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Tess Woods
Nestled at the bustling foot of the pyramids lies the iconic Albi Bridal Boutique, where three sisters are about to break the shackles of tradition to fight for their futures. When Mariam Albi was tragically killed, the responsibility of running the business was thrust upon eldest daughter, Sarah. Bound to the dress shop and to the demands of her husband and his spiteful mother, Sarah finds herself trapped with nowhere to turn.

Political journalist Aya is writing the story of her career while on the cusp of a thrilling new relationship with Australian-raised journalist, Gamal. When Gamal is arrested on suspicion of treason, Aya risks her life to follow her heart.

University student Lola, the youngest of the Albi girls, is finding her place in the world while masking her true identity. But her secret is exposed, putting her life in grave danger as she faces losing everything and everyone she loves. Inspired by the stories of the ancient pharaoh queens before them, the Albi sisters must harness their inner strength to survive – for in Egypt, history runs deep but blood runs deeper.

Dianne Yarwood
Sydney, 2001. Now in her forties, Maggie Reid has built a good life for herself, surrounded by good people. She has an adorable but needy dog and a new relationship. She has tried hard to leave her painful past behind her, but when her beloved brother Lucas calls with news of their adopted mother’s death, he also delivers a bombshell about Maggie’s birth mother.

So begins an uncertain, bumpy journey to trace her mother’s identity, a quest that brings fresh heartbreak but also unexpected joy. Maggie’s spent her whole life leaving, but now, for the first time, will she feel like staying? Deeply empathetic, uncommonly witty and wise, Margaret, Are You Leaving? celebrates the messiness of family and the beauty of life in all its heartache and wonder.

Matt Rogers
Retired assassin Logan Booth is ready to settle down – but Jacinta Murphy, the President of the United States, has other ideas. Paranoid he will expose her past mistakes, the President triggers a chain of events that drive Logan to Colombia and into the middle of a new war.

After colliding with the wrong cartel, Logan finds himself on the run across the mountainous Colombian countryside. His only chance of survival lies with Alice Mason, an unlikely friend and confidant. Desperate to keep her out of harm’s way, Logan refuses to call on her for aid. But what if she turns up unbidden? How is he supposed to stop her running headfirst into danger when he’s barely keeping himself alive?

Andy McDermott
Pandora’s Box has long been thought a myth.
But when archaeologist Nina Wilde and her husband, former SAS soldier Eddie Chase, are summoned to the White House for a secret meeting, it appears the legendary artefact is real, with the potential to bring great benefits to humanity – or unimaginable harm.

Mistrustful of the motives of those who want to find it, Nina sets out with Eddie on a mission that is the opposite of her usual to ensure the ancient treasure remains undiscovered for ever. But as more groups join the hunt – including one led by her own daughter Macy – Nina finds herself trapped in an ever more deadly race which, if she loses, could destroy the world as we know it – and if she wins will tear her family apart…

Chris Carter
Chris Carter as you’ve never read him no murder, no gore – just pure, relentless suspense. Sam Stewart has escaped her abusive husband. She has taken him to court. She has watched him sent to prison. But Nelson Stewart leaves her with one chilling.

He will come for her. No matter how long it takes. Given a new name and a new identity, Sam becomes Mary Smith and starts again. But Mary knows Nelson. She knows what he is capable of. And she knows that prison might not be enough to keep him away. Now she is trapped in a deadly game of hide and seek – one where nothing is what it seems, and revenge is the prize.

Samantha Ross
Jimny Adams should have died on that hot summer day in 1987 in the remote town of Possible Springs. Only eleven at the time, she was saved from drowning by her school teacher Mr Cross. Seven years on and she has grown into a watchful, quirky eighteen-year-old – her near-death experience having left her with an unnerving psychic ability.

It’s an unwelcome gift that she tries desperately to from her parents, from her best friends, from everyone in town. In such a tight-knit community, being different means becoming a pariah. However Possible Springs is actually a town teeming with dark secrets. And with her ability to read people’s thoughts, Jimny is closer than she would like to be to discovering its truth…

Maya Linnell
Spencer Hawkins never expected to find himself in front of a reality TV crew, let alone as a contestant on Love on the Land. Widowed and cautious, Spencer joins the show to shake up his quiet life as an English teacher and a bee-keeper, but the cameras bring chaos and scripted drama, leaving him questioning whether he’s truly ready to risk loving again. Clem Crossley is busy enough with her new farm gate café, her sunflower-filled property, and raising her two daughters without adding romance to the mix. When her café is unexpectedly called in to cater for the TV crew, she sees a different side of Spencer—he’s clearly out of his depth.

Their paths cross again when Harriet Crossley signs up to perform in the Penwarra Players’ annual theatre production. Somehow between rogue guinea pigs, a troublesome new employee and a side-hustle that’s more work than joy, Clem finds more than friendship, considering his excess baggage. As the TV show airs, misleading edits and small-town gossip threaten to undo the bond they’ve built. Clem, fiercely protective of her daughters, begins to wonder if Spencer is another risk she can’t afford.

Set in the heart of rural South Australia, Spencer and Clem must confront their pasts and trust each other to take centre stage in a love story that’s all their own.

Judy Nunn
During the darkest days of the Cold War, in the remote wilderness of a South Australian desert, the future of an infant nation is being decided . . . without its people’s knowledge. A British airbase in the middle of nowhere; an atomic weapons testing ground; an army of raw youth led by powerful, ambitious men – a cocktail for disaster. Such is Maralinga in the spring of 1956.

MARALINGA is a story of British Lieutenant Daniel Gardiner, who accepts a twelve-month posting to the wilds of South Australia on a promise of rapid promotion; Harold Dartleigh, Deputy Director of MI-6 and his undercover operative Gideon Melbray; Australian Army Colonel Nick Stratton and the enigmatic Petraeus Mitchell, bushman and anthropologist. They all find themselves in a violent and unforgiving landscape, infected with the unique madness and excitement that only nuclear testing creates.

MARALINGA is also a story of love; a love so strong that it draws the adventurous young English journalist Elizabeth Hoffmann halfway around the world in search of the truth. And MARALINGA is a story of heartbreak; heartbreak brought to the innocent First Australians who had walked their land unhindered for 40,000 years.
Maralinga . . . a desolate place where history demands an emerging nation choose between hell and reason.