Jaguar Paloma and the Caketown Bar

Written by Jess Wells

Narrated by Jess Wells

Two extraordinary women in 1865 establish a trading post in a southern jungle that grows to be a safe haven for cast-off women and the dispossessed. When a murderous forger sets up shop and the mayor on the right-side-of-the-tracks becomes intent on their destruction, the village fights for survival in its own special way.

Told in evocative magical realism, Jaguar Paloma is a tale of wronged women who stand up to be counted.

"Author Jess Wells has crafted a gorgeously unique work that places women at the forefront of adventure and weaves seamlessly realistic fantasy elements into the piece with flair and panache. A novel with oodles of style, original ideas and the authoritative, confident narrative to back it up. An absolute treasure to read." – K.C. Finn, Readers’ Favorite

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mirador Publishing
• Release date: Jul 19, 2021
• ISBN: 9781667030463

Jess Wells

Jess Wells is the author of six novels and five volumes of short stories, as well as being the recipient of a San Francisco Arts Commission Grant for Literature, a member of the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival Hall of Fame, a four-time finalist for the national Lambda Literary Award and a finalist for the 2020 Foreword Reviews Indies Award. Her work is included in dozens of anthologies and has been translated into Dutch and Italian, as well as republished in British editions. She regularly blogs on under-represented women, and the writing life, at http://www.jesswells.com