Cirrus@Austlit

'The city of Sydney isn’t the only thing heating up this summer.

'Jacqueline Mowbray has spent months fantasizing about her friend Kyle and never once did she consider he may be suffering the same unrelenting attraction. But Jac is about to find out that what Kyle wants Kyle gets.

'Kyle Barnes has kept a lid on his simmering desire for Jac for years but what’s a man to do when faced with a hot, wet woman wearing only a towel? Take what he wants of course.

'As the city around them melts under a summer heat wave these two friends will discover the sizzling temperatures aren’t the only thing boiling over.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'When a newly-forged alliance sees her older sister pledged to the man Leila has fallen in love with, she flees her tribe in the wastelands and seeks anonymity inside the Fortress.

'Years later, she learns her sister has refused to honour the agreement. The forfeit: another mate or a cache of the prized yellow sapphires must be paid or her remaining family will be banished.

'For Leila, the role of second choice is not an option.

'With the sapphires in her possession, Leila must decide pay up now, or keep silent and take one long, hot night with the mate of her heart.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Amy Stevens knows damn well men are more trouble than they’re worth

'The two ex-pat yanks she gets roped into taking riding in the high country are exactly that sexy, arrogant, irresistible trouble. Keeping both the Davis brothers at arm’s length and her chin free from drool is bloody hard work.

'When a summer thunderstorm rolls through the high plains and forces them to take shelter in a secluded cattleman’s hut, Cade and Mason are determined to break through the fiery redhead’s prickly facade and show her exactly how good two men can be …'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Reece Johnson’s not just a threat to her libido, but her peaceful paranormal existence. In order to avoid revealing her darkest secret, Cate needs to stay as far away from Reece’s irresistible appeal as possible. But how can she when they’re forced to share a tent? In the sultry heat of summer, Cate will discover just how incredible dreams can be and that sometimes they can also come true.'

'Ishari is a djinn – the veritable genie in a bottle.

Her latest master, Caleb Salt, a hot young rock star, has one wish left. The curse of sexual need has nothing to do with the lust she feels for him, but he doesn’t seem to desire her in the same way.

Caleb has used his first two wishes to save his brother. Will he do the same with the last, or will he use it for himself? Either way, once he makes that wish, his erotically sensual genie will be lost to him forever and she’s something he’s just not ready to lose.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'When Condamine connects with Esquire in a chat room, neither expect their mutual pleasure and close friendship will become something far more intimate and real. But when the opportunity to meet Esquire in the flesh comes up will Condamine – Caitlyn, in real life – be bold enough to act out her deepest fantasies, or will she hide away from the world behind the comfortable glare of her computer screen?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'In the outback town of Mount Tully, many a man’s had to squeeze into a frock after backing the wrong derby cane toad on Australia Day.

'But Mount Tully’s surliest bartender, Jane Hood, has her steel-capped boots planted firmly on the ground, so there’s no way she’d risk her independence to accept a saucy bet from the sexy but bossy pub owner, Luka Belov … is there?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Trapped in marriage to Jack, an alcoholic who uses his fists to communicate, Kristen has given up her freedom in an attempt to protect his daughter.

'When Conrad Doyle, childhood friend and the man whose heart she unwittingly broke, shows up on Kristen’s doorstep and offers her a lifeline, she can’t refuse.

'What she never dreams possible is how much she still wants him but is that enough to keep them together when terror still beats deep in her heart?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Natalie has watched as the zombie plague devastated civilisation.

'Angus had been a miracle. Twenty-three years old and gorgeous he had appeared like Romeo from the pool area and thrown supplies up to her balcony. But now Angus is gone he has abandoned her, which is probably for the best. She couldn’t stand to watch him die too.

'Stranded four floors up and fenced in on all sides by the infected, food and water supplies are running as low as Natalie’s spirits. A lingering death from starvation seems inevitable.

'But then she sees Angus striding for the pool gate with a sawn-off shotgun in his hands. Can he make it past the infected to reach her? And what will it mean if he does?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'When a guy falls in love with a mate's girl, there is only one thing he can do ... leave town.

'When Chad Whittaker receives a frantic call for help from the woman he loves he's on the next plane home to Sydney.

'But will he get there in time?

'Cally Foster just kicked her boyfriend's no-good, lying, cheating ass out of her apartment and her life. That's what a girl gets when she falls for the wrong guy.

'So why does she feel so desolate? Shouldn't she be on top of the world?

'Not when her fickle heart is crying out for another man she loved all along and may never see again.

'This story is rated "Medium Hot" (3 out of 5 flames) and contains F/M pairings.'

Source : publisher's blurb

'When Zoe walked out on the dare-devil photographer Sam Lincoln she never expected to see him again. Now he is here covering the reopening of a winery that nearly burned down, the one where they'd planned to marry.

'Seeing Zoe is a shock. Five years ago Sam hadn't been able to refuse the job of a lifetime, but in exchange he lost the love of his life.

'With a little help from the winery's lusty patron spirit Zoe and Sam might be able to put the past aside and rekindle what they'd thought lost.'

Source: Author's website (http://www.shonahusk.com/midsummer.html). (Sighted: 9/10/2013)

'She’s a ball-busting vice president at the country’s leading bank, he’s the trophy husband she wears on her arm at executive dinners. Except when they are in the bedroom.

'In the bedroom, their “games” of sexual domination have Sam firmly in the position of power. Nicky, however, is ready to bring the game to an end but Sam has other ideas.

'During a night of domination and submission in their isolated country cottage, an unexpected guest drops in on the couple. A dangerous guest. And for Sam and Nicky, nothing will ever be the same again.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'It’s 1878 and London’s most beautiful and hard-hearted prostitute, Grace Fortune, is preparing for her next job. She’s the special initiation ‘gift’ procured by a mother in fashionable Mayfair for her son’s twenty-first birthday.

'When Grace discovers she is to be servicing the man whose secret she’d guarded at the cost of her once-secure position as a housemaid and whose betrayal has plunged her into this hated life, she wants revenge.

'That is, until the re-emergence of malevolent forces that destroyed the couple’s young love. Now David and Grace must reconcile the past and fight for a different kind of justice to salvage their dignity and find happiness.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'For sculptor Lottie Williams, entering her sculpture, Triumvirate, in the Carve the Wind exhibition is the culmination of her career.

'What she doesn’t count on is the incendiary lust between her and the curators, James and Magda. While she’s at first happy to play, she rapidly gets out of her depth when she confuses business with pleasure. Against the wild backdrop of the Pacific Ocean her work is displayed to great acclaim.

'But all she wants, all she can think about is being back in the bed of the two people who have laid claim to her heart and soul.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.