AustLit

'Gina Trent thinks finding the perfect man is as simple as writing the perfect list. Her list writing habits make her an internet sensation, but when she has to choose between hesitant Australian diplomat Sean Tate and proactive British entrepreneur Will Lockwood, Gina discovers that getting what's on your list isn't the same as getting what you need. Set in Papua New Guinea and Manchester, A List-Less Life is a heart-warming novel about the twists and turns on the path to true love.' 

'Revenge is a dish best served cold according to Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, but Darcy Delany turns up the heat in Sweet Revenge. Murderous grandmothers, harried husbands and bullied employees take matters into their own hands in this entertaining collection of short stories from a sassy storyteller.' (Publication Summary)

'Amalie Duckworth has been harangued by her perfect boss, Natasha, for years. While she dreams of running her own business and wearing a fishtail wedding dress, the pictures symbolising her goals seem destined to grace her 'Wall of Destiny' indefinitely. When Amalie loses her job in a departmental restructure, she's determined to get her revenge on Natasha by making her dreams come true. Inspired by her own bad break-up experience, she starts a business: The Go-Between Break-Up Facilitator Service. One dream down, one to go. Carpenter Dean Lawler is taken for granted by his troubled childhood sweetheart, Zara. He's in love limbo, caught between his desire to make Zara feel cherished and his own need for emotional fulfilment. But when he catches Zara cheating, it's the break he needs. He calls Amalie to help send Zara packing, only to find himself entranced by Amalie's inner and outer beauty. When Zara returns, Dean is forced to choose. Will he fall for Zara's damsel in distress routine? Or will he choose true love with Amalie, and make both their dreams of a happily ever after come true?'

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'The path to true love rarely runs smoothly. Sally is caught in a love triangle with her fiance Tim and his vine, Vera. In the year 2072, Linda and her lover Nick face expulsion from the world as they know it if their illicit romance is discovered. Rosaline, the woman Romeo initially wanted before he met Juliet, gives a different view of Romeo and shows how he obtained the poison he drinks at the end of the play. And a woman's search for her family history in Iceland closes the circle on her own Icelandic family saga. Written in Darcy Delany's signature warm and sassy style, Love Gone Wrong is an entertaining salute to love and all the romantic debacles endured in its name.'

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