Lovelorn Lovestruck And Love At First Sight

His good looks draw you in… You want to know what makes him tick. Your heart pounds when he’s nearby. You try to keep your secret passion close, but his touch is electric. All you can think about is him. It must be love. In this collection of romance short stories, Secret Singer - Cosima meets Fabian, the wannabe Opera Singer on her working holiday. The Bygone Boyfriend - Jennifer has business back in her home town, but the only business she’s interested in is Jason, the one who got away. The Day the Schedule Broke - Sandra works as a scheduler in a movie studio, and Dan, the CEO hopes she’ll schedule time for him. Morning Star, Evening Star, Superstar - Christy’s a photographer who has a crush on her subject, while Hunter will do just about anything to meet his idol. Shining Star - Jessica’s a writer, and Jason, the actor hired to play her main character, looks exactly as she imagined him. These loves ignore good sense and conquer all.

The new broom sweeps clean... Dot Sayers sat at her desk, huffed on the plastic card that was her new class A Private Security licence, and buffed it with her sleeve. She was now a fully licensed private investigator! Problem is, she knows there’s something wrong with a background check. Can’t explain it. Needs to convince her boss to trust her intuition. Must find the truth behind the fiction.

She can take him or she can take him. The Security Directorate controls your birth, education, marriage and sometimes your death. Captain Seraphina Robinson is about to marry a man she barely knows. Not that it matters. The eugenics programme matters more. She has nothing to lose and everything to gain.

When the stars align, all things are possible. Melbourne, 2021. Morag Clementine. Typical twenty-first century woman. Hayward Hall’s new houskeeper. Melbourne, 1904. Henry Fox. Typical nineteeth century man. Recently inherited Hayward Hall. Can they find a future together?

Zoo doesn't believe in ghosts… Zoo hosts The Ghost Detectors show. As far as he's concerned, it's all mass hysteria. When his show visits Hayward Hall, he's not prepared for what he finds. It will challenge his assumptions. And change his life forever.

A blast from the past Warrant Officer Vivian Ashe. Busy Adjutant getting stuff done on New Mir Station. Old friend Admiral Queenie Baley. Ferrying diplomats on the FFC Argonaut. In a past versus future clash of cultures who will be the last woman standing.

Danger within. Danger without. Abby Fisher wakes in the body of a girl masquerading as a boy at an Elite Military Academy. She must figure out why she's there before she can get back home. But first, there's the small matter of the rebellion to deal with. And who's side is she on? Princess or the Usurper?

Happily ever after… Or not Celeste Celeste Baillieu's husband seems a perfectly normal person, but he has a secret. And it's not that he's rubbish at renovation. When she starts taking the cottage apart, she finds a body. And that's just the start of it. Because it looks like she might be next.

The Robin Hood of Private Detectives Georgia Garside. Foul-mouthed Private Investigator. Ex-contorionist. Out of her depth. In over her head. Caught up in the war between a wealthy industrialist and the ex-sugar babe who can’t take a hint. A laugh-out-loud tripartite battle of wits, winner takes all.

Bitter and Sweet. Dark, nutty or plain. If Christmas under the hot Australian sun isn’t twisted enough, these stories turn it up a notch or ten. • Christmas Bonanza; - it takes beauty, brains and brawn to win The Christmas Bonanza - the most anticipated reality show on TV. But Edina Montrose wants to win. No matter the cost. But all is not what it seems. • Remains of Christmas - having spent all her life in the military, all Penelope Cradock knows is how to be a soldier. Never married, lost her unit and her family in the war. And while the Empire conquered her people, Christmas conquered the Empire. • Christmas Kisses - Ava Gibson, slightly stressed event manager, organising the Goldings Investment Bank annual Christmas dinner. Ryan Griffith, high flyer, confirmed bachelor, and Christmas Sceptic. Knocking heads together. Literally. • Christmas Conflagration - Matilda May McDonald, so-called crazy-cat-lady, owner of four dogs, trapped by her past. Perhaps this Christmas offers more than salvation. • Christmas Business - Vada Paloma was busy working undercover. So deep undercover she can't find her way back. Could Christmas be the key to unlocking her present? This collection is like a box of Christmas chocolates, there’s something for everyone!