AustLit

'Taking a business–for–losers course over the summer is Annie Cassidy's idea of hell. Her place as 'the looks not the brains' in her family is well–established, and she has no intention of ever entering a classroom again. Even if it means letting down her sister. Again.

'Jilted professor, Dominic Grayson, reluctantly takes a job teaching an adult–learning summer class. It's a far cry from the university environment he's used to, and it's certainly not as stimulating as his regular job. Until Annie walks in and stimulates him in all the wrong ways. Avoidance seems the best option, but when his sister challenges him to see more than just her long legs and distraction techniques, Dominic can't refuse.

'As the summer heats up, lines start to blur: between student and teacher, friend and lover, until neither Dom nor Annie know where they stand. And when it seems like Project Annie is doomed, can either of them see beyond a summer fling into something real?'

Source : publisher's blurb

'A fresh contemporary romance about a lonely girl looking for love, family and the perfect dress.

Managing a flailing second-hand clothes shop in an English village is not part of Cally Kirkwood’s life plan. But she’s travelled across the world to meet her birth father and she won’t leave until he acknowledges her.

But life happens when you’re busy making plans, and Cally soon finds herself completely invested in converting the grungy shop into a beautiful vintage clothing store, despite the opposition of her new employer’s son, Sam Hunter.

Sam is instantly attracted to Cally but can’t figure her out. There’s something she isn’t telling him and he doesn’t know whether to trust her—yet he can’t stay away.

An unexpected discovery means Cally must decide whether her true loyalty lies with her father or Sam. She thought she’d do anything to find love; but choosing between her past and her future may leave her with no love at all.' (Publisher's Blurb)

'Toppling from her very high heels into Luke Colton's arms is not the impression Harper Cassidy likes to make. She is strong, independent, and on a personal mission to teach DIY skills to women, and he is all wrong – determined to get involved, determined to help her, and determined to mess with her self–control and self–imposed single lifestyle. 

'Harper has been more than clear that her plans don't include him, but there's something about a woman that knows her way around a power tool that has Luke too enthralled to walk away. Taking his mother along to Harper's DIY for women classes is the perfect excuse to watch her in action, and maybe convince her that doing it for yourself doesn't always mean having to go it alone.'

Source : publisher's blurb