Cirrus@Austlit

'Rosie Turner is done with denying her dreams and good-looking men who make her knees weak. To pay-off her two-timing ex-husband’s debts, she’ll sell Blackbird Tor, and set up a B&B to give her and her little boy financial independence.

'Luke Williams is resolved to turn heavily mortgaged Flat Rock Station into a thriving property and bring a spark of life back into his dad’s tired eyes. But his options are limited.

'When Rosie and her son catapult into their lives, Luke’s father reveals the rumour of a rich opal seam located somewhere on Blackbird Tor.

Problem is, Rosie and Luke aren’t the only ones desperate to find that seam.' (Publication summary)

'Five months since finishing High School, Tara has no direction in her life. She dreams of a trendy lifestyle, far from the responsibilities of her crazy parents and their preoccupation with apocalyptic predictions. But what happens when it all comes true? The hottest guy she’s ever seen blows into town, claiming he’s here to protect her. The tattoo on his nape reads: Warder of Earth. Alien seeder meteorites rain down bringing chaos and destruction. The town is overtaken by gun-toting, zealous soldiers and a mysterious virus spreads with terrifying and deadly results. Someone close to her, is leaking information to the enemy and she no longer knows who to trust. Fighting for her family and the world’s survival, Tara must accept the secret of her past; she was genetically bred for a specific purpose. But every victory comes at great cost. And heroes are ordinary people who in a heartbeat, choose to make the ultimate sacrifice.' (Publication summary)

'Indoctrinated since birth by revolutionary parents, Cleo has no time for close friendships and even less for boyfriends. Freshly graduated from the Mars Academy, she’s on her first intergalactic mission and desperate to meet her parents’ expectations. All is on course when a solar flare damages her shuttle and she crash-lands on a watery wasteland of a planet.

'Two generations ago, Kai's people fled their home-world after being invaded. They now live on super-ships that prowl beneath the planet's murky waters. When he ‘hears’ the cry of his destined mate, he discovers she is alone and stranded. And an alien. How can such a strange being be meant for him?

'Worse, if he helps her, he risks exposing their location to the enemy.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Ordered to protect a Freeber male, Lycanean Wren, is not impressed with her first sight of the gentle scholar. He looks as if he'd never held a weapon in his life.

'Besides she has made a vow to never join with another. For how can she, when her warrior mate, Larid, may still be alive?

'Trapped together in a Half-dead barrow, Wren and the Freeber, Tobias, discover more than the unruly lust that storms to life between them.

'Their enemy has invented a form of Greek fire and the cache must be destroyed before their tribes are wiped out.

'But a partially transformed Half-dead stands in their way...Larid.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.