What if you wanted to change your old life before it changed you?She desperately needed to escape, and it was all going to plan until that fiery accident. Waking in hospital to the sound of a soothing voice gave her a glimpse of a future she’d craved, but could she wish her past away by pretending to have no memories of it?Lou Baxter’s divorce had been amicable, she loved her job, her daughters, and even her wonderful, irritating mother. Then an injured you...

Clancy Deveril's life was not messy. She never allowed it to be. She simply moved on. It was what she did and it always worked. So why wasn't she doing that now?Perhaps because this time it wasn't just about her. It involved her family, particularly her much younger sister. And, as Clancy saw it, she knew where to lay the blame. The entitled Hunter family. Specifically, Abigail Hunter. So with revenge in mind Clancy drew closer to Abigail Hunter's flame. But too late, she realised ...

Jo Creighton's life was in tatters. All she had to show for the last ten years was a failed marriage and trampled self-esteem. She'd been a naive fool who believed in fairy tales and true love.Gathering the last remnants of her resolve Jo decides to make a clean break, get away, find the person she used to be. So she takes leave from work and escapes to the mountains where she's sure the clean, fresh air will clear the negativity, the fuzzy cobwebs from her mind. She would regain h...

Riley James couldn't have loved her adoptive parents more if she had been their biological daughter. They had never hidden the fact that she was adopted and as she got older so too grew her curiosity about the parents who gave her life.So with the blessing of her mother and father and dire warnings from her friend, Lisa, Riley sets out on a journey of discovery and travels south to Brisbane to find her birth mother. Maggie is thrilled to meet Riley but her husband is overseas on bu...

Gian Crane, youngest of six, the family underachiever, started out with reasonable goals but now, at thirty-two, the sum of her life is an uninspiring job and one major broken heart. If it wasn’t for her best friend, Maddie, she’d have no joy in her life at all.Then a management shuffle elevates Gian to the new boss’ Personal Assistant, a boss who’s reserved, icily attractive, and a little older. Just Gian’s type. No, Gian will not complicate her life by foolishly allowing herself ...

Widow Rachel Weston's life is a constant juggle between raising her two children and managing her landscaping business. As a single mum she didn't need any drama upsetting her world. It's bad enough that she can't find suitable staff, but the latest gossip throws her into a panic.Quinn Farrelly, the Wild One, has returned. No one expected her to come home after her release from prison, but it seems she has. And she's even more attractive now.Memories Rachel thought she'd bu...

A life-threatening incident had changed Mac Donovan’s life. Now restricted to desk duties she was focusing on recovery and returning to her old job. She also knew she had to make the break from a dangerous secret relationship.On the positive side she was seeing more of her friends and realising how much she’d missed them. Her best friend, Dee, didn’t want Mac to move on alone and informed Mac she knew someone who would be just right for her. Mac wanted no such complications.

Shann Delaney, singer, songwriter and single mother, has struggled to get her life and her career on track, and now everything is coming together for her. Ten years ago she had left home after arguments with her father and she'd never returned. But it wasn't just family problems that had caused her to run away. Shann had fallen in love with Leigh Callahan, the girl next door, but Leigh had broken Shann's young heart and let her down when Shann needed her most.Then Shann's sister, L...

To say Asha West's life was in something of a slump would be a fairly accurate description. Her job wasn't as satisfying as it had been, as she knows it should be, and then there was her failed relationship with her first love. What she desperately needed was a change of scene.Her family wants her to return home so she applies for and gets a position in Brisbane. With a couple of months before her new job begins she's approached to do some genealogical research, something she reall...

Life was all about forks in the road, Kat's best friend, Em, told her. And Kat knew she hadn't chosen wisely when it came to the forks in her road of life. It seemed each road had led to dismal failure. Her family. Her relationships. All failures. Kat didn't know why Em was still there, especially when Kat rarely took Em's advice.However this time Kat had to admit perhaps Em was right. Renovating the old house she'd inherited gave her a project. It would take her mind off her break...

Fliss Devon's life seems ideal. She runs her family's successful art gallery on an island across the bay from tropical Queensland's capital city. To all outward appearances Fliss has it all. Well, almost all. She was finally getting over her broken heart and she was in no hurry to allow herself to be so vulnerable again.Then she learns that, after eight long years, Bailey Macrae is returning to the island. Beautiful, wonderful and now very famous Bailey Macrae, the same Bailey Macr...

It’s the nineteen sixties. Life was different then. But Tyneholme, the magnificent, historic home of one of Brisbane’s pioneering families, the well-known Chaseleys, endures. Dickie Chaseley, grandson of the first Chaseley to arrive in Australia, is a respected businessman, and his vivacious wife, Vivienne, is a much-loved patron of a large number of charities.Circumstances have drastically changed young Laura Dawson’s comfortable and sheltered life and she gratefully acce...