He’s hiding a dark secret … But so is sheA stunning new thriller about the burden of shame from blockbuster author Sara FosterLizzie Burdett was eighteen when she vanished, and Noah Carruso has never forgotten her. She was his first crush, his unrequited love. She was also his brother’s girlfriend.Tom Carruso hasn’t been home in over a decade. He left soon after Lizzie disappeared under a darkening cloud of suspicion, and n...

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...

He’s never wanted a girl more, but she’s not the type to fall for a star quarterback. Can the popular jock win over this feisty new exchange student?Mack is hot, popular, and used to getting exactly what he wants … until he sets his sights on the new exchange student from New Zealand. He’s never been one for love at first sight, but this chick has him feeling things he never knew existed within him, and in spite of her feisty rejections, he’s determined to get to k...

Longlisted for the Davitt Award and the Saturday Age’s ‘Pick of the Week,’ Sara Foster’s third novel asks: How far would you go to save someone you love?Two years ago, Desi Priest made a horrific mistake and destroyed her family.Now, she is coming home to make amends: to her daughter, Maya, who’s nurturing her own dangerous plan; to her brother, Jackson, who blames himself; and to her close friend, Pete, who has spent years shielding her from a dev...

When Louisa Deasey receives a message from a Frenchwoman called Coralie, who has found a cache of letters in an attic, written about Louisa’s father, neither woman can imagine the events it will set in motion.The letters, dated 1949, detail a passionate affair between Louisa’s father, Denison, and Coralie’s grandmother, Michelle, in post-war London. They spark Louisa to find out more about her father, who died when she was six. From the seemingly simple question “Who was Denison De...

IT WAS A TRAGIC ACCIDENT. WASN'T IT? A private investigator returning to the hometown he fled years ago becomes entangled in the disappearance of two teenage girls in this stunning literary crime thriller.Reid left the small town of Manson a decade ago, promising his former Chief of Police boss he'd never return. He made a new life in the city, became a PI and turned his back on his old life for good.Now an insurance firm has offered him good money to look ...

A hopeless love. An ancient secret. A bond that will change them forever.ROMANCE WRITERS OF AUSTRALIA RUBY FINALIST 2021Failed ballerina Ella Lewis has just landed a job in an industry she knows nothing about. The goal is simple: build a normal life and keep her father happy. So when construction worker Dax Coburn enters the scene, six-foot-three of pure complication, she knows she should steer clear. The mystery shadowing him sets alarm bells ringing, yet ...

“This affecting tale of a 19th-century American woman struggling to prove her worth other than as a marriage prospect leaves a lasting impression.” Publishers WeeklyThe Lovely Bones meets the Wild, Wild West in this haunting tale inspired by a true story.Pregnant out of wedlock, sixteen-year-old Annie Moore is sent to live at a convent for fallen women. When the nuns take her baby, Annie escapes, determined to find a way t...

It’s a few days until her eighteenth birthday, and Cass is holding the fort at the Sharp detective agency. All is quiet in the office until a distraught girl runs in, seeking refuge from an rampaging boyfriend who is hell bent on destroying the place.Tara Sharp arrives home from a holiday to find her workplace in chaos. At the same time, she receives an urgent summons by the bikies to do a job for them. It seems they believe she still owes them a favor.As usual with Tara th...

The suburbs of Par Mars. Two shopping centers, rows of estates, and thematically designed neighborhoods.Twenty-four-year-old Leen is going to open an ear-cleaning and massage studio in the Topic Heights Shopping Centre, taking her mother’s Chinese ritual to the West to bring people back to their bodies.But something is not quite right in Par Mars. Managers are being attacked, and when Leen befriends Jean Paul, a pharmacist who is obsessed with a cryptic onl...

A hot millionaire is in deep with a mob boss who wants to kill him. How much will Tara Sharp risk for her first big client?Tara Sharp can see auras, and it’s ruining her life. When she tries to turn her inconvenient secret into a paying gig, her first job lands her in the middle of a tug of war between the biggest, baddest crime lord in town and the hottest business man Tara has ever met.A narcoleptic ex-roadie sidekick, a cranky pet parrot, and a psychic i...

Tara’s quirky PI business is attracting some even quirkier customers. She’s not sure how Madame Vine’s Escort Agency got her number. And then there’s the eccentric motorcycle racing team owner, Bolo Ignatius. Both these clients want Tara to investigate suspicious circumstances that turn up dead bodies. That can only mean one thing in this town: John Viaspa. Tara goes in for round two with the local crime boss, while balancing the tight rope of her deliciously complicated love life....