AustLit

'Audrey Cooper has loved and lost before. 

'The last thing she wants is to risk her heart again.

'When Finn Kelly arrives in Cooper’s Crossing, he’s looking to start a new life and he has his sights on Audrey.

'But Finn has a past and it catches up with him. Just when Audrey falls for him, it all goes terribly wrong.

'Does Finn have any chance of getting her back or has he blown it?'

Source : publisher's blurb

'Mitch Cooper lives to be a bull rider and he’s at the top of his game when a monster animal gets the better of him after the bell rings. Injured but not out, he needs to win the next two rounds to take out the big prize but a family emergency calls him home. His mom has been trampled by steers helping on the ranch and they don’t know if she’ll make it. He heads home, regret his companion on the long drive. He should’ve been there for her after his father died but everyone convinced him to follow his dream. Now he wonders if it’s all too late.

'Bridgette Harkness has loved Mitch since they were teenagers. She knows that he won’t be able to stay home once his mom recovers, no matter how much she dreams otherwise. Wanderlust is in his blood and it won’t help that she doesn’t believe he can put down roots. As a counsellor, she’s her own worst enemy, second guessing every move and the possible outcome. She refuses to give him the chance to stay, no matter how much she wants him. All it will take is for the next shiny idea to get in his mind and he’ll leave her again. She refuses to risk her heart, even when the odds are in her favor.'

Source : publisher's blurb

'Sheriff Clay Wilson is thrilled to see his long lost childhood friend, Katherine Miller, return to Wishbone Texas. But Katherine isn't there to stay. She'll follow the instructions in her uncle's will but then she's selling up and leaving to try and resurrect her stalled career.

'With only six months to get her to change her mind, Clay is up against the clock. To add to the impossible task, Katherine isn't the girl who left town when she was ten years old. Now she's terrified of animals, remembers nobody in town and doesn't share any of his warm fuzzy  memories.

'What made her change and how can Clay get back the girl he adored?'

Source : publisher's blurb

'Cora Hamilton needed to get out of town fast!

'With her ex due out of prison, the last thing she wants is to be around when he comes knocking on her door. For him, Cora is unfinished business. She needs to run.
When her new boss finds her sleeping in her car in the parking lot of his bbq restaurant in Wishbone, Texas, Cora questions her decision. 

'She’s a day late and handsome Duke Wilson is understandably unimpressed. Cora’s no pushover and she’s damn good at her job, as she intends to prove if he’ll just give her a chance.

'Duke knew he was taking a risk hiring his new manager sight unseen but Cora Hamilton’s resume and references were the best. If his restaurant is to be the success he wants and his life less stressful, he needs her. Despite the fact she let him down before she even started work, his gut tells him she’s as desperate for a break as he is. 

'But can he get past her lies and trust her after her abysmal start and let her do the job he hired her for?'

Source : publisher's blurb

'Lena Hawkins has spent her every waking moment building her reputation as a top chef and when her money grubbing husband takes the credit and tosses her aside she calls it quits for the sake of her son and returns to the country town where she grew up thankful for the support of her close knit Italian family. Coerced by the local community she opens a restaurant in a disused dairy.

'Adam Chapman, one time Sydney lawyer now deer farmer, is more than happy to provide the premises and have an outlet for his produce. Little does he realize that they have unsavory connections that have nothing to do with the restaurant business. Old secrets are uncovered that rock the small town and drag them both into the world they thought they’d left behind them.

'When Lena discovers Adam was involved in her cousin’s court case, she sees red and tries to back out of the lease but her father convinces her to follow through. It wasn’t Adam's fault - his father did a deal to keep him out of trouble. Now Adam feels responsible for Simon’s jail term and joins forces with the local police to set a trap for the people who were ultimately responsible for the money laundering. For it to work though, Simon has to die.

'Lena is rocked to the core when she discovers her ex-husband used her and love never was a part of their all too brief marriage. She was in the right place at the right time, nothing more.

'Can Lena be convinced to start again and conquer her demons?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Grady Ryan is happy doing the job he loves in the rural town of Deepwater Valley. His mother is more determined than ever to marry him off, but he has neither the time nor the inclination to look for wedded bliss. When Lara Williams moves into town with her daughter, to take up the veterinary practice, Beth sees her chance to hone her matchmaking skills. Fate keeps throwing Lara and Grady together when her wayward daughter needs the heavy hand of the law and more than ramps up the heat between them. But Grady knows Lara is hiding something and he intends to find out what it is before he gets in too deep.'

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'The last thing Sassie O’Leary needs is a man in her life after the last disastrous affair. Deciding to concentrate on building herself a life, she buys a rundown home in the rural town of Deepwater Valley without looking at it first. Big mistake but the old place has good bones and will do up nicely.

'Rhylee Ryan thinks she's bitten off more than she can chew and goes out of his way to prove it to her. What neither of them expect is the chemistry that fires up between them. Sassie makes him a deal. Sex with no strings attached - she’s not looking for a forever relationship and neither is he.

'Too stubborn to give in and admit they are falling for each other, both Rhylee and Sassie almost lose the one thing they desperately want when her childhood best friend comes to visit. Finn gets more than one heart racing with his sexy Irish voice and charm but can he convince Sassie that they should be together as he’s always thought?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.