AustLit

'Life in the Scottish Highlands is anything but boring for 16-year-old Ellie Lucas. Her home, Glenwillow Castle, is a portal to the afterlife, the boy she loves a ghost charged with guarding it and her murderous great-great uncle is back from the dead, intent on causing trouble. With so much in her life unresolved, Ellie clings to her ghostly love, Flynn, but then he goes missing in the portal, and one by one her friends desert her, too. Add to that the strange voices she keeps hearing, plus her uncle’s blood-thirsty schemes to claim her castle for himself, and Ellie begins to wonder if her legacy really is lost…' (Publication summary)

'When 15-year-old Ellie's parents move her from Australia to live in the Scottish castle they've been left by a relative, she knows she's in for a culture shock. Bad weather, next to no phone or TV reception and a dearth of entertainment are to be expected, but from the moment the plane arrives in Scotland, her life changes in ways she never imagined. Nothing in the remote highland village of Glenwillow is as it seems and it's not only the locals who are keeping secrets - her parents are hiding something, too. But when she falls for gorgeous and mysterious teenage groundsman, Flynn MacAlister, none of it matters, until Ellie discovers his is the biggest secret of all.' (Publication summary)

'Murder, blackmail, fraud – life in the idyllic English countryside isn’t that idyllic after all, or so Chief Inspector Hilary Heart discovers when she’s called in to investigate following an unexplained death.

'Although it’s 1998 – a new century on the horizon – picture-perfect Dinglederry village has stayed firmly in the past, the only ripples caused by the arrival of a handful of newcomers. But with a trail that leads again and again to London, and a body count that continues to rise, the Chief Inspector begins to wonder how far those ripples spread.

'The more she digs, the more lies she uncovers. Someone is in too deep and they’ll stop at nothing to save themselves – even if it means killing her.' (Publication summary)

'It's been 16 years since rebel Annie was sent to live with her aunt Meg in Incabar to escape the fallout from her mother's murder trial; 16 years since she met Amish Samuel and fell hopelessly in love. Since then she's moved on, faced up to killing her stepfather, setting her mother free, and learnt to live without Samuel. She's been doing things her way. Then the police call: Meg's in a coma, her husband dead, and Annie has no choice but to return to Incabar, re-visit her past, and deal with the unfinished business that is Samuel. However, it's not only old friends she has to face, but old enemies, too. Finding herself at the wrong end of a vendetta, and with Samuel fighting his own demons, Annie begins to wish she'd never left home. Because this time it's not just her heart she risks losing, it's her life...' (Publication summary)

'Samuel's Way is a young adult fiction about a teenager, Annie, who is sent to live with an aunt she never knew existed in rural Pennsylvania. Her mother is on trial for murder and Annie herself may hold the key to her freedom. She falls in love with Samuel, an Amish boy, while trying to balance her ideas of what is best: survival or truth? This book is a raw tale of a girl who is forced to face up to her past. It contains strong language and some adult situations. ' (Publication summary)