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A warm-hearted story that also generously highlights novels written by other authors. There is so much to enjoy in this tale of friendship and love. Uniquely Australian, yet told in a companionable style, reminiscent of Maeve Binchy. Julie, Goodreads, Amazon. Twelve books, nine friends, four bab...

Callie March is fascinated by human absurdity, including the habits of the upper class. So when she pushes her screen-addicted teenage son to join a local rowing club, she is thrilled to discover a whole new world of odd behaviours, irrational obsessions and riverside rooting. Thrust into a supp...

Be tantalised by Elizabeth Rolls’s scandalous Regency romance! She’s determined never to marry again...is he the gentleman to change her mind? Left penniless by her late husband and disowned by her family, widow Lady Althea withdrew from polite society, and became infamous for indulging in no...

A young woman is seduced by the glamour of the circus and drawn into a dangerous world of violence, cruelty and revenge. For readers of Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus and Helen Oyeyemi's Mr Fox. A dark fantasy tale infused with mystery and threat from the award-winning author whose work has ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE URSULA K. LE GUIN PRIZE FOR FICTION "A reminder, spelled out in boldface, of the remarkable tenacity of life." —Wall Street Journal "Kaleidoscopic…a fascinating and fresh reading experience." —Chicago Reader "Moving and grand." —Esquire (Best Sci-Fi Books of 2024) Can the ...

The gripping and exciting first book in a brand new crime thriller series from the No.1 bestselling author. 'Quite simply, Karin Slaughter is the best of us' Dervla McTiernan Welcome to North Falls. A small town where everyone knows everyone. But nobody knows the truth. Emmy Clifton has liv...

She needs a husband to claim her inheritance. But what if she already has one? And he just happens to be a prince… Dive into the first installment in the Wed In The Outback miniseries from Ally Blake! Their reunion with a royal twist… To claim her inheritance, Matilda Waverly must be wed with...

Callie March is fascinated by human absurdity, including the habits of the upper class. So when she pushes her screen-addicted teenage son to join a local rowing club, she is thrilled to discover a whole new world of odd behaviours, irrational obsessions and riverside rooting. Thrust into a supp...

‘A beautifully expansive novel about race and class... Franklin's emotional and intellectual range is vast.... An exceptional debut' - Katie Kitamura, author of  Intimacies An arrest for cocaine possession in the Hamptons on the last day of a sweltering summer leaves Smith, a young Black Queer g...

A younger reader's companion volume to the bestseller The Dreaming Path – learning lessons through story. Meet Uncle Rolly, your guide through Dreamtime stories and activities, and join Emily and Jacob as they go on adventures to new and beautiful locations out in the bush. In each chapter, Uncl...