Cirrus@Austlit

'Happily married and still living in Tuscany, Belle and Andre pursue their dreams of starting a family. They’ve commenced fertility treatment and are hopeful it will result in a pregnancy. But a surprise bombshell from Belle’s best friend, Riley, puts their treatment on hold.

'Riley announces that she’s marrying her partner, Emilio, and asks Belle and Andre to fly to Sydney for the wedding. But this is not the only surprise waiting for Belle when she arrives in her hometown.

'Someone she loves dearly confesses devastating news to her, rocking her to the core. Belle’s world falls apart as she and Andre must decide if they will stay in Sydney, putting their dreams of having a baby on hold. One thing Belle knows for certain, she won’t lose another person she loves.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'We lived for them, craved them, set them free.

'Invincible. We were the wild ones.

'Criminal defence lawyer Marley Kincaid appears perfect from the outside – beautiful, intelligent, successful. Nobody would guess she was falling apart on the inside. Ever since tragedy rocked her life two years ago, she has sought solace in alcohol.

'When Marley hits rock bottom, her sister intervenes, sending her to White Cedar, an island off the coast of Nova Scotia in the vast and wild North Atlantic Ocean. There she is expected to attempt sobriety and recover, but life on the island is more challenging than she ever expected.

'New friendships and an unexpected love see her through the dark days, but in that place of forever, can Marley weather the storms to carve a new life, or will the regrets of her past pull her under?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'A lover’s game. A chest of clues.

'Come find me... I’ll be waiting…

'1929: On the night of her engagement to austere banker Floyd Clark, Charlotte Greene meets enigmatic Sydney Harbour Bridge engineer, Alexander Young.

'Their encounter is brief, but their attraction instant.

'During a second-chance meeting, Alex invites Charlotte to play a game with him, one of daring clues and secret meeting places. She accepts and they embark on a thrilling lover’s chase across the city.

'But with her arranged marriage to Floyd looming, will she have the strength to let Alex go?

'Present Day: Paige Westwood is helping her boss establish a publishing company in his newly-purchased Playfair Street house in The Rocks, Sydney. In the attic, she discovers a chest of old clues that lead the reader on a journey across the city.

'Paige contacts the former owner, Ryan Greene, who explains the clues belonged to his great-aunt Charlotte, who once lived in the house, but who mysteriously disappeared in 1929.

'Together, they follow Charlotte and Alex’s clues to unravel a fascinating tale of lies and intrigue, of two lovers bound by hope, but also by deceit. Can they solve the mystery of Charlotte’s disappearance or has all hope been lost to the past?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.