AustLit

'When Charlie meets Essie as a young child in outback Australia, he's drawn to her in a way he doesn't understand. She's so different to him, yet somehow they're exactly the same.

'As they kick up the red sand of the desert by day and sit on the porch with their eyes glued to the stars by night, they learn that they're capable of so much more than they imagined.

'Never forgetting the time they spent together, when they meet again as adults they discover the impact they had on each other's lives. But when Essie's star threatens to fall, Charlie refuses to believe that he may not be able to catch her this time.

'This is a story of an unlikely friendship with bonds that last not just for a lifetime, but far beyond.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'She’s loved and lost him a hundred times across a thousand years. She can’t bear to lose him again.

'Lin’s dreams are haunted by faces of people she’s never met. Unable to shake the feeling she’s lived before, she’s drawn to Reinier—a stranger whose soul is heartbreakingly familiar from a time gone by.

'Reinier helps Lin unravel the mystery of her past life as Hannah, a girl who sacrificed herself for her true love, Matthew. As Lin falls hopelessly in love with Reinier, her memories of her life as Hannah sharpen, and she finds herself unable to let go of Matthew.

'With her heart torn in two, Lin must decide whether she should stand by Reinier’s side or track down Matthew and fight for his love. What she doesn’t know is that her decision will ripple across our troubled planet, affecting far more lives than just her own.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Can she learn to forgive before her time runs out again? Or will the truth destroy her? Maari doesn’t care that Nax is an outcast. She’s drawn to him in a way she can’t explain, determined to teach him to embrace the strange world they live in. But just as his heart opens wide, a force greater than them threatens to tear them apart.

'Nax and Maari travel to the depths of the ocean to visit an old woman known as the Truthseeker. She unravels the mystery behind their connection, and warns them to run as far away from each other as they can. But staying away isn’t possible when you’ve found the person who brings your soul to life.

'Far away, two sisters are born into extreme poverty, quickly discovering the key to their survival is their strength together. It isn’t until one sister threatens to steal away the love of the other that their bond shatters, and a true struggle for survival begins.

'As these two stories merge into one, we learn that when soulmates meet, there’s nothing that can keep them apart. Except love.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'What if the only way to find the path home is to leave it behind?

'When Valentina walks into the ocean, she says goodbye to everyone she knows. But the memory of the person who fills all the spaces of her heart will keep her safe, no matter where her journey takes her next.

'Buzz is also sent far away, although to a loner like him this doesn’t sound like such a bad idea. Until he finds himself stranded all alone in a place that is so much like home, yet it couldn’t be more different.

'Just as he wonders how he’ll survive in this strange land, a small girl with a familiar soul appears and changes everything once more.

'Isolated from the world, without so much as a language in common, somehow they learn to thrive. Together, they create a new kind of world to live in – one that not only binds them, but draws others to their side.

'It is here that two worlds will finally become one. As hearts merge and threaten to break, souls will entwine, holding each other close for the remainder of time.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.