Cirrus@Austlit

'I'm an entrepreneur by heart and broke by nature.

'Every scheme has ended in debt or baby animals loose in a suburban mall.

'I'm gonna play it safe. Get a day job where the pay sucks but the potential for litigation, prison or rabies isn't an ongoing threat.

'I was happy in my misery when she came along. Jools.

'And I thought I played by my own rules.

'I got nothing on this woman.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Can two very wrongs, make a right?

'Most of us have a dream. I’ve given up on mine.

'My life’s been perfectly, perfect. No trauma, no excruciating heartbreaks, no delectable skeletons in my closet.

'All of which are essential attributes to writing a great country song.

'You see, great songs don’t appear at the end of rainbows. They’re formed out of the dog shit you step in before getting fired, or the rain on grand final day, or the flat tyre on your way to the emergency department.

'I’ll never be a great songwriter. I’m not even mediocre. I’m ready to give up.

'When I agree to drive Jools, a virtual stranger, to the Wortmouth Country Music Festival, after spending eight hours in the car together, I want to cut off my own ears. When she offers to change my life if I follow three simple tasks, it’s all I can do to keep a straight face. Then I figure, what could go wrong? And if it does, won’t that great make material for a song? (See. I’m rhyming already.)

'Maybe, just maybe, there’s still time for my life to fall apart. Hallelujah.

'That is, until the worst happens. I get teamed up with a man whose singing voice is as terrible as my songs. My life is about to get very much worse.

'Is a miserable life all it’s cracked up to be?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'A feel-good romantic comedy series about following your dreams later in life and finding success, despite having previously given up all hope.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Whoever said life begins at forty can go suck it…

'I always dreamed of being a national TV reporter, but it’s never going to happen. It’s over. Half my life was dedicated to regional journalism and I’m done. I’ve got one week to go on my contract then I’ll have to look at my options. Maybe I’ll re-train as a hairdresser. That way I could ask questions all day long and never have to listen to the answers.

'I was doing just fine, marching in my self-pity parade when she came along. Jools. An absurd stranger with the worst work ethic I’ve ever seen. Now she’s in my face, telling me she knows exactly what I want, what I need and what to do to make my dreams come true.

'Five mystery tasks. Just complete them and I could have it all. Apparently. Only a mad person would believe her. Turns out I’m a stark-raving lunatic. Or just desperate for this last chance…

'My cameraman, Mike, has noticed something’s changed. He’s asking questions that I’m not ready to answer. Especially since we haven’t really spoken since the ‘incident.’ Funny how twenty years of history with a man you’ve vowed to hate for the rest of your life can disappear when you’re standing naked together, at gunpoint, over a shark-infested tank.

'My life has turned on its head and there's only one explanation for it. A track pants with high-heeled boots wearing stranger named Jools.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Sunny wants to die. Or not. She hasn't decided.

'What she needs is to be left alone to make up her mind.

'Dr Mataio Brinn lives downstairs and has barely grunted at her in a year. He's weird. No social skills. No social life. But now he's in her face, wanting to carry her groceries, play her guitar, discuss her mental health, her diet, her deadbeat boyfriend.

'He's determined to keep her safe. He moves her in with his aunt and cousin. But keeping her safe means keeping his distance—and she can't work out why he's living by a secret set of rules.

'He has an agenda and she's made it her new mission to uncover what it is.

'Now he says he's put her life in danger. But the only risk Sunny is worried about is getting her heart broken. Because she highly suspects relationships are against one of the Eleven Rules.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Adie’s never met anyone she can’t read. Until now.

'She’s just got the break she’s always dreamed of, so it’s the worst possible time to discover her special “abilities” are broken. Well, not broken exactly—faulty. Honestly, it’s just this one guy.

'Her first tour manager thinks she’s a fraud and if she can’t convince him she’s the real thing, her new career is over before it’s begun.'

Source : publisher's blurb

'Pip is smart, sassy and drop-dead insensitive.

'She's completely unsuited to a job in the funeral industry and her new small-town business won't survive without her learning a few people skills. So when she starts accusing the locals of a murderous conspiracy - well they'd rather invite the neighbourhood serial killer in for tea and cake than trust an outsider.

'Jaimes Everest, her largest competitor, seems determined to strike a deal, but when he reveals a surprising truth about his deceased wife, Pip believes he might be slightly unhinged. And why is it, slightly unhinged seems so damn attractive to her?

'With one foot in the grave and one foot in her mouth, can Pip find a niche market in the funeral business, uncover a killer and find friendships worth risking everything for…without having to join the netball team?

'I Bury Dead People is a cosy tale with a touch of romance, a touch of mystery and a hearse load of laughter.'

Source : publisher's blurb

'Who doesn't want to be famous?

'Willa Jones doesn't.

'She lives in a shack near the river, alone and isolated. When she inadvertently appears on a reality TV show, she captures the world’s attention with her unique voice. Everyone wants a piece of her, but she wants none of it.

'If she doesn’t stay hidden, the world might discover her sordid past. The only thing worse than hating yourself, would be if the entire world hated you too.'

Source : publisher's blurb