Cirrus@Austlit

'This particular Yuletide is shaping up to be a calamitous misadventure when American business exec, Noelle Foley, flies halfway around the world to be maid-of-honor to her childhood bestie who she's not seen in years. On the turbulent flight from LA, after one too many glasses of fizz, she may have offloaded some emotional baggage on her fellow passengers.

'At the wedding, it’s hot enough to melt the pants off the celebrant, and Noelle realises she's in for a bumpy ride when she spots the best man…last seen sitting next to her on the flight over.

'More than words fly when stuntman, Sam Devine, unintentionally lights volatile Noelle's fuse.

'Tidings of comfort and joy? Not quite.
Tinsel in a twist. About right.

'Get set for some strong language, a wedding washout, and festive fiasco in this joyous uplifting Christmas novella, The Worst Noelle!'(Publication summary)

'Valerie Pickles is an aspiring author and a hopeless romantic: hopeless with a capital 'H' because her boyfriend has dumped her for the girl next-door – literally. With a severe case of writer's block, she would do just about anything to escape the sound of their sex marathons through the thin adjoining wall of her bedroom – even become a chalet girl alongside her best friend, Gemma.

'French, Leo Coultier, is a hard-nosed businessman and serious workaholic: serious with a capital 'S' because he hasn't got time to mess around. But he would do anything for the sister he adores, even agree to host her fiancé Josh's stag party week at his luxury chalet … what better way to sabotage the relationship.

'Méricoeur is an idyllic ski town nestled in the French Alps. Idyllic until Leo arrives accompanied by a stag party.

'It's only a week. What could possibly go wrong?

'Except Valerie can't ski and has rather limited survival skills, especially where Leo Cloutier is concerned; and Leo doesn't stand a snowball's chance in hell when it comes to breaking all his resolutions and the sweet temptation that is Valerie.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Alice has always suffered from 'wanderlust'. She drools over travel brochures and dreams of adventure. Finally on a GAP year abroad with her identical twin sister, Sophie (who she calls Twister because she's her twisted twin sister), their journey grinds to a halt in Sydney because Sophie has fallen in lust.

'Alice has pretended to be Sophie before, but persuaded to step into her inordinately high-heeled shoes on New Year's Eve, singing with the band hired to entertain heroes and celebrities aboard a luxury yacht, means no end of trouble ... but what else are sisters for? Alice begins to wonder because she's landed in double trouble when her sister refuses to answer her calls and treble trouble when she's lovestruck by lead singer Guy.

'Tis the season to be jolly! But all Holly or Clyde want is some peace on Earth …

Burtonbridge School in the north of England might look and sound like a magical place to teach, but with Christmas fast approaching and work piling up, young Kiwi teacher Holly Hadaway is feeling out of place and out of her depth.

'Alice has pretended to be her identical twin sister Sophie before, but stepping into her shoes on New Year's Eve singing in the band hired to entertain guests aboard a luxury yacht means double the usual trouble ... especially as she's so lovestruck by lead singer, Guy. Will there be fireworks or will she end up in deep water?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.