AustLit

Marooned in paradise with a bikini-clad beauty is surely the only way for a truly committed playboy to get shipwrecked! Ideally, however, Rob Dalton would have chosen a slightly friendlier companion! Prickly conservationist, Honor Brier, clearly just wants to be left alone with her birds and turtles.

When Amber's betrothed was killed and the future of two desert nations hung in the balance, she had no choice, but to marry her fiance's brother and heir - the brooding Sheikh Harun El-Kanar…

For three years, Amber has struggled to make her marriage work. Harun may be devastatingly sexy but he's closed off - burdened with grief and the responsibilities of ruling a troubled nation.

Now, they've been kidnapped and Amber's locked in a room, tied to her scantily clad husband. Is this her last chance to woo Harun and to show him that she could be more than his wife on paper only - she could be the jewel in his crown!

'Jewellery designer and heiress Ruby Seaborn will do anything to save her family's company from financial ruin. And she means anything. Including proposing a strictly business marriage to diamond-mine magnate Jax Maroney—the only man able to restore the Seaborn jewellery empire to its former glory! She needs his money; he needs her socialite credentials—it's a win-win solution. And if they indulge in certain…fringe benefits of their marriage along the way, that's fine. Because luckily Ruby's heart is as unbreakable as the precious gems she works with…isn't it?' (Publisher's blurb)

'To most women, Ryan Armstrong is irresistible–just the way he likes it! But beyond business, the unbelievably sexy Ryan's only commitment is to playing the field! Laura, however, refuses to be yet another notch on Ryan's bedpost. She has no time for arrogant men, least of all one who can see through her severe suits to the woman within. Ryan is the last man on earth Laura wants to share a bedroom with for a whole weekend–but she needs his help! Soon Ryan will make his move, and Laura's afraid that she won't even want to resist....'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Belinda Rochester has fought to be a surrogate mother to her late sister's embryos. But, just as success seems certain, in rides a tall Australian cowboy, grey eyes shadowed with emotion –– he too has a claim on this precious life!

'This baby offers Flynn his only hope of redemption, and he'll do anything to win custody…even propose marriage!

'It's an extreme solution, and yet Belinda must admit her convenient husband to be is inconveniently gorgeous. But then comes not one but…two babies in the baby carriage!'

Source : publisher's blurb

'Pia Renfern's holiday planning is easy—relaxation and recuperation are the only things on her to-do list! And she can't imagine they'll be too difficult in the beautiful, exclusive Italian village of Positano.…

'But before she's even out of the airport Pia's heart is racing, her skin tingling and her mind filled with wild, uninhibited images of a holiday fling! The culprit? Valentino Silvestri—glorious Italian demigod and Pia's new next-door neighbor… With him on her doorstep each day, how is a girl ever meant to wind down?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Rules are made to be broken...aren't they? Ali doesn't do reckless, and she certainly doesn't do one-night stands - until one intoxicating night with the most lethally attractive man she's ever laid eyes on...More shocking still, when Ali meets the lawyer holding her career in his hands a few days later - it's the same hot guy! The legendary Max Sherrington knows even his vivid memories of Ali could be defined as inappropriate conduct! Protocol may forbid him from touching her - but just because they can't break the rules it surely doesn't mean they can't bend them a little...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'This Christmas, Nicola McGillroy will:

'Be a great nanny to Cade Hindmarsh's two adorable little girls, and give them the best Christmas they've had since their mother left.

'Enter into the Christmas spirit and forget the fact she should have been planning her own wedding right now.

'Keep a straight head in her attraction to her gorgeous off-limits boss... Surely this is just a rebound thing and not true love-for both of them?' (Publisher's blurb)

'Juggling life as a stand-in-mum, Grace is already under fire before meeting new boss Brent Cartwright. Brent’s the ex who has always held more of her heart than she’d ever want him to know.

'As impossible as he was to forget, Brent is now even harder to resist! Dare she dream of one last night with him…'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'The last woman business tycoon Samuel Bishop expected to have in his arms was his ex-wife. Left with amnesia from an accident, Laura had no memory of their bitter divorce. In her mind, they were still newlyweds. She's ready to pick up where she thought their scorching-hot marriage had left off, and he cant turn her down. But soon Samuel realised he was playing with fire. He wanted to reclaim the wedded bliss that Laura had shown him, but what would happen when her memory returned? And what would happen if it didn't?'

Source : publisher's blurb

'The Wall at World′s End has been destroyed and Levaal stands naked again before its twin world. The Arch Mage seeks to unseat Vous before he joins the gods, but loyalties are fractured, within the Castle and among the Free Cities, as war and chaos looms. And a dragon may have escaped its sky prison, while a new alien force is rising by the name of Shadow.

'When Eric Albright opened a door and entered Levaal he was truly a stranger in a strange land. Now the Pilgrim seeks answers, on the dragons, the gods, the demon being called Tormentors, and on the disturbing link between himself and the being known as Shadow ... between our world and Levaal ...' (From the publisher's website.)

'Tate Chandler had never wanted a woman as much as he'd wanted Gemma Watkins - until the day she'd betrayed him. Yet when he learned they had a son, he demanded Gemma marry him, or he'd fight for custody. Tate was a man of honor - he'd create a family for his heir, even if it meant marrying a woman he couldn't trust. Their marriage was about duty, nothing more. But Gemma's beauty tempted him to make her his wife in every way. Could he lure her back into his bed without letting her back into his heart?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Truth, Lies and Seduction...

'An accident left April Fairchild with no memory, ownership of a multimillion-dollar hotel and the nagging sense something wasn't quite right in her life. It also brought her intensely sexy businessman Seth Kentrell, whose late brother had left her the property. Seth believed her a gold digger – and how could April deny it, when she couldn't even remember her name? Now Seth was ready to play hardball to get the hotel back.

'But April knew enough to refuse to sign over the property until her memory returned. And if that meant Seth needed to persuade her...well, that was something she could enjoy! At least until the whole truth came out....' (Publisher's blurb)

'Is true love an endangered species?

'When city lawyer Grant McMurtie is forced to return to his coastal hometown, he discovers that conservationists plan to carve up the family farm! He furiously confronts the woman in charge—seal researcher Kate Dickson.

'Used to half-truths after years of making empty city deals, he finds Kate's passion for her precious seals mystifying, but slowly begins to trust this courageous, determined woman. For the first time, Grant's heart is touched and he wants to make a wholly personal contract. Will cautious Kate agree to his final clause—to be together forever?'

Source : publisher's blurb

'What do you do when you realise the one you want is half a world away, living in your home, sleeping in your bed?

'Wow! This is amazing! I've house-swapped my little cottage in Australia for a bachelor pad in Chelsea. I can't wait to explore London. Most of all I'm hoping to meet my dream man, a perfect English gentleman! Though I'm starting to wonder whether Patrick, my house-swapper (who's now living in my house!) might actually be him. We've been emailing, and he sounds gorgeous. Imagine what sparks could fly if we met in person. I just might have to make that happen.' (Trove)

'Abandoned in a big city at the onset of winter, a hungry four-year-old boy follows a stray dog to her lair. There in the rich smelly darkness, in the rub of hair, claws and teeth, he joins four puppies suckling at their mother's teats. And so begins Romochka's life as a dog.

Weak and hairless, with his useless nose and blunt little teeth, Romochka is ashamed of what a poor dog he makes. But learning how to be something else...that's a skill a human can master. Fortunately - because one day Romochka will have to learn how to be a boy.' (Publisher's Blurb)