Cirrus@Austlit

'As any reader of crime fiction knows, dead girls on page one are a dime a dozen. The formula has been tried and tested ad nauseam: a mutilated body is discovered in grisly fashion, forensic mysteries and inconsistencies follow, and then hundreds of pages are concerned with whodunnit.' (Introduction)

'The two main characters of Maguire’s book have their consent breached in very different ways. She spoke to Guardian Australia’s Lucy Clark as part of Guardian Australia’s monthly book club' (Introduction)

'It’s a strange comfort to discover in Yellow Notebook even a writer of Garner’s force has suffered from – and survived – a lack of confidence.' (Introduction)

'Can one week of passion…

'lead to happily-ever-after?

'Love has been the last thing on surgeon George Wilmont’s mind since his wife passed away. Until he meets stunning head of orthopedics Melody Janeway on the last week of his lecture tour. Their instant connection explodes into passion, but with only a week before George leaves, can a passionate fling really become a forever love?'   (Publication summary)

'Could this doctor and her baby bump…be the family he’s longed for? Surgeon Ethan Janeway locked his heart away when he lost his wife and baby daughter. But then he meets gorgeous GP CJ Nicholls, his new and very pregnant! boss. After her late husband’s infidelity, CJ has no reason to trust men, but kind, caring Ethan is different. They could be the perfect family but first they’ll have to leave the past behind…'   (Publication summary)

'Can his love free her from her past?

'After years in witness protection, Dr Maybelle Freebourne has come home — under a different identity! But, on her first day at Victory Hospital, she walks right into the boy she left behind, now the Director of Emergency, and more gorgeous than ever!

'Arthur Lewis can’t shake the feeling he knows the beautiful new doctor, and a stolen kiss reveals she really is the girl he’s never forgotten. But can he convince Maybelle she is finally safe — in his arms?' (Publication Summary)

'A family to heal her heart…

'Dr Clara Lewis was devastated when Virgil Arterton left her, but she picked herself up and started again – even after an accident that has left her unable to have children…

'Six years later Virgil, now a widower, walks back into Victory Hospital – with his daughter! He knows leaving Clara was the worst mistake of his life, but can he convince her he's changed and that, if she'll trust him with her heart, he can give her all the love and the family she longs for?' (Publication Summary)

'Single dad in the Outback

'Becoming a dad to his niece Chloe changes hotshot surgeon Felix McLaren's whole world. Wanting the best for her, Felix heads for the Outback. But nothing about his new life is as he expected, and when beautiful registrar Harriette Jones bonds with him over little Chloe, everything changes.

'Harriette's determined to focus on her future, but Felix and adorable little Chloe pull on her heartstrings. Is it possible they're what she's been missing all along…and that she's the final piece of their family?' (Publication summary)