AustLit

'Can life ever be a bed of roses?

'When Lily misses out on a well-deserved promotion the day her boyfriend is offered a job overseas, she faces a choice: should she embrace an expat life, or follow her childhood dream and become a florist?

'Deciding to follow her heart, she moves to the coast and decides to start again. But fitting into the tight-knit community proves harder than she expected.

'As she navigates new friendships, financial worries and the pull of returning to her city life, she learns how flowers can bring her the happiness she's been looking for.

'And when romance appears on the horizon, Lily realises she can't commit until she reconciles her mistakes.

'Can she overcome her past and learn the true meaning of love?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'In a small rural community north-west of Sydney, park ranger, Cal Nyx, finds a badly decomposed body in the bush. When the remains are identified as someone she once knew, the police treat her as a suspect. Cal, a tough and canny woman, needs to find the killer and convince the police of her innocence.

'When it turns out the victim was wanted in relation to a previous murder, the case takes a complicated turn. And with family issues bubbling away in the background, Cal starts to feel the heat. 

'To make matters worse, Cal has a difficult history, and when the police start probing into her private life, she finds herself in a race against the clock to solve the crime. 

'But the murderer has Cal in their sights, and she has a choice to make…

'Catch a killer or do right by her family?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'A journalist who travels the world exposing heinous crimes makes enemies. Olivia Wolfe has more than most.

'When her anonymous source is murdered, Wolfe must unravel the terrible secret that connects a British Cabinet Minister, a Vietnamese billionaire, and a poor South African teacher to a series of gruesome murders.

'Soon Wolfe is hunted by a terrifying assassin. With governments in the balance and the survival of one of the most magnificent creatures on earth in her hands, can Wolfe stay alive long enough to expose this shocking conspiracy?

'Four murders. Four countries. One terrible secret.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Ten people. Twelve days. One killer.

'Ten people meet for a reunion at a remote castle, organised by a preacher who once held them in a Christian cult. One by one, the old friends are brutally murdered, and yet their killer remains hidden in their very midst.

'Rafe attends the reunion at the castle for one reason only: to settle once and for all how he really feels about his childhood obsession, Suzanne. Rivalry reignites at the outset as the men who all loved and fought over Suzanne are brought together once more.

'Is Suzanne the reason for these serial killings?

'Is the murderer a jealous unrequited lover?

'Or is she the femme fatale with a bloody agenda?

'As tension mounts, Rafe must play this deadly game in order to identify and neutralise the hidden serial killer before he himself becomes the next victim…'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Returning from a whirlwind honeymoon in Las Vegas, with her new husband Corey, Katherine believes the marriage will help to get her and her young daughter Ava’s life back on track.

'But the euphoria of the honeymoon soon fades when Katherine notices a sudden change in Corey’s behaviour. He is angry with her and careless toward Ava.

'Something has changed. Something is wrong.

'As Katherine feels her mind slipping away from her, she wonders if she has been wrong about the man she loves.

'Is Corey really that bad? Katherine is about to find out…'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Karen Rainey lives a sheltered life on the edge of the city. For the last five years, she has rarely left the home unless it was unavoidable. She has her food and anything else she needs delivered to the front door. She works from home to avoid venturing outside.

'But Karen isn’t agoraphobic. She’s terrified of her ex-boyfriend, Zach, who is serving a life sentence in prison for a string of bank robberies after Karen testified against him. With the constant threat that Zach might send someone to find and kill her, Karen keeps a low profile.

'To aid her in paying the rent each month, Karen takes in the occasional housemate, opting for students from the local university. Her current housemate, Beth, is a young student who has no idea about Karen’s past. 

'But when a mysterious package is left of her doorstep, it sends Karen’s world into turmoil. 

'Has Zack found her?

'Isolated and frightened, Karen befriends Beth but refuses to tell her everything about her past.

'Trapped inside their home, Karen and Beth soon begin to lose their minds.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Sylvia has been missing for thirty years. Will her daughters ever find her? 

'Tordorrach is 70,000 acres of drought-stricken land in the Australian outback. Why do a group of wealthy people from London want to buy it?  

'Seamus, the owner of Tordorrach, lives in poverty. His homestead is derelict and he is heavily in debt. The new owners run Outback Experience holidays on Tordorrach. Seamus becomes one of the gardeners, and he and his wife Mary move to a comfortable cabin on the property. Why does he hate the new owners so much that he plans to murder one of them?  

'The idyllic life of the new owners is shattered when the body of a woman is found buried on Tordorrach. Forensics find a bullet in her body. Who was she? And who murdered her?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'A couple and their young son burn to death in a house fire.

'A girl dies from a nut allergy.

'A woman falls under a train during the rush hour.

'An accountant falls down the steps to his basement.

'Their deaths appear to be accidents but Gloria knows they were murdered because she murdered them. And every time Gloria kills she buys a doll.

'But how many dolls will she need to keep her satisfied?

'When Gloria takes a room as a lodger her behaviour starts to spin out of control. Gloria wants love and happiness and friendship and she will do anything she can to get what she wants...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.