AustLit

'Winning the Silver Kingdom’s most prestigious bravery award was easy for six-year-old snow leopard Jada. All she had to do was rescue her best friend from an avalanche. But when the young lion Libby steals Jada’s award, the Frosty Key Ring, and disappears through a mirror in the Crystal Castle, Jada has three nights to bring both the key ring and the young lion back. Through the mirror, Jada finds a world stranger than any she’s ever seen and she’ll need more than her courage to complete her mission. Can she do it, or will Libby and the Frosty Key Ring be lost forever?' (Publication Summary)

'When a mysterious factory suddenly appears in the Robberstone's cow paddock, ten-year-old twins Jack and Lilly set off to find out where it came from.

'Inside they discover much more than they expected, but will they ever be able to get home?' (Publication Summary)

Strange things happen in the desert... especially when you're searching for the mysterious violet sand.

Georgia the Kangaroo takes her job as mob manager very seriously. When an earthquake takes the mob by surprise, it's up to Georgia and her best friend Porky the Echidna to make sure everyone gets to safety. But with the earthquake's crevice racing down the hill towards them, will Georgia and Porky manage to escape in time? (Publication Summary)

'Porky the Echidna loves nothing more than filling his tummy with juicy ants and going in search of adventure. He finds both the night he ventures into town and meets a happy-go-lucky cat named Jessica. But Porky's adventure becomes more than he bargained for, and soon he and Jessica are running for their lives!' (Publication Summary)

A holiday in Sydney sounds like fun, right? Wrong. When Mark’s Mum insists they take the early flight to the Harbour City, she sets off a chain of events that threaten to make their trip the Worst Holiday Ever. For Mark at least. How can he possibly turn things around before they go home?

'Andy Evans is on the move. For six long, lonely years, he’s been running from his past, leaving his family and his life as a drug-addicted rock star far behind. His latest move takes him to the sleepy seaside town of Oamaru, New Zealand, to sell cigar-box guitars to tourists. The only running he’ll need to do will be training for the half-marathon in nearby Dunedin. But when Andy sets eyes on Steampunk HQ, Oamaru's main tourist attraction, he realises his days of running might not be over, especially if a certain Steampunk fan from his past catches up with him.

'Annie Martin is on the cusp of great success. Her career as a Steampunk academic is about to take off, as long as she can convince one disagreeable, New Zealand-based Professor to sign up to the anthology she’s putting together. Thankfully, Annie is a master at maintaining her poise and few people, no matter how nasty, can rattle her. Not any more. In fact, it’d been a good six years since anyone had gotten under her skin, after her best friend’s brother had vanished into thin air.

'When Annie finds her future career on a collision course with her secret past, Andy Evans is the last person she expects to find tangled up in the mess. With a vengeful drug-dealer or two hot on his heels, and a vindictive academic determined to ruin her credibility, can Annie bring Andy back to his family before it’s too late? Annie and Andy are used to being alone, but if they don’t work together, there’ll be much more at stake than her livelihood and his sobriety.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Everything happens for a reason, they say. And sometimes the reason is you're stupid and make bad decisions. Sleeping with her sister's best friend is one of the dumbest things soon-to-be divorcee Emily Evans has ever done. But she's determined to put it behind her and move on. She's walked away from her cheating husband, managed to make a new friend, and found herself a real job and somewhere to live so she doesn't have to couch-surf any more. Everything should be falling into place but for one problem – there are some mistakes from which you can't move on.

'Meanwhile, Ben Cameron is getting on with his life. After all, it's the only thing to do once your heart has been stomped on by the woman of your dreams. Expanding his business and getting cosy with the girl next door are proving welcome distractions. He's even happy to babysit his nephew, as long as he can to hand him back when he's done! And thankfully, Emily Evans, the woman with the heavy boots, is avoiding him like the plague. But Emily can't avoid him forever, and when she drops a bombshell that turns Ben's world upside-down, suddenly, getting on with his life takes on a whole new meaning.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Everything happens for a reason, they say. And sometimes the reason is you're stupid and make bad decisions. Sleeping with her sister's best friend is one of the dumbest things soon-to-be divorcee Emily Evans has ever done. But she's determined to put it behind her and move on. She's walked away from her cheating husband, managed to make a new friend, and found herself a real job and somewhere to live so she doesn't have to couch-surf any more. Everything should be falling into place but for one problem – there are some mistakes from which you can't move on.' (Publication Summary)
 

'Disastrous love life aside, Charlotte Evans is rather content with her life. Her quaint little art gallery is plodding along nicely and her sister Emily’s artistic career is about to take off, thanks to her tireless promotion. She even gets to see her best friend every day and drink his delicious coffee in the café next door.

'But when dastardly property developer Craig Carmichael comes along, threatening to demolish her gallery and take everything away, Charlotte has an unexpected fight on her hands. Not only is she battling to stop Craig’s development, she’s also struggling against the mysterious magnetic pull that has her on a collision course with Craig himself.

'Craig Carmichael is fighting the Battle for Boundary Street on more than one front. The tenants of the building he wants to knock down are mounting a strong case against him and in a hot-headed moment he put his career on the line for a project that is threatening to fail. If the project doesn’t succeed he will loose everything but for some reason he’s having trouble maintaining his focus.

'As their worlds begin to unravel around them, anyone could win. It’s what they might lose that has Charlotte and Craig wondering what it is they really want.' (Publisher's blurb)