AustLit

'Secrets can kill…

'In a near-future society where those cured of a pernicious virus are shunned as an inferior underclass, a troubled, young man is forced to confront his bigotry, leading to a situation both tragic and unimaginably horrifying.

'Forklift operator Dave Watson harbours a common prejudice against ‘the cured’—those who recovered from a zombie virus but bear the scars of their ordeal. When he falls in love with sales rep Sandra, however, his outlook on life (and on those who discriminate against the cured) is challenged.

'But just as he and Sandra are building a life together, the media delivers a stunning revelation about the cured—one that could jeopardise Dave’s newfound happiness. Consumed with self-doubt and jealousy, Dave makes a rash decision that threatens to destroy his relationship with Sandra and plunge them both into a maelstrom of violence, bloodshed, and terror.' (Publication summary)

A man working for a space-based corporation becomes a test case in their new, mandated micro-court system when he finds himself charged with a rape that the cannot remember.

'A malicious alien race as old as the universe itself has invaded Earth. Standing between them and the annihilation of the human race: an aging sheriff, the hippie who stole his daughter, a prissy bureaucrat and a booze-addled reporter.

'We could be in trouble.

'When the residents of Bald Eagle, Colorado, begin to act strangely, Sheriff Bert Grayson suspects hippie guru Derek Brolin is to blame. But Brolin has a very different story to tell – one about a mysterious silver object that changed the members of his new commune in terrifying ways.

'Bert is skeptical, not least because Brolin has been conducting a secret affair with Bert’s daughter. But as Bald Eagle’s residents begin to disappear, the lawman must accept what Brolin has tried to tell him: his sleepy town has become Ground Zero for an extra-terrestrial invasion.

'Bert rounds up a ragtag band of deputies to try to repel the creatures, but he is about to discover the alien invaders are not the most imminent threat to his beloved town.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Gina Hall is a beautiful and ruthless Hollywood executive who uses her power and influence to get what she wants from up-and-coming actors. Her ‘auditions’ usually involve the casting couch.

'But while she is strong, independent and hard working, Gina is also 32 years old and lives alone in a penthouse apartment with her cat. One day, a handsome actor, Jack Triton, refuses to submit to one of her auditions and storms out of her office. Gina begins to re-evaluate her life… and the man who stood up to her.

'She asks to meet with Jack to apologise and during lunch Jack sees the sweet California girl behind the man-eater façade. The pair begin a tentative relationship that quickly blossoms into a steamy love affair.

'But old habits die hard and Gina finds her icy business persona and the woman Jack loves coming into conflict. When Gina and Jack’s hot new relationship becomes fodder the paparazzi, things begin to look shaky. Will this Hollywood glamour couple survive, or will Gina’s unscrupulous past tear them apart?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.