FROM AUSTRALIA'S QUEEN OF FICTION COMES A PAGE-TURNING STORY OF FAMILY SECRETS AND LIES... The valley is nestled between rugged peaks, divided by a magnificent river. Within its peaceful green contours are held the secrets of generations of tribes, families and loners who have come under its spell. But some secrets are never shared, never told. Until one woman returns and begins asking questions... and discovers the story of a forgotten valley pioneer whose life becomes entwined with hers. But in looking into her own family's history she uncovers more than she ever expected - and what her moth... View More...
The journey that changes her life... A young Australian woman leaves Sydney for a new world... Guyana, South America. Captivated by Guyana's wild, unspoilt beauty, Madison Wright Jones joins the native Amerindians struggling to preserve their culture against corporate exploitation. But her new-found commitment soon plunges Madison into a mire of murder, drug smuggling and political corruption. And finally, an unexpected love that pits her heart against her beliefs. From Sydney's sparkling harbour to the lush rainforests of South America, When the Singing Stops is a triumph of storytelling. ... View More...
The triumphant seventh novel in the bestselling phenomenon that is the Outlander series. In the wake of a devastating fire in the mountains of North Carolina, Highlander Jamie Fraser and his English wife, Claire, find themselves homeless and without family, in the midst of the gathering storm of revolution. And thanks to his time-travelling wife's information, he knows what the coming spring of 1778 will bring. But then Jamie's illegitimate son, William, arrives in North Carolina, a young officer in King George's army. Jamie has sworn two things to himself: his son will never know his true p... View More...
Jo had learned the hard way that life was not mystical, or magical; it was hard and grey and cold most of the time. Much better to see it for what it is than to be perennially disappointed. With a hefty new mortgage, a frustrating career as a newspaper columnist and a flailing relationship with a married co-worker, Jo Liddell is resigned to living a less-than-perfect life. That is, until she crosses paths with Joe Bannister - a celebrated foreign correspondent returning home to care for his dying father. Against all her natural instincts, Jo finds herself falling for Joe, and with his help b... View More...
A desperate childhood. An uncertain past. One chance at happiness ...Born into poverty and living under the roof of her violent and abusive brother-in-law, young Kitty Cox dreams of working in a women's dress shop in the West End - a million miles away from the reality of her life as a mud-lark, scavenging on the banks of the Thames. Fate soon intervenes and Kitty finds herself working as a skivvy for Sir Desmond and Lady Arabella Mableton in Mayfair. Bullied by the kitchen maids, Kitty is soon taken under Lady Arabella's wing and for the first time in her life Kitty dares to hope. But Lady 'B... View More...
Following the phenomenal success of Girls' Night In, you're invited to spend another night with the hottest women authors in town . . . and some fellas as well (under strict supervision, of course). Over forty of your favourite writers have written stories specially for Girls' Night In, Gentlemen by Invitation, making it the chunkiest and funkiest book around. And since all of the proceeds go to the charity War Child, by buying this book you've made a difference to the lives of children devastated by conflict. Guaranteed to make you laugh, cry and . . . blush, Girls' Night In, Gentlemen by I... View More...
Welcome to your Big Night Out - and the drinks are on us. inside you'll find cocktail recipes to get you in the party mood, song lists to create the perfect atmosphere, short stories to transport you on a night out to remember . . . and, just to make sure you do remember, there are even hangover cures for when the party ends. View More...
Leone hopes she has found a friend in the orphan boy brought home by her father in 1929. Three years later the orphan, now a record-breaking flyer, is on trial for robbing her father, but Leone needs him for the family aviation firm. The author's other books include "At the Going Down of the Sun". View More...
A stirring Second World War tale of love and loss set in Yorkshire from the author of The Linden Walk and A Scent of Lavender. Set during World War 2, TURN LEFT AT THE DAFFODILS tells two love stories - those of Nan and Carrie. Nan meets Charles, a gauche, young airman at a dance. Despite his stammer and inability to dance, Nan is captivated by her first romance, and takes him under her wing. When Nan learns that Charles is from the landed gentry, she refuses his offer of marriage fearing that their difference in social status will ruin their chances of happiness. But it is the war itself whic... View More...
She is a contradiction, one woman with two lives. She is Shannon, one of the world's great beauties, her face and figure gracing the fashion pages of the world's most elegant magazines. She is also Holly, a fragile innocent, haunted by painful memories of her past-and by dreams of the man who once shared her secrets. She is assured yet vulnerable, irresistible yet untouched. Destiny has brought Holly Shannon North back to Hidden Springs, where she can be one person, where romance once touched her tender young heart. Here Lincoln McKenzie waits-the proud California rancher, long since hardened... View More...
When her husband dies tragically and unexpectedly, Mary Squires is left homeless and destitute with two young children to support. At first it looks as though she will have to leave her beloved Yorshire and go back home to mother - not a prospect she relishes. Then Irish showjumper Patrick Brogan makes Mary an unconventional proposition - that she should move in, lock, stock and barrel, with him. Despite the raised eyebrows of her straitlaced neighbours, Mary accepts, drawn to Brogan by an attraction that frightens her with its power; but the two soon find their strange, tempestuous relatio... View More...
Maggie moves to Brighton after splitting up with her long-term boyfriend, and, unable to find a job, starts work as a lapdancer. Failing to make any new friends, she writes letters compulsively, and the highlight of her day is the sound of the morning post being delivered. Maggie gradually becomes obsessed with the married couple, Jessica and David, living next door. Jessica has given up work after having a baby, and is finding life as a full-time mother very difficult. Just as she persuades David that she should return to work, he is asked to take a sabbatical from his management-consultant j... View More...
Clayton Miller's life is a mess. His career as one of the country's best comedy script writers has stalled and his long term girlfriend has left him for his ex best friend and ex writing partner. Just when he thinks his life couldn't get any worse, he commits a spectacularly public fall from grace and with the press hounding him, his agent banishes him to the middle of nowhere until the dust has settled. At a remote country house he meets Alice... Alice Shoemaker is a voiceover artist who habitually goes to great lengths to avoid telling the truth and after agreeing to help out a friend, by s... View More...
Dr Matthew Hiller is a world class neurosurgeon intent on saving the life of Silvia, the wife of super-rich Nico Rinaldi. But she is also his former lover. Will he operate successfully only to lose her again, as he did back in Eritrea in 1979? View More...
From Australia's master storyteller Evan Green, author of such bestselling novels as Alice to Nowhere, Adam's Empire and Kalinda, comes an unforgettable epic - a story which will endure for all time.
They say no one from the convict settlement of Sydney Town crossed the steep ranges of the Blue Mountains until 1813. But the quick-witted convict Clancy Fitzgerald did it in 1798, dragging with him the proud, but reluctant, Eliza Phillips.
Failure meant the noose, so their only hope was to push forward, into the unknown. Faced with constant danger and wrenching isolation, Clancy and Eliza fin... View More...
This lavishly illustrated guide describes 55 of the best sites for viewing both common and rare species in Australia. Alongside a map of the area, detailed descriptions of each site cover the type of terrain, climate and specific spots at which certain species are likely to be encountered. A fact file for each site lists road and rail access; entry fees and permits, facilities, nearby services, accommodation and GPS co-ordinates. Key species for each site are also listed. View More...
It is 1945 and Hull is celebrating the end of the war in Europe. But for two young people attending one of the many street parties the future looks grim. Sixteen-year-old Dorrie Bellows, at odds with her parents, dissatisfied with her physical appearance and frustrated with her job at the metal box factory, dreams of a better life. Rob Steyart, forced to live with his grandmother when his father is lost at sea and his mother contracts TB, is lonely and afraid of what tomorrow might bring. Rob gives all his affection to his only friend - Dorrie, and her rascally pet mongrel, Jake. Dorrie d... View More...
This is the concluding volume of the McGrath saga. Ginny McGrath has come from the US to run her aunt Lizzie's hotel in the former Sholton Hall. World War I is over and the roaring 1920s are in full swing, but Ginny finds that there is not enough freedom to give her the man she loves. View More...
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