Cirrus@Austlit

The Linford Romance Library is one of the genre lists published by F. A. Thorpe, which is itself an imprint of Ulverscroft.

'Alison refuses to marry Drew unless he accepts her teenage son, Robbie, into his life. So, in an attempt to bond with the boy, Drew takes Robbie on a camping trip, which goes badly wrong. It's then that Drew begins to find he has a better understanding of Robbie and realises the depths of his love for both Alison and her son.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Marine biologist, Sophie Brookfield, travels to the Great Barrier Reef off the Queensland coast of Australia, to complete her thesis research. After meeting tourist operator and helicopter pilot, Drew Mitchell, she discovers they share the same impossible dream to own a tropical island. Attracted by his magnetic charm, Sophie finds herself falling in love but fights her attraction, believing Drew is bound to another and cannot return her love. Heartbroken, she returns to Sydney. Will she ever see Drew again, and what will happen to their dream?' (publication blurb).

'Australian doctor Caroline Carter journeys to Southern Africa to make peace with her dying father, but arrives too late. She discovers she has inherited a cattle farm along with its manager, the mysterious Reiner Schmidt. Although determined to return to normal life in Melbourne, Caroline finds herself being won over by the farm's African employees and plagued by questions. Does she have the courage to sell her inheritance, and just what did her father intend by leaving the farm to her?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Alexandra Morelli, project manager for Court Constructions, is concealing a project from the Company's managing director, Stephen Bevan, at the request of his mother. Stephen, in turn, is hiding his homosexuality from them both. When Stephen admits that he cannot marry Alex, he inadvertently discovers the house she has been building on the Brisbane River, and Alex realises that she does not love him after all. Rather, it is the other man in her life, architect Josh MacCauley, whom she loves.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'After the death of her husband, financial cirumstances force Libby Hargraves to return to work, where she finds that Jack Trennery, the articled clerk she had befriended eight years ago, is now the Melbourne law firm's leading criminal lawyer. But when Jack asks Libby to marry him, she refuses, for he is nine years her junior. But lawyers have a way of getting to the truth, and when Jack is taken hostage Libby has to admit to her true feelings.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'The Pope receives a private revelation that the world is about to end—the second title in the Vatican Trilogy.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).

'A moving exploration of the meaning of faith, and a vivid portrayal of life in impoverished post-war Calabria.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).

'Winter 1945. The Second World War is over, but it is a time of armistice, not peace. Austria is grieving its defeat and the loss of a generation of men; it is a land without leaders. To men like Major Mark Hanlon, Occupation Commander of the alpine town of Bad Quellenberg, falls the task of destroying the legacy of the Nazis once and for all.

'When his driver is murdered by an Austrian soldier, Hanlon is determined to bring the man to justice. But investigating the crime proves difficult in a community where nearly everyone has something to hide.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).

'Twenty chests of minted Spanish gold in a sunken galleon—this is the lure that brings historian Renn Lundigan to a tiny island off Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

'Renn enlists islander Johnny Akimoto to teach him scuba diving, but soon realises there's a far greater danger in the reef than the sharks. Gambling den owner Manny Mannix has followed him to the island, and now he threatens not only Renn and Johnny, but also the beautiful young scientist Pat Mitchell.

'Gallows on the Sand is a fast-paced story of high adventure, with the rich characterisation that made Morris West one of the bestselling writers of his day.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).

'Richard Ashley is a journalist who cares about the truth, and he's about to break the greatest story of his career.

'Italy's ruling clique is rotten to the core. A scandal centred around Vittorio, Duke of Orgagna, points to a web of corruption and deceit emanating from his estate in the south.

'But Ashley finds that the truth is not all it seems when he falls in love with Orgagna's wife. Everything is more complicated, more passionate, than before—and tainted by death. Suddenly Ashley's greatest story threatens to be his last.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).

'Margot Bennett's new novel is a story of love and jealousy set against a background of sheep farming in New Zealand. Andrew Wallace, a determined and dominating older brother, who despises what he calls artificial feminine tricks, takes his admiring little sister, Jenny, to a sheep station in New Zealand and trains her to work like a boy [. . .] When summer comes, she is wholly alive; in love with the beauty of the land; and ready to direct all her intensity to the man she works with, Andrew's hired hand, Sam.'

Source: Dust cover.