Cirrus@Austlit

'Abby adds two empty chair to the table for Christmas, though her heart is still full of conflict and love.

'Eight months pregnant, Abby finds herself a single mother to be, and an anomaly in the Z Unit household. While everyone else slows for Christmas in the wake of the unit’s catastrophic joint mission, Abby finds herself out of place…until a knock on the door to Fairview House revives a face from the past, one she never really said goodbye to at all.

'Ruski Boryenka recieves orders on Christmas Eve to report to a unit he’d never heard of that doesn’t exist. The last person he expects to open the door on Christmas morning is his ex fiance Abby Zhou, pregnant…and grieving. When the unit doesn’t accept his untimely arrival, Abby and Ruski team up once more for a media campaign to remind the unit that while Christmas comes once a year, memories remain forever.' (Publication summary)

'Mentor, officer, and soldier Lincoln ‘Ace’ Kelly loves the men he leads. Z Unit was always a suicide mission. With a short life expectancy, none of his team were supposed to have attachments.' 

'Never get involved.

'Linc broke rule number one by bringing the love of his life along with him. Belgian Malinios Helix is as much a part of the team as the men who would lay down their lives on his orders without question. But when those orders start to ring false in his mind, Lincoln question what’s coming down from the top…and where he’s sending his boys.

'As tensions inside the unit hit boiling point, Lincoln seeks a distraction…and finds it for a second time in Hadleigh Rawson.

'Blonde, stunning and an agent for an unnamed intelligence agency, Hadleigh’s mind works as fast as anyone on his team. And while their chemistry is undeniable, Linc begins to suspect she’s part of a bigger picture.

'One that he can’t see in full.

'He has to get it right to prevent chaos ruining his unit on a deadly mission when she tags along. Which is fine if she is on his side.' (Publication summary) 

'He’ll bet on his heart one last time.

'Caleb ‘Hearts’ Anderson isn’t the usual unit medic. The ex-body builder can hack into the world of organised crime with one hand and save lives with the other. Battling internal politics while he works his assignment, Caleb finds his happy place looking after the deadly men he works alongside. Z Unit is his home, and the self-confirmed bachelor has no intention of being distracted from the missions—and the team—who keep him sane.' (Publication summary)

'Lucas Walker loves life at Trinity Beach. He's lived in the small, tropical beach town and worked at Sundae Dreaming long enough to be considered a fixture and for the locals to accept him as one of their own. Now, he's found the woman of his dreams. Everything is perfect except Kari, the girl he's fallen for over the summer, is leaving. He's not giving up on her yet and is determined to make sure she remembers him.

'Kari Neilsen's summer vacation is coming to an end. She made firm friendships, but none stronger than with Lucas. The young wanderer tugs at her heart with his honest outlook on life. His dark gaze makes her palms sweat and her heart race. She wishes she could spend her last sunsets in Trinity Beach in his arms, but time is running out...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Ben Brickman, owner of Sundae Dreaming, spent years chasing his dreams against his family’s wishes. Now that he’s achieved them he can’t wait for Sundays. That’s the day he makes a special sundae for his favorite customer, Sammie. But more than anything, he wants to get to know her.

'Sammie Leyton has always been a dreamer. But her father’s illness keeps her locked down in a family business that she clings to out of a sense of loyalty. Sammie’s only break is her treat once each week at the local ice cream parlor. There, she releases her desire to sketch the holiday makers at their happiest and daydream about the owner, Ben Brickman.

'Family complications of his own drive Ben to push Sammie to pursue her dreams as he finally gathers his courage to ask her out, but is the pressure they place on themselves too high for their budding romance to break through?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Head of security on the South Sea Mermaid, Kai Walker, hates having drugs on his ship. But when travelers begin to overdose and he can’t find the source, Kai suspects everyone, including his absentee dinner partner, Pearl. He can’t work out if she’s a tempting distraction or an intentional diversion. He’s keen to keep his threats close, even if it means a planned seduction to catch her in the act.

'US DEA Agent Pearl Hamilton is determined to focus on the assignment she's been set. No sexy-as-sin security officer on a bewitching south sea cruise is going to turn her head, regardless of how good he looks in a uniform. That is, until she discovers how much fun she can have with a pair of handcuffs and a stolen room key...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'I always get what I want. And I get it without a fuss.

'My life consists of rigid structure. I work my job, I stay clean in every sense.

'Remove the pests who darken our society.

'Dress, assassinate, resonate.

'Celebrate with platinum and champagne.

'Rinse & repeat.

'As an assassin with a knife fetish and a penchant for wearing white, that's not anywhere as easy as it sounds.

'Until a long-haired Aussie surfer walks into my happy little bubble and pops my sand-covered cherry with his personal brand of uncouth.

'Who just happens to be a spy.

'Who just happens to have a brilliant mind.

'Who just happens to be sexy as sin.

'And that's my department.

'I can't fall for a man who plays for the other team.

'…Right?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Too many Kings can ruin a mission.

'Army brat Noah King has the biggest boots to fill, pushing the limits of his military career to match his father's achievements. When he's selected for Z-Unit, a covert operation that's strictly off the books, he finally has the opportunity to live up to his callsign, until he meets a travel blogger under fire.

'Bugging out of a country he's not supposed to be in before he can catch her name, Noah is startled to find the same woman on his flight for his next mission. But when two coincidences turn to three, Noah can't let his attraction threaten the safety of his team.' (Publication summary)
 

'Jude loves his position as foreman of Red Hart Ranch. He gets to work with his best friend every day, and he rarely has to deal with people he doesn't know. A confirmed introvert, he hates leaving the land, but when his best friend is injured, Jude has to venture halfway across the state to purchase livestock for the ranch.

'Natalie Wiseman isn't the sort of cattle salesman he expected to deal with, and she isn't selling cattle, either. As he realises he can relax around her, Jude decides to risk a fling...and brings her back to Red Hart.

'When illness rages through Red Hart's herd, both Natalie and the new stock are blamed. Jude has to choose between breaking the trust of the man who has been by his side for over fifteen years, or the woman he is falling for fast.' (Publication summary)

'Sofia Aves' Dead Heat is an enemies-to-lovers, athlete workplace romance in K. Bromberg's Driven World.

'KC Hawk has his mind on the game. Specifically the one that makes the wheels cross the finish line first at the end of every race.

'While his team is hand-picked from the best talent there is, he's missing that pizazz factor. And Hawk knows just where to get it. The cheerleader for his greatest rival would be a great asset on his team, and in his bed.

'Sunny Cooper loves her job as PR agent for one of the hottest new talents on the track. Sure, he can be a little enthusiastic and turns up with the party boy attitude, but he brings the trophies in, and Sunny gets to have her dream job.

'Until KC Hawking offers her a better one-and ruins her dreams in a single night.' (Publication summary)
 

'An endless ocean. A ship full of women she’s never seen before. A small wooden box containing the remnants of her life. Clutching her few belongings Gisella is shipped to strange shores to meet an unknown husband. Sebastian.

'Sold and abandoned by her father into a nunnery, Gisella sails to the shores of New Orleans with her sister Casket Girls to provide French wives for the gentlemen of the fledgling city. A gentleman husband of her own and an uncertain future. Passengers whisper that the filles a la cassette are vampyre. But while the girls laugh at such silly superstition, they disguise their own fears that they are to be brides of such a monstrosity...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Ally royally screwed up her job as an Internal Affairs officer in Melbourne, interrupting Cal and Danny’s investigation. When her boss offers her a second chance over Christmas, she jumps at the opportunity to make up for her mistakes, and start the new year with a fresh start. The catch? She’s going undercover to audition for a place in the task force she deceived.

'Cal’s team is the best there is, and if Ally wants to resurrect her career, she needs to have this job completed by Christmas. Brett Walker is her point of contact within the small time drug racket. Sexy as hell with an easy going smile, he’s a crook and she can’t trust him.

'As they work more closely together, Ally suspects there’s more to his story, and she’s determined to discover who he really is.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.