Author of the books "Life Zest" and "Destination Joy", Tika Spijkerman, is a solo female traveller, who tells us about her books and her story of finding her happiness in the Algarve, and the joy within.

The new book by Réal Laplaine, When Cowboys Fall, is a romantic contemporary fiction about a man, a very average dude, who finds himself looking at the shorter end of the road in his life, and not having achieved his dreams, faces the proverbial mid-life crisis.

This is a truth-based story about Tika; a twenty-seven-year-old woman who is single, independent, minimalistic and happy.

“Weird Foods of Portugal: Adventures of an Expat,” by Wendy Lee Hermance is humorous true stories of an American near-vegetarian trying to fit into Portugal, was recorded on January 19-21, soon to be available as an audio book.

A new contemporary, and not so fictional, geopolitical thriller by Réal Laplaine. Vladimir Putin has just met his match.

Aprender Português com Poesia/Learn Portuguese with Poetry was published by Rita Faria, and it is available on www.amazon.com. The author, whose main goal is widespread knowledge and joy through her native language, is a translator, teaches Portuguese as Foreigner Language and is co-founder of the learning platform www.portuguesefromportugal.com.

A captivating and emotional story of survival and second chances. The book that shines a light on the plight of abandoned animals.

Old Mother West Wind Tales is an updated version of the century-old classic by Thornton W. Burgess, rewritten in a lyrical and easier-to-read-aloud modern style, to be launched on May 15th.