Sapphire Press imprint: 31 books

“. . . if love happened to come along, she would welcome it. As long as the man who came with it was willing to play by her rules.” Beauty therapist Melody Nyathi dreams of owning her own beauty spa for the everyday woman – enter wealthy insurance broker Thomas, willing to finance her dreams....

This is a collection of Alaska Native folklore and mythology. All the various regions and tribal groups are represented in this collection. The collector is John Smelcer who is a writer, poet, and folklorist and who is himself a member of an Alaska Native tribe. Several of the stories are accompanied...

This is retrospective collection of the photography of photojournalist James Crnkovich. It is introduced by Bob Mielke and has commentaries by Lester Joos. The book contains fifty-five of James's finest photographs in either black and white or color. The photographs document life in America under...

In Small Bites, Don Tassone offers readers bits of contemporary life, mostly gentle, mostly optimistic, often instructive. Stories range from flash-fiction size half-pagers to twenty-page studies of how relationships develop, how decisions are made and unmade, how persuasion and collaboration work. The...

Amarava Maake and her group of long-time girlfriends have grown increasingly tired of the dating scene. They therefore decide to change their approach to finding the perfect man – instead of every woman for herself, they’ll find potential mates for each other. This is how the Cupid Club is formed....

With an over-protective brother, a part-time job and a project deadline fast approaching, Mpho certainly has no space for romance. She dreams of ditching her oil-stained aprons for designer fabrics and will not let anything jeopardise her chances of success – until Thabang, a record-label owner and her brother’s nemesis, makes an appearance.

At the tender age of eighteen Lathoya Mthathi fled the village of Emanzini in search of a better life. Now twenty-eight, she is a thriving supermodel and resides in a plush seaside apartment in the beautiful city of Cape Town. Lathoya is afraid of falling in love and losing control of her career....

When it comes to her career, twenty-nine-year-old Nonkululeko Malashe has it all figured out – she is assistant to the senior buyer at a large retail store and also the founder and head of thriving online fashion portal called The Green Room. Yet her private life isn’t as rosy. Lulu’s mother...

Thando Msewu is a bright young twenty-eight-year-old with a no-nonsense attitude towards life and love. She works as a communications team leader in Pretoria, and is completing a doctorate in media studies. She has sworn off men after her last boyfriend cleaned out her bank account and left her with...

Lebo Mokoena is an entertainment reporter for a popular daily newspaper. Tired of the nine-to-five routine, she's determined to start her own catering business with her mother and aunt. Then she's introduced to Molemo Tladi at a party in Sebokeng. The local “it” guy and a successful businessman,...

Songbird Kedi Taukobong is living her dream. Enormously successful as an Afro-pop musician, she travels the continent performing to adoring crowds. However, fame comes at a price – a sinister stalker is watching her, intent on making her his. Kedi’s management team is determined to hire the best...

Thirty-year-old features editor Moyomhle Duma knows a few things for certain: she excels at her job because she’s reliable; her drive and focus proves that she’s mature; and love outside of romantic books and movies is far too risky. Moya has grown to wary of reckless love and shies away from...

After being unfairly banished by the South African modelling community, Samkelo Ntuli is forced to leave her high-flying career as a supermodel for a humdrum, everyday job as a nanny. Lili and Thulani turn out to be sweet and well-mannered children, but their father is a handful. Renowned chef and...

There are only two things in her life of which Criselda Moyo is sure - her love for her twin boys and her job as Senior Program Analyst at Baikopanyi Technologies in Midrand. But when her biggest client’s system gets hacked, Criselda’s job is on the line. She must find a fail-safe plan to save...