes, bay and shore. As private as Emily Dickinson but tethered to two safe Arbors (Glen up north and Ann downstate), Belle fledges to the University of Michigan. Over time, she meets and becomes a friend and colleague in composing poetry with three real-life poets, Frost, Roethke and Auden. As Belle leaves her two Arbors only a handful of times, their friendships deepen more with their regular correspondence than the poets’ fewer visits to her two arbors. As one example, consider a small sample of Belle’s letters to Frost.
Spring 1927. When younger brother Pip’s wife Rachel dies giving birth to a girl, Belle drives non-stop to Amherst to help. Frost and his wife Elinor take all three into their home in town for the rest of the semester. After Pip’s graduation, the family drives back to Ann Arbor. There, the 1927 Michigan Yearbook greets Belle. The cover is an embossed image of the 400-foot memorial tower Saarinen designed for Michigan’s late President Burton, who brought Frost to Michigan, became one of Frost’s closest friends, and for whom Frost gave the eulogy before 4000 mourners in 1925. Belle’s note:
Thanks to you and Mrs. Frost for taking Ruthie, Pip, and me in when we were most in need. I don’t know how we could ever express how much this meant to us. As a token of our gratitude, I hope the cover on the attached gift reminds you that Michigan will always welcome you. It may take quite a while before Burton’s proposed bell tower ever rings One-O to call you back. In the interim, please remember that Pip, Ruthie, and I will be at the front door of Cambridge House here and Belle Cottage up north to welcome you, Elinor and [your daughter] Marj into our two sheltering Arbors any time.
Spring 1931. Over the prior decade, Belle and Frost challenged each other to write proper elegies for their long-lost mothers. A Frost letter to Belle suggests that including his unpublished first try, “The Lovely Shall Be Choosers,” in his Collected Poems has just won him a second Pulitzer Prize: “This should relieve me from any obligation to write another “Goodbye to Mama”—at least for as long as you don’t finish yours!” Belle rises to his challenge and shares her third try in her reply:
I know you don’t really think the poem to your Mama Belle [his mother’s nickname was also Belle] made all the difference, but I do hear its sound better now. Your note mocking my style inspired me to sing my “Goodbye to Mama” at last. If it meets your challenge, I hope you’ll share any better goodbye to your mother you may hereafter compose. As ever, your younger Belle,
Goodbye to Mama
water below ice
spilling from our fishing hole—
sly silence—and then— one long lonely Crack!
our fishing shanty’s heaving sigh—
spinning silver shards—
brother ‘neath my arm—
her gloved hand waving toward shore:
Mama’s gray goodbye—
frozen arm flailing
reaching for life, pumping hard
through unforgiving gray shock—
now stroking steady
in peaceful rhythmic splendor:
lake lips caressing
the hills and valleys
of my cold suffering soul—
O! Blue Salvation…
Later that spring, at the first ceremony awarding Hopwood prizes for creative writers at Michigan, Frost concludes by honoring Belle for writing a better elegy for her mother.
Spring 1934. Frost shares several letters with Belle describing the slow death and painful loss of his youngest daughter Marj from infection incurred in giving birth to a healthy baby. In the text of the novel, Belle describes her reply: “All those who accused my Robbie of being so driven to defend his reputation and to campaign for his poetry as to forget—or worse not to care for—his family and friends missed the measure of this man. Yes, the poet too often bristled with sharp hackles, but the man fought his darker side to help his family and friends in the worst of times, as he’d helped Pip, Ruthie, and me. Even when railing against the sickness, scatteration, and death visited on his family, and suffering the loss of his youngest child, I knew he and Mrs. Frost would make room to care for Marj’s baby, Robin. And I told him so in my letter, thanking him again for all he’d done over the years and wishing him well in nurturing his new grandchild. I explained I enclosed a letter from Pip for [Frost’s son-in-law] sharing his experience as a widower raising a child. I closed:
I also enclose a poem I composed walking our dunes. Yes, I shed tears for your Marjorie and for you, but I also remembered your benediction at Rachel’s memorial service in Johnson Chapel. You reminded Pip he had to go on. A poet is who you are: you have promises to keep and miles to go before you sleep. Please give Robin a hug and hold her close: May she comfort and bless you, too.
Blue
(for Marjorie)
she stands alone
on this weathered dune,
the great lake below
twin to the azure sky—
on the jagged horizon
she can barely see
two tiny islands bob and
weave in the churning waves—
a cobalt wind hurls
slate clouds from the west
to blot out the sun and
buffet the sandy shore
with blue tears.
Fall 1937. Frost wrote Belle, “It’s been a rough fall. The doctors had to rip a vicious cancer from Elinor’s womanhood.” He closed his long letter by asking about a new poem he enclosed: “Although the critics will argue over its possible meanings as much as ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,’ let your old friend know if at long last I met your challenge to sing an adequate goodbye to my Mama Belle.” Belle replied:
My Dear Robbie,
I’m sorry about your Missus and pray for her recovery. I doubt you getting sick will help her rally: you must stay strong, for her and for your family.
Your “Silken Tent” sings beyond my challenge. Eons from now, the elegist will still say it as a memorial for a mother (or for a similarly selfless nurturing wife), but your critics will longer debate its many possible meanings. They miss the magic of your best poems: tied by the senses to daily experience on this earth, your voice soars by the pull of metaphor into a dream that sounds a different tune each time heard. I hear another in your perfect sonnet, a proposal to engage a lover that no woman could ever resist. In this regard your new poem tops the rush of “Blue Salvation” I included in my “Goodbye to Mama” at your urging.
Auden changed the final stanzas to one of his Marx Brothers satire plays and created a searing “Funeral Blues” for a lost mate. Without changing a single word, your new poem offers more divergent readings. Oh my Scots minstrel bard, please take care with your magic powers as they tripped me up once again.
In thanks, I attach a song to let you know that our dear Burton’s Memorial Bell Tower at long last rings at Michigan. As ever, Your other Belle
For Frost
Up the tower stairs I slowly climb,
Careful to stare straight ahead—
Past the stony walls I go,
Ascending higher, vertigo at bay,
Until I reach the chamber.
Searching, I stand among them—
Fifty-five majestic bells of bronze—
Where is the one among the many
that rang those many years ago
when we walked this way at midnight?
Were we falling with the snow?
The carillonneur knows its place,
Secures me in a southwest corner,
Strikes this special bell for me
Whose timbre is so deep and low
You must listen closely for its groan.
I touch its base, feel its solid rumble:
Oh, yes! The Bourdon! One-O!
About Paul Dimond
Since birth Paul Dimond has shared his time between Ann Arbor, home of the University of Michigan, and Glen Arbor amidst Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in northern Michigan.
Prior to researching and writing The Belle of Two Arbors, Paul Dimond served as the Director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, tried several major race case that divided the U.S. Supreme Court and served as the Special Assistant to President Clinton for Economic Policy. He has also practiced law, chaired a national real estate firm and continues to spend his time between the two Arbors. He is an alumni of Amherst College and the University of Michigan Law School. Visit his Website.
Giveaway of Belle of Two Arbors by Paul Dimond and Poetry by Martha Buhr Grimes
This giveaway is open to the U.S. only and ends on June 16, 2017 midnight pacific time. Entries are accepted via Rafflecopter only.
Publisher: Harper Collins (Nov. 29, 2016) Category: Historical Fiction Tour Dates: May, 2017 ISBN: 978-0062673688 ASIN: B01CY3A8X4 Available in: Print & ebook, 554Pages
“Written in the Ashesis one of those rare novels that sets ‘history’ afire, to bathe readers in the glow of a greater, hotter truth. Fans ofThe Mists of Avalonwill find this romantic/alchemical/feminist/spiritual epic equally captivating.”—Tom Robbins, bestselling author of Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. and Villa Incognito
In the bloody clash between Christians and pagans in fifth-century Alexandria, a servant girl becomes the last hope for preserving peace in this evocative and thrilling tale—a blend of history, adventure, religion, romance, and mysticism reminiscent of The Mists of Avalon.
After she is abducted from her home in the mountains of Sinai, Hannah is enslaved and taken to Alexandria, where she becomes the property of Alizar, an alchemist and pagan secretly working to preserve his culture. Revered for her beautiful singing voice, the young slave is invited to perform at the city’s Great Library, where she becomes friends with the revered mathematician and philosopher, Hypatia, as well as other pagans who curate its magnificent collections. Determined to help them uphold pagan culture and traditions, Hannah embarks on a dangerous quest to unite the fractured pieces of the Emerald Tablet—the last hope to save the pagans and create peace.
On this odyssey that leads her to the lost oracles of Delfi and Amun-Ra and to rediscovered ancient cities and rituals, Hannah will experience forbidden loves, painful betrayals, and poignant reunions. But her efforts may be in vain. Returning to Alexandria, Hannah finds a city engulfed in violence, even as her own romantic entanglements come to a head. Now, it’s not only her future, but the fate of all Alexandria that is at stake.
Praise for Written In the Ashes by K. Hollan Van Zandt
“In her captivating debut novel, Written in the Ashes, K. Hollan Van Zandt brings to life a fascinating and forgotten woman of history: Hypatia of Alexandria, who may have been one of the greatest female minds of all time. If you’ve ever wondered what it was like to walk the streets of long ago Egypt, then look no further. You will be enthralled!”– Michelle Moran, international bestselling author of Nefertiti and Cleopatra’s Daughter
“Van Zandt’s vivid description of the Great Library instantly transported me to a lush fifth century Alexandria. Her lyrical writing style and breakneck storytelling kept me riveted to the very last page.”– Robin Maxwell bestselling author of The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn and Signora da Vinci.
“Going back so far in time leaves an author with little written record to rely on for fact. The burning of the Great Library at Alexandria was a monumental loss to humanity. The facts of the matter aside, this novel was truly arresting and I had a hard time putting it down to get anything done. Ancient history fascinates me. Religion fascinates me. This book manages to tie both together in a story that resonates through time. The book was fascinating. The characters were well developed and I really didn’t want to leave this world of ancient Alexandria. The imaginary, magical priests and the beautiful goddesses created by Ms. Van Zandt lent themselves to a mystical world that was quite believable within its context. As the story unfolded I was rooting for Hannah to fulfill her destiny and find peace with her past. I am looking forward to the next chapters in these characters lives.”-Patty Woodland, Broken Teepee
Interview With K. Hollan Van Zandt
TR: Please tell us something about the book that is not in the summary. (About the book, character you particularly enjoyed writing etc.)
KHVZ: One of my lead male protagonists in Written in the Ashes is Gideon, a brash but kind ship captain. I wrote 13 drafts of this novel, and he was only in 2 of them. He was in the first draft, in only one scene, (the caravan to the Siwa Oasis). Then I wrote him out of the book in the next draft. But in the final draft, the one that made it to publication, he swept in and commandeered half the book. He’s quite a man. Even as his author, I was impressed with his audacity. I believe Hannah was, as well.
TR: What is your favorite scene in the book? Why?
KHVZ: All the sex scenes, really. Sex scenes are difficult to write well, because you don’t want to be (ahem) anatomical, and yet you also don’t want to write too sparely, as this irritates the reader. I’m rather proud of the way these came out. You’ll have to read it to see for yourself!
TR: My favorite scene in ‘Written In the Ashes’ was the burning of the library in Alexandria, can you tell us more about that?
KHVZ: Thank you. In that series of scenes, all the fragile elements of the characters’ personal lives coalesce in a mad furnace as the greatest library in antiquity burns to the ground. As I wrote the first draft of the novel and came around the corner to the fire, I feared the scenes might not feel as authentic as they needed to because it had been quite a few years since I’d endured a hardship. Well, be careful what you wish for. The man I was in love with at the time who was my partner ended our relationship by cheating on me, and I was devastated. But as a writer, I was inwardly slightly relieved I wouldn’t need to fake any emotion during the writing of those scenes. It’s not to say it’s all tragic, because some of our favorite characters do endure, but the loss for all of humanity as well as for the life of Hypatia was truly a historic tragedy on a scale of 9/11.
TR: Tell us about your cover. Did you design it yourself?
KHVZ: I did pen the drawing of the Egyptian goddess, Isis, that Harper Collins used for the cover. I’m thrilled with the artwork. I’d want to read this book if I saw it on the shelf!
TR: Which actor/actress would you like to see playing the lead character for ‘Written In the Ashes’ in a movie?
KHVZ: The good news here is we’re currently shopping this novel for a TV series, so of course, I hope it gets made because that would be incredible. I don’t know, really, as far as stars go, except that I hope the casting would be true to the characters’ ethnicities.
TR: Can you tell us about your challenges in getting ‘Written In the Ashes published?
KHVZ: Ugh, it was brutal, honestly. My first literary agent failed to sell the book to over 100 publishers on 3 continents. Then he quit. The next literary agent I acquired I left because I didn’t feel she really cared about me or my book, and I didn’t want to partner her even if she was one of the top agents in Manhattan. I went on to self-publish. At a conference in 2011 I was on a panel (while 8 months pregnant with my son) with Claudia Boutote, who was then the Senior VP of Harper One. I gave her a copy of my novel, and she read it in 24hrs, and emailed me immediately the most enthusiastic letter. It made me cry. And it still took her determined efforts another 4 years to place the book in Harper Collins, with Harper Legend. The whole mad process has given me every grey hair on my head. But I’ve kept writing. I’ve completed 2 more novels, and plan to carry on, if only because writing is like my third lung, without it, I’m only partially alive, and actually, a bit insane because my creative brain is like a dog that needs to chew on a bone and if I don’t give it writing it goes to gnawing on my actual life, which can be a tad debilitating for me and the people I love.
TR: How completely do you develop your characters before beginning to write?
KHVZ: Zero. They all leap like Athena fully clad out of my head onto the page. I do give them birthdays and Zodiac signs, though, and occasionally I’ll write interviews out with them about one another so I know how they’re feeling about their relationships and circumstances.
TR: How does being a mother impact your writing?
KHVZ: You might expect I’d say it’s time consuming, but it doesn’t impact my writing at all. When I want to write, nothing stops me. I get up at 5 a.m., make tea, and set my jaw. I write after he falls asleep. I write notes on my phone in the car once I’ve parked to get him at school. We make time in life for what matters to us, I suppose, and I’ve found writing matters quite a lot to me.
TR: What writers have you drawn inspiration from?
KHVZ: Early on it was Tom Robbins (Still Life with Woodpecker), Ernest Hemingway (A Moveable Feast), J.M. Coetzee (Waiting for the Barbarians), Ben Okri (The Famished Road), Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Love in a Time of Cholera), everything by Pablo Neruda. Now I read mostly memoirs—the lives of real people are so much richer and more stunning than most fiction. I highly recommend Sidney Poitier’s memoir, The Measure of a Man, and Helen McDonald’s H is for Hawk, as well as Mary Karr’s The Liar’s Club.
TR: What do you do when you are not writing?
KHVZ: I surf, watch the clouds, play with my son. Oh, and I have a day job. You know, a woman at a lecture the other night after hearing I’m a novelist promptly asked, “Is that your real job?” Everyone always asks that, because you’re instantly invalidated as an artist if you answer “No”, because the patriarchy measures your worth only by how you earn a living. My response was, “No, but Emily Dickenson never earned a dime for a single poem while she was alive, did you know that? Would you say it made her work less important?” That line usually sends the questioner off to search for a libation.
TR: What book/s are you reading at present?
KHVZ: I’m reading The Warrior Woman, by Maxine Hong Kingston. When I was 20 years old my best friend died in a tragic accident. She had lent me this book, and I had put it in storage. I opened it a few weeks ago to discover she’d written loads of notes in the margins. Now I feel like I’m reading this book and walking in the park with my friend at the same time. I will forever write in the margins of all my books from now on. She even wrote notes like, “I can hear an owl outside my window right now.” I LOVE that.
TR: Imagine you have entered the ‘Twilight Zone’, write on how a writer of fiction gets discovered to have really written about her own life.
KHVZ: This one, only because it’s very true of the book I wrote last year, which was a story unlike any I’ve written before in that it was pure poetic justice and dramatic personal catharsis. (Though I suppose it was me who did the discovering.) I intentionally wrote about several people from my past in a need to set their memory down so it would stop haunting me. It’s entirely possible those people will read this book (though I doubt they will) and recognize themselves, but then, it would be hard to ever beat Martin Amis at this game with his book, The Information.
About K. Hollan Van Zandt
Kaia Van Zandt is a celebrated author and teacher whose novel, Written in the Ashes, chronicles the events that led up to the burning of the Great Library of Alexandria, Egypt. Kaia’s spiritual journey began at age 14 when she founded the youth division of the Humane Society of the United States. Then as a junior in high school, she traveled to the Earth Summit in Brazil, where she taught meditation, and was given the opportunity to work with world leaders on the challenges facing humanity and the planet today, an experience that profoundly influenced her work.
She’s a graduate of Antioch University, where she focused on the intersection between the ancient Goddess traditions and modern culture. Her fascination with healing-both personally and collectively – led her to yoga. During her career she’s worked with thought leaders like Marci Shimoff and Deepak Chopra, actors like Ashley Judd, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Garry Shandling, as well as Sony ImageWorks, UCLA Medical, and the San Francisco 49ers. Her beloved writing mentor is bestselling novelist/humorist, Tom Robbins.
Giveaway Written In the Ashes by K. Hollan Van Zandt
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to win this ebook. It is among my top favorite historical fiction novels of all time! This giveaway is for one free download of the ebook and is open worldwide. This giveaway ends on June 30, 2017 at midnight pacific time. Entries are accepted via Rafflecopter only.
When the Future Comes Too Soon (Malayan #2) by Selina Siak Chin Yoke
When the Future Comes Too Soon (Malayan #2) by Selina Siak Chin Yoke
Belle of Two Arbors by Paul Dimond and Poetry by Martha Buhr Grimes
