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Yet We Sleep, We dream
JL Peridot
Released: 23 September
Love triangles get bent out of shape when restless gods come out to play.
Relationships are complicated enough when only humans are involved — something the crew of the starship Athenia know plenty about. These children of a changing climate are no strangers to conflicts of the heart. And it seems there's a lot of conflict going on, even out in space.
When an alien dust finds its way on board, the veil between realms begins to fray. Old gods of a long dead planet resume their own romantic bickering while ancient magic wreaks havoc across the ship. Grudges resurface, friends turn to enemies, unrequited love turns to passion — or does it? It's kinda hard to tell with everyone at each other's throats.
Gentles, perchance you wonder at this show; but wonder on, till truth make all things plain. Yet We Sleep, We Dream is a romantic space-fantasy inspired by Shakespeare's endearing hot mess, A Midsummer Night's Dream.
"I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was."
— Bottom, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Contains:
- Friends to lovers
- Second chances
- Aussies in space (casual swears)
- Sex, weed & waking dreams
- Hot robot love action
Content advisory: Strong language. Drug use. On-page sexual encounters. References to harassment and infertility. Depictions of perilous situations. Depictions of marital disharmony. Awkward social situations. Technical language.
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Moon Set
Part 3, The Artemis Curse
D.D. Line
Released: 16 September
A heartbreaking betrayal. A secret confession. An enmity of power and passion.
The guilds at Takoda University are finally showing signs of coming together. Even the stubborn Beltanes. Karisa’s worked hard to get them there, but her powers are weakening, and her task is far from complete. Just when she’s beginning to think she can trust Garrett, he betrays her. Well, he’s tricked her for the last time.
With as many friends at Takoda as she has foes, Karisa doesn’t always know who she can trust. Without Garrett on her side, things will be challenging, but damned if she’ll let him destroy everything she's achieved and all the good she’s done. The guilds must unite if they are to defeat the Shadow Master. She can’t let them win.
When the shadow mages strike, it’ll take everything Karisa has to survive and to escape. The fate of both their realms depends on it. All she can do is hope the goodness she’d sensed in Garrett will triumph.
Moon Set is the third book in the 5-part story, The Artemis Curse. Parts one through to four end on a cliffhanger, with the fifth book concluding the tale. Part four, Moon Vow, will be available in December 2023.
Haven Realm Complete Collection Special Edition
Books 1-3, Haven Realm
Mila Young
Released: September
Grab this boxset of the first three books of the TechWitch series exciting dark and sexy futuristic urban fantasy series from RITA® Award nominated author M.J. Scott.
The Haven Realm Complete Collection includes:
Hunted
Cursed
Entangled
DISCOVER MORE ABOUT EACH STORY
Fall in love with these bestselling steamy retellings on three favorite classic tales.
Hunted Red Riding Hood. Three Big Bad Wolves. A Poisonous Scheme.
Cursed Bee and the Four Beasts. A Deadly Curse. A Fallen Kingdom.
Entangled Tangles of death, danger, and monsters. Elliana and her sexy shifters must escape a witch’s vengeance.
Non Spec-Fic
The Sheikh's Royal Widow
Book 7, Desert Kings Alliance
Mel Teshco
Released: 31 September
He’s running from the past. She’s afraid to face the future. Can they create a perfect today?
Princess Takisha Hakim never thought she’d desire another man again. Not after Sheikh Fayez’s rejection, and certainly not after her sick and depraved marriage to Sheikh Arif. She’s learned the hard way that wealth and power comes at a cost and accepts she doesn’t deserve to be loved. Then she sees gardener, Akeem Al-Jalal, and all her doubts fade away. Perhaps a commoner is just what she needs?
Akeem enjoys his simple life as a gardener. For the most part, hard, physical labor drowns out the memories of his past and helps him to forget about his family and the brutal war that made him the hero he never wanted to be. He might have been a killer in the past, but nurturing plants soothes his black soul. A pity his life gets complicated the moment the princess begins to take a personal interest.
He doesn’t belong in her world anymore…does he?
An Augathella Baby
Annie Seaton
Book 2, Augathella Short and Sweet
Released: 30 September
Sophie Mason learned to fend for herself in an abusive relationship; she recovered and married her one-time love, but her self-confidence is not what it seems. Her husband, Kent, wants to start a family but doesn't tell Sophie the real reason he is keen to try for their first child. Sophie's excuse is that she is busy helping her sister-in-law, Callie Cartwright, with the new twins and their three older brothers.
Will each of them share the truth with the other, or is the misunderstanding enough to threaten their marriage?
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Outback Dawn: The Visitor
Annie Seaton
Book 5, The Augathella Girls
Released: 1 October in audio format
When Laura Adnum arrives unexpectedly in Augathella to visit the three sons of her deceased sister Julia, it seems she is there to cause trouble. Laura is not impressed that her brother-in-law Braden Cartwright is planning to marry Callie Young.
Newly appointed local doctor Harry Higgins is surprised when Laura insists on visiting him to check that the care of her three nephews is adequate.
Harry has his own demons and has come to Augathella for peace and a quiet life. Harry is suspicious of Laura's motives. Why has she suddenly decided to visit three nephews she has never met? He tries to ignore his instant attraction to this enigmatic woman.
What secrets does each of them hold, and can they find peace through love?
Amcham, Apasair, Bila or How, Why, When?
Book 2, Baba Malay Today
non-fiction
Theresa Fuller
Released: 11 September in ebook format
Precious Baba Malay is about to go extinct, but you can reverse the process by learning Baba Malay in clearly defined steps. This treasured language can be a part of your life, hopefully to be revived as it is spread through sharing this didactic method.
Former assessor and examiner of the Higher School Certificate (NSW, Australia), Theresa Fuller, known fondly in the Peranakan community as Bibek Theresa, draws on her years of experience in the classroom to create the Baba Malay Today series – a range of chapter books with an easy-to-follow curriculum aimed at the beginner.
Alus, Ka, Kasar or Delicate, Or, Coarse
Book 5, Baba Malay Today
non-fiction
Theresa Fuller
Released: 25 June in paperback format
Precious Baba Malay is about to go extinct, but you can reverse the process by learning Baba Malay in clearly defined steps. This treasured language can be a part of your life, hopefully to be revived as it is spread through sharing this didactic method.
Former assessor and examiner of the Higher School Certificate (NSW, Australia), Theresa Fuller, known fondly in the Peranakan community as Bibek Theresa, draws on her years of experience in the classroom to create the Baba Malay Today series – a range of chapter books with an easy-to-follow curriculum aimed at the beginner.
PRE-ORDERS
Damaris
Book 4, Alien Fugitives
Mel Teshco
Expected Release: 30 March 2024
Can two lost souls complete one another?
Damaris Trant has never been alone…until now. Not only is he stuck on planet Earth, his six Strazanian comrades—rares with special powers just like him—are scattered around the city of New Faxian like confetti to avoid an enemy that has already wiped out the rest of their species. Damaris doesn’t even know if his comrades are still alive since landing on Earth.
Despite his purple scale coloring making him a lower caste, his rare powers, which had elevated his standing on his planet Strazan, are now erratic at best. Add to that the memories of his deceased family, and he’s rendered even more powerless.
Then he meets Callie, and his already topsy-turvy life is turned upside down. She’s an addict who sees things differently. That she doesn’t find Damaris abnormal is beyond appealing to his peace of mind. If only she didn’t also see him as just another man without a conscience.
After Callie Trueberry lost her family to a house fire, she fell into a dysfunctional world of her own making. Chemicals and alcohol might decay her mind, but at least she’s no longer half-mad with grief. Then she stumbles into Damaris and wishes she was the woman she used to be, a woman who would have turned his head and perhaps even won his heart. He is everything she’s ever wanted in a man, their shared grief binding them closer still. But will he stand by her side as she cleans her body and her mind while enemies are hunting him down, or will he be lost to her forever?
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Moon Vow
Part 4, The Artemis Curse
D.D. Line
Expected Release: 4 September 2024
A moment of truth. A play on words. An unveiling of myth and malice.
Karisa reveals her identity, hoping her friends understand her mission and the rising stakes, but their reactions, especially Garrett’s, leave her feeling more confused and alone than ever. Torn between her heart’s desire and keeping one step ahead of the Shadow Master, her future has never been more precarious.
Now her forewarning has become Takoda’s reality. The great battle is upon them. Persons unknown attack a wizard within the university walls. The enemy takes a witch hostage to ensure Karisa’s compliance, and a long-forgotten verse reveals more than anyone thought possible.
With Tempest’s shadow mages overrunning the university, the professors and students must fight for their lives. Failure is not an option, but now the one person meant to save them, Karisa, is nowhere to be seen.
Resting Witch Face: a Cozy Paranormal Rom Com
(Welcome to Whynot)
Anthology with story by
Shelley Russell Nolan
Expected Release: 14 September 2024
Meet the lovable witches of Whynot, each with their own enchanting quirks and powers. With meddling friends, family, and a talking cat named Loaf, their quest for love is an adventure you won't see coming.
You'll be transported to the ever-changing Magic Brews shop, where the décor is as unpredictable as its owner's mood. It's the go-to place for magical ingredients and laughter as the resident guardian Loaf plays tricks on tourists and residents of Whynot alike.
In "Witches of Whynot," small-town life is always an adventure.
Get ready for tricksters, spells gone wrong, magic wars started by nosy town gossips, and brews that turn your crush into a toad.
It's a world where love conquers all, but magic adds a sprinkle of mishaps and unexpected consequences. So, grab your broomstick and prepare for a rollercoaster of laughter, love, and enchantment.
This supernatural and paranormal cozy series comes with a dash of romance and hint of small-town charm, "Witches of Whynot" is your ticket to a spellbinding good time..
Their Pretty Little Monster
Book 1, Monsters Night
Mila Young
Expected Release: 1 June 2024
My True Love Gave to Me
anthology including stories from
Dakota Harrison, HM Hodgson, Melanie Pickering
Expected Release: 17 October
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me … twelve sweet, short, swoony stories!
Twelve authors have interpreted a day of the Christmas carol, Twelve Days of Christmas, to bring you sweet holiday romance reads centred around a Christmas tree farm, “Pining for You”.
A snowstorm makes Miss Partridge crash into a pear tree, needing rescue from a burly tow truck driver. There are mistletoe kisses and missiles of mistletoe as witches chase thieving swans under a full moon at Yule while another coven performs a ritual with five golden rings.
Eleven pipers in kilts herald the lighting of the Christmas tree and a marriage celebrant and wedding photographer meet at another’s nuptials. An artisan has a very goosey meet-cute with a handsome Englishman, a goat farmer meets a beautiful woman rescuing kittens, and there’s an unexpected reunion with an ex which could lead to a second chance. An art historian has a chance encounter with an auctioneer, and it’s jingle bell rock when twelve drummers audition to join a band and one is up against her childhood crush.
Get ready to laugh-out-loud and cosy up with the sweet Christmas romance anthology full of heart, love and joy featuring award-winning and best-selling authors.
Contributing authors in story order are: Clarissa Morgan, Emma Hussey, Sara Hartland, Melanie Pickering, HM Hodgson, Savannah Blaize, Louisa Duval, Caitlyn Lynch, Dakota Harrison, Georgia Moore, Fiona M Marsden and Sharyn Swanepoel.
Killer's Kiss
Book 11, Lizzie Grace
Keri Arthur
Expected Release: 31 October
An ancient vampire has returned to Castle Rock, and with her comes an even older evil intent on revenge…
Links for Kobo and Google play will appear once the book has been completed and fully edited.
Shield of Fire
Book 4, Relic Hunters
Keri Arthur
Expected Release: 19 March 2024
A new relic, a new threat...
This book is currently available for pre-order on Apple, Amazon, and Nook. Kobo & Google Play will be added once the proofreading has been finished.
Non Spec-Fic
The Sheikh's Temporary Girlfriend
Book 8, Desert Kings Alliance
Mel Teshco
Expected Release: 30 December
She’ll do anything for her family. He’ll do everything to claim her.
After Amber Clayton lost her parents at the tender age of seventeen, leaving her and her older brother all alone in the world, she is determined her brother won’t now lose his marriage and his daughter thanks to his gambling addiction.
She’ll pay off his debts herself if need be!
Waitressing at a party for a sheikh who is renowned for giving his staff great bonuses seems like her lucky break…until she spills a whole tray of drinks over Sheikh Basam. Amber’s supervisor is furious and tells her she’s finished. But the sheikh has other ideas. Pulling her aside, he gives her a proposition.
Be his girlfriend for seven days. All she has to do is pretend to be in love with him and dissolve any idea of marriage between him and another woman, Maram, who is perfect for the role as his wife, if only he was attracted to her.
Of course Amber isn’t interested…until he tells her to name her price. Hope fills her from the inside out. Her brother’s gambling could be paid off for just seven days of inconvenience.
It seems too good to be true.
But without risk there is no reward.
All she has to do is keep her heart intact. Easy, right?
Avenged
Mel Teshco
Book 2, Gangsters at War
Expected Release: 30 November
My innocence for his sick retribution.
Isabella
That’s what Salvatore Costa, mafia underboss and now my kidnapper, demands from me. I tell him to go to hell. I hate his guts, and yet, my body betrays me and my mind won’t stop thinking dirty thoughts about him. It doesn’t mean I won’t try to escape…after I kill him.
Salvatore
I need to avenge my sister’s forced marriage to my enemy, Ethan Agostino. Turns out his sister, Isabella, is the perfect sacrifice. She will submit to me and become a slave to my every dark desire. I just have to ensure my heart never rules my head. Because in my world, love equates to weakness, and nothing will stop me from becoming the next Costa Don.
Enforced
Mel Teshco
Book 3, Gangsters at War
Expected Release: 25 June 2024
One sadistic madman substituted by another.
Chantilly
That’s what happened when I escaped from the don of the O’Malley mafia only to be captured by Valentino Barone, deadly enforcer of the Agostino mobster family. I didn’t think I could hate anyone more than the don who damaged me, until Valentino takes away my freedom yet again and awakens my darkest desires, ones I never knew existed. Escape seems futile. But I did it once I can do it again—or die trying.
Valentino
I was sent to find and kill Chantilly Alcott, fugitive lover of the don of a rival mafia who is desperate to find her. Ending her life and sending pieces of her body to the O’Malley family isn’t something that should bother me—it never has before—so why my reluctance to do my job? I will do it, eventually. For now, I hold her captive and tell myself I’ll break her spirit instead of her body.
So why is she slowly breaking me, instead?
The above three covers are by Eleni Konstantine's alter ego, HelzKat Designs.
Winning Offer
Book 3, Bachelor Brothers of Sydney
Mel Teshco
Expected Release: 30 February 2024
Will saving her father’s crumbling estate cost her everything?
Liam Black hides a sensitive side. If losing his parents was a tragedy, then finding out his father had been unfaithful to his wife—Liam’s mother—is a tragedy Liam can’t even begin to process. It leaves him questioning everything he’s ever known. If his parents’ happy marriage was a sham, what hope has he got to find a woman to love and settle down with? Not even his two brothers’ happy relationships can convince him otherwise. Then he sees the fearless, gorgeous woman on stage at a once yearly charity auction—a woman he met once and can’t stop thinking about—and despite his cynicism, his heart is lost.
Harper Franks isn’t going to let a little pre-auction nerves get to her now. Not if it means snaring the billionaire sheikh she hopes to attract. She’ll do anything to pay the debts inherited from her father and rebuild his bed and breakfast. What she doesn’t expect is for Liam to outbid the sheikh with a figure that surely not even an infamous Black brother can afford? So why don’t her financial woes seem half as bad when she’s in his arms? She’ll just have to figure out some other way to save her inheritance, because there is no way in hell she’ll add to Liam’s burden with her own problems.
The Devil Inside
Leisl Leighton
Book 2, Stormhaven Rock Star Romance
Expected Release: 1 November
Dark secrets. A mysterious past. And an unforgettable passion.
After months in a coma, music promoter Melissa Linklater wakes up to a world she doesn't remember. She's shocked to discover she's married - to Phil Paris, the intensely handsome drummer of world-famous band The Sidhe - and has a baby daughter. She has lost the memory of the last eight years of her life. Phil, their baby and his bandmates are all strangers.
Phil is devastated that Mel can't remember her years with him. He needs her to remember - because he is nothing without his wife. Fame and wealth, even his music, no longer bring him joy. The only things that matter are Mel and their baby. He throws all he is into helping Mel remember, but instead of recovering memories of them, she starts to remember a secret past and a web of lies that threatens to destroy everything she knew about herself.
Someone else is also after those secrets. As her mysterious stalker escalates from anonymous phone calls to break-ins and physical threats, the police and her doctors don't believe her - but Phil does. While she still can't remember anything about her life with him, she does feel things for him - passionate, needful things that make her want to trust him with her darkest secrets. Will sharing those secrets make them closer or bring more danger to their door?
The Glitter or the Gold
Bindarra Creek Small Town Christmas
multi author series
Suzanne Gilchrist
Expected Release: 1 December
Will she choose the glitter or the gold?
Disillusioned with life and love, Billie Miller flees to the small country town of Bindarra Creek for a fresh start. Her only focus now is to re-connect with her elderly parents who she hasn’t seen for several years. No way has she any interest in a certain American whose easy charm reminds her too much of her ex. At least, that’s what she tells herself.
One glance and Kirk Wellington falls hard for a prickly blonde and a community that feels like home. His ambition of making it big in Hollywood vanishes, instead he creates plans for a different life. Step one - sweet talk Billie into participating in the Christmas play, where he’ll have the opportunity to showcase his many talents. Step two - convince her he’s worthy of her love.
But just as their relationship blossoms, her ex arrives in town begging for forgiveness, and Billie’s heart is torn.
Who will she choose – the man she’s known for years or a charismatic stranger
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Welcome to the latest best-selling Bindarra Creek small-town romance series where each book features a standalone love story and can be read in any order. You will love re-visiting this quaint country town and its quirky community of compelling characters as they search for love and happiness.
Place to Belong
Annie Seaton
Bindarra Creek Small Town Christmas
multi author series
Expected Release: 1 December
Do you believe in love at first sight?
Violet Valentine, equine vet, is heading to Broken Hill for Christmas when her vehicle breaks down on a back road near Bindarra Creek. Fleeing a difficult situation in Brisbane, a broken-down car in the middle of nowhere is the last thing she needs. With no phone service, and resigned to spending the night sleeping rough, she is relieved, and somewhat amused when she is rescued by a dashing stranger on a white horse.
Joe Rossiter is riding the boundary fences of his recently purchased property on Sam, his favourite old horse, and is dismayed by the amount of work he needs to do before he can stock the property with sheep. Perhaps he made the wrong decision deciding to settle in Bindarra Creek? His mood lifts when he encounters a beautiful woman who has set up camp near his creek.
Violet has to wait in Bindarra Creek for four weeks for her car part to be imported, and when the word gets around that she is a horse doctor, she receives offers of employment and a contract at a local horse farm quickly arrive. But the last thing Violet wants to do is settle in one place or give in to her attraction to Joe Rossiter.
Can Joe convince Violet that Bindarra Creek is a place for her to belong?
An Augathella Spring
Annie Seaton
Book 3, Augathella Short and Sweet
Expected Release: 30 November
In the heart of Augathella, where love blooms in the most unexpected places, Emily Jansen arrives with a heavy heart and a precious secret. As a new teacher at the local primary school, she’s determined to start anew and provide the best for her one-year-old daughter. But her heart still aches from the loss of her husband, taken from her in a tragic military accident, leaving her wary of love. She rebuffs any overtures of friendship, guarding her heart with unwavering determination.
Josh Foley, a charming and caring man, arrives in town on a mission of his own: to inspect his sister Amelia’s fiancé before her impending wedding to local, Ben Foley. When Emily’s car breaks down on an isolated road, Josh is quick to lend a helping hand. An undeniable attraction ignites, and a friendship develops
Josh is only passing through. Despite the growing connection between them and his willingness to assist her in every possible way, Emily is hesitant to let her guard down.
Can she risk her heart again, especially to a man whose life is far away from this town? Will he find a way to convince Emily that love is worth the risk, even if it means upending his own plans?
COVERS
Shadow's End
Book 12, Lizzie Grace
Keri Arthur
Expected Release: 23 July 2024
OTHER
Keri Arthur
Ring of Ruin (Book 3, Relic Hunters) as a Feature Book on the Australian Romance Readers Association (ARRA) blog.
D.D. Line
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