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Golden Earrings
Golden Earrings
by Belinda Alexandra
Published by HarperCollins.
Golden Earrings is a powerful saga of family, love, honour and betrayal.  The story moves between two great cities: Barcelona in the lead up to the Civil War and Paris in the 1970s. It is the story of two women and the extremes to which they are willing to go for love.  It is a story of great passions- and great betrayals – where nothing is quite as it seems.
Tuscan Rose
Tuscan Rose
by Belinda Alexandra
Published by HarperCollins.
Rosa’s only family is the nuns who have raised her. When she turns fifteen, she must leave them and become governess to the daughter of an aristocrat and his strange, frightening wife. Their house is elegant but cursed, and Rosa – blessed with gifts beyond her considerable musical talents – is torn between her desire to know the truth and her fear of its repercussions. And all the while, the hand of Fascism curls around beautiful Italy, and none of her citizens is safe.
Silver Wattle
Silver Wattle (New Edition)
by Belinda Alexandra
Published by HarperCollins. Also available on audio by Bolinda Publishing.
In fear of their lives after the sudden death of their mother, Adela and Klara must flee Prague to find refuge with their uncle in Australia. There, Adela becomes a film director at a time when the local industry is starting to feel the competition from Hollywood. But while success is imminent, the issues of family and an impossible love are never far away. And ultimately dreams of the silver screen must compete with the bonds of a lifetime...
Silver Wattle
Silver Wattle    
by Belinda Alexandra
Published by HarperCollins. Also available on audio by Bolinda Publishing.
In fear of their lives after the sudden death of their mother, Adela and Klara must flee Prague to find refuge with their uncle in Australia. There, Adela becomes a film director at a time when the local industry is starting to feel the competition from Hollywood. But while success is imminent, the issues of family and an impossible love are never far away. And ultimately dreams of the silver screen must compete with the bonds of a lifetime...
Wild Lavender    
by Belinda Alexandra
Published by HarperCollins
At 14, Simone Fleurier is wrenched from her home on a Provençal lavender farm and sent to work at her Aunt Augustine’s boarding house in Marseilles. Her life there is hard and impoverished - until she discovers the local music hall, which sets her on a path to stardom. This is a tale of passion and courage that moves from the backstreets of Marseilles to the grand music theatres of Paris, from the countryside of Provence to a decadent pre-war Berlin and Jazz-Age New York.
White Gardenia    
by Belinda Alexandra
Published by HarperCollins. Also published in France, Germany, Holland and Poland.
Beginning in a small village under Japanese occupation on the Chinese–Russian border in the final days of World War II, White Gardenia tells the story of a White Russian mother and daughter, separated by war.
Eye of Stone    
by Fletcher Anthony
Published by HarperCollins

Fifty thousand years ago the People are being driven from their ancestral hunting grounds by the invaders they call the Newcomers – now they must begin the epic journey that will bring them to Australia. In the present day, Fern is haunted by vivid dreams of two shamans who insist that she join them in a pilgrimage through the heart of darkness. Fern is about to discover her links with those who have gone before – and with those who need her today. Book one of The Inheritors series.

The Tiger And The Stone
by Fletcher Anthony
Published by HarperCollins
In present day Australia, Fern is visited by two shamans of 50,000 years ago. They persuade her to join them in a pilgrimage of discovery; a pilgrimage that will take her through a multitude of dangers and suffering, to discover her links with those who have gone before . . .
Love Me, Kiss Me, Thrill Me Selwa Anthony & Gayle Sutherland Wild Child
Empire Day
Empire Day
by Diane Armstrong
Published by Fourth Estate

Empire Day, 1948. A back street in Bondi is transformed as the fireworks of Cracker Night cast a magical glow over its humble cottages. But Australia as a whole is being transformed in this post war era. The ‘reffos’ have moved in, and their strange ways are threatening the comfortable world of salt-of-the-earth locals like Pop Wilson, deserted mum Kath and sharp-tongues Maude McNulty. But behind closed doors, Old as well as New Australians suffer secret heartaches.

Nocturne
Nocturne
by Diane Armstrong
Published by HarperCollins

It is Warsaw, 1939, and Elzunia is an indulged teenager who longs for a heroic life filled with romance. But the outbreak of war shatters all her dreams. As bombs fall, she meets Adam, a taciturn airman whose fate becomes entwined with hers. Forced into the Warsaw Ghetto, Elzunia learns that even children must create their own rules to survive. Nocturne is a powerful and inspiring testament to resilience and courage in the face of cruelty and betrayal.

Winter Journey
by Diane Armstrong
Published by HarperCollins. Also available on audio by Bolinda Publishing.
When forensic dentist Halina Shore arrives in Nowa Kalwaria to take part in a war crimes investigation, she finds herself at the centre of a bitter struggle in a community divided by a grim legacy. What she does not realise is that she has also embarked on a confronting personal journey. Halina comes face to face with intrigue, brutality and heroism, and discovers that the human spirit is more courageous, and more unfathomable, than she had ever imagined.
The Wrong Door Bunty Avieson Pan Macmillan
The Affair Bunty Avieson Pan Macmillan
Once You Know    
by Bunty Avieson
Published by Woman's Day
Estranged from her daughter and grieving for her husband, enigmatic French widow Camille Daintree dies a lonely death in her bed. Police find her beautifully arranged, with a bottle of pills and an empty champagne glass. When daughter Jackie finds some official papers hidden at the back of a cupboard she begins to question everything: was it really suicide? who, really, is the mother she thought she knew?...and who is the stranger in the garden studio? The truth is more shocking than Jackie could ever have imagined.
Apartment 255    
by Bunty Avieson
Published by Pan. Also published in Germany and Japan.
Sarah and Ginny have been best friends since school. They both had their share of adolescent problems but now things are working out for Sarah. She's met Tom. Her TV reporting career is taking off. But Ginny has not been so lucky. She wanted Tom, but she didn't get him. She wants. . . what Sarah has. Ginny moves into an apartment overlooking Sarah and Tom's. She starts watching them. Then she does something more than just watch. And so the torment begins. . .
Table for Three    
by Jennifer Bacia
Published by HarperCollins

In the sparkling tradition of Cathy Kelly comes Jennifer Bacia's latest novel. Marnie, Tina and Lee are in their twenties when they share a house in Bondi. Each is running away from something...
A Moment in Time & Best Kept Secrets (One Volume) Jennifer Bacia HarperCollins
Shadows of Power Jennifer Bacia Pan. Also available on audio by Bolinda Publishing.
Angel of Honour Jennifer Bacia Pan. Also available on audio by Bolinda Publishing.
Whisper from the Gods Jennifer Bacia Pan
Mask of Paradise Jennifer Bacia Pan
A Moment in Time Jennifer Bacia HarperCollins. Also available on audio by Bolinda Publishing.
Best Kept Secret Jennifer Bacia HarperCollins
Everything to Lose    
by Jennifer Bacia
Published by HarperCollins
At their school reunion, four women in their forties lie about their lives. The single successful television producer, the happily married society mother, the brilliant editor who's regretting her late decision to have a child, and the devoted wife and mother who leaves it all for a passionate lover - each hides her true desires behind society's expectations.
Riding High
Riding High    
by Emma Boling
Published by Penguin
Australian scientist Dr Clea Reynolds is more comfortable in a lab coat than a glamorous frock. But all that changes when she meets Prince Bahir, the wealthy son of a powerful Dubai racing dynasty. A rare virus attacks Bahir’s champion racehorses, the prince’s life is also under threat.
Hold High the Flame Frances Burke Saga Publications
The Country Singer
by Robyn Lee Burrows
Published by Woman's Day
In a one-pub, one-store town in the Australian wheat belt, Meg has been married to Grady for ten childless years. She feels constrained by the land and the life, which are all she has ever known. When Declan, a country singer on the run from his memories, drifts into town for a few days one hot September, it's the beginning of a love that will last forever -- even to the next generation.
Tea Tree Passage
by Robyn Lee Burrows
Published by HarperCollins
The crippling legacies of the Great War resound down the generations in this new novel from Robyn Burrows. Tea Tree Passage follows the fortunes of the Carmody family down the generations — through two world wars, depression and shattered dreams — yet in the tranquility of Tea Tree Passage some solace can be found. And perhaps even love.....
When Wattles Bloom
by Robyn Lee Burrows
Published by HarperCollins
Callie will be sad to see her family home sold into the hands of strangers. When a stranger with a horseshoe comes asking questions about Callie’s family and her great-aunt Hannah, Callie finds herself delving into secrets the family home has long kept hidden. Together with this kind stranger, Michael, Callie begins to unravel a love story between Hannah and a young blacksmith, Ben.
Fivefold
Fivefold
by Nathan Burrage
Published by Bantam

November 1308, Yorkshire: a cathedral is deliberately burned to the ground by its Abbott to hide a religious artefact from foreign invaders. But like most secrets, it hasn't stayed buried long enough.
Present day: James Steepleton is in trouble again. Fined £5,000 for driving under the influence of alcohol. His old study group from university rally together to raise the money. Not far outside the Yorkshire town of Skipton, the group stumbles across the ruined cathedral and a journey into myth and legend begins. The wheels of history turn and it is time for the Fivefold Cabal to rise again.

When Hope is Strong Robyn Lee Burrows Pan O/P
Song from the Heart Robyn Lee Burrows Pan
Where the River Ends Robyn Lee Burrows Pan
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