COLLINS, KA

ISBN 978-1-922890-85-6
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A Token Gift

A thriller about counterfeit men under robes of righteousness

After a life of tragedy, Alana joins the Australian Federal Police and soon meets CIA operative Nathan Collins, the man she expected to spend her life with, though that too turned to tragedy. Nathan contacts his estranged wife for assistance after three years apart when he is deployed to Spain and Morocco for an extremely dangerous assignment. One involving the staged assassination of the leader of a system not made accountable for a multitude of crimes performed by counterfeit men under cloaks of righteousness over the centuries. The threads of sexual and religious tension weave between Nathan and Alana, brought back together to execute this audacious plan.

Will the assassination attempt of the most powerful religious leader in the world bring the distraction required to detain them? Could this be the bridge they need to revisit their marriage, something they both secretly desire?

A Token Gift is threaded with political, religious, and historical facts.

KAUR, B

ISBN 978-1-922722-37-9
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The Girl From Ireland

After one year he came to this city, he was hospitalised with chest pain. The doctor who treated him believed it was a stroke and was muddled that strokes are not possible at this age. He then decided to change things around and to focus on his life, as he mentioned.

“She is everything to me and I would do anything to put a smile on her face. However, if something happens to me, she will never come to know. The sufferings will only occur to my family and it is not their fault that I failed.”

This book is about a guy who starts a ‘social media’ relationship and his willing to meet a girl in person. What are the reasons, facts and mistakes behind the actions of these two people from different worlds. Remember: actions speak louder than words. I hope the readers can relate to the story and can learn a important lesson from it. Read on…

Amar Grewal Author

About the Author

Intimate relationships are rare and how huge is the need of sharing one’s struggles and hopes with someone. That was the fuel for an online search during the Covid-19 pandemic. The author is just a friend of a guy who wants to disclosure a contemporaneous experience that had highs and lows. However, he still believes life is worth living when there is one to ride this journey together. 

CURRAN, Tanya

ISBN 978-1-923386-89-1
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His Last Letter

IN THE FACE OF WAR, WILL THEIR LOVE AND LETTERS BE ENOUGH TO BRING THEM HOME?

When the announcement came over the radio, Jack Sullivan knew his brothers wouldn’t hesitate to enlist in becoming soldiers.

It was 1939 and all young Australians were encouraged to fight for their country.

But Jack wanted to enlist too. He wanted to fight alongside his brothers, and his mates. The only regret for him was leaving his wife and young son, Charlie. But he knew his mother would support her whilst he was away.

Lizzie Lewis heard the news on the radio too, and her heart sank when her brother Donald announced that he too was enlisting. She only hoped he stayed safe. She had seen enough young men return from overseas, wounded, working as a nurse.

She just didn’t want to have to look after her own brother in one of the wards.

Not one to shirk his responsibilities, Bert Miller, chose to head overseas with the others, only he wanted to tell the stories from the front lines. He wanted to be a war reporter, enlighten the public with the real stories of war. The tales he heard from the soldiers.

In a time where the only communication was hand written letters, these three young people wait patiently for news from loved ones. What will their letters tell them? What will they write in return?

And where will their journey abroad take them? As they navigate the perils of war, will they fall in love and survive, to at least return home?

Or will the last letter posted be his last letter ever?

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by Tanya Curran

ISBN 978-1-922957-95-5​
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Truffles, Jazz, and Butterflies

When you follow your dreams… anything can happen

Ben Vincent dreamed of owning his own restaurant in New York City. But for the time being he was working in a small bistro, stifled by the ignorance of his head chef. Expecting their first child, Ben and his girlfriend live in an one bedroom apartment, struggling to make ends meet as he works in the evenings and studies during the day.

Luis Rodriguez was one of six children, born to an American Father and a Puerto Rican mother, who dreamed of one day becoming a singing sensation, but for the time being he works as a dishwasher in the small bistro, helping his family out financially when he can.

Working as waitress in the same bistro, Poppy is just managing her own affairs with her deadbeat boyfriend, wanting to find her
own dream but still unsure of where her path would take her.

Each longed to follow their dreams. Each wanted a better life. Each wanted to leave the sanctuary of the bistro, but knew their lives depended on the work to survive. Until one day a mysterious benefactor bestows them a gift. Offers them the means to chase their dreams, to live their lives. The only condition was to keep in contact with them, to tell them of their journey.

Will Ben get his own restaurant?

Will Luis become a singing star?

Does Poppy find her path to freedom?

In their quest for their dreams. Will they find love?

And with the generous offer to pursue these dreams is it all they wished for?

ISBN 978-1-923156-62-3
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Our Sacrifices

What would you sacrifice for love?

Laura Parsons has sacrificed her whole life for her husband Eddie. With every moment of their lives, her life has been splashed all over the media. She has sacrificed her privacy and every personal moment in her life thus far. She has supported her husband as he became a Senator and then his bid for Presidency, but now as their marriage has become a mere convenience, she wants a divorce.

Eddie Parsons has sacrificed his relationship with his wife to get what he wanted. But is he willing to sacrifice his integrity to win the Presidency?

Daniel Macintosh “Mackie” puts his life on the line every time he goes into a burning building or a‑ ends a major catastrophe. He’s a firefighter with the New York Fire Department. He’s also sacrificed two marriages along the way.

But when a series of events in his life come crashing together, he takes a leave of absence and embarks on a road trip that leads him to one of the biggest natural disasters in Texas. With his pledge to save lives, Mackie becomes part of the rescue team, intent on doing just that. It’s in his blood, it’s what he knows.

And in doing so, he meets and rescues Laura Parsons, one of the victims caught up in the disaster.

Can Mackie open his heart once again?

Can Laura fall for the handsome firefighter?

Are they both willing to sacrifice a little more to fall in love once again?

And when they return home, will their relationship survive?

ISBN 978-1-922722-09-6
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Finding a Prince to Keep

How does anyone find a Prince in New York City?

Ella Hudson didn’t know. She thought she’d found the perfect guy until he called off their wedding, a few weeks out from the big day. Heartbroken she creates her own events planning business, working long hours and weekends, giving her clients their most amazing day, whilst leaving little time to dwell on her own single life.

But a chance meeting with Oliver Finch, hotel manager of The Conrad Hotel NY changes that.

Young, dashing and hard-working Oliver, often works long hours at his career, something his mother always grumbles about despite her best efforts to do a little match making. There’s more to life than work, she always tells him. Until he meets Ella.

So begins a friendship between Oliver and Ella, a little rocky at first, but then an opportunity arises as a small tragedy leads Ella to work closely with Oliver on a series of social events. Can Ella pause enough within her own work schedule to realise her feelings for Oliver? Or will an old flame destroy the relationship as it’s just beginning?

Does Oliver turn out to be her Prince after all?

ISBN 978-1-922803-43-6
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One Moment of Impact

can change lives irrevocably…

Mitch Kelly thinks he has the perfect life. He’s a stay-at-home dad, married to Izzy, and very much involved in the lives of their two teenage daughters, Sasha and Willow. They live in a large home in the suburbs with their family dog, Sam, enjoying a comfortable lifestyle provided by the success of his writing career. 

Piper Minton’s life is vastly different, and far from perfect. She lives in a small, rundown house with her husband Justin and their teenage son, Cody. Money is tight, but Piper can live without luxuries, if only to pursue her fondest dream of sending her son to a prestigious music school in New York City.

But a rainy night brings tragedy to both families, changing their lives irrevocably. From one moment of impact, their lives are propelled into the city, where new challenges and futures are forged. With these new challenges, hidden secrets are revealed, causing their new lives to unravel. 

Will their secrets break them, leaving them feeling there’s no way out? Or can each family overcome their deepest secrets to survive in their newly forged lives, and find love? 

About the Author

My love for reading began at an early age. I would often spend an afternoon with my head in a book, especially when we were travelling in the car, much to my parents’ annoyance, because I should have been looking out a window.

But a good story transports you into another world, and so grew my love of reading.

My love of writing, however, began when I won a short story competition at school and the story was printed in the local newspaper. This has been my first and only published story, until now, I hope.

Writing and creating characters and their stories is an intriguing concept. You want to create a world that sucks the reader in so deeply that it has them wanting to read further so much that it’s hard to put the book down. That’s what I aspire to: a book that has to be read right now until the end, one you don’t want to put down.

WARNER, Pam

ISBN 978-1-922527-10-3
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Red

Sometimes the wrong choices bring us to the right places.

Red is the romantic story of a disenchanted young woman, Katriana Sophia Eliza O’Shea, who suddenly finds herself alone when it seems the one man in her world is gone.

Her life changes while searching for who she is meant to be. Kate becomes entangled in challenging situations, and finds strength in her weakness, which brings more than one unexpected turn of events. But, sometimes the wrong choices bring us to the right places.

ISBN 978-1-922722-04-1
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Martha

Just as true love brings happiness, so it brings heartbreak and surprises.

The story of Martha is a sequel to the novel Red, revealing the heart-warming journey of one special woman.

To escape her bad marriage, a fearful young Martha finds shelter with the help of her only friend. As time goes by, the friendship of Shirley fades, leaving a naïve Martha struggling to deal with the enormity of change in her life and an unexpected betrayal.

Her inspiring personal beliefs, compassion and loyalties bring joy and new friends, along with the perils of devious strangers. Being the change she wished to be was never going to be easy.

Martha soon discovers that every new venture comes with a price. And the only thing over which she has control, is herself.

About the Author

Written by South Australian author Pam Warner. It makes her happy to think up characters, names and plots and see others enjoying the finished result. With a lifetime of discovery and ever the optimist, she uses light-hearted novels as a way of sharing everybody’s need to feel loved, and because in these uncertain times, writing fiction allows her to go into a world that she has control over. And isn’t that what it’s all about?

BLAXLAND, Meta

ISBN 978-1-922452-39-9 PAPERBACK

Do You Love Me Yet?

When Clara Rosenberg decides to explore the world of Argentinian Tango, she meets the mysterious and lustful Rex.

She finds his persistent attention irresistible, and although she recognizes his practised charm, her life takes an unexpected and dangerous turn.

Meta Blaxland is a pen name. The author lives in Sydney.

ASHWORTH, Julie

ISBN 978-0-6484408-4-0
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Out of Control

She witnessed her mother murdered when she was only ten. Judith Sommers’ fight for mental stability takes her on a journey to the west coast of America, far from her native England. Yet the real key to her sanity lies with a man who battles demons of his own.

ISBN 978-0-6485614-7-7
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Intimate Conversations

Judith Sommers and Michael Raynal are now married and living an idyllic life… or are they? Ghosts from the past re-appear, to wreak havoc with their happiness. Then a new danger emerges, which could totally destroy Judith’s mental stability.

ISBN 978-1-922337-86-3
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Anniversary Waltzing

Still in mourning for the loss of her beloved father, Judith Sommers’ world is completely shattered when her husband, Michael Raynal, walks out on her, just three weeks before their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Now living in New York, with her two sons having moved out of home, a very lonely Judith is forced to face up to the fact she may have driven Michael into another woman’s arms.

ISBN 978-1-922452-74-0
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Open House

Judith Sommers Raynal, anxiously awaiting the birth of her first grand-child, has a chance encounter with a young woman at the airport, which surprisingly develops into a new and special relationship. In Michael’s absence, she holds an open house party, to which she invites all her friends and family. The day ends dramatically, with a surprise addition to the guest list.

ISBN 978-1-922803-51-1
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Those Absent Years

John Jackson Grant travels to Australia to hopefully reconcile with the woman he left, eleven years before, only to find she has been keeping a secret from him during that time. Alexis Virginia Reed is now a successful businesswoman, with a new life which doesn’t necessitate the inclusion of John Grant. Then fate steps in and the two are inexplicably drawn into a renewed relationship, with possible dire consequences.

ISBN 978-1-922629-94-4
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Five Days

A successful author moves into an old cottage located on a bluff above the Pacific Ocean, in northern California, hoping to finish her new book. She hires a young gardener to help trim several trees on the property, then finds herself in need of his services in a more personal way.

ISBN 978-1-922957-61-0
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Seven Days

The sequel to Five Days

Six years after the death of Mitch McKinley, Diana Lyndsay Brown still mourns her lover and continues to write popular books of fiction. On a research holiday to Hawaii, she encounters Adam Blake, the owner of the hotel in which she is staying, whose new assistant just happens to be Porter, the former secretary to the McKinley family. She finds herself being unwillingly persued by the determined Mr Blake, until she is left with only one recourse to rid herself of his attentions.

About the Author

J. E. Ashworth is an author based in Sydney New South Wales. Intimate Conversations is her second book, following her success with Out of Control.