"I'm Ernest Cunningham. Call me Ern or Ernie. When the Australian Mystery Writers� Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan, the famous train between Darwin and Adelaide, I was hoping for some inspiration for my second book. Fiction, this time: I needed a break from real people killing each other. But the Ghan is not the respite I'd been hoping for. It turns out I've trapped myself on an 1,800-mile journey with a powder...

"Corinna Chapman detests Christmas. Shoppers are frantic and the heat oppressive in Melbourne, Australia. And now, Corinna finds herself dealing with a rose-addicted donkey, a maniacal mother with staring eyes, a distracted assistant seeking the definitive glacâe cherry recipe, a fearless witch, and the handsome Daniel with whom she would like to spend a lot more time. But Daniel is tracking two runaways whose Romeo-and-Juliet romance is not as straight-forward...

When Ashley met Harry...; Mischief was what Harry Clifton intended when he traveled to Australia in search of an heir. Marriage was the last thing on Ashley Harcourt's mind when she met Harry. But William, Ashley's enterprising young son, had other ideas! He saw Harry and decided he'd make a perfect father. To his surprise, Harry found he liked the idea of an instant family, But he'd need more than young William's help to persuade Ashley to trust...

A tormented and humiliated mixed-race Australian man reaches his breaking point and takes terrifying revenge on his abusers in this critically acclaimed novel based on actual events In Australia at the turn of the twentieth century, Jimmie Blacksmith is desperate to figure out where he belongs. Half-Anglo and half-Aboriginal, he feels out of place in both cultures. Schooled in the ways of white society by a Protestant missionary, Jimmie forsakes tribal...

To bed…or wed? When Serena's engagement to a propertydeveloper ends, she vows to avoid rich men! As a hairdresser, she wasn't good enough for her fiancé-as she overhears tycoon Nic Moretti comment at a party! Serena's shocked when her new job brings her into contact with Nic. Determined to teach him a lesson, she's shaken by the passionate relationship that develops. But does this billionaire want a high-society bride?

"A botanical illustration of a butterfly, a missing baby, and a twisty mystery fifty years in the making. 1868, Morpeth. Theodora Breckenridge, still in mourning after the loss of her parents and brother at sea, is more interested in working quietly on her art at the family's country estate than she is in finding a husband in Sydney society, even if her elder sister Florence has other ideas. Theodora seeks to emulate prestigious nature illustrators,...

A safe haven...a second chance? Escaping to Australia for a yearlong doctors' exchange is perfect for pediatrician Allie, who's working through the trauma of a past relationship. Finding support from her former and once-shy colleague Zac is the healing she needs. But while Zac has become a confident and surprisingly irresistible man, he carries his own scars. Despite knowing their handover is imminent, it seems to Allie that Zac isn't quite ready...

With matters of the heart, Geography is the least of their complications Hawk Bowhill's heart never left his family's cattle ranch in Australia. But when he meets fiery Montana cowgirl Jessie Brand, it's love at first sight-with a baby soon to follow. Jessie's loyalty to her own influential ranching family is challenged as her father conspires to send Hawk packing. But when Hawk must return to the outback, will the price of their happily-ever-after...

"It was just a harmless lie -- to say he was driving Danny Grogan's car when it was caught speeding down the Sydney streets on New Year's Eve -- and Danny's father, a billionaire real estate tycoon, had promised to make it worth his while. But when former reporter Nick Carmody stands up in court, it becomes clear that he doesn't know what he's admitting to -- until it's too late. Nicks 'good deed' hurls him into a world of secrets, drugs, corruption--and...

"Lola Harris, a gutsy twenty-year-old accustomed to surviving on her own, returns to the ramshackle house of her childhood in the tiny Western Australian Wheatbelt town of York to attend her foster mother's funeral. Once there, she's quickly pulled back into her old life through the familiar surroundings and the small town heart throb she once loved. When a parting gift from her foster mother reveals clues to a long-forgotten murder, Lola begins to...