"The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks" (Atria Books), by Gillian Royes

Bartender Shad Myers doesn't just listen to the troubles that tourists and locals bring into his thatch-roofed bar — he sets out to fix them himself, no matter the risk.

The troubles that find Shad in Gillian Royes' novel "The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks" seem better suited to pastors and law enforcement authorities. Plans to develop a new beachfront hotel in his tiny Largo Bay, a village on Jamaica's northern shore, get muddled in a love triangle that feeds long-simmering bigotry toward gay people.