AustLit

'At 18, Julia Jones left for the city with a head full of grand plans for an exciting life that certainly didn't include her home town of Middle Point on the coast of South Australia – or Ryan Blackburn.

Fifteen years later, she's forced to put her big city life on hold and go home to finalise her mother's estate. When she runs smack bang into Ryan, the town's new champion, the sensible thing would be to head back on Melbourne as fast as her stilettos can carry her.

But Julia finds his offer of a helping hand and a hot body too good to refuse. What she doesn't realise is that saying goodbye to her home town – and to Ry – will be so much harder the second time around.' (Publisher's blurb)

'With a failed marriage behind her, and her career dreams in tatters, Sarah returns home to Lord Howe Island to run the family store. Paradise to most, Lord Howe is the last place Sarah wants to be, trapped on an island with her two ex-best friends, Floss and Jules.

'Floss has the life she always wanted: married to her high school sweetheart, Andy, with five gorgeous children. But something is missing from her marriage. And now she has a secret that threatens to tear her happy family apart, and the only person she can talk to is the woman who pushed her away.

'For Jules, forgetting the past is impossible. Her four-year-old daughter is an everyday reminder of the friendships she has lost. But when a discovery turns her life upside down, she knows this is an opportunity to set things right.

'This summer, can these women overcome the pain of the past and find their way back to the friendship they once had?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Amidst pristine beaches, gorgeous hikes and breathtaking sunsets in the Whitsundays, can Mirabella convince the man she's always loved to open his heart to her and her child?

'All Mirabella Goldring wants is a family. So when she falls pregnant to her boyfriend of six months, it's not the end of the world. Until she arrives in Sydney to surprise him and is met by his wife. Pregnant, alone, and facing her biggest fear—becoming a single mother—Mirabella heads back to the airport to return home to Melbourne. The last person she expects to encounter is her high school sweetheart, now millionaire CEO, Lincoln Crawford.

'Lincoln is also down on his luck. Recently separated from his wife, he has given up his dreams of a family and is ready to live a life of solo adventure; starting with a trip to the Whitsundays originally planned for two. But when he runs into the girl he let get away ten years ago, he impulsively invites her to come with him. A tropical vacation with an old friend who looks like she needs cheering up sounds perfect.

'When sparks start to fly, both Mirabella and Lincoln wonder if this might be something more. But there's one problem: After his own cold childhood living with a stepfather who didn't love him, Lincoln swore he would never adopt another man's child ... and Mirabella is now a package deal.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.