Lanka, Eritrea, Togo, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal, as well as of other Latin American countries.

The land route through Central America for emigrants headed to the United States has made other headlines in the past few days, with thousands of Cubans stranded in Costa Rica at the border with Nicaragua. Read those stories here.Romance novels continue to top the best-seller lists. New authors from the world of self-publishing are being wooed by literary giants, and the latest is Meredith Wild.

She's a tech CEO-turned-writer, who released her first novel as an e-book just two years ago.

Wild graduated with a degree in English from Smith College, but decided to pursue a more lucrative career developing software. Nearly a decade would pass before she'd write her first book, and now, with a sixth title on the way, Wild's name is being heralded among the hottest in adult fiction, reports CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller.

Meredith Wild. CBS News

Wild has been living a double life: a married mother of three by day and best-selling author of erotic romance by night.

"I do blush a little bit sometimes