Nature has another evolution in store for usI think about how the earth likes to cough things up. Bones, fossils, slivers of rock, like an interior self. How it likes to spew gas, lava, smoke. How the earth under our feet is anything but solid. How in fact, the surface itself is constantly in movement, teeming. And inside, inside, in the mantle, we can only guess.Ursula is a self-possessed geologist. In her life on the mainland, she’s a guardian of the timescale, dividing h...

A warm-hearted and touching story about recovering after trauma, love and community. A new Woodlea rural romance by bestselling Australian author Alissa Callen.Healing doesn't just take time, it takes courage...The scars country vet Ella Quinlivan hides are not solely on the outside. Men are off limits. She fills her world with her friends, work and the colourful community of small town Woodlea. She also becomes custodian of a sandstone cottage of an elderly friend whose te...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Younger Wife and The Mother-in-Law with new novel Darling Girls out soon.Fern Castle works in her local library. She has dinner with her twin sister Rose three nights a week. And she avoids crowds, bright lights and loud noises as much as possible. Fern has a carefully structured life and disrupting her routine can be ... dangerous.When Rose discovers that she cannot fall pregnant,...

SHORTLISTED FOR AGE BOOK OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN AWARDAmy, Jin and Lucie are leading isolated lives in their partially renovated, inner city home. They are not happy, but they are also terrified of change. When they buy a pet rabbit for Lucie, and then Amy’s mother, Pauline, comes to stay, the family is forced to confront long-buried secrets. Will opening their hearts to the rabbit help them to heal or only invite further tragedy?The Burrow tells...

A toxic will plays havoc in the lives of three generations of women when they discover they have been living a lie. A keenly observed story of the danger of secrets, the legacy of betrayal and the power of family from a bestselling Australian author.Sometimes an ending is really a beginning ...Felicity Lewis's fiftieth birthday party in her newly renovated home, loving husband and daughter Greta by her side, is going off with a bang when disaster s...

Romance in rural Australia, three captivating Woodlea novellas from bestselling author Alissa CallenTHE PURPLE HILLSWhen Sibylla Elliott‘s father has a stroke she returns to small-town Woodlea planning to stay just until he recovers and before her stepmother can wedge herself any further between them. Single-dad Hugh Mason's entire world is his freckle-faced son, Riley. When Hugh suffers a head injury, he has no Plan B, until Riley fetches Sibylla who, relieved to escape the ...

The sequel to Violet Black and Black Wolf.THE SUSPENSE-FILLED CONCLUSION TO THE BLACK SPIRAL TRILOGYViolet and Johnno have escaped the Foundation’s compounds. Reunited, they need somewhere safe for the three of them to hide: Violet, Johnno and their unborn child.Beat. Heartbeat. One, two, three. I only just became aware of the third today, just another complication in an impossible situation.The Foundation is particularly keen to get its hands on the baby. I...

An atmospheric psychological thriller about a glamorous family living on the coast of southern Australia. 2023's most addictive beach read.A perfect family. A devastating secret. Summer, 2000. In the tranquil town of Queen's Point in southern Australia, the Whitlam family marks the end of every season with a lavish party in their clifftop mansion. Here, clutching her first glass of real champagne, the summer breeze intoxicating on her skin, sixteen-year-old Lucy Ross is kissed for t...

A captivating love story about community and second chances by bestselling author Alissa Callen.Country-girl Cressida Knight fills her days with her farm, a mischievous pet bull called Reggie and her volunteer emergency services work. The busier she keeps, the less she thinks about the cowboy who left her behind. She's convinced the small-town Woodlea grapevine that she's moved on, but now it's time to move on for real. Champion bull rider Denham Rigby shares Cressy's deep love for ...

Welcome to Bundilla. A new close-knit community where romance can blossom. An award-winning story of homecoming and family secrets from bestselling Australian author Alissa Callen.ARRA Winner of Favourite Australian-set romance 2021The road home isn't for the faint-hearted...Peony flower farmer Clancy Parker was born and bred in the Australian high country. Small-town Bundilla is the only place she will ever truly ...

A heartfelt story about finding where you belong by bestselling Australian author Alissa Callen.For only child Neve Fitzpatrick, family is everything. When she loses her mother, she heads to the bush to rent a farmhouse near her grandmother's family home. To keep herself busy and her grief at bay, she offers to look after two little redheaded cowgirls and adopts a sassy pony and shaggy donkey in need of a refuge.Drover and horse trainer Tanner Callahan may have just found h...

The brilliant new short story collection from the Arthur C. Clarke Award–winning author of The Animals in That Country.A family of cat farmers gets the chance to set the felines free. A group of chickens tells it like it is. A female-crewed ship ploughs through the patriarchy. A support group finds solace in a world without men.With her trademark humour, energy, and flair, McKay offers glimpses of places where dreams subsume reality, where childhood restarts, where humans e...