A compulsive and chilling debut about a girl growing up in a cult `Will lure you in - then cut to the kill' Guardian We were the Family, and Foxlowe was our home. There was me - my name is Green - and my little sister, Blue. There was October, who we called Toby, and Ellensia, Dylan, Liberty, Pet and Egg. There was Richard, of course, who was one of the Founders. And there was Freya. We were the Family, but we weren't ju...
Dark Roots
AdultDeftly evoking the strains of a dissolving relationship, or the ripple effect of a chance encounter, Cate Kennedy's crystalline collection opens up a world of finely observed detail. Her stories are populated by people at tipping points in their lives - moments that find them poised between a familiar past and an unfamiliar future. A cancer sufferer boards a plane with three kilos of cocaine in her luggage; a neglected wife plans an unsavoury revenge on her boorish husband; a woman helplessly wa...
The Tender Birds
Adult
The Right Mr. Wrong
AdultThere's something about Hagan Ansdar that rubs Maddie Alexander the wrong way. The Norse-god ski bum is too sure of himself, too cynical...and way too good-looking. His charms may work on the tourists he dates-and drops-but Maddie's been around the slopes long enough to avoid his type. Besides, she's too busy figuring out what to do with her life now that she's off the racing circuit. But for someone who never dates the locals, Hagan is spending a lot...
This Picture of You
AdultMartin and Maggie, a judge and an artist, have forged a life together for thirty-seven years. They have a son who is a successful lawyer and a grandson to dote on. Life is good, comfortable, familiar. But one day Martin leaves a family lunch and drives to a suburb miles away, to a particular house in a particular street, where an accident triggers a chain of events. No one knows why he was there - not even Martin himself - and as his mind starts unravelling, it is left to Maggie to discover wha...
SHE'S THE ONLY DREAM HE WANTS...Hometown girl Maggie Sullivan can't wait to get out of Maverick Junction. Designing the wedding gown of the year for her friend-and America's Favorite Heiress-is the break Maggie's been waiting for. But her lifelong dream takes an unexpected turn when she runs into her high school sweetheart-now the town's hotter-than-hot veterinarian.Brawley Odell, country right down to the tips of his cowboy boots, has returned to take over the local animal doctor's practice. Bu...
His Convenient Virgin Bride He never imagined the incredible beauty would be a virgin! Yet just weeks after their roll in the hay, Stephanie Ryder was expecting his baby. Now millionaire Alec Creighton s proposed and with the ceremony imminent, would he wheel and deal his way out of it? Knowing the delights his bride offered, would having her in his bed be a pleasure he would afford? Seduction on the CEO s Terms CEO Joe Carlino had returned to Napa Valley to help run the family winery; he...
She won't bend to his will - but will she give in to his seduction? The Virgin's Price Melanie Milburne Australian millionaire Bryn is looking for a wife quickly, conveniently and temporarily. Rebellious Mia is happy to accept. But Bryn is unaware of Mia's very good reason for accepting his proposal and that he's just employed a virgin to be his new bride! The Gree...
Ultimatum: Marriage Billionaire businessman Jake Claiborne had got the enemy s daughter pregnant! It had been sheer madness to bed Alicia Butler. The beauty s father had cost Jake s company millions. But now Alicia was pregnant with his baby and he would not walk away. Their only option was marriage For the Sake of the Secret Child The scorching-hot New Year s Eve romp Mia Parker spent with a sexy stranger was reckless, amazing and could never be repeated. But when vineyard owner Be...
Rational Women
Adult
Samantha's husband has left her, and she has decided to take in boarders. One offers advice and comfort; another is not so helpful. Then a new friend suggests that Sam get out, get going, get work. But her real work is to learn how to make her own happiness in order to emerge from grief and the past...
She dreamed of being a girl less ordinary... Eleanor has worked hard to transform herself from the sad, lonely girl she once was. Switching braces for a breathtaking smile, dowdy clothes for fabulous dresses, and heartbreak for flirty, fun-only dates, she's now Ella! But one man can see through her glamour-plating to the real woman beneath. Fiercely private billionaire Jake Donner has never forgotten Ella, and he's shocked to see how she's changed. Spa...