Books

“Am I strong enough to take care of an evil cancer patient?”

Alice Braun has lived in the shadow of her grandmother’s narcissistic abuse, which has sent shock waves through her mom’s and aunts’ parenting styles. When her grandmother gets cancer, all six of them ask Alice to be her caregiver. Is Alice strong enough to break this generational...

This is a self-love journey out of the terrible corn maze that is an abusive relationship, written from the perspective of a woman who was in a relationship with a man. This combinations of posts, stories, and poems illustrates the shift in thinking and self-love during and after experiencing such a toxic love.

La Segua is a cursed Costa Rican woman who kills cheating husbands. In this retelling of the myth, La Segua has a series of conversations with people from all walks of life before she visits her next victim, a nameless President.

Daria Muñoz has returned to New York City post-Covid and is eager to leave the dead-end job she’s had for a decade. Although she’s not very interested in AI, she creates an AI content mill for jokes. There’s just one catch: Since AI can’t yet write good jokes, Daria hires comedians to create funny “AI content.” While she tries not to repeat the...

Krista is a traveling Latina having a hard time “discovering herself” the way they always seem to in books and movies. Due to past trauma, Krista starts to believe she is permanently damaged and will never find healing or purpose.

When Krista’s cousin Jennifer develops leukemia, Krista stops traveling to become her full-time caregiver. Is she...

Centered around the beach town of Jacó, and more specifically, a hostel named Pura Beda, our not-so-squeaky-clean protagonists are living in Costa Rica illegally. Whether they are young Americans examining their privilege and life choices, retirees who thought life there would be “easier,” or a Nicaraguan looking for a new opportunity, this...

Peri and Kon are orphans pretending their parents are alive until they’re both over 18. Peri forges notes and pretends her parents have attended school events, and teachers seem to “remember” them.. Kon doesn’t participate in after-school activities, instead taunting neighbor Brenda, an animal hoarder. Peri, concerned that Kon is becoming...

Broke and living on borrowed time in a retreat in Costa Rica, Suzie and Clara have less than a game plan. When Richard, an older millionaire shows up, Clara thinks their problems are solved. Meanwhile, the owners of the property sweep a string of armed robberies under the rug. What’s the price of paradise?

Daria is a twenty-something working for “LoveALot,” a dating site in a New York City office. Her primary job? Blocking dick photos sent by enthusiastic suitors. After having unsatisfying oral sex at an office party, Daria begins to question her tumultuous past, her debt-riddled present, and an unclear future.