Cirrus@Austlit

'Baby doesn’t want to go to sleep.

'So his cuddly friend Bilby takes him on a magical journey through the night as the world falls asleep.

'Gnome puts his tools away, mother bear snuggles her cub, and mermaids drift into peaceful slumber in this bedtime adventure.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Who gives a kid socks for his birthday? Pete's birthday isn't looking too bright until he unwraps a present from his Grandpa - A pair of green goggles! When he puts them over his eyes his world transforms! Join Pete and his brave cat, Fluff, on an adventure into imagination.' (Publication summary)

'A bankrupt husband. A marriage on the rocks. A cop more sexy than the legal limit.

'Just when Ellie Cummins is free to shed her corporate wife image, she finds the body of a young woman in an apartment she’s been hired to re-design. Her fledging business depends on this contract, so she tries to ignore the long-buried grief the trauma exposes.

'When Ellie learns that her daughter has a personal connection to the victim, and the police have no leads, she and friends Cass and Kandy decide to investigate the murder. But Brisbane’s alleyways are dark and their detective skills dubious, so how far will they go for justice?

'Kandy once lived a hard life on the streets, but will uncovering her husband's secret life destroy all she’s achieved since then? And solid, dependable Cass isn’t as content with her life as she seems.

'And is the cop who responded to their call more interested in Ellie than the investigation?

'For the three friends, it's a time of change and self-discovery. And the realisation that life, like love, doesn’t play fair.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'A girl in hiding, a deadly curse and a prophecy an empire is ready to destroy...

'Concealing her hideous affliction beneath a witch's robes and spells, Tash Severin embarks on a journey that may be her only hope of living a normal life, free of pain and scorn.

'The Pool of Rathorne's healing waters promise a cure in a world where the crippled are shunned and the Cursed are imprisoned.

'But a chance meeting with the enigmatic Raoul Duberger changes Tash's journey - and her life.

'Beneath his expensive cloak and aristocratic presence, Raoul also hides his true identity.

'His lies are a foil for deadly truths, some of which may change her destiny forever.

'In a kingdom where secrets are worth killing for, does Tash have the courage to trust this stranger and risk her life?

'And would she change her decision if she knew the future of an oppressed land rested with her fate?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'For twenty-five year old Tyler Morgan, being murdered was easy. Easy in comparison with working for the Grim Reaper.

'Jonathon Grimm may have brought her back from the dead in exchange for working as a reaper for her hometown, Easton, but she has to find his lost reaper before she can enjoy her second chance at life.

'Only … the lost reaper isn’t actually lost. He has a new body and a new life and no intention of turning himself in, even if it means giving Tyler her life back.

'Tyler begins the grisly task of reaping the souls of Easton’s dead while searching for the reaper. He could be anyone – the intriguing detective, Sam Lockwood; the handsome, wealthy Chris Bradbury; or the serial killer stalking the women of Easton. Women who bear an uncanny resemblance to Tyler.

'But what is the ancient secret, hidden from mankind, that has motivated Grimm to chose Tyler for the morbid task?

'As the killer closes in and Grimm’s deadline draws closer, Tyler discovers she is fighting a much bigger threat than the Grim Reaper and time is running out for everyone.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'She’s expecting a holiday.

'He wants a solution.

'Jenna Martin knows a great body when she sees one. After all, bodies are her business. And Braden Fleetwood has the sexiest body she’s seen in a long time.

'But one disastrous love affair was enough. She doesn’t need to fall for someone like him.

'Braden has always been in control, building up his business empire, protecting his sister, taking pride in his strong-minded niece; but now he is frustrated beyond measure, helpless to restore the shattered lives of the only people he has allowed himself to love.

'What he doesn’t want is the woman he needs.

'Can they both learn that healing isn’t always physical? ' (Publication summary)

'When she opens the door of her beach house and a man falls, unconscious, into her arms, Emma Richmond thinks he has survived an accident at sea. But she soon discovers his wounds are bullet wounds, and finds it hard to believe his explanation for them.

'He’s back in her life. But she can’t let him back in her heart. It’s taken eleven years for Lani Campbell to build a new life and find peace. Peace that is shattered when Luke Tarrant walks back into her life. Once he’d loved her. Once he’d vowed vengeance on her family. With time had come understanding and acceptance. But when Luke sees Lani again, eleven long years are stripped away and his heart tells him his love has never died, only been denied. Bewildered by Lani’s reaction to him, Luke searches for answers to the pain and fear he appears to have brought into her life. When they are forced to share an isolated hut in the rugged Queensland bush, passion re-ignites a flame that has never been extinguished, but will love give Lani the strength to conquer the traumas of her past?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.