In 1917, at the tender age of sixteen Matilda Mary Twiss married Sapper James Devine, an Aussie Digger who spent more time AWOL and in detention than carrying out his military duties.Two years later, she arrived on Australian shores as a war bride.Making their home in East Sydney, the Devines involved themselves within Sydney’s criminal underworld. After tolerating years of an abusive marriage,Tilly decided to challenge the inferior status of women in society and set out to ...

Since the 17th Century, legends, stories and folkloric accounts of these mythological beings have fascinated and enthralled humanity. No one place or historical period during these decades can lay claim to their origins or if indeed they really do exist. But they have tantalised and captivated us for generations. Come on a journey that begins in a bathhouse in Ancient Greece in 383 BC and traverses the Mediterranean to the Isles of Greece and beyond. Journey through time and experience the...

In 1917, at the tender age of sixteen Matilda Mary Twiss married Sapper James Devine, an Aussie Digger who spent more time AWOL and in detention than carrying out his military duties.Two years later, she arrived on Australian shores as a war bride.Making their home in East Sydney, the Devines involved themselves within Sydney's criminal underworld. After tolerating years of an abusive marriage, Tilly decided to challenge the inferior status of women in society and set out to...

Created through act of deliberate violence planned carefully over decades, we witness the birth of a boy child who has no idea who he is or where his destiny will take him. Born in 1334BC from the loins of an Egyptian princess and sired by one of the most powerful and cunning of the Ancient Immortal Vampyrs, we meet Tycho, a Dhampyr – half human, half blood-hunter. Struggling with an unrelenting lust for blood and his growing distaste for his manipulated existence to serve the nefarious en...

Beautiful, privileged, wealthy, and a citizen of ancient Rome, the story of Veronika unfolds; from her innocence and arranged marriage to an ambitious Senator; her trials and tribulations in becoming a mother and at the same time a hostess to the elite of one of the world’s most powerful Empires. This all suddenly collapses under the rule of a depraved Emperor as she finds herself cast into the arena of gladiatorial combat to appease his insane quest for control, power and entertainment. I...

Part 2 of the series, Her Billionaire, Her Wolf:He is a man with particular tastes.Fine wines, private jets...a windswept château perched upon the French Atlantic coast.And Brazier Abraxis is no less extravagant in the choice of his women...but just what quality he sees in her, Sara cannot fathom.Murder and contracts written in blood lurk in her shadow as she is secreted out of the country and over the sea. Yet every time he turns his impenetrable gaze upon ...

Don't miss Neil Lancaster's brand-new espionage thriller series! No Mercy available to buy now.‘Grabbed me from the first page’ Ian Rankin‘The best police procedural I’ve read in years’ Jane CaseyThis grave can never be opened.The head of Scotland’s most powerful crime family is brutally murdered, his body dumped inside an ancient grave in a remote cemetery.This murde...

In the East is a land ruled by an emperor, whose consorts and serving women live in a sprawling complex known as the hougong, the rear palace. Maomao, an unassuming girl raised in an unassuming town by her apothecary father, never imagined the rear palace would have anything to do with her—until she was kidnapped and sold into service there.Though she looks ordinary, Maomao has a quick wit, a sharp mind, and an extensive knowledge of medicine. That’s her secret, until she encounter...

The second in David Hair's epic Moontide Quartet, perfect for fans of Brandon Sanderson, George R.R. Martin and Robert Jordan.Return to Urte, a land in chaos, where the smallest choice may save or damn the world.The Moontide has come, and a scarlet tide of Rondian legions is flooding into the East, slaughtering and pillaging in the name of Emperor Constant. But the Scytale of Corineus, the source of ultimate magical power, has slipped throu...

A missing sun god. A Realm going dark. Can one magic novice rescue an ancient power before it's too late?Kyah struggles to understand who she is. Escorted to the breathtaking City of the Gods for training, she prays she’ll discover her true identity. But before she can take in the breathtaking new world, she learns that an evil darkness is coming, and Kyah may be the only one who can stop it.Tasked by a reclusive god to rescue Ra himself, Kyah must embark o...

Twenty-one of Australia's most startling real-life crimes, from the late 1800s to the present day are collected here in one gripping volume. Using exhaustive research, court records, police statements and original interviews, Larry Writer offers fascinating new insights into the lives of some of Australia's most notorious villains and their victims.

He feels called to be a bard, but his brothers think he's trying to avoid working. She has until summer's end to choose a husband or marry the man her father has chosen.Fionn is the youngest of seven sons and knows his destiny is to be a bard. But his older brothers think he's wasting his time and want him to start contributing to the household. When the woman he's secretly in love with is promised to his oldest brother, he realises he needs a stable income if he's...