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Alissa Callen, Fiona Greene, Rachael Johns, Juliet Madison, Victoria Purman This collection of heartwarming Australian stories is full of the joys of the season and guaranteed to brighten your Christmas. Under Christmas Stars – Alissa Callen [BRAND NEW STORY] Small–town teacher Freya George is determined to make up for last year's disastrous Christmas. This year she will stop at nothing to ensure that she and the Woodlea community have the best holiday season ever. But from the moment Freya meets cattleman Drew Macgregor, her plans unravel faster than red Christmas ribbon… Home For Christmas – Fiona Greene [FIRST TIME IN PRINT] When Sergeant Tate McAuliffe, stationed in Afghanistan, opens his Christmas care package from Australia, he is stunned by both its contents and the sender, Layla Preston. Little could Layla know that this impersonal–but–cheerful holiday gift is set to be the start of something big… The Kissing Season – Rachael Johns A wild past, a secret pregnancy and a disastrous marriage: every family has a black sheep…and Hannah Elliot is it. But when she returns to her home town of Wildwood Point, she is determined to stay on the straight and narrow. Then gorgeous Italian Matteo Della Bosca walks into her life and Hannah's resolve starts to slip… 12 Daves Of Christmas – Juliet Madison [FIRST TIME IN PRINT] Can love transcend time and space? An uplifting story of a lonely writer, her grandmother's ghost and a Christmas road trip to visit 12 different Daves. Christmas At Remarkable Bay – Victoria Purman [BRAND NEW STORY] Prickly Mara has hit a crossroads and is hoping a Christmas alone in idyllic Remarkable Bay will help. Police officer George is also alone for Christmas. Drawn together unwillingly, they try to stay out of each other's way. But Remarkable Bay is a small place…

A collection of heartwarming stories from three bestselling local authors. Only We Know by Victoria Purman When Calla Maloney arrives to Kangaroo Island, she's not on a holiday but a mission: to track down her estranged brother. Sam Hunter is the reluctant prodigal son when his father's illness forces him home. The last thing he needs is playing tour guide to a redhead with no sense of direction. As Sam and Calla dig deeper into their long-buried family secrets, they discover that no one is an island and that opening up their hearts to love again might be the most dangerous thing they will ever do... Backpack and a Red Dress by Maddie Jane Managing a flailing second-hand clothes shop 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. Soon Cally finds herself invested in turning the store around, despite the opposition of her new employer's son, Sam Hunter. But an unexpected discovery means Cally must decide where her true loyalty lies...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. February or Forever by Juliet Madison Chrissie Burns has a plan: renovate her late aunt's rundown beach house, sell it, and move on. But Tarrin's Bay has a lot to offer. Now, Chrissie is shocked to discover she will be the private yoga instructor to Drew Williams, Australia's top singer/songwriter. Drew's down-to-earth nature draws happiness out of Chrissie and though her days of stretching may bring Chrissie peace, she knows that this interlude must end. Because there's no pose to aid her if Drew leaves her heartbroken.

Three sun-soaked Australian stories to fall in love with. Someone Like You by Victoria Purman Dan McSwaine can't normally bear to be more than ten minutes from a hip bar and a group of hot women. So what is he doing in a falling down beach shack at Middle Point? All he knows is that he's made some crazy decisions since the night a truck slammed into his car and almost killed him. The first one was buying a crumbling piece of coastal real estate. The second was trying to hide away from the world when a woman like Lizzie Blake is determined to drag him right back into it... Red Dust Runaway by Eva Scott Iris longs to rebel, have a hot affair, fall in love - to really live before happily committing to her classical music bubble. But her parents keep her confined to her gilded cage. Rock star Kit just wants to stop. Stop the touring and the recording and the media. After two years on the road, he's coming apart at the seams. A chance encounter in a car park leads to a snap decision and an enormous risk: suddenly Kit and Iris are on an extraordinary road trip together across Australia. Are they just running away - or running away together? Hide And Seek by Eliza Redgold A little birdie tells Hope Buchanan that American hotel developer Sullivan O'Dare isn't just in town for a holiday. As the manager of a bird sanctuary, Hope has more than a vested interest in protecting natural habitats. Hope pulls out all the stops to convince Sullivan to come out with her to the WA bush. Surely a dose of 'Broome time' will show him what's at stake. But what is initially about saving the sanctuary soon becomes about finding a connection. Could Hope have finally found the bird of a feather to form her own flock?

Someone Like You — Victoria Purman When Lizzie Blake knocks on the door of Dan's beach house at Middle Point, she wonders what happened to the guy who swaggered into her home town with a grin and left with her heart in his back pocket — and whether he will ever be that man again. Dan's made some crazy decisions since his near fatal car accident. The first one was to buy a dilapidated shack at Middle Point. The second crazy decision was to hide from the world when Lizzie Blake is determined to drag him right back into it... February or Forever — Juliet Madison Chrissie Burns has a plan: renovate her late aunt's rundown beach house, sell it, and move on. But Tarrin's Bay has a lot to offer, and Chrissie's young son begins to open up. Now, Chrissie is shocked to discover she will be the private yoga instructor to Drew Williams, Australia's top singer/songwriter. Drew's down-to-earth nature draws happiness out of Chrissie and though days of stretching may bring Chrissie peace, she knows that this interlude must end. Because there's no pose to aid her if Drew leaves her heart broken. Fairway to Heaven — Lily Malone Jennifer Gates didn't expect to find her boyfriend, Golf Pro Jack, giving one of his students a very private lesson. Jenn retreats to the Culhane family beach shack on Geographe Bay, hoping a weekend away her young son will give her the space she needs after Jack's betrayal. Brayden Culhane also seeking sanctuary by the sea and Jenn can't help but remember the kiss they shared. As long-buried feelings are rekindled, can Jenn trust Brayden with her heart — and learn to trust her body, too?

Anna is... unexpected... unbelievable... unstopppable. And unavailable. Will what happened in Middle Point stay there? Dr Anna Morelli rarely makes mistakes. But this one is big, bordering on huge. Somewhere between sunset and sunrise at the simple beachside wedding of two old friends, she's cried in the ladies bathroom, danced to too many ABBA songs and survived the best, knock-your-socks-off one night stand in recorded history. Has she gone crazy? She's supposed to be running from the disasters in her life, not creating more. Award winning journalist Joe Blake is back in Middle Point to lick his wounds after being dumped by his wife and sacked from his Sydney job on the same day. But after one incredible night with Anna, he finds he'll need all his investigative skills to figure out why she won't give in to their sizzling chemistry …. A Boys of Summer novel MORE PRAISE 'Our Kind of Love has a beautiful setting, wonderful believable characters that you care about.' - Books and Musings From Down Under

Nobody But Him - Victoria Purman At the age of eighteen, Julia Jones left the small beachside town of Middle Point with a head full of grand plans. Plans that didn't involve a particular boy named Ryan Blackburn. But fifteen years and a lifetime later, Julia's forced to put her big-city life on hold when she returns home to finalise her mother's estate. She didn't expect to run into her first love...or to fall back in love with him. Saying goodbye to her hometown — and to Ry — turns out to be much harder the second time around. The January Wish - Juliet Madison When Dr Sylvia Greene makes an impromptu wish at the Tarrin's Bay Wishing Festival, it's the most out of character action she can think of. Hers is a controlled life of order, diagnosis and treatment. But her past has been weighing on her mind, and decisions made long ago have far-reaching consequences. They say be careful what you wish for, but, for Sylvia, the unexpected consequences may be just what the doctor ordered. Hide and Seek - Eliza Redgold Hope Buchanan, manager of Hot Tropics Bird Sanctuary, has more than a vested interest in protecting natural habitats. And a little birdie tells her that American hotel developer Sullivan O'Dare isn't in town for a holliday. But what is initially about saving the Sanctuary soon becomes about finding a connection. Could it be that Hope has finally found the bird of a feather to form her own flock?

Cady Adams has had a crush on Dex McCoy since high school, but her ambitions were always bigger than the small Montana town they grew up in. In the years after, Cady headed to California and Dex ended up drifting from one job to another all over the US. But when the rug is pulled from under her feet, Cady comes home to establish her business, Cady’s Cakes. What she doesn't know is a family tragedy has pulled Dex home, too, and he's taken a new job as a smokejumper. Will they finally give in to what’s been burning between them for so long? Is the timing right to find out the dreamer and the drifter are really perfect for each other?

For readers of The Woolgrower's Companion and The Three Miss Allens... Their friendship transcends nationality and background, but can it overcome the horrors of the past? A post-Second World War story of strong female ties and family, secrets and lies, set in the multicultural Australia of the fifties. Can the Bonegilla girls defeat their past? Or will it come to claim them? 1954: When sixteen-year-old Hungarian Elizabeta arrives in Australia with her family, she is hoping to escape the hopelessness of life as a refugee in post-war Germany. Her first stop is the Bonegilla Migrant Camp on the banks of the Murray in rural Victoria, a temporary home for thousands of new arrivals, all looking for work and a better life. There Elizabeta becomes firm friends with the feisty Greek Vasiliki; quiet Italian Iliana; and the adventurous Frances, the daughter of the camp's director. In this vibrant and growing country, the Bonegilla girls rush together towards a life that seems full of promise, even as they cope with the legacy of war, the oppressive nature of family tradition and ever-present sorrow. So when a ghost from the past reaches out for Elizabeta and threatens to pull her back into the shadows, there is nothing that her friends wouldn't do to keep her safe. But secrets have a way of making themselves known and lies have a way of changing everything they touch...